Today was one of those days in which I faced the treadmill with a heaviness. I was not in the same groove as I was yesterday. There will be days like this as we work towards our fitness goals, and so today I gave myself permission to do 200 calories in 30 minutes, instead of 250.
Some how in the duration of those 30 minutes I was able to find the ability to push a little bit extra here and there between the longer durations of down time. When I say down time I mean those moments on the treadmill when it drops the incline to a 2 and allows you to catch your breath a little bit before increasing again.
Imagine my surprise with only three minutes left on the treadmill and I only had 20 more calories to go before I hit 250! It didn't take much for me to push myself into the last three minutes to do everything I could to burn them off - and I did!
When we have those off days, be forgiving and nice to yourself. Expect those days will happen and on those good days, push yourself a little harder so when those sluggish days arrive, you can be forgiving. It allows balance in your work out so you can still make those goals by being realistic. Once I got to the stretching area and worked through my abs I gave myself the permission to quit early today. Due to freaking insane traffic here in Nashville, which turned my 30 minute commute into something more along the lines of an hour and twenty minutes, I got an incredibly late start today. Along with the late start, I was struggling to really get myself to go through the motions. With a promise of going to Zumba tomorrow morning, weights and abs at the gym, I stretched, cleaned up my mat and headed out the door.
Sometimes it just feels super good to just be done with the workout for the day.
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