Over the last two weeks I have you all set goals to increase your exercise tolerance. Today I’m going to talk about mine. Over the years I have had up-and-downs, times that I did and did not exercise. I’ve stuck with things long enough to get where I wanted to get or close, and then would quit. Therefore, I would start gaining weight back feeling less strong. A year ago, I decided to do this class it was a fitness class it was called “jump start to fitness”. Then my husband was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma. We knew that surgery was the treatment and that he would need me after, so I put off my class until after his recovery.
We talked about excuses in one of my other post. This, was my excuse. After about a month my husband was doing great and I decided I had no more excuses, I needed to get started. The commitment for this class was 6 months 3 or 4 times a week. I jumped in both feet I went 3 times a week every week. No excuses I made sure that I attended class. October came and we went on vacation, I was feeling pretty strong. Now I couldn’t lift a refrigerator by myself but I was a lot stronger than I had been in May, when I started. We went to Belize and went to Mayan ruins I was able to climb up to the top of the temple, I felt accomplished. When I returned from vacation the class had been canceled because of low attendance. To say the least I was frustrated, however shortly after that at work we started working out 30 minutes every morning prior to work. We continue that today. About 2 months ago a friend from work and I decided that we would start going to an early morning class at a workout centers near us, a cardio and weights class. We do that on Mondays and Wednesdays, and we walk on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I feel like I’ve worked my way up in weights, with my continued efforts to get exercise.
I know that we are all at different levels of the exercise that we can tolerate. For those who are reading this, who can’t lift weights or walk for a distance, start where you are, start something, start today make a goal to do it 2 times a week, 3 times a week whatever you can. You can work your way up to a tolerance of doing more. The more fit you are when something happens the easier it will be for you to deal.
My challenge to you this week is to look at your goals that you sat, are they obtainable? Are you reaching your short-term goals? If you are GREAT, if not just make them something you feel you are able to obtain.