Pushing Myself or Workout #7 for June

As you know, if you've been keeping up on my workout portion of my blog, I have reached a mental plateau. I have petitioned my friends for their motivation. I've tried to dig down deep for my own motivation, when all I think is "why? why? why?" My virtual workout partner and I have been exchanging texts. She's been in the same mental lull as I am. So misery was enjoying its company.

After conversations that went something like, "Wah wah wah. whine whine whine. me me me. wah wah wah. Our sisters have lost a ton of weight by dieting. (Which we KNOW is HARD, and we genuinely admire them SO MUCH for their efforts and successes!!!). We're glad for them, but sad for us that we haven't lost much. wah wah wah. blah blah blah. This is hard. wah wah wah." ...and so forth. What we came to the conclusion of is this: Regardless of our boohoo lack of weight loss, we might be on the cusp of dramatic loss, and would we stop now before finding out?

Even my sister, ES, has plateaus of weight loss with her rigorous diet she's on. If she stopped during a plateau, she would not enjoy the next drop in weight.

Today I ran 4.3 AGAIN AGAIN for Couch to 5K. I'm going to just call it 4.5. Friday it will be 4.6. I decided to go with the course taking a straight shot to the park, run around the park, and then home. I like that there are no obstacles. There ARE inclines though, and while I HATE THAT, it's going to be so good for me!

The first run, a short (long) run, I ran all of the way through. The second run, a long (longer) run, was up the incline, and I took a couple of very short breaks, but breaks nonetheless. It was slightly discouraging, but I kept going, pushing myself. The third run, a short (long) run, I ran the whole way through again, which was really exciting! The fourth run, a long (longer) run, I took a couple of breaks that were about 10 seconds each, but I pushed myself to make them brief, and sprinted to the stop sign at the end of the road.

Today I pushed more than just the jogging stroller. I pushed myself. And I loved it. I'm excited for Friday to discover what I can do. I want to see if I am stronger. I want to prove to myself that I can do even greater than today.

My daily motivation might seem a little strange to you, but I'm going to put it out here anyway. Today I am motivated to someday wear a Seth Aaron design. I think he's amazing. And really, look at this coat. Who wouldn't want to drop some sizes to wear this?