I’ve been contemplating how difficult the inertia of life can be sometimes.  Our brains do much of the work for us, establishing patterns and routines for things we do, but once we try to change them we run into friction.  The subconscious mind, I hear, is responsible for many of the things we do automatically without “thinking” about them.  This week started my road to fitness, and like everything else I’ve decided to start out with small steps to figure out what the path feels like before I take off into a dead sprint.

One of the things I’ve had to try changing has been my sleeping pattern.  My work schedule’s a bit interesting right now in that one week I’m the early guy and have to be at work by 8:00am, and the week after I don’t have to be there until at least 9:00am.  This week, the start of my journey, has been the early week for me at work so I’ve been having to be at the gym by 6:00am in order to get at least 30 minutes of cardio and then make it back home.  I don’t know how effective my first two workouts have been.  However, I’m definitely getting way sleepier in the afternoons.  I went to bed around 10:00pm last night, woke up around 5:45am and I’m still tired.  I think my body can get used to the schedule, but it’s tough!  The workouts aren’t so bad,  except I may have to branch out from the bikes I’ve been using.  The seats aren’t that great and after 30 minutes the part of my body that’s the most sore ends up being my butt.

In terms of workout, I definitely feel like there’s a difference in my body.  I feel constantly warmer than previously noted.  I sweat for like a half hour after my workout’s done.  My legs don’t even get sore and I’m working on the bikes hard enough to keep my heart rate at a moderate fat-burning level and generate a good sheen of sweat.  I never claimed I was in good shape…

So, I will make my best effort to hit the gym all five days this week, and maybe on Saturday, and then I’ll weigh in and see if the diet and exercise is making an impact on the scale.