Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.
~Edward Stanley
I admit it… I’m not the best at exercising. Mostly because until I was 22 or so, I didn’t need to. I was one of those girls in high school who could eat anything she wanted and still barely fill out a size 2.
At the end of college, I was a size 10. I lost weight a few years ago and returned to a healthy 4/6. Then last year, I fell ill and had to take steroids and other nasty stuff and now I’m back up to a 10. I want to get back down to a healthier weight for me.
But now I’m finding that it is necessary and I can always find ways to avoid it: gym memberships are too expensive, working out for an hour plus the commute to the gym takes too much time, I feel like I have no one to push me on, etc.
This time, though, I think I have devised a way to fix that. But I want to create an online group of people who are struggling to do the same thing. I think it would help everyone out and we could all do our healthy thing together.
The exercise plan is just that… a plan. I have to admit that I didn’t make it up–it’s a 14-week plan put together by the military for people who are getting themselves ready to go to boot camp. But don’t worry, it’s all self-discipline, just like any other exercise program. And I took a look at it and thought… hey, I can do that. It’s a great gradual increase and I think that we could all do it if we wanted to. I hate running. I can’t run 1/4 mile without getting winded… but I think I can do this.
Now, there is nothing saying that you can’t repeat a week if you aren’t ready for the next week. And of course you can add in exercises if you want to.
Here’s the plan (each one completed in one session 3-5 times a week): Read the rest of this entry ?
