Yesterday my 11 month old daughter Riley needed a bottle at 4:55 am. When I laid back down in bed (the alarm was set for 5:50) I heard a voice tell me to go for a walk. Yes, I know how crazy that sounds, but it is true.
The voice said, "Why don't you just get up and go for a walk?"
To which I replied "But I can sleep for another 50 minutes. "
"What's 50 minutes, when you could just get up and take a walk?"
So, at 5:10 am I walked out of my house and walked for 20 minutes and then walked home another 20 minutes. The route was 2 miles by the time I get back home.
This morning I woke up at 5:09 after hitting snooze only once. I chose to go around my rather large block. This route is 1.4 miles and although it is the shortest of my 3 routes I also brought along my 1 lb weights to life weights while I walk. Let me tell you how much of a workout that was! I would do the same movement 100 times before changing to another movement. I know I must have looked utterly ridiculous but who cares, losing weight is much more important than looking like a fool.
I stopped briefly at Ultman Park and did 10 bench push ups. I hope to do 15 tomorrow. I got home 10 minutes earlier than I had expected so I hopped on my bike and took the same route.
Fitness for the day 1.4 mile walk and 1.4 mile bike ride.
Soon I will also be joining the gym for a swim membership. Some people think I'm crazy because they'd never bare themselves in public in a swimsuit. These are women of course, most of which are smaller than I am. But again to that I say who cares! I want to lose weight. Will I feel uncomfortable, of course I will, but I'm going to do it anyway!
For now I will stick with my walks or bike rides and as soon as I've got the extra $38 I'll add swimming to my FITNESS RAMPAGE!
1 comments:
Keep up the GREAT work - and keep up the exercise! You are setting a good example for your kids to include fitness in their lives! You Rock!
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