Another new week is upon us. The days, weeks and months are just flying by. The weather has cooled off nicely for a few days. There was even a bit of a chill in the air this morning. The weekend weather was beautiful, but I did not get out and go hiking. I just had too much to do at home and I have several busy weekends ahead. I did feel a bit guilty about it and I know that mentally I really could've used the time out in nature. I even skipped my workouts this weekend. I think I just needed a break from it all and needed to concentrate on my house and garden.
Errands were ran on Saturday morning. Mowing trimming and yard work in the afternoon. Sunday I tried my new Bissell Carpet cleaner and got both of my area rugs cleaned. That was quite the job as they were long overdue a good cleaning. I then spent the afternoon making three different pots of soup to be frozen so I have some quick and easy dinners and lunches in the coming weeks. I think that with all that I did over the weekend I got a pretty good workout. The scales agreed this morning as my weight had dropped to the lowest it has been in months. 56.2 kg.
Skipping my scheduled workouts still causes me a bit of guilt. I'm trying to find a good mental balance that will ease the guilt but yet still remain motivated to work out. The hiking seems to be my downfall as I have to drive somewhere to hike. Walking around my neighborhood is hard as there isn't a safe place to walk. To even just walk around the block takes me on a narrow busy lane that I just hate. The parks in town with a trail are run down and don't feel safe so I tend to avoid them. I get tired of the same hikes at Mother Neff State Park as there are only two trails there. One of the trails isn't safe on warm sunny days as there are quite a few snakes that like to sun themselves along it. Everything else is a forty - five minute drive or more which makes for a three hour or more trip. It is really hard to get motivated to get out there. How do I convince myself to get out there weekly when I can't even get out there once a month? I can always seem to find excuses not to go. It's very easy to convince myself that I'm just too busy or too tired or just too whatever.. The thing is though is I know that once I get out, I love it and I feel so wonderful being out and hiking. Why do I convince myself otherwise? Well I guess I just need to give myself a good kick and just do it. No excuses... NO EXCUSES!!!!!!
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