Exercise

Why is it so hard to find time to exercise? Or actually not find time, but actually just get up and do it. I have time to exercise, I just don't do it. The wierd thing is, I feel great when I exercise. So you would think I would want to do it all the time, right? Maybe when I get into the habit again it won 't be so hard to Just Do IT.

A few years ago I joined the YMCA and went every day to work out. It was made a little easier by the fact that one of my kids was in preschool there, so I had to go there anyway. But the point is, I got to where I looked forward to working out every day.

I got more flexible and I could notice when my stamina was building up. It was fun when I noticed that I could actually complete my reps and not be so tired that I wanted to quit, then I could add more reps or more weight. Once I made a goal of being able to walk a mile on the treadmill in 18 minutes. Talk about a great feeling when I could actually do it!! And I never knew how kick butt water aerobics was. That really wore me out, but I found myself looking forward to it because it was a good "wore out" feeling. I also noticed that after I worked out I didn't want to eat junk. I was more concious about what I was eating. So that was a plus too.

I didn't lose a lot of weight when I was going there but I felt much better about myself. I keep thinking about rejoining the Y but now that I'm working I don't know if I would make it there as much as before, so I want to look at other options.

Today I walked one mile. It took about 20 minutes and I was feeling it by the end. It felt good though. I got some hand weights and I am going to try and make sure to do a few exercises with the weights every morning. I also have a 10 minute pilates workout DVD that I want to try out. I have heard many good things about pilates.

All I have to do I guess is take it one day at a time and do my best.