Ah. The gym. Like everyone else, I vowed to make the gym part of my daily routine during the new year. And like everyone else, that vow quickly turned to a thing of the past. Well, at least until the third week in January. I told myself daily “I’m going to go to the gym.” and by 5 PM, it turned into “It can wait until tomorrow.” and the next morning, it would be, “I’ll go after work“, and needless to say, the same routine followed.
So here we are, almost to the end of February. I was going strong at the gym for about 2 weeks, and it slowly faded off again. Not for lack of motivation, just because things got busy and I preferred sitting at home and reading my latest book or crocheting, then getting to the gym.
The first couple weeks of the month, I was fighting a horrible upper respiratory infection. Needless to say, I waited to start working out until I could actually move without coughing.
Now, I’m back to my slump. But instead of just sitting idly by, I’ve made a new goal.
100 days from today (Okay…it’s 110 days) is my birthday. Today marks my new plan of ’100 Days of Active’. Every day I have to do SOMETHING active, whether it means heading to the gym, going for a walk, exercising at home… something. I bought a tracker for my phone and I plan to document it on Instagram too. While the ultimate goal is to lose weight, this goal is just to give myself something to work towards and say ‘I did it!’.
If you haven’t checked out this inspirational story, then please do. LaKeisha Shurn took the 100 day fitness challenge to better her life. It didn’t just help her to lose weight, but helped her learn to love fitness and herself, and she continued her weight loss journey.
I plan to do the same. 100 days is just a fun challenge for me to find my passion for being active. I hope to lose some weight/inches along the way, but the goal is to learn to love exercise.
I was once a competitive horseback rider who was at the barn 4 days a week and was in the best shape of her life. Now with only riding a few times a month, I’m ready to find that competitive spirit again with exercise. That devotion that I had to my sport.
Dawn and I, ASB Hunter Country Pleasure, Twin States ’00 – photo by Shane Shiflet.
Tonight, I’m also starting a 30 day abs/squat challenge to go along with it. And no, I will not use this as my ‘daily’ active. This is just a supplement. I’ll be doing my before picture tonight, a 30 day photo (when the abs/squat challenge is complete), and then one at 100 days. Maybe another at like 60… but that will depend.
I’ll post updates on here. But not daily. I will be posting daily updates on my activity on my Instagram account – stop by and follow me there if you’re interested!