I just got back from a half-hour walk during my lunch hour at work. It is the first walk I've taken in a long time. One of my goals was to walk 10,000 steps every day, but I just have not done it. That is my main cheat of the week. Really, lack of exercise is my downfall, and has been over the years. I'm not sure how to re-program the brain to like to move. I was a sedentary baby, a sedentary child (report card said "Brenda reads too many library books. Needs more physical exercise."), a semi-sedentary teen (does drill team count for exercise?) and, you guessed it, a sedentary adult (although now they call it couch potato).
There are a couple forms of exercise that I like: snorkeling - I can snorkel for hours in the Caribbean and not get tired of it. I joined the YMCA to be able to use the pool, but they had the pool full of swim lessons when it was convenient for me to go. And I don't think mask and snorkel are encouraged there. dancing - I love, love, love wedding receptions where there is a DJ and dancing. My daughter took me to a couple of zumba classes, but they were a bit outside my stamina zone. I was good for the first 20 minutes, but they go a whole hour. And after the last one, where there was a very defined "bump" in one of the routines, my hip hurt to walk for a month. I liked drill team, where you got to use your brain to memorize a routine (touch back, touch front, touch back, around the knee...you Highland Scots will recognize that!). Maybe I need to find a class where they work on a routine, but then do not perform it (no audience needs to see thunder thighs). Ideas are appreciated.
The food program is going very well. Virtually no cheats there. My husband has jumped on the band-wagon and is just finishing up his first week. This program is great for those who need significant food intervention.
Oh! I lost a couple more pounds this week. Yipee!
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