I keep having conversations with myself about completing a half marathon one day and about wanting to do a duathlon. Part of me is saying "Oh just do it" and the other part is saying "you don't have the time to commit to training. It's expensive. I don't know if I can or not"

How do you push your self doubt away so you can accomplish your goals?

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Oh my! When you figure this out, please let me know!

I have the same battle over the same goal! UGH! We are our own worst enemy!!!

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Wow Christy - this is me 100%. I say that about anything that I am faced with. This past year I was going to do this mini tri through my YMCA but my self-doubt talked me out of it. I need a lot of push from dh for me to go through with something.

It's so unfortunate you beat yourself up so much Debi. We've seen your transformation and that came from hard work and dedication. I view you as someone who can put her mind to something and achieve it, no matter what the odds are! You're such an inspiration to so many of us! ((HUGS))

I on the other hand...... and just stuck....and haven't made progress in over a year.

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I certainly did not mean to make it sound that I was putting myself down. I was stating that I definitely experience the self doubt when faced with a new challenge. My first 5K, oh yeah self doubt was all there, but I pushed through it and did it! Stupid mind games!!!

You too have made progress girl!!!!

Good question. I've never considered training for a haf-marathon, but I have been in situations where my self-doubts have prevented me from doing something.

First of all, I think you have to ask yourself if you really want it. Sometimes self-doubt is there because there's something about the achievement or the process that you're not completely comfortable with. When the desire is stong enough, I think self-doubt tends to disappear and you start to look for reasons to do something rather than not to do it. So, my short answer is: you gotta WANT it!

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I totally agree with Kim's answer. My problem at the moment is not self doubt, it is the "you gotta want it" part. There isn't anything I am really going for right now, and my motivation is in the toilet. Maintenance is boring. I need a goal. I don't run, I don't do races (not a competitive personality here), and I can't really think of a good new challenge. Blahhhhhhhhhhh.

sorry to hijack your thread Christy!

Maggie - that is a lot of what I am dealing with too - maintenance stinks! My new goal is too tone up my legs a bit more.

I'm trying to pull myself out of a period of self doubt right now. I find that when i start really doubting myself in one area, it brings me down in other areas too (feeling overweight and out of shape, ttc, being a good mom and wife). Unfortunately when I fail at one thing, I start to think that I'm destined to fail at everything else. Combine that with my fear of failure and it's easy to lose motivation!

I have to find something to work towards, I am a person that needs a positive goal. (I say positive goal because some goals can be negative for me, for ex: I am feeling overweight and out of shape, and if I focus on the weight it becomes a negative goal because I beat myself up if I don't see the numbers I want, I have to find a positive thing to focus on that will also improve the weight situation)

I have a positive goal of doing a half marathon in February. I have not done one in almost 2 years. I am a walker and I am not a competitive person, it is simply for me and my personal time, not competing against anyone else. (my personal best was 3:35 and I was thrilled ) I have a lot of training to do (and I lost my training partner to running ), but I have time and I know the push of training will feel good. It is taking everything in me to push past the self doubt I have been trapped in and have enough faith in myself that I can do this (and do this alone! )

Just know you're not alone Christy!

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Liamsmom, this is when I wish my MS friends were not so far away. If you were literally not on the OTHER SIDE of the country we could train together and walk it together. That would be really fun. I don't have any walking buddies either because everyone I know either does nothing or runs. No in between. I am proud of you for committing to it, though. I will be with you in spirit!