Every Day Exercise - What happened in May and What's up for June!

I have had a track record of setting lofty fitness goals but always landing short of what i set out to do. So last month i thought i will change that by doing a few things right:

1. Set a small goal (30 min exercise) that will provide momentum to achieving better fitness in the near future 2. Make it a habit (30 day goal) through daily exercise and tracking

3. Have variety in exercise (Either brisk walking or Yoga)

3. Triggers (Wife/Bro assistance & Posting in Blog/Sharing with Friends)

4. Reward (Indulge in Sweets/Icecream of my choice) - the goal isnt big so the reward shouldnt be as well :)

The first few days were a breeze and while it got a little tougher in the mornings owing to sleeping late, the daily exercise continued (have to credit my wife for pushing me even when i didnt feel like it) without any major hassles. Got busy at work during the last week and had to attend a few early morning calls that meant i couldnt step out to exercise in the morning on those days. Even though i came back home late around 9 - 9 30 on those days, this goal kept playing on my mind and i ensured that i took a brisk walk at night.

Have to share an interesting anecdote - had booked a late night show for the movie 'Neram' with my bro. But i came back home only around 9 30 and immediately went out for my walk. My bro was hopping mad and blasted me all the way up till the movie (we reached about 10 min late). Of course he cooled down once he realized that the heroine had not yet been introduced which was the reason he came anyways :)

That way, am really happy that i made this goal non negotiable under any condition. Which meant that i ended up exercising on all of the 32 days without a break! No way am i going to break the rhythm now :)

This month, am increasing the rigour slowly - Going to exercise 45 minutes every day with a few tweaks.

It will be either (Walking 30 min + Jogging 15 min) or (Yoga with atleast 1-2 sets of Surya Namaskar).

I have not really thought about dieting so far but am going to drink atleast 3 litres of water every day at different intervals. This way, i think my craving for food at odd hours will reduce.

Will let you all know how it works out this month. Cheers!