Thursday, September 13, 2012
Everyone:
I know he's not just sitting there judging me, and often when I do actually get up the gumption to exercise at home, whether it's grabbing the weights or hopping on the elliptical for a while he'll do the same right after me or come and join me, so whatever he thinks about me exercising, it's probably good, not to mention, I know he'd like to lose weight as well. It's just all in my head.
Fangfacekitty:
You totally made me think of that song "How bad do you wannnt it? How bad do you neeeed it?" I think that's how the chorus goes.
Heather1969: The music is a good idea :)
KGF:
The thing about walking, is that it doesn't feel like exercise, which is why I don't call it such or if I do, I feel like I'm kind of cheating. If I don't get my heart rate up or don't end up with sore muscles afterwards, does it count?
The pier walk is something I would like to do more often, you're right about that one. Also, we've lived in our neighbourhood almost a year and haven't really explored up from us much, just downhill. It could be a good idea to go for walks up the hill and then have an easy walk to get home :)
Hippichick:
I know it's all in my head anyway. Like I mentioned above, if he does think about me exercising, I'm sure it's only in good ways. ...Or to wonder why I haven't when I said I would or wanted to :P
Smilingtree:
I like your deadline idea. That's how I initially got my water intake up. I had several alarms set up throughout the day and if I hadn't drank X-amount by a certain time I had to drink whatever was left to get to that point and then fill up whatever vessel I was using.
I know I struggle with this, but I feel like if I can't get in an epic work out that it's just not worth it, which I know in my brain is absolutely untrue. But it's still how I feel... Yes, I know ten or twenty minutes (consistently) will still make a difference - and it's probably better in the long run since I could do 20 minutes every day, but there's no way a 2 or 3 hour exercise fest would fit into every week, let alone every day.
Another thing (completely my own fault) is our social schedule... Nothing is really recurring on-the-same-day-every-week kind of thing, and we're often away, so having a 'Monday is X, Tuesday is Y' schedule wouldn't really work for me, but I have been thinking about a way to try and get it all to work. I'll figure something out. I agree with you on getting over slumps being much harder than staying in a routine is, once you have one. It's inertia, plain and simple. And I need to work on feeling like I can exercise while we're away. Calisthetics or running/jogging don't take any equipment and can be done anywhere.