Feeling Good

Yesterday evening was a very happy one for me--my boyfriend (who strongly dislikes exercising) asked me if I wanted to go to the park to go for a walk/jog. It makes it so much more fun to exercise if he is with me. We push each other to go a little bit farther, a little bit faster. We talk about the techniques that work for us when we run as far as breathing and motivating ourselves. The park where we went is actually really neat--there is a marked path, and there is also an old track from a nearby school. We walk the path to the track, jog a lap around the track, then get back on the path. It is nice to catch our breath from the jog and hold hands while we are strengthening our relationship and our muscles simultaneously. :)

I am really proud of myself for how well I followed Weight Watchers yesterday. I respectfully declined when I was offered a graham cracker at the end of the night because I had already reached my point limit for the day. I am back on track with tracking what I eat, and it feels good!!!

The next thing I would like to introduce into my "living healthy" regimen is doing some Wii Fit exercise in the morning before I go to work. It's something I can do in my small apartment, I don't have to sweat if I don't want to, it may jump-start my metabolism for the day, and most of all it may help wake me up! I set my alarm this morning for it--just 15 minutes earlier than normal--and snoozed until 10 minutes after my old alarm. I am SO not a morning person...I love to sleep all I can. I make excuses for myself, too--I was feeling a tad stiff and super tired this morning, and I chalk it up to the fact that I went jogging yesterday. I know I won't have time to go to the gym tonight, so now I'm kicking myself for not doing something this morning. I am going to try to sqeeze in some Fit time after class before dinner...I hope I can make myself do it after a long day of work and school!

My goals for this week:
~Stick to Weight Watchers points every day!
~Exercise at least 3 times (really really exercise at the gym, not just on the Wii Fit)
~Wake up and do the Wii Fit before work at least ONCE this week
~Jog 10 min. on the treadmill at 5.5 mph without stopping
~Do something fun--just for me!