health and fitness blog

when mel suggested fitness-related blogging i thought it was a fabulous idea. i'm hoping that by blogging about it and knowing other people that are doing the same thing, i might actually stick with it.

i'm like mel, i go through spurts of being good and then suddenly lose any and all motivation to continue on. my main thing is trying to exercise ... i hate exercising. i have spent so much money on various exercise tapes over the years, i'm good for like a week and a half, but then i get frustrated and quit. i don't really eat horribly, but i can be lazy as hell. i'm hoping to change that.

so, that being said ... i got my butt on the treadmill tonight. whew, go me! i also have a few different exercise tapes that i'm trying to incorporate into this whole thing. the one i've been using for a couple days is based on dancing. fun, right? you know what i've discovered? i am the definition of rhythmically challenged. i don't know how these women move their bodies like that, but mine just doesn't do it. there is this one tape that suppose to work on your abs. ("make them lean and flat" says the supermodel in the spandex. very encouraging, right?) i'm beginning to think that i do not have abs. after doing that workout - my arms hurt, my back hurts, my legs hurt, my head hurts ... but these supposed "abs" - nothing! it's things like that that usually make me eventually give up.

'becca made mention of her emotional health as well in her post. i think that's a good idea. a person's emotions tend to play a big role in things like this. so, let's see ... in terms of my emotional health ... today was better than it has been in awhile. i seemed to be able to look at things with more clarity. i'm not sure why that is, but i'm encouraged by it. maybe it was the weather. who knows, but i'll take it. one day at a time ...