I'm so thoroughly sick of being obese. I just disgust myself at the moment. Don't get me wrong, I'm still rockin' out my outfits and enjoying being me, but I want there to be less of me to enjoy - I want the concentrated version
So I've cut down the portions, healthy-ised my snacks, even bought a new slow cooker so I can have dinner ready when we get home, to stop impulse junk food purchases. But when it comes to regular exercise - I just can't see where to fit it in through the week!
Mon to Fri -
*Up at 5am, get me and DH ready for work, leave house at about 6:30, no spare time.
*Get home between 6-7 depending on traffic, serve up dinner while DH feeds cats.
*Finish dinner between 7:30-8, clean up dishes and kitchen, dish up leftovers for next days lunch, prepare next days slow cooker meal
*Finish housework around 9
Because I'm overweight, I also have sleep apnoea which makes me exhausted all day. Literally, I could go for a sleep - not a nap - right now. DH and I generally take 1 car to work, so he drives and I sleep. Both ways. I'm trying to fit in exercise where I can - walking to the post office instead of driving (15 min round trip), taking stairs instead of lift. While it's better than nothing, I don't think the intensity or duration are enough to effect anything.
So fitness gurus, any suggestions? Definitely all welcome! Especially you Leesa, I signed up for your Around the World thingy and you ***** my conscience every flamin day with your status updates!
Could you be dropped off and picked up from work a little walk away, so maybe your DH could drop you off/pick you up 2 blocks from work and you could walk the rest of the way? Maybe while at work making time for more incidental stuff, like 10 squats when you return from the loo, run on the spot for 3mins every 2hours....something like that! Set a timer everyhour and do something...anything to get moving a bit more?? Not really a propper exercise plan, but it's moving more which is the idea when you're trying to shift those kg's!
Hmm - can you get out at lunchtime for a walk? Meet DH after work for a walk and even though you might get home a bit later you will probably miss the traffic. Go for a walk after dinner rather than do the housework
Forgot to say I don't really get a lunch break as such, coz I've gotta answer the phones, so going for a walk then can't happen Thats a good idea about after work, maybe a couple of times a week we could have a cold dinner which takes out prep time...
30mins 5 times a week is what you should be aiming for. Having said that, you don't need to do all 30mins at once if you cann't fit it in. It can be hard to find 30mins. It can be much easier to find 10mins 3times a day. Do 10mins when you first get up, 10mins in the middle of the day, and 10mins just before bed - it adds up.
Plus don't forget or underestimate the benefit of incidental excerise. Try wearing a pedometer - you will be surprised by just how few steps you actually walk each day. The average office worker walks less then 3000 steps a day. You should ideally be walking 10,000 + steps, just to remain healthy. Build your steps up gradually.
Take the stairs instead of the lift, park the car further away from whereever you are going, put energy into your housework (that counts too - just think how many kj's you can burn vacumning, cleaning windows, grocery shopping). the trick is to make yourself as active as you can just doing day to day stuff - because it means that when you loose weight you are going to be significantly more likely to keep it off.
Another thought - if you have bikes you could take them on the car on a bike rack, park a distance from your work and ride to and from the car. I ride to work and it takes 30min each way - it would take exactly the same amount of time to drive or catch Public Transport so rather than commute, I get my exercise in that way. If there any bike paths or easy routes, it's a very easy way to fit exercise into your day.
Can you see where I could squeeze it in?
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Thats a good idea about after work, maybe a couple of times a week we could have a cold dinner which takes out prep time...
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