Day 37

My day 37 was actually yesterday. I did my aerobics but not my treadmill. I am now sick and have a real bad headache. I am going to hold off on exercise so I can get better. Plus I'll be packing to move things to my new house (YAY!) so I need to make sure I'm getting enough rest. I read a article on yahoo about exercising too much. You wont see results and can actually loose results you have gained if you exercise too much and don't let your body rest. The more you exercise, the more rest you need. They said to get at least 1 full day of rest. With that said, It'll probably be a week or two before I blog again. I hope everyone else has a great workout and keep up the good work. I'm not quitting!! I'll start up again before you know it!

Day 36

Well, I started my period yesterday, very unexpected. Usually it comes at the beginning of the month, but when I counted, yep right on target! I have one of those period headaches and dizziness. I did Pilate's today and walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes. I really walked fast today and my back is okay so far. I was sweating bullets and my heart was racing. When I stopped I felt soo light headed. I was fine while I was going though. I had some apple sauce to tie me through my shower until lunch. My face was beat red as well. Did I push my self too far? It felt good though. I listened to music on my iPod and it helped me to really get going. Sierra is doing a little better today, she ate on her own. She still has a fever though. Hopefully she'll get better this weekend and be back in school on Monday. I need to go pick up some work from the school for her to do so she doesn't fall behind. Off I go!

Day 35

I didn't feel very well today at all. But I forced my self to do my 30 minute aerobics and my 30 minute treadmill walk. I am happy I forced myself to do them both. I pushed myself a little harder on the treadmill and I feel a little soreness in my back, ugh! It's is elevated upward which my PT told me not to do! lol I don't think it goes straight though, or I don't know how. I don't have the book to it. I noticed a shape change in my middle half. It looks odd though, it looks like someone tied a belt tight around the bottom of my hips, top of my thighs, lol. Well, it's time to make dinner now. :)

Day 34

Day 34 of exercising, actually longer but I need to figure that out. I started exercising before I started blogging. I haven't kept up on my blogging. Maybe because I only have one person, my loyal friend Melissa, reading it. But then she's busy with her own blog so I feel like I'm obligating her to read and respond to mine and I don't want my blog to be a chore for someone else. I like to put down my progress, which I have made so much of it!! When I first started I could barely get through a yoga session, now yoga feels like a short stretching segment and not like exercise. I still have my routine of aerobics on Mon-Wed-Fri and Pilate's Tue-Thur and yoga on Saturday. But I have been going 30 min on the treadmill Monday through Friday. So I am up to an hour a day!!! YAY!

I was curious at my measurements on Saturday and did a sneak peek. I measured my left thigh. The first time it measured at 27", in Saturday it measured at 25 1/2" down and inch and a half!!!! I am waiting to measure everything else for a while though. I actually just started aerobics, what, two weeks ago? Before that it was all yoga and Pilate's. I'm so excited though! Brian has gotten better with my workouts. As soon as I put on a workout or step on the treadmill, he gets in the rocking chair or on the couch and watches me. When I do yoga or Pilate's he try's to do the moves with me! lol, it's so cute to watch his short chubby legs try to lift in the air!

It's been a bit better on my back, some of the exercises that hurt my back even last week, feel a lot better now. But I am still having a lot of back pain when I'm laying down in bed to sleep and it wakes me up. My PT said it's take a long time to heal completely, so I'm not going to doom my back gone forever. When I am done on the treadmill it feels like I have no legs or butt! LOL

The kids are sick. Sierra is really sick. She was out of school yesterday and today, she will be out tomorrow for sure and maybe the rest of the week. I took her to the Dr today and she has 2 virus's. She has soo many symptoms. The past two days she has been laying on the couch watching TV and sleeping. She doesn't want to eat either. The Dr said to keep her home from school until she doesn't have a fever any more. I'm frustrated with her though. She came in looked her over quickly, said she was fine and antibiotics wont help her, and pushed me out the door! She cut me off several times when I tried to ask her a question. I never got to ask how much Vitamin C I can safely give her to help her boost her immune system. I want a new Doctor!!!

