Feeling like a failure with my fitness goal today

Today I set out to improve my time on the 4.5 mile jog I've been doing every couple days. On day 1, I started with walking 1 min then jogging 1 min. I did that a few times and then increased to walking 1 min and jogging 2 min. When I did this I improved my time by close to 10 min!!

Today my goals was to run 3 min and walk 1 min. I didn't have a set amount of time in mind but my goal was to just do better than my previous time. I didn't hit my goal at all. In fact, I almost talked myself out of going in the first place. It was super overcast when I left the house so I told myself it might rain and I didn't want to get caught in the rain. I loaded up the baby and went anyway. I was trying to pump myself up even though my body was super tired and sore. I did my 4 min brisk walk for a warm up then started running. I did two rounds of the 3 min run and was feeling SO tired! My entire body felt tired.

Do I turn around and go back home or keep going? Feeling like a failure but not wanting to give up I pushed on. I knew I wouldn't be able to continue with my run but decided to not give in to my head telling me I couldn't do it and just decided to walk. I listened to my body and knew I could walk. I was a little nervous I wouldn't make it home in time to go get my daughter from school...

During my walk I changed my thoughts of feeling like a failure and just cleared my head. I was listening to our Team Beachbody National Wake Up Calls and started feeling inspired. I was able to listen to 2 calls instead of the 1 I usually get in. I suddenly became VERY inspired by what I was hearing from other successful coaches. I was excited to come home and share my sense of failure with you. I started to think back to why I wanted to join this amazing company. To help others just like myself. To hopefully inspire someone else. To help financially support my family. To better myself and my family's health. I also started building my dream team list of friends that I think may be interested in this same opportunity!!

Moral of the story: It's ok to slow down. Don't give in to your "stinkin' thinkin' " and just do what feels right. My walk only took my 5 min longer than my first walk/jog. I had plenty of time to sit down and write this blog before picking my daughter up on time too. The overcast skies made for a much pleasurable walk. The baby got in an hour BONUS nap! I cleared my head! Came up with a game plan! AND... Changed my outlook on my day!