New fitness challenge for March 2008

Yes, I'm back again.  This has become a vicious cycle, but I've decided to accept that this is the way I am. I go through periods where I am gung-ho about fitness, followed by long periods of fitness apathy.  When I'm enthusiastic, I come back here to share my thoughts.  I've gone back and forth so many times that I am probably only writing this for myself, but so be it.  At least I will have a record for the next time I jump off the wagon and back on again

The other day I had the bright idea that I should challenge myself to complete 500 situps in March.  One of the reasons that I fail in my fitness attempts is that I ramp up the difficulty of my routine too quickly.  In my last few outings, I haven't even managed a full month of regular exercise before giving up.  I've read that it takes 28 days to create a habit. I figure that if I force myself to focus on nothing but situps for a month, then I can make it over that hump.

In the next day or two, I will post  the "before" picture of my belly.  I will also post my "before" waist measurement.  Besides trying to stick with exercising for a month, I am curious to see if my body shape will change during this.  Conventional wisdom says that spot reducing doesn't work; you have to do all-over exercise for anything to change.  However, I am SO out-of-shape that I think even a little exercise will shock my system and make me lose a little weight.

BTW, I changed my blog to the Mexico template because our family is planning a cruise to Cozumel in September. Yet another reason to work toward a flat belly!