Todays post is all about Commitment and Accountability.
As part of my journey to find Gidget I need to hold myself accountable. Accountable to my goal, accountable for my training (or some days my lack of motivation to train), accountable for a healthy change in diet, accountable to my family and most importantly accountable to finding Gidget.
I think a vital part of my life transformation will be to share my journey, warts and all. Nobody may actually read this blog and quite frankly I don't really care. I'm not writing for you, I am writing to remind myself of where I started and to keep myself on track. This is part of the commitment to my journey, I need to commit to making changes and blogging about it means I have to stick to the journey.
So what has been going on since my last post? I have been exercising, though not the 6 days a week I originally set out to do. I have been counting calories and really looking at what I am putting into my body, its funny how having to track those calories has changed the amounts and types of food I am eating. My kitchen scales have been getting a more regular workout than me at the moment which is kinda funny.
I have a training buddy who is on a similar journey and I must admit that while I can give myself a bunch of excuses about why I can't exercise on any given day, I don't like letting someone else down. When I say excuses I have used them all - I can't find the time, I'm too busy, I will just get this done first, I'm too tired, it's too hot, the kids keep interrupting me - you name it and I've probably used it. Thankfully my training buddy won't let me get away with any of those excuses, and I haven't even tried most of them because she doesn't listen. The funniest session we had was one last week where I had a coaching call to do with one of my consultants but my training buddy wouldn't let me postpone our session. Here I was walking at a very brisk pace, on the phone to a consultant, discussing her team and her business. Thankfully I was less out of breath than I would have been 4-5 weeks ago when I made the commitment to change.
My weeks now consist of a brisk 45-60 minute walk on a Tuesday and Thursday night with my training buddy, aswell as our Sunday morning walk. These Sunday morning walks are a higher calorie burning one with a rotation that we have worked out where we alternate between - Coast & Beach Walk, Jacobs Ladder or Kokoda Trail with a walk along the river, or the 10km Bridges Walk. I am getting better at exercising at least another 2 times throughout the week but need to commit to exercising another 3 times to take it to 6 times a week.
I am committed to losing 10kg throughout the 12WBT, I lost almost 2kg in the couple of weeks of pre season and have lost about half a kilo this week although the numbers change daily. One of these days I may even be brave enough to post my before shot but not today.
Today I am inspired and committed to my journey, today I hold myself accountable to make a bigger effort to commit to the exercise portion of my transformation.
Have an awesome week!
