Day 1 - Gym

I stuck to my mid-year resolution and got to the gym by 18:20. It was tough for me to leave home as both my parents and my son were vying to spend my after-work time with me. I can understand their feeling, they have travelled all the way from India to be with me for a month. But with all the good food that mom has been making over the past two days, it has now become quite important for me to exercise.

I also happened to see today some pictures of my old friends on Facebook; friends who were considered great beauties in college back then and who I have not met in the past 15 years. Those pictures shocked me quite a bit, they look so fat now as if they have not been taking care of themselves. What if I too look this heavy and I am not aware of it? So yes, it just had to be a gym day.

The target was to run and walk for an hour and I had mentally prepared myself for it. I did 15 min walk, 15 min run, 15 min walk, 10 min run followed with a cool down walk of 5 min. I concentrated on what I was doing and what I was thinking during the entire time I was on the treadmill. I know I was bored a lot, but I also had a lot of time to reflect on things. At times I had to push myself to keep running, though did not push myself to run or walk faster than what I could.

I was realistic with my exercise and am quite happy with what I have accomplished today. Right now I am in bed and my body is aching all over. And nothing can beat the pleasure of knowing that I have done something good for myself.