I wasn't able to get on the elliptical this morning, but I did squats and walking lunges. I lost count after 25 squats up the stairs and did about 30 walking lunges. Up early to take the big kid to inventors camp and the little one to swim lessons.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning before work I got on the elliptical for 20 minutes. I'm on my way to my car right now, coming home from work so I might get on again before bed but I thought I would get this out of the way since I tend to blog so late.
I hope to get up early again in the morning so that I can get on to the elliptical again, but we'll see...
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I got onto the elliptical first thing this morning, but only for 10 minutes. I had big dreams to get on again after the grocery store, but didn't get a chance. Summer break kinda stinks. Both boys are driving me bonkers. I bought them water balloons and filled up like 30 for them. That just turned into a bad idea (learning experience lol) and they just played in the back yard with me there to keep them out of trouble.
It was 106F today and it's supposed to be a lot hotter this weekend (like 110+F).Thank goodness I'll be in a freezing cold "sterile" environment...although have I mentioned how much I hate that place??? Don't want to go but I guess mental abuse is better than heat stroke????
Oye.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning I woke up early and got on the elliptical for 40 mins. I'm so glad I did, bc I'm exhausted and am gonna go crash.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I did some floor exercises. I was trying to focus on core so I did things like reverse crunches, regular crunches, planks and a couple other things that I don't know the names for. I guess they would be like laying trunk twists? Anyway I need to get more comfortable on the floor. I definitely need to be doing more floor exercises than I am now.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I was a good girl and I got up early and got onto the elliptical. I got on for 20 minutes and then took the boy to school. Hoping for the same tomorrow. I can't believe it's the last day of school!
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I did 5 sets of 15 squats abs 3 sets of 10 standing trunk rotations.
Gotta get up early. Oye. Only 2 more days though. Yaay!
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today was an awful, awful day. I was anxious coming into work today because I feel like they were setting me up for failure and boy did they. I would have quit and walked out but I guess that would be considered patient abandonment and I'd probably have a pretty hard time trying to find another job in this industry if I left that way.it was a really stressful and anxiety filed day and knowing that I'm going to be forced to do this again soon makes me really anxious. It's not safe or a healthy work environment.
I woke up early this morning (anxiety) and just got on the elliptical. I did 15 minutes and then got ready for work. Praise God that I'm off tomorrow. I wish it was possible to find a weekend only, part time 12 hour position before next weekend bc I REALLY don't want to go back. Ever.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning I got on to the elliptical trainer for 15 minutes before work and I'm glad that I did. I honestly didn't think I was going to wake up earlier and I definitely wasn't trying to. It just happened that way LOL
I have a big day tomorrow at work and it's causing me a lot of anxiety. I'm hoping that I can fall asleep and sleep throughout the night without waking up multiple times. If I wake up early like today,and I feel energized, I'll get onto the elliptical, but we'll see. I already feel like I'm being set up for failure for tomorrow at work so I don't want to set myself up for failure with this.
Hopefully it works out for the best.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I'm posting 2 days together bc I forgot to post yesterday and I'm lazy. Lol
Yesterday I did 3 sets of 15 bicep curls with my 8lb weights.
Today I did 5 sets of 10 tricep kickbacks with my 8lb weights.
Did I procrastinate both days? Yes. Did Little Brother come in the room again? Yes, but I has an award ceremony to be at yesterday morning and wasn't going to make it on time bc I woke up late. I barely made it.
This morning I got to sleep in, but instead of waking up at 7 like I wanted (yes, this is sleeping in for me) , I woke up at 8 and struggled to get out the door to the store before the zoo of people arrived.
Excuses, excuses...
So do I plan to wake up earlier tomorrow b4 work to correct past wrongs? Yes, but I doubt the hand that presses the snooze button will get the memo. (Did I just set myself up for failure? Yep. I sure did lol).
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I am having a hard time getting a handle on my procrastination. This morning Little Brother crawled into our bed around 4 or 5, and when my alarm went off to exercise, I was just too tired. I ended up waking up like 20 mins later anyway bc he was pressed right up against my back. That would have still been early enough to exercise but i chose to just lay there and watch him sleep. He's so tiny still and I hope it doesn't pass me by. I realize that's what I end up doing in the mornings when he comes into our room at night. The other mornings I have no excuse lol.
I asked him to stay in his room tonight and he said, "oh tay." We'll see.
