Sep 24 2008
Update on My Exercise Routine
As I promised, I am making every effort to “walk the walk” as I talk about tips and ideas for coping with the life and the body that comes with being 50. Today I offer an update on my progress with my exercise routine. Twenty-four days into the month of September and I am proud to report that I have fulfilled my pledge to exercise on fifteen of those days. I have built up my time and a little more stamina on the elliptical machine. I have increased my time on the treadmill by a few minutes and increased my speed by a whopping 1/10 of a mile (Rome wasn’t built in a day!) I took a few outdoor walks in the late summer sun and took some time to clear the cobwebs from my brain.
All in all, I am not ashamed to stand on this record. I haven’t looked at the scale yet. I don’t really have a good feeling in that area. I still need to grapple with some of dietary choices (chocoholics can be incorrigible). I know all the right things to do, I just find myself turning the other cheek on occasion (too many occasions) when I really should know better.
Where do you stand when it comes to eating or exercising for your own well-being? I’d like to hear from someone who really has it together, as well as from those of us with good intentions and less than stellar performances. Not so much because “misery loves company,” but more along the lines of “united we stand strong.”
We’re all in this together. How are you managing to cope?
Congrats! on your routine. Last year for about the entire year I began eating healthy, adding much more vegetables and fruit to my eating plan as well as grains and high fiber cereals. I also walked about 4 to 5 times a week for about 1 to 2 hours a day. The result, I went down two sizes, had alot of energy and was able to buy some new clothes
Long story short, since I came back from a trip earlier this year, I stopped walking and although I still eat healthy I’m beginning to gain my weight back. I think alot if it is in the mindset and right now I’m just in a lazy mindset.
Jo
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