Albuquerque Bound
Posted by Lise on 21 May 2008 at 10:35 am | Tagged as: health, meta, personal, travel
This afternoon I’ll be heading off to New Mexico for vacation. The event I’m ostensibly attending is FolkMADness at New Mexico Tech in Socorro, but I’ll also be visiting a few other places, including Santa Fe. I have an article I plan to post before I leave, and I may or may not set up some to auto-post while I’m gone, but if you don’t hear from me for a week, don’t be surprised (like I haven’t gone a week without posting before!)
To update you on my monthly challenge (to walk 30 minutes daily, followed by a 5 minute stretch; plus a strength workout 3 times per week)… well, I’ve done even more poorly than last month. I’ve only walked/stretched 10 days this month, a 50% success rate. I’ve done three strength workouts total, which is far below my goal. I know I need to be working out more vigorously than this, but it seems like such an imposition on my time.
As much as I’m down on gyms, I wonder if I couldn’t use some sort of mechanism to motivate me and keep me on track. I notice that in the office park I work in, a One2One Bodyscapes is opening, a personal training facility. I think if I were to go in the direction of paying some entity to help me with my fitness goals, this is the way I would go, especially as there’s no contract or monthly fees, and you just purchase as many sessions as you want. Anyone know anything about this place and can recommend/not recommend?
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There are many ideas out there for how to trick yourself into exercising regularly.
For me, the only one that really worked was finding someone to make an “appointment” with..something that I was embarrassed to back out on. For a while that was a neighbor who would knock on my door at 6:30 am for a 1/2 hour walk. Later it was a gym partner who picks me up to go to the gym three days a week. It could also be an appointment with a trainer 3x a week for a couple of months until you get a habit going…or a class.
I also discovered over the years that I do best exercising in the morning. In the evening there are just too many distractions or excuses. In the morning, the only ‘excuse’ is that I’m too lazy to get out of bed…which even I have to admit is pretty lame. So I get up.
Good luck!
Lise!
Awesomeness…:)
I agree with Kathryn.
For me:
- Having a partner to meet and support you changes the experience entirely.
- Try to find someone who knows what they are doing b/c it may help challenge you.
Good luck girl. Take it day by day, as the quality you do is more important than the quantity.
xox.
Hi Kathryn! I like the idea of being accountable via “appointment.” I just need to figure out who I can give that responsibility to! *g*
For me, mornings are much, much tougher. Just getting enough seems like enough work, some days…