So, missed several days at the gym due to all kinds of stuff. Went back yesterday for the first time since oh, last Thursday? Yeah, that was rough. Only did 30 min plus a cool down and I really wanted to quit after 10. BUT, I did 30 min plus a 5 min cool down. And tonight I did 40 min plus a 5 min cool down. And I feel better. That's the thing, it makes me FEEL better.
And feelings are about to become a focus for about a month and a half when I start a small women's group that is working through a book by Marianne Williamson called "A Course in Weight Loss". I am doing this for several reasons: 1. because it came up as an opportunity and it's lead by a friend of mine (former colleague) 2. because it's all about getting into the emotional why's and healing that part of myself that goes back to old destructive patterns and 3. because now seems a good time to do that. Now, not when I feel like it. If I waited till I felt like it I can guarantee you I'd not go to the gym EVER and wouldn't take this class.
So, we'll see. It starts in a week and is every Sunday for a couple of hours in the evening and goes until mid-August. I anticipate that there will be times I like it about as much as I like the treadmill at minute 35 but....I am going to keep going. Because I believe this is another key component to my success in making this for real who I am. Not just a phase like stone-washed denim and jean jackets. (not that there's anything wrong with that)
One day. One step. One pound at a time.
~N
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Cool, Clear Water
Man today was rough. I did NOT want to keep going when I got to 30 min. But I wasn't through my playlist (because I am crafty I made it last an hr with the goal of eventually lasting an hr) so I kept going for 40 min with a 5 min cool-down. I am thinking that after a month of this - 3 times a week at least - Heart Attack Hill is going to be a piece of lemon meringue pie.
Mmmmm pie. I need dinner.
Gonna be a short post. I stuck to the program today and I get tomorrow night off from the gym. :)
Oh! DUH. I forgot! I got an e-magazine from my health coach with Medifast (free, I don't pay her, she's awesome and she checks in on me and sends me info - it's great!) and one of the articles in it is about water and I was going to talk about that.....so not so short post!
I'll just link it here but I've got to say - drinking more water always helps me when I'm hungry or tired or hot (say after working my a$$ off at the gym) and I use the water enhancers that they advertise in the article. It's like the little packets you can get of Crystal Lite. Good especially if you don't have access to yummy tasting water.
So, take a look, and have a glass of water. :)
http://www.imakenews.com/medifast/e_article002442367_13.cfm?x=blbrkHP%2cbsndlLwK
One day. One step. One pound at a time.
~N
Mmmmm pie. I need dinner.
Gonna be a short post. I stuck to the program today and I get tomorrow night off from the gym. :)
Oh! DUH. I forgot! I got an e-magazine from my health coach with Medifast (free, I don't pay her, she's awesome and she checks in on me and sends me info - it's great!) and one of the articles in it is about water and I was going to talk about that.....so not so short post!
I'll just link it here but I've got to say - drinking more water always helps me when I'm hungry or tired or hot (say after working my a$$ off at the gym) and I use the water enhancers that they advertise in the article. It's like the little packets you can get of Crystal Lite. Good especially if you don't have access to yummy tasting water.
So, take a look, and have a glass of water. :)
http://www.imakenews.com/medifast/e_article002442367_13.cfm?x=blbrkHP%2cbsndlLwK
One day. One step. One pound at a time.
~N
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Twenty Seven
First thing this morning I stepped on the scale. Just curious to see what my up-tick in work-outs has done for the numbers. Because I gotta say - starting on Saturday I upped my game at the gym. I started working out for at least 40 min. Just 10 min extra (the first day I even got 45 including the cool-down) and it makes a HUGE difference in all kinds of things. I can FEEL it. At 30 min I feel like I want to lay down and sleep. And at 35 min I hit another wind and keep going. I WORK OUT. Treadmill, not the circuit. I have a playlist and tonight I honed it down.
