The lost the battle...win the war?

Ok. The whole purpose of me writing this blog is so I can be honest..right? Well My exercise regimen has yet to get off of the ground. I weighed myself and I gained about 5lbs! I know that the key is exercise and once I begin to actually get more of it I'll see results. The problem is that the last few days I have not only been working night shift but I have bee working 12+ hours!! So when I get home from work at six AM, I fall into the bed and sleep until about noon. Then I get up take care of some errands I need to get done and then it's back to work. I could probably squeeze in a few minutes of cardio but I have no energy because my schedule is off. We are supposed to be working these hours for possibly the rest of this week. We'll see how it goes.

I also attended a Healthy Living Workshop for two hours where I sat in a room with about 25 other people who are struggling to get fit. They taught us about portion control, and goal setting, finding our target heart rate etc. I left the class feeling a little encouraged. Not overly so but a little. I was inspired enough to go to the store and buy a few "good" foods such as baby carrots, cucumbers, nectarines,grapefruits, and a cantaloupe. One other thing they brought up was to start your exercise program slow and then work up. Me, being the manly man that I am, I tend to want to jump into an exercise program with both feet. Only doing 15 minutes on the Stationary bike? That's not a workout!! I need to ride this thing for 45 min at top speed! If I'm not sopping wet with sweat and wheezing like an old furnace then I haven't worked out!! This also tends to kill my desire to workout again anytime soon. So THIS TIME, I'm gonna try their way of doing things and see how it goes. Stay tuned.