I’m finding, more and more, that my biggest hurdle is just getting started. If I’m not feeling like doing my workout, for whatever reason, I find that if I just go ahead and get started anyways, 90% of the time, I’m fine. I complete the workout, and feel better for having done so. If I don’t complete the workout then I gave in to the desire to be lazy, and I feel guilty for skipping out on my commitment to myself.
As you may have guessed, yes, I did finally start my workout last night, and yes, it was fine. I certainly felt better about myself than I did the night before when I DID choose to skip the workout. I’m definitely planning on doing tonight’s workout, though it’s easy to be motivated to do it when I’m still chained to my desk at work. Maybe I need be better about starting the workout shortly after I get home… procrastination seems to be my downfall. The longer I put it off, the more time I have to make excuses about NOT doing it.
Makes me think of the Nike magazine ads that were out for awhile - “If you went running when you first thought about it, you’d be back by now.”