Trying

Its day 2 and I'm off work today.  My norm would be to kinda do whatever I wanna do, but since I am still in the short term stages of my commitment to exercising, its safe to say I drug myself into the living room and turned on the DVD for about 45 minutes of exercise.  Would I have rather been doing something else?  Hecka yes!  But I knew if I tried to replace working out with something else (like eating, being lazy or watching TV), that darn monkey would soon be on my back nagging at me all darn day "When are you gonna exercise or You better exercise before it gets to late".  So I did it, and I actually picked it up a little this time around.  Do I feel like a rock star? Hardly, but I do look forward to the day I start looking forward to doing this rather than not not doing it.

Today it was Leslie Sansone Belly Blasting Walk which was 2 miles of walking.  It really was not that bad and I felt pretty accomplished until I learned that there were floor exercises after the cool down.  It felt like a cruel joke as I first attempted to get down on the floor and then attempted to carry out the waist slimming section of the video.  I lasted about 15 minutes and I was history.  My husband snapped a shot of me on my last leg before throwing in the towel (below).  I gave it my best shot, but the aches and pains of Sundays workout finally caught up with me as my body melted into a blob of "I'm done" on the floor.

Although it was not perfect, I still feel good about my attempt today, because its so much better than doing nothing at all which by the way I am a Master at when I so desire.  I don't feel like a mega fitness star or a power fitness star, but I do feel as if I accomplished something really important today, something out of my normal.   I may never be a Cross Fit person, I may never bulk up as they say but I can still encourage folks who feel like they are in the same boat as myself.  It really is about the journey but I admit I am also looking forward to the destination and fitting back into some of my old dresses. 

So again I jump on the walking-go-round Tuesday.  One thing I can say at this very moment I feel a great amount of peace after the exercise storm.  I feel like I survived it and the future on this date seems very attainable.  Pretty cool since only 30 minutes ago I was on the floor grumbling at Leslie.  Pretty cool.