Weird Week

So this week's been a bit off.  Haven't been to the gym since Monday or Tuesday, can't even remember which.  Spent a good portion of the week doing major cleaning at the house, so still managed to get a "workout" in, just not in a typical way.  I've eaten way too much of the wrong stuff the past few days--no binging or anything like that, just bad choices.  I'm feeling it too--feeling tired and worn down and just kinda blah.  Definitely need to get back on track with things.  Gonna try to get to the gym tomorrow for a workout and will be making a grocery list of good, healthy food so Chaz and I can go grocery shopping tomorrow.

They say it takes three weeks of constant behavior before said behavior becomes habit.  I've gotten to two, then gone lax.  Gotta make it to the habit point so I quit getting to where I'm sitting at right now.  I have to find a way to make that happen and I need to do it yesterday.

Here's to tomorrow.

Until next time....

half-mast

After spraining my back muscles and taking 2 1/5 days off and eating comfort food (bad me) I am back at the gym, with my work out halved. So, better than nothing, but it feels like a major set back

.......

Just got back from the gym--did nearly 2.5 miles on the elliptical, some of the workout on an incline.  Did a ten minute cool down on the treadmill, burned about 300 calories.  And now, I hurt.  I am dreading tomorrow because I will hurt worse.  But I will live to workout another day, so no worries. 

Until next time....

Another Day Done

Hit the gym this morning. 20 minutes on the elliptical and some weight lifting.  40 reps of bicep curls, hammer curls, calf raises and squats. 25 reps on each arm of tricep lift & curls.  60 crunches on the exercise ball.  Feeling tired, but not overworked.  Thinking about starting some kettleball workouts.  Looking into some better food options and recipes--I might actually find a reason to start getting myself into the kitchen. 

Forgot to weigh-in today, will try and get it done in the next few days.  Planning on buying a scale to keep at the house so that I don't have to necessarily make it to the gym to weigh-in. 

Until next time...

Unsure

So I have strained some muscles in my back and I am supposed to rest them for two- four days. I'm not sure where that leaves me with working out since most of my normal exercises are out

Getting Back to It

Didn't post on Tuesday, even though I did work out--just didn't get it done.  Went to the pool and did water aerobics for an hour.  Weighed in at 247, which I would have found disappointing other than I knew I'd had a bad weekend and I weighed in during the evening after eating all day, when I normally weigh in during the morning. 

Wednesday was a bad day--wasn't in a good place mentally and didn't get a workout it.

Yesterday I wanted to work out, but wasn't feeling good--felt shaky and off-kilter all day and didn't want to make myself worse, so I skipped the workout.

Today, I'm getting back to it.  I have to remind myself that working out boosts my positivity, so even when I'm having an off day, I still need to workout, cuz chances are, I will be in a better mental place when I finish, which is better than staying in a bad mental place all day. 

Gonna do my Jillian Michaels workout today, maybe some extra weight lifting.  Want to look into getting an exercise ball so I can start doing an ab-workout as well, without straining my back.  That, plus the housework I've already gotten in today--should leave me feeling pretty good.

Planning on weighing in at the gym tomorrow morning, gonna get back on track. 

Until next time....

Walk it Off

I made a new friend at work yesterday :) She also goes to the kroc center and I met up with her tonight to do some walking, we did 3 1/2 miles! (And I'm super sore!)