Anyway I got onto the elliptical tonight while hubby put him to sleep. I was able to get 15 mins in. Not bad, but definitely not my best. It's a constant struggle and with the weight loss slowing down, there is definitely a lack of motivation. Summer is coming up and I can't wait to not have to leave the house early. Yaay! Let the countdown begin! Eight days until there's no school!
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Well, I got up early this morning and I was able to get onto the elliptical for 30 minutes. I'm glad that I did because I wasn't able to find any time throughout the day to do it. After about 3 p.m. it becomes a lost cause. To be honest, I just don't want to do it anymore.
I can't wait until summer because then the kids can sleep in and I can get on the elliptical for as long as I want and not have to worry about being anywhere at any specific time. AND I won't have to take anybody to school. Yaay! One week left!
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today just confirmed my theory that if I don't get on the elliptical early, it probable won't happen. I didn't get in this morning and then things stayed busy until about 8 when we start our wind down time to put the kiss to sleep.
I just did 3 sets of 10 overhead deltoid presses.
Off to bed.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Awe it's, "I love you day" today (143, like as in pager codes... oh brother! Lol).
So today I did some more reverse lunges. I did 6sets of 10 this time, and I think i felt it a lot more at the end of the sets than I did doing 15 reps. *shrugs* Idk what that means, just a strange observation.
I did not wake up early like planned, but I plan on it tomorrow. Busy, busy day!
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
So I know it looks like I'm skipping a day, but earlier this morning I went through the calendar and physically counted out the days, and we are actually on day 142 today. I skipped my blog post on May 17th and that's where I threw all my numbers off. I'll fix the numbers on my blog posts probably sometime on Monday or tomorrow after work if I have time. And that was driving me crazy! I'm glad it was somewhat easy to find. I can only imagine how finding a mistake later on in the year is going to be. Oye.
Anyway today I did 3 sets of 12 of reverse lunges. I forgot how much I enjoyed them. Well... compared to regular lunges LOL.
Off to bed.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I'm totally screwed up with my days. I'm gonna have to go through and count again. I just noticed that I didn't post for 5/17 which was this passed Tuesday. My fitness tracker (MyFitnessPal) says I did 20 mins on the elliptical but I don't see a post.
I googled hour many days into the year we are and it says 139 and I'm assuming that's not counting the first, so now I'm really confused (missing a day but my numbered days are right???).
Oye.
I'm continuing to exercise daily but my numbers are just off somewhere. I'll figure this out in the next week I hope.
I got onto the elliptical for 20 mins this morning before school. I'm glad that I did bc I didn't have time throughout the day to get on again. I'm hoping I'll wake up early to get in sins time before work (Starting to sound like a broken record).
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning I woke up late but I got on the elliptical for 35 minutes anyway. I'm really glad that I did because I didn't have much time to do it throughout the day. This is where my problems arise when I procrastinate in the morning. I guess as long as I can keep this in mind in the morning, I should be ok...but because I just mentioned it, I'm doomed for failure lol.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning and got onto the elliptical trainer for 43 minutes and watched the season finale of Blindspot.
While I was logging my exercise on MyFitnessPal, I saw exercise video for some
kind of aerobic dance thing, thought it looked fun so I decide to try that out. I only did 15 minutes though cause it was pretty lame lol.
Off to bed to do it all over again in the morning.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Tonight I got onto the elliptical for 20 minutes. I'm going to try to get up early tomorrow morning to get on after I wake up.
One day at a time. One choice this time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I got on the elliptical for 20 before going to work. I hope to get back on tonight to watch Once Upon a Time, but we'll see how that goes. At least I'm ahead of the game. Setting the bar high for good choices today...
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I came home from work with a huge headache. I did a few wall sits for 30-40 seconds each. Off to bed to do it all over again.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I did not sleep well last night. Little brother crawled into our bed at some point and it was a constant game of pinball after that.
I woke up late, didn't get on the elliptical, procrastinated and then got busy ultimately forgetting until really late.
I did bicep curls 3/10 with alternating pronated and supinated hand grips. I'm so bored with my dumbbells. Gotta figure out a way to make it more appealing.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning I got on to my elliptical trainer for 30 minutes before taking the boy to school.
I think I realized today that when I have a bad bad day with my diet it takes me about 2 weeks to recover from that day. I hope I think about and/or remember this the next time I decide it might be cookie time lol.
Totally NOT worth it.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning after I dropped the boy off at school, I came back home, got onto the elliptical for 60 minutes and watched some Fringe.
It feels better being back on a regular schedule again, although I feel like by mentioning it, I'm somehow sabotaging it. Oye.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I woke up this morning feeling much better. I got onto the elliptical for 30 mins and then for an additional 30 mins after dropping the big kid off to school.
