Isn’t that everyone’s goal all the time?

Before each new season or “chapter of life,” I make big plans to be suuuuper healthy. I make crazy goals. It works for a few days. And then, life happens and it isn’t so easy anymore.

(Remember how I was saying that I overwhelm myself with far-fetched goals? My health-related goals are always the worst. Super unrealistic.)

 

 

I love eating healthy, but I want to be more physically active. I have so many excuses that I thought I’d go through all of them and refute them as best as possible :) It’s working so far.

One of my main excuses was that I have always had running issues. If I could run…oh man. I would go everywhere I think. But I can never breathe the right way. After one minute, I feel like I’m going to die. It’s not asthma, but it is definitely something. This has always been a big excuse. However, over the weekend, I talked to my cousin Ramman about my issues and he taught me some new things. Ramman runs a fitness company in Portland called Primordial Playground. When we get together, he can always help to answer my health-related questions.

First we talked about my flat feet. The first thing Ramman said was, “Flat feet aren’t really a thing.” Dang. There goes that excuse. So now, I am working on building up an arch, which is super painful, but it is affecting my whole body in a good way. After that, we talked about breathing. Then…we went running! It wasn’t so bad because we were at the beach for a family vacation, and everything was beautiful outside. I hardly ran at all, but I ended up being sore the next day. I think I might make running a consistent thing, even if it is for a few minutes at a time.

My main thing is 30 Day Shred. Has anyone tried it? A few summers ago, I watched a bunch of video reviews on it and so many people had seen great results. Then, I bought it for $8 and tried it right away. I thought it was alright…not too difficult. But in the morning, I could hardly move. In a good way. It’s wonderful because it tricks you into thinking that you’re not doing much, but you are working out lots of different areas. As of today, I am welcoming Jillian Michaels back into my life with my mother as my accountability partner. Day One of 30 Day Shred: Complete. Piece of cake :)

Anyway…this is a rambly non-crafty/thrifty/bloggy post, but it’s important for me to focus on this goal this week (and during the weeks to come). When I have low energy, it takes a toll on every fun thing I want to do in life.