Showing posts with label Weight Watchers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weight Watchers. Show all posts

Monday, December 2, 2013

Jump Start on New Year's Resolution

So for Black Friday, I went to Dick's Sporting Goods and bought a medicine ball, a jump rope, and a new gym bag. My New Year's resolution (well, one of them) is to get back in shape. In high school, I took part in advanced physical conditioning (APC), which is basically a weight lifting class. For 70 minutes/5 days a week, we did strength training and cardio. On top of that, I taught gymnastics 4-5 days a week for 4+ hours at a time, which was even more cardio. Plus I was a cheerleader, so jumping, tumbling, and stunting 2-3 nights a week (more during basketball season when there are multiple games each week). It was all built in to my schedule back then and I never thought about how much I was doing all the time. When college started, I kept up with running: I ran a half marathon every other year, countless 5k and 10k races (an accidental 10 mile race thinking it was a 10k), and maintained a decent weight until that lovely 21st birthday--umm, becoming an "adult"...