get fit

I want to become slim, so I will make sure I go to the gym twice a week (I would go more, but the hours I work don’t let me), and go on my treadmill for 30 minutes 3 times a week. Once we get a fence put up I will borrow mum’s dog Logan and walk her 4 days a week (she needs to lose weight).

I did like 2 hours of dancing and strength training, including yoga and this pilates 25 minute workout. I am proud. :)

I could do 100 pushups every morning, and start eating less sugar. but I shud hit 88 first. I could shake up my schedule, and go to the gym one morning a week.

Disappointing week. I didn’t make time to exercise and I know I should. At least I didn’t eat to excess either.

Yay I exercised again last night!

My friend was coming over, so I asked her to exercise with me. We did that sequance of exercise I mentioned before 3 times, and my sister came home when we were halfway through and did the last 2 times with us. Afterwards, we went swimming were we did laps and played tigi which was quite tiring.

I think that I am already starting to get fitter, because I found the exercises a lot eaiser then my friends, and I can feel my arms getting stronger.

I love this goal! I have already exercised two days this week, out of three. And I am going to exercise again today!

I am also trying to drink more water every day now.

So, anyway, back to this goal… I don’t think losing 30 pounds will be the best thing for me. I could look really sick and bony. And it probably isn’t too healthy. Anyways, how can anyone say that they want to lose an X amount of pounds when they don’t even know how much they weigh?

I think I will change this goal to “get fit”. Yes, it will still be a challenge, but I think I’ll be able to decide when this goal is reached by the physical, mental, and emotional signs.

WOW. I never thought I’d say this, ever, but…. I don’t want to lose 30 pounds. I just want to get fit. What fit is for me, I don’t know yet. But I will.

I’ve been going to the gym at least every other day so far (I’d sometimes like to go more/stay longer but university work gets priority most of the time).

I’ve been trying to make the most of some of the free fitness classes on alternate days to my running. Trying them all out even if I think I might dislike them meant I’ve found a muscle toning class I thought I’d dislike that turns out I really enjoy! Feel like I’ve done a good work out in a fairly short time, plus the motivation of being in a group is great because I give up sooner when I’m on my own. When you really don’t think you can do another press up it’d be easy to give up without an instructor encouraging “just one more”. And you find you CAN do it.

Hope to go indoor climbing at the weekend. I used to go years ago but I’d like to get back into it. It’s a shame it’s such an expensive past time.

Really enjoying this goal so far and didn’t think I would.

In my goals to move more, I’m trying something. I get up and go for a 4 minute walk about every half hour. It clears my head, gives me a break from what i’m working on, and helps me get somewhere between a half hour and a hour of walking in, by the end of work day.
I find I don’t get the lunch “sleepies” when I’m doing this.

Today i exercised with my younger sister, Caroline, who is 14. It was good exercising with her, she is very enthusiastic, so that got me motivated.

We did two repititions of that sequance I wrote earlier, then we swam laps in the pool. We did laps of freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke.

I always feel really great after exercising, like I have done something productive.

Am not going to have time tomorrow, might get up early so I can do some exercise before I go to work.

I have been trying to do something every day. I find myself giving excuses to get out of doing exercise now that I have made this goal.

On Thusday night I did a workout that I found in Cosmo magazine that goes like this:

Do ten repitions of the following exercises, then repeat the sequance ten times.

1. Push-ups. 2. Sit-ups. 3. Squats. 4. Skipping or running on the spot for one minute. 5. Step-ups on bench or chair. 6. Truicep dips on bench or chair. 7. Star jumps. 8. Lunges. 9. Skipping or running on the spot for one minute. 10. Hold in a push up postion for ten seconds.

You are meant to start slow on this and build up. So I did this sequance 3 times the other night.

Today i did some gardening, and it was kinda like a workout, because i was digging up plants and things. I might do the above sequance again tonight. I think I should do it at least once a day.