Just Do It

 Today was a rough day at the gym for me. But I think the important thing about all of it was that I was at least at the gym!

Last Friday I went out for drinks with a colleague and I don't think I really drank that much. I woke up at 6 am the next morning on Saturday and was really sick all day. At first I figured that I have been eating pretty healthy so maybe it just hit me really hard. Later I wondered if I had actually been hit with a stomach bug that I also know has been going around my work. I was in bed all day Saturday and I couldn't eat all day.

On Sunday my body hurt so bad and my back seized up. I did some light stretches and it eventually felt good enough to walk outside lightly for a bit. My body does feel better today but my energy still feels low. I'm proud of myself though that I walked yesterday and still made it to the gym today.

At the gym I just felt really tired and I only lasted for about 40 min. I walked on the treadmill for 20 minutes and then I went on the horrid stairmaster. I lasted on that stairmaster for 1 min and 33 seconds, which is just a little but it's still more time that the 50 seconds I lasted the first time and the 1 min 16 seconds that I was able to stay on the last time. 

Afer the stairmaster I went onto the rower for 15 min. I am not sure why but today was just so psychologically hard on me on the rower. I felt like my stomach was bloated and just felt so big and fat. The fat in my stomach made it hard to breathe and pull the rower back. I wanted to quit and I wanted to cry but luckily I did neither. I made it but I was also a bit slower than the last time I was on the rower. It gave me a good sweat though.

I went back to the treadmill and put the incline up to 10%. I only lasted for a few min and then about five minutes later I just decided to stop. I wanted to push myself more but something just told me to stop so I did. 

The great news is that even tbough I wanted to exercise for an hour and did not accomplish my goal, I still made it 40 minutes and I worked up a sweat. It's better than nothing! 

Tomorrow I'm going for a short hike by the beach with a friend. I am planning on taking a yoga class on Wednesday and going for a quick incline walk on Thursday. 

I will just keep on keeping on. 

Still Going

I haven't updated in a while but the good news is that the last time that I updated was November in my 5th week of exercise and the great news is that I am still exercising. I had to cut back the last two weeks a bit due to leg, knee and foot pain but I have been pretty consistent with minimally three-four times of exercise a week. 

As of today I was 302 which is a decrease from the last time I posted in November but it seems that I have been at a standstill since January. To be transparent I haven't been eating as well as I should and sometimes I am messing up so I know that I need to get back on track in that area. It's just so hard but I know that it will be the only thing that is going to shift me! 

Since October I have been taking pictures of myself and I have not noticed any difference! In fact, in some areas my body seems worse, but I am not sure if that is just in my head. I have a big cushion of fat on my inner thigh and sometimes in my pictures it looks like that portion of my inner thing is starting to drop down towards my knee. It is really frustrating me, especially since I am trying so hard with exercise! Sometimes I fear that I am going to have hanging skin in that area and it makes me sad.  I know that I probably need to do more squats and lunges to tighten up the leg but I've been taking a break due to my knee and leg. 

A few weeks ago I bought two 5 pound dumbbells and I started an arm routine. I haven't started a leg routine yet other than random squats but once my knee is better I am going to fit at least two leg routines in my week. With my arm routine I wasn't even able to do one set of 15 but now I am up to 2 sets of 15 for about six arm workouts. I need to get more consistent in this area and have a structured routine. I am somewhat keeping up with the same routine but perhaps I need to write it down so that I make sure that I am hitting all exercises. My goal is to add two arms and two legs day, as well as one yoga class, in addition to cardio days at gym or outside the gym such as walking or hiking.

Honestly I came here today to talk about how I am frustrated that I am at a weight stand still but now I honestly feel proud that I am still being consistent. I just need to be more consistent in my diet if I want the weight to come off and be more consistent in my strength training routines that I am adding.

Staying on Track

Stress, a leg injury and autoimmune attack got the best of me the last 1-2 weeks and I had to slightly cut back on my exercise but I was able to hold my own today for 50 min of cardio on treadmill and elliptical, two sets of both lower and upper plank holding 30 seconds each, two sets of downward facing dog, one chataranga, one cobra, one hundred Pilate hundreds with my legs in the air, 50 modified Pilates hundreds with my knees up, two sets of 6 different arm workouts with weights, and one set of half ass dead bugs because I couldn’t do anymore. But my stress, mood and body feel better!!