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I am trying VEEERY  Very hard not to eat my arm before lunch starts (and by arm I mean all the junk in the office).

Well, I made it. I went to the gym all FIVE days of this work week. Woo hoo!

It is so much easier to get to work in the morning, when I work out.  Being back in a routine feels soooo good.

I’m kicking around the idea of going to pilates/yoga tomorrow morning. It all depends on how early I want to get up, and what we end up doing tonight.

Also, I used a heart rate monitor for the first time this morning, it was nice to get an accurate look at what my heart rate is doing.

Happy Weekend Everyone!

Ok, I weighed in this morning, and on my digital scale I weight 242.2….last week I weighed 242.6..which on buddyslim is not a change, and really, that could just be water.

So, it’s time to shake things up apparently. I’ve really been working on cleaning up my diet.  I’m really trying to focus on eating healthy whole foods, and not junk.

Maybe it’s time to re-examine how many calories I am eating..although I really didn’t want to count calories anymore!

“Stairway to Hell.” a buddy told me yesterday that is what he calls the stupid stepmill mahine. For those of you who have never been on one….consider yourself lucky! It’s like walking on an escalator, the wrong direction, only you NEVER get anywhere!

But after 25 minutes on the elliptical and 10 minutes on the bike..I still needed five more minutes of cardio (for the even 40 that I shoot for) and so..I made my way down to the demon machine.  But I did it. And i don’t have to do for another 22 hours!

 Also, I found a website, www.nutritiondata.org. You can become a member (Free just like buddyslim) and use this function called “pantry” you can build recipes to see what the nutrtion facts are in your homemade recipes. How great is that! I made oatmeal cookies last night, and used the tool this morning, and it was great.

Have a great day everyone!

I went back to the gym this morning after sporadic working out for the past two weeks. I got sick after the holidays’ and my routine was totally thrown off.

 When that alarm went off, I just didn’t want to go. But I did… and it felt good to be back in the routine, but man was that routine HARD.

I am still having a bit of a hard time breathing, and my body was yelling at me for making it workout.

I tried the stepmill, also known by some as the machine from hell.  Have any of you tried it? I could only make about 5 minutes before I gave up. So it’s my new fitness goal, increase my step mill time by one minute each week. It was a killer!

Well, just like everyone else who posted this morning, I too am still feeling sick. Not sick enough to miss work (although, maybe I should have). but I have been skipping the exercise, listening to my body.

So, here is to a healthy, fluid and rest filled weekend for everyone!

How do you all deal with being sick and staying on your exercise plan? I know that the most important thing is to rest, and let your body recover. I went to the gym yesterday (after having a sore throat on sunday/monday, skipping tuesday cause it was New Years Day) and I felt a little “weak” so to speak, but ok. This morning I woke up feeling worse and decided to skip the gym. I now that I need to rest, but I’m just afraid of not going to the gym (never thought I would say that). I’m afraid to get out of the habit.

I suppose all of this anxiety goes hand in hand with the fact that I am at the same week for the fourth week in a row. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy to have maintained during the Holidays. And I do believe in my resolution to not obsess about my weight, but to be the healthiest I can be..but..I don’t think that 242 is the healthiest I can be….

This year, I do not resolve to lose weight: I resolve to be the healthiest I can be. This will include; making it to the gym 4-5 times a week, getting at least 7 hours of sleep a night, eating healthy whole foods, taking my vitamins, cuddling with my husband, and accepting that this is my only body, my only life. There is no point in obsessing over calories, or points, or grams. There is a point in obsessing over the people I love.

My very first saturday post! Well, with the holidays my gym workout schedule has been a little weird. I wanted to go today, for a pilates-yoga class, but yesterday and this morning i’ve been super stuffed up and my throat is on fire. So, while pilates/yoga isn’t jumping up and down and I could probably breathe through it. I don’t know if I can do positions that involve my head being lower than my heart (downward dog etc). So I might just bundle up and go for a walk. (Don’t believe that being outside will make this worse) and then I’ll do the strength moves in my body by glamour plan. I did those on tuesday and THEY KICKED MY BUTT.

If anyone is looking for a challenge, go to www.glamour.com and join body by glamour. The strength workouts are great..and you can do them at home!

Ok, i’ve decided..walk it is.

Thanks for listening to my internal debate!

aaaggh! So this morning, I was so excited to get on my new digital scale, at home, naked…finally knowing my true weight. So I step on. 242!! sweet, only two more pounds to mini goal.

I went to the gym, and at the last moment decided to weigh my self, to check my weight loss. 242 it said. my first thought….shit my scale at home is broken!! No, nope that isn’t it. someone FINALLY balanced the gym scale!

So, I didn’t lose any weight (darn) but it felt like it, since the scale no longer said 245. So I went back and changed my weight ticker, moved everything down 3 pounds, put in my new weight, and finally things are how they should be.

But..it’s nice to be closer to that mini goal!!!