Back on the horse...

After a few days off from exercising , its time to get back on the horse ..so to speak.   I went to bed early last and woke up early today well rested.  Shocking that I was actually in bed before 11 pm!

My day started at 7am and already I had a to-do-list waiting for me.  First I had to have some coffee before paying the dreaded bills.   After the tedious task of fixing the checkbook and paying bills,  I had just a bit of time before work to shower and relax.

Work was a pain the ass today and having a headache did not make it any better but I got thur the day.
After work my daughter and I hurried to get dressed and go meet up with hubby where his friend drops him off after carpooling.  She likes to go meet daddy right after he works ...its special to her.

I decided to make tacos for dinner with all the fixings ...lettuce, tomato, cheese , salsa and my fave..sour cream.  Of course I only had one since I'm trying to avoid extra calories.

Finally after dinner was done and cleaned up it was time to workout.  I changed my clothes since its boiling hot upstairs and headed upstairs with my Ipod and my book for afterwards.   Omg it was really hot upstairs since the central air doesnt' flow so nice up there.  But as the saying goes.. 'No pain , No gain'  so I accepted the fact that I was going to be sweaty....eww.   While listening to my music , I watched hubby play his game on ps3....can't wait til the day I can watch a movie while I workout.   Progress for the day: 50 minutes , 1 mile  and 433 calories burned !!

Oh the Pain...

No exercising for me today . I'm in way too much pain.  My knees hurt , shoulder back and every time I stand up I feel like my back cracks.  so I took the day off.  Hubby was nice enough to take me out to dinner and grill the chicken that I had set out for dinner.  very very nice of him :)

Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully a less painful one.

Day two on the Elliptical.

When I woke up this morning I was barely stiff from exercising yesterday...must have gotten lucky.   I took my shower , woke my daughter up and we headed out to face to day. First stop was Dairy queen to pick up her ice cream cake that I promised her...sigh...not going to be a good calorie day for me.  We took the cake back home to sit in the freezer while we went shopping.   Of course neither one of us had breakfast...another bad thing...so we went to lunch at Arby's. OMG!  The food tasted so good!   More bad calories for me thou but I decided not to eat all my bread on my sandwich.   Next stop was the mall to walk around and hopefully burn off some of those bad calories.   We had a nice time shopping at the mall.  The heat was unbearable and I knew I would not want to cook dinner for the rest of the family when I got home. We decided .. more like I decided ... to order them pizza.    I only ate 1 small piece ...ok maybe 2.   Tomorrow I can not and will not allow myself to eat such fatty foods.

Finally after dinner, I grabbed my Ipod and headed upstairs to use the Elliptical.  My knees started to ache almost immediately and I wanted to stop but I kept moving even if it was at a slow pace.   My progress is as follows :  35 mins , 3/4 of a mile,  and 358 calories burned.....and really really sore legs.    I stepped off the elliptical thinking to myself " wow I don't feel so bad"  until I took my first step and it felt like i had cement blocks attached to my feet.

My goal for tomorrow is to be able to get out of bed. I have a feeling my legs won't want to move.

Day one on the Elliptical

Today I woke up to a broken dish on the kitchen floor and a bird in my house. I thought for sure this was an omen of things to come...but I went to work with a smile on my face.   all day long I kept telling myself over and over ' you are going to use the elliptical today even if it hurts' so I did just that!  After work I had a few errands to run first but  before dinner was finished I was on my  NEW  exercise machine.   I only did 15 mintues  but I burned 150 calories and to me this is progress.  I know I will have to work at it everyday and eventually I'll be able to put in more time.   I am determined to lose weight and get healthier one step at a time , one day at a time .  

Tomorrow I am buying a scale so I can track my progress.  I will not be a slave to the scale thou, 1 weekly weigh in only.   I will not let myself get discouraged if I do not lose as much as the week before.  I will not skip meals or starve myself ....as much as I know I'll want to,,I know it won't do any good.

I am hoping to start sleeping more regularly too .  wish me luck with my new adventure!

new goals

1./ Use my Eliptical Daily
2./ eat right
3./ lose weight
4./ Stay motivated
5./ make myself happy...at all costs
6./ have more faith in myself / self-esteem
7./ be more patient with my daughter / spend more time with my daughter
8./be hopeful / insightful
9./ learn to laugh loud and often
10./ learn to love myself
11./ Value family time ..life is too short.