Day 31: 31 Days of Exercise

Woo Hoo!

 

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• PM: 45 minutes exercise DVD moving boxes up to the attic to free up space -done

Day 30: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning dancing around in my newly cleared living room. Seeing some of the benefits of cleaning the house and getting exercise! done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning
• PM: 45 minutes exercise DVD 2 solid hours planting the last of the bulbs. They're all nicely tucked away deep in the ground. It can snow next week and I won't care. But now I'm exhausted. I'm calling it done

Day 29: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning Does 15 minutes jumping around at 12:30 count? I'm going to say 'yes' -done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning- done
• PM: 45 minutes exercise DVD -fail. A lot of running around doing chores, but no running around doing laps, or even a reasonably aerobic facsimile thereof

Day 28: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• Noon: 15 minutes organizing -done
• PM: 45 minutes exercise DVD -Not sure if this is a succeed or a fail. Spent 45 minutes moving around cleaning and organizing. Not really aerobic.

Day 27: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes organizing, throwing things out, lightening the load hopefully -done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning -done. Most like 3 hours, with the occasional break to shred papers.
• PM: 45 minutes exercise DVD

Day 26: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning -done. dancing around while sorting socks. I'm not proud. I'll take my exercise any way I can.
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• PM: 45 minutes exercise DVD -done. Almost 9:30 at night, but done.

Day 25: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• PM: 45 minutes walk to church (and back) -done. And to all, a good night.

Day 24: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• Noon: 15 minutes organizing -done
• PM: 45 minutes exercise DVD -Fail. Too tired.

Day 23: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• PM: 45 minutes exercise DVD- done!!!

Day 22: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning-done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning, organizing, dancing around -done
• PM: 45 minutes exercise DVD - done. Sorta. I mean, I moved around for 45 minutes without stopping, but it was pretty low energy. Still, I'm calling it 'done.'

Day 21: 31 Days of Exercise

It's odd, but true. Even though this schedule still has me getting up from my chair and moving around every couple hours for 15 minutes, it feels like I'm getting off easy because I've put all the exercise in one session instead of divvying it up into three.

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning - done. I would NOT have gotten up if I hadn't promised to track it here. This blog helps!
• PM: 45 minutes exercise DVD - done!

Day 20: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning - done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning - done
• PM: 45 minutes exercise DVD - done

Day 19: 31 Days of Exercise

This is rather what it looks like outside my front door. Not quite as scenic.
13 days left in the year. I'm trying to go through everything I have, throw out things I don't need and organize all the rest. Hence, the emphasis on cleaning. I have to force myself to get up every few hours. Otherwise, I'll sit at my desk for four or five hours at a time.

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning -done! Cleaned the driveway of snow and ice. Nicely red in the face now
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning-done!
• PM: 45 minutes exercise DVD walk - done!

Day 18: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning - done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning - done
• PM: 45 minutes walking - done! And, for a bonus, got the last of the Christmas shopping done!

Day 17: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning - done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning - done
• PM: 45 minutes walking Still too much snow/ice (snice?) on the ground for walking at a decent pace. Decided to convert this into 45 minutes of organizing - done

Day 16: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning
• PM: 45 minutes walking

Day 15: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• Noon: 15 minites cleaning 30 minutes shoveling my sidewalk - done
• PM: 15 minutes walking jumping jacks, stair stepping, lunges, some arm weights - done

Day 14: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning - done. A bit late. I HAVE to become more disciplined and get up out of my chair at 9 or 10 instead of sitting for 5 hours
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning -done!
• PM: 45 minutes walking Better than walking, 30 minutes shoveling snow. done!

Day 13: 31 Days of Exercise

I think I need to try shifting things around a bit. Keep the exercise short and peppy in the morning and at noon, then try for a longer stint after work. See how that works.

• AM: 15 minutes cleaning- done
• Noon: 15 minutes cleaning -done
• PM: 45 minutes walking - done. Or at least I moved my body in a lackadaisical manner for that amount of time. Not sure it qualifies as exercise.

Day 12: 31 Days of Exercise

Spent yesterday in bed with an upset stomach. Not a glamorous excuse, but I'm too tired to think up an exotic one like 24-hour leprosy or bubonic plague. Let's try this again.

