I'm so excited to start this linkup and challenge with you all! I know I need all the accountability and support I can get!
The goal of this challenge is to get moving. No matter how much or how little you can do you can participate. Linkup and share a fitness related post. If you've started walking, running, swimming. . .tell us how you've started to get moving! At the end of the challenge we will be running/walking a virtual 5k together on June 1st!!!
Who is excited?!
For this first week, I had conflicts and couldn't meet with my personal trainer :( Work has me super busy right now and I was sick and so I am unfortunately unable to share about any workouts with her, but I definitely will next week.
So, what do I do on my own? Right now I'm a big fan of the elliptical. It is just starting to get warm over the last 2 days here and soon I will be giving the couch 2 5k app a try outside! For now, I own an elliptical and do that at home. I usually like to do at least 30 minutes. What I've been doing lately is taking my kindle and going on my netflix app and watching an episode of a show I enjoy. I tell myself that I just have to keep moving until the show is over. It really keeps me going and I find that I want to see the ending and sometimes then want to see another. Why just sit on the couch when I can watch the show and keep moving?
I really find that it keeps me on the elliptical and keeps me from giving up. My schedule has been so jammed packed lately that I don't really have that much time, but let's face it we NEED to make time. My goal for this week will be to keep moving. Make more time for exercise and even do the little things to have me be less sedentary during the day, like taking a walk during my lunch break, when I need to take a break get up and walk to the kitchen at my office to get water. . . just take a little time to move! Yes, you need to be productive at your job, but for me I know I need to get up and have a drink, get the blood flowing and it makes me think more clearly!
What has you moving this week?
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Just found you from over at SOML. Sooo wonderful to meet someone else who struggles with weight and always has.
ReplyDeleteI've been on Weight Watchers before, but never stuck with it long enough. :(
Might have to hang around you a bit to get some encouragement. Keep up the good work, Lovely!
Yay! Perfect timing for me! I just started Couch to 5K today! It'll be nice to have that extra motivation and encouragement!!
ReplyDeleteI'd JUST finished writing about my workout today and decided to ready today's posts from others I follow. Yours just happened to be the first one on the list and it fit perfectly with mine! :) I do like this link up! I'm on W4D1 of my Couch to 5K program right now.
ReplyDeleteCandis I started the C25K today too! I'm excited about this, it'll help hold me accoutable. :)
ReplyDeleteNot a runner here, but I think it's great that you are doing Couch25K. Moving is the key to weight loss!!
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Frances @ Notions from Nonny
I am really bad at running. Maybe I just do aerobic dance at home using DVD workout :) Anyway, best of luck to everyone here.
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Great job, Katie! I love my elliptical, too and when I can't get to the gym or be outside, it's the perfect option - PLUS, it is set right in front of my basement TV and that is where I get my reality TV fix! I watch Real Housewives of OC and Beverly Hills and ANYTHING Kardashian (please don't judge, it's a sickness), I even DVR my not-so-secret girl crush The Pioneer Woman (I swear we were separated at birth...) There is NO way I could elliptical for any period of time without watching TV ;)
ReplyDeleteI do the same with my tablet, but I watch You Tube videos (usually scrapbooking ones ;) ) Way to go on getting your self moving! Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteGet. it. girl. I am right there with you!
ReplyDeleteI started the C25K 2 weeks ago and I can already run for 30 minutes straight! it's amazing what our bodies can do and how much of running is mental. Keep at the elliptical and I can't wait to here how running goes!
I'm sort of doing my own C25K thing, but mine is walking. :) I'm proud of your for starting this and that your making small changes to start moving more!
ReplyDeleteSara
Cool! Excited about the link up. I found you thru Kismet & Kilograms, but have a feeling we might be fellow MLFCers too.
ReplyDeleteI love watching a good tv show while running, it's the best distraction, especially when I really want to watch until the end, I'm like I can stay on just a *little* longer and then I'm done with my run before I can complain about running :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for this! Just started the C25K program last week! Great motivation!
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