Day 5: Improvement

Before starting my exercise regimen, I lost 8.5 lbs by counting calories and exercising a total of about ten minutes in three and a half weeks.  I decided I would give myself this 42 week resolution, write this blog and exercise after those first few weeks to see even more improvement.  The first week of my challenge is a little more than half way over and I'm a little nervous.

I don't know if I've lost any more weight in this first of 42 weeks, but I can already tell I'm improving in my health.  I am not only more energetic and happy (Yay for endorphin boosts!),  but I feel more physically capable of doing things.  I walk about a mile and a quarter every two days and each time, my time has improved by a whole minute.  Even if I had not known that, though, I would be able to tell you I've improved because it is slowly but surely getting easier to complete that mile and a quarter every time I do.

I'm enjoying myself so much, in fact, I've decided to add push-ups and crunches to the daily routine.  WOOHOO!  A little effort goes a long way, so if I do five pushups a night until I can do ten and then fifteen and then fifty... I'll be reaching my goal with flying colors, I think!  Baby steps are okay, as long as steps are indeed taken.  That's what I think, anyway.