The ten days thing.

I was hoping if I could to commit to 10 days of  walking/running, it would be the beginning of a new great exercise habit.  I was successful!  It felt good to run!  I exercised for all of the ten days.  OK, two of them were dancing but I counted it because I was exerting myself physically and I actually logged my workout on the map my fitness app that I was using...it's legit.

The problem was that after the ten days I didn't continue with anything.  I rewarded my achievement by making it count for NOTHING!

I also can't figure out what the best time for me is.  Morning or evening?  The last time I had formed a good exercise routine it was mornings, and it worked then.  I did evenings for the 10 days and I liked that.  It was kind of a guilty pleasure to get out of the house and away from the chores and the noise for a little bit each night, even if I was only going around the block a few times.

So starting all over again.  I want to do something where I feel results.  I don't need to lose weight, but that doesn't mean that I feel good, or look good.  

I gave up meat after watching half dozen food documentaries on Netflix around the first of this year.  It really seemed like the right thing to do and I am sticking to it.  I don't own a scale but  I think I have actually gained a few pounds without eating meat. There's probably some scientific reason for that that I am not aware of.  Maybe being meatless made my metabolism change?    Since the second week of January I have only had meat twice.  One was the sample of orange chicken at the Tracy mall a few weeks ago that I took without thinking.  As soon as I realized it, I told my kids  "I just ate meat!" and then spit it right into my hand.  One other time there were these good looking turkey wraps at work and and I went ahead and ate one in spite of myself.  Nothing bad happened. I almost thought at that point that it might make me sick but it didn't.   I had high hopes that my not eating meat would make me feel better but I don't feel much different and I know that I'm still not eating enough vegetables.  Fewer headaches maybe, but that could be anything.

It's going to be the exercise that makes the difference for me.  I need to make a good habit that will last. 

Here is a partial list of what hinders me in random order because they hinder equally:

1. Cold, I just don't like to be in it when there is an alternative cozy place like my house.
2. People, as in I don't like to go where there are people.
3. Cars, I don't like cars passing me.
4. Clothes, I don't like deciding what to put on and I always feel like a dork.

So that narrows things down considerably.  It's now crystal clear that I need a home gym.  Or I could keep dancing in my bathroom.  Or both.  Wait!  We are full up at my house and I'd have no place to put my home gym.  There's no place to put one piece of gym!

Let me think about this some more.  For now I think I will get up early tomorrow before the sun, and the cars, and most of the people.