Anyways, I'm not feeling so well so I am off to bed!

Day 32

So I totally skipped out on the treadmill last night :( I have no excuse for it either. But I DID get on it today. And it worked my leg muscles a whole lot. I was really sweaty too. I feel fine now. But I'm wondering if I'll feel sore in the morning. I hope I do. If I don't I hope I pushed myself enough. I can't push to much though, I have to watch my back. It felt good though. I did a whole hour of exercise today. 30 minute aerobics, and 30 minutes on the treadmill. I am proud of my hard work today!

Day 31

Day 31, already. I did my aerobics today and I was more sweaty than I usually am. I am pushing myself a little more, but watching it with my back. I want to bathe the kids and then hop on the treadmill for 30 minutes. I go to bed early when Sierra is in school, so I have to mention it before I do it, then write about it the next day. :) I am so excited to see more results as I pump up my routine and intensity!!

Update

I know, I haven't been posting! I have been really busy running to the mechanic the past few days to get my car fixed so I can smog it, which I will do today. I have been exercising as I have scheduled it. I also got my sisters treadmill over to my house finally, but I haven't been able to get on it yet. My back has been doing good, thank you for asking Melissa! :) I also got a little excited because my sister told me she noticed I lost a little bit of weight. A little bit is a lot better than nothing! That's all I needed to hear! :) I hope everyone else is doing great on their exercising.

Day 26

Today was a bad day. I wanted to work on my research project for school. I did, but then I found out I was doing it all wrong. *sigh* Then my mom called me saying she stayed home from work because one of her dogs (That she got when I was in 4th grade) was not doing well and she was taking her to the vet. An hour and a half later my mom calls me and she's crying, and I just knew, she had to put her to sleep. Now I am upset, really tired, frustrated (at my project) cold, and feel crappy. I have not exercised yet today. But I will. I am waiting for the kids to finish their dinner, they are having a bath, then I will exercise. It was getting late, so I decided to write here first. I promise I will exercise, and I will write about it in tomorrows blog.

Day 25

Yes, I am very VERY impatient! I am going to sit back, relax, and try not to think of my exercise as such an important thing and just as a feel good activity to help my back heal. I'm getting too ahead of myself. I have the thought in my head from calorie website; "you could be 120lbs by September 28th" well, that date is going further into the future since I'm not loosing 1 to 2 pounds a week! I know I've only strengthened my muscles and haven't lost anything. But why? I hear other people loose 1 to 2 pounds a week, while I sit at a stand still! *sigh* I hope in time I will start loosing weight, I'm not giving up!

Day 24

Wow, I almost didn't post today. I had to run to the store after picking up Sierra, so Brian was woke up early from his nap and he has been the crankiest little butt! I have a headache, a regular plain old headache, not a sinus headache. I can't get rid of it. I am sleeping really deep, I mean, I sleep through the alarm deep. I don't think I'm sleeping enough. I did the aerobics today. I want to do more, longer and more intense, but my back wont let me and it's so frustrating. I am trying not to give up. I think that's why I'm not seeing results, because I have to limit my exercise. I don't want to work for nothing, you know? I am so frustrated! I have limited my food intake to so I'm cutting calories, and making more healthier food and not boxed or canned food. But nothing happening!!! AAARRRHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!

Day 23

Today I did Pilate's. I am still feeling stronger every time I do them. I have been taking Hydroxy Cut and am noticing a difference. I am feeling full sooner and not wanting to finish all my food, when I usually eat all mine then finish everyone else's plate. (I hate wasting food, so I eat what's left, it's my downfall). My knees feel sore still, but not hurting anymore. My back is feeling good. As Melissa mentioned, I have a faster recovery time. When my back hurt as it did on Saturday, I felt the pain for at least a week. Saturday night I took some pain pills, and sat on an ice pack, the next morning, I felt fine! It amazed me that the pain went away so quickly. I'm happy though! Once my back is better, I can exercise more vigorously!! :O)

