getting in shape: take two (or three) (possibly six)
Every once in a while I try to get myself to follow an exercise regime and then I lose interest and/or can't be bothered to get off my ass within three weeks. But! Here I am, trying again, because Exercise Is Good For You. I'm not trying Couch to 5K this time, but rather the program recommended here, which looks like it might be even more relaxed, which means I might be just a little more tempted to follow it.
So! Tonight I did the first workout, 40 minutes including warm ups and stretching before and after. My notes:
-- Being in music RPF fandoms makes working out infinitely more enjoyable :D I can't believe I'm not sick of these songs yet, it's kind of amazing.
-- I am wearing all the running equipment I got for my birthday and look like a Nike commercial (I currently have six Nike logos on my body).
-- This includes my very first sports bra! Yeah, I'm not a very sporty person, and I've never owned one before. They seem so expensive for something I hardly ever use! But it was actually really comfortable, so score 1 for Nike, and now I'm just wondering how often I need to wash it. I didn't sweat too much! And washing it every time feels like it would get, well, really tedious /o\ IDK, I have no idea how often one washes a sports bra! I only have the one, and I want to (in theory) use it a few times a week. For the record I also don't intend to wash my running shirt and pants after each time. Call me gross, whatever, it's not like I have a huge selection in my closet. (LOL, whenever it comes to things like grooming and comfort habits I always find myself making comparisons to being in the army. Which is not exactly the standard I need to be holding myself to. "Yes, but at least you're not wearing the same sweaty t-shirt for two weeks in a row!" No, thanks.)
-- My new equipment also includes Nike shoes that have that special chip that synchronizes with your iPod? So that was cool, knowing at what pace I was going, but less cool is having it tell me how many calories I burned. There was a time in my life when I decided to go on a diet and for a few months I became fixated on counting calories, which made me feel like crap because calories were all I could think about, all the time. Thankfully at some point I managed to let it go, but really, the last thing I want to do is start obsessing over calories again. Knowing how much I burned just makes me think great, now I can't eat because I'll just gain it back and the workout will have been useless, which, no -- I'm not even trying this to lose weight, I just want to get in shape be healthy or whatever. So possibly I won't keep using the little chip, or maybe I'll find a way to disable their calorie calculator.
-- Current weather is perfect for working out, not hot and not cold, just perfectly even, knock on wood.
So, here's hoping I'll stuck with it this time. *wishes myself luck & mostly willpower*
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So! Tonight I did the first workout, 40 minutes including warm ups and stretching before and after. My notes:
-- Being in music RPF fandoms makes working out infinitely more enjoyable :D I can't believe I'm not sick of these songs yet, it's kind of amazing.
-- I am wearing all the running equipment I got for my birthday and look like a Nike commercial (I currently have six Nike logos on my body).
-- This includes my very first sports bra! Yeah, I'm not a very sporty person, and I've never owned one before. They seem so expensive for something I hardly ever use! But it was actually really comfortable, so score 1 for Nike, and now I'm just wondering how often I need to wash it. I didn't sweat too much! And washing it every time feels like it would get, well, really tedious /o\ IDK, I have no idea how often one washes a sports bra! I only have the one, and I want to (in theory) use it a few times a week. For the record I also don't intend to wash my running shirt and pants after each time. Call me gross, whatever, it's not like I have a huge selection in my closet. (LOL, whenever it comes to things like grooming and comfort habits I always find myself making comparisons to being in the army. Which is not exactly the standard I need to be holding myself to. "Yes, but at least you're not wearing the same sweaty t-shirt for two weeks in a row!" No, thanks.)
-- My new equipment also includes Nike shoes that have that special chip that synchronizes with your iPod? So that was cool, knowing at what pace I was going, but less cool is having it tell me how many calories I burned. There was a time in my life when I decided to go on a diet and for a few months I became fixated on counting calories, which made me feel like crap because calories were all I could think about, all the time. Thankfully at some point I managed to let it go, but really, the last thing I want to do is start obsessing over calories again. Knowing how much I burned just makes me think great, now I can't eat because I'll just gain it back and the workout will have been useless, which, no -- I'm not even trying this to lose weight, I just want to get in shape be healthy or whatever. So possibly I won't keep using the little chip, or maybe I'll find a way to disable their calorie calculator.
-- Current weather is perfect for working out, not hot and not cold, just perfectly even, knock on wood.
So, here's hoping I'll stuck with it this time. *wishes myself luck & mostly willpower*
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