Wednesday

This post is titled 'Wednesday' not only to continue with my super creative post titles this week, but also to remind that today is in fact, Wednesday. All day, I've kept thinking that it's Tuesday because it's just been one of those weeks, people.

I've been feeling pretty awesome lately. Planning healthy meals that we've been sticking to, the hubs and I have been keeping each other accountable in the diet department but also in the money department. We no longer use just any ol' excuse to eat out... we make it home and figure it out from there. I'm more consistent with my workouts and as a result, I have more energy and sleep better.

This morning, I was determined to get up early and go for a long run. I was up at 5. That's right-- 5 AM. It was pitch black out and I heard thunder. For me, hearing thunder when I'm still in bed is like getting permission to hit the snooze button and pull the blankets up for another cozy 20 minutes of rest. But not today!

I stepped out on my deck to check out the weather situation.. it was dark and thundery and it had obviously just rained pretty hard. I decided not to run because I didn't want to get struck by lightning and because I could tell it was going to storm again. (<---a benefit of living in Iowa is that you just know when some things are going to happen with the weather. We can "feel" rain and "smell" snow coming.) Luckily though, I witnessed a beautiful sunrise before the clouds covered it again. A benefit of waking up early, y'all.


So I didn't run this morning. We are in the process of moving a bunch of crap around our apartment and I couldn't find my T25 DVD set either-- only the cardio I did yesterday. So, I decided to try a little experiment. I'm on Pinterest quite a bit (did you know I have a page for my Beachbody stuff? Because I do) and I find these adorable little workout memes all the time. I've pinned a few in the past, so I thought, why not? I'll do a little circuit to get my blood pumping and that'll be a nice morning workout.
I haven't really focused on ab workouts at all lately. Just mostly focusing on cardio to drop a few pounds, as you well know. So I came across this little gem and decided to try it out. How hard could I be?

Hard. It was like the universe said, "Good morning, feel like dying today?"

Ok, so it wasn't THAT bad, but it was hard. My abs are pretty soft so it was a big challenge for me. Planking sucks. Burpees suck. Mountain climbers are even worse.

WAAAAAA! Working out is HARD.

I have to do this to get to my goal and YES. It's super hard for me. I don't think I'm ever going to be one of those people that will choose exercise for fun if given a choice between a run and say, a movie date with a big bowl of popcorn. I just don't think I'm at that point yet.

I wasn't always like this-- I enjoyed exercise and saw fast results when I committed to something. That's not the case now and it's easy to get discouraged and frustrated. For now, I exercise as a way to get to my goals, lofty as they may be. I think once I truly start seeing results, I'll get some momentum rolling and be more excited about it.

Until then, I really would love to lose five freakin' pounds. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK??!

Tonight I'll try to find my T25 workouts and sweat my life away for 25 minutes and I know I'll be back to feeling awesome. :)