About every second year one of my New Year’s resolutions is to start working out. The more enthusiastic I am in the beginning the quicker I am getting tired of it. The excuses are always the same: no time, too cold, it hurts.
In Germany it is quite easy for me to ignore my bad conscience because most of my friends are as lazy as I am. However, here in Sweden you can’t go to the supermarket without meeting some joggers. People are obsessed with sports!
I already saw some joggers when I went home from the station to my apartment after I had visited my family during Christmas. It was like the joggers were welcoming me: “Welcome back to Sweden, Mareike! Don’t forget your New Year’s resolutions! Time to move!”
Not only these joggers but also my boyfriend who wants me to work out with him and my regular pain in the neck pushed me to give sport one more chance. Therefore I bought some gym shoes today. New clothes always motivate me to become active. If I have a new dress for instance I want to go out.
At a sports outfitters here in Lund the salesman showed me the shoes for the “running woman” because he thought that they would fit best my plans. “Well, I need shoes for the lazy woman. Shoes that are so fantastic that I start to love working out,” I said. He smiled and showed me some shoes. At least the price was fantastic as I bought them in the sales.
OK, now I have shoes. What’s next? Wearing them! Well, it’s too cold to run outside! What did I say about excuses in the beginning? Anyway, maybe the gym is a better alternative in the cold Swedish winter. I hope I can find one that doesn’t play as much Schlager music as the one where I worked out two years ago.
Do you have any tips and tricks so that I really continue this time and don’t quit after four weeks again? How do you motivate yourself when you are working out?
i’m just addicted to the feeling you have afterwards…when your’re taking a shower!!!
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Pounding the streets in expensive running shoes is the most over rated form of exercise….. grab the boyfriend, bin the shoes…pound something else.
Happy New Year
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I agree with Gianna, it feels so great afterwards. I’m not the jogging type, my thing is gym…and in the cold cold Sweden, that’s the best choice, or maybe the only one hehe.
Start buying workout stuff: clothes, Polar watch, mp3-player (well you already have your cute ipod). After spending so much money, you will be sorta forced to work out, otherwise it is a waste of money.
I wish you all the luck
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i’m just addicted to the feeling you have afterwards…when your’re taking a shower!!!
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grab the boyfriend, bin the shoes…pound something else.
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