Monday (2/6/06)

Today was the big day! Yeah! I learned one major lesson today that will really help through this Fitness Challenge. I HAVE TO PLAN TO SUCCEED. OK, so I didn’t pre-plan my day and let’s just say it was obvious by the way it all fell out. First I ran late to the gym (ten minutes!) which meant that I ran out of time and didn’t get to finish all that I should have done there. I did get to meet with a trainor and we went over what we’d be doing and all the details. Then he told me to begin by getting in 500 calories on the Eliptical (cross breed between stair master and treadmill). I only got in 400 calories because, as you can imagine, it takes a little while to burn that many calories. But it didn’t take long to eat that many calories. When I left the gym I was running behind schedule to get my son to kindergarten so we had to go through – McDonalds! What a way to start a new fit life! I heard Zig Ziglar once say, “If you plan for nothing you’ll hit it everytime”. True. Tonight I’m planning how the day will go tomorrow.