Get Up!

My favorite tune to motivate me...my alarm on my phone to wake me in the morning....Enjoy!

I stopped making excused, and I got it done!!  Yes sir and yes ma'am, that means that I, Ashley, am working out regularly.  How you ask?  Well that's a wonderful question.  I'll be glad to answer it, but first I'd like to share the journey with you.  

The last time we talked, I told you that I wouldn't post again until I had put my money where my mouth was.  I went out that same weekend and bought what I thought was a new pedometer.  Now, any sane person would have tried to use theirs right away.  Not me though; I waited until Monday morning to try and take it out of the box and put it on.  Of course, that's when I realized I had purchased the wrong product.  Then, somehow my schedule was so jam packed that I couldn't exchange it for an entire week.  I know none of the people reading this have ever done that before.  You all have it all together all the time.  So just bear with me and my adventure if you are one of those people.  

Fast forward to the 2nd week of October.  I have my pedometer, and things are looking good.  I set a personal goal to hit at least 10,000 steps per day.  That's what every website and all the research has shown we should aim for to be healthy.  Well, I blew that right out of the water.  I hit 13,500 on my first day wearing it.  The 2nd day, I set a record of 18,450 steps, which I have been trying to match ever since!  Something about wearing the pedometer makes me want to get up and move more, so I have done exactly that.  

I also began to do my Insanity workouts again the same week.  Have I mentioned to you before that I HATE Insanity...nothing against Shaun T.  I promise, the annoying quality of his voice is only a minute part of the reason for my detesting the workout.  I love the actual workout.  I love the way I feel afterwards.  What I hate, I mean what I absolutely detest beyond any feeling I have ever before experienced....that would be the warm-up.    Who warms up like that?  The warm-up drives me the most crazy because it makes me feel like I'm doing a DVD.  Running in place, jumping jacks, the Heisman, lol, and the rest of them are so completely confining.  I am an outdoors person, and that makes me know that I am stuck in my house running in place.  The workouts remind me of something I could have done in the gym or back in the day at my peak.  Those I can handle.  The screaming through the pain is all me!  But that jogging in place is for the birds! I'd rather run around the block and come back and stretch than do that mess.  

And that brings me to my next point, why do people have to infuse yoga into every workout they sell??  I don't like yoga, nor do I truly agree with all of the centering it asks you to do.  Why do I need to do the downward dog to stretch my back?  Is there not another way??  

But all my complaining to the side, I've done well.  I have not been able to do everything that I want to do, but I have done 10 times more than what I had been doing.  I'm proud of myself.  I will continue to move forward.  I think I'll start by setting a new goal.  Last year I was all pumped about the marathon, until I remembered how much I hate running distance, lol!  Seriously though, I have to set some new goals to keep me motivated.  I'm going to think on them over the week and get back to you soon!  

I fulfilled my goal of coming back...honestly, without excuses, and on the road to success.  If you care to join me I'd love to have the company.

Special shout goes out to Frankie J. for letting me know that my blog posts helped to motivate her.  Knowing that I am making some sort of difference in somebody's life is what keeps pushing me to keep posting.  Feel free to drop me a line and let me know if I help, if you have questions that I can answer, or if you just think I'm silly and you can't hold it in any longer! 

Until next time....