My Journey With Weight Loss – Finding My Resolve

Another day, another forecast of an atmospheric river. Yes, we have barely recovered from the storm that brought devastating floods less than 2 weeks ago and a new one is on its way. To make things even more fun another rainstorm should hit on Tuesday. Here’s hoping everyone is much better prepared this time round.

I have to admit this week I think my resolve has been slipping. Don’t get me wrong, I still did a workout 6 days in a row but I confess the effort I normally put into walking/running wasn’t really there. Yesterday, due to the weather, I had to do my 10k on the dreaded treadmill and my pace was probably worse that it has been since I first started running. Seriously, the intensity of what I normally bring to exercising just wasn’t there.

Because I had switched up my normal workout routine today was a walk instead of a long run. I spent a fair amount of time reflecting on what was going on with me. Yes, I came up with some great excuses. My knee has been bothering me for well over a week now (ok, really it isn’t bad at all today). We’ve been dealing with so much damage caused by the rainstorms including our trailer which we are still prohibited from going to check out. Add to that they just announced a new COVID variant of concern which made me wonder if this pandemic will ever end.

Once I had run through all my excuses I decided to turn this around. It was a year ago that I got to a point in my weight loss that I stopped being obese. I hit my goal weight a year ago and not only have I maintained that weight I actually lost another 20 lbs. Nearly 11 months ago I decided to train to do a 10k run and now I have done as much as a 16k. These are all major accomplishments and looking at them I became more and more determined that I can do better.

Next week I am back to smiling when I am done a workout knowing that I have put everything into it that I could. Screw all the other stuff going on, lingering on it won’t change a single thing. I found my resolve again and it is just simply one step at a time will get me through this.