I had to make cookies for a bake sale tomorrow, and invited down a neighbor and her five-year-old to help out. Because the kid was so demanding of attention--she had to work the hand mixer, and measure and dump all the ingredients, and no, we couldn't help scrape the bowl--I stopped paying attention to what I was doing and fell into old habits. And then was all, "What's that delicious--? Oh, wait. Oops. Better stop licking those butter-and-sugar covered fingertips."
The weird thing? The cookies smell fantastic, but I actually don't want one. I'll leave a couple for my husband to enjoy with coffee, and sell the rest off in the morning without a qualm.
Hey, team, is anyone else feeling sluggish about working out lately? I don't know if it's the tougher workouts, or just the fact that I've exercised for forty-freaking-seven days IN A ROW, but I've just had a more and more difficult time scraping up motivation every morning. And how about those crazy new sit-ups today?
Also: hello, new PCPers! There sure are a lot of you to welcome. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and seeing your progress.
Edited to add: Is it a bad sign that I skipped workout and skipped packing lunch today and I feel great? Of course I'll go home for lunch and work out tonight, but the euphoria of having a relaxed morning with no sweating and no rushing and no chores! Is this the valley. If so, whee!
ooooh ooooh ooooh, i totally know the answer to this! (i think!)
ReplyDeletebut better let obi-wan-patrick drop the wisdom bomb on you. i might be way off the mark.....
well done on resisting the cookies. i would have fallen in head first to the bowl, for sure.
newbies means you guys are the new "mummies and daddies". which makes team badass "gran and gramps". how weird is that.
Nice work on the cookies. You went on the battle field and left without any wounds.
ReplyDeleteFor me personally it's the forty-seven days straight. I've never worked out seven days a week and it's tiring to not have a break. It started last sat. for me, and has gotten better the last two days, but not that much better. It could be that our bodies are changing so much and the exercises are getting harder so it takes more of a toll on our bodies. I don't know though, I'm definitely feeling the same way you are.
But we're team mango and I know we'll push on through!
The mind will start pulling out all the stops to demotivate and deflate you these weeks. Just let it yammer on and do the workouts anyway.
ReplyDeleteok - i'll say it. hmm...day 47, you say? sounds like you guys are approaching valley territory right quick. so let 'er rip on yer blogs every time you feel things start to crash down around you. we've all had our moments...now it's your turn, team mango!
ReplyDeleteawesome progress all the way around, you guys. so cool to see you get to this next phase of things.
AWESOME job on resisting snickerdoodles! I had a similar experience yesterday night. I went to a dinner at a friend's house with surprise homemade chocolate cake and funfetti sprinkles and as i was helping to clean up, i decided to let my dog have a little schmear of cake left on the plate. in doing so, i decided to have a lick myself. bad choice -- i had resister really well, but the taste was SOO good it was really hard to resist the rest of the night. I'm glad you had the courage, though!! [nat]
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