We had a PNP girl call herself out today in the forums today because she's tired of avoiding her Insanity workouts for Wii Biggest Loser. Is there anything wrong with those workouts? No. But if you know in your heart you CAN do Insanity and are just plugging in a workout that's not challenging you to do something then YEP...we got a problem.
Often I hear people under workout all the time. It's most common with people who had to find their fitness. They were once really overweight or never really worked out hard. In the early stages ANY workout is an accomplishment because you weren't doing jack to begin with.
Then you get fitter, lose some weight, and put in some half-assed workouts that don't get you where you want to go but you are STILL THINKING ANYTHING is better than nothing.
There are aspects to losing weight that can be easy and others that are hard. If you don't feel like you are working hard to lose weight you AREN'T. It's not just workouts but all the other areas, too. Most people think the hard part of dieting is being HUNGRY. I'm just telling everyone that's the least of your worries. If you are that hungry you are probably dieting wrong and need to comment here for some help.
What's hard is the LIFESTYLE and WORK involved. Yes, you need to do these things most of your life to lose weight and KEEP IT OFF:
1. Sweat a lot, breathe hard, and lift heavy stuff when you exercise. If you are on the phone, chatting with pals, or wearing a smile in MOST of your workouts then quit bitching you aren't losing weight.
2. Fix your own food. I'd love to put everyone on a fun-food diet with shiny wrappers, waitresses and boxes but you're going to be hungry, have low energy, probably catch "food poisoning" more than the average person, and feel as if all you do is work hard for no resutls. The people I know who eat real food and have it prepped on Sunday LOSE WEIGHT!
3. Say NO to the crap you know you are signing up for to avoid steps 1 and 2. Don't tell me you don't have time to do 1 and 2 but you sit on your butt during your kids practices (last I looked you parked your car somewhere and could walk the parking lot or something), go to movies, watch TV, go out to dinner with friends, etc. There's nothing wrong with having a life if you have one to live! Until 1 and 2 is done you haven't taken care of your business to afford luxuries.
And yes, socializing and such is a luxury. When you skip exercise and don't make time to eat right you are bouncing a check! You are over-drawing yourself. That's time you don't have right now.
No more half-assed efforts, ladies. YOU deserve better. Doing something is what every single person in the world should do to live...not to lose weight.
Oh and I have a good rule of thumb for when it's time to "just do something."
- You better be in the new stages of getting started.
- You only "do soemthing" 1-2 x's a month to avoid skipping a workout (notice not weekly)
- OR, you are coming off a major life upheaval.
