Well, it seems like I have my momentum back again... at least as far as working out is concerned. After a few weeks of mindless drifting and being completely stalled, I then had some good advice from a friend and was able to ease back into it. But it was definitely easing... my attempts were sporadic at best. But now I seem to have renewed vigor and am taking it to the mat...
Starting with Sunday, I have 2 walks in and they were both with J... imagine 6'2" height...thus long leg stride, so I had to work to keep up with him. Then I came home each time and went right into Abs Essentials - Level 1. I will pick some of the BR Essentials back up (especially arms and a cardio or two) but I have decided to do it progressively. Right now I can feel that my legs have been worked but I am not stiff and sore... but my abs... they hurt. All that muscle tone that I had spent months working on... yeah, it was pretty much gone, but I am getting it back. Hell, it even hurts when I sneeze...but I am looking at that as a good thing.
Food consumption has been fairly consistent. I am still trying to make better choices and have stuck to some of my life changing decisions... skim milk, greatly reducing soda intake, wheat vs white (bread, pasta). I eat breakfast everyday... sometimes it is a Slimfast shake with fresh fruit or some peanut butter toast with fruit. And my biggest success has been at work... I am still avoiding the vending machines and am taking lunch from home... turkey sandwich, salad or soup. One area where I seem to have faltered is water intake. It was a real chore to get my water level up to 60-80 ounces a day and I found that if I don't think about it and work at it then I don't do it. So back to THINKING about it! I have another visit to the vampires coming up and I want it to be as easy as the last couple of times... so time for a glass of water!
Sunday:
1 Hour walk
Essen Abs - Level 1
Monday:
1 Hour Walk
Essential Abs - Level 1
Good Things:
Feeling muscles again
The smell of clothes dried on the line
Walking with just the husband
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
My New Washing Machine
We really weren't planning on having to buy a new washing machine...our old one was only 5 years old... a baby really. However, it started to bang during spinning out and J said it was time to take it apart and fix it. Originally, it was supposed to cost us about $140 for repairs (J's a do-it-yourselfer) however once he had it completely apart, a few more problems became visible. Repairs were now up to $400 with a huge potential one on the horizon. It wasn't worth our time or money to fix it and decided to upgrade to a larger machine (my laundry loads are only getting larger). We spent the better part of Sunday shopping around at different stores only to find that we had the best service and best price at the very first place we had looked at... an appliance store (which I thought for sure would have higher prices than Home Depot or Lowe's). We went back on Monday night and now just needed to narrow down our choices. We were deciding between a GE and a Whirlpool when J mentions that he had seen a slightly larger machine at a different appliance store for a better price. This store didnt' carry that particular model but had the next upgrade to that one.. the Whirlpool Duet 9400. He immediately offered it for the price of what J had seen the other one (which meant bringing the price down $100) and then said there were an additional $150 in rebates on the machine. Sold!
Our old machine was a front loader as well but a Kenmore and only 3.1 cubic feet. The salesman at Sears told us that our machine was actually made by Frigidaire. He then proceeded to tell us that Sears had switched to Whirlpool made Kenmores a few years ago because they had lots of problems with the Frigidaire ones. Hmmm... maybe that's why ours only lasted 5 years. Whatever the reason, I wasn't going that route again.
Our new machine is once again a front loader... I love the spin (my clothes are better spun out with the front loading) and and the water saving factor as well. However, on this machine we have increased our size to 3.8 cubic feet. Compared to our other one...it is HUGE! My first load of laundry in it was towels. I put in 5 beach sized towels, 8 regular ones and some added dish towels and still had room left for more. The only problem however is that our old dryer doesn't have nearly the same capacity. Hmmm... I wonder if I could talk J into a new dryer. LOL! Our Maytag is over 25 years old! However, that won't work after our delivery man commented on how we had one of the last great dryers. Thanks, dude! I tend to hang most of my laundry during the summer months anyway and J just set up a clothesline in the basement so I can hang some stuff now year round. It will work.
So for the time being, I am loving the laundry. But I'm sure within a week, I will be back to that ho hum factor of it all.
Our old machine was a front loader as well but a Kenmore and only 3.1 cubic feet. The salesman at Sears told us that our machine was actually made by Frigidaire. He then proceeded to tell us that Sears had switched to Whirlpool made Kenmores a few years ago because they had lots of problems with the Frigidaire ones. Hmmm... maybe that's why ours only lasted 5 years. Whatever the reason, I wasn't going that route again.
Our new machine is once again a front loader... I love the spin (my clothes are better spun out with the front loading) and and the water saving factor as well. However, on this machine we have increased our size to 3.8 cubic feet. Compared to our other one...it is HUGE! My first load of laundry in it was towels. I put in 5 beach sized towels, 8 regular ones and some added dish towels and still had room left for more. The only problem however is that our old dryer doesn't have nearly the same capacity. Hmmm... I wonder if I could talk J into a new dryer. LOL! Our Maytag is over 25 years old! However, that won't work after our delivery man commented on how we had one of the last great dryers. Thanks, dude! I tend to hang most of my laundry during the summer months anyway and J just set up a clothesline in the basement so I can hang some stuff now year round. It will work.
