Monday, April 7, 2014

Finding Motivation

What motivates you in your quest for fitness?  Is it something that happens from within?  Is it seeing the results on the outside?  Is it being noticed by other people?  Perhaps it is a combination of all those things.

I've been struggling a bit with staying on track.  I work out at least 90 minutes per day, six days per week, but I don't always eat the best and there are other things that I want to do with my workouts.  I want to work on doing a more effective and efficient workout, and I also want to work on specific body parts.  For me, because I was so heavy before I started this quest, I am still working to tone up in certain places.  I am trying to do additional work to help tone these muscles.  In addition, I am working quite a bit on fat loss.  I have yet to do a body fat analysis, and perhaps that should be my first step.

I am motivated to get back on track with the fat loss as we move into warmer weather.  I have several polo shirts that I can still wear from last year, but because they were not of the best quality, some of the shirts have shrunk and now are too short for me.  In addition, apparently my biceps have grown quite a bit because they are almost busting out of some shirts.  I want to have clothes that fit and look good. I would like to settle on a size so I can make an investment in good quality clothes and not having to replace "cheap" shirts at the end of each season.

On days when it is raining (like today), I often find it hard to go home and work out.  I love doing most of my workout in the mornings, but if I plan on focusing on a single body part or area of muscles in the second part of the day, it is hard to get into it.  Between my cat Gobee, the weather and my desire to sometime just want to eat, I often set myself up for failure.  I have started eating small meals throughout the day which will keep me on track on when it comes to my hunger.  It is next to impossible for me to work out when I am hungry, so making sure there is something in my stomach before I go home is key to my success.

As I close this post, I think that it is important that I get back on my grind.  The diet, the fitness and the focus.  Speaking of grind, see if anyone of you remember this one from the 90s.




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