I wish al days could be this easy.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do so things in Christ who gives me strength.
Oye I dint feel well at all. I'm starting to spike a fever. Before I started to feel this way I did some floor exercises. I did (tried to do) planks and push ups. Definitely something to improve upon. I also did my measurement this morning. There isn't much change from last month and I gained some weight. Could have been much worse considering the dreaded and regrettable cookie day and the stress I've been under with work.
I still haven't figured out a good format for my measurements so I'm just going to post the way that I did last month until I figure something better out.
246.6
2/5/16
241.1
Hips 53
Waist 44 r index finger length above bb
R/L thigh 27 (9 above crease in leg)
Under breast 38
R arm 13.5 (1/2 way)
15.5 under armpit
L arm 14
16 under armpit
3/1
238.8
Hips 52
Waist 44
Over bb 52
R/L th 26
Under br 36.75
R arm 13
Und armpit 14.5
L arm 14
Und ap 15.5
4/1
237.8 56.6%
Hips 50.5
Waist 43
Over bb 48
Under br 36.5
R/L th 26.5 / 27
R arm 13
15 Und ap
L arm 14
15.25 Und ap
5/9/16
239.8 57.7%
Hips 50
Waist 43
Over bb 50
Under br36.5
R/L th 26.5 / 26
R arm 12.5
Und ap 14.5
L arm 14
Und ap 15
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Man I am so tired, I fell asleep downstairs on the couch like an hour ago. I woke up came upstairs and got dressed for bed and I did 3 sets of 15 squat touches. I call them squat touches because I get into a sumo squat position and then I squat down and touch the floor with my hand and then I get back up completely and then I squat back down and touch the floor again. Squat touches.
Wel, I am gonna do my measurements tomorrow like I said last week. I will be very surprised if there's any positive change this month. I didn't do very well with my diet and I definitely need to get back on track with that. I definitely need to get back on track with exercising in the morning as well. That seems to set me up for a better day and tends to keep me motivated throughout the day as I continue to exercise. I don't know why I can't stick to that. It seems like a foolproof plan!
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning before work I got onto the elliptical for 14 mins. I woke up late and had to do my hair still, but in hindsight Idk why I couldn't hold out for 1 more minute to make it 15 mins. Lol!
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Friday I got onto the elliptical for 20 minutes while processing my hair.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I didn't get on the elliptical this morning, like a dunder-head, anticipating Big Brother staying home from school not feeling well again. Well, he went despite not feeling 100%, I didn't get on the elliptical and it threw me off my game. Everything is affected when I don't exercise early. My mood, my energy and my food choices are always terrible. It's like exercise keeps me in check (I don't want to undo the 40+minutes of exercise that I did that morning).
Anyway I put it off way too long so I punished myself with walking lunges. I really hate lunges. I lost count but I did them for about 5 minutes. They are getting much easier to do which is great, but also stinks bc now I have to make them harder. Boo.
Gotta get up early to exercise. Gotta gotta gotta.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
(Wed)
Well I guesses I'm not surprised, but Big Brother caught whatever Hubby and Little Brother had earlier this week. He vomited all day and into the evening. Luckily, for me, I got onto the elliptical early in the morning, so it didn't become an excuse. I got on for 45 minutes and watched the most recent episode of Once Upon a Time. Not a fan of the actor playing Hades (Greg Germann). I'm still waiting for Ally McBeal to pop out, which ironically I see weekly also, on Supergirl. Now SHE (Kalista Flockhart) is a much better actress!
**On a side note, I have no idea how I underlined the word "better." Totally unintentional and I don't know how to fix it! Ha! (Gotta love posting from a phone).
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning I got onto the elliptical for 43 mins. I thought about posting right after but thought I might do more, but didn't.
This weekend Little Brother was sick. Now, Hubby is sick, going on 2 days. Oye, I hope Big Brother doesn't catch it. I've been washing my hands like crazy, so I'm pretty certain I won't. I hope!
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning I got up early and did 54 minutes on the elliptical. I watched the last episode of Fear the Walking Dead, which I have to say was not as exciting as Blindspot. I can tell bc I only did 1.85 miles in 54 mins today compared to 3.07 miles in 43 mins on Friday. *shrugs*
Have a good night.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today was a work day. I did 5 sets of 15 overhead tricep extensions with 5lb dumbbells. I also did 3 sets of 12 tricep kickbacks with the 5lb dumbbells.
