Just Keep Swimming

You ever seen Finding Nemo?  Remember Dorie the fish with no short-term memory?  She says "just keep swimming" over and over.  That's my mantra right now.  Couple of weeks ago, longer actually because it was the end of April, I found myself feeling like CRAP.  Not fitting into clothes (again) and generally sensing that all progress I had made towards the goal of getting healthy had gone in the garbage.

So I started back up.  I've had my gym membership for a year now and it had been months since I went with any regularity.  The first few times (maybe 5?) I went back this month I could tell a significant decline in how much I could do without feeling like I wanted to die.  Couldn't walk nearly as long, nor as fast.  But I knew if I kept going it would kick in.  Maybe not the "oh I LOVE the gym" feeling (because I think that's delusional) but at least the "ok, now I can push for 40 min, and then 45 minutes". 

I have said it before and will keep saying it - until/unless this whole exercise thing is a part of my daily life I won't be able to see the results I truly need/want.  So this past week I went to the gym every day.  For at least 30 minutes.  And pushed myself faster each time, even if it was just for a minute in the new mph it was a push.  And yesterday I didn't go but we walked quite a bit and I can feel it today.

So when I stepped on the dreaded scales today, hoping against hope that I'd see at least a 2 or 3 pound change I was VERY happy to see 7 pounds gone.  That's motivation I need. Back down the numbers we go.  And please, oh please let's stay DOWN this time.  It's up to me.  100% up to me.

Just keep swimming.  Or walking, or running, or whatever it is that helps your muscles move and your body to function better.   This week I will go back up Heart Attack hill, and I'm adding teeny tiny 5 lb weights and some arm exercises to it.  Baby steps.

One pound.  One day.  One step at a time.
~N

January 1, 2013

Ok Dr Oz, I'll take your little 3 day Detox Cleanser challenge.  Hiya readers.  3 months it's nearly been.  Time has FLOWN.  I love the new job.  I haven't worked out regularly as I should.  I know I've gone up.  I'm not going to look, I'm just going to re-position and keep going.  And the New Year, start of the calendar is a great excuse to do it.
Here's what the goal is for today, from none other than Dr Oz of the tv.

That's the morning.  Here are the ingredients for the day:

And here are the ingredients for the morning drink, pre-blending:

  

So, that's spinach, flax seeds, a (sad) banana, a lemon, almond butter and raspberries.  And here is the result: 

Not bad.  I had the green tea with lemon and stevia.  It's not coffee but it's caffeinated.  And the breakfast drink itself was good.  Kinda seedy (raspberries) but overall not bad.

The plan is this - keep trying to change things up.  Keep trying to eat fresh fruits and vegetables.  Eat the Medifast at work (I had to cut off the delivery program for it because I kept getting the food but not eating it so I've got a BUNCH of stuff to eat) and get my ass to the gym.  Yep, simple.  We'll see.
Happy New Year everybody.  Here's hoping 2013 is better than 2012.  (And my 2012 was pretty darn great).
One day.  One step.  One pound at a time.
~N