I would say that I consistently engage in a physically active lifestyle. For the passed 6 years I've been a gym-goer, pilates practitioner, yogi and even - CrossFit olympian (slight exaggeration). My parents advised me to start caring about health and fitness early, because it is extremely more difficult when you age. Nick, my "muscle up 5 times faster than me and burn twice the calories" boyfriend, has been my fit partner in crime for over a year now. That definitely helps when motivation is needed and you can't seem to find it in yourself and I'm starting to wonder if that is the only answer! Yet, we can also be our own worse enemies. Being major foodies- we will take any opportunity to have a delicious meal and nice time out together.
Back in March, we became members of CrossFit 2.0 in San Marcos. There were many times where I dreaded showing up to class and wanted to throw up after lifting weights followed by attempting to do as many push ups as possible in 60 seconds, but continued to go because Nick pushed me along. After our six-pack-abs left Coachella, we stopped CrossFit and our sore, exhausted bodies did nothing for a while. Then we decided to take on the Paleo lifestyle for a month. We enjoyed it. Personally I felt the best I ever have, yet I always felt like I was missing out on certain foods. And then came Chicago. If you don't know what the Paleo diet is - it's not Deep dish pizza and Chicago dogs. Since our carb binge, we've been much more "lenient" on our Paleo diet. We still eat almond butter instead of peanut butter and spaghetti squash instead of spaghetti noodles, but there are many times we have beans, rice and cheese in a tortilla. Some things are just too good to leave out. When I go on these breaks and lapses I tend to not be very content with myself.For the most part we tend to not feel bad because- again- we are physically active. We run the San Elijo hill and try to make it to the gym 3-4 times a week. But that doesn't always happen because our schedules don't match or we're just too tired. When we do hit the gym together we tend to go our separate ways. Nick goes off to play basketball and straight in to the free weights. I head up to the cardio machines and then... I get bored or lost. I'm bored of the work outs that I know how to do. I only know how to do so many. And this is where I lose motivation which then makes it even more difficult when I'm attempting to go to the gym alone.
Some might say, ask Nick have him teach you more exercises - read Fitness magazine - take a class. I don't want to bother Nick when he already has his routine and trying to learn exercises from Fitness magazines is as difficult as learning sign language from a flash card, I can't tell which way her arms and legs are moving.
And on top of not knowing different exercises to do, there always tends to be junk food easily accessible at my fast-paced 10-12 hour a day job. Who wants to head to the gym when their body has memorized all the activities you'll put it through for the next hour, you're exhausted and your sweet tooth has already been satisfied? Not many people.
I obviously can do it, but how to I get back to it. Any suggestions?
Being active makes me happy. I like to be happy.
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