I exercised for the first time in 5 months today. I am completely out of shape. Several gals from school decided to start walking after school to help our team win the Biggest Loser challenge. So......today I walked with them. When I say walk.......I mean more like run.......those gals walked so fast......I'm worried I am going to have shin splints. We walked (ran)
around the building. We have lots of hallways and lots of stairs. I honestly wasn't sure I was going to make it up the stairs. I did make it, but boy was it tough.
This past summer, even though I wasn't eating correctly I did start an exercise plan and actually had gotten to where I could run a mile and walk a mile every morning on my treadmill. I didn't lose any weight doing that because I just ate more.
As soon as school started back up though, the exercise routine went right out the window. I hate getting up early and just couldn't keep myself motivated to getting up even earlier to exercise. I can't believe how out of shape I am in just 5 months.
I am going to weigh in the morning to see how I am doing. Tomorrow is my 3 week mark, so I want to see how much I have lost in 3 weeks. Friday is the first weigh in day for the challenge at school. We only weigh every 2 weeks. I am actually a little surprised at how seriously everyone at school is taking this challenge. Of course, I think after the first month or so, people will be less serious. I plan on winning the whole thing, so I am very serious.
There were donuts in the teacher's lounge this morning. When I saw them, I immediately thought, "I would sure like to have one of those." Then I asked myself 2 questions:
1. Is it on plan?
2. Will this help me get to my goal?
The answer to both questions was NO.
This was a great indication to me that I needed to step away from the donuts and put them out of my mind. I think I will ask myself those questions every time I am tempted to cheat. I am finally learning how important compliance is, and if compliance is going to get me there (and I believe it will) then compliance is what I want.
DonicaB