Monday Workout

I've been talking about different sports over the past few weeks and I plan to continue with that next week.  Today I wanted to talk about motivation.  Working out is an important part of getting healthy just like eating properly is.  But what motivates you to keep going.  When you loose your motivation how do you get it back?

I know for myself that I've been in a rut since I knew that I would have to put down my dog Serenity down.  I started emotional eating the week before I put her down in October and I haven't been able to stop.  I'm slowly weaning myself off the junk food but I can say that I didn't totally stop exercising.  I would at least go for 5km walks with my friend.  I know it's the middle of November and it's time to get myself back together.  I can't use a loss as a means of undoing everything that I have accomplished so far.  I have put on weight and I am not happy about that.  I need to find something to motivate myself.

I have decided to take my husband on a trip in March and go south to were its warm.  This is my motivation to get going again.  I want to feel comfortable in my own skin and I want my husband to be proud of the effort that I am putting in to be healthy.  I find joy in my husband and our trips away together, as well as just curling up on the couch together.  I want to get healthy for myself but I also want to be healthy for my family and loved ones.  I want to be around when they need me.  Being healthy may even motivate them to get healthy too.

 

Find what will help motivate you to keep going.  Even if you have fallen into a rut like I did you can still find motivation out there so that you keep working towards your health and workout goals.