Day 1 is finally upon me. This morning I woke up feeling sluggish and with a massive headache (sinus pressure) to boot. I started the day with a cup of coffee, but did not have breakfast until almost 8:30. At 9:45, I started my first BFL Upper Body Weight Training workout. I downloaded the spreadsheet from the Body for Life (journals) website and am using that to track my workouts. It is created with MS Excel, I believe, but I am using Neo Office on my Mac and it works beautifully. Try it! (The spreadsheet AND Neo Office–both are free!)
I am feeling quite sore already and I’ve barely completed the workout. I’m off to shower and get a smoothie (for my mid-morning meal). Have a great day!
Tomorrow starts Day 1 of Body for Life for me. I am alternatively excited and petrified. So many thoughts are fluttering through my head, it is difficult to focus sometimes. Like that axiom says: Just Do It! And that is what I intend to do… fight through any self doubt or sabotaging thoughts that enter my consciousness.
Monday starts Day 1 of my quest on Body for Life.
I have made my menu for the week.
I have done my grocery shopping for said menu (with one exception: deli meat, the line was *waaaaayyy* too long – I’ll go again Monday).
I am set for my exercise plan to start as well. I will be doing my upper body weight training session.
I am nervous. Very nervous. I have been down this road too many times and have allowed myself to fail each and every one of those times. This time feels different. I know I need to stay motivated. I also know that there are times when even the best motivational quote or pep-talk does not help and you have to just fight through and “just do it.” When I get to Day 84, it will be my birthday. What better gift to give myself than health and fitness?
How difficult, exactly, should it be to rest up? With the extreme show of gastrointestinal illness that has swept through our whole house in a week, why is it that I want to work myself into a frenzy about working out? After all, I am still feeling a little weak. I get tired very easily (much more so that a “normal” day). And I lost yet another night of sleep from a child being sick. So, why must I torture myself with numbers and mileage and whatnots?
Two more days. Then I start back at day 1.
Exercise, Food | kiniwoman | 
February 26, 2007 10:37 am | 
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