I should be sleeping

The good news is that I finally got on the treadmill tonight and walked .75 miles in about 20 minutes. The bad news is that I did it at 8 p.m. tonight and now I'm wide awake.

I watched The Biggest Loser from last night and figured if those people could huff and puff and jiggle on national television, I could get off my couch potatoe butt and walk awhile in the privacy of my own home.

I usually do better with music when I'm walking. I have this weird thing where I count to myself as I walk and music keeps me from doing that. Not that counting is bad, it's just goofy. Since my treadmill is close to the computer, I opened up iTunes radio and found a high-energy dance station from Europe and jumped on the machine. I had already walked 7 minutes before I realized I made it past 5 minutes. Plus, I had to walk at a pace that kept up with the beat of the music. So I pushed myself there, too.

By the time I decided to stop, I had gotten my heart rate up to 147 for at least 10 of my 20 minutes of walking. I think that's pretty good, considering I willingly did it and not because of having to walk up 2 flights of stairs.

Of course, right now I'm motivated to do this every day, though I think morning might be better timing for me. Just not this morning (which it is already). I should be waking up in about 5 hours. I just hope I get to sleep before then.