No Time for Exercise - Ranting

gypj · April 22, 2005

*sigh*...i'm so frustrated right now...i've been literally working 7 day weeks as of late and spent all this money on a gym that I can't get to. By the time I am heading home these days its 10 at night and i'm ready to fall head first into the bed. I feel like I'm defeating myself and my band by not aiding with exercise.

My mom and friends tell me to get up earlier but frankly given the long days I have I am loathe to do that and still have to get home late at night...I'd be burning both ends of the candle.

The one thing I have thought about was leavign a little bit earlier and getting off one stop before my train stop to walk teh rest of the way to work but that doesn't really seem to be much in the way of exercise and I'm only seeing about a pound a week drop. I still have some restriction (especially in the morning) and i'm due for my first fill on 4/29. Also, I know that the first month isn't about losing weight per se but I just want to feel like I'm progressing...I want beautiful after pics with tight shirts and hip huggers like everyone else and i'm so excited about the prospect that I feel like I should be doing more...Wahhh wahh wahh.

Where are you Vera? How's the house?

donali · April 22, 2005

Hi gyp -

I feel your pain. My new "strategy" is to get my heart rate up for just ONE minute every hour at work. So far I've gotten it done three times each day. I am lucky that we have a small gym here, so I just get on the elliptacle machine and go as fast as I can for a minute. Seems like an hour... lol But I'm breathing heavy, and I can feel my heart going for a good 5 minutes afterwards.

I have no idea if this will do anything for furthering my health goals, but this last time I went for my minute I did 1.5 - it's only like my 6th time in two days, and already it seems as though it's getting easier.

Okay, now that I've written this out it seems super silly, but I'm doing it anyway - I figure it can't hurt. lol

So maybe you can do a few calisthetics in your cube every hour? Just for a minute or two?