A new year a new resolution

Last year my New Year's resolution was to watch less TV. Thanks to my DVR and cutting many worthless shows (Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, One Tree Hill, and a few more) I was able to do a pretty good job accomplishing this goal. This year my resolution is to tone up and be more fit. In order to accomplish this goal I decided the most important thing was to develop a routine. In the past I have tried to exercise after work or in the evening. I would always come up with excuses or need to get home to make dinner. I also don't really like to shower more than once a day because I have dry skin. So I decided that I should start exercising in the morning before work. Of course this means getting up a little earlier and being more consistent about my wake up time. However I find that I do better when I have a routine so this hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be. It also helps that most people I work with don't get to work until 9am or a little later.

So far so good. I get up at 7am, exercising by 7:15am, and in the shower by 8am. It is still a little dark in the morning to go walking or running so I've mostly been following workouts on the TV. Our cable has Exercise on Demand. They have a variety of classes at different exercise levels. I'll keep you all posted as to how it is going!

Anyone else want to share their resolutions?

Exercise Progress

I just wanted to post a quick note about my exercise progress. While I have not been able to do the Self challenge like I wanted to because of my hands I have been doing cardio around 3 times a week. This last 2 weeks I've really steped it up. So far I've lost 2-3 pounds and reduced some of my pud. While I haven't measured lately my clothes are a little looser in the tummy area and I'm less self conscience about the it, so I'm calling it progress. In prepartion for our trip to Puerto Rico, I tried on my swimming suits and while some area were more jiggly then I would have liked, overall not so bad. I still have 19 days (see top right for the count down) to make some more progress in that area! Not that I'm going to quit after our trip!

I'm attempting to work up to running so Saturday I walked some and then ran some and so on. It is getting easier to run but my legs still get tired pretty quickly. The elliptical must work most of the muslces but not the inner thighs because my inner thighs always hurt after I do some running.

Getting rid of my pudge

So last week I start the Self challenge. It is a free exercise and diet program sponsored by self magazine. I have attempted to do the challenge in previous years but never completed it. Well I'm telling you this year is the year. If any of you out there would like to join me please let me know. I'll be posting my weight and measurements later so I can track my progress. Check back later to see my progress. If all goes well Sean has promised me a new pair of boots...and I don't mean the cheap ones...