So I have to admit that this summer hasn’t been the best for me on consistency with my running or any kind of exercise. Not that I haven’t been active. Between hanging out with my very active 6 grandkids, running up and down the halls at the hospital, yard work and my dog I haven’t exactly been sitting on my keester.
HOWEVER…I did promise myself I would get more consistent with my running. I even signed up for a marathon ( in a moment of weakness) which will now be a half marathon and if I don’t get myself out on the road it will be a very expensive 8k.
That alone will get me back on the road.
Well that and the better temps and lower humidity this fall. 🙂
Still I didn’t want to be a total slacker. So one night around the beginning of July I was already in in bed and realized I hadn’t kept the promise to do something everyday in the way of exercise.
I really wanted it to be something along the lines of running, or biking. Something aerobic. And well at 11 o’clock at night the thought of that was way too much..not going to happen. So….
I hopped out of bed and did 25 push ups. Let me clear. 25 girly push ups. Hey at least I did it. AND I kept on doing it. It was probably the easiest habit I started and kept! EVER! I have no idea why but it stuck. Not that there weren’t more than several days where I forgot and had to hop out of bed to get them in but I did them.
I’m still doing them. Nobody is more surprised than me!
So it wasn’t what I thought I would be doing but it was a great compromise.
If you made a promise to yourself and it’s not “looking” like you thought it would it’s okay. It’s more than okay if you found another way to get from here to there.
I’m back to running but still doing push ups. The push ups are an added bonus. Feel free to stop by and see the gun show…I am TOTALLY kidding on that one!!
As always…Keep Triing!
Great job!