The random ramblings of a perpetual procrastinator. These are the life & times of a nursing home CNA navigating the ups & downs of living with someone who's living with a disability. A sometimes amusing, sometimes bittersweet look at my journey into real adulthood.

Monday, June 6, 2011

For the better

It's about to get real up in here.

I  am not in shape.  Well, that's really an understatement.  I am overweight is more like it.

For the longest time I've ignored that fact, especially because I'm with a man who loves me the way I am.

That's all well & good, except I'm totally not healthy & neither is he.

It's time to make a change.

The other thing you need to know is that I have little to no will power or ambition when it comes to exercising.

If it's too hot/too cold/Sunday through Saturday, I will not exercise outside.

In fact, the only way I will exercise is in front of the TV where I normally enjoy sitting & making my fat ass fatter.  How sad is that?  I'm sort of ashamed of myself...sort of.

And so, I bought myself a treadmill.  It's should be here sometime this week or early next week, & my journey to work out everyday will begin.

Honestly, I'm excited to get started!  This is going to sound so stupid given what I just told you about myself, but I've wanted to get into running for a long time.  I know a few people who run habitually, & in addition to being ass kickers, they always have more energy & feel so much better than I do.  I'm jealous.

It's going to be a long, slow process to start - just walking everyday in the beginning.  But I do plan to get there.

I'm telling you this because I need you to help hold me accountable.  Ask me if I've worked out.  If I say no, tell me to get my lazy ass off the internet & onto that treadmill I just paid good money for.

Trust me, you are not going to hurt my feelings.  I need this.  I know myself.

This is going to be a long, hard journey, but it's definitely one I'm ready to take. 
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6 comments:

  1. stephmabryJune 6, 2011 at 6:25 PM

    The Couth to 5K program is supposed to be really good for starting to run. It really does say "okay, run for 10 seconds, walk for 5 minutes" or soemthing like that that seems ridiculous - but I have a friend who's run marathons that says it's a very good program. I'd check that out!

    Gooooooooooooo Reneeeeee!

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  2. NicoleJune 6, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    Yay! SO excited for you! We have been wanting to get a treadmill in here but we procrastinate lol I started the gym last week and everyday I've added 5 minutes extra &it feels good! I know you can do it! & I will be on your tushie! Feel free to call me out too! ;)

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  3. LisaJune 6, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    Good for you! I'll bug you if you'll bug me to get out my Wii Fit more often! :)

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  4. SarahJune 7, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    You can do it! Start small and you'll build up to all that you want to do! I found it easier to excercise once I figured out how to do it in front of the TV - I used the treadmill 30 minutes a day/5 days a week. It works!

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  5. Emily in WonderlandJune 21, 2011 at 4:50 AM

    Okay, there was this time in my life where I was super excited to get into running too and treadmills made me all gooey inside. (Of course, this was because I had just finished a 4 pound bag of Reese's miniatures immediately prior, but whatever).

    RECOMMENDATION: Jumping right into running can be really hard and really discouraging. For me, my biggest problem was always breathing. I would be out of breath before my body got tired. So frustrating. Learning to regulate your breath is just way too much effort for a lazy person like myself. Someone I was in school with at the time referred me to this thing called the "Couch to 5k" running program. It's just a little online guide, an interval program that tells you how many minutes to run and walk to build up to running for 30 minutes straight. It's spread out over a number of weeks so going from running 1 minute one week to 2 minutes the next week doesn't make you want to DIE as intensely as you would doing it on your own. I thought it was great, I loved it and I would still be doing it had I not turned up with arthritis and had to give up running. (So pissed me off.)

    Here's a link to the article. I SO recommend it. It made it so easy for me!

    LINK: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/index.shtml

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  6. Emily in WonderlandJune 21, 2011 at 4:51 AM

    WHUPS! Wrong link. :)

    Here's the correct link to the right landing page with the program. Again, the whole goal is just to get you running for a solid block of time- which totally works! :)

    http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

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