DISQUS

Our Little Apartment: http://ourlittleapartment.blogspot.com/2008/10/exercising-for-health-of-it.html

  • alyssa · 1 year ago
    Dang - 6:45 is the normal time I get up to get ready for work! I wish I could wake up at 6 or earlier and do some type of exercise, but it's like impossible!!! But anyway, I just love the way getting a little exercise makes you feel...even if you don't feel good beforehand, you feel AMAZING after!
  • Andrea · 1 year ago
    That's awesome! I wish I had the foresight to wake up early to work out. It makes the day feel much better.
  • well-intentioned heartbreaker · 1 year ago
    love the post, and i agree, getting exercise is the morning is so great. definitely the best kick start to the day!
  • Sandy · 1 year ago
    Smart! I need to start waking up earlier to try that, because by the end of the day? I'm totally not in the mood to exercise.
  • thatShortChick · 1 year ago
    could you be anymore adorable?!

    you have incredible stamina and motivation, which I extremely lack. I'm gonna try to work on that though.

    cookie dough = LOVE.



  • L.C.T. · 1 year ago
    Man that's awesome. I did that while I was at uni. But haven't done it in a long time. My jobs are quite active though. But I miss the exercise when it isn't work exercise if that makes sense. Maybe I'll go for an evening stroll or jog... sounds quite blissful come to think of it.
  • Ashley D · 1 year ago
    You are super motivated to wake up that early to exercise! I love going to the gym, but I am not a morning person so I don't wake up until the last possible minute. I agree though, it is great to work out just because you enjoy it. It makes it much more fun. :)
  • wishcake · 1 year ago
    Wow. I impress myself when I get up at 7:30 for yoga once a week. Let alone 6:45 for a morning walk! Gah, you are the one who is impressive.

    Before I started running, I was definitely a walker. Which always made me laugh because, dude, it was walking. I kept thinking, "I'm not doing a darn thing here, am I?" But I was. It's sneaky like that.

    And luck you for being such a petite little thing without even trying! Seriously.



  • sarah marie p · 1 year ago
    You are adorable! I love that you started hitting the treadmill to watch "Friends." And I hope that one day I catch the bug you got where you love running! Which reminds me, must make it back to the gym. Ah! Haven't been in so long. Anyways, kudos to you for getting up early for some morning exercising! Man - you were proud of me for making it to work by 8:15 and you're up walking at 6:45! You rock! I'm so sorry that you have illotial band syndrome - I'll cross my fingers that your health insurance gives you physical therapy! Yay for walking! I love walking around the neighborhood with John at night -- I bet morning walks are so peaceful. And yeah, would help ease the pain of 8 hours in a cube! ha.
  • Auburn Kat · 1 year ago
    I love walking a lot more than running. I think it's because of running track in high school...I didn't love it but I did it because I was good at it.
  • scifichick · 1 year ago
    I love walking! I've never been much of a runner, and at this point I decided to stop pushing myself that hard. I walk at my lunch break. I absolutely love the peacefullness of a fast walk. I get to see things around me, notice change in seasons, say hi to people that are also walking, and it's a great break from my work day and sitting in a cubicle for 8 hours :)
  • holly · 1 year ago
    I definitely take walks. Dan and I walk all the time, usually before our evening tea. That totally made me sound approximately sixty years old.

    I get to see you soon. YAY!

  • Bayjb · 1 year ago
    Oh I love walks. I'm going to run a 5K in spring, which is pretty big for me but I love the power walks along the lake on the weekends. Clears my head. Good for you getting out there!
  • nicoleantoinette · 1 year ago
    Ha, I did the pedometer thing for a summer and loved it.

    "I figure, I'm going to be a power walking mom one day, might as well get a head start."

    Amen.



  • andrea · 1 year ago
    I'm oddly opposite of most people our age... I love to go on walks and hate running. I can't explain it.
  • Dana · 1 year ago
    way to go!! exercise and I don't get along to well!! but i do looove to walk - I usually keep track of my steps throughtout the day also - makes me feel better!
  • Allison · 1 year ago
    Look at how cute you are with your pedometer. I really need to kick myself in the butt and get up early to exercise before work. Unfortunately for me I was not blessed with a naturally thin body. Most of the time I'm ok with it, but I really do need to keep myself healthy.
    Have a I told you I love reading your blog? I do.
  • ...love Maegan · 1 year ago
    first of all, your picture could totally be a commercial for the pedometer! just adorable!

    otherwise, I'm kind of the same ...I SHOULD work out more than I do because {while I do stay the same weight pretty much} I am starting to see {that with age} the ole' butt isn't as high as it used to be and things all the way around are a bit more, well, wriggly! and it's really just gonna get worse if I don't stop being so lazy! ...but walking is GREAT! :) better than running in my book . sorry for the novel! ha.

  • Sarah Elizabeth · 1 year ago
    Walking in the morning sounds so peaceful. I used to get up and jog, but for some reason since I started school back I'm too tired to get out of bed at the right time, let alone 45 mins early! Good for you!
  • EP · 1 year ago
    This post makes me love you lots and lots. And it makes me want to live where you do because it would make me be more motivated if I had a workout partner who wanted to keep it up for the sake of being healthy.

    I've never enjoyed running, but I can walk a whole heck of a lot. I wish I just did it more. :/