Losing Motivation

I decided to take another rest day yesterday, just in case I was fighting off a cold or had been overtraining. I was feeling much better, but was still tired, and was not feeling motivated at all. This despite having a beautiful, sunny fall day, perfect for running!

To be honest, I thought I would have problems with motivation before this. I am motivated by my goals of running a half marathon in the spring and improving my 5Km race time, but those are long term goals. It’s hard to convince myself that missing a couple of workouts now will really make that much of a difference six months from now. And despite making progress, my short term goal of losing 10lbs by Christmas is really hard to focus on day after day. Kate Moss is quoted as saying “Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels”. Quite frankly, I disagree! Food is fuel for training but is also one of the great joys of daily life. And losing weight to get back into my clothes is not as motivating as a big running event or bikini holiday, neither of which is currently on the horizon.

Part of the problem is that I have to be self motivated in all areas of my life. I work from home, alone, setting up and running my own company. If I don’t do the work there is nobody else to do it, but at the same time there is nobody to get after me to do the work! Or even to tell me what work I should be doing! And since we have not really started trading yet, there is not even the reward of seeing the money coming in, or seeing more money coming in if I work harder. I think I need to start rewarding myself in some way for going for a run, for eating well all week, or for getting my company work done. Any suggestions?

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
1718.77	95.21g	239.54g	42.94g	0	34.23g
	22%	56%	22%
Calories burned through exercise:		Rest Day

What I ate:

Time	Item	Amount
08:00	Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 each
	Cold water	200mL
	Mattesson’s Turkey rashers	3 rashers
	Bob's Red Mill Pure Oats	40g
	and raisins	20g
	Sainsbury's pressed apple and cherry juice	200mL
09:15	Black tea	500mL
11:15	Brazil nuts	6g
	Cashews	17g
	Seedless Red Grapes	100g
11:30	Herbal fruit tea	250mL
14:00	King Prawn stir fry in Oyster sauce	307g
	Merchant Gourmet tinned puy lentils	100g
	Alpro Soya Original	200mL
	Sainsbury's Freefrom iced rich fruit cake slice	1 slice
17:15	Sponser chocolate Recovery Shake	20g (1 scoop)
	mixed with skim milk	150mL
	Butterkist salted microwave popcorn	20g popped
20:00	Sainsbury's extra lean beef escalopes	74g
	New potatoes	101g
	Carrots	85g
	Beets	103g
	all brushed with olive oil and roasted	10mL
	Bisto Best beef gravy	about 3g
22:00	Ellactiva Chocolate Calcium Chew	1 chew
	500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 pill

Plus 500 to 1500mL of cold water sipped from a water bottle throughout the day.