Well now that the boys are back at school I'm walking to and from school and today I went for a 45min walk as well. I haven't been able to go for a walk for the last few days as it's been raining.
Lucy good on you for not smoking for the whole of Jan, well done.
Well back to work for me after 6 weeks holidays- I dont know what has hit me, and now is going to be a BIG BIG test of eating well and keeping up my excercise.
A big focus for the Ed. Dept this year is the health and well being of the staff, so yesterday as part of our proffessional development we had some guy (very technical I know) came and was talking about health and well being- in terms of stress and job satisfaction etc. and he said some very intersting things about health and excercise that made alot of sense to me. The first thing he said was that people who think of excercise in terms of going for a walk/run/swim etc find excercise a chore, people who think of themselves as a walker/ runner/ jogger etc see it as part of their everyday life therefor they have had the shift in mindset that allows them to reap the benifits of that excercise fully. He also said that for most woman if they dont excercise first thing in the morning, statistically they are less likely to go, because they just get too caught up in the day to day mechanics of life. The other thing he said that I found to be uite true was that when a woman excercises alone (for the most part) she see's it as a chore, when she does it in a social setting it becomes a much ore pleasurable experience. Anyway I just thought I would share as I found it quite interesting, especially what he said about how we think about excercise, and I think for me that is why I will be successful this time as I LOVE going to my PT session, they have become part of who I am, not just what I do.
Great post Ali. That makes a lot of sense to me. This has been my most successful endeavour to lose weight and although my weight isn't coming off quickly I can sense that I have made a long-term change. Although my eating is a bit up and down my exercise is right on target and I am actually really enjoying it and can't believe I feel like an active person again.
Maybe because we are a bit into it we can all post what changes we have made that we think have been really successful as a motivation to everyone else?
I think I have been successful this time because I have integrated my core exercise into different parts of my life (eg. riding to work, getting in to a team sport) and then started complementary exercise (eg. jog once a week, stretching in front of the tv) that helps how I feel in my core exercise. I am also doing a few different types of exercise which is helping to prevent boredom (which I am prone to). Most of my exercise has been outside which helps me de-stress and cope with the rest of my life. I am also planning to take up a pilates/yoga class which I am going to use as a reward if I reach my weight loss target in two weeks because I love yoga and pilates but it isn't cheap so want to prove to myself I can and will do it.
I think there is about 20-30 in a packet!?
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