• AM: 15 minutes stepping, jumping jacks, squats - Done. Slowly. Turns out that after spending a whole day in bed, the body is not inclined to leap about very much.
• Noon:30 minutes exercise DVD done
• PM: 30 minutes walking done!

Day 11: 31 Days of Exercise

Some days, I just don't want to set foot out of the house. Luckily, I can still exercise indoors.

• AM: 15 minutes stairs, jumping jacks, lunges, walking in place, whatever. Get the blood moving.
• Noon: 30 minutes exercise DVD
• PM: 30 minutes aerobic housecleaning

Fail. Decided to spend the day in bed sick.

Day 10: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes stairs, jumping jacks, lunges, walking in place, whatever. Get the blood moving. Sigh. It's almost 1 in the afternoon. I think I'm going to call this one a Fail. I could've sworn it was 11:30 five minutes ago. Maybe my computer's clock is off? Note to self: Exercise First Thing In The Morning!
• Noon: 30 minutes out in the cold... weeding... Done. Sorta. Switched to 30 minutes doing stairs, jumping jacks, walking in place, lunges, dancing about. I'm going to wait for it to get above freezing before I do the weeding. Call me fussy.
• PM: 30 minutes aerobic housecleaning walking -done

Day 9: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes stairs, jumping jacks, lunges, walking in place, whatever. Get the blood moving. -Done! It might be a frozen wonderland outside, but I'm toasty indoors, thanks to the exercise.
• Noon: 30 minutes exercise DVD -done
• PM: 30 minutes aerobic walk/jog/dance housecleaning - Finally done!

Day 8: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes stairs, jumping jacks, lunges, walking in place, whatever. Get the blood moving. -done
• Noon: 30 minutes exercise DVD -done
• PM: 30 minutes aerobic housecleaning -done!

Day 7: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes stairs, jumping jacks, lunges, walking in place, whatever. Get the blood moving. - done
• Noon: 30 minutes exercise DVD - SEMIdone. Managed 15 before got caught up in work again.
• PM: 30 minutes aerobic housecleaning - Fail. By the end of the day, the allergies were too fierce. I feel like a bum, but sometimes the body speaks louder than the conscience.

Day 6: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes stepping, jumping jacks, lunges - done
• Noon: 30 minutes exercise DVD - done. Sorta. Dragging today.
• PM: 30 aerobic housecleaning -done. Well, kinda. Not very aerobic. But I kept moving for 30 minutes. A small victory all the same.

Day 5: 31 Days of Exercise

• AM: 15 minutes stepping, jumping jacks, lunges - done
• Noon: 30 minutes exercise DVD -done
• PM: 30 aerobic housecleaning - more than done. Did 60 minutes walking instead.

Day 4: 31 Days of Exercise

I am getting Christmas cards. Some people are far more organized than I am. But do they exercise every day for a month? Well... probably some of them. But not all. I mean, how much exercise can you get writing a card?

• AM: 15 minutes walking - done
• Noon: 30 minutes walking -Fail. Got caught up running errands until I developed a headache.
• PM: 30 minutes walking - Fail. See above. Tomorrow = Another Day

Day 3: 31 days of exercise

It's the weekend. I don't want to do the same old thing I do all week.

• AM: 15 minutes walking -Done. Barely. I find it much harder to be productive on the weekends. This blog is helping me.
• NOON: 30 minutes walking - done. Everything is being done later than a workday.
• PM: 15 minutes walking - done. Finally.

Day 2: 31 days of exercise

Survived the 1st week back. So far, I've survived!

• AM: 15 minutes Jumping jacks, lunges, squats - done
• NOON: 30 minutes exercise DVD. A different one. Mix it up. -done
• PM: 30 minutes aerobic housecleaning -done

Day 1: 31 days of exercise

I've decided to give myself a present. A fitter body. I am going to spend part of each day, for the next 31 days, exercising.

• AM: 15 minutes Jumping jacks, lunges, squats stretches, stepping, very low impact workout -Done
• NOON: 30 minutes exercise DVD. A different one. Mix it up. -done
• PM: 30 minutes aerobic housecleaning.- done