Today's workout was entertaining. I didn't get up and do it at 6am, with no good reason. I woke up and felt pretty good, but I still didn't get up. I told myself I would do it while Ella napped. But then when Ella was napping, James wanted me to play with him. So we put together his big floor puzzle and then we played with his trains and before you knew it, Ella was waking up. So then I decided I would do it in the afternoon after the kids got home from school and Ella was napping, then maybe some of the kids would like to join me. So at 4pm finally Ella went down for a nap, and I decided it was now or never. So I asked the kids if they would like to work out with me, and they all came. It was kinda crowded in the living room. I decided that I wanted to do a new work out today, one that I had never done before. We put it in and started working out. The kids kept bumping into each other, but everyone was having fun.Maybe we'll do that again sometime.
did 16 pushups today...barely.
Weighed in at 265.8lbs at 5:15pm. (at 6am it said 264.4)
Friday, January 31, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Day 22
Weighed in at 11am this morning, the scale read 266.0lbs.
I wish I had something exciting to write about today, but it was just another day with nothing exciting to discuss. My work out was good. I'm thinking about only get up at 6am on Mon, Wed and Fri and then doing my work out at 10am(ish) when Ella lays down for a nap. I've been doing that all this week because I've had this stupid head cold and can't seem to get myself out of bed at 6am. I don't know if I'll change it permanently. Maybe just give myself permission to do it on those mornings that I just can't get up.
I haven't done push ups for a couple of days. I better do that today and get back on track. Lets see if I can do 16...
see you tomorrow.
I wish I had something exciting to write about today, but it was just another day with nothing exciting to discuss. My work out was good. I'm thinking about only get up at 6am on Mon, Wed and Fri and then doing my work out at 10am(ish) when Ella lays down for a nap. I've been doing that all this week because I've had this stupid head cold and can't seem to get myself out of bed at 6am. I don't know if I'll change it permanently. Maybe just give myself permission to do it on those mornings that I just can't get up.
I haven't done push ups for a couple of days. I better do that today and get back on track. Lets see if I can do 16...
see you tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Day 21
Well yesterday's strategy didn't work today. 266.2lbs are the numbers that came up on the scale this morning. Whatever. No time to focus on that. Only time for moving forward and doing the best that I can.
Nothing more to report today.
See you tomorrow.
Nothing more to report today.
See you tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Day 20 - I can't breath.
OK, if I thought I felt crappy yesterday and didn't want to work out, today trumps that, ten fold. I am so stuffed up, breathing is a really effort. Just like yesterday, I didn't get up early today. BUT I did still do my work out after I laid the baby down for a nap. And just like yesterday, I was glad that I did. I felt great after the work out...now not so much, I'm right back to feeling all stuffed up and crappy. But this morning I felt pretty good.
I stepped on the scale this morning at 7 and the numbers read 265.8lbs. Yeah for that, but as a side note, that was before I had worked out and before I had eaten breakfast. I usually don't weigh myself until after I have worked out, and sometimes not until after I've eaten breakfast. So the numbers might reflect that. I think that I will try to remember to weigh myself before my work out every morning, I seem to like those numbers better....I'm sure it won't make any difference in the long run. Whether I am stuck at 266 or 265, I am still stuck. But for a day or two it might make me feel better.
I stepped on the scale this morning at 7 and the numbers read 265.8lbs. Yeah for that, but as a side note, that was before I had worked out and before I had eaten breakfast. I usually don't weigh myself until after I have worked out, and sometimes not until after I've eaten breakfast. So the numbers might reflect that. I think that I will try to remember to weigh myself before my work out every morning, I seem to like those numbers better....I'm sure it won't make any difference in the long run. Whether I am stuck at 266 or 265, I am still stuck. But for a day or two it might make me feel better.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Day 19 - I don't want to.
I did get up and exercise on Friday and I weighed in at the usual. I just didn't blog because as the day went on I felt more and more ill, so I never did get around to blogging for the day. Saturday morning was much of the same. In the afternoon we headed to Lethbridge. I spent two hours or so with the kids, walking around one of my favourite places in Lethbridge. Indian Battle Park, it's down by the river. The weather was nice and warm and most of the snow is melted away. There were plenty of puddles and mud for the kids to stomp around it.
This morning, I didn't want to do this anymore. I wanted to be done. I wanted to give up. I hated it, and hated not seeing the numbers on the scale change. Once again the scale read 266.6lbs this morning. I hate maintaining. I can do that without getting up early every morning to work out. If I am getting up every morning to work out, I want to see numbers change. I want to be able to see that it's worth it. It's not like I don't have weight to loose, there is plenty of that. So why can't I loose it? I know the bit about muscle weighing more than fat, so don't feed me that line. I've gone through this frustration before. It's always the same. And I am pretty sure it is what brings me to a halt every time. It is so hard to stay motivated when the numbers on the scale refuse to budge. I know it's only been 19 days (this time). But I am terrified that this is going to end up like every other time and weeks down the road, I'll step on the scale and it will still say 266.6lbs. And then the 100 days will be up, and then what? What I want is that there will be a significant change in those numbers, like by 10 or more so that I can say "look what a difference this made! If I keep this up, I'll be at my goal in no time!" But what happens if I don't get that 10 difference? Nothing. I'll be frustrated and not want to keep going. What's the point? I'm obviously doomed to be this size in spite of my best efforts. Negative talk, negative talk, negative talk....enough.
So because I didn't measure myself on Friday, I did it today.
Arms 14"
Chest 50.25"
waist 49.5"
hip 53.25"
thigh 30.5"
calf 16"
I also added 2 and did 16 pushups today.
This morning, I didn't want to do this anymore. I wanted to be done. I wanted to give up. I hated it, and hated not seeing the numbers on the scale change. Once again the scale read 266.6lbs this morning. I hate maintaining. I can do that without getting up early every morning to work out. If I am getting up every morning to work out, I want to see numbers change. I want to be able to see that it's worth it. It's not like I don't have weight to loose, there is plenty of that. So why can't I loose it? I know the bit about muscle weighing more than fat, so don't feed me that line. I've gone through this frustration before. It's always the same. And I am pretty sure it is what brings me to a halt every time. It is so hard to stay motivated when the numbers on the scale refuse to budge. I know it's only been 19 days (this time). But I am terrified that this is going to end up like every other time and weeks down the road, I'll step on the scale and it will still say 266.6lbs. And then the 100 days will be up, and then what? What I want is that there will be a significant change in those numbers, like by 10 or more so that I can say "look what a difference this made! If I keep this up, I'll be at my goal in no time!" But what happens if I don't get that 10 difference? Nothing. I'll be frustrated and not want to keep going. What's the point? I'm obviously doomed to be this size in spite of my best efforts. Negative talk, negative talk, negative talk....enough.
So because I didn't measure myself on Friday, I did it today.
Arms 14"
Chest 50.25"
waist 49.5"
hip 53.25"
thigh 30.5"
calf 16"
I also added 2 and did 16 pushups today.
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