Finding What Works

This week I started rereading a book that I read last year called “The Happiness Project”. It's all about finding out what will give you more energy and self-worth in order to be your happiest. It talks about being a little selfish and sometimes putting your needs first because in the long run, you being your happiest and healthiest will be what is best for all of the important people in your life. I had to think about that a lot this week. Last weekend I was at a party, and instead of interacting with people and having a good old time, I spent most of the party sitting in a corner yawning because I was so tired.

What will make my relationship with my boyfriend, family, friends, and students stronger right now is spending a little time by myself at the gym. I need to get my butt in the gym more often to gain some more energy. My boyfriend and I were supposed to be going to the gym together twice during the week and then on the weekends. We like going to the gym together. We get on the treadmills and talk to each other about how our day went, but doing this during the week was just not working for me. The problem was that I get off of work at 3:30 and he doesn't get off of work until two or sometimes three hours later, so what was happening is I would go home and lay around waiting to go to the gym and I would slowly get tired and more tired. By the time it was time to go to the gym I was ready to put my pajamas on and had lost all motivation to go. I have always been somebody who wakes up early and goes to bed early, so by the time we would get home from the gym, I would eat dinner and be in bed an hour later.

This week we talked and agreed to try something different. We are going to start going to the gym during the week by ourselves and then of course still go together on the weekends. This way I will be able to go to the gym right after work. I will be able to get my workout done before I hit my after school crash and then be able to come home and relax the rest of the evening. The other thing this will help prevent is after school snacking. I will be able to come home from the gym and make dinner right away, so I'll be less likely to sit around and snack.

It will be sad and feel a little weird not going to the gym with my boyfriend, but we both know it is what is best for me and who knows maybe down the road when I have lost 40 or 50 pounds, I will have more energy and can stay up later and go back to going to the gym later in the evening. It's all about finding what works best for you.

Happy Running!

Sally