Adulting Wins

Last week I wrote about some recent Adulting Fails. Not everything can be a win. This week, however, I decided I needed to balance my fails from last week with some wins.

Elliptical

I work out  30 minutes everyday on my elliptical. This is one of my favorite pieces of exercise equipment. I was lucky enough to get mine free from a family member that was downsizing. When I first got it, I was huffing and puffing after a couple of minutes. I eventually made myself a goal of exercising 5 minutes. Then I increased the amount of time I spent on it by 1 minute each week until I got to 30 minutes. 

I know it's crazy that I do this everyday! I know myself though. If I give myself permission to miss a day here or there, then I would add to that and start missing weeks and months until the elliptical just collected dust. I feel better after I get this done each day. I am now going on 1 and 1/2 years of doing the elliptical everyday!

Fitbit

I LOVE my Fitbit. In 2016, I set a goal for myself to do 10,000 steps everyday for the entire year. I did achieve this goal, but it was TOUGH! In 2017, I increased this to 11,000 then 11,500 steps a day in July of that year. This was actually pretty easy. Once I got 10,000 steps, adding a little each day really made no difference in effort for me. 

Now, in 2018, I am at 13,000 steps a day. I feel more energetic and healthy. I actually like to walk around. I can't wait for the weather to get better (on a regular basis) so I can walk outside each day. I was able to go for a couple of walks this week and I loved it. On days that I can't walk outside, at least I have a treadmill to make up any steps I didn't get running around during the day. Side note: I love my treadmill, because my dad custom built a desk to use with it. Now I can multitask with walking and working on my computer. (I hated all the treadmill desks I found since those treadmills were really junky. I was able to invest in a better quality treadmill with a desk that's removable as needed. Sometimes an adult still needs their dad! 😀)

Jump Rope

As a child, I used to jump rope all the time and was really good at it. Now, I rarely ever jump rope. This past week, at recess, my students were really into jumping rope. They wanted me to try it too. Even after not doing this in a LONG time, I was able to jump rope like I never gave it up. I shocked myself at how I wasn't even winded after trying it. I guess all of exercise between the elliptical and walking steps have really paid off!

Unintentionally, all of my Wins are centered around exercising. At least, I have that going for me!

What were your WINS this week?