Exercise, Exercise, Exercise!

Food: OK.  Water: Very good. Exercise: Pitiful.

While I’ve dropped the ball on counting my calories, I’m in a routine now where I pretty much have a good idea of what I’m eating and I’m keeping it in line.  Adding fruits and veggies to my proteins and starting to balance it all out now that I’m past the induction phase of low carbing.

I drink my water faithfully, about  100oz a day and I’m really starting to see a difference in my skin.  I’ve always had bad skin and lately, age has started showing as well but after 7 weeks of daily water I’m really pleased with how it looks.  Smoother, less red, overall healthier! Yay, water!

When it comes to exercise, I stink.  I walk or do a flight of stairs at lunch and that’s pretty much my whole routine.  I do think about moving all day and take the long way when I walk around the office, etc. but I haven’t gotten serious about exercising.

So last night, I did the numbers:

At my current level of activity/eating, I’ll reach my goal weight in 20 weeks.  Yuk…

If I step it up to 3 days of at least 30 minutes of intense exercise, I’ll reach my goal weight in about 16 weeks.  A little better…

If I really get serious about exercising and put in 5-6 workouts a week, I can be slim and healthy in 12 weeks.  12 weeks!  3 short months and I can be pulling the size 6’s out of the back of the closet!  Now that’s motivating.

I’m off work today and off to the gym!