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Starting the new year right. Eating well and counting my steps. We get a new dog on saturday who needs to keep calm, but can go for walks. So, the plan is to walk a minimum of a mile a day to get his wiggles out. ESPECIALLY Sadie. Today I've already put in 1.25 miles just working
And exceeded. Not only did i lose the pound the trainer challenged... i lost 4 pounds!! Eating better and pushing myself to go to the gym have paid off. Now if i can keep the same mentality for the rest of the year...
I have been challenged by the trainer... he's for a week and i gotta work out on my own :( he said if i don't lose a pound then my planks are pushed up to a full minute.
So what have i been doing? Practicing my planks! I finally got a full 30seconds even after working out my legs.
Eating right is the easy part. Ok. No its not, but just to lose ONE pound it is easy to do with just eating right. And the weekends are the hardest time to eat right.
At work, i can only eat what i bring. And is easy to bring good stuff. It also helps when the bank account is running low.
This morning scale said I'm down... but i still have 4days before the actual weigh in.
Oh my word am I sore! My abs hurt to just stretch. On the plus side my legs don't hurt... Although I may kick it up a notch on the legs. I haven't started on the arms cuz I keep forgetting to bring dumbbells to work.
I have thought about doing the workout at home, but I worry that I won't want to workout when I get home. I'll tell you though, wearing the clothes REALLY put me in the mood to workout. The bright colors help too.
Eating salads again! Been good on that end. Last night I had subway but didn't even eat the whole 6". I have a lot of good options for food.
First day of the app workout. 40 different moves for 30 seconds each. Abs, arms,shoulders, legs, butt, and back. The fact that it's constant motion is the worst part. The workouts aren't that bad and 30 seconds is a good amount of time. Doing this routine for two weeks is going to be just enough time.
We just got back from the store where we bought more salads. So the diet portion should be better. Less than two weeks till my first month is over. I would like the scale to be going in the right direction.
I can't move. How can I work out three days in a row and not rest till day 4 when I'm THIS sore? I am barely walk. I did my squats for the day but the lunges are killing me. I did three and couldn't do more. I haven't done the stairs yet as I need to be in less pain. Going up and down in the mornings hurt.
No pain no gain right!? That's what I tell myself as I run. Which had gotten better. My face doesn't get as red as used to... Maybe I'm not pushing hard enough... Maybe I'm getting better.
After late night pizza last night, I followed it up with a nice spinach salad, oatmeal and yogurt for today. Tonight for dinner will have to be small as well...
I'm doing this. Slowly but surely! With a goal of 5lbs a month it should be pretty easy.
Time for my own transformation.... I only have 60lbs to lose, but that's hard for me when I don't have that personal trainer. Full time work with school on the side and no one to push me to work out or hold me accountable for what I eat or how much I work out.
Today is a new day. Today is THE day. I start up this blog and hold myself accountable. There will be rest days and there will be cheat days...but it will never get out of control. I'm sick of being over weight. I will not get over 200 ever again.
I will have to take today as a rest day as I didn't run today, but I did pretty well in the calorie department. My goal is to lose 60lbs and keep it off. It may take me a whole year at 5lbs a month. I have to think about the muscle I'll be gaining too. Clothing wise I dream to be a size 9 pants again.
I have signed up for two 5ks this year and I still wanna do the half marathon again. Bryan is doing the 5k but our training hours have been different. And once school starts back up I'll have to change the schedule...
I'm ready for this change. I will lose this weight!
Salads. Must eat more salads.
And LESS bread. (not carbs completely.just bread)
But, salads!
Another month has come. Let's start this one better.
Started a food journal to track and be honest about it. My routine is off & I need to know why. Smoking less to avoid the lazy. Just do it!
Although we lost Emily today, and I felt very depressed cuz of it, I didn't stay away from my limits today. I had my homemade breakfast sandwich for breakfast, only half a sandwich with my hummus for lunch, and dinner I had two brats, but no bread. Well see what the scale says tomorrow morning!
Did NOT want to wake up this morning! McDonalds coffee/breakfast to my rescue! & 1/2 a bagel from the Dr's isn't the way Monday should start... Extra walking tonight! At least I have smart choices for lunch and dinner... A piece of chicken the husband made for lunch & a turkey and avocado sandwich for dinner.
Provided I get a good walk and don't snack tonight, my day should balance out just right. Busy day at the office has me running around. That's another 100 calories burning! :)
