If I were to keep this post simple and short, my update can be summed to :—-> I suck. I gained at least 10 lbs. I havent been going to the gym. I havent been walking or running. Everything feels wobbly and flabby and gross..
I dont know where the fuck my motivation has gone. The thought of putting on my workout shoes make me want to to curl up and sleep. The packed gym bag mocks me as I walk by every single day.
The good thing, I havent been having cocktails 
I was making cocktails at least 3-4 times a week. I told myself enough’s enough and stopped making them.(I had one on Friday though.leftover punch was screaming for something) So there one good thing right?
I dont know how to get out of this funk. How to get back to my routine of hitting the gym daily. I know what I need to do. Start tracking my food intake, start working out but but yet I dont want to do it..
Each time, I think okay I will start my day right by going to the gym. something or the other crops up. A call from school, a sick child, a sick Samar, doc’s appts. The thing is ..all this was there before and it didnt stop me but now I take any excuse NOT to go to the gym. Do I have burnout? Maybe? Should I try something new…Maybe…
I suck!
try a new gig. thats what you need i think. sign up for a crazy class of something. and please, i am sure its not so bad so don’t beat yourself up over nothing! You have four kids and are doing a wonderful job raising them and making them wonderful people. This is not a mean task. No one who does this can genuinely HAVE OODLES OF TIME to work out. of course you don’t suck, what the hell?
Dude, this is like seeing one of my heroes fall
Seriously, S.. this is JUST a phase.. and the path to weight loss is paved with these phases. Look at it this way, it’s either burnout or it’s rejuvenation. Just pick those shoes tomorrow, and jump right into it. You can do it, if I can.. and you know I started only because of you.
I mean, even I suck because I ate an overloaded plate of chicken biryani last night and topped it off with half a bar of chocolate.. and dreamt of the treadmill growing arms and slapping me.. but I’m not letting it get me down. You rock. Now just start TOMORROW!
Arrre , I am in the SAME situation here. I have no clue where my motivation has gone
I am eating like a pig and skipping gym frequently 
When you figure out the solution, lemme know !
Hugs S! I am at the exact same place as you. i can feel the flab growing, the unhealthy food, just rushing into my mouth, my over all food intake has pretty much doubled, and even the thought of working out makes me want to curl up and sleep. i hope I find motivation too. I am using all kinds of stupid excuses. Let me know if you do, and motivate me too!
I hear you! I was doing so well with the C25K thing & then suddenly it was all gone. I’m back in the gym now. I’ve decided to be less ambitious & aim for a workout everyday this week rather than aiming for 30 whole days.
lol hear you there….i’ve taken up running every couple of days for ~ 5km – just getting out there rather than the slow buildup that was C25K. AND also cycling on the weekend when the days are good – Evs and I cycled to the city along the park trails and back the other week – 35kms total!! I was dead but it felt so good
However my eating habits are still to be desired…so Sraikh, you have one up on me there!
Just start slowly again – you already do so so much!! You guys up North are lucky as well – the weather is getting better as summer comes so you’ll feel better when it’s gorgeous outside
Nah…you rock Sunita as a mom…there are always phases, and this is one..
it is summer now and you will def. be hitting the hiking trails/beaches with the kids and then u will slowly get in to the routine. Don’t fret too much as it will demotivate you further. Start by going on a walk or something to begin with and then u will get back in shape in no time.
If you did it once, you sure as hell can do it again.
May be walking to those estate sales (if close by) will be motivating enough….hehe
Hmmm, been there before and will def be there again. So, in that spirit, let me tell you the best way out of a blue funk is change. Change one thing – anything. Be it your workout routine, the route you take, a different studio class at gym, a whole new playlist to run to or a new pair of trainers. Anything that will make you go “yayyy!” and then will get you to step 1 and beyond. Once you crack day 1, rest will be easy.
Know what I did to get out of my most recent funk? Joined a studio class at my gym. Anyone who knows me ITRW will tell you I suck at anything co-ordinated. I have always steered clear of aerobics sessions because I know I will not be able to do any of those moves. So I signed up for a kick-ass thing called Body Combat. Punches, kicks, jump kicks, upper cuts, left hooks, thai boxing and still I look like a Teletubby. Which is why I stand behind someone else and bounce around!
So I shall wind up my long bhashan and say – just do one thing new. Even if it is buying some funky socks. And then go to it.
Seriously, if you were able to pack in a workout as well, I would faint.
I don’t anyone who gets as much done as you!
Damn…woman! Don’t be soo hard on yourself! Geez…. after all you have the demands of 4 kids and a husband! You can only do so much… however, get that sun shining on your skin and you’ll feel energized. Take it a little slow – to start up…don’t hit the gym, walk around the block once…add another block…do it twice a day…then add a third block.. do it everyday, time it, so you can make sure to do it. No hills, just flat sidewalks. Walk downtown or to the grocery store nearby. or FREAKIN CALL me and lets go for a short walk….when you drop the baby to school. hell….don’t be sooo hard on yourself!
hugs
Can I say ‘I hear you’? I am in the same boat, not exercising, but since I have no kids that are demanding my time it is much worse
Don’t beat yourself up over it. We will get there slowly!
First of all, stop beating yourself up over what you haven’t been doing. Let’s say, one of your friends was to tell you precisely what you have told us, what would you do then? Wouldn’t you be supporting him/her instead of berating them? Shouldn’t you be your own friend?
So, if you don’t go to the gym for the next 10 days/weeks/months, it’s okay. Do what you realistically can and want to do.
I think you have a great attitude to family and fun. And if you carry an extra few pounds, I’m sure your friends won’t mind.
Hey,as MGM said,if you manage to pack gymming into the middle of raising 4 kids,dealing with a husband and doing all that you do at the moment,we’d all collectively faint!Really, you get so much out of a day…I think ,as a wise soul above said, you should integrate your exercise into all your day to day stuff and after all, you’re the inspiration for a few thousand of us blog readers..if Asaaan could do it then…;) no pressure,just saying…
Nahiiiin..dont get bogged down..been there done that with no kids for an excuse:)..The thing is I get terribly bored in the gym and have no gym buddy too for inspiration..(not an excuse though!) ..However I realize I love swimming and ballroom dancing (used to go thrice a week) but cant do this regularly(I have to literaly be dragged out of the pool or the dance class) and the only thing I can attempt to regularly which will help is gymming!..sigh ironies of life..! So I set myself a schedule ..say I will go to the gym every alternate day (which I have been doing since a month) and if I miss one day I make up..but try to keep it on track so that the day that I dont have to go is like my reward day:D.
See today’s (may 12th) Oprah show. Highly recommended.
You are a super-mom though!
You sound like me down to the packed gym bag…:-)
I’m probably never going back to the gym, it’s just not my thing.
Right there with you girl. After 4 months of sitting on my butt and blaming it on my hurt ankle, I finally did something this week in the name of a workout!!
Passing phase. I feel the same way- too busy/too tired don’t want to go. But like you say, I had the same stuff to deal with before. Let’s take it one day at a time.
Yeah…I’m in that wierd funk too…i left the gym because im paying for nothing….im tring to walk atleast 1 mile everyday though…