Day 101 – Week 15 – 15 mins

Wow – 101 – that seems like a really big number, much bigger than 100 somehow. I can’t really explain that, but it is actually a little overwhelming.

This morning, as I went for my jog in the early morning, I was thinking about how I wasn’t the kind of person who can just randomly increase their activity to get fit. You know – they tell you to do things like, “take the stairs rather than the lift” or “get off the bus one stop early and walk the rest of the way”. And this is true, I could do this. And maybe I would get a little fitter, or lose a little bit of weight – but that is not how I like to do things.

I am the kind of person who needs to measure it somehow, who needs to be able to see some kind of progress. Give me a wall chart and a ruler and let me draw a graph. That’s the kind of person I am. And this is why this gradual accrual of exercise appeals to me so much. I can see progress in what I’m doing. I am completely convinced that if I am doing just a tiny little bit more each week, then I will achieve what I want to achieve. Well – it makes sense doesn’t it?

Apparently, not everyone thinks so. I hear there are people who feel a bit hemmed in by this approach, who prefer to do things as they feel, to follow the muse. I often wish I was that kind of person – but I know myself too well. If I just did what I felt, it wouldn’t be very much at all. The most exercise I would get would be putting down my book and pulling myself up out of my deckchair every couple of hours to make myself a cup of tea.

No – I think I better stick with what I’m doing – at least I get to add another minute to the chart every week and smile with satisfaction at the progress I’m making….

Suzi