It’s strange. I take away the pressure of having to stick to workouts and I do workouts without a second thought. Now, I’m not saying this week was incredible with working out, but there has been a slight shift in my brain this week. Is removing pressure the answer for me?
Removing Pressure From Challenges
Now, I really thought that I could do the 75 soft challenge a lot better than I did. Yes, I knew that it would involve discipline, but my mindset told me I could do this. I had watched others document their challenge on YouTube and thought, I know how to do it better. Well, I’ll admit it. I was wrong. It clearly takes a lot of discipline and effort. This was a challenge that I was not ready for. And I had it in my head that after I would flow right into 75 Hard. That isn’t happening as I’m removing pressure from challenges right now.
What Will Working Out Look Like
I do want to build a habit of working out, even if I’m removing pressure by not taking on fitness challenges right now. For now, I think I’ll just try and stay consistent with a workout or two each week. One of those workouts won’t be a problem as a friend and I get together once a week to do a workout. Then I just want to focus on trying to do at least one more workout on my own. There won’t be a minimum time on the workouts I do on my own. And I won’t follow any sort of program. The goal is simply to pick a workout video, or go for a walk or hike or something like that, and just remind my brain that it likes when I workout.
Removing Pressure With Food
I’m also going to be removing pressure when it comes to eating. Yes, I still have every intention of trying to finish my cookbooks and I’m still hopeful that I can finish one of them this year. However, with money being as tight as it is, I do not want to put pressure on myself by sticking to a strict diet or anything like that. Originally, I planned on being paleo for the summer while I did 75 Hard, but that is on the back burner for now as I just work on one struggle at a time.
Pulling Back for Now
So, with all this being said, I’m pulling back on Fitness Friday blogs. Instead of every week, I’ll only be posting an update once a month. I will aim to do these updates the first Friday of the month. With that being said, I don’t have any plans to fill in the rest of the Fridays of the month. Yes, this means less blogs to read each month, but I think it will be good for me. Trying to work a full time job, writing four blogs a week, working on my novels, and finding time to read, workout, clean…..it’s just too much for me to handle right now. I hope you all understand. Before you ask, this is temporary. Once I have things a bit more under control I’ll go back to four blogs a week.
Self Care
I really just need to find a way to take care of myself right now. The other day I broke down crying in front of my boss and shared just how I was feeling completely disheartened and burnt out with everything going on in my life. You could say it was then that I knew I had to change something and start focusing on self care. Removing pressure in other areas of my life is a start. I know that regular workouts will help, but I just need to get there first. Right now, getting out of bed is a chore and little things frustrate me. I’m finding that I think the worst of everything and my mindset is going quite negative. Now is the time to take a deep breath and refocus on self care. Then I can focus on doing all the other things. Anything can happen if I try.
