It’s all up to me

Today after school we have a post-hospital/pre-operative visit for my son so I had to get up at 4:00 to workout.  For the first time in I don’t know how long I didn’t want to workout.  Then it got worse b/c I weigh-in on Friday for the contest I’m in w/my siblings and I’m back to where I started last Wednesday.  Logically I know that I didn’t truly gain the 3 pounds back and that next week I’ll probably lose 5 pounds but I’m still pissed.  After I weighed in I really didn’t want to workout but since I was already up I figured I might as well.

I popped in one of my favorite workouts, thinking that would get me in the groove.  Our DVD player in the basement has been acting up, so much so that we bought a new one LAST SUMMER!  But where is it?  Still in the box.  In my hubby’s defense it’s a major project to switch them out b/c we have a huge entertainment center and home theater system in the basement so there are about a million wires to mess with and he has been so busy w/school.

After it skipped the 2nd or 3rd time I decided to call it quits.  I did workout for 25 minutes but when I started my workout challenge I said that I had to workout for 30 minutes for it to count.  If I get more exercise later today I’ll change the tally but not for now.

I think another part of the reason I quit was b/c my hands are killing me.  I need to get a pair of the weightlifting gloves b/c I’m getting callouses. 

This is frustrating.  I struggle often w/diet but never w/exercise.  My biggest problem w/exercise is usually finding enough time to do it.  But I am not going to use this as an excuse to eat.  I am going to stick to the program so that when I do my weigh-in on Sunday for me I can honestly evaluate how I’m doing.  I’ll also check my body fat % at that time, but I know that I didn’t gain 3 pounds of muscle in 8 days.  I will focus on my behavior and let the scale catch up when he’s ready.  Stupid scale.

Days on plan this month:  15

Progress toward workout goal:  164/250 (no change)