No More Excuses

I've not updated in awhile, for that I apologize. I had a momentary lapse of forgetting about it. I have days like that.

I spent the majority of last week sick, then snowed in due to the blizzard we got here on the East coast. So I only made it in to work one day last week, Friday, which was also my birthday.

I've actually been feeling pretty good of late, but Valentine's Day has always depressed me. This year was no different. Mostly, though, it was body image that had me down this year and had me reflecting on what it is that keeps me from busting my ass to lose this weight.

I don't want to hurt. Sore muscles, stretching things to a necessary hurt point, etc. I keep saying I want to get back some of the flexibility I once had and go beyond that for performance level stuff, but I am doing nothing about it. I hold back on workouts because I don't want every inch of me to ache.

No more. I've made a concious decision that, in order for me to get where I want, I need to suck it up and commit to the hurt. I'm not going to go out of my way to injure myself because I did too much, but I also know that I need to really work my muscles and my body to get in a good workout. Yes, I am going to hurt the next day, but I need to keep pushing forward. My body will adjust and will start to kick itself into gear what I want it to do.

Stretching will come next. To help alleviate the pains I'll feel, I need to start stretching more. And not just stretching to ease sore muscles, but working towards stretching my muscles so I have that flexibility again. I used to be able to do the splits with my right leg forward. I am just shy of being able to do that now. So that means doing them and stretching the muscles so I can. Then I'll work on stretching so I can do the splits in other directions too.

I also want to work on stretching the tops of my thighs and my back so I can do laybacks when dancing and work towards doing floor work in bellydance.

I know all of these things are going to make me hurt, but I will listen to my body if something is too much, but I will also put it through its paces so that I can work through the pain and gain the strength and flexibility I want while losing the weight.

I need to stop falling back into a pattern where I don't do something because I don't want to worry about sore muscles. My body can take it, I just need to make it now. No more excuses.