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Let’s preface todays fascinating installment with the dizclaimer that the following is not a paid advertisement for the fantastitude which is MizFit’s motivating powers.

Seriously.

Please to also know that I did myriad rotator cuff warmer-uppers so Im in no danger of tearing mine as I (appear to) vigorously pat myself on the back.

Why am I really sharing these emails with you?

Because often I dont know what resonates with readers here or other places I write.

What will might trigger your Ah Ha! moment to quote the Great & Mighty O(bama Supporter).

 

I received this one first:

After work I just want to play with XXXX and I am ashamed to say that I joined a gym last May and have been maybe 8 times?!?!?!?

I’ve reflected on some of your comments and came up with the idea of fitting workouts into my lunch hour – the gym is not too far from my office. I’ve been fighting trying to go before or after work, and instead I think I’ll accept that I want to be home w/XXX and playing during those times and try the lunch shift idea.

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A few things jumped out at me:

First? The gym joining and not going. No need for a shame spiral here (shout out to stuart smalley) as gyms bank on this fact to make the bulk of their money so you’re not alone.

The first step was joining the gym–so pat yourself on the back. The second step? Using it and you’re well on your way to that and to being realistic about when you will (and wont!) get there.

MizFit? Im a morning person. If I dont workout in the a.m. it’s simply not happening.

Once I don my motherwritervolunteer cap (bandanna) there’s no looking back.

The lunch hour workout is a perfect time for many to squeeze in exercise (though I know from experience it can become difficult if you are a tremendous sweater one who glows a bit as I do)

Two final tips for my emailer:

1. dont let the fear of perspiring derail your new commitment. Who cares if you mightcould have to layer on the deodorant after yoga or your hair is a mess post-spinning class?!

This is about living a longer, healthier life. A few months of co-workers plugging their noses as you walk past or looking askance at your head with its new hairdont are easily forgotten over time.

 

B. ” try the lunch shift idea.” There’s no trying. Only DOING.

 

 

My next emailer? brief and to the point.

 

Dang, I feel soooo strong. Just inline-skated.

Most effective advice you gave me: MOVE every single day. Period.

Her words really say it all. Nike hath beat the phrase to death but it truly is just do it.

Something.

Anything.

Every single day.

You’re Good Enough, You’re Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like You.

Me? Im off to ride the stationary bike and devour some mindcandy in the form of Star Magazine.

What are YOU going to do today?

 

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Comments

  1. Both of those emails are great. I love the gym/lunch idea – my husband does that, too, and it’s much appreciated by me and C – and I have been meaning to dust off the Rollerblades and hit the streets. Glad for the reminder.

    Keep up the great work, MizFit!

  2. I was never able to do the gym at lunch idea because 1. I was hungry and B. I never felt like it was enough time. I always felt like I needed to spend 2 hours at the gym to make it count. Call me an all or nothing kind of girl I guess. Hehe.

    I’ve always wanted to be coordinated enough to rollerblade…alas it isn’t so and I don’t believe my health insurance deductible is met yet. But it looks like fun and hard work.

    Me? Now that I am allowed off the couch, I try to walk every day. My doctor said nothing strenuous so I walk Sabrina in her stroller around our apartment complex or at the mall. Or I walk at a much slower pace than pre-knocked-up status on my treadmill.

  3. Michelle, this? I always felt like I needed to spend 2 hours at the gym to make it count. SO THE REASON MANY OF US FAIL, huh?
    30 min every day is much better than two hours a day once every few weeks.
    So glad youre allowed off aforementioned couch.
    how do you stay motivated to walk?
    Sabrina?
    music?
    do tell.

    Shelley? Im jealous and like michelle. wholly uncoordinated.

    M.

  4. Motivation, hmmm. Before you scoff at the fact that I just figured out how to download podcasts please recall that I am one of your… ahem…more senior readers. But my newish talent has brought hours (at least 3) of mindless entertainment to the afgan covered treadmill staring at me from the corner of my office. MUCH better since I tend to stay on task if only to find out how things turn out audio wise. And I admit publically I now never go to the gym I belong to for years.

  5. Karen. Scoff? never. I still use the words UPLOAD and DOWNLOAD interchangeably since Im never quite certain which one I mean.
    and CUE THE CONFETTI & PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK.
    Im quite impressed that the afgan hath been MOVED!!

    M.

    PS–you now have me wondering….wanting to do a post where we ALL out ourselves with regards to the gym membership we once had/now have and never, ever use.

  6. Motivation? Well usually the motivation is just to get out of the house to A. change the scenery and 2. stop the whining. When forced to resort to the treadmill the motivation is a break from the evening whine – I tell my wonderful hubby he is in charge for 20-30 min while I go close the door and walk.

  7. Michelle? Im impressed. honestly. I fear Id escape the evening whine in the treadmill room with my evening wine.

    M.

  8. Is it equivocation if you change one letter? I don’t know, but clever whine/wine thing.

    My big MizFit inspiration came last spring when she said something (on the previous blog? in an email? who really remembers) about just doing something you enjoy. So I learned tennis. I look forward to my class every week, although there just isn’t enough post-toddler-bedtime freetime to go more than once a week (and the child care at the tennis club won’t take kids with separation anxiety).

    I actually go to my gym 2-3 times a week, but it’s only for the fabulous yoga classes.

  9. Heather, I know it isnt as easy as you make it sound (or perhaps it is! for me finding what I liked to do workoutwise took till my mid-twenties.) but how easy, no-brainer, DUH, and INSPIRING you make it sound.

    GO YOU.

    Now, if youre not allergic to peanut butter—off to the kitchen!

    M.

  10. “There’s no trying. Only DOING”…You sound like Workout Yoda…lol…I’m like you and have to workout in the morning. I do it more because I love starting out my day that way, and I get it over with. There’s none of that mid-day argument that starts in your head about whether to go to the gym or not.When I had a 9-5 type job I used to workout at lunch twice a week because I found that it helped give me energy to stay awake in the afternoons. This is much better than drinking caffeine to stay peppy for those p.m. meeting.

  11. ooooh good.
    I was hoping, Stephanie, I didnt sound like Workout Nagging Taskmaster 🙂
    it’s ok not to do it some days but when you CHOOSE not to do it? accept that it’s a choice, huh?

    and the energy in the afternoon? I know youre right about that however too often I reach for my Mommy Merlot instead.*

    duly reminded.

    M.

    *diet coke

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