Speed Bumps

Sometimes you will hit a rough patch...a few days when you don't do all that you can do...it's normal. You need to recognize these moments and muster your energy and strength to correct them.

I have my usual regimen during the week:
Monday and Wednesday -
15 minute stretch in the morning
8-10k fast pace walk at lunch
Rubber tension band mindless exercises throughout the workday
Supper at home,
1 Hour at the gym running/walking
Tension exercises at home- pushups, crunches, planks, leg-lifts, etc
Stretching

Tuesday and Thursday
15 minute stretch in the morning
8k fast pace walk at lunch
Rubber tension band mindless exercises throughout the workday
Supper at home,
Tension exercises at home- pushups, crunches, planks, leg-lifts, etc
Stretching

Friday, Saturday, Sunday - keep watching what I eat but let the body rest.

During my speed bump I have not been doing the gym and tension exercises as much...I recognize this and will correct it.  The core walking has remained steady and constant though and the distance has been closer to 10k every day, so I'm not feeling too bad about the other stuff.

I wish there was a way to integrate my MapMyRun posts into Blogger.

Gyms

Let me be the first to say that I'm not a big believer in joining a gym as a means to lose weight and/or improve cardio-vascular. Gym's generally are expensive, and more often than not tend to be a waste of resources if a person is not truly committed to finding their feet.  It's a great thought to believe that by owning a gym membership that you will get up and out, but the truth is you probably will not.

I believe you must commit to finding your feet before getting a gym membership. If you cannot find the will to simply get up and walk, ride, swim, etc, then going to gym everyday will quickly lose is luster. Spend a few weeks just on working on the mentality of of not being sedentary and then consider a gym membership if it will improve the quality of the time spent being less sedentary.

If you can't afford a gym membership, chances are you live in a city full of stairs, go up and down them. If you're in the country, find a hill and go up and down that hill. Walk/ride the streets, paths, roads. Swim. Play in the park with the kids. See if you can still make it across the monkey bars, and if you can't, keep at it until you can. Do your pushups, crunches, planks, lunges, squats, weights, yoga, martial arts, etc.

Awesome

Be Awesome, get out, Find Your Feet.  Run, Walk, Swim, Play, Hike, Bike, Paddle, Push, Pull, Drag your feet off the couch, out of the bed, from the chair, and DO SOMETHING.  Be Awesome!