And this morning the numbers said minus 27. :)
Headed back to where I was 2 years ago. And it's going faster because 1. I'm sticking to the Medifast plan (little meals every 2 hours) and 2. I'm actually moving. That's what I didn't do last time. And boy does it work.
I realized that while I am not going to be jogging anytime soon I walk to the beat of whatever song I'm listening to and so I programmed my playlist to have songs in progressively faster beats. And I walk. Boy let me tell you when I get to the 40 minute mark and AC/DC's Thunderstruck comes on I turn it up and I walk. That's a fracking fast song! One step per beat.
So, I'm thinking I'm going to be able to hit minus 30 easily by the end of the month and maybe more.
Yes I so frackin' can. :)
Ok, here's the play list. It's called "Nic's Move It Move It Mix"...
Shake It Out - Florence + The Machine (I love the line "and it's hard to dance with the devil on your back so shake him off!")
Some Nights - Fun. - the lead singer of this group totally sounds like Freddy Mercury to me.
We Are Young - Fun. - yeah it's an addictive song and the beat is fun to walk to.
Howlin' for You - The Black Keys - reminds me of hockey and another good beat
Raise Your Glass - P!nk makes me want to box or something, maybe dance. :)
So What - more P!nk, she's got a 'tude.
We Found Love - Rhianna - the beat is faster than you'd think and one step per beat gets going!
Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons - I moved this one up in today's re-shuffle because of the beat.
My Body - Young The Giant - there's a part in this song that says "My body tells me no. But I won't quit cause I want more" ....at this point in the work out I totally relate to this song.
Wild Ones - Flo Rida - ok so this song also has a great beat to walk to. I have to say that I really wish the singer didn't say "running with woofs" but it's still good to walk to.
Till the Wold Ends - Britney Spears - yes, really
Thunderstruck - AC/DC - because I can't NOT move when I hear this.
Immigrant Song - Karen O with Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz - winding down a little but the beat is still fast
SexyBack - Justin Timberlake. *sigh* Let's take a moment to enjoy Mr Timberlake shall we?
Hi de Ho - K7 - for some reason thing song is fun to cool down to. The last 5 min of the work out are always "cool down" mode and you walk progressively slower and slower.
So, that's it. That's my mix. I highly recommend having one. It's much more fun to walk (or run or whatever) to a beat. :)
Did I mention 27?
One day. One step. One pound at a time.
~N
And this morning the numbers said minus 27. :)
Headed back to where I was 2 years ago. And it's going faster because 1. I'm sticking to the Medifast plan (little meals every 2 hours) and 2. I'm actually moving. That's what I didn't do last time. And boy does it work.
I realized that while I am not going to be jogging anytime soon I walk to the beat of whatever song I'm listening to and so I programmed my playlist to have songs in progressively faster beats. And I walk. Boy let me tell you when I get to the 40 minute mark and AC/DC's Thunderstruck comes on I turn it up and I walk. That's a fracking fast song! One step per beat.
So, I'm thinking I'm going to be able to hit minus 30 easily by the end of the month and maybe more.
Yes I so frackin' can. :)
Ok, here's the play list. It's called "Nic's Move It Move It Mix"...
Shake It Out - Florence + The Machine (I love the line "and it's hard to dance with the devil on your back so shake him off!")
Some Nights - Fun. - the lead singer of this group totally sounds like Freddy Mercury to me.
We Are Young - Fun. - yeah it's an addictive song and the beat is fun to walk to.
Howlin' for You - The Black Keys - reminds me of hockey and another good beat
Raise Your Glass - P!nk makes me want to box or something, maybe dance. :)
So What - more P!nk, she's got a 'tude.
We Found Love - Rhianna - the beat is faster than you'd think and one step per beat gets going!
Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons - I moved this one up in today's re-shuffle because of the beat.
My Body - Young The Giant - there's a part in this song that says "My body tells me no. But I won't quit cause I want more" ....at this point in the work out I totally relate to this song.
