Week 3 Day 1

Another week under my belt! Woohoo!!! This morning my walking buddy was ready to try to hit the road again after her recovery. We did two miles of the Walk Slim and it was great. Will probably be doing some mall walking also this week. Can not believe I am actually excited to mall walk! lol Did not do the Slim in 6 with Jana but added running around in freezing cold weather and house cleaning to my morning "walk". :-) A good start to a, hopefully, good week. :-)

Week 2 Day 5

Woohoo! Started this morning with new resolve! Was woken up early and then knew I would have a crazy morning (hence, I probably wasn't going to fit exercising in) so I peeled myself out of bed right there and did the Slim in 6 video! I do not know why but today it felt extra hard to finish. But I did and it felt good. Wanted to again this evening after having a lengthy discussion with my sisters about working out etc but did not make myself as every one was around. But I did this morning. Not sure if I will do my regular routine tomorrow or mix it up a bit. We will see. It was so beautiful today I wanted to take a walk....but did not. But, tomorrow is another day and I think I need to go to bed because I am having a hard time making sense! lol! Goodnight, folks!

Week 2 Day 4

I have not done very well on this 6 week project. Life is busy. Which is why I have never committed to doing this kind of thing. The best I ever did on keeping up on any form of exercising was when I started going walking every morning with my friend. It is so much easier to do it with a friend. Not that I do not appreciate my sister! It is just way too easy to put it off with family or when you are by yourself. Anywho, I say all of that to tell you that I did not exercise today. I know. I know. In my defense, Thursday is probably my busiest day of the week (with Monday coming in as a very close second). But that is just an excuse. I will say that though I didn't do anything exercise wise, it was a very encouraging day in other ways. I remembered the reason why I finally got serious about getting my food issues under control. The Lord. He is all I need and when I choose to feed the flesh (pun intended) I hurt Him by literally choosing something instead of Him. It was a good reminder. It has been a long year and a half since my "realization" and a lot of life has happened since then. I think I will be doing some praying and working on this more with the Lord again. I encourage you to do the same! :-) God really is enough.

Week 2 Day 3

We did "phase 2"! Well, we tried to. :-/ The disc kept skipping so we ended up skipping some. But it was still a more intense workout than "phase 1". It felt good. I also did 15 or so minutes of independent exercising on my own. Squats, crunches, and variations of these. It all felt very good. Especially after weighing myself. Did not lose any. I finally got around to measuring myself too. I do not know if there were any good changes there or not because this was the first measuring. I will keep my eyes on those numbers now! I was thinking about it, I do feel better despite the annoyance of the working out and the fact that no numbers seem to have changed. So I will try to keep that in mind when I really do not feel like doing anything one day. Praying for greater dedication in exercise and food this week and looking forward to next weeks measure/weigh in! 

Week 2 Day 2

Am so insanely nervous about weighing tomorrow. And I still haven't measured so I don't know what if any kind of progress I might be making there. *sigh* I am just like every other human being. I want the results. I want them now. And I want them to be big. But I do not want to have to work for them. Sound familiar to anybody??? Did not work out this morning (though my amazingly dedicated sister did!). I did take a brisk 10 minute walk this afternoon though. The subject came up about possibly trying "phase 2" tomorrow. I think we might do that. Goodnight!

Week 2 Day 1

A new week! And I started it off right! :-) Did the Slim in 6 with my sister this morning. Whew. Still makes me shake and sweat. lol Thinking about asking her if she wants to do the next level sometime this week to mix it up...we will see how ambitious we are. :-) Mixing it up is something that I have recently decided it important. It keeps your muscles burning at their highest I believe...just keeps them jumping because you are constantly throwing something new at them. And I need all of the results I can get! :-P Needed to measure today...guess I will tomorrow. I am getting really nervous about weighing on Wednesday. I always can not wait but I also get really nervous come Tuesday as I then only have one more day to be very good. Anyway. I guess I am rambling now and it is way late and a good nights sleep is also very helpful...so, goodnight!

Week 1 Day 5 / Week 1 Day 6

Oops! Missed a day! Had a pretty good day yesterday. Mixed it up a little bit in the morning with my friend, Julie, doing some carb blaster ... stuff. lol It was fun and a nice little change of pace. Oh, and my calves were killing me! But that is a good thing, right? :-) Didn't really do much else yesterday. I made the stupid mistake of staying of way too late the night before and could hardly do anything let alone a physical activity! Oh well. As for today. Am now sitting with said hurt friend (Julie) so probably won't be doing anything today except maybe some dishes. :-) On a side note, I have my first "Follower"! :-D Day of rest tomorrow! Will see you all Monday! :-)

Week 1 Day 4

Worked out this morning with my walking buddy, Julie, and it felt so good! We did 4 miles!!! What a great start to a day! Though I never got around to doing the Slim in 6 with my sister I did add a little snow shoveling to my day of exercise. Whew! I hadn't done that in so long (thanks to my Daddy and brothers!!!) and I had forgotten how much work that was! I am glad it ended up not being much to shovel! lol I managed to slip and hurt myself but overall got quite a work out. We shall see how sore I am in the morning. :-) Nearing the end of the first week! :-D Feels good and means I am that much closer to being done my first goal line!!! ;-)

Week 1 Day 3

I did it today! Yay! I did get interrupted for a couple of minutes in the middle but I jumped back in. It felt good. I told my sister that the second time is the hardest but best. Hardest to get yourself to do it but when you do it finally starts to feel like you are actually in a routine. But maybe that is just me. lol I haven't really started consciously eating better but I am kind of....If that makes sense. I'm already starting to feel better. Looking forward to finishing the first week. Oh! I weighed myself this morning. Probably should have Monday when I first started but Wednesday has always been my weigh day. The number was good. Not down...I don't think...maybe 1 lb...but not up either so that is good. Can't wait to start seeing results! Kudos to my sister who worked out yesterday even though I didn't and my friend who lost 5 lbs! 

  

Week 1 Day 2

Well that didn't take me long. I am only on day 2 and I am already having to admit that I did not do my daily exercise. I will now attempt to make excuses for myself though....we had a kind of miniature family emergency and that threw my whole day off. I will say though that due to the emergency I was on my knees in prayer for approximately 25 minutes....that really uses a lot more muscle than ya think! You feel it when you have already done something and your legs are already sore! lol So, I guess that is the extent of my work out for the day. Now it is "only" 10 PM...I guess there is a slim possibility I might yet do it...if so I will notify you tomorrow. Until then. :-) 

Week 1 Day 1

Whew! Just completed the first work out and I am pooped! We were shaking and puffing! lol! I guess I should not tattle on my sister though. :-P The routine was 25 minutes long and used an array of different movements including some traditional ones such as squats, crunches, and push ups. Not too bad which makes it easier to get yourself to do it. There are 3 levels, we obviously did the first one. I do not know how long we will continue to do it...maybe a week and then see if we feel like trying the next level...we shall see. But this is definitely enough for now! As of right now this is all I have done today because my walking partner was unavailable. I have to return my roller skates to get the right size. Can not wait until I do so that I can start skating and racking up the calories! :-D Calories burned, that is. :-)