JeffVU

Today was day 5 of my Power 90 workout. Today, Tony Horton led me on a wonderful workout through the magic of DVDs. I felt good about the workout today. I did all of my pushups today, which was a major improvement from day 1. I did half of my pushups on Monday, 75% Wednesday, and now, well, you know.

I’ll be honest, I was pretty sore this morning. I worked 9-5 today, and it’s my last week at the Help Desk this week. I’ll start my new job next Monday. 

I just need to do one more workout before Sunday night to reach my first goal, which is to workout 6 days a week. I’m really proud of myself for making it this far. I feel that I can now complete the program, as long as I keep worrying about just the day I’m living in.

I’m using some advice I found in a strange place. It goes something like this:

Staying sober is actually very simple: No matter what, I just don’t pick up the first drink, just for today. I don’t worry about not drinking tomorrow. All I need appreciate is that if I don’t pick up the first drink today, it’s impossible to get drunk today.

The advice works for any habit you may be trying to start or finish. For me, I applied this advice to working out. I know I need to workout regularly, and for a long time, to get in shape. I was a bit intimidated by the 90 day challenge that Power 90 presents.

Then I thought, if I can just worry about working out today, it will eventually be impossible for me to not workout. All I need to do is keep worrying about working out today.

I hope this helps anyone that reads it. I found it to be the advice I needed to make it through my first week of exercise.