So for the time being, I am loving the laundry. But I'm sure within a week, I will be back to that ho hum factor of it all.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Need to Get Back on Track
This whole fitness thing drives me crazy! One week I have a good week; the next it's very minimal. I need to find a routine but that just doesn't seem to work for me with my work schedule. Well, at least I can say I got my cardio in for today... 1.5 hours of shoveling snow should count. Especially since the snow was 3 days old and had been driven over numerous times! I had to get the ice scraper out and pry it off the driveway first. I'm not sure how much of a workout my legs got but lord knows that my arms, shoulders and abs are feeling it.
As far as my BodyRev, I love doing the legs, abs and arms routines from the Essentials DVD but I absolutely detest the cardio portion. I always feel like a bull in a china shop doing it. And while the Christmas tree was up... forget it! There was no way I could do it...lack of space and terrified that the tree was going to come falling down on me. Well, now the tree is gone (still need to put ornaments away) so I have lost that excuse! I don't know what I can do to motivate myself to do it. I have the BR Bootcamp DVD but I heard that one is an hour long. I have a hard enough time doing cardio for 15 min... I think I'd die if I had to do it for an hour. I really need to sit down and evaluate what my goal is, how I am going to acheive it, and what do I really need to do to get it done.
My friend, Janet, made a great post on the BB today about water. Another area where I am sorely lacking. Alden says that we should be drinking 10 - 10oz cups of water. I am lucky if I am doing half of that!!! I am not sure how to put more water inside of me. Today I drank a 10 oz glass before my two meals and downed a 16 oz bottle of Propel and another glass of water with dinner. But so far that is only 46 oz and I feel like I am floating. I still have tonight and work to get thru so another 40 oz will probably be consumed. But trying to do that much on days when I don't work... not sure how I am going to manage it.
One thing that I have been putting off and have finally done is took my measurements. I really should've done this when I started the whole thing 3 months ago but I let fear stop me. At least that is done and I will eventually be able to monitor my progress that way as well. I think that up to this point the pounds have literally been melting away and it's been easy so far. But after losing 30 lbs and I would assume in another 10-20 lbs the weight isn't going to change as drastically as it has been. So I am worried about how I will react when that time comes. I really need to set up a routine and start better habits (ie, water drinking) to help get me through when that happens.
My family, the DH and the kids, have all been extremely supportive of me. Last night as we curled up in bed together, J said that he had forgotten how much weight I had lost. He could "feel" the difference as he held me. That is nice to hear. I know I am in a smaller size pair of jeans but sometimes I forget and it's nice to be reminded. I know I can do this... I have to do this... but I just don't want to give up when it gets harder. Hence, the need for a "plan of action".
As far as my BodyRev, I love doing the legs, abs and arms routines from the Essentials DVD but I absolutely detest the cardio portion. I always feel like a bull in a china shop doing it. And while the Christmas tree was up... forget it! There was no way I could do it...lack of space and terrified that the tree was going to come falling down on me. Well, now the tree is gone (still need to put ornaments away) so I have lost that excuse! I don't know what I can do to motivate myself to do it. I have the BR Bootcamp DVD but I heard that one is an hour long. I have a hard enough time doing cardio for 15 min... I think I'd die if I had to do it for an hour. I really need to sit down and evaluate what my goal is, how I am going to acheive it, and what do I really need to do to get it done.
My friend, Janet, made a great post on the BB today about water. Another area where I am sorely lacking. Alden says that we should be drinking 10 - 10oz cups of water. I am lucky if I am doing half of that!!! I am not sure how to put more water inside of me. Today I drank a 10 oz glass before my two meals and downed a 16 oz bottle of Propel and another glass of water with dinner. But so far that is only 46 oz and I feel like I am floating. I still have tonight and work to get thru so another 40 oz will probably be consumed. But trying to do that much on days when I don't work... not sure how I am going to manage it.
One thing that I have been putting off and have finally done is took my measurements. I really should've done this when I started the whole thing 3 months ago but I let fear stop me. At least that is done and I will eventually be able to monitor my progress that way as well. I think that up to this point the pounds have literally been melting away and it's been easy so far. But after losing 30 lbs and I would assume in another 10-20 lbs the weight isn't going to change as drastically as it has been. So I am worried about how I will react when that time comes. I really need to set up a routine and start better habits (ie, water drinking) to help get me through when that happens.
My family, the DH and the kids, have all been extremely supportive of me. Last night as we curled up in bed together, J said that he had forgotten how much weight I had lost. He could "feel" the difference as he held me. That is nice to hear. I know I am in a smaller size pair of jeans but sometimes I forget and it's nice to be reminded. I know I can do this... I have to do this... but I just don't want to give up when it gets harder. Hence, the need for a "plan of action".
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