I find that taking a compliment is a really tough thing to do. Today I had two friends post on my facebook status that they thought I was inspirational. Rather than just say thanks and bask in their kindness I felt really weird about it. I kept thinking, me inspirational? Really? I am not sure why it so tough for me to accept a compliment, I don't recall being overly rejected as a child, though I will admit, that parts of my childhood made me feel less than accepted. But as an adult I guess you don't hear compliments like you did when you were a kid getting stickers saying WAY TO GO, YOU ROCK, YOU GO GIRL, or even better, YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION!
So after an hour of feeling really weird about the compliments I have let them soak in and I am smiling, thinking HELL YESS! I DO ROCK!!! :-)
So thank you to Ashli, Joe, Cara and Dani for the Facebook stickers. I really appreciate it. I am happy to know that my posting about my crazy workouts motivates you to get moving too. I want all of my friends to be happy and healthy. In the end that is all that matters.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
time to focus
Its been a while since I have last posted and I will have to admit I have become highly distracted with work, travel, kids, more work, and even reading a book.
Yesterday I finally (after many days off) got a work out in, 1 hour 45 minutes on a spin bike. I got up on the bike and went to turn on my iphone to listen to music and whaddya know, I forgot to charge the damn thing. So I sat there and debated, screw the work out, its hard to spin with no music and motivation, or suck it up and deal and ride any way.
So I stayed on the bike and people watched and listened the plethora of chatter in my wee little head. Man I really have a lot going on in there.
What I realized though in that hour in forty five minutes was my struggle to FOCUS on the task at hand. To stop and just think about riding that bike. To use my legs all the way through the pedal stroke. To keep my form strong, shoulders relaxed. That aspect of the workout was 10x more taxing than the ride.
I guess in the world we live in today we live to be distracted. With twitter, Facebook, IM, email, cell phones, etc, its rare that we just do one thing. I am one of those multi-task until you drop kind of people, but this training made me stop and think, am I really being effective with all that sh** going on?
I am glad I stayed on the bike. It made me think about when I am going to be out on the road, for 8+ hours, and I need to get real with myself and focus.
I am going to apply this more to my day to day activities and thoughts, adjusting to one thing at a time.
Yesterday I finally (after many days off) got a work out in, 1 hour 45 minutes on a spin bike. I got up on the bike and went to turn on my iphone to listen to music and whaddya know, I forgot to charge the damn thing. So I sat there and debated, screw the work out, its hard to spin with no music and motivation, or suck it up and deal and ride any way.
So I stayed on the bike and people watched and listened the plethora of chatter in my wee little head. Man I really have a lot going on in there.
What I realized though in that hour in forty five minutes was my struggle to FOCUS on the task at hand. To stop and just think about riding that bike. To use my legs all the way through the pedal stroke. To keep my form strong, shoulders relaxed. That aspect of the workout was 10x more taxing than the ride.
I guess in the world we live in today we live to be distracted. With twitter, Facebook, IM, email, cell phones, etc, its rare that we just do one thing. I am one of those multi-task until you drop kind of people, but this training made me stop and think, am I really being effective with all that sh** going on?
I am glad I stayed on the bike. It made me think about when I am going to be out on the road, for 8+ hours, and I need to get real with myself and focus.
I am going to apply this more to my day to day activities and thoughts, adjusting to one thing at a time.
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