Up Hill Battle

Not too much to report today. I started walking yesterday. I made it very easy on myself and decided to walk to the entrance to my Sub-Division and back, which is 1.4 miles, so not to strenuous... or so I thought! The first part of the walk is a piece of cake, but the 2nd half is HELL... the hill entering into my sub-division is so steep that it uses every ounce of strength in me to make it all the way up - BUT I DID IT!

Tiff met me this morning at 7:30 and we walked the hill together and it wasn't any easier today... in fact it was a little harder. But it was good to have some companionship rather than just my ipod and good conversation (during the times we could actually talk through trying to breathe) and even a little support to push me to "lift those knees" to get up that hill.

Speaking of ipod... I could use some ideas as to songs to add to keep me moving... so far my "Get Movin'" list includes:
Stronger - Kanye West
A Little Less Conversation - Elvis
Freedom - George Michael
Survivor - Destiny's Child
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Love and Memories - OAR
If - Janet Jackson
Stronger - Ms. Britney Spears
Suddenly I see - KT Tunstall
(It's only 42 minutes of music, so I need a few more song suggestions to bring it up to an hour!)

It's amazing how exercise is "mind over matter"... it's a total and complete mind frame to get your ass off the couch. I used to sit on my bootie for a couple hours each night watching the idiot box so the excuse that I didn't have enough time wasn't appropriate for me. I guess I've just never been a very physical person and exercise was never a lifestyle for me... so in addition to re-training myself to eat, I'm having to re-train myself to exercise, and so far - it feels pretty good!