Exercise

Today, I exercised. So, now, if someone asks, "Do you exercise?" I can say "Yes, as a matter of fact, yes, I do."

I have seriously been meaning to begin and continue a regular exercise program. My heart could use it... as could my lungs, blood vessels, muscles, and the rest of my aging body. So, I made the first step today. I went to the track and I went around and around and around until my time was up.

I tried to clear the cobwebs and the demons out of my head and think about nothing. I was not very successful. I thought about too many things. And one of those things was that I needed to do this kind of thing regularly. I thought about how I have 24 hours in a day and how I could divide that up:

8 hours of sleep + 8 hours of work + 2 hours of commuting + 2 hours to eat = 20 hours. This leaves me approximately 4 hours of "free time". If I added exercise to the day, I would still have 3 hours every day to do whatever else I wanted.

Well, then I thought that just the daily chores of feeding dogs, letting them in and out, brushing my teeth, making my daughter's lunch, putting dishes in the dishwasher, checking my calendar, my email, sending and receiving text messages, going to the bathroom, and all the other miscellaneous chores of each day. That's probably another hour, all together in my day, so now I'm down to 2 hours a day to do whatever else I want.

Then I remembered that I do shower everyday and just the showering, blow-drying the hair, makeup, getting dressed, accessorizing, changing my mind and starting over... well, that is AT LEAST an hour a day, so if I add exercise to my daily life, I will still have ONE glorious hour a day to do whatever I want to do.

So - I considered exercising tomorrow, but I don't know where that hour is tomorrow, because I am supposed to paint doors and fix drywall after work. I have hinges to remove from one set of doors and put them on other sets of doors. I have home repairs.

So, I can't exercise tomorrow unless I sleep one less hour and exercise at 5:00 in the morning. Do people exercise at 5:00 in the morning? I mean at those 24 Hour Fitness Places, how many people on the average in all the cities in all the world are at the gym walking on treadmills at 5:00 in the morning? And after I realized I really don't have any idea - I thought, that maybe there are many people dedicated to such a schedule. And those are my sisters and brothers of the morning. They are up and out of bed staying healthy and the least I could do is join them tomorrow morning (not at the 24 Hour Fitness Place..... just in spirit).

So - I am setting my alarm for 5:00 and will report back on my success..... or not.

Maybe meditation was a better idea......