Day 127 – Week 19 – 19 mins
This morning, I thought I could see a trace of some abs in the mirror. Only a trace – but there was something there, I am convinced. This is progress. I have never had abs of any description.
Early start at work today, so went for the jog at work option. It was a lovely day, and a delight to go for a bit of a run about down by the river (along with a whole load of other Londonites, I have to say).
The thing is, I had taken a bag to work with all the bits and pieces I needed – exercise clothes, socks, a towel and some shower gel etc. Unfortunately, the lid came off the shower gel, and it spilled all over my socks. But what’s a girl to do? She can’t be using that ‘I can’t go for a run, I’ve got shower gel on my socks’ excuse – so despite the socks being a little soggy, I put them on, and went anyway.
So – while I was enjoying getting out in the fresh air, I was slightly distracted as I felt the need to keep an eye on my shoes. I couldn’t help thinking that if I started to sweat, the moisture might mix with the shower gel, and I’d start seeing bubbles coming out of my shoes! Of course that didn’t happen – but I swear I DO now have the sweetest smelling running shoes in the area!
Suzi
Day 27 – Week 4 – 4 mins
Oh – I reeeeaaallly did not want to get up this morning. It was the hardest day so far in terms of convincing myself to do my minutes. Why that was, I have no idea. Was it because it was a Saturday and somewhere at the back of my brain I thought I DESERVED a day off? Am I getting bored with what I’m doing? Do I feel I’m not making progress? I don’t know – can’t explain it. The thing is – I know that if I just do this every day – I will achieve what I want to achieve. And that’s what I told myself, as I was lying there in bed. I just have to do it – each and every day. No excuses.
I have found what works is to do this. Just concentrate on the next thing you have to do, and nothing else. So – when you are lying in bed wishing you could stay there – don’t think “But I have to get up and do my minutes”. Instead, just think – “I am getting up and going to the bathroom”. That’s it. That’s all you have to think. Then when you get to the bathroom you think “I just have to put on my exercise clothes”, and only then do you think about getting on and doing the exercise.
It’s amazing – we are all intelligent human beings who KNOW how essential exercise is, yet to do it consistently is the hardest thing. We really have to play these games with ourselves to do it, because it is oh so easy to just say, “You know what – I reckon I won’t do it today. What difference will it really make if I miss a day.” The easist thing in the world…..and that is what we are fighting, each and every day.
Keep fighting….they tell me that one day it will get easier…
Suzi
Day 1 – Week 1 – 1 minute
That’s it. We’ve begun. There’s no going back now for the next 364 days.
My alarm went off at 0600. Given I hadn’t slept well (perhaps due to the anticipation!) I felt wide-awake as I turned off the alarm. I got up, grabbed my water bottle from next to my bed and went straight to the bathroom. There, I weighed myself, then changed into my exercise clothes and shoes.
Then into the living room, where I keep my ‘bosu’, a nifty exercise tool for the days it is too cold, dark or wet to go outside – and I did one minute of cardio.
That’s it. Then off for a shower, get dressed, breakfast and a cup of tea.
That wasn’t hard, now was it? It did of course mean I spent about five times as long to get ready to exercise than to do the exercise itself, but I guess that’s going to be the case for a while.
I weighed in at 146 pounds (66 kilograms) this morning, which explains why my clothes have been a bit tight. I usually sit around about 140 pounds (63.5 kgs) but after a few weeks holiday in Australia - and all the wine and cheese that went with it – I’m a little over budget!
I have this idea, that if I exercised regularly, I would be about 125 pounds (57 kgs), and that would be my ideal weight, but it has been so long since I have been there, I have no idea! I suppose I’ll find out. If I have some muscle definition and weigh 125 pounds by the end of my year, I will be very happy indeed.
But the good thing is – despite my alarm at the scales this morning, I could take a deep breath and know I have started what it is going to take to shift the weight sooner or later. And all in just one minute! Roll on tomorrow.
Suzi
