Now that I’m well slept and well fed, its finally sunk in. I went bobsledding yesterday! And it was fun! And I can totally understand why Ida loves the sport so much. We have another set of slides today at the track and hopefully I will bring a camera this time (my bad, sorry for yesterday – I wasn’t sure how the whole thing was going to work…) Today, Ida might be pushing with a friend of hers also so maybe I can get some shots of her doing that too! Fun!
Anyway, so on to my normal blogging. Last week, I was feeling beaten and broken. Actually more than just last week. I’ve been trying to get back into a normal workout routine again and its been tough. Mentally tough. That problem was that I tried some workouts that I used to be able to do and they were hard. Really hard. Like “I’m in over my head” hard. And I got discouraged. Negative thoughts snuck in.
“You can’t do this” – “You’ve let yourself go too far” – “You’re not strong anymore”
Sadly, they were kind of true. “You can’t do this” could be changed to “you used to be able to do this”. So really, its frustration with myself. Sure, I had that crappy ankle problem that now is causing some Achilles tendinitis but I could have done more. I would have worked on my upper body instead. But therein lies the problem.
(Quote: Me). I have always told myself when losing weight not to worry about what I did or looked like in the past but how I was going to change my future. This was in the back of my mind but those negative things were crowding it out. I need to stop beating myself for what I didn’t do and do something today (also easier said than done).
So, at least I’ve come to this realization. Now, I have to plan for my future!
If someone could take a pic of you on the bobsled that would be awesome! Even if its just at the beginning or the end. Have fun! I’m sure being up at an Olympic Training Center will help jump start you back in the right direction!