The Excercise

I hate exercise!

Ok, here is the truth. I really do hate exercise. I have a repetitive pattern. When I am on with the fitness regimine, I am on for about 2 weeks and then give up. I find it hard to get back the momentum. I love what exercise gives me - sanity, strength, healthy body, balance...but there is always an excuse as to why I just dont get around to fitting it in my life.

I am not overweight, but I have the "muffin top" and "tuckshop arms" with no muscle strength at all. I love to eat and I know if I incorporate exercise into my life that it would make a huge difference.

As you may know, the husband has a background of personal training. He claims that I have been his worse client thus far. He has written a gazillion programes, which all are sitting in my folder. I asked him a few months ago for another program and this was it, I was ready to change my life and embrace exercise. He told me NO. He was not interested until I proved that I was committed for more than 3 weeks.

I huffed and puffed, as I knew he was right. I started waking at 6am in the morning and would do skipping and my own body weight movements for half an hour before the kids woke. I had reading an amazing article about Michelle Obama about how she came to a point in her life where she realised she could not rely on her husband to make her happy. She had to find her own happiness and decided to do so with exercise. As a busy lawyer and a mother of two, she had no time! But she found time by getting up at 4.30am every morning for a workout and still does to this day.

My commitment lasted longer than I expected about 4 weeks. Then the husband went overseas for work and my routine all collasped. I found it hard to get back into the cycle of exercise.

BUT then, I saw P!nK live in concert. I was gobbed smacked at her amazing body and strength. At that moment, I made a decision to myself to stop finding excuses and reasons to not achieve the body and fitness I dream of, but to step up and take on the challenge.

It just happened that I was working with Colleen (our fitness expert) on her articles for our website, when she offered her services. She scared me a little as she is not intereste in excuses and told me straight up that I need to start working out 5 days a week for 30 minutes. What have I done!! And she said she would call me at 5.30am if I was not up doing the program. I must admit that Colleen is the perfect person for the job, I need accountability and a tough woman to keep me on track.

So, watch this space.........I will keep you updated on my progress. I start Monday!!