on finding motivation (again.)

I totally hit a wall with my workouts over the last few weeks.  I do this a lot - I'll go hard core for three or four weeks, then get lazy.  its not even a matter of boredom, since there's a ton of variety in the bootcamp setup, and I love the classes offered at our gym.  I could blame the Thanksgiving holiday: rich food, time spent running around to pick up groceries, cold temperatures driving me indoors and toward comfort foods.  but I can be honest: it's just laziness.

more optimistically, we've started a semi-tradition of running a turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning, if for no other reason than to burn 300ish calories to later replenish tenfold.  last year, it was a 10k in San Jose.  this year, we couldn't find a 10k in the city (and don't have a car to drive to the 'burbs), so we settled for a 5k located just down the street.  after a crap night of sleep on Wednesday, I somehow managed to pull myself from our warm bed and motivate Rob to get moving.  we were beyond lucky with the weather: it was near 60* and sunny.  despite dodging hoards of fellow "runners" (side note: if you're gonna walk, MOVE TO THE SIDE.) and stopping for the rock in Rob's shoe, we managed a 10:03/mile.  I'll take it.

getting motivated to head to the gym yesterday was tougher, given that we'd have to bear temperatures in the low-30s and have a really comfy couch.  bootcamp's current phase of workouts has a push/pull/full body layout, and I'm not loving it.  it's not bad, I'm just not pumped about it like the other workouts.  and I'm lazy.  so instead of ignoring a workout altogether, I dug back a few weeks and redid one of the workouts I really liked.  since I'd left notes for myself, I was able to track strength and form improvement.  seeing strength gain was refreshing and helped me feel motivated again!  today, I mapped out my workout plan for the week and treated myself to a $9 (!!!) Old Navy workout top thanks to a cyberMonday presale.