This past week was extremely stressful. I'm in the process of looking for a new job and I'm just super anxious thinking about it. That being said everything I had accomplished with my food choices weber out the door on Wednesday. I feel like I've gained 10 lbs but it's only been 5-7 (cookies are my kriptonite?). Because I blew it for a week, I'm not going to do my measurements for a week just so I don't discourage myself too much. I just want to get back on track and forget that it ever happened. I'll post measurements next Monday. I still never figured out why my phone won't let me upload pics. Someday I'll figure it out. I've got 200+days to figure it out!
Off to bed to get on the elliptical in the morning. It's gonna be a good day because I'm gonna make it one.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Man it's been a rough night. I went to work today and when I got home my youngest son has been sick. He's been throwing up all day long and all night since I've been home. He has been able to go to the bathroom so at least he's not dehydrated. It seems like it might be food poisoning because there is no fever accompanied but I don't know what he could have eaten. He didn't eat anything at all today before he started feeling sick. I am exhausted so I'm going to bed. Before this so I did 3 sets of 10 squats. I have to get up in the morning for work again. Ugh.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I got some really good sleep last night. I was able to get up early this morning and get on the elliptical for 43 minutes. It's so much easier to continue with great habits when you start with great habits first thing in the morning. And it's also a huge sigh of relief when the day starts to wind down and I've already completed a chunk of exercise. It just makes it that much easier.
Off to work in the morning. I pray this weekend silk be ok. Looking forward to Monday when it'll be over!
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I'm posting this a day late because I did not feel well at all yesterday. I've been really stressed and I've had a lot of anxiety due to some changes that I've had at work. I'm really surprised at how it affecting me physically. I'm also really surprised to see that I AM a stress eater. I don't think I ever realized that about myself or maybe my stress levels have just never been this high. I'm trying to find another job and just put this passed me.
I forced myself to do 3 sets of 10 lunges and then I fell asleep. I was out cold for the rest of the night. It's probably the best sleep that I had gotten in a long time. Oye.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I take it easy with the exercise because I woke up pretty sore from all the gardening I did yesterday.
I just did 3 sets of 15 preacher curls with my 8-pound weights and forearm rolls 3 sets of 15 as well.
I've been playing with my diet recently I read somewhere that to spacing your food out all throughout the day is not a good idea if your trying to lose weight and burn your own body fat. He explained it in a way that made total sense. He said eating small meals all day long is like somebody delivering good food too you all throughout the day. Would you ever make an effort to get your own food if it was being delivered constantly? That's how this guy explained eating all throughout the day was. So, instead of having lots of multiple meals or snacks I have just been eating just 3 meals a day and we will see how that works at the end of this month.
I don't think this would be good for someone that has blood sugar issues, as you are trying to control your levels, and this would cause 3 spikes a day.
Anyway, so far so good! It's only been a week so we will see :).
One day at a time. One choice at a time. I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I almost forgot to post.
This morning I did 30 mins on the elliptical and another 2 hours of general gardening (moving/removing rock, digging holes, planting flowers and herbs). I'm exhausted.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I got onto the elliptical 3 different times throughout the day. This morning I got on for 30 minutes before school. Then I got on this afternoon for 20 minutes before picking the kid up from school and I just did an additional 30 minutes, just to boost my steps up to over 10,000 steps.
Off to bed.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I worked and it was a much better day than yesterday even though I didn't get enough sleep. I had so much anxiety that I was up between 3am and 5am, and when I finally fell asleep my alarm went off to go to work.
So tired. ..
Anyway, I did a ton of shoulder shrugs, like 10 sets of 10 (need to increase resistance) and 4 sets of 10 front deltoid extensions.
Offto bed.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
It was a long, long day and I'm just ready for it to be over with. I did 4 sets of 10 lunges (each leg). Off to do it all over again tomorrow. Oye.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
So you'd think (well probably more me than you) that after 100+ days of exercise in a row, I'd be less likely to procrastinate. Nope, I still struggle. I know that if I don't do it first thin in the morning, then I won't do it. It's a reoccurring issue with me. Bad choices. I know better.
Anyway, today I procrastinated and ended up just doing strength training. Four sets of 10 squats and 3 sets of combo bicep/tricep extensions. Gonna try to get up early before work like last weekend, I just hope little brother doesn't wander in here in the middle of the night again. It's always the worst kind of sleep when you're half awake/ half asleep anticipating a kick in the gut or head. Oye.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning I got onto the elliptical for 30 mins (surprise, surprise lol). I have been increasing my resistance and elevation lately when on, just to switch it up a bit.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning I got onto the elliptical for 30 mins before starting the day. I need to go to bed earlier to wake up earlier. Gonna try this tonight.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I really don't know what my problem is with posting these. I feel like I've posted, then I go to post the next day and see that I haven't. My days are mending together.
