Success Story

Hey everyone!

I recently found out that I lost about 14 pounds and I'm really proud of myself. Good results from good efforts. There's still a long way to go to develop a healthier lifestyle, and I've got to celebrate victories.

Though right now I want to hear your success stories. Make a comment and tell me what you're doing to live healthier or your successes.

Here are the play by plays of the last three days.

Thursday: Walked on the treadmill, couldn't go very long because I hurt too much.

Friday: I again tried walking on the treadmill and went longer than Thursday. Sadly couldn't do too much because of pain. Did A LOT of walking Friday night.

Saturday: Husband and I took it easy resting today. Before dinner I went to the gym and went for a while on the elliptical machine. It was easy to occupy my attention because I was flipping back and forth between the movie Never Been Kissed and the Verdi's rendition of Macbeth.

Other updates:

Friday night was a fun date night. We went with another couple to museum of science. They had some ok exhibits and the lightning show was good. The whale exhibit was interesting, we crawled into a life size replica of a whales heart.

Overall the museum left me wanting. It didn't look very put together, some of the exhibits looked old and worn and the staff was not courteous. One exhibit was how our eyes can deceive and they had many double image kind of things. Among those double images there was a picture of lovers or dolphins; depending on how one looked at it... Not something that young children need to be viewing!

Saturday day was good. My better half and I slept in, played Yahtzee and watched the movie Tootsie. That movie is funny!! It was my first time watching it and I loved it. I wasn't bored, liked the character progression and enjoyed the resolution.

Motivation

I have seen some results that I'm happy to report.

Sunday I was able to fit into a red skirt I haven't been able to wear in a while!!

Also I was looking in the mirror and noticing that my pooch was smaller! I think women every where battle the pooch. I know I've battled it since I was 11 or 12. There is still lots of room for improvement and I'll get there!

Also while I was looking in the mirror I was thinking in my head, is my but getting smaller. Then a couple minutes later my husband said, "It looks like your butt's getting smaller too." He wasn't just trying to be nice either. I went over to him, and gave him a kiss. He gave me a look like what, I'm confused. Then I and said, "You just said the sexiest words known to womankind!"

I just wanted to share a celebrate my motivation.

Make a comment and share what motivates you or helps you keep working out.

Sick Days

Monday's workout was great. I did cardio and upper body weights. My challenge this week was reverse crunches. These are great for my lower back and lower abs, which need to be stronger.

Then Monday night I started to feel sick. I spent the next two days sick and in a lot of pain. Tuesday I was so sick I couldn't eat. Wednesday I was able to eat a little. I walked on the treadmill each day for as much as I could. With me when I'm sick I usually just feel worse just lying in bed. So that's why I headed to the gym. Walking helped a little and I glad I did it. Today I'm feeling pretty okay. I'm going to try to work out tonight and see how it goes. One thing I've been learning over the past two years is that I have to listen to my body. It has been a very hard lesson to learn and I'm still learning. Tonight I will listen to m body but I'm not going to let it wuss out.

Last Week

Last week was a success!

I worked out 4 days last week. Doing weights three days. My body wasn't cooperating on the fourth day.

To change things up and develop a better routine I've decided to assign a challenge each week. Last week it was 10 lunges (each side) every time I worked out. I knew I had to start with lunges because they are my least favorite thing to do. Also because in the past I had saw results from doing lots of lunges. I refreshed my memory of proper lunge form and started it out. I am proud to say that each time I worked out I did my lunges.

I ate pretty well last week, I am still trying to find ways to improve my eating habits. I heard a phrase that made me stop and think. It goes, "do you eat to live or do you live to eat." This will be on my mind and I will share more thoughts on this.

Coming Back With Some Help

Friday was a good day for exercise! I did 51 minutes of cardio and all my upper body workouts, including the up right row. I also ate sensibly and did not snack.

Today's workout was also successful. My shinning accomplishment was doing two miles in 32 minutes and 10 seconds! I then did a third of a mile cool down. Following this, I did my lower body weight lifting, bumping up weight on all exercises by 5 to 15 lbs. I snacked a little bit today by having a piece of toast with breakfast. Lunch was my favorite soup. It's Progresso (c) Vegetables Macaroni and Bean Soup. The broth in it is soo good!! It has a few more calories than some of their other soups, but only by 30 or 40.

There is a great sense of accomplishment seeing this my workouts in writing. Though credit has to go to my amazing husband. These past two days working out has been the last thing on my list and I have tried to avoid it. He has lovingly encouraged me to go, reminding me how good it will feel to have worked out. He really is soo good to me.

Thursday update

So my second week hasn't been the best... Monday I did cardio and crunches, with a few arm weights. Tuesday, was a rough day and I didn't work out. Wednesday I didn't go to the gym either because things got really busy and I was feeling ill. This morning I woke up and went to the gym did 40 minutes of cardio, the leg machines, squats and even lunges.

As I was working out, I was thinking about the lousy week, in regards to working out. I need to be serious about what I'm doing and get back on the horse!! I've got a long way to go and I'm not going to get there if I keep this up. Writing about what I'm doing is really helping me focus and stay on track. Seeing it written down makes me think ok, I can do better.

Weights, weights, weights. I have go to do more weight training!!! Cardio is so much easier, and so much more in my comfort zone. In my head I realize all the wonderful and amazing benefits of strength and resistance training! I've researched different workouts along with the correct way to lift the wights. Now it's time to get out of my comfort zone and put it into action.

I'll keep you updated!