So yeah, sure, it's not that easy staying fit when you're over 50. I've never had to worry about it because I was just naturally on the thin side and I've never been a huge eater. But gone are my "two days of starving to get back to into my jeans" diet. It's way past that and I have to get it under control. My arms have gotten jiggly and my tummy hasn't look like this since I was 4 months pregnant. So, I'm challenging myself to spend 45 min. each day doing some kind of exercise. I get so bored with the same routine everyday and I really hate the gym which I'm sure is carried over from the torture that was junior high dodge ball in the school gym.
Today's challenge was to walk my dog for 30min. at a much faster pace than we normally walk. I really wanted to get my heart rate up so that this would my aerobic part of the workout. Then do some pilates/yoga on my mat at home. The walk part went fairly smoothly except that we do live in Florida and it's still very hot and muggy so my little doggie got kind of hot and tired about 10min. into the walk. Me, feeling sorry for her, turned around and came back to the house and ended up with just a 20min. walk. This workout thing is going to be harder than I thought. I have to really focus and not give myself an out...no excuses...just do it, right?
The pilates/yoga part went better. 140 crunches, deep knee bends, some yoga moves I learned from a class and some weird moves I picked up from watching Jack Lalanne over my mom's shoulder. 15 min. later I feel my back is hurting from the weird moves and I'm sure I should stop to keep from further injuring it, so I do. I feel a pattern coming on. I have to keep going if I plan on staying fit through my 50's. Today didn't go so well but this isn't going to be my last fitness challenge. Maybe tennis?
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