Trying Something Different

If at first you don’t succeed try, try again. That is what they say right, so here is my trying story, no I have not been on and off of diets my whole life, in fact I’ve never really dieted, and I never really worked out either well until this year anyway. And that’s just it this year I started working out, I found a 90 day routine I wanted to try and went for it. the first time I tried I got to somewhere around the 50 or 60 day mark and then started skipping days and eventually stopped altogether, a month or so after that I started up again, did two or three week, got frustrated and gave up, and then there was my third try, this time I made it into the 70s before I started to crash once again.

 

But that brings me pretty close to today, because it was the end of last month when my derailing began this time. I had a couple of weeks where I was just insanely busy and working out was at the bottom of my priority list, no excuse right, truth be told I was struggling long before I stopped doing my exercising. You see I had done these same videos to the point that I was so board I started coming up with excuses to justify my skipping a day here and there until I eventually gave in to the excuses enough times to break my routine completely and just watch the train crash so to speak.

 

But the problem didn’t start with the train crash, the excuses or even the repetition in my videos, the problem was in me. You see for a long time I was really committed to getting my workout done, but I had no interest in eating any different than I had always eaten, in my head the workout should have been enough but when you’re on day 50 and your clothes aren’t and smaller and that silly number on the scale remains the same you begin to lose hope and the commitment level goes out the window.

 

So I gave in, took some time to rest and thought about it. As I was watching my routine fall apart a few weeks ago I felt like a failure, thinking to myself come on girl are you ever going to make it through one of these 90 day things, and even though you’re suppose to try, try again, I’ve also heard that the definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

 

Which leads me here, and trying something different, I’m not giving up, I’m still working out obviously and now I’m baby stepping my way to better food choices as well. I’m one week into this new experiment and just writing down what I’m eating is helping me in that department. My goal for the workout though, is to find something that fits my life, so I’ve actually taken a step back from what I was doing a month ago in order to stay interested and not get overwhelmed by the have to of a routine. So far it still need a lot of work but I have my hope back and now I have all of you to keep entertained as well, so thank you once again for taking interest in my story and I hope it turns out to be a good one.