Are we ever satisfied?
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Are we ever satisfied?
| Tue, 03-01-2005 - 10:37am |
Jean's question of the week prompted me to think of this... Do you all think we'll ever be satisfied with our levels of fitness? Or, are we all Type A gymrats who need to have ever-changing goals? (I'm not saying this is a bad thing... just pondering the personality types of gymrats.)

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I am starting to wonder this about myself...sometimes it is a struggle to keep up with myself. Lately it is weird I get so motivated and love my workouts and somedays I feel like why can't I be one of those people who gets a workout in 3 or 4 times a week and is perfectly satisfied with it.
I know and sometimes besides you own struggles with yourself, I have the mother and boyfriend who constantly say "just take a day off" and then I get to the gym and I see other people who not only take hours of grueling aerobics classes, but then hop on the treadmill and run for 3 miles.
Most days I love my workout routine and it really makes me feel good about myself and I know bottom line that is why I do it. Then every few weeks I see my boyfriend and others eating McDonalds and only exercising 3 times a week and looking great and think why is it a daily struggle for me?
I guess knowing that underneath it all I do it for myself makes me o.k. with why I workout 6 days a week (I just started taking Sundays off for fear my boyfriend would think I was totally nuts).
I'll probably never be satisfied because there will always be some sort of new goal or obstacle that pops up-- e.g., getting back in shape after a baby, recovering from an injury, learning a new type of exercise, training for a race, adapting to changes in metabolism, etc.
I'd probably be a rich woman if I had the same tenacity in my career as I do for working out.
i think i'm the vain one here. i'm more than satisfied with my level of fitness. what i'm not completely satisfied with is how i look. (though i'm pretty satisfied
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