One more day to go....

29 days done...1 to go. I still don't like exercise.

5 days filled with variety

I have exercised every day this week and all through the week there were a gazillion challenges and reasons why I shouldn't have worked out--but being stubborn as I am, I worked out. On Tuesday I went to a doctor's appointment, straight to the gym and even ran a little on the tread mill, through clothes on and met friends for dinner. Only a 35 minute work out, but it took a lot of effort to fit in those 35 minutes. Wednesday was a giant debocle. I did a training until 5:15 (left 45 minutes early) to drive home in a wretched commute to pick up my husband's drycleaning for court the next day. I got to the dry cleaners I thought he left his clothes and they were not there. My husband was in class and could not answwer the phone, I proceeded to drive to 3 more dry cleaners looking for clothes. It was 8:00 I was exhausted and starving, I got to the gym did 22 minutes on the tread mill and got home. I was pretty mad at myself for having two days of less than an hour exercising, but I was so proud of myself for exercising despite these issues. Thursday I tutored and then went to a 6:30 Zumba class at a different Gold's, this was the best class of my life. The teacher was awesome and pushed me soooo hard. I am going to make my best effort to go to her class every Thursday. Yesterday I went to the gym and did the treadmill and weights. Today I did something very different, I went to the pool and went swimming. I love the water and I pushed myself very hard. I would have swam longer if I had goggles, but my eyes hurt so much I got out of the pool after 32 minutes. Tomorrow I am going to Target to buy goggles and go back to the pool. I am proud of myself, despite everything I have worked out for 20 days in a row!

Half Way Done!!!

I took a Zumba class tonight at Gold's and it was crazy! First of all the class was led by the most stero-typical fantastic latin man (boy). He did not wear a mic and he had the music up soooo loud! He also did not teach any of the moves, he just slapped his thigh when the move was going to switch and would scream "move your hips"!!! It seemed that msot people had taken this class before and were at least familiar with the routine. I on the other hand, probably provided much comic relief. I hope to take the class next week as well.

Half way done with my 30 days. I do need to start eating better. But...I am doing well and sticking to my goal.

Tired

When will I look forward to working out? Today is day 14 of 30 consecutive days and I still feel like it is a chore. Today I am very tired and have the Sunday blues, I am going back to work tomorrow for the first time in 6 work days or 8 days off--and I am just feeling tired and blah and today's work out was soooooo hard!!! I did "Start it Up" again and every little thing took so much more effort than normal and I wanted to quit 3 times during the 25 minutes--I am not usually like that.

On a more positive note, I have already been looking at class schedules at the various Gold's around me to figure out what class I am taking which day at which location for the week. Maybe this will help me feel more positive. 16 days to go!

Latin flava'

Even though I didn't blog yesterday I did "Start it Up" again. I decided that today I needed to vary my at-home workouts a little more because my knees were starting to hurt from all the lunges, squats and plieas (sp?).

Even though I could have gone to the gym the last two days, I have continued my video workouts at home. I have really been enjoying my surprise week off and being lazy. Every day I have woken up and just watched TV in bed, watched TV downstairs (in my pajamas) changed and worked out at home, watched more TV, taken leisurely showers and then watched more TV. I am not quite ready to burst my "bum bubble", so I chose to work out at home to a video today.

I think I will return to the gym when I go back to work. I hope I am still getting good calorie burning workouts in...I am just proud of myself for working out every day and not being a complete bum.

Okay, so Crunch Cardio Salsa, I enjoyed it--it is not as hard as the Zumba class at the gym, but it is fun. I was a little self conscious considering I live on the 2nd floor of an apartment, worrying about my downstairs neighbors, but when I let go of that, I put my hips in motion and salsed away.

Monday I will be halfway through my 30 days of consecutive workouts. I think I am at a disadvantage because my schedule has been so weird, but I haven't been any less committed to my 30 days of exercise.

Double Whammy!

Today I shoveled out my car (which was really tough on my arms and legs) and then I did the 24 minute "Start it Up" work out video. 11 days down, 19 to go, almost half way there!!!

Best exercise yet!

I woke up today super tired...probably because I have been stuck inside since last Thursday due to snow. I have been working out around 2 or 3, today I didn't get to it until 6 because I was feeling so lethargic.

Today was the best day of exercise because my wonderful husband did my work-out with me. We did the 24 minute video "start it up" and about half way through he looked at me and said, "I am sorry for making fun of you, this is a lot harder than it looks." I just loved having him there with me, it made it much more enjoyable. I hope he works out with me again!!! I think I would even wake up in the mornings (which I hate doing) if he would wake up and work out with me.

I also decided that of course I am going to finish Fitness February but I think March is going to be about integrating ww with exercise. I may go down to 5 times a week of exercise in March but I want to do 30 days of journaling what I eat and working out. I think I need to integrate one thing into my life at a time and right now I am trying to make fitness a part of my life. It is hard, I don't like exercising (not one bit), but according to my former ww leader it takes 21 days to form a habit, so in 11 days it should be a habit. I think it may take a little longer for me especially because the last 5 days I have been stuck at home and working out at home is a different habit than going to the gym, but at least I have been committed. I hope one day I can even look forward to working out. (But I won't get ahead of myself...that day is probably very far in the future).