Exercise!!

So this is the part everyone hates!! I actually love feeling my muscles ache after a workout. I feel so fantastic after a workout it's ridiculous; however, it's actually getting myself to workout that's the problem! So here are some of the things I enjoy... I'll even write a little blurb about each.

Wearing a Pedometer: So I have an omron pedometer(http://www.walmart.com/ip/Omron-Pocket-Pedometer/5513760) that you can actually plug into your computer and it puts everything onto a graph for you... this REALLY helps you to see how active you are during the day. It's nice because I don't think most of us are aware of how idle we really are. They say you should do 10000 steps a day. I thought... oh yeah no worries... WELL... on an average day I was getting between 5000 and 8000 steps. So now what I do is toward the end of the day I look at the pedometer and if it's looking really low I go for a walk and try to make the numbers go up!!!

Pilates: I have this box of 3 pilates DVDs that came with 2 bands and a ball. (I got it at Costco for like 30 bucks or something) I LOVE IT! It's called 10 minute solutions. My tummy muscles burn afterward like the dickens... it's delicious (as I said I like the sore muscles after...weird huh). The beauty about Pilates is that it doesn't seem too bad while you're doing it. I never feel like I'm going to die or pass out but a few hours later you can really feel all of the muscles you worked on. If you have tummy troubles as I do this is perfect because every exercise you do focuses on your "core", which means you are always working the tummy. Also these DVDs are broken down into 10 minute exercise segments so there are no excuses about not having time!!

Wii Fit and Wii Active: So wii fit is good for people who are not as in shape... and it has more games. It's great to just have fun with but I wouldn't expect to get a bikini bod while doing it. On the other hand, wii Active is fabulous. You can seriously work up a sweat with that sucker. Especially if you choose the harder levels. I was doing wii active everyday (well they make you skip a day everything 3 days I think) and I was getting in such good shape that I could run on my tread mill for like an hour without passing out. I was so impressed with myself.

TREAD MILL: This is my favorite!! I like to run and listen to my music. I like the feeling of having a coating of sweat on all over me. It makes me feel like less of a lazy bum. Also... living in southern Alberta we have like 3 months of good weather a year so staying active in winter months gets to be hard. Especially if you don't live in a city where they have swimming pools and gyms... I love my tread mill. I got mine at superstore for 98.00 bucks... and YES it's electric and digital... it just doesn't have the ability to incline by pushing a button but you can make it incline a bit by manually doing something on the underside of the machine. I always keep mine on the incline.

Have fun staying in shape!! Find things that you enjoy doing. Dancing is amazingly good for you!! Just let yourself go!!