Seedy
My gym is located in a shopping center surrounded by a Kmart, a pool hall, a laundry mat, a Chinese restaurant, a liquor store, and a dollar store.
So I get my daily dose of motivation….to be NOTHING like the people who I see walking in and out of these places.
I don’t want to be the 300 pound woman walking out of Kmart to her handicap spot where her car is parked (nod to Janthony’s blog).
I don’t want to be the woman smoking a cigarette outside of the laundry mat in 12 degree weather because she can’t bear to be without it for an hour.
I don’t want to be the bloated people getting their liquid lunches from the liquor store.
And I certainly don’t want to be the overweight mom with the muffin top, stringy hair and a cigarette dangling from her lips who drags her child by the hand into the dollar store.
There are some women on this site whose pictures I like to see because it reminds me of what I want to achieve and I like that visual because it helps me believe that having the body I want is possible.
But to see such a contrast in people where my gym is located, that helps me to RUN toward my goal rather than take my sweet ass time like I used to do.
I wasted so many years of my life thinking that I have plenty time to get where I want to be and procrastinated in doing something about it. What would I look like today if during all those years I had the motivation I have now.
I can still use improvement on making the best use of my time. I will never be satisfied and I should never be satisfied with the progress I’m making. That would cause me to be stagnant and there’s no way I’m letting myself settle for "good enough" and stopping there.
Weight Training: chest, calves
Cardio: 500
Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ 1/2 scoop protein powder (17g prot)
Greek yogurt fat free (15g prot)
coffee w/ milk
Snack: tuna mixed w/ creamed eggplant (26g prot)
Pregym snack: protein shake w/ milk (32g prot)
almonds (3g prot)
Postgym: protein shake (24g prot)
Lunch: tuna (26g prot)
whole wheat (8g prot)
Dinner: fish (32g prot)
whole wheat macaroni (3g prot)
mixed vegetables
Snack: casein shake (24g prot)
February 23, 2009 at 6:57 am
Go for your goals. Keep moving forwards. Keep finding positive and negative motivation. Reading your blog helps motivate me. Enjoy your journey.
February 23, 2009 at 6:59 am
Great blog, I agree looking at what others do and what they become is great motivation.
Keep up the good work.
Bj
February 23, 2009 at 7:04 am
Amen Shannon. Looking at my coworkers’ eating habits in the breakroom every day is a real motivator for me. It’s amazing to see what people will put into themselves, but would never let their pet dog or cat eat such junk.
February 23, 2009 at 7:38 am
My thoughts exactly!
February 23, 2009 at 7:47 am
So you’re not a fan of blue light specials?
February 23, 2009 at 7:49 am
Great blog! I totally agree with you. You always have good blogs, love reading them.
February 23, 2009 at 8:39 am
or the guy eating dog food outside the laundry mat. wait, that’s me in ten years. never mind.
February 23, 2009 at 9:10 pm
My motivation is the military. Have you seen how FAT the military is getting? I used to think it was just the air force, but nah, its the whole DoD. Dont get me wrong, theres a lot of them in decent shape, but there are those that as the rank increases, so does the gut. I think its a requirement to have a gut when one gets promoted to the 6th rank in the enlisted force. I dont care to go past the 4th rank!
Where do you find this greek yogurt? I heard about it, but I can’t find it.
February 24, 2009 at 3:35 am
Good blog Shan,