Day 22

Well, Fridays workout hurt my back. Yoga felt good on Saturday even though my back hurt. I really worked out on Friday and just did too much. Today I took it easy and when there was an option to do low impact I did the low impact instead of the high intensity option. I feel okay right now so hopefully I can keep it up and just take it easy. I have been watching myself on the lunges and making sure my knees don't go past my toes and it's helping a lot. Thank you Melissa!! My daughter Sierra noticed on Saturday that I was happy to be doing yoga. She asked me, "mommy, why are you smiling?" and I was thinking, "I am?" I guess I am really enjoying my workouts! :O)

Day 21

Ah, today was a good yoga day! It felt really good to stretch and relax my body. It helped ease my sore back and muscles as well. I could feel that I am a LOT stronger. I could feel it in my muscles and in the yoga moves I did today. Even when I physically squeeze my muscles, they are tight and hard instead of loose and flabby. I love this feeling, I never ever want to stop exercising again! I hope others will get into the routine to exercise at least 3-5 days a week. They will feel sooo much better! :o)

Day 20

Wow, my muscles are SORE! It feels so good to be sore! My back hurts a little too. But it is okay and I am going to love the yoga tomorrow. I need a good stretching and relaxing session. I'm hoping to see better results now that I am doing aerobics. I feel so strong and so much better, that my body doesn't look the way I feel. It is frustrating, but I know in time my body will reflect how I feel inside.

Day 19

OMG! Aerobics feels GREAT!!!! I dug out my VHS cleaner and used it in my player and my aerobic video worked! I am happy to have done them today. I was sweaty and huffing and puffing, and it felt soooo good!! My knees, especially my right knee, hurt when I did lunges. I am going to try and push through it and hope my knees strengthen up enough to keep them up. I also decided on a new routine. I am going to do aerobics on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Pilate's on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and yoga on Saturdays. I want to mix it up so I can have a variety of exercises, including Aerobics, muscles strengthening and stretching. My aerobics is interval training and has sculpting exercises and stretches near the end. So far my back is okay. I want to keep it up, it feels sooo good!!

Day 18

I did the Pilate's today. It was rather quite nice. I liked the feel of really using my muscles. I noticed today that the fat around my belly seems to have been pulled up and in some. It used to hang downward. I'm guessing my muscles are tightening up and pulling the fat along for the ride! lol I started today with Hydroxycut weight loss pills. I will see if they help me out any. My sister is going to try 100% pure Hoodia. It is expensive. If they work on her, I will probably try them out myself. We'll see how that goes. For now I am watching how much food I eat, and keeping up with my exercises.

Day 17

Wow, I actually feel like yesterdays workout did something for me. My arm muscles are a little sore, which I don't get at all, we moved our arms, but didn't use weights or anything. My calves are sore, and so is my back. My back isn't enough to stop me from exercising, but it is sore. I did do the pregnancy aerobics again today since I feel it did do something. I want to do Pilate's tomorrow and Saturday. When we do our grocery shopping on Sunday I will look for another workout DVD and try it next Monday. I forgot about it when we went in. It just really makes me wonder why I am sore when it feels like I barely did anything with that workout? At least it's doing something!

Day 16

Sierra started back in school today, after 6 weeks off! Boy am I tired! We reverted back to a later schedule, so this earlier schedule is going to take a toll for a few weeks. I wanted to start doing aerobics today. I have two of them on VHS. One is to intense for my back right now. The other, wont work for some reason. I ended up doing the aerobic workout from Denise Austin for pregnant women. She said it was "moderate" intensity. Although I did sweat a little and my heart rate rose a little, it felt like I cheated out on exercise today! I want more movement, more of a elevated heart, more panting. We've got an appointment to have our taxes done today. After that we're running into Wal-Mart real quick. I want to glance at the DVD's and see if I can pick up a aerobic workout that'll work my whole body, and better than the pregnancy aerobics. I'm hoping to find a good one!

