If anything, I improved some of my scores. Feel a lot stronger, I've lost an inch or more off my body around my stomach and legs and hips. Haven't lost any weight other than two pounds, but my fat is being replaced with muscle, and everyone knows muscle weighs more than fat. I'm still looking forward to that time when the weight will start melting off as they say ^_^
We're going to be getting an elliptical machine or treadmill, so that will allow for some extra cardio.
So from now on, I'll be posting weekly maybe. Probably to discuss fitness I've been doing, successes and frustrations etc.
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If there's anything I learned from this experience.......
1. Doing something is better than doing nothing.
If you're sitting on your butt all day, working or playing computer, or watching tv, doing SOMETHING is better than nothing at all. Walking, playing workout video games like dancing and exercise games on the wii or xbox is better for you and your health than doing nothing at all.
2. Nutrition IS more important than exercise.
All the exercise in the world won't help if you're still eating cakes and pies and cookies. We learned this. You can too. All those people that think "Oh I can eat this I'll just work it off later on the treadmill" Yea it doesn't work that way. It'd be nice if it did, but it doesn't lol.
Anyone that knows me would tell you that I love to eat sweets and drink soda pop. After exercising and being determined to lose the weight finally, I can tell you that eating sweets and soda pop are no longer on my agenda. We don't keep unclean foods in our house anymore. Even the kids eat healthy like we do. We avoid sugar like the plague. I ate two cookies the other day and I got so incredibly sick that I won't touch the stuff anymore. Fast food is disgusting and pop is full of sugar and tears up my stomach and my kidneys.
We try to follow several important rules when it comes to eating now.
- Avoid sugar
- Eat Whole Grain foods (flour) etc..
- Eat food in it's natural form (learn how to cook, cook every meal, cook ahead of time and freeze your food for easier access and to take to work with you)
- Fruits and Veggies are good for you
- Pair Carbs with Lean Protein at every meal
- A portion size is a little bigger than your fist
- Eat smaller meals throughout the day
- Drink water and tea
- No processed foods
- Snack on healthy foods (carrots, veggies, raisins in moderation)
- Everything in moderation
I've been following the Eat Clean way of life, check it out
http://www.eatcleandiet.com/
It says "diet" but it's not a diet as much as it is a way of life.
3. Take it at your own pace
Just because exercise trainers and aerobics instructors have the agility of a well trained fox doesn't mean that I do too. I alter all the exercises so that I can do them to my ability and better. No point in hurting yourself. No one is watching you exercise. Be comfortable and do it at your pace. As long as you're improving, feeling stronger, and your exercises are getting better then you know you're doing it right.
4. Take Pride
In the end, it should all be for you. Yes what I'm doing is for my family, my kids, to feel better about myself etc..But in the end of things, it's me that has to workout, me that has to watch what I eat, how I live my life, ME. Not anyone else. Be proud in what you do. It's ME that is choosing to change my life so I can have a life, and not be dead in 20 years. Do it for YOU.
5. Getting healthy takes hard work, dedication, and a lifestyle change
There is no magic pill in the world that can help you if you're bound and determined to lose weight, get healthy and keep that weight off. Fat burners do work, but only for so long, and they're unhealthy.
The best way to do things is the HARD way, with Exercise and Diet.
When I say diet, I don't mean dieting, I mean nutrition. Becoming healthy is a complete lifestyle change. If takes hard work, will power, and cleaning out your pantry. Sometimes it involves finding new friends that support you, not the ones that will try to force you to eat pie because they can't support your new lifestyle.
One thing I found interesting, something I wondered is....
What happens to your body and your fat as you lose weight? Well I can tell you this bugged me for weeks, till I saw the amazing human body in action. As I lost weight in my legs, my thighs pulled in and the body reabsorbs the fat for energy, thus pulling in and making skin tighter. This is an amazing thing. Really kind of creepy. But thought I would share with you.
This is why it's important to lose weight slowly. When you lose weight at a rapid rate, your body does not have the ability to reabsorb and burn off that body fat and pull in skin, resulting in sagging skin. In time, it'll fix, but I hear it takes 6 years when that happens.
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Enough babbling! Time to workout!!
Fit Challenge GO!!
I decided to post my first fit test to compare ^_^
Squat Jump - 24
Push Up - 13
Burpees - 10
High Knees - 53
Switch Lunges - 19
Tuck Jumps - 15
Straight Abs - 34
Now for each exercise it's 50 seconds long, as hard as you can push, as long as you can go till you're panting on the floor. There is a 10 second break in between exercises.
Here we go!
Squat Jump - 35
Push Up - 25
Burpees - 10
High Knees - 83
Switch Lunges - 22
Tuck Jumps - 24
Straight Abs -48
So there you go. Is it a huge improvement? I think so. In some areas more than others. When I first started this I didn't even know what half of those exercises were. Now they're second nature. Plus I feel SO much stronger. My legs have got to be the biggest improvement. I think I would've done better if I'd gotten more sleep this weekend, but life with kids lol, you know how it is. My abs are also a huge improvement. I can actually do situps now and my back is a lot stronger.
A day without working out for me is very stressful. I have to get my fix lol. I'm very happy I started this, very happy my husband has been very supportive during this whole thing and himself been working out and losing 15 lbs already this last month. Why can't women lose weight like men? Lol.
That's all for now!
Till next time ^_^
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