So today was the first day that I got off my arse after a very long time and did some exercise. I have been buying things over the past month or so to help me get the motivation as my fear of wasting money is obviously a bigger driving force than a fear of being unfit.
I finally went for it today and put on my "dry fit" socks, my reebok running shoes, my iPod Nano with Nike + technology, my Nike + sensor into my shoe and Sony sports headphones, along with some pumping dance tracks to keep me going and after some warm up exercises (2minutes) I finally opened the door.
The fact that I could hit the centre button on my iPod and know what distance and time I had been running without looking at my iPod was actually very encouraging as I had done a kilometer apparently in about 6 minutes. I really believed it would take me about a week to do that! (I must still be on imperial measurement in my head). See the chart that shows my run once I connected my iPod and downloaded the data to the NikePlus.com website, the next year ahead seems like a long one!
Anyway after 50 situps, 100 leg raises and 13.5 minutes running I resembled a super ripe tomato but felt pretty good for it and that burn in my chest where my lung muscles are can only be a good sign.
Will definitely try to keep up the motivation but the gadgets helped me for sure!
"No point watching your weighing scales just concentrate on your fitness and the rest will follow"
... that's what my kung Fu teacher told me many years ago, and thats what I'm sticking to!
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