Two Days in A Row

Today is day two of me not getting some cardio in.  I think this is the first time since I started this life change, that I have gone two days without exercising, and I will go three before this weekend is over. 

Richard went to the store last  night and got us some fruit and greek yogurt to have for breakfast.  It was perfect, something that I know is good for me and that I enjoy eating. 

We didn't even have time in between races to get something to eat, I just grabbed some sandwiches from the Deli at Smith's to eat at the crit. 

Dinner was at at place called the Black Bear Restaurant.  I had breakfast for dinner, and only ate part of it.  I almost wish we had gone back to our hotel room and just had the leftovers from Olive Garden last night.  I was tired and didn't really feel like being with a group of people.  Things at the race were a little stressful, so would have enjoy just relaxing.

The FIRST TEST

This is my first real test.  Richard and I are working a bike race this weekend in St George.  We left about 1:00 this afternoon.  It will be a weekend of lots of officiating, and no exercising.  It will be a weekend of eating out and trying to eat healty. 

We started the day eating breakfast at IHOP, Rachael and I shared a breakast.  Richard made us turkey sandwiches to eat on the raod.  For dinner, we ate at Olive Garden.  I had a couple of big bowls of salad and only 1 bread stick.  Then packed up half of my dinner to eat tomorrow.  I felt like I got plenty to eat, and didn't over do.  It wasn't even too hard to only have 1 breadstick. 

Off to bed now it is going to be an early morning, and a long day.

A Hard Hour

The trainers said we were to do a HARD hour of Cardio today.  So I spent an hour on the elipitical, kicking the intensity up a notch.  I was hot, tired, and sweaty when I was done.  But it felt GREAT.  I am finding that I am truly enjoying the time I spend at the fitness center.  It is fun to get involved in the book I am listening to on the ipod, or the movie I am watching on the ipad, while exercising away. The time just seemd to fly by.  I guess that is part of the making a life style change, enjoying the exercise, that is making me healthy.

Walking at Lunchtime

This morning, I got in 23 minutes on the elipitical before meeting my trainer and the team in the stretching room.  We has four different things we were doing in there.  First sit on an exercise ball, roll back a bit and using a weighted bar doing a rowing motion for 15 counts to each side.  Then pick up two 8 pound weights, hold them at shoulder level and do a fast walk around the track, return the weights, then jog one lap of the track.  Back in to the stretching room to do planks, hold your self up with one hand, and with the other stack some light weights, then trade hands, do this six times, then back to carrying the weights around the track, and a one lap jog.  Next we do some steps up and again the weights around the track and a jog.  Last laid on the floor, putting our feet on an exercise ball and lifted our butt up off the floor, then another lap with the weights and a lap jogging.  We repeated this 3 times.  My shoulders are very sore tonight.  What is that quote. . . .That which doesn't kill us, strengthen's us.  Or something like that, you get the picture.  Some days, it is really hard to do the things the trainers have planned for us, but deep down inside I know that it is helping me to get healthier and lose the weight.  Some days I complain about it (today was not one of those days), but I don't want to complain about the hurt in my knees, or feet any more because of being overweight. 

I noticed today that my legs are feeling better, they don't hurt as much as they used to, my feet seem better as well.  I am almost 1/3 of the way to my goal.  I will do this!!


Today at lunch time I went for a walk.  I like that I have a pedometer on my iphone, so I started it and went for a walk.  53 minutes, just a casual walk, nothing to work up a sweat, but every thing extra that I do counts. 

TV - THE BIGGEST LOSER

I like to watch THE BIGGEST LOSER on TV every week.  I can totally relate to the contestants some times.  Exercise can be no fun, dieting means food is boring.  It is hard to lose weight.  I don't like the way I look, I can't do the same things as others who are skinny.    But, I watch these people overcome some of these challenges, I watch them grow as a person, lose weight and find them self.  I am doing that myself, I am growing as a person, I am coming to terms with me.  I am a person of self worth, no matter what I weigh.  I am ME and I am going to be happy as ME!

On BIGGEST LOSER, the contestants celebrate as they hit the HUNDRED mark, and I am almost there.  Being under 200 pounds, is almost here.  I have to keep at what I am doing, enjoying the time on the ellipitical, pushing my self on the treadmill.  Keep lifting those weights, and doing those stairs.  I am so close, once I get under 200 pounds I am going to try on a pair of pants that are a size smaller than I have been wearing. 

Once I am under 200 pounds, I can say that I am a third of the way to my goal.  I CAN DO THIS!!!

At the fitness center this morning, I didn't know if the trainers were going to come, so I headed down to the weight room.  My plan was to do weights for about 30 minutes, then head up to the cardio room and get on a treadmill or elipitical.  But, Becky, showed up and man did she give us a workout. We worked out arms until they were dying, then we worked our legs until we were dying.  So far I am not feeling sore, but am worried about how I will feel in the morning. 

The weather today was cold, and rainy, snowy, and hail at times, so I didn't go for a walk at lunch.  I did go back to the fitness center this evening.  40 minutes on the elipitical, plus the 90 minutes this morning, means I had a GREAT day of exercise.

Sunday walks

My trainer wanted us to get 90 minutes of hard exercise yesterday.  That was not going to happen with my bike race yesterday, so I got up this morning and headed to the High School for a walk.  I did an hour of walking around the track, listening to the HUNGER GAMES on the ipod.  Richard came over for a few minutes with the dogs.  When he was ready to go gome, Chloe didn't want to go, so she stayed with me walking around the track.  It was a good time.

We went to see the HUNGER GAMES this afternoon.  Good movie.

I went for another walk after the movie, up the Temple Hill, down 900 East, and worked my way back to home.  I had to do a little extra walking around the school so that I could get in 3.1 miles. 

I did two hours of walking today.  It wasn't the hard 90 minutes the trainer wanted for yesterday, but it was something I could do for the day.  I felt GREAT doing it!