Friday, July 06, 2018

Health and Exercise Redux . . or Take 2? or 3? or 4?

I spotted an old post from 10 years ago about trying to get healthy and doing more physical activities.  Making Progress???

Seems I still have some of the same doubts and concerns about what I should and can do.   The struggle is real and continual.

The interesting part is that I was waffling around about private pilates sessions 10 years ago and for the last 2 years I have been doing them.   I started with 2 a week then went to 1 a week.   I think the Pilates has been so great for me.  But now I am thinking I need to cut back to 2 times a month as I have even less money now in retirement.   I have been walking but it is so hot outside that I have a hard time.   Plus I wanted to work on some strength training and a friend has now started to train others (this is the belly dancer circle of friends).   I decided to quit waffling about joining a gym since my health insurance covers part of the cost through the Silver Sneakers program.   I have joined Planet Fitness for a really decent rate and with the discount, it is even better.   They have treadmills, cycles and ellipticals along with all the weight equipment.  Now let's see how long I can last.   I had one training session this week and had gone one other time.   It is hard to build a new habit. 

UPDATE 7/15/18:   I finally dug out my weights.  Probably bought during other "let's get physical"  phases.  Time to get stronger!


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