About the only exercise I've ever enjoyed for any length of time is dancing and yoga.
And after losing all this weight I KNOW I need to exercise, on a regular basis...but man...I really don't want to.
Part of the problem is finding the time. I decided I would do it when I got home from work while David was cooking dinner, but that didn't work. I came home and put on my pjs, because that seemed like the thing to do.
Then I thought I'd get up at 5am, drink some coffee, exercise for 30 minutes and then get ready for work., but that didn't work either. I should have known it wouldn't.
Then after much thought and wrangling with myself, I asked what my goals for exercise were and why I felt that I need to do it. Here's what I came up with:
- overall good health
- toning--I've lost all this weight, being tighter would be nice
- being able to travel and walk without discomfort or weariness
And that was really it. I don't have any aspirations to run marathons, 10Ks or even 5Ks. I don't want to look like a model, nor do I care to join a gym or exercise socially. When it all comes down to it what I want is to be able to travel, see things and not feel limited by the physical condition of my body.
That accomplished I took a little advice from Dr. Phil and decided that I needed to make a rule that would force me to exercise. I decided that I would not be able to put on my pjs and knit until AFTER I'd exercised. That means that when I come home from work, I change into my exercise clothes, eat supper, clean the kitchen and then exercise.
It's worked for 3 days in a row now, and I have to say that mentally I'm "getting this."
I'm doing 2 days a week of yoga, 2 days a week on our elliptical and if the weather holds out on the weekend David and I will go for a walk. I'm good with this for now. I'm enjoying the fact that since I'm having my shower at night, I can spend my first 30 minutes awake sipping coffee, catching up on e-mail and facebook and playing some games...
I'm optimistic this might work.
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Of course this does mean an hour less of knitting each night, but I look at it this way. I'll live longer, so it's an investment in my future knitting possibilities. I can handle that.
And Pearl told me last night that she's very proud of me.
I'm so proud of you! It's really hard to find the discipline. I'm going through it myself. I do not eat as healthily as I should and therefore I try to compensate with exercise, but really even then it was not very much. There is always something. If I come home and sit down, if I do not change immediately into my "exercise" clothes, all motivation quickly dissolves. I am having a hard time digging deep right now. I only want to exercise the things I like, zumba occasional event running... so I made the leap and signed up with a gym that will show me how to use the "things" like ellipticals etc. With my husbands blessing, I think I will sign up for a few sessions with a trainer to try and acclimate me to "gym life" find a routine that maybe helps develop some upper body strength etc. Wish me luck, I'm wishing you a bunch. But you are amazing, you've done amazing so quickly with other aspects of your health, I TOTALLY believe in you.
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