As predicted, I have made pretty much no progress at all with my attempted weight-loss. I admit that I wasn’t completely honest with Mr Motivator about how much (or rather, how little) I had been doing, exercise-wise. He was very surprised at my lack of progress and immediately changed our planned routine so we could ”step things up a notch”. So we went out for a run, which was good, and he has given me new homework to do:
- 15 -20 minute run + cool down 5 times a week (a little optimistic, no?)
- New nightly exercises to be added to those I am supposedly doing already, being 20 pick-ups plus using weights during the lunges and squats.
- 30 minute walk 5 times a week (at lunchtime)
I have to say I am pretty skeptical. I know I haven’t been totally open with him about how much little exercise I have been doing, but I did tell him I wasn’t doing the required amount so I am not convinced that giving me more to do is going to really work. However I am willing to at least try. I may have to start thinking about getting some kind of chart and reward system to bribe me into getting the exercise done. Like, exercise = TV. Or Clothes. Or shoes. Or booze.
