Learning to Love Exercise
June 26, 2007
Yes, it’s actually true. I really enjoy the elliptical machine.
I’ve been running/jogging/whatever-you-call-it on that thing a lot more often lately. I take my mp3 player and listen to writing conference classes. The classes run about an hour so I have a reason to stay on the thing a long time, although I haven’t done a full hour yet.
It’s amazing to see the calories you can burn off in a handful of minutes. My record so far is 482. That made me smile. I’m going to go for 500 calories today. I think that should take me around 45 minutes.
All this means that I’ve started making progress in one of my original goals — to make healthy changes to my life, not just to diet and deprive myself. I still struggle with telling myself what I can and cannot eat. My hands and mouth are mutinous, I tell you!
But for those of us doing the Tales from the Scales challenge, remember that this isn’t an overnight change. If we’re going to lose some weight and keep it off, we have to implement new life-long habits.
Has all this “fun” exercise paid off?
Yes, I’ve lost 3 pounds since last week.
Bring on the elliptical!
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8 Responses to “Learning to Love Exercise”
Congrats on your weight loss!
I am so excited for you!! Getting into a routine with the exercise is the ticket, I tell you. It has worked for me. I am down to 220. That may sound huge, but I started out at 272 and it has only been two months.
One thing that can derail exercise is to allow it to compensate for cheating or snacking. I think you are on the right track and I applaud you!!
Good for you! I haven’t done the elliptical because I limit my workouts to home. Don’t have one of those machines!
Keep up the good work!
Dang! Good for you! Your tone to this challenge sounds very different this week…that’s a good thing.
I did 508 calories today! Woo-hoo!
I think my attitude’s different because I’ve realized I can’t eat junk and exercise or not eat junk and not exercise. And the clothes “shrinking” doesn’t help either.
This is life. Deal with it. I think those were my exact words to myself!
Congrats on such a great weight loss.
Wow!! Good for you for all the exercising you do.
Congrats on your weight loss!
Great job! Congratulations. And I’ll bet the MP3 player helps–or so I’ve heard. Keep up the good work, even though it’s hard. I like your revelation that you can’t eat junk and exercise or eat junk and not exercise. This is where I struggle. Sometimes I think I’ve earned the right to junk out after exercising. UGH.