1st 30 Day Challenge – Getting Fit!

In an ideal world, is there ever a better goal? It’s one I never have gotten the hang of: I was never involved in any sports throughout high school or college, I’ve never been able to get on a workout schedule (the longest I’ve consistently worked out for was two weeks and there’d be periods of weeks or months in between), and I’ve never been able to run a mile without stopping. I could go on and explain how much I’ve avoided working out and how I’ve put on the pounds and how I feel lethargic ALL the time, but it would be a novel. Point is, I may be a complete beginner, but working out is a step closer to solving all of my problems and is gives you endorphins (so they say)!

Yes, it is the 3rd of the month, but luckily with this 30 Day Challenge I don’t need to use all 30 Days. The parameters of the challenge are quite simple – work out at least 4 x a week so that at the end of the month I’ve worked out at least 16x. 16 days out of the 30 days in April is more than half-the month, which means I’d be more active than not. Couch potato no-more! [Tbh tho, I still plan on sitting on the couch every night to watch some telly…]

I’m also be instituting the following “rules”:

1. Start at least 30 minutes per workout and increase each week by 5 minutes so that by the end of the month I’m working out for a total of 45 minutes.

2. No more than 2 days of not working out! [Obviously, this is going to be the hardest rule to follow…I’m lazy.]

3. Weights at least 2 of the 4 days.

4. Stretch goal: Yoga once a week to stretch out those muscles.

My first day anddddd (drumroll, please) I worked out for 35 minutes on the elliptical! I was driven by guilt because if I didn’t work out today, I would have had to work out the rest of the week to reach the 4 x week goal. I have a long long long way to go before I’ll enjoy working out and being able to run, but baby steps. Here’s proof: