Man, I don’t know about this workout program. I couldn’t do any of the core stuff today, and internally I was so whiny about trying it. I really hate how crowded the gym is in the morning, I felt like a whale flopping around trying to do the core exercises and the one thing I could do – mountain climbers – my shoes kept slipping off. Annoying.

I think when you get in that mindset it’s really important to not let yourself get mired in “I can’t do it.” It’s natural to want to give up when something is hard, and this is definitely not the kind of workout I prefer. I like to lift heavy and build muscle, and this is the epitome of “I don’t want to get BIG I just want to TONE” (excuse me while I vomit in my mouth.) But the goal right now is weight loss, not muscle building (preferably not muscle loss either!) and I think this is a good program for it. At the start of the pandemic, when I could not do shit, I just bounced around doing cardio in my living room and made up my mind that any exercise that I could not do, I would just do SOMETHING (spent quite a lot of time just walking in little circles!) Eventually I got better, to the point where I felt kind of sort of good at it. Anyway, I told myself if I couldn’t make these core exercises happen today I would do SOMETHING, and I did manage a few sort of half-hearted bicycles and leg raises.

One last funny thing – I’ve always struggled with buying too many keto treats. Today’s Amazon Treasure Truck? A TWO POUND BAG of no-sugar candy. I deleted the text. 🙂