Wild Ones - Flo Rida - ok so this song also has a great beat to walk to. I have to say that I really wish the singer didn't say "running with woofs" but it's still good to walk to.
Till the Wold Ends - Britney Spears - yes, really
Thunderstruck - AC/DC - because I can't NOT move when I hear this.
Immigrant Song - Karen O with Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz - winding down a little but the beat is still fast
SexyBack - Justin Timberlake. *sigh* Let's take a moment to enjoy Mr Timberlake shall we?
Hi de Ho - K7 - for some reason thing song is fun to cool down to. The last 5 min of the work out are always "cool down" mode and you walk progressively slower and slower.
So, that's it. That's my mix. I highly recommend having one. It's much more fun to walk (or run or whatever) to a beat. :)
Did I mention 27?
One day. One step. One pound at a time.
~N
Saturday, June 2, 2012
24
Stepped on the scale today, hesitantly because I went out to lunch or dinner this week 3 times - functions at work and a birthday dinner for a close friend. And I ate things I don't usually eat - noodles at a Mongolian Grill and tortillas at a Chevy's and some sort of bread from a bistro at work. And I only got to the gym once this week. But.....
The numbers moved again. And NOT back up. :) I'm down 24 pounds now from when I started this again in mid-March.
I was able to be more careful and made good choices at the meals. The Grill was easy because you basically just pick stuff to be grilled on a super hot grill and eat it. So, I piled up the veggies -mushrooms, tomato, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, onions, cilantro, tofu and then put noodles and a bunch of spicy stuff on top. Ginger, garlic, some curry powder and some hot sauce stuff they called Kung Pao. Too many noodles but the rest were fresh and really good.
Chevy's was harder - I LOVE chips and salsa and so I ate some. And really wanted a cheese enchilada with rice and beans and guac. But instead I got a veggie fajita - grilled onions and peppers, grilled mushrooms and black beans. No cheese but I did put little daubs of guacamole on and stuffed them into the small tortillas. Diet soda with lemon and it was very good. Not too much. Just right.
The lunch at work was pretty easy because I did the ordering so I got a salad with beets (which normally I LOATHE) and orange slices, almond slivers, goat cheese (yes, I allowed myself this) and a ton of spinach leaves.
So, even after only working out once this week (next week will be better, I've been fighting allergies this week and exhausted) and being off my Medifast strict program I still managed another 2 pounds and that is the right direction!!
It's about making it something I can sustain. And this feels like it fits that description.
One day. One step. One pound at a time.
~N
The numbers moved again. And NOT back up. :) I'm down 24 pounds now from when I started this again in mid-March.
I was able to be more careful and made good choices at the meals. The Grill was easy because you basically just pick stuff to be grilled on a super hot grill and eat it. So, I piled up the veggies -mushrooms, tomato, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, onions, cilantro, tofu and then put noodles and a bunch of spicy stuff on top. Ginger, garlic, some curry powder and some hot sauce stuff they called Kung Pao. Too many noodles but the rest were fresh and really good.
Chevy's was harder - I LOVE chips and salsa and so I ate some. And really wanted a cheese enchilada with rice and beans and guac. But instead I got a veggie fajita - grilled onions and peppers, grilled mushrooms and black beans. No cheese but I did put little daubs of guacamole on and stuffed them into the small tortillas. Diet soda with lemon and it was very good. Not too much. Just right.
The lunch at work was pretty easy because I did the ordering so I got a salad with beets (which normally I LOATHE) and orange slices, almond slivers, goat cheese (yes, I allowed myself this) and a ton of spinach leaves.
So, even after only working out once this week (next week will be better, I've been fighting allergies this week and exhausted) and being off my Medifast strict program I still managed another 2 pounds and that is the right direction!!
It's about making it something I can sustain. And this feels like it fits that description.
One day. One step. One pound at a time.
~N
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