Three Days!
Yes, right now we’re celebrating small victories. I had a terrible day today, a day that should have torpedoed any exercise commitments. In random order, here’s what happened:
1. I discovered that someone hit the fender of my Camry at the grocery store last night and didn’t leave a note.
2. My boss tried to chew me out, but I had a weaselly excuse and we had to agree it was a reasonable mistake that could have, nonetheless, been avoided.
3. The inside door handle the aforementioned Camry broke - the linkage snapped, and the plastic around the handle broke when the linkage snapped.
4. My father had emergency surgery due to complications from an appendectomy last week. They took a section of his colon, and it looks like he’ll be eliminating into a bag for the next 3 months. He’s a proud man, and this is going to be tough for him.
So, yeah, one of those put all the others into perspective.
Anyway, the girls and I still got our butts out there and did our exercise. Annie rode her bike again, and I’m gently urging her to walk so she’ll get more aerobic benefit. I realized today that the youngest, Emily, has also joined in, walking each day Annie has, along with working out at dance class. She’s always been a tough, strong girl, even as a toddler, and she keeps right up while walking our dog, Buddy.
Yeah, I’m proud of my girls.
So, it was another 1.3 miles today. So far this week, the totals for me have been:
Monday: 1.3 miles
Tuesday: 2.0 miles
Wednesday: 1.3 miles
Say a few prayers for my father, please.
Tags: exerciseThe Hundred Day Head Start: How All This Got Started (and how you’re going to join me!)
I stopped on September 26. Doh!
So, we’re not going to wait for September 23. In fact, there is no kick-off date. Each of us needs to be accountable for starting our improvement programs NOW.
I started mine yesterday, May 28. My commitment is to walk 100 consecutive days - my previous streak was 117 days, last year, and documented heavily on my original diet blog, Run FatAssRun. My 8-year old daughter is taking part as well, committing to doing some kind of exercise every day until school starts (Summer vacation is already here in Florida). That’s somewhere around the last week in August for her. My goal would take me to September 4. For me, setting a goal like this gets me to get out and move even when there are other priorities. i just get up early and get out late, but the point is, I GET OUT!
I’ve been out two days in a row, walking 1.3 miles and 2 miles. It’s a start. Annie rode her bike with me yesterday, and had dance class for 45 minutes today. I watched a class several weeks ago, and it’s a good aerobic workout with lots of stretching and strengthening. I’d like to see her mix walking (progressing to jogging) with activities like dance, swimming, and extended playground time - a great total body workout for kids.
All of this takes me back to my high school cross-country days, when we did our “summer miles”. It was against state rules to hold organized practices before the start of school for cross-country, so our coach gave us a summer mileage goal, usually something like 700 to 1000 miles depending on ability. Believe it or not, we had a couple 1000 mile guys. Not me, mind you - I only did 750 miles. Of course, 16-yr old Tim could handle two-a-day runs; 40-yr old Tim can barely handle going up and down the steps in the house twice a day.
But, that should change, right?
So, anyone out there want to commit to making a big behavioral change over the next 100 days, and maybe build some habits that will change your life?