Today's workout {Rest day!}
Saturday's workout {4 mile run + 40 minutes strength training}
Yesterday was coooold, but I decided that since there are still clear sidewalks in R-town that I would take advantage, get my cold gear on and go for a run. As mentioned in a previous post, Justin bought me some running tights & long sleeve shirt to help keep me warm.
Since I feel super jiggy wiggly in my leg area, I do NOT wear the running tights by themselves. I wear shorts overtop. The shorts I wear are a little shorter in length, mostly just to cover my bum and upper thigh area. But, despite the tights covering my legs, I can't help but still feel self conscious as my thighs jiggle & wiggle throughout my entire run. During the first 10 minutes of the run I was super self-conscious, and kept tugging down my shorts so they seemed longer. I felt like everyone was watching my massive thighs bounce around, and I desperately wanted toned, defined thighs.
I got to thinking while I was running (which is a completely entire story in itself)...and I thought "Girl, don't be so hard on yourself. Just think how far you've come. Of course you've got jiggly wiggly parts, who doesn't? And, would you REALLY rather be sitting at home rather than working on your jiggly wiggly parts? To get rid of the jiggle & wiggle...you have to jiggle and wiggle!!!" I realized that I am often too hard on myself, which I think happens a lot to us women. We criticize our bodies so much! And the reality is...the more my jiggly and wiggly parts actually wiggle (by exercise), the less they will wiggle and jiggle in the future. When I first made the initiative to get back in shape, I was too scared to go to the gym because I was "too big". Now, isn't that ironic-- feeling too fat to go to the gym??!? Then I had to slap myself and get out of that mindset. Who cares what people think of me when I'm working out? I'm not trying to get into shape for other people...I'm doing it for me. I'm trying to be healthy so that I can run around with my kids someday and I can keep up with them, to extend my life to spend all the time I can with my family, and prevent any health problems in the future. Not for some girl who passes me outside with her mega toned/thin thighs. This is for me and my family! For my energy, for my health, for my family to enjoy me longer, and for my stress level to be lower so that my family will enjoy my presence! :)
So, my advice would be...don't worry about what you look like when you workout, don't worry about what other people think. Think about how great you'll feel after a workout when you have pushed yourself beyond what you thought you could do that day and keep pushing along!
Have a splendid week!!
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