Day 15

Today I did a Yoga workout to stretch and lengthen my muscles. Boy did it feel good!!! I didn't want to stop! I love the way it feels to stretch, and I'm pretty flexible. On the other hand, I'm frusterated as heck!!! For one whole week, I restricted my calorie intake to 1300 a day. I haven't broke that, plus I'm exercising. I haven't lost a pound!! >:( I can feel my muscles are stronger, but the fat wont budge!!!! Am I doomed to be fat or something!?!? My clothes don't really fit me any more loosly. It also frusterates me because it's a sin to be fat! I don't want to be glutenous anymore!!!! What am I doing wrong? Or what is wrong with me!?!? I can not, and will not starve myself. I keep thinking of trying Hydroxy cut, but not sure about it still. I'm sooooo angry!

Day 14

Today was a little harder to exercise. I think it's because of how I'm feeling, which isn't so well. I did do my Pilate's though, and my muscles felt tense. Tomorrow I am going to do Yoga instead. Stretch everything out and relax. Then on Monday I will try an aerobics video. I keep thinking of trying some kind of diet pill. I just don't want one with side effects. I'm thinking about it still. I need to lay down, so I'll write tomorrow.

Day 13

I did not feel well at all today. Last night I was really ill, with stomach flu like symptoms. It's because of my monthly visitor, which visited me today, lol! I don't feel well today either, but I kept thinking to myself, "I am not ill, it's just my period, so I will exercise anyways, since exercise is suppossed to help" I did exercise, and I felt better afterwards for a while. Then I became ill again. I finished my text book today, and now I have a research project to do tomorrow. Then I'll get more work. Sierra goes back to school on Monday. I know that will cut into my time greatly. I wont give up though, I wont! I can do this!

Day 12

Today I mastered the Teaser!!!! I was able to do it without faltering, and get from a laying flat position, up to the teaser position without having to sit up first! I'm so glad I accomplished that move! I feel that I will be ready to start aerobics on Monday, February 2nd. I feel my posture improving and I can move freer and walk easier. It feels so good to be stronger, and I'm not stopping! I found this site, http://caloriecount.about.com You can look up how many calories are burned in an activity, what your BMI is, and how many calories you need to take in a day to loose weight, and how long it will take you to reach your goal weight. I wont reach mine until the end of September. Even though that doesn't sound bad, I am very impatient and don't want to wait that long. I'm trying not to think of that though. I can be 143lbs by the end of May, so I'm focusing on that goal first. I hope I can reach that goal!

Day 11

Exercise! Ugh! lol I did not feel well today. I keep feeling dizzy and out of breath and just blah. But I think I know why, it's that time of the month again. I am very irrated and frusterated. I thought exercise was suppossed to help that!? I did my Pilates anyway and am glad I did. I did okay while doing them, and now feel like crap again. Since I did do my exercises, I am not going to feel guilty about relaxing the rest of the day. My hubby's off tonight anyways, so I get to spend it with him :) I am putting myself on a temporary diet. Just to kick start my weight loss, and to get used to eating less. I don't have certain rules either. I am having cereal (the good for you kind), with 8oz orange juice, and 10oz instant coffee for breakfast. For lunch and dinner I am having a 6" sub from SubWay. I will snack if I get hungry in between and not feel guilty. I only put lettuce, cheese, tomatos and pepper on them. I bought 7 sandwhiches and froze them. But the lettuce is a little wilty, and parts of the bread got soggy when I deforsted it. I might have to go buy a few every few days so thier more fresh. I want to try and find out how long they would last in the fridge instead of freezing them, maybe they will be okay in the fridge instead, we'll see. Alright, so I am going to shower and relax.

Day 10

Today was another Pilates day. I am wanting to perfect the workout. I am a lot stronger and can do a lot of the ecercises better. I had no cramping of the muscles today! Yay! The one exercise I still have trouble with is the Teaser:


I have trouble holding the position, and when we lay down using just the stomach muscles, and then use the stomach muscles again to come back up, it hurts my back. I am going to keep them up and make my muscles stronger. Yesterday I took my measurments, which are;
Thighs= 27"
Hips= 42"
Waist= 33 3/4"
Bust= 39"
I am very un-porportioned, I am going to change this though!

