No Excuses - Just Move It!

I was all ready yesterday, 5 days since my orientation, to FINALLY get started yesterday with the weight machines and strength training. Blocked the time out, my "me time", in my schedule, got my morning work done, had a light lunch and headed to the gym to "do it"! Pulled into the parking lot, grabbed my gear, and headed in.....only to realize when I walked in the door that I forgot my chart, the chart that the trainer filled out with me last week that tells me the proper way to set up each machines and how many reps to do.

Arghhh!!! Really? No way I can do those machines without that. I don't want to set the machines at the wrong setting, risk getting hurt. I felt defeated. Slumped my shoulders, lowered my head and walked back to the car, ready to head home. Didn't have time to go home, get the chart, and come back. Hadn't allowed for the extra time in my day for that.

But wait --- light bulb goes on --- what am I thinking? I'm here. I'm at the gym, a place filled with equipment. Yes, I had today scheduled for strength training, but my schedule is flexible. Just flip it! Do a workout on the elliptical today and then do your strength training tomorrow! Don't use this as an excuse to not get some exercise in!

So that's exactly what I did. Now today is my strength training day. I've made an extra copy of the chart, will keep one in my gym bag and one in the box at the gym.

A friend of mine shared a link for an article from Weight Watchers about exercises you can do right in your chair at your desk or in front of the tv. Funny, a few of them I already do "occasionally". Will try to do that more often.

I was tagged by Heather at "Will Run for Coffee" with one of those "11 random things" blog posts. I will try to do that post later today. So watch out, be careful, or you might read a note from me saying "tag, you're it"!