Day 135 – Week 20 – 20 mins
Tried not to get scared by the 20 minutes of strength and stretching this morning, instead I took a deep breath and decided to enjoy it. And as usual, it wasn’t so bad.
In fact – I have decided the one single thing that I find the most difficult physically about the exercise so far, is not the running, not the push ups (though they are quite tough) or the crunches – the one thing that I find really difficult is trying to touch my toes!
Isn’t that ridiculous?!? But it really hurts. I feel like my calves are being stretched out of my ankle sockets and my hands only make it halfway down my shins. Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to start looking up ‘techniques to help you touch you toes’ on the internet. How come I find it so difficult?
Suzi
Day 134 – Week 20 – 20 mins
I’m actually getting a little bit scared by the numbers now. Twenty minutes is beginning to feel like quite a lot. When it was three minutes, it might have seemed a bit silly, but it was easy. I could easily convince myself to get out of bed and do three minutes. But 20? Twenty is starting to feel like a big number, and it’s just going to get bigger.
I was hoping to be addicted by now, but I’m not. I was hoping I’d have that endorphin rush that people talk about when they love exercise, but I haven’t. All I have is grim determination and a promise to myself to see it out, no matter what.
I mean, it’s not like it is a difficult thing to do physically – I’m not lifting ginormous weights, I’m not running a marathon – yet every day, there’s something in my mind that makes me not want to do it, no matter how good it is for me. It really, truly is only that stubborn anti-exercise particle in our brains that stops us – and I’m fighting that bugger every single day!
Jogged today – and actually enjoyed it, once I’d got myself out there…now, I just have to convince myself of that 231 more times, and I’ve nailed it!
Suzi
Day 134 – Week 20 – 20 mins
There is one problem with this exercise business which is becoming increasingly apparent. I am HUNGRY all the time! Well, a lot hungrier than I used to be – and of course, that is not a good state to be in at work when you haven’t had the foresight to bring a pile of healthy snacks with you.
What do you do? You eat rubbish of course. And what is the point of all this exercise if you then go and eat half a tray of baklava that some nice work colleague from the Middle East has brought into the office!
I can see some serious food organisation is going to have to take place if this is going to continue…
Twenty minutes of strength and stretching today, with no serious incidents…
Suzi
Day 133 – Week 19 – 19 mins
A good solid workout on the bosu this morning, getting that blood flowing.
I have to say – I love the idea of a piece of exercise equipment which gets your heart rate up at the same time as strengthening your legs. It’s a two for one deal, and I am astounded how strong my legs are beginning to feel. I am sure you would get some of this from running and leg raises, but I tell you – this piece of kit works wonders!
Suzi
Day 132 – Week 19 – 19 mins (10ish)
Well – mission accomplished in that I DID exercise this morning, but I only accomplished about 10 mins instead of the planned 19.
But if you could only imagine the circumstances – a tiny hotel room, boyfriend fast asleep in the bed, and me doing my strengthing and stretching in the narrow space between the bathroom door and the wall to the next room. There was JUST enough room to do a few squats and crunches, but seriously, only just.
And given we had a very late night and a breakfast date at 0745, I think ten minutes was pretty impressive.
Suzi
