Day 124 – Week 18 – 18 mins
I have decided that resistance to exercise grows throughout the day.
Certainly, when you wake up in the morning, you have resistance – but it’s manageable, because in theory you know you have all day to get the exercise done, so it doesn’t bother you too much.
But as the day goes on, your resistance grows as the hours you have left in the day reduce. So – by the time you get to say, five o’clock, your resistance is so strong, you decide that you can’t possibly manage to fit that exercise in for the day – I mean, look at the time, it’s five o’clock, I’ve got to get to the shops, I have dinner to cook, it’s pretty much time for a gin and tonic – no, that exercise will have to wait until tomorrow, far more important things to do right now.
Sound familiar?
That was my day today. I had the day off work, but I had to be out the house fairly early for an appointment. In theory, I could have done my minutes in the morning before I went, but I thought, you know – I have all day, I can do it when I get back. But did I? No. I’d ended up having something to eat while I was out, so I had to wait for the food to digest when I got home. And then I got stuck into some other projects. And then it was four o’clock, and I knew I had to leave at five thirty to go out for dinner. (It takes a long time to get anywhere in London – we have to leave early for dinner dates!!) The resistance was pretty big by this time I tell you.
But – with much reluctance – I discarded the laptop and got the exercise gear on and did the strength exercises. And of course – then I felt fantastic. Now, why on earth didn’t I do that first thing in the morning??
Suzi
Day 112 – Week 16 – 16 mins
Ah – back to reality.
We flew in to London to be greeted by rain and a ’short-staffing’ of baggage handlers, which meant a more than two hour wait for our luggage. And I think we were the lucky ones, there were several planes which came in after us who would have had a much longer wait. Welcome to the UK!
Did my usual strength and stretching routine this morning, and it was quite comforting to have all my usual bits and bobs at my disposal – resistance strap, medicine ball etc. Really felt it though, given I have had a week off from these particular exercises.
And then I set to the unpacking, washing and cleaning that needs to be done before my next lot of visitors arrive this afternoon for a week….at least this time we don’t have to sleep in the cellar!
Suzi
Day 84 – Week 12 – 12 mins
Well – technically I didn’t manage to do my exercise this morning. It was about 1.00 in the afternoon before I finally got myself outside to go for a jog. But – it was still the first thing I did after getting up properly. (Yes, yes, it was quite a Sunday lie-in!)
And wouldn’t you know it! After it being a lovely morning, I step outside in my exercise gear, finally ready to go and there’s a smattering of big fat drops of rain. Oh, it would have been so easy to turn around and go back inside at that moment – and if I didn’t know you were waiting in the wings to see whether I would crumble – I probably would have done. But instead I braved the tropical weather, and took off anyway.
And a good thing I did. Despite some ominous looking clouds, there was no more rain, and I was home 10 minutes later, pretty much dry. Did my two minutes of stretching and breathed a sigh of relief that I had once again thwarted the Devil of Resistance.
Thirteen minutes tomorrow…
Suzi
Day 70 – Week 10 – 10 mins
I know this is ridiculous – but I think I may have spent a good hour or two arguing with myself about whether or not to get up and do my run this morning. I mean, it’s Sunday morning, I think I woke up the first time at about 5.30 and there’s no way I was getting up at 5.30 on a Sunday morning, so I turned over and went back to sleep. And then after that I kept waking up, going back to sleep, waking up again – trying to decide whether to get up and go for a run, OR have a cup of tea, read the paper, THEN go for a run.
I also knew there was a possibility that we’d have pancakes for breakfast, and what I DIDN’T want to happen is to have my fella get up and start making pancakes while I was still in a state of indecision – because I’m afraid the pancakes would have won hands down. My goodness! The dilemmas that face a woman when she wakes up on a Sunday morning!!
In the end, good sense won out, and I dragged myself out of bed despite the heavy weight of resistance and got out there and did it. Phew! That was a close one.
P.S. The pancakes were great.
Suzi
Day 25 – Week 4 – 4 mins
Aha – the push up idea is spreading. One of my near and dear has decided he likes the idea of the pushup challenge as well. And as he has underfloor heating in the bathroom, he has decided that is the best place to partake in this particular form of exercise. I can see that being a reasonable incentive for keeping on with the push up challenge in the winter, when it is that much harder to get out of bed.
He says he did his four push ups this morning without it costing a great deal of effort, and is well primed to do more as our weeks progress. Lets hope the enthusiasm continues!
As for me – 4 minutes on the bosu and all is well and right with the world. I love knowing that I never need worry about having to form an exercise plan again, as it is all in hand and I am on track. Each day just seems to take care of itself now, as long as I get myself out of bed and into those exercise clothes. After that it is easy. Believe me – that really is the hard part. And you should listen to me, because I HATE EXERCISE, and somehow, I seem to be doing it! How about you? Are you struggling to do this each and every morning? If so – let us know what it is that is stopping you. I’ll bet we can find a way around that particular excuse or resistance, and make it happen.
Suzi
