I am so proud of myself today! I got up uber early to exercise and did it! I was out of the house around 4:45am and I walked up and down my street shadow boxing with my sculpting gloves on and with 2 lb weights (I think for a total of 3-4 lbs or so). I really liked walking up and down the street. I have no idea how far it was, but I will map it later tonight to find out (I'm pretty curious although it probably isn't very far).
I started out doing alternate overhead shoulder presses, then that turned into alternate bicep curls, and then I did the cross, hook, undercut variation from Turbo Jam that Chalene loves for us to do so much (I love them too).
It feels so great. I feel awake, I have energy and I am happy because I got in 25 minutes of exercise, burning 338 calories, before 5:15 am. Sweet! God blessed me with a good night sleep (thank you Lord!) and with the motivation to do it.
What better than to start your day off with a blessing :). I should bless you guys with my walk and take a picture of the view I have of some of the casinos from our street...really beautiful!
Have a good day everyone! If I do more when I get home (which I plan to) I will post it here! Off to get ready for work!
UPDATE: Not sure what it's worth, but I parked in the farthest place I could find today and walked about a 1/2 mile just to and from my car today (over 1000 steps and yes, I actually counted them! lol). Not much, but it's something and the best way I could find to incorporate exercise into my day. It took me about 15 minutes total (in a dress and heels). It's 8:30 pm and I am bushed, so I am calling it a night so I can get up early again to exercise. I don't have to be in as early (1/2 hr later than today), but I am going to wake up at 4:30am again, just so that I can exercise longer. I still don't know how far I walked this morning. Maybe I will figure it out tomorrow.
I can do this. I am a star.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Day 223 (day 6 / week 32)
Posted by Melissa Henning at 5:14 AM
Labels: 0.5 miles, 15 minutes, 25 minutes, 2lb weights, Chalene Johnson, early, parking far away, sculpting gloves, shadow boxing, update, walking
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I'm proud of you too! I loved yesterday's revelation/reminder that 10 + 10 + 10 = 30 min of exercise! It makes me wonder why I sometimes making "daily exercise" seem so hard by setting up some sort of nonsense rules like a restrictive time or location. Keep it up! The physical exercise will surely help you with the mental drain you might face from the new experiences and schedule. Take Care!
Thank you Loree :). I am counting on the early exercise to give me the energy I need. I just need to be patient because I know it takes time. I still cant respond directly to your comments but I will email you about that sometime this week ;). I did see that you have a profile page though! woo hoo!
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