excuses, excuses

I just wrote an email to K. that actually really sums up my fitness lately. I've posted it in part here:

I hate the cold and snow and when I run I feel like I am so slow that I am just not getting a decent workout. So I am now promising myself I will get out to run maybe 2 x a week at least on a friend's treadmill. Some friends have been working out at the high school in the evenings. The cost is extremely cheap, and they have tons of treadmills. But I've never really enjoyed working out at night, so I'll have to play that by ear on day to day basis.

I've been doing some workout videos and it has actually made me realize that I desperately need some cross training. My experience as an aerobics instructor has paid off in that I can make a fairly easy video much harder. I've had a couple great workouts this week, in fact. One video had me doing so many jumping jacks and jump rope moves that the last two days my calves have really hurt! But it is actually that good "I just had a great workout" sort of ache.

Everyone laughs when this California girls whines about the cold, but underneath it all I am dead serious. This weather is like torture to me in lots of ways. Now I feel like once again the ice and snow and cold is sabotaging my ability to get in a decent outdoor run. And the fall I took after Christmas was pretty scary.

Excuses. I'm full of them. . . .

a new year

Well, it is January fist and I, like a million other Americans, am back on the dieting wagon. It has really been weeks since I tracked my Weight Watcher's points and noted what and when I ate. Today so far has been ok, but the challenges are bound to come.

Running has been hard with all the snow and cold, and last week I fell on the slippery snow. It was a hard fall and made realize that I need to be much more careful than I am. I am going to take my friends up on their offers to use thier treadmills and try other forms of working out (like snow shoveling!).

Happy New Year!!!