And dusty it was. Strong winds, eating sand and apparently 2c temps and rain to come this week. Yuck, not liking the idea of that!
So the weekend. Part cleaning, sleeping, spending time with the lovely MrsT, making bean salad, shopping for healthy food and exercising. Yes you read right. Exercising! LL set me a task of running 3 times around Mirdif Park and recording the times so I can monitor my improvements over the coming weeks and months. I completed this with one of my co-bootcampersa. And with my Blackberry, as the only stopwatch I have never worked properly and as I have JUST discovered, is the mystery beeping from my kitchen for the last few months.
My tmings for this were :
Round 1 - 2mins 43s
Round 2 - 2mins 54s
Round 3 - 2mins 49s
I was "supposed" to do the same today but I decided to move this to tomorrow, Sunday, after the first day of the week. Reason being I wanted a free day of not having to do something, like work (perhaps the reason behind my high BP apart from the excess weight ....) or exercise (something I am yet to convert to something I enjoy). Then my mind took over, thinking thinking thinking. Reasoning in my head as its always done. Good cop, bad cop. My angel vs my devil. Why am I not doing exercise, instead of telling myself why not JUST do the exercise.
So today I did something unexpected; after a lovely afternoon/early evening with the MrsT and the family, I returned home. I decided not to stay and have to have takeaway and return home to my bean salad (its lovely, trust me - would even compete with Lime Tree Cafe!) and steamed tuna. After a boost of energy and cleaning of the lounge floor, moving one of the sofas and putting the sofa covers back on again after being washed, I was all warmed up and motivated. I didnt even check the time but I knew it wasnt early.
And on went Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred DVD. Motivated by the fact the trip to the Dr today showed my BP as 150/80! Despite being on the meds now for 9 days, my BP remains high. I have to reduce the risk of heart disease and a stroke. I have so much to do yet .....
A few mins after the intro, I was following the DVD. AC was on. 20mins later I realised the exercises were similar to Boot Camp and made me think that if I did more of the DVD in between the boot camp sessions, and find myself a Yoga class at Fitness First and swam once a week, I will more or less be doing exercise every day of the week. Throw in a few walks around home and Im still moving. I will also be getting better at the exercises and in the long term be able to do better at Boot Camp. Even better if I can burn more calories and lose weight I will also lower my BP.
Everything is connected, everything has the same process - exercise = lose weight. Exercise = lower BP. Exercise = look better. Exercise = more energy. Exercise = sleep better. As much as I have known this for years, in fact all my life, I am still pondering why I have not just done the REGULAR exercise. Maybe I will never find the answer to this question. Or why I have previously given up on every attempt to achieve all of the above. What I do know, is today I am doing exercise to achieve the above. And tomorrow I will try again, and the day after and the day after that. Its not easy, there is no shortcut (trust me, I know, Ive tried most of them). Hard work is something I know and understand in work. If I can just transfer that hard work to committing to and being motivated to achieve all of the above, Im half way there.
Tomorrow I am booking an appointment to get my body analysis completed and hopefully to meet a specialist nutritionist who can assist me further with my healthy eating and my definition of portion control. The next challenge.
An interesting weekend, an improvement on previous weekends and looking forward to the next one. A healthy brunch with MrsT and family on Friday, followed by an evening run around Mirdif Park with my co-bootcamper, and more cleaning (until I reach my first weight goal - THEN I can hire a new maid, til then I have to do the cleaning to keep me moving .....)
Bye bye weekend, hello next week. xx
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