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.