Thursday 4/7/11

So again today, I went over my daily limit. Not by much, but I did. Grrrr. My second day on the lower points and I went over again. Stupid. And it’s only down by 2 points; normally I use way below my daily points… Whatever. It’ll be fine. I just need to try to stay on target better.

I did Leslie’s 2 Mile High Calorie Burn called Walk Away the Pounds for Abs. I used my new Walk N Tone Belt! My muscles are feeling the heat, especially my lower tummy. Tomorrow I’m going to go for a standard walk with no bells or whistles to take a break.

This evening I did Leslie’s You Can Do Pilates. I don’t really like pilates. At all. It hurts. I did better tonight then I did Tuesday, but I have a long way to go to be comfortable with this.

Next Thursday, the kids and I will be Florida bound. We’re spending Spring Break with family. I’m hoping that I can stay on task…but I’m sure it’s going to be a little harder being there! Plus we have a couple of reservations that I’m excited about! I also hope I can stay on task with my exercise! Hopefully I can get my Mom and Aunt to work out with me. J  

Wednesday 4/6/11

Today I only did a 2 ¾ mile walk. I did Leslie’s Power Walk with Friends with strength training, using 2 pound weights. Goodness, it kicked my butt.

I also went to a WW meeting and weighed in. I’m down 5.6 pounds this week, no doubt thanks to the extra exercise I’ve been getting. That’s a grand total of 10.4 pounds so far! Go me!! I did get a warning from WW that’s I’m losing weight too quickly and that I need to slow down. I believe this to be true for most people, but I’m very overweight, so I expected to lose weight fast. I went from almost sedentary to walking up to 3 miles at one time!! Impressive! Any ideas or thoughts on this?

Of course with my weight loss, my WW points came down. I don’t know how many of you know the WW program, but basically you have a set number of points for the day to eat. Different foods equal different values. Fruit is completely free. In addition to your daily points, you get FREE weekly points. It’s not hard to stay on the daily points plan for me right now. Sometimes I do go over, but that’s what the weekly points are there for. You can use them or not, but you can’t bank them. Each week, the points start over. So if I’m going out to dinner, I can dip in and use those weekly points. In addition to that, I get activity points. Each time I work out, I add that to my tracker. It gives me points that, if need be, can be traded in for food points. Yesterday, my first day on my new points plan, I went over by 5 into my weekly points. Go figure.

I also am going to participate in WW’s Walk-It Challenge! Every day that I walk, I’m training by body to take a 5k challenge in May!  

I didn’t exercise this evening, because I was too tired and achy. Today I’m feeling strain in my stomach muscles. That’s a good thing though, I’m not going to be negative about it, because that just means that I’m doing the exercise right and am starting to feel the benefits.

Tuesday 4/5/11

Today was a good day! Although I’m ending it with a headache that I think was brought on by this evenings exercise. Blah. This morning I did one of my new videos. It was Leslie’s 3 Mile Burn Body Fat and Sculpt Your Arms. I used my new 2 pound weights for this. I really liked this DVD. It was more challenging and I broke a sweat. I was glad when it was OVER! I also swept and vacuumed the house today, so that had to add to my activity somewhat. I stayed within my points today again! Woot! Woot! And this evening, I tried Lesie’s You Can Do, Pilates. FYI: Pilates is WORSE than Yoga! In fact, I enjoy Yoga MUCH more. I think the strain from my neck caused this nasty headache. But like everything else, I will slowly get used to it. Obviously it’s good for you. I’ll probably do this again on Thursday. Tomorrow I’ll go to my WW meeting and I’ll weigh in. Cross your fingers for me. I hope that scale is lighter!!  

Monday 4/4/11

Today was a crazy day. The kids were out of school for a teacher work day and had a dentist appointment. It’s suffice to say that I didn’t get in any exercise at all today. L Shame on me. This weekend wasn’t the best where eating was concerned. I do well all week. I track my food. I stay on plan and then I ruin it with the weekend. I don’t track anything and I’m certain that I didn’t stay on target. One unhealthy way that I’ve been trying to manage this is if I know I’m going to have something that I shouldn’t or I know I’m going to dinner, I won’t eat a meal during the day. Naughty. Naughty. I think what it boils down to is that I’m going to have to take more control and have more will power. I also didn’t weigh in today, because I had the kids so I couldn’t attend the meeting. I really think the meetings help me, so I’m planning on going to Wednesday’s meeting. I’ll update then with my results. I still need to get a “before” picture taken, because I don’t intend to stay in my current body! With all the exercise I did last week, I think I should be down…but I don’t feel like it.    

Friday 4/1/11

Today I did Leslie’s 1 Mile Easy Walk, followed by the 2 Mile Brisk Walk. 3 miles! Wooo Hooo! Who knew I could do this? I really liked this video. So far, it’s my favorite. With this, you’re supposed to use the “strechie” resistance band, which I don’t have yet. Hopefully it’ll be in the mail soon. I figured that I’d do 3 Miles today, because I highly doubt I’ll get any exercise in this evening. And because I’m really craving some authentic Mexican food and I’m hoping to offset the calories of that. However, guess what? I worked out every morning this week and 4 evenings!!!