Happy Sunday evening everyone!
Thought it was time for another update of how my #jowalksnz journey is going.
So far I am 529km in with 1552km to go & I'm heading into week 15. Quite some distance to go yet!!
For those of you who have just started following me I am walking the length of NZ (in distance not physically) in 42 weeks. I started on New Years Day & will finish on Oct 21st. I am doing this to raise money & awareness for SPCA Canterbury & Ronald McDonald House South Island.
I am a Personal Trainer & I co-own my own gym with my partner Michael, I also work 32 hours in an office admin role over 4 days per week. So needless to say I am pretty damn busy! Mon - Fri my days start at 5am & I don't finish work until around 7pm. On the weekends I still get up at 6am on Saturday & sometimes sleep in till 7am on Sundays but I actually prefer to get up & head out for a nice walk to the beach instead of sleeping in. I work most of the weekend helping run PT in the park on Saturday morning & catching up on admin tasks in the afternoon & Sundays are spent setting up for the week ahead with food prep, programming my sessions for the week & generally getting organised.
In saying that we still get time to head out & do the things we enjoy, Michael & I relax with lots of walking or just coffee on a Sunday morning. We cherish the downtime we do get & feel very lucky to spend our weeks working on creating & building our dream life helping others live a healthy way of life.
We do get very tired sometimes & we do struggle like everyone else to find the motivation for exercise & to eat well. We have become very good at prioritizing exercise & fitting it in where we can because exercise is really important to us for many reasons. Eating well is also really important, we function better when nourished with good fuel to keep up our energy levels for the hours of work we need to do.
So this challenge to walk 2081.6km in 42 weeks is definitely a challenge for me as I just don't have a huge amount of spare time up my sleeve to be out walking. I exercise every morning Mon - Sun whether that be one of my walks, some strength training or a team training session at Focus. I sometimes miss the odd day if I'm feeling exhausted, but I normally end up feeling worse off for not exercising so I do it anyway.
Anyway - where I'm going with this is I want to show you that you can fit exercise into your life no matter how busy you are. It's just about making it a priority in your life & being organised enough to make it happen. I never used to be a morning person, sometimes when my 5am alarm goes off I just want to kill my alarm & hide under the covers but I don't & I can honestly say I never regret getting up & I never regret working out.
So this week how about you give it a try? Do something a little different to your normal routine & shake things up a little. Whether that be getting up early to fit in some exercise, heading outside for a walk around the block in your lunch break, when picking up the kids from school park a few blocks away & walk to meet them, instead of a Friday happy hour drink how about meetings friends at the gym or for a walk? Come to PT in the park on Saturday & surround yourself with other people who are getting active too. (9am Hagley Park, Carlton Corner www.facebook.com/ptinthepark)
I'd love to hear your story of how you #gotitdone this week so send me a message & tell me about your activity & how you managed to fit exercise into your busy week :-)
Have a good one!
Jo
https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/jowalksnz
Here's the link to my Givealittle page for any donations to the SPCA & Ronald McDonald house!
Thought it was time for another update of how my #jowalksnz journey is going.
So far I am 529km in with 1552km to go & I'm heading into week 15. Quite some distance to go yet!!
For those of you who have just started following me I am walking the length of NZ (in distance not physically) in 42 weeks. I started on New Years Day & will finish on Oct 21st. I am doing this to raise money & awareness for SPCA Canterbury & Ronald McDonald House South Island.
I am a Personal Trainer & I co-own my own gym with my partner Michael, I also work 32 hours in an office admin role over 4 days per week. So needless to say I am pretty damn busy! Mon - Fri my days start at 5am & I don't finish work until around 7pm. On the weekends I still get up at 6am on Saturday & sometimes sleep in till 7am on Sundays but I actually prefer to get up & head out for a nice walk to the beach instead of sleeping in. I work most of the weekend helping run PT in the park on Saturday morning & catching up on admin tasks in the afternoon & Sundays are spent setting up for the week ahead with food prep, programming my sessions for the week & generally getting organised.
In saying that we still get time to head out & do the things we enjoy, Michael & I relax with lots of walking or just coffee on a Sunday morning. We cherish the downtime we do get & feel very lucky to spend our weeks working on creating & building our dream life helping others live a healthy way of life.
We do get very tired sometimes & we do struggle like everyone else to find the motivation for exercise & to eat well. We have become very good at prioritizing exercise & fitting it in where we can because exercise is really important to us for many reasons. Eating well is also really important, we function better when nourished with good fuel to keep up our energy levels for the hours of work we need to do.
So this challenge to walk 2081.6km in 42 weeks is definitely a challenge for me as I just don't have a huge amount of spare time up my sleeve to be out walking. I exercise every morning Mon - Sun whether that be one of my walks, some strength training or a team training session at Focus. I sometimes miss the odd day if I'm feeling exhausted, but I normally end up feeling worse off for not exercising so I do it anyway.
Anyway - where I'm going with this is I want to show you that you can fit exercise into your life no matter how busy you are. It's just about making it a priority in your life & being organised enough to make it happen. I never used to be a morning person, sometimes when my 5am alarm goes off I just want to kill my alarm & hide under the covers but I don't & I can honestly say I never regret getting up & I never regret working out.
So this week how about you give it a try? Do something a little different to your normal routine & shake things up a little. Whether that be getting up early to fit in some exercise, heading outside for a walk around the block in your lunch break, when picking up the kids from school park a few blocks away & walk to meet them, instead of a Friday happy hour drink how about meetings friends at the gym or for a walk? Come to PT in the park on Saturday & surround yourself with other people who are getting active too. (9am Hagley Park, Carlton Corner www.facebook.com/ptinthepark)
I'd love to hear your story of how you #gotitdone this week so send me a message & tell me about your activity & how you managed to fit exercise into your busy week :-)
Have a good one!
Jo
https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/jowalksnz
Here's the link to my Givealittle page for any donations to the SPCA & Ronald McDonald house!