My brain is playing cruel tricks on me. Today I woke up at 4am. Ugh. Being excited to get fit is one thing but this is ridiculous!! By the time 6am rolled around and I stumbled up to the roof I was half asleep yet somehow I managed to get into my skipping groove like an automaton. Maybe Patrick is onto something here - active meditation. Apart from the twinge in my calves I can kind of see myself getting into this (I just know I am going to regret writing that…). I’ve read on a few people’s blogs that they miss the skipping when they are done with the program. I’m not suggesting I will go all foetal and start rocking back and forth once the skipping cord is cut but I can see the appeal and crutch of the regular hypnotic rhythm of skipping. Or maybe that’s just the crazy talk of a sleep deprived woman. Hmm yes, that’s it.
This morning when I headed up to the roof it was drizzling which made me feel rather dedicated and hardcore. But let’s see what happens when our first typhoon of the season hits…I can already see myself getting whipped in the head with my skipping rope. I’d better think up a contingency plan unless I am planning to get all biblical and take on the elements.
We had an event at work this morning and there were loads of leftover starbucks mini muffins and other temptations. My work area is usually the communal dumping ground for leftover food from events and the various snacks people bring back from overseas which explains why up until this point I have been constantly grazing on something. It’s a bad trap and I had to ask that they be left somewhere else making me sound completely neurotic. I don’t want to be the fussy food eater - no one invites her anywhere!! Anyway, I think they ended up in the kitchen which shows that everyone else already has way more discipline than me. Hmmm.
I think getting my workout out of the way in the morning will be key to getting through this. I know myself too well that if faced with having to do it before bed it will never happen. Hopefully in a fews days time my body will switch to auto pilot and I'll actually wake up mid-skip. Efficient.
Still hanging in there with the half meals and tonight had a glass of wine which will be followed by another (I feel like I have to while can).
Cheers!
Hi Tanya,
ReplyDeleteI'm from the group a few weeks ahead. Like your posts so far. The breakup with the burger was funny. As for the skipping, it will only get easier as you go. Youtube has a lot of pointers but I was terrible at first and only practice fixed it. You'll be smooth in no time. And sleeping better, too! Good luck with your project!