Looking for that "Spark".....have you seen it????

I've been trying to find that "spark" again to get myself back into the gym and working out but I just can't seem to find it. I start off each week with a plan as to what I'm going to do, the night before my first day I'm psyched and ready to go but when morning comes....I just can't seem to drag myself out of bed to get my behind moving. So I think to myself, well I'll just work out after I get out of work...then it comes time for me to end my shift and once again, I've lost the motivation that I had earlier in the day, so I go home. I know, I know....I should force myself to go to the gym regardless but what can I say....I'm not very good at telling myself no! And of course, by the time I do go to bed I hate the fact that I didn't make myself work out and I tell myself I'll do better tomorrow....which of course never really seems to arrive.

I do have to say that I've been good for the past two weeks in working out on Thursday mid-mornings. I've been making myself go to one of our Group Core classes here at the Y and even though I haven't seen any changes in my core yet, I happy that I haven't given up on going to the classes....although having one of my friends/co-workers teach the class is a good way to get you there and also the fact it's only a 30 minute class!!!

I'm still 19.5lbs away from where I want to be by December 31, 2013 and as the months start dwindling down, I keep getting this feeling that I'm not going to make it to my goal by the end of the year. I know that if I could just get myself into the gym more than just once a week that would help but with my work schedule all of the place and changing week to week, it's been really hard to commit to a workout routine that I know I'll be able to stick with. Plus with the colder months upon us, staying inside where it's nice and warm bundled up on the coach just sounds much better than heading off to the gym! Maybe I need to find myself someone to workout with who'd be able to hold me accountable for missing any workouts...the only thing is everyone that I usually workout with has just as crazy work schedule as me so it's really hard for us to find time to workout together.

Who knows, maybe next week will be better...and I'll finally be able to find myself back into a workout routine. I  do know that I also need to start running again, my running shoes have been starting at me for weeks now and it's almost like I can hear them quietly yelling at me for not taking them out and hitting the pavement! Maybe what I also need to do is find another road race to compete in to get myself motivated....hey, it worked last time! Guess I should start looking to see what races are coming up and that I can do. If I commit to race, than I know I have to get my behind moving :)