Cleaning Out Your Fitness Life
This weekend the girls at PNP had a challenge to clean out the pantry/fridge. We do a lot of talking about setting up our lifestyle to be one that is friendly to losing weight, exercising, and keeping our health a priority. I totally cleaned out the fridge down to soaking the drawers and organizing the shelves. My proudest moment was when I looked at the toss pile and only had one bottle of old vinegar (does that stuff go bad?), one container of lowfat cottage cheese that the date was expired by a day, and two cheese sticks that the date had passed. THAT'S IT!
We all know that the kitchen needs to be free and clear of junk food if we want to avoid binges, weak moments, and breakdowns. Let me tell you, if I am on TOM and craving cookies there better not be cookies in the pantry. Shame on me if I fall off the wagon because I was too afraid to succeed in this by keeping my old habits laying around. This has me thinking: what other areas of our lives do we need to clean up?
Today I am working on my basement. I have a great finished area with plenty of workout space, a PNP office, and full bathroom. Heck, I even got a fridge for cold water. Do you have any idea what it looks like? Like a cross between romper room and a pit of despair. I work on my couch rather than my desk, I avoid morning cardio because I don't want to wrestle the crap out of the way, and I hate tripping over toys when I walk through.
No more I tell you! My purge today is to create an environment inviting to workout. I will organize my weights, hang up a few inspiration pictures, post my weekly menu and exercise schedule, and get all my videos in one place. I'm also going to get my PNP work area fixed so that I no longer work five feet from the fridge. That's a toughie, girls!
I think we all need to think about this in general terms. What areas of your life are you purposely not setting up to be a success? Common things are:
1. Wearing funky, old workout clothes: Don't do this! Dress like you mean business not like you are cleaning the business. You can't get in a good workout if your pants stay past your crack rather than at your waist.
2. Keeping junk food and emergency oops moments laying around: Toss it and be done. If your kids and hubby want it, find a place for them to keep it where you can't get to it. At my house WE ALL eat healthy because WE ALL deserve to live a long life. What little junk I allow is usually hidden or something I don't get tempted by anyway.
3. Not having the right workout equipment: Doesn't have to be the best or most expensive just enough to get the job done. You need to make sure that when you are working out you have the tools and the space. If you are lucky enough to have a good space, get it organized and filled with your inspirations.
Ladies, I challenge you to talk about what you are doing to get your fitness life in check. Help others out by tossing ideas on how to organize, find good equipment, or buy affordable and transitional workout clothes. We all could use that!