A Plan for All Seasons

So, I've done some more thinking about this constantly changing plan, and I really do think that this could work.

My plan is this:

- Week 1: Gym. Either Gold's Gym or the FSU gym, which also has a pool.
- Week 2: Swimming. Either Mum's house or the FSU gym, if I go with that one.
- Week 3: Biking. Probably around Mum's neighborhood, since it's pretty huge.
- Week 4: Slim-in-6/other home exercise videos. Just at my house.

There are several factors I'm looking at here.

First of all, I hate hate hate the gym. So, I'm following it up with swimming, which I love. I don't know how I feel about biking, since I haven't done it in years, but I know I like doing the home stuff. So it should be fairly easy to follow.

Second, I need some sort of cooling factor included in my exercise plan. I got heat stroke while working on some school stuff yesterday, and it emphasized my need to stay cool somehow. Each of these activities incorporate some sort of cooling, whether it's air conditioning, water, or just wind.

I'll need to do these activities between the hours of 6 and 8, since this is the time when it's still light outside, but the sun is not at full strength. I'll need alternatives, since Tallahassee is absolutely notorious for afternoon thunderstorms. Obviously, the days I can't bike or swim outside can be spent at the gym or doing home stuff in my living room.

I will need a little bit of equipment for this. Gym: just workout clothes, which I mostly have already. Swimming: new bathing suit. Biking: a bike, one of which I might be purchasing this afternoon from a lady from Craigslist. Home video stuff: shouldn't need anything other than the Slim in 6 stuff that I have and my Wii Fit, which I intend to do every day along with the other stuff.

Now, as for what I'll be doing each day. My goal is to burn 250-300 calories each day during these exercise sessions, which will likely change when I start actually doing it. Gym: Warm up every day by walking for 20-30 minutes, then alternate leg/arm and ab exercises each day. Swimming: laps, mostly. I also usually like to tread water for an extended period of time, using only my arms or only my legs. Apparently, an hour of swimming laps, treading water, etc. burns over 300 calories, so that should be perfect. Biking: nothing else to it. I think that if I go 8-10 miles at around 10 mph, I'll burn a little more than 250 calories...I may need to work up to this, though. I should be able to figure out a sufficient route through my mother's neighborhood, in any case. Home stuff: According to the interwebz, the first of three Slim in 6 discs burns roughly 250 calories every half hour. So, it looks like this could be my shortest workout day. I'll probably do some Wii Fit to warm up on these days, especially since I'll already be just staying at home.

I think that the best way to figure in the Wii Fit is to do some yoga and light stuff before work every morning, and then get on it when I get home to warm up, or later on to make up for any calories I didn't burn during my other exercise. Basically, it's my supplementary plan. If I feel like I've done enough with my workout for the day, I may not do the Wii Fit at all in the afternoon. I don't know yet.

I have a couple of weeks to figure it out. I think that I'll officially start the week beginning August 30. That will give me a little time after I get back from Seattle to get situated. I'll probably start on the Wii Fit that wekk after I get back, though, just to sort of keep my activity level up.

This has to work. It really does. I'm so woefully out of shape. I need to have at least lost some of this weight by the new year.

Again, I'll do rewards later. I don't want to think about that, yet, since I haven't started. Later!