Exercise, The workplace challenge

We all know the importance of exercise. As a matter of fact, here is an article by the Mayo Clinic on 7 serious benefits of exercise!! http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/exercise/HQ01676

Here is another benefit to exercise that the Mayo Clinic forgot to tell you. When I was in the 7th grade, I was in the Catholic school spelling bee and didn't make the first round because i failed to spell the word "exercise" on the preliminary written round. The next year, I made 3rd place in the district after I figured out that there is ONE X, ONE C, and ONE S in the word "exercise" and each of those stands alone. So! If you are familiar with exercise, it could also help you win spelling bees.

Now I have signed up for my workplace fitness challenge. Participants were required to select a fitness level to make the challenge more fair. Beginners have to exercise 2x a week to meet their goal, and intermediates have to exercise 4 times. Guess what I picked? Intermediate! I guess I will BE intermediate by the end of the challenge, but I really am a beginner right now. The reason I picked INTERMEDIATE is because I want to push myself to exercise 4 times a week!! Yes, I lost all my weight so far without really exercising. That's how bad my eating habits were!! Now I am starting to get flabby in some places, so it is TIME for me to exercise!!! If you are like me, you would be worried about setting yourself up to fail, as I am. But I got a free t-shirt and really cool pedometer out of the deal, so how could I fail??

I wanted to buy a STREET STRIDER for myself when I lost 40 pounds, but dh (dear husband) is not supporting that idea. Street Striders are elipitical bicycles that you ride outside! Problem is, they cost around $1300. But WOW!! NEWSFLASH! I just found something similar on Amazon.com   http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=streetstrider&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=7987878099&ref=pd_sl_59bv45q24l_e 
that is only $550!!! I bet dh would go for that!! Well 40 pounds is still 16 pounds away, so in the meantime, I am gonna get in shape for my elliptical bike. By the way, I also just learned that Sears is now selling Street Striders. Cool!

Here is the plan, if you want to join me: At least 4 times this week I am either going to the gym and/or walking my dogs. That's it. SIMPLE. I do want to succeed at my workplace fitness challenge. And I don't want to be embarrassed to wear the shirt that says TRIM in big letters on the back (which is the name of the challenge). How does one wear a shirt that says TRIM when one is filling very CHUBBY?!?! Therefore, I must exercise. Besides, if the Mayo Clinic says there are benefits, then you KNOW it's true!!! :o)