Listen to Yourself

Apparently I really needed sleep yesterday. Because not only did I sleep in so much that I had to like race to get to work, so I couldn’t do my workout in the morning. But then, that night, I…last night…that night, whatever, I fell asleep literally sitting up at my kitchen table. Literally. So apparently my body was in desperate need of sleep. Which I find strange, cause I haven’t not been sleeping. So, I, apparently I’m just running myself down. I don’t know. But it brings up a really important point. I had told my online fitness group that I was gonna get my workout in last night and I was gonna take a picture and I was gonna prove it to them. So here’s why you didn’t see a picture. But, I think, it’s very important to listen to what your body’s telling you. Clearly I needed sleep. Which is fine. Took a day off, it’s fine. However, it’s important not to let that turn into a new excuse. Umm, for me this is super important because I will then use those excuses to then derail everything that I’m working toward. So…today, got up, did my workout. TA DA! And, uh, moving on. So, that’s a huge success for me to say “ok, I needed a break yesterday, that’s fine. Jump back into it today, we’re ready to go.” So, wanted to share that little tidbit with ya. Listen to yourselves, let your bodies relax when you need to, let your minds relax when you need to, take breaks when you need to. But don’t give in to that. Make sure that you…recover and keep going and keep moving and keep fighting, everyday. It’s…life is a struggle, but we’re in it together. Umm…so, yeah, that’s, that’s what I’ve got for today. Have a good week everybody.

Weekends Are Hard!

Happy Saturday everyone. I haven’t been incredibly…umm…constant with, uh, doing my blogs, but…I think it’s because I feel like if I don’t have anything to say…then I don’t really have a reason to post anything, so… Today I feel like I have something to say. Sorry, I’m breathing really hard cause I just did my workout. Umm… Which is what I wanted to talk about. Weekends are difficult for me. A lot of people that when I read on, umm, fitness posts and blogs, and online on my group people are like “Oh the weekends great because I have all this time and so I get my workout in and, uh when I don’t have time during the week.” So not true for me. Weekends, because I can sit and relax, my body doesn’t want to do anything. So I have to mentally like force myself to get up and do my workout. Which I did today, so I’m super proud of myself. And, it’s almost like when I do that that I then have proven to myself that it’s possible. So the next time that I have an excuse in my head of “oh, I’m not feeling that great.” Or “Oh I, my knee hurts a little bit today, I think I’m gonna not do anything.” No-no, no-no, Sara get off your butt and do your workout. Do it! So yeah, that’s, that’s kind of where I’m at today. Where I’m realizing that I have this huge mental block when it comes to the weekend. And I need to get out of that. Because, I want to see myself get healthy. And feel comfortable in my own skin. And get rid of the excuses that I have for not living my life to its fullest potential. So that’s what I’m doing. Today is done. Workout-Success. I hope you all have a great weekend. And, hopefully I will see you a little bit more often this week. Have a good one.