get fit

Exercise more often

Well…I kinda completed my personal challenge though not to my standards.

Since having Iz 17 months ago I haven’t really done any exercise and I was so ill I didn’t do any while I was preganant so I would say I haven’t exercised for 26 months at least! I will be 30 in 11 months and I sure as hell don’t want to be as I am now fat and unfit!

Well, I realized today that I am actually below my goal weight, and yet I didn’t even notice at all! I take this to mean, well, food-wise I’m fine, and I feel great, but I just need to exercise more and focus on toning up a bit. I’m thin, and I have no problem fitting in to all my clothes, but I would like to look a bit better in a bathing suit!

I’m skinny but I am out of shape. I don’t like running very much (I’m not going to lie, my boobs bounce everywhere and it is very annoying and it hurts a little bit). I enjoy lifting weights and doing situps and doing weight room stuff, but I have not had any around lately. I want to be able to run a mile without being exhausted!

Also, I’ve found great information about all kinds of fitness and dietary stuff at http://sportsmedicine.about.com

I have been running once since I set this goal and have done two cardio classes and two sculpt classes in the last fortnight… I’m having to be careful though, because I’ve caught myself rationalising poor eating choices a couple of times just because I think I’m more likely to burn the calories off, so not much in the way of weight loss yet! My running shoes are pretty old and I’ve been getting shin splints from them so I will need to start saving for new ones.

Still, I am feeling more motivated in everyday life and am enjoying a mental clarity that was absent before I started exercising. I am the least fit person in my spin class, but I found that the second time I went was much easier than the first, and it feels nice to know that I am improving after such a short time.

My exercise schedule looks like this:
Mondays – am 30 min Spin class (cardio) and then 30 min sculpt class at gym
Wednesdays – am run, yoga pm
Fridays – same as Mondays

I am also going back to being a vegetarian, because I tend to eat a lot better because I am more deliberate about my choices – all the junk foods I struggle with are animal based and I don’t believe in ‘diets’.

So, that’s me so far! Hints and tips are welcome since I’m very much a beginner!

After 50 straight days of working out, I lost weight and feeling great!

Who knew that I – a previously sedentary person – could power walk 6 miles a day and no longer feel the consequences?

Now the hard part is keeping this up… despite all the holiday vacations I have planned…

I have a 7 month old daughter, and when I first got pregnant with her I was pretty happy with my weight but I wasn’t very fit. I found it hard to stay on top of things because I didn’t have much energy and I wanted to exercise but I wasn’t strong enough for my joints to cope with any exercise. I want to be able to keep jogging etc through my next pregnancy and I know that to do this I need to be fit beforehand. I know I feel great when I’m fit and it is important to me to make the most of my next pregnancy because it is an irreplaceably precious time and will probably be my last one!

I have a treadmill, so there’s really no excuse for me not to use it regularly. I’m going to aim to use it 4x a week – walking for the first week or so, and then I’ll transition to walk/run cycles.

I always do better at these things if I have something to strive for – last time I got fit was in the 4 months leading up to my trip to Peru to hike the Inca Trail – which was great motivation. I can’t think of anything this time, rather than the obvious (“get fit, feel great, look better, etc.”) but it fails to work for me.

Perhaps it’s time to book a new adventure holiday….