This idea has been fermenting in my brain for over a year. So catchy to say…fit by 40. And now I’ve let 8 months be swallowed up by the hazy, crazy pandemic lockdown days. Days have bled into months, and I have not so much as gotten off my ass in the past months.
And now, there’s just 5 more months to go to my 40th birthday and I was feeling like utter shite. In fact, as my husband, reminded me… this is the heaviest I have been. It felt like rock bottom.
And then I came across a miraculous little TED article that’s just given me a push again…a pragmatic, achievable push.
Sharing it here so you can be inspired too: https://ideas.ted.com/heres-how-i-finally-got-myself-to-start-exercising/
For the first time, I felt this was something within reach. Instead of lofty goals and motivational drivel, this article’s simple idea is “start by doing the bare minimum you can per day”. The writer goes onto say that we should embrace the idea of being less than perfect. And that right there had been my problem.
So I have a simple goal…. Work out every day even if it is just for 10 minutes.
It’s too early to say whether this approach is working…I already missed my workout yesterday in the midst of a frustrating and grueling work day. But it has cleared the fog of inertia and indecisiveness and whacked that loserly feeling that my weight loss goals are insurmountably hard.
But I believe I can this time. And as a way of solidifying my commitment, I wanted to share my journey with the world. Disclaimer: I don’t plan on doing before and after photos of myself yet. So if that’s a deal-breaker, I wish you well, dear reader, and thank you for your visit. But if something about my predicament and my journey appeals to you and you do stay on…thank you. I hope this is a rewarding endeavour for you and me.
On to the next post, where I share how I have planned my workout routine.
Road to Fit at 40 