Hate To Exercise

(October 2023 – it’s cold outside)

I gained 2lb more in weight!

Gotcha.

That’s about 1kg – on top of my previous gains that is.

Yeah, if you came here today to get the latest status on me trying to get back into exercise, trying to lose a few more pounds, at the tender middle age of XX (too many numbers) – and succeeding, sorry to disappoint you. Seems I cannot shake off my lazy streak, and as predicted the weight is slowly creeping back on.

It forever baffles me, how as humans we can be so determined one minute and the next, just let it all go. Even when we know the benefits or drawbacks of our actions (or in my case, of my inactivity). Not only that, having succeeded in the past – why is it so difficult to get up the motivation again. Never mind, enough whining.

…..I have a plan. Shhhh…secret plan, I’m saying nothing – for now. I’ll report back in a week.

September 2023 sometimes

Life changes, priorities change, things happen. It started with a record of training for a cycling holiday then morphed into a record of keeping fit and trying to have a healthier lifestyle. This year has been busy – though in truth no busier than some in the past. To say that it is busier, is nothing more than an excuse.

For the last couple of months, my weight has levelled off at a higher number than it has been for the last couple of years – and whilst I know I need to do something about it, before it levels up again, I simply cannot bring myself to do it.

I don’t know why. I keep finding all sort of excuses – yet during the peak of busy work scheduled even after the pandemic ended and life returned to some kind of normality, I managed to maintain my exercise regime and my lower weight.

So the question is – what has changed in my life or my head psychological to start putting up all these barriers that are preventing me from getting my tush off the sofa and doing those 30 minutes of exercise 4 days a week that would allow me to shift my weight down again. I thought that after 18 months of almost religious exercising, I’ve developed a strong unbreakable habit – turns out I was wrong.

Somehow, I need to find my exercise mojo back, I need to stop making excuses and commit those 30 minutes. I mean it’s 30 minutes in a day, it really isn’t such a big deal – and yet it is.

I know I need to do something about it, I just can’t bring myself to do it.

I did it!

Just can’t bring myself