Recap o’ the week
SO SORRY that I have not blogged. Isn’t that rude, saying you’re going to do a daily journal and then lying? Well, please give me another chance and read this recap o’ the week to catch up.
Monday: Walked at a fast pace on the treadmill, but only for 20 minutes. This is the amount of time Justin has designated for me, though, so I guess I shouldn’t beat myself up.
Tuesday: First round of 2-set workouts. Stairs are still the most difficult: did 8 reps, which doesn’t quite add up to the 40 I should be doing. But, dang! It kicks my butt. (Hopefully, it’ll firm it too.)
Wednesday: Skipped my workout! This was due to meandering so much throughout the morning that all my duties and schoolwork stacked up in the evening. Brian came home from Wyoming, so I relaxed with him.
Thursday: 45 minutes on the treadmill! Now, that’s what I call a great workout. I was sweating so much. Gross. : )
So, my plan for tomorrow is to do a short 20 minutes of walking as well as my weights so that I can make up that one lost day.
Shame on me: I needed this
I needed this blog tonight. Tired from waking early, school, work, etc, blah blah, I sat on the couch, enjoying TV for the first time in three days, cuddled in a bubblegum pink sweatshirt…and I was not going to workout.
But then I remembered this blog and wondered what the heck I would write if I bailed on my fitness within the first week.
Besides, I really like working out—I always feel jazzed when my heart starts pumping better. However, we all know this health thing is more a battle in the mind than the body.
Tonight, I chose to be faithful.
Change begins today
Well, it actually began over a year ago. Last July, I started working out at a local gym. With that, I also felt the need to fuel my body with more than sugar or processed food, so I’d carry great options with me wherever I went. By October, I had lost 25 pounds. This isn’t a huge amount, but it was built on very few restrictions to my diet, and the exercise was pumping me up. I felt great.
Through a few things like an appendectomy and withdrawing from the gym, I stopped exercising completely in January. I still felt more energetic, most of the weight stayed off, and we started doing physical things as a family—like playing tennis every Sunday afternoon.
Now, 16 months later, I am still down 15 pounds, but I don’t have the physical energy or desire to be active. I want that back. I want it for HEALTH. Today marks my official start back into the exercising life, which will be quickly followed by our shift to the GF/CF diet.
This blog differs from my pieces of linda blog in that it’s a simple daily journal of my activities, food issues, progress, and findings as I morph into health. That’s it! No poetry, no stories of school or shopping. Just a peek into my personal journey from drudge to vivacity.
