Sweat it out:
45 Minutes Elliptical
Being a stay at home mom sometimes leaves me with days that I don't have a ton of stuff to get done. Today was not one of those days. I had to get supplies to do tie-dye shirts for an activity, and then make Hanna some baby food. I know, it doesn't sound like a lot, but it takes orchestrating when you're making baby food. I've got it down to a science. I usually take two days out of the month and those are the days that I make all of the upcoming fruits and vegetables puree's for little Hanna-bear. Plus, I can only run the blender at certain times during the day so that Hanna doesn't wake up from her nap.
The point is that I can always find a reason to not workout. Hanna slept in until 8 which throws my whole day off because then her naps are messed up. I thought to myself that maybe I shouldn't go to the gym because I need to keep her schedule, but then I read this article about having no excuses for not working out.
I will workout if I plan it into my schedule. After I read that article I immediately put my gym clothes on and went to the gym. I had a good sweaty workout too. And it didn't throw Hanna's schedule off at all. I need to just not think and go. I could probably apply that philosophy to a lot of different areas of my life.
Did you workout today?
Have you ever tie-dyed?
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Waiting it Out...
I'll write a post while I wait out the Presidential message that is airing over my "Hell's Kitchen" show. Ugh, I hate politics. I have a hard time around election time, you want to be informed on the issues, but it just makes you more angry. Just my opinion.
Anyway,
Sweat it Out
45 minutes on the Elliptical
That's right, I started out my Monday with a shweaty workout. Maybe its because I'm doing a different elliptical machine or because I'm drinking an a** load of water, but I have been a sweaty mess when I've gone to the gym! It felt so good today! I kept the tempo in strokes on the Elliptical with the music I was listening to. It was just what I needed to start the week off with a bang!
A new addition to my workout starting on August 7th will be a weight routine. I am reading the book "The New Rules of Lifting for Women". "Lift Like a Man, Look like a Goddess".
I like to lift weights. I like to feel strong. I remember when I was in high school (still over weight) and was at the community center exercising with a group of friends. We were playing around in the weight room while we were waiting for a slide class to start and we started doing some bench pressing. All of my friends were athletic and so imagine my surprise when not only could I bench more than them, I smoked them! If I remember right I benched almost double of our strongest friend. Ever since then I noticed that I had some decent muscles under all the fat I was hiding it with.
I've joined the Prior Fat Girl Group Challenge to try this books way of exercising for 6 months. Big commitment, I know. I will do this challenge to the best of my ability, considering that I am at least 100 pounds overweight and there may be some difficulty in some of the moves. The book says that you will possibly weigh the same, but gain muscle replacing fat. I'm only on page 25 right now, and will give a summary before I begin the program. It also has a nutrition program that goes along with it, but I will be sticking to my Weight Watchers routine.
I will also be taking my measurements as well as weighing in. Measurements will be done once a month. First measurements will be taken on August 7th when I begin the program.
Wish me luck on this new endeavor!
Have you ever used a workout program like The New Rules of Lifting for Women or Body for Life?
Anyway,
Sweat it Out
45 minutes on the Elliptical
That's right, I started out my Monday with a shweaty workout. Maybe its because I'm doing a different elliptical machine or because I'm drinking an a** load of water, but I have been a sweaty mess when I've gone to the gym! It felt so good today! I kept the tempo in strokes on the Elliptical with the music I was listening to. It was just what I needed to start the week off with a bang!
A new addition to my workout starting on August 7th will be a weight routine. I am reading the book "The New Rules of Lifting for Women". "Lift Like a Man, Look like a Goddess".
I like to lift weights. I like to feel strong. I remember when I was in high school (still over weight) and was at the community center exercising with a group of friends. We were playing around in the weight room while we were waiting for a slide class to start and we started doing some bench pressing. All of my friends were athletic and so imagine my surprise when not only could I bench more than them, I smoked them! If I remember right I benched almost double of our strongest friend. Ever since then I noticed that I had some decent muscles under all the fat I was hiding it with.
I've joined the Prior Fat Girl Group Challenge to try this books way of exercising for 6 months. Big commitment, I know. I will do this challenge to the best of my ability, considering that I am at least 100 pounds overweight and there may be some difficulty in some of the moves. The book says that you will possibly weigh the same, but gain muscle replacing fat. I'm only on page 25 right now, and will give a summary before I begin the program. It also has a nutrition program that goes along with it, but I will be sticking to my Weight Watchers routine.
I will also be taking my measurements as well as weighing in. Measurements will be done once a month. First measurements will be taken on August 7th when I begin the program.
Wish me luck on this new endeavor!
Have you ever used a workout program like The New Rules of Lifting for Women or Body for Life?
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