📷: Jennifer Birdie Shawker
A Workout Worthy of Applause
This morning I worked out before work! You wouldn’t think it was such a Herculean undertaking… but seriously, it was a workout worthy of applause!
I’m sure you are thinking to yourself- big deal, you decided to write about that? And the answer is yes because it’s a HUGE deal!
Anyone can get up when they are motivated and ready to make a change… And it is way easier to make yourself get up when you are in the habit of doing so, when the energy and magical feeling of endorphins are fresh in your mind….
However, when you find yourself in the throes of apathy- eating the wrong things over and over again- when you have given up on fighting the urge to eat the cupcakes in the break room…
Getting up and working out is a HUGE deal.
Seriously HUGE Deal…
First, I had to pay attention to my alarm… I could have rolled over and told myself that good health requires good sleep too…and I would not have been lying.
Second, I had to put on workout clothes that include a sports bra- this may not seem like an accomplishment in and of itself, but if you have been blessed in that department, it is a necessary evil- or someone could get hurt!
Third, I had to find the DVD and get it cued up while a ticking clock tick- tick- ticked along behind me giving me every excuse to say “I really don’t have time for all of this.”
VICTORY!!
But I made it! I got past all of those hurdles… I think most of you now see how huge a deal my workout really was!
So if I am looking for a little applause, that isn’t such a bad thing. Maybe that encouragement is what will help me get up and fight the same battle tomorrow!
So if you are in that spot- the spot where it all seems to be going in the wrong direction, let me encourage you to step, no fight past that. Don’t wait for some kind of magical motivation.
I am here cheering you on because I know how big of a deal it really is. You can do it, I have faith in you! If it was easy, everyone would be doing it… Now, to do it again tomorrow…
