Good intentions
Getting back on track July 3rd, 2008Well, I have had good intentions of continuing to exercise but it’s met the road of reality and nothing much has happened. It’s going to take some serious effort on my part to be able to exercise during the work week - my days are too hectic. I should have gotten my act together Monday, as I knew it was my only really sure day, but I felt lazy after 3 days in a row (from a base of nothing) so I took it off. The rest of the week has been the usual crazy stuff. Getting out of meetings at 9pm or getting stuck in the suburbs for a teleconference that I’d hoped to have from home (and therefore getting home 2 1/2 hours later).
The strange thing is how much I missed exercise. I haven’t exercised for a LONG time but somehow after 3 days I missed it already. Well, I at least took advantages of opportunities to walk a bit more than usual, getting in an extra 15 - 30 minutes each day. I was counting on going to the pool on Friday evening but I just found out the pool is closed for a few days before opening for summer hours on Saturday, so tomorrow might or might not be an alternative form of exercise…
In any event, although exercise hasn’t been there, it’s been missed, and that itself is a big move forward.
July 4th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I hate exercise, but find I really miss it when I don’t do it. I haven’t been able to run now for almost 2 weeks and I am going stir crazy. Hard to motivate after a busy day thou.
Hang in there…
July 4th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I’m back on track with having a serious relationship with exercise and I love it. The key is to find something you like to do. Start by walking. No matter what though, you have to find time everyday for YOU AND THE EXERCISE. Even if it means waking up 15 minutes earlier, you gotta get it in. Keep up the great work!
July 5th, 2008 at 2:35 am
Missing the exercise means you’ll find a way, ANY way, to work it into your life on a regular basis and that’s important. Keep working on strategies to get it in, eventually it will become habit and a lot easier to manage.
July 5th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Maybe you can set a mini exercise goal for yourself. I’ve had success with that before when I was in a rut and finding it difficult to force myself to exercise. Set a rule, for example “I absolutely will not go to bed at night without doing five crunches and five pushups.” For me, once I do the minimum I set, I figure I’m aleady exercising now, may as well do more. Which leads to, I’m exercising at home, but I’d rather go for a walk, so you do that instead, which leads to I’m tired of walking, so I’ll go to the pool, and so on and so on and then, voila, you’re exercising every day. (Ok, if only it were that simple, I know, but still, maybe the mini goal could help!)