Downtown

I went "Down to Tummy Town" today.  A friend of mine, who has decreased the population of her Tummy Town, told me she has been doing the 8 Minute Ab routine on the internet.  I gave it a try with my sister who has never had to drag around a continent, let alone two.  I can't believe how quickly she started to whine.  I think we were 3 minutes into the video,  when she started to ask how much longer she had to endure the torture, of course, she is over fifty years old (52 to be exact).  And before you ask, yes, we went for a good 30 min plus walk around Liberty Lake.

Normally Reality

Normally when one determines to exercise and set up an exercise regime, they go about it with some thought and clarity, and they ponder for awhile about how to go about it and what exercise they want to target and what days they want to do it.  Not me, not this time, I must have had a moment of insanity when I set this project up.  Reality set in today, you see, it's Saturday, and normally one would take a break from exercising after 5 days of it.  I woke up at 8am, and said to myself , "Self, it's Saturday and you don't have to go to work today, but guess what, you have to exercise. "  It's hard to have a conversation with "self" when you don't agree with "self", and you know "self" is right about the topic, but you disagree with "self" and you want to argue with "self", but which "self " will win?  This must be where normally reality sets in.  The reality is, almost 50, overweight, family history of heart disease....I went for a walk today.

Profitable

Today, I was on the road again.  It was sunny out but a little bit nippy.  I know that exercising will be good for me, my health will benefit, my heart will profit, my clothes will relax.  My clothes have been really uptight lately, stressed to the max.  I didn't know clothes could get so stressed out.  Who would ever think that by being overweight our clothes would suffer like that.  Anyway, I have always wanted to make money by exercising. Wouldn't it be easy if you got PAID to exercise?  That would be a dream job....well I got paid today for my 30 minutes of exercise.  I found a dime in the road.  Its not enough to run to the bank with, mind you, but I felt good about it.  The other day I found a penny.  I didn't feel like it was enough to write about, but today, a whole dime is worth shouting about in these economic times.

Dilemma: A problem involving a difficult choice...

It rained today.  Normally it is not a dilemma for the trees, grass, etc..., but it is for someone who hates to exercise.  Going for a walk does not feel like exercise, normally you don't have to break a sweat and you can walk for 30 minutes and say that you exercised for the day.  Not today, I had a dilemma...... My dilemma started with, "what do I drag out from the pile of exercise equipment I have in the spare room, garage, under the house, and back of the closet?  I settled for exposing the stationary bike that was 6 ft under a pile of clothes at the end of my bed.  I raised it from the dead and climbed on, gingerly, and got a glimpse of my profile in a mirror.  I discovered "Bootyville" has a neighboring continent....like any good pioneer discovery I got to name it....lets call this continent "Tummy Town".

I am So Hip....

...and  I don't mean "fashionista" hip.  Today, during my walk, I noticed while I was I swinging my arms to walk, they are brushing my hips.  Thats not good, it means my hips were really out there like another continent waiting to be discovered.  Well, I found land...massive land...and like any new discovery I'll give it a name... how about..... "Bootyville". 

Yesterday

My body remembered yesterday, today.  Yesterday I went for a walk.  I think it was over a mile (I'll have to measure it with my car).  I could not believe how out of shape my HEELS are!...after the first day they have a blister!  Anyway, today I went for the same walk and the blisters are BIGGER.  I may need new shoes and my husband agrees :) I know it's every girl's fantasy that her husband tells her she needs new shoes.  I have 363 more days to exercise and yes, my walks have been at least 30 minutes.

Day One...The Beginning

Discipline is not easy.  I went to see the movie Julie and Julia and I loved it!  I left the movie thinking..."I can do that." so I went immediately over to Barnes and Noble to see how much the French cookbook would cost and to view the recipes.  I have to admit, I would not cook brains or kidneys so, I re-shelved the book. and left thinking..."I don't need another cookbook", I already have a whole bookshelf devoted to the topic of cooking and I am still not very good at it.  What I do need is discipline, for something, anything.  I tend to start something, go all out for about 3 months, get distracted by something new, and go off to a new project or direction.  So, I got up today and I am starting to exercise and  I will blog about it everyday to keep myself accountable.  Hopefully I will get someone out there either motivated to do the same or following my blog to encourage me!