Day 9

Wow, Pilates is really starting to feel good, I love it!! My back was a little sore today. But I made sure I tightned my stomach muscles, and kept my hip bones pointed inward, and I did fine! You know, I could easily use my back as a excuse NOT to exercise, but I wont! Unless of course it really does start hurting. Then I'll call up my PT for advice (I can call him for advice even though my insurance forbids me to see him! lol). On one of the exercises I have to hold my leg in the air, and my left thigh always cramps up. I'm not sure why, I'm guessing because it's still weak and will get better when it gets stronger. I'm getting a little frusterated at not seeing any fat loss. But my sister is saying to keep up with it and don't give up, that in time the fat will start to come off as well. More muscles burn more calories. I was stupid and got on the scale. I weighed in at 173!!! Gaining while exercising!?!?! That really upset me. But I also keep thinking, muscle weighs more than fat, I know I'm building muscle, it's muscle weight, not fat weight. *sigh* In the end it'll be worth it, I'll see!!!

Day 8

Today's work out was even better than yesterdays! I can feel I am stronger and I could do the exercises better and my muscles don't quiver as much. I thought it would take a lot longer for me to get used to doing Pilates again. I am looking forward to doing areobics so I can start seeing more results.

Day 7

Today was a much better day. When I woke up to it raining outside, I instantly knew it would be a good day. I LOVE the rain! I did the Pilates with Denise Austin again. It was still a struggle at parts, but not nearly as hard as it was yesterday. It felt good today. My heart did elevate and I did get sweaty. But now after my shower, I feel great and I can feel my muscles were used! I feel stronger in some of the moves and know I can do this, and it will get easier. I also realized when I was doing my school work, that I can concentrate on it easier than I could before. I want to do the Pilates through Saturday the 31st, then I iwll get out my Denise Austin areobics workout and start with that. My back, so far, has put up no protesting. I am a happy camper!

Day 6

I'm going to be honest here, today really sucked! My daughter had a dentist appointment at 10:00am, which made us get up earlier than we have been. Luckily her teeth are healthy and she has NO cavities! Yay! But we are more tired today because of the early start. I sat on my computer, sucking on Hershey kisses, and saying, "I really don't want to" But, I did get up, and I did do my Pilates. My heart elivated, I was sweaty, and it was harder today than the last two days! My thighs, arches of my feet, and something, a bone or muscle? that connect from one thigh, around my lower half, to my other thigh, kept cramping up on me which made it even harder. I was unhappy the whole workout and thought about quitting because of how uncomfortable I was. Today was not a good day! But I did get it done. And I'll probably do it again tomorrow. I want to stick with it as long as my back allows me, and so far it has. The Hershey kisses was a really bad move, I feel my blood sugar crashing even more as I type this and am in need of something. I better go snatch something to eat, and hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

Day 5

Ah, day number 2 of pilates! My stomach mucsles are sore, my thigh muscles are sore, so are my arms, and I have a twinge of pain in my back! The sore muscles do feel good though! I did pilates again, but because of my sore back I couldn't do it as well as yesterday. But I got through it! I feel great too! I took 2 Advil pm's last night and slept really well. My husband said I smacked him in the face once! LOL (sorry hubby!) About a month ago I had a pair of jammies that I could get on, but they were tight. Last night I put on those same jammies and they fit a little loosely!! I also noticed my muscles have pulled my tummy in a bit. I was telling my hubby how I can feel my muscles getting stronger and he said, "yeah, it looks like someone let the air out of your stomach, like letting the air out of a tire" then he pushed on my tummy and made the sound of air escaping!!! I was like, "really!?!?!?!" That is the one physical change I have noticed in my body. I can also feel my muscles getting tighter when I have my leg up on something and I push on the muscles to feel them. WOO HOO!!! I am also going to start motifying my diet. Looking into lower calorie foods and switching to sub sandwhiches for lunch instead of frozen meals. I am so excited and hope to wear shorts this summer without worrying about what my legs look like!! 8^D

