Long Time Coming

It's official! I am getting back on track. Today I walked on the treadmill for 15 minutes and plan to walk more later. I am going to take things a little slower this time. If I can keep up some good habits, I can feel as good as I did a few months ago. I want to better myself first for me, then for my family. I need to feel better about myself. I know that when I am making good choices it effects my family. Therefore, I need to do better for all of us. After all, I am the cook around here. I am the mood setter, the menu planner, the activity chairman, everything revolves around me; not in a self-centered way, that is just the way things go when you are the Mom! This is a lifetime commitment. I will succeed, one day at a time.

Today's Stats
Exercise-15 minutes, with more to come
Attitude-Great

Gardening is great Exercise.

I have wandered from my regular routine to the outdoors. I have spent the last week working in my garden, planting and getting the soil ready for planting. Today I spent an hour weeding. Now when I say my garden perhaps I should clarify. Our family garden is 70 feet by 140 feet. We have 21 4 foot wide beds. They are not all planted yet, but hopefully will be in the next several weeks as the weather warms a bit.

Since we have not covered the pathways and the beds are not all planted, weeds are an issue. It is a daily effort to keep the weeds at bay. Today I worked really hard to get my heart rate going. I was using a special hoe for weeding that cuts the weed at ground level. You push it back and forth like a broom. So imagine sweeping or mopping for an hour straight at a fast pace, really scrubbing at some of those dandelions. I only did a few rows the day before and I am so sore. Good sore.

Before I went out to work today I was looking for some old ratty jeans to wear. I found a pair in the top of my closet that was a size 18. I thought there was no way that they would fit. My last pair of jeans was a 22. Now granted they are an 18 wide and they are a bit stretchy, but I got into them and they are not choking me and they actually fit. Very cool!! I'm still not weighing for a while. The way I feel and how happy I am are better indicators of health for me than the number on the scale.

Ode to Buble, Michael

It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For Me
And I'm feeling good!

Well at least trying. 20 minute Turbo Jam this morning, more work outside later! I love my new shoes. I think they actually helped me workout a little better today. Awesome!

Life moves on...

Life just tends to go on whether we are ready or not. Exercise has been limited the last 2 days. Wednesday was Basketball with the kids. Yes Heather, basketball! Of course it was more shooting and running after rebounds, because my shooting stinks.

Yesterday was stress day, and I needed to exercise more than ever, but didn't. So today I tried again. I got about 20 minutes in before the phone rang and I got pulled into another project. Maybe when my sweetheart gets home we can figure out how to adjust my new bike seat and I can go for a ride. Yay me!

Oh My Aching Abs

It's a good hurt right? Today I have no witty wisdom, just do it! Don't stop doing it. It's killing me to get back to where I was.

10 minutes Silly PBS lady, turned it off because she's ridiculous...
20 minutes Turbo Jam Abs
20 Minute Turbo Jam Workout

Ouch

A New Day!

Well officially I am in week 12 of my journey. However the last few weeks have been less than praiseworthy. I have allowed for small set backs and it is time to begin fresh. I am not going to focus on old goals unattained, or days missed, or anything negative for that matter! I am starting new. Today is going to be day 1 week 1!

Today I did about 40 minutes exercise; the goofy lady on PBS. She is a bit boring, but that's what I needed to get myself started, boring and not back breaking. I got a decent night's rest. I have showered and I am dressed with my shoes on. I do have to say that I exercised in my night gown. Sometimes that hurdle of getting dressed and putting my shoes on is just too high. So who says you need to have workout clothes on to exercise?? I did just fine thank you very much.

I did weigh this morning and it was no big surprise. 247 this number seems to resonate with utter frustration. I will kiss it goodbye. I am getting a bike, thank you Jennifer. The weather is beautiful. I am going to plant my garden. I am going to master my body! Ahhh...happy sigh...

Today
Weight 247
Height 5'4 3/4" The 3/4" makes all the difference!
Attitude-Better with hopes of great improvement.

Week 9 Weigh in

Today I am feeling a bit discouraged. I am tyring to get back to the hard work I was doing, but it is not feeling like it did before. With sick kids, and appointments and me being sick, and all the stress I am feeling a bit run down!! I have got to get my life back. The bottom line is that it is my choice to keep working hard or just give in. I haven't been able to go to my class for 3 weeks, and I think that is keeping me down. I need that moral support of my friends to keep me motivated. Because I am having some sort of allergy/sinus/throat thingy going on, I exercised for 1/2 hour this morning, and I will do some more later. I really want to get our treadmill fixed, but it seems that there are just so many other things taking priority. So I guess I will have to take control myself and get things done. I need to make myself the priority.

My weight-252
Attitude- Stinks, but I'm trying to feel better.
Exercise back on track today!