Music thoughts

Yesterday was a tough day, food-wise. I guess it wasn't that bad, but I'm holding myself to pretty high standards. I wasn't able to weigh myself this morning so we'll just see how I do. And really, I should only be weighing myself once a week. Maybe I should just start doing that instead of every day.

Today I'm going to go exercise with T and our friend K and I've been very good about food even though we ate out for brunch this morning. :)

I wanted to talk about my music and exercise motivation. Before when I went to pick my exercise music, I used to go pretty hard-core on high bpm techno-music, super-upbeat music and other things that seemed fast-paced and energetic. This time around I'm trying a different approach.

All of my songs now have motivational lyrics. None of them are like cheerleading songs or any of that Richard Simmons nonsense, but I have songs like "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World

It just takes some time
Little girl,
You're in the middle of the ride
Everything, Everything
Will be just fine
Everything, Everything
Will be alright.

Another good song I find incredibly motivating is "Let Go" by Frou Frou.

Let go, Let go,
Get in,
Well whatcha waiting for?
It's alright
There's beauty in the breakdown.

My full playlist has a lot of songs that keep me motivated and going at a good pace. It's so helpful to have music that reminds me that this has a payoff. It's not futile, I'm getting somewhere. I also have one of T's favorite songs, to remind me I'm doing this for more than one reason. I have a horrible song from the musical "A New Brain" called "Poor, Unsuccessful and Fat," and "Heavy" from Dreamgirls. I can't think of anything more motivating than that!