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thoughts on my exercise regime

December 13th, 2008 at 10:22 am

I just wanted to add onto my previous post about starting to work on next years goals.

I realised today that I have cycled five sessions of 25 minutes on my exercise bike this week. (it's not a great deal but it's a hell of a lot more than I've been doing lately! read: more than NOTHING...)

So each of those 25 sessions was between 4.5 and 5 kilometres.

I've also done about 40 minutes of stretching/situps/pushups/leg lifts etc, and been for a half hour swim.

What does everyone elses weekly workouts involve?

I really want to aim for 40 minutes per day, five days a week of cycling or walking (and some running).

My problem is I absolutely HATE exercising infront of or near any one. Which makes it a tad difficult. Walking outside is fine, because I can walk AWAY from people. And I don't necesarily know them. But ugh, the thought of exercising in a gym? forget it. even exercising in front of my flatmate or boyfriend! bah!

I don't know what it is. It's a combination of a few things I think. One, I always wonder if I look weird. I always wonder if people think I'm not working hard enough. And I always wonder if they think I won't last. And also because I get worried that people (my mum used to do it) will tell me I'm exercising 'wrong' or that 'my back isn't straigh' or 'i'm not walking fast enough' or 'my feet point in to far'.

So you see, I have some issues...

It's a hurdle I will have to eventually get over. At the moment I think I have been able to do a lot more exercise as our flatmate has been away for two weeks, and BF (although I don't mind him being around when I cycle because he just leaves me alone - or tries to hug me) doesn't get home til a few hours after I do. I will have to start walking after work once flatmate comes back, and then again when the new people move in (if they decide to).

Gosh I really can't wait til we have our own place, and our own home gym room.

But I can't keep waiting for that to happen. I need to lose about 5-7 kilograms (10 would be ideal but not really necesary). And I want to do it NOW. No more waiting for this to happen, then waiting for that to happen. I keep putting it off and basically I just need to get out there and do it. And start cutting my portion sizes. Because the longer I leave it, the longer I am not 100% happy with myself.

4 Responses to “thoughts on my exercise regime”

  1. fern Says:
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    Ideally, i think i should be getting 1 full hour of exercise daily, but only happens in the summer. In warm weather, it's easy to get in an hour or more when i mow mow lawn or walk during lunch time.

    I'ts getting to be more of a challenge becus i don't like to walk when it's much below 35 degrees. My ears get cold; i have asked my sister for earmuffs for Xmas. I did walk 3x on my lunch hour this week, doing about 50 minutes each time, so that was pretty good for December.

    I have wanted to lose a good 10 or 15 lbs for a while now but haven't really tried "dieting." I eat healthy, but the portions are too big.

  2. homebody Says:
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    My husband used to work out at a gym and wanted me to go with him. I was like you, I don't like working out in front of people either. I figured it was because if I had an asthma flareup or attack, I would need to stop for a few minutes. I feel like gyms are competitive, but maybe I am wrong.

    I have been using my treadmill in the morning for as long as I can depending on when I roll out of bed and take my dogs for a 30 minute walk every day after work even in a light rain.

    Like Fern, I eat healthy, just too much. I am trying really hard to lose 10 pounds because I don't feel like I have really tried. Watching the Biggest Loser helps with that because I see how hard those people work to take off the weight.

  3. whitestripe Says:
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    yeah i like the biggest loser too! it's probably the only tv show of that type that i watch.

  4. baselle Says:
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    I'm now trying to re-establish a 3X/week gym schedule, 1 time w/ a personal trainer (circuit training with weights, calisthentics); every night I take a bus that drops me off about 3/4 mi from home and I walk it. On weekends I do the super long walks (5-7 mi for 3 hr), and now I'm trying out frugal interval training - walk 5 blocks, jog 2 blocks. I'm trying to modify my eating portions like everyone else commenting - because with all that I do, I'm still at a plateau. I've been at 183 - 188 for 2-3 years, down from 210. Not going down, but not going up. I'd like to go down to the 170s.

    My biggest misconception about gyms is that they are unfriendly. They might well be, but it depends on the gym, its core constituents (gym is often gay man's church), on the hour you show up (5-6pm is pickup hour), when you start (start before January or start in February) and how often you show. Get a reputation for "being a hard worker" and you'll get some buddies you hadn't thought you'd get. And nobody is cattier than a trainer, frankly Big Grin.

    Form (your comment about exercising wrong) is important but it isn't because of looking good or to embarrass you, its more because you want to target specific muscles. "Bad" form means that many other muscles are trying to help.

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