I took a doctor ordered holiday from my exercise routine. Now I have to get myself motivated to get back in the rhythm again. That is so hard to do!
This post won't make any sense to those of you who have lived an active lifestyle your entire lives. Nor will it make much sense to those of you who have been lifelong couch potatoes, either. But if you are like me, a reformed couch potato who has known what it feels like to be 'in shape', but also what it feels like to enjoy being lazy on the couch, you can probably relate.
I know I need to exercise daily. I know it. I know it. I know it! At least, my brain knows it. Or rather, a part of my brain. We'll call that part Kate, because the new me (with the new nickname... I've only had that nickname for 6 years now) wants to be healthier. The other part of my brain we'll call Kathy, because that is the old nickname from childhood, and the old me was a couch potato with bad exercise habits. So, here is a typical argument that takes place inside my head on a pretty regular basis.
(BTW, if you don't talk to yourself inside your head, then you must be the weird one, because I am certainly NOT weird!)
Kathy: "It has been a long and slightly frustrating day at work. The couch is warm and soft, and there is lots to entertain on the computer."
Kate: "You are signed up for a marathon."
Kathy: "Yeah, but that is a long time away. June. That's, like, forever. I'll have plenty of time to train for that... later."
Kate: "Later has a scary way of turning into 'Never'. You need to get to the gym."
Kathy: "The computer makes a nice heater. And it's is cold out there."
Kate: "Fat makes a nice heater, too. You keep sitting there and you'll have plenty of fat to keep you warm. Stop being a wimp, put on a jacket and get out the door."
Kathy: "Phttt. One day. So what if I just skip one day. You can't tell me that skipping one day with make me fat."
Kate: "Oh, yes I can. It'll just make it harder to go tomorrow if you skip today. You need to go."
Kathy: "You need to go, you need to go (said in an annoying sing-song voice). You are SUCH broken record!"
Kate: "Let's try to be mature, here. You always feel so much happier afterwards..."
Kathy: "Yeah, I know. But I just don't want to get up. And I'm watching Lost right now..."
Kate: "ON NETFLIX! You can watch that anytime! I need to sweat. I like it when it beads up on my shoulders."
Kathy: "K. Now you're just weird."
Kate:
Kathy: "Ew. Now you're being rude."
Kate: "No. I'm being a realist. Get to the gym."
Kathy: "Gah!!! OK! Geez. That is so gross! I'm going."
Kate:
Kathy: "OK. I'm with you, now."
And so, I go. But not without that same battle every time...
You don't want to hear the internal arguments about food. Especially since Kathy is winning those, for now.
2 comments:
Ha! I too, have those struggles EVERY DANG TIME! Argh! So frustrating. Question though... do you have the in-your-head conversations? For example, I can swear up and down the telephone pole that I've talked with my husband about something and he'll just look at me like I'm crazy. Turns out that I've had the conversation in my head. Sometimes I get REAL Brant & in-my-head Brant mixed up. Now that's weird/crazy for ya. (And he's not the only one in my head.)
I don't have conversations with other people in my head... but I do rewrite history pretty much ALL THE TIME. My history, that is. I have relived my life in all the many permutations it could have taken. You know, big stuff like if I had stayed in Washington and took the job and tuition offer for UW from HNTB instead of paying my way through BYU. And little stuff like if I had bit my tongue this afternoon instead of saying that snide comment.
Oh, and I have remodeled my house to rival any glossy magazine ad... and added on about 1000 sq. ft..... all in my head.
So, if you are weird/crazy, you're in good company!
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