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.
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