Browsing the archives for the Exercise category
This afternoon I went for a run rather than blog because:
the sun peaked through the clouds
I had journalled to point that I realised there was nothing left for a glass of wine
I actually felt like exercise. (Please don’t get excited – this doesn’t happen very often)
Or the right planets aligned.
Because I did a long (for [...]
That’s what life has felt like this week.
I’ve said my good-byes and performed the last minute motherly and daughterly duties,
I’ve travelled across the world to my other (real?) home,
and I’ve hit the ground running through a jet-lagged fog to get ready for a weekend working away.
And all that time I’ve been thinking, “I’ll start thinking [...]
What is it that makes us want to rationalize everything? I’ve been somewhat lax about exercising lately – nothing major, but this past week only walked 3 times instead of 5 or 6. Anyway, I realized that I have been putting off the treadmill because I’m “too busy with the holidays.” What a crock! I’m [...]
Thinking about the diet/non-diet thing again and how exercise reflects my frame of mind.
When I have my diet head on, I exercise to eat. I see my hour on the treadmill as earning calories. I think that attitude comes largely from Weight Watchers which does encourage exercise as “earning Points”.
But my non-diet head strives to [...]
I love a good workout.
I can happily sit on the sofa for a week.
These are two truths that make it complicated to be me. Or maybe everyone is like this.
I have always been sporty with or without extra weight. I suppose that innate enjoyment of exercise is why I’ve never had more than thirty pounds [...]
I go through phases of liking the gym and resenting the time and money that it demands. I’m in the latter phase right now.
I’ve had many vague thoughts about starting routing at home with hand weights and a balance ball but have never quite got that to the reality stage. But I think it’s time.
I’ve [...]