Photo by Sean Durham

I’ve been a bad bad girl, and a bad bad blogger.

I’ve only worked out 6 times in the last 16 days. *le sigh*

In my defense-My knees have hurt, my shoulder has hurt (dang it-the steriod shot wore off and that year old injury  still isn’t better. MRI here I come to check for a tear). I’ve had migraines.

But isn’t that life? Doesn’t everything interfere? If I keep giving in to all the excuses will I ever be fit?

No.

I won’t.

Sometimes you just have to suck it up and make yourself do it.

Because if you don’t, it’s a downhill spiral.  Sure, I had all sorts of excuses for why I couldn’t exercise. . . but where in those reasons are why I haven’t been watching what I eat, or drinking more water?

No where.

It’s just that when you give up on one thing, it is that much easier to give up on the next, and the next.

So today-my vow.  I will exercise!  Today I will at least take a walk, enjoy the nice weather, get away from the computer and do something good for my body.

There. Now to stick to it.

I did my challenge yesterday at 5:30 pm. I just got it done in time to run upstairs & shower and change before the babysitter showed up.

Yankee Bill and I have season tickets to the local professional theatre, and I just realized a few days ago that the first show was done this weekend. It was sort of an emergency date
This morning I have a headache. It’s gray out. I’ve already been online fluffing up some background stuff on Frugal Upstate, answered emails, fed the kiddos & myself cereal. I’m sitting here on the couch in my jammies thinking that I better get my workout in today before we really get rolling.

Ick. But I don’t want to. I want to crawl back into bed.

I’m still here, really!

Welcome to all of you who have popped over to subscribe from Frugal Upstate due to the EA Sports Active giveaway.  If you want to see where I started, take a peek at my “starting point” post. . . It has embarassing pictures and everything!

I took a day off after that killer knee workout-I really am afraid of causing an actual injury.  With the rest they were much better so I continued with working out yesterday and today.

Now, arthritis runs in my family, and I already have some in my neck, so I am a little paranoid about my joints.  I’ve re-started taking glucosomine on the advice of my doctor, hoping it will help with my knees.  Otherwise I just try not to overdo it and ice them after working out if they ache, take an occasional ibuprophen. . . .remember, I’m not a doctor or anything here. . .

I used to have a really hard time remembering to take my vitamins, but I bought one of those 7 day pill box things. Now once a week I put all my vitamins etc in there and then leave it out on the c0nter. The big bottles aren’t in the way and I still remember to take them.

Right now I’m taking Vitamin C, a digestive enzyme for gas, evening primrose oil, glucosomine, and women’s multi vitamin.

What vitamins/supplements do you take?

Ok, I don’t know what sadistic soul created today’s workout in the EA Sport 30 day challenge. Squats q/toe raises, squat holds (yeah, 1 min doesn’t SOUND like a lot), sqaut jumps, side to side jumps (which start in a squat), Inline skating (where you squat then jump the ramps). A long run thrown in for variety.

Repeat.

Twice.

My thighs were burning and my legs were shaking half way through. . . .

Ok, so I know that in the long run this is a good thing. I know that it means I really worked those muscles well. . .

And it’s my dang fault for picking the high intensity workout. . .

I also know if for some insane reason I had decided to do squats on my own without the program I would have stopped WAY before I did following the program.. .

So I guess in the long run it was probably a good thing.

Well, I better head upstairs for a quick shower. Of course that involves getting up from this chair, and I’m still not sure if my thighs will work!