Day 126 – Week 18 – 18 mins
Got up. Did strength minutes. Had a shower. Made a cup of tea and got back into bed.
A perfect Sunday morning.
Suzi
Day 125 – Week 18 – 18 mins
I won the battle this morning.
And it was a battle. Lying in bed – boyfriend had the kettle on. I was hugely tempted to have a cup of tea, then breakfast, then worry about the exercise later.
But I didn’t. I couldn’t help thinking how good it would feel to be able to get back into bed after my 18 minutes and a shower and REALLY enjoy a cup of tea knowing that the minutes were out of the way.
And I’m so glad that’s what I did. 18 minutes of pain, for another 24 hours of feeling virtuous.
And you know – it’s actually not that bad once you get started.
Suzi
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 123 – Week 18 – 18 mins
Decided to go for my jog during my lunch break at work today.
I have to admit, it feels like something of a luxury to make the decision to do the run at work, rather than first thing in the morning. In theory – I would have had time to do it before going to work this morning, but there was something SO good about deciding to do it later – even though it goes against one of my general principles of exercising first thing in the morning and getting it out of the way, so you don’t have to think about it for the rest of the day.
I still think first thing in the morning is the very best policy – but now and again – the novelty of a run at a different time of the day keeps me going – it’s a treat. But of course, if there’s a single day when I don’t do it at all, because I have left it too late in the day, then all bets are off. It’s back to the basics. Mornings it is, no excuses. I know myself too well….
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
