Day 14 – Week 2 – 2 mins
Just enough time to squeeze one more post in before heading off. It is 6.30 in the morning, and I have just got up and done two minutes. I am in a house with a baby and a 3-year old, so as you can imagine this household gets moving fairly early in the day.
As it was I managed to get downstairs and do my minutes without an audience, unless you count the cat, who while initially fascinated wandered off after a minute and a half.
Ideal for travelling are the extremely cheap latex resistance bands you can buy. I have one of those with me and used it to do my two minutes of arms. It is important to get creative with equipment and not get hung up on having all the ‘right’ stuff, or you will use it as another excuse not to exercise. The latex bands are great – but if you don’t have one – I’m sure an old towel would work just as well.
Just do that one minute+ whatever it takes. Tomorrow – moving on to three minutes. Can’t believe we are two weeks into this already.
Suzi
Day 10 – Week 2 – 2 mins
This morning, I woke up at five o’clock. All by myself. No alarm clock. What does this mean? Does it mean that my body is actually looking forward to getting up and jigging about for a bit in the mornings? Or is that the birds have been getting progressively louder as the days get longer, and I can no longer sleep through the noise?
The latter is probably more likely – but whatever it was, I was wide awake at five, and thought I might as well get up. A whole hour earlier than planned. Now, I’d like to say that waking up feeling like that is a result of the tiny amount of exercise I’m doing, but to be honest I really don’t think it could be having quite that much of an effect as yet.
What I have noticed though, is that the routine of getting up and dealing with my ONE BIG GOAL first thing in the morning, and getting it out of the way, is somehow making the rest of my day more organised. I can’t really explain it – but I’m finding I’m actually doing other stuff that needs doing. I’m sweeping the floors every morning, I’m writing in my journal, I’m doing a bit of Spanish before going to bed. I do feel as if doing my ‘minutes’ is setting me up for the day, and it is a good feeling. Long may it last!
This morning – two minutes with the medicine ball, and still weigh 146 pounds (66kgs).
Suzi
Day 9 – Week 2 – 2 mins
Back on the bosu today for two mins. The weather has turned lovely here in London, which means I should be getting outside for my cardio days – but somehow even I feel it is a bit silly to go outside for only two minutes. That would involve having to put my outside shoes on, which is one more excuse I could use to trick myself out of exercise. So I think I will stay inside until I get up to five minutes – and then it will quite the reward for making it that far to get myself out in the fresh air. Of course, being England, I may miss the summer all together if I do that! Our summers have been known to be remarkably brief.
To explain the outside and inside shoes concept….before starting this process I realised my usual trainers were looking decidedly grubby. The park I like to walk in has some pretty muddy bits. So rather than think, “Oh no, I can’t get on the bosu until I’ve cleaned the mud off my trainers” and give myself another excuse not to do it, I just bought a new pair of shoes that are for inside exercise only. Works a treat!
A big welcome to Pat, who is joining me on the journey, I’m hoping she’ll keep us up to date with what she does with her ‘minutes’ from time to time as well…
Suzi
