Sometimes Sick Beats Just Aren’t Enough

THIRTY MINUTES!!

I just got done with my Friday workout and YES — I did thirty minutes without stopping. Move over nugget-sized victory, chocolate-bar sized victory is here to stay! I won’t lie, I’ve had some help these past few days when it came time to tackle the elliptical. After Saturday’s success story, Sunday’s session was tough. Much tougher than normal. Why? Simply put: doing well on Saturday fucked me over on Sunday.

UGH! I knew it was time to be creative.

I needed a distraction.

When I got home from work on Sunday, I took the neighbor’s Newsweek magazine that had been sitting in the foyer for three weeks and decided to read it while busting ass. It worked, until I could no longer see the teeny, tiny print due to sweat pouring into my eyes and the fact that I somehow become nearsighted overnight the minute I turned twenty-five (which was in November).

I read half of one article, chucked the magazine across the room, and finished my workout.

I decided to print out some entries from a weight loss blog last night before hitting the ellip. What better to keep me going while keeping my interest than a topic directly affecting me in the moment? I printed out enough to fit on six pieces of paper (which left me with zero paper to my name) and went at it. I covered the timer with my reading materials and read the six pages a over and over and over again until I finally caved in and looked at the clock: seventeen minutes had passed. I was sweating, but interestingly enough, I wasn’t overly out of breath. Did reading to myself help my breathing? The world may never know.

I covered the clock back up and read through the pages a few more times.  My A.D.D kicked into overdrive after reading the same crap seven or eight times, but I made it to twenty-five minutes without struggling too much. Fresh reading material is key!

When I got to work this morning, I decided to purchase an eBook that can be used to tide me over for a while. It’s working (so far!). I’ve ht the thirty minute mark and I am loving it! After my glass of ‘cool down water’, I returned to my lair for a thirty minutes of strength/weight training.