Okay, so again today I didn't want to get out of bed, but I did it! I got up and I did the full Hard Core Fusion video. I still felt a little sluggish, but nonetheless, I did it-all 55 min of it. And last night, my friend Mistie and I went for a walk around my neighborhood...probably about 2 1/2 miles. I am trying so very hard to stay active. I go for walks during my 15 min breaks at work to.
Eventhough I know that increasing my activity level will help, I think/know that if I were to also change my eating, I would have more success. I'm just not there yet. One day at a time!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Rough Time
This morning was not a good morning. First, I didn't want to get up when my alarm went off. I allowed myself to sleep in about 15 minutes and then I made myself get up and exercise. I felt like I was made of lead as I was trying to do the moves. It didn't seem to matter how hard I tried to keep up with the videos, I was dragging. I was glad that it was only an "express" workout. I am not sure that I could've handled a full length workout. I hope that tomorrow will be better.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Rest Day
Well today was supposed to be my rest day. I rested from theFIRM videos, but I still got some exercise in. I went on a 3 mile bike ride with my in-laws. It was really nice and I enjoyed the change of pace. I think that things are still going well for me. I have decided to back down on the weighing myself. I can get really obsessive and then if I am up like 2 ounces one day, I get frusterated. I think from now on I am only going to weigh on Fridays. Hopefully I will continue to progress as I have been.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Day 18
Okay, so it's been about 2 1/2 weeks since I started doing the FIRM videos. Today is day 18. I did the Hard Core Fusion Express video. Today was a pretty good day. I was able to keep up and do all the moves. I have noticed that I have good days and I have bad days when it comes to working out. Sometimes I feel as though I can't even lift my leg to do a knee lift. Thankfully, today wasn't one of those days.
Here goes nothing!
A good friend suggested I start a blog just for talking about my weightloss efforts. I think that it is a good idea, so here I go.
My weight has been an issue for me for most of my life. When I was a senior in high school, I lost about 20 lbs doing the Atkins diet with my parents, however that didn't last and I gained it all back. My freshman year of college I lost weight cause of all the walking that I was doing, but by sophomore year, it was back on again-I had a car at school that year. I got a membership to Gold's gym and was very diligent for a long time, but I never really noticed a size difference, just felt better about myself. Other people claimed that they could see a difference. But just like every time before I stopped what I was doing and ended up right back where I had started. Four months after getting married, I reached my heaviest weight. I was working in an office and not getting much exercise and definitely not eating healthy. A friend at work said she was going to LA Weightloss. She told me they had a special running, so I went with her and signed up. For several months I learned to change my eating habits. I was able to lose 20+ lbs. Then my husbands sister suggested I start running. She told me that she would run a 5k with me. So I trained for 2 1/2 months and RAN my first 5k on July 4th last year. The combination of eating healthy and running had gotten me down to my lowest weight since high school. At the end of the summer I had lost a total of 40 lbs. I was super excited. Unfortunately, old habits die hard and over the winter I started eating poorly again and stopped running. It was a month ago that I realized that I had gained every ounce of weight back. My clothes weren't fitting anymore and I had to pull my fat clothes back out. I was depressed. But I decided that I wasn't going to be okay with that. I ordered The FIRM workout kit called the Total Body Transformation. I started doing the workouts about 2 weeks ago and already I have dropped 7 lbs. It feels so good to see immediate results. I hope that it will help me to stay motivated. I know that I can do this. My goal is to lose another 85 lbs. It kind of scares me to think of losing that much weight. This is who I have always been and I don't know what is in store for my identity if I am not big. I've always been big. That is what has made me who I am today. I can't wait for the day when I see myself small. So, as I said at the start, here goes nothing!
My weight has been an issue for me for most of my life. When I was a senior in high school, I lost about 20 lbs doing the Atkins diet with my parents, however that didn't last and I gained it all back. My freshman year of college I lost weight cause of all the walking that I was doing, but by sophomore year, it was back on again-I had a car at school that year. I got a membership to Gold's gym and was very diligent for a long time, but I never really noticed a size difference, just felt better about myself. Other people claimed that they could see a difference. But just like every time before I stopped what I was doing and ended up right back where I had started. Four months after getting married, I reached my heaviest weight. I was working in an office and not getting much exercise and definitely not eating healthy. A friend at work said she was going to LA Weightloss. She told me they had a special running, so I went with her and signed up. For several months I learned to change my eating habits. I was able to lose 20+ lbs. Then my husbands sister suggested I start running. She told me that she would run a 5k with me. So I trained for 2 1/2 months and RAN my first 5k on July 4th last year. The combination of eating healthy and running had gotten me down to my lowest weight since high school. At the end of the summer I had lost a total of 40 lbs. I was super excited. Unfortunately, old habits die hard and over the winter I started eating poorly again and stopped running. It was a month ago that I realized that I had gained every ounce of weight back. My clothes weren't fitting anymore and I had to pull my fat clothes back out. I was depressed. But I decided that I wasn't going to be okay with that. I ordered The FIRM workout kit called the Total Body Transformation. I started doing the workouts about 2 weeks ago and already I have dropped 7 lbs. It feels so good to see immediate results. I hope that it will help me to stay motivated. I know that I can do this. My goal is to lose another 85 lbs. It kind of scares me to think of losing that much weight. This is who I have always been and I don't know what is in store for my identity if I am not big. I've always been big. That is what has made me who I am today. I can't wait for the day when I see myself small. So, as I said at the start, here goes nothing!
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