Day 256 – Week 37 – 37 mins (25)
Ok – getting back into the groove after the Christmas thing.
And so much more enthusiastic with my new Christmas present – a pair of wireless headphones!
Now you know, I’m the kind of person who feels I should be doing something ‘useful’ at the same time as exercising, so what I usually do if I’m jigging about in the living room, is try and listen to/watch some kind of webinar on my laptop as I do it. And as I don’t have particularly good speakers on my laptop, I need to wear headphones.
As you can imagine – this gets a bit tricky when you are wearing headphones that are plugged into the laptop, especially if you make any sudden moves!
But all my problems are solved with my new wireless headphones. I can jig about to my heart’s content, and even wander off into the bathroom afterwards, without missing a word of the webinar. Love it. A new piece of kit and I am full of enthusiasm! Not enough to do a full 37 minutes, but at least I go two thirds of the way…
Suzi
Day 212 – Week 31 – 31 mins
Well at least I managed a full 31 minutes today – though now that there are 31 exercises to remember, I often have a bit of a blank about what to do next. There I am, moving along at a nice steady pace through the various exercises, when I realise I have eight minutes left on the timer, but can only think of three exercises left to do!
Then I have to stop the timer before I panic, and go through it all again in my head and try and remember what it is I have forgotten. If that fails, it means pulling out this ‘exercise at home’ book I use for inspiration.
Then, with a bit of luck, I see the ones I have forgotten, curse my memory, wonder how on earth I could forget The Plank, set the timer going again and then finish it off.
No one said I’d have to exercise my memory as well as my body as part of this experiment.
Suzi
Day 196 – Week 29 – 29 mins
Phew – managed a full quota of stretching and strengthening today. It’s good to know I still have the capacity to do it.
And we’re set for some glorious autumn weather here for the next few days, so there’s no excuse to not get out and enjoy the sunshine for those jogs in the park.
Whatever you are up to – I hope you are managing to fit a few minutes of exercise into your day….
Suzi
Day 193 – Week 28 – 28 mins (3)
Things are no better today – in fact, I am so de-motivated that I’m not even looking forward to writing this blog, which is unusual. I suspect it has something to do with feeling guilty about the small number of minutes I am doing, and having to face up to that each time I write.
But an incredibly hectic week has come to an end, and I have two days to myself. Hopefully that will help me to re-focus and get back on track.
I’ve just thought of something. I am on day 20 of my alcohol-free-spree. Perhaps it is the lack of alcohol which is demotivating me? Perhaps I need a big glass of red wine and then I will be filled with energy? No? You don’t think that’s it? Bugger – I thought I was on to something then…
Suzi
Day 122 – Week 18 – 18 mins
Well – you’ve been hearing a lot about me lately. How I’ve been trying to juggle exercise with visitors and holidays and all those other millions of excuses we can come up with as to why we should put off our jigging about until tomorrow. But what about you?
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, then you have some kind of hankering for exercise, even if you haven’t quite got round to it yet. Are you like me? Do you go exploring on the internet to try and find Youtube videos on the bosu, to come up with new bosu exercise ideas – watch them for a while – and somehow feel that means you’ve already done it? Do you watch Jamie Oliver and feel as if you’ve cooked a banquet? Do you read this blog and there’s just this little part of you that feels like you’ve done the minutes yourself?
It’s not enough you know. Whether we like it or not, exercise is a part of life. And you know me – given a choice, I’d swap exercise for a good book and a lie in a hammock under a shady tree anyday. But it’s not good enough. We have to move. And this is what onegoaloneminute is all about.
Come on – get started with your one minute – or join me at 18 minutes, I don’t care. Just move. I did my 18 minutes this morning – I’m hoping you did too…
Suzi
