Hello, friends (and new friends). I’m Catherine Greer, author of The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe and a woman who has COMPLETELY fallen off the wagon with exercising.
I am so far off the wagon that I barely saw the wagon in April.
Help me.
Yes, I was extra busy trying to promote my new book, The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe. (Thank you if you’ve helped by reading it, buying for yourself and friends, reserving it at your local library, requesting it at your library….all the things…you are an amazing army of women and I am so thankful for you!)
And I was busy with full time work.
But tell my arteries and heart valves and quad muscles that. Tell my tighter jeans that. And tell my mental health that Catherine was TOO BUSY to take care of the important things.
Then…suddenly…I was so far off that wagon and it was way too hard to get back on. So this is how I coached myself.
I told myself this:
I walked out to the garage.
I put on the best music I could find. Links below. Hello, Jason Mraz. Hello Only the Good Die Young. Hello, Exs and Ohs.
I did the simplest 10 minute weights workout with my lightest weights.
And then I put a heart on my calendar because it is done.
Yes, there was a time for years when I did five weight workouts a week without fail. But in this season, all I’ve done is failed at those workouts. I’ve had some intentions, but I just couldn’t get back out there.
So I made it stupidly easy.
And I felt better about myself.
When everything is too hard, the last thing we need is even more hard. The last thing we need is a challenge or a higher bar or a ‘never miss a day’ mentality. We actually (sometimes) need to make it super easy.
And fun.
And done.
If you’re struggling today with getting back on track, maybe you need to make it easier.
Thank you for being here with me — a Canadian Australian living in Sydney, navigating midlife, trying to live and thrive and do what I can to enjoy what I’ve been given. (Arms and legs that move, a garage with a yoga mat, a pair of leggings from Kmart, a wish to age with some flexibility and grace).
Are you with me?
Then make it easy, Matie. 🩷 Do that thing today…and easy does it. Whatever that looks like for you.
Love, Catherine xx
P.S. The Fun Stuff!
Why would you want to read The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe? Review below! Canadians 🇨🇦 - the best news! The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe is now in Indigo. Please spread the word. Also here in Canada. In Australia, you’ll find The Bittersweet Bakery Cafe in all bookshops, at BigW and Amazon and overseas here in America and here in The UK.
Toe shoes - I love them for doing weights. You can feel the ground and be stable. Whoa, on sale now in Australia.
Yoga mats — the problem is that they are too small. The solution? Buy two at Kmart and tape them together with electrician’s tape, turn over and VOILA. A big mat. Roll around. Stretch every direction without falling off. Works for me.
Fun workout songs: Exes and Ohs, I’m Yours, and one from way back, Only The Good Die Young.
