Continuing Education classes are definately fun. Unfortunately they don't have any feasible ones here this semester for me. I like my pilates ball though. bouncing up and down on it while watching tv reminds me of a kid with a hop along bouncing ball (the kind with handles on it). It's easy, fun, and quite a workout on your legs. Unfortunately I can't do it because my kids ALWAYS come in and start jumping on my lap just to jump on it (which isn't very calming, nor can I watch TV). I also take my pda/cell with me to the gym that has games on it and play it while I am cycling.
I haven't figured out what to do while working out my arms.
I just started and it is a bit hard for me to get going too. I WANTED to workout at the YMCA because I figured there would be fun stuff to do (like momma and me excercise) and if I have to take my kids to their classes, I might as well stay. It turned out to be too expensive of an option.
GET A PEDOMETER. If you can afford it, research them and find one more accurate. Just having it on made me MOVE more during the day just to make the numbers go up. My goal was 10k steps per day. My first day, I put in 14k. Mine is cheap so there is a margin of error, but still pretty good. I walked laps during recess (I teach school).
My favorite thing to do at the end of the day though is to toot my horn
. I have a friend in another state and I email her several times a day to tell her what I'm doing positive that day. It may be about good food choices, excercise, water, spiritual, family quality time, weight loss, or moods (I'm bipolar). She is my diet buddy.
I'm more of her time management/family and spiritual buddy. I also copy any of those emails if I'm having a bad mood/energy day for my doctor. It's my "daily journal."
Next I want to try a Yoga class. It's a bit hard for me to picture though. Supposedly it is relaxing. How relaxing it is going to be straining to look and see what the professor says when they say "close your eyes, and think about...." I'll be thinking about "Did I miss when she said to open your eyes?" Okay, that's my stereotypes setting in.