Today’s post is all about exercise, or lack there of. I am going to break this down into two sections. One is what I am currently doing right now and the second part will be what I would normally be doing when I am not lazy. Let’s start with what I am doing now, which will be very short.
I do not get much exercise right now at all. I do some things to help me get exercise in ways that don’t seem like exercise. When I go to the mall, I park further away from the store, unless it is raining of course. I take the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator. When I go to the mall with Amanda, I will just walk around the mall while she is in the same store for 30 minutes. Every so often I will walk to the grocery store since it is right across the street from me. I also play basketball every so often at my house, but nothing too intense.
When I do exercise, even a little bit, I feel so much better. I may not be losing weight, but I feel like I am skinnier, mainly because my jeans now fit.
Now, the exercise model that I follow when I am not actually being lazy is a lot different. When I do work out like this along with my eating that I talked about yesterday, I easily lose weight. So why don’t I do this then? First, in the morning as soon as I wake up, before any coffee, breakfast, or shower, I do 10 push-ups and 20 sit-ups. Doesn’t sound like a lot, but it’s more than 0 and it just gets the heart pumping after sleeping for 8 hours. I will take a quick 5-10 minute walk during the lunch time just to get the blood flowing through the body after sitting at a desk for several hours. Before dinner I will ride the bike for about 20-30 minutes and burn off close to 300 calories. I will then do a cool down for about 5 minutes worth of a slow paced walk. Finalized with about 50 push-ups and 100 sit-ups.
Some variations to this will be if I am playing tennis, I won’t ride the bike, or just cut the bike workout in half. I don’t do much running, just because I can’t run very far right now because I am out of shape. I can only run about 3/4 of a mile right now, that is embarassing, being that I used to run 3-5 a day.
Well, that is my exercise habits, can’t wait to read yours.