So we went on a mini camping trip for a couple of days with the entire family (my mom, stepdad, my brother, sister-in-law, their two kids and my hubby and our three kids).
The trip was a lot of fun and we packed a lot into two days. It was certainly a test of the parents patience, but most of all for me personally, it was a test of my excuse giving.
I already posted on my personal page about the run I pushed through but I skipped over what started that breakthrough process. On Monday night, I squeezed in an upper body workout (put together by my trainer). I had set myself up for success and spoke with him in advance about my trip. So he created a workout that I could do while away (and boy was I still sore AF).
Actually getting myself to do the workout was truly a struggle, my mind kept telling me "oh you're on vacation" and "it's not a big deal to skip one day, just give it a miss." I did keep pushing it off until late in the day when finally, it came down to either me doing it or skipping it.
Since my upper body workout was before my run, I hadn't had the "light bulb" moment of me beating me excuses. At this point, I did it because if I didn't, I knew my trainer would ask why and he'd hold me accountable. So in that moment, this was about me but still about not letting someone else down. I mean, none of my excuses were reasonable - being tired, on vacation, just don't wanna - all things that have gotten me fat in the past but they are not excuses I will use anymore.
During my run the next morning, I realized, I pushed through those excuses to break the cycle. I am not going back to where I was before and my dedication to myself is absolute proof of that.
I have no more excuses.
Zero.
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