Every Saturday Morning I leave for Weight Watchers around 7.30am.  Crazy time of the day to be up on the only real day I could maybe sleep in.  But I know that Weight Watchers is important to me and my health so I do it and actually kind of like it…I know I’m sick but sure I love it.  Anyway every morning there is also someone else up at the same time of the morning doing something for their health.  And today it kind of clicked for me.

There is an elderly gentleman who is out running along the road from our town to the next town over which is about 5 miles.  He’s out there when it’s 90 degrees and today he was even out there when the bank temperature said 42 degrees.  It never fails that I see this guy running every saturday morning.  Now I’m sure he’s out there other days but I’m at work around that time so I wouldn’t know.  He doesn’t run fast… in fact its more like a shuffle, his form is not that great, and sometimes I’ve actually thought he was going to fall over because he looked so tired.  But he loves it.  He does it with a smile on his face every time.

This kind of had me thinking.  I sometimes get into the mindset that I’m going to be able to change my healthy eating and exercise.  These thoughts don’t stick around long because I know it’s not true.  I want to do this for the long haul.  What good is it going to do me to lose the 100+ pounds and then slowly (or quickly) gain it back over the next several only to have to lose it all over again.  I did the yo-yo thing and got quite dizzy and sick.  Not my idea of fun.

So I need to make sure how I’m living is something I can do lifelong.  I’ve gone through cycles of working out twice a day for a month and the opposite of doing NOTHING for a week or two.  I don’t like either end.  Both make me feel tired and depressed.  I like my normal yoga and cardio.  I like doing it 4-5 days a week.  But I like doing it at a pace I can handle.  Sure I’d love to be the marathoner and get up at the butt crack of dawn to do long runs…well in a way… but I like to make life manageable.   I need to make this something I can live with.  If I can surpass my goals that’s great but I’d rather not fall short of to lofty goals. 

What kind of goals do you set for yourself that you can keep life long?

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