Day 2 – Week 1 – 1 minute
Harder to get out of bed this morning. Isn’t that crazy? I only have to get up and do one minute, yet still there is resistance. But after 15 minutes of arguing with myself, I managed to get myself into the bathroom, weighed myself (146 pounds, 66 kgs) and got changed.
Today I did one minute of arm work, with a small medicine ball.
The plan is to alternate between cardio one day, and other stuff (like push ups, abs, arm and leg strengthening, squats etc) on the next. That way we get a good balance.
Then in the shower, and back into bed with breakfast and a cup of tea feeling virtuous. Who knew just one minute could bring such pleasure!
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
