Thanks to all of you who voted in the “Exercise or Read” poll from yesterday. Well, the votes have been tallied and it looks like it’s a landslide win for the treadmill. Now for the actual events at the Y on Sunday.
For those of you who voted for the treadmill, let me be honest and tell you that you are mostly correct. When I got to the Y and had those pangs of guilt, I went into the locker room and stuffed my book, purse and sweatshirt into the little locker I rent. So you don’t think that I was parading around the Y in my underwear, I was actually wearing a T-shirt and jeans. I had to ask one of the young men who works at the Y to re-activate my computer log-in number because it had been months since I last checked in. Once that was taken care of, I hopped on a treadmill and began to walk at a fairly quick pace. Since I was wearing my street clothes and wasn’t prepared to shower afterwards, I hit the Cool Down button on the treadmill after 15 minutes and did an additional 3 minutes at a continually slower pace.
So all in all, I walked 18 minutes on the treadmill and I’m darn proud that I actually did some form of exercise…even if it was only half my goal.
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Good for you...that's 18 minutes more than I walked on a treadmill. Don't forget that you "boxed" six rounds on the Wii Sunday night;~)
Lynn: How can I forget...everything above my waist is throbbing and aching. But I do want a rematch sometime soon!
1/2 is a great start...work your way up. I need to get back on the eliptical trainer again so I can look good this summer.
That's 18 minutes more than I did on a treadmill.
You go! And it's best not to do a lot all at once, right? Work your way up, like Renee said.
P.S. didn't mean to copy sis's comment, just agree with her.
Yay! Good for you! Maybe I will take that next step and drive past the gym today. Baby steps.
Sounds like a good start! Good luck!
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Good for you...although I bet the book was tempting. 18 minutes is better than no minutes and while you say you didn't reach your goal, you could have been a step behind overall.
well cuz, you beat me by 18 minutes. I am proud of you.
Renee: I'm impressed that you use the elliptical trainer. That is soooo much more difficult for me in terms of exercise.
Patti: Considering how out of shape I've become in the last few months, I definitely have to work my way back.
Toni: I absolutely believe in baby steps. :~)
Susie: I need all the luck I can get!!!
Rosemary: You bet the book was tempting. I have to remember to take it out of my gym bag so I wont be lured away from the treadmill on my next visit.
Only oldest: Your pool is calling you!!!
I had a sneaky feeling that the call of the treadmill was answered! Good for you and 18 minutes is better than 0 minutes! I would be thrilled to get my lazy behind on my Gazelle for 18 minutes but it just sits there and collects dust in the corner while I continue to ignore it!
Next time, grab the poll widget that I have on my blog for my M&Ms - it makes it easy to vote and it's very easy to use in a post, too!
Linda: Thanks for the info about the poll widget. I'm still learning my way around BlogLand and I can use all the techie help I can get!
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