Day 4

Today was a hard day to get my exersises in. My family and I went to the movies and saw Hotel For Dogs. Of course we had fattening snacks, so that gave me more motivation, so I could burn some of it off. I did pilates today, for the first time in a few years. Let me say, it was really challengeing. I fell over a few times, and I couldn't complete one push up! I remember when it was easy for me! I know one day it will be easy again. My Yoga and Pilates work outs are from Denise Austin. I love that lady! (although I shout at her while I'm working out! lol, I love her for pushing me and giving me motivation) My arms feel a little wobbly now. My outer thigh muscles cramped up while doing leg exersises. But I pushed through it and completed the whole work out, about 23min. I hope my back doesn't hurt me in the morning, I feel a little throbbing. I am still haivng trouble sleeping. I ended up taking 1 Tylonel PM, and it worked pretty good. But I needed more and the store was out, so I got Advil PM. I had trouble falling asleep and didn't get to sleep until after 1:30am, but I did sleep the rest of the night. Tomorrow I will try the Pilates again if my back isn't hurting. If it is, I'll do Yoga (again). Happy Exersising!

Day 3

Today was a busy day for me. I did do my yoga, and love how it feels now! I am anxiously wanting to try the pilates, but am afraid my back isn't up to the challenge yet. For some reason though, after I did the yoga, my stomach/esophagus felt like it was filled with thick oatmeal. I wasn't hungry most of the day. I only had some cereal in the morning until dinner. I also felt a little dizzy when doing the yoga, I don't think I ate enough beofre I jumped into it. Tomorrow I will have a bit more. And since tomorrow is Sunday, I am having my rest day. Even though it's my shopping day and I usually run around some stores all day, so it's not a total loss. I think I will try the pilates, gently, on Monday. See you then!

Day 2

Day number 2. I did yoga today. I have been doing yoga from the start, to be gentle on my spine. January 8th was my first day of yoga-sising. I am giving myself Sundays off to rest my spine and give it a chance to heal. Once my back isn't hurting anymore, I'll try for 7 days a week. When the weather gets warmer, I'll start up my walks again. Even though "I" can warm up, my 18mnth old son will not, and he's freezing half way through our walk. I wont subject him to that anymore. I am having trouble sleeping, even though I feel tired. I laid awake until after 2:30am last night, the kids got me up at 9:30am. 7hrs is okay, but not enough for me. I'm going to try one half of a Tylonel PM tonight. They usually work, but make me feel gross the next day, so half sounds good. I already feel a lot stronger, but I also noticed my blood sugar is dropping more than usual. I'm planning to talk to my Dr, when I have the money, so who knows when that'll be. Until then, I'm just trying to eat smaller meals, and healthier without messing with my blood sugar. Fruit doesn't work, so I'm stearing towards cheeses, wheat crackers, PB, and fruit with nuts for snacks. Here's one for today!

Day 1

Well, here I am! This blog was inspired by my friend Melissa and her blog. She started a New Years resolution of 365 days of exersise. I, in turn, decided to start up my long forgotton New Years resolution to loose wieght and get healthy. She has inspired me, and I am grateful for her. I have two stones thrown against me. 1) I have a messed up spine, PT needed, too bad my new insruance has a pre-existing condition rule >:( . 2) I have hypoglycemia which I found out in my early teens, because I was passing out for no apparent reason. I have yet to figure out how to loose weight with this disease. I have to eat more than a normal person would to keep my blood sugar stable. If I "diet" it makes me sick. So I thought, my first step is to exersize more. I have a 5yr old and a 18month old. Exersizing is hard to fit in when your running aorund all day just because your a mother. I also have SAD. This can also affect my weight because when I'm feeling anxious, which is a lot, I eat. Most people probably precieve me very differently than my true self because of my SAD. I hope that by writing down my daily tasks and thoughts, I can make a start towards a better, more healthy me!