Day One and a long way to go!

My husband and I have been trying to walk each morning at 6am but strangely my twin babies decided that 7:30am was a good wake up time. After over a year with very little sleep I slept in without even realising. We had a busy morning with getting breakfast organised for a house full of people and by the time we were finished and all cleaned up it was time for the boys to have a sleep.

We all decided it was a beautiful day and would like to go to the beach. After quite a while of getting everything that you need for three babies, a 5 year old and five adults we finally headed out. We had a beautiful lunch at the beach and then let the boys play in the sand and splash in the water. It was a beautiful day. The day ticked my first and third commitment.

When we got home, I realised we had done very little exercise today. One of the main things I have pick up on reading the forums for 12WBT is that we need to do at least half an hour exercise every day. After feeding the boys, my husband and I headed out for a walk. I had downloaded an app which is supposed to ease you in to running five kilometres. I have always wanted to be able to go for a run to release the tension after work.

We started out really well but very soon I was really struggling. Everything was hurting and by the third run I stopped. I gave up and I felt horrible. My husband was extremely supportive and convinced me to continue but only lightly jog instead of full running. I finished off the full program lightly jogging. I felt annoyed that I had not achieve 100% but I soon realised (with the help of my husband) that it had been over a year since I had done hard exercise and I have been busy looking after twin babies and my body needed to ease back into it. I set out very determined but some of the determination was run out of me.

After finishing the program, we continued to walk our circuit. After a little while I felt better and better and when I got home I realised I had run/jogged/walked for 50 minutes and I had burnt 657 calories. So happy to start and I can't wait to continue.