So I've been doing really well. Some days are less motivating than others. Being sick and unable to work out for 1 week really screwed me up. It's so easy to fall back into old habits again, so it was a rough start getting back on track.
We got our dip bar and pullup station in. I've been able to do a lot more exercises with those tools now. I'm getting a lot stronger, and have lost 28 lbs so far since starting back on Jan 1st.
My heaviest this year was 247, now I'm down to 219. Still overweight, but I'm getting there. Slowly but surely. It's not Biggest Loser numbers at all lol, but I feel going this way and losing 1-2 lbs a week is going to help me keep off the weight in the long run. So I'm happy. My husband is losing weight a lot faster than me but men lose weight differently than us ladies. I'm proud and happy that we're making this life change together, it sure makes it easier.
Food is getting easier and easier to eat. Although I'm still really worried about my "food aversion" mindset and tendencies. It's turned into thinking that every piece of food I eat is going to make me gain weight, so I'm not eating nearly as much as I should. This is a frustrating thing for me, as I know I need to eat, and we're eating healthy, but I'm not happy about my mental view on food as a whole right now and not sure how to change it. I can literally have a panic attack when deciding whether or not to eat lunch.
All in all, things are going well. I've been doing Bodyrock but some days I make up my own workouts that are similar in nature, since I've finally figured out the high intensity interval training and all. I like to do video game dancing, I look like a dummy doing it I'm sure, but it gets my cardio going.
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| Love this one! How I prolly look doing Kinect Workouts ^_^ |
My cardiovascular has been doing well. The few times I've been to the gym, my heart rate isn't shooting up to the 180s anymore, I rarely get passed 153 now. So that's awesome, and I'm less likely to have a heart attack now lol.
My muscle development is fun as it's neat to see biceps, triceps, calves, etc forming. It's nice to see my body pulling in, getting stronger, more toned, etc. My stomach still frustrates me a lot, but I think that will most likely be the last thing to go, and for almost all woman it's the most difficult problem area. I can doing hanging knee raises without assistance and I'm doing pullups with assistance. I had a picture taken of me doing knee raises but the only one that came out was when then dog was licking my feet as I was trying to hold a hanging knee raise. Very unattractive lol, I won't be posting it lol.
I'd love to do more cardio. I feel like if I had a treadmill, or a gym membership so I can access cardio machines, I'd be able push my weight loss into a more desirable range. I was actually discussing with my husband the other day that we'd like to do a marathon or a 5k maybe next year. He's running 10-12 miles a day within an hour, so his cardio and stamina is way ahead of mine.
We'll be moving into town finally, and hopefully, in the next couple months. I'm stoked to be able to do this. For one, I'll be able to go outside and exercise, take my kids and dogs out for walkies and exercise. Go jogging, etc. And also I'll be closer in town, thus saving more money, thus using that gas money for a gym membership. So stoked. ^_^
We went out to dinner last night, and I almost had a panic attack trying to find food to eat. Then realizing that we never go out and we should, for once, actually enjoy ourselves and enjoy a nice splurge meal. No it didn't make me gain a lb. Did I eat healthy? Honestly, no, no I didn't lol. I ate horribly. BUT, the whole point of all this eating healthy, getting healthy is so that we CAN enjoy ourselves when we occasionally splurge.
That's all I can think of for now. ^_^
