Motivation

Yesterday I mentioned that I am having a hard time motivating myself to workout. Not to say that before the surgery that I was a gym rat, but I did have a little bit of a routine going. A couple of days each week I would hit the workout room in our building to do the treadmill, weight work, and the elliptical machine. Another couple of days, I would briskly walk three miles. Not bad, and it kept my energy up and my weight at bay.

Now I am having a hard time motivating to work out at all. Let's face it ... my energy is nothing like it had been when I was hyperthyroid. I was a hummingbird, even on the medication that I was prescribed to slow me down. Now I could stay in bed all day if you let me. I am making myself work out today, because I feel that if I don't, I will never get my energy up. Kind of a catch-22.

This coming Friday, my husband and I are heading to the Boston area, where we both grew up. We have a wedding to attend on Saturday, and are flitting between friends and family all week. I'm worried about what this is going to mean for my well-being, since I won't have the same schedule that I have now, and this might affect my energy level. Plus, let's face it, the weather isn't ideal for working out outdoors, and sometimes the gray skies just ... get to me. I was home last year for two weeks, and found myself getting a little sad looking out the windows to grayer and grayer skies. Now that I am sans thyroid, I feel cold like I haven't in a long time ... let's face it, I was having near hot flashes for years ... so the idea of 50 degree weather when I'm already chilled wearing knee socks to bed in a 75 degree condo isn't necessarily appealing. I'm concerned about my eating habits taking a dive, simply because I'll be on vacation, and we all know that vacations are never good for maintaining good eating habits.

Having said all this, it's time to get motivated to workout, and put the excuses to rest. My goal today: 45 minutes of cardio.