I love my favorite TV shows and admit that I spend way too much time watching them most evenings. I used to do my strength exercises during the shows but have been using several DVDs to get in my strength minutes lately. So - I finally came up with a solution that works for me and helps to alleviate my feelings of laziness and sloth. It gives me extra exercise time along with the strength and cardio that I do (or should do!) daily.
I purchased a large plastic jar of pretzel sticks, took it to school when I volunteered a few weeks ago, and put it in the teachers' lounge. I taped a note to it asking that the jar be returned but to enjoy the pretzels. I know from personal experience that any food left in a teachers' lounge will be eaten (been there, done that!) and it was a better alternative than eating them all myself (and believe me, I thought about doing that).
I brought the jar home earlier this week and decorated it with some sparkly decals I had. I then printed out about 20 strength exercises, making sure that some focused on lower body, some on upper body, and some on core strength. I then folded them and dropped them into the jar.
I watched Gray's Anatomy and Private Practice tonight - 2 hours of TV time - BUT I reached into the jar and pulled out an exercise as every commercial began. I did sets of that exercise until the commercial ended. Wow - I didn't realize how long commercials are!
Great idea! I will have to try that out. I would also have to stop fast forwarding it through all the commercials and yes they can really be long sometimes. You come up with awesome ideas!
LOL, what a great idea. I love how you found out how long commercials really are. Too funny!!! This is an awesome way to get extra exercise in, and even better because you don't know whats coming up. I love it!!!!!!!!!!
I would be in bed unable to move if I did every thing that you did yesterday. Don't you worry that what you did is way too much. Then today you are going to walk both trails. I couldn't keep up with you. Hope you have a nice day it is a little warmer here today.
Try to get to bed early tonight and don't stay up all night reading. Did you get any walking done. I think tomorrow I will do her tape rather then the WII and then on Wednesday maybe more wii. Hope you had a great night. I am greasing up with Aspercreme tonight. LOL Goodnight
Love the exercise idea... the decorated jar is really cute too. But best of all is the fact that you are volunteering at school. What a great win~win situation for YOU, the teachers and children
Hope all is going better for you today. Please don't feel down or mad at yourself. It helps to talk. You are not in this by yourself. We all go through the same thing, but as long as you don't give up and you keep coming back it will get better for you. So please come back. We love you and miss you. Friend Colleen
That is a FANTASTIC idea, Sheila! It doesn't surprise me that a teacher would think of such a creative idea! LOL
I love Grey's and Private Practice - they are just about the only shows I watch. Next week I will do exercises during the commercials, too, and think of you!
Maybe you could do a few more exercises to help off set what you ate extra. If I can do anything to help let me know. I know you don't need a sermon you just have to move on to a new day. Hugs I didn't eat breakfast and lunch was upon me at 2:30 so I ate a couple carbs more at lunch time which wasn't great but it could have been a lot worse.
great idea! That wouldn't work for me though b/c I have a DVR and fast forward through the commercials (I hate commercials) Perhaps I will snatch your idea and use it during the show. I now only allow myself to watch TV if I did all my core and cardio for the day. (easy enough to do since getting my membership to the Y)
you are so creative and I enjoy reading the ideas you have implemented!
That is a cute idea. Good job. No I haven't used the spark exercise but I do get the magazine Arthritis Today and they have great exercises using weights. They tell you to never do the step up exercise because they can really put stress on your knees and that is what my doctor said yesterday. He said just walking up stairs okay but not repeat up and downs. Now I just have to keep motivated to do them but maybe I will steal your idea of doing them during commercial times. That might really work in my favor. Thanks
Sheila...I started doing exercises during commercials a few months ago...it was one of the daily challenges on a team I was part of. It gets to be second nature after you do it awhile. It helped me get my COUCH Potato syndrome under control. LOL IT was an eye opener just how many commercials there are in every program. LOL Just think of the extra work out time you will be getting. I quite enjoy it now. I love the jar you have made. Jave a JOY filled day, Karen
I love my favorite TV shows and admit that I spend way too much time watching them most evenings. I used to do my strength exercises during the shows but have been using several DVDs to get in my strength minutes lately. So - I finally came up with a solution that works for me and helps to alleviate my feelings of laziness and sloth. It gives me extra exercise time along with the strength and cardio that I do (or should do!) daily. 
I purchased a large plastic jar of pretzel sticks, took it to school when I volunteered a few weeks ago, and put it in the teachers' lounge. I taped a note to it asking that the jar be returned but to enjoy the pretzels. I know from personal experience that any food left in a teachers' lounge will be eaten (been there, done that!) and it was a better alternative than eating them all myself (and believe me, I thought about doing that). 
I brought the jar home earlier this week and decorated it with some sparkly decals I had. I then printed out about 20 strength exercises, making sure that some focused on lower body, some on upper body, and some on core strength. I then folded them and dropped them into the jar. 
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