I got onto the elliptical for 45 mins.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Totally forgot to post today. I got on the elliptical twice today for a total of 70 minutes. First thing after waking up for 20 minutes, and then for a second time, later in the morning, for and additional 50 minutes.
I've been on track with my food as well. Not sure where the sudden motivation came from lol.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today was a work day, but I made a conscious decision to exercise, while at work. I snacked all day long and instead of eating lunch, I walked the entire time, around the perimeter of the hospital. I think I gave myself blisters, cause these boots sure weren't made for walking LOL. It was nice to get outside especially since the weather isn't scorching yet. I got in over 10k steps at lunch, and periodically walking in place.
All in all, it was a good day for a work day :).
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I woke up early this morning and got on the elliptical for 20 minutes before work.
I got in almost 10k steps, which is great for a work day.
I'm exhausted so I'm going to bed.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I did the same thing as yesterday. I got onto the elliptical first thing this morning for 30 minutes before dropping the kid off at school. I just got off the elliptical for the second time today for an additional 40 minutes. I also completed my 10000 step goal which is something that I want to be more diligent about doing.
One day at a time. When you have time. I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I'm just now seeing that my post from yesterday didn't publish and is still a draft, so I'm going to publish that at the same time as this post.
I just got off of the elliptical trainer for the second time today. I just did 35 minutes and this morning I woke up and did 30 minutes.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I got onto the elliptical for 30 minutes this morning, first thing after waking up, and I just got off again for an additional 40 minutes. I feel much better about how things went today. It really is all about the choices that we make in every moment (at least for me). I keep seeing videos of this woman jumping around and doing all these plyometrics and calisthenics and stuff and it looks like so much fun. I hope I can do those things again. I know it'll take time but with good choices I'll get there again.
One day at a time. Once we set a time. I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
One of my biggest problems with this challenge is finding motivation on the days when I don't exercise first thing in the morning. It becomes a game of wills and I almost always lose.
I thought forcing myself to blog before noon would help, which for the most part does, except for on days like today when I had to be at work for a meeting at 7am. I didn't get home until almost 1pm with all the errands we ran afterwards, and that killed the day for blogging and exercising (this is my problem on the weekends also with work). My motivation goes out the door. I guess this is where the "one choice at a time," part comes in, but I guess i struggle with that also, which is why I have to tell myself this everyday.
Anyway today could have been better, and would have been if I didn't have that last minute meeting.
Tonight I did static holds in a bicep curl 1-2 mins each while pulsing inward to feel my deltoids working. I was watching those little cooking tutorials from Tasty and Tip Hero that float all over FB, hence the varied times (I watched 6 videos).
So tired. Off to bed. I HAVE to get out of this rutt and start exercising in the morning again.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Yesterday (Monday) I got onto the elliptical and started to watch Fear The Walking Dead but kept getting interrupted by phone calls (I don't get phone service in my bedroom where my elliptical trainer is). Nonetheless, I got in 45 minutes of consecutive time before the interruptions started so I will just count that. Not bad.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I can't believe that I forgot to blog for 2 days! On this day Sunday, was a work day, so I got onto the elliptical trainer after work for 15 minutes.
One day at a time. One choice at a time. I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today was a crazy day at work.
I'm exhausted but I did a bunch of walking lunges before getting ready for bed I did 60 walking lunges and total so I guess that would be 30 on each side.
I'm hoping to get cancelled tomorrow if I could do I plan to start my week off better than last week one choice at a time right?
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today was not a great day. Little brother brought me to my breaking point again. I hope this phase ends soon.
I did 3/12 tricep overhead extensions with 8# and 3/10 tricep kickbacks with 5#.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I procrastinated waaaay too much with exercise. I had all these plans and all of them just fell through. My youngest son was just not having any of it today so I kept putting it off for later and later and later and I ended up just working with weights tonight instead of getting on the elliptical.
I did 3 sets of 10 bent over rows with my 8-pound dumbbells and I did 3 sets of 10 deadlifts also with my both of my 8-pound dumbbells.
I hope to go to bed early and not procrastinate sleep lol, so that I can wake up early and exercise on the elliptical. It's supposed to rain so that makes for a nice indoor day.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Hey I already got into bed and just remembered that I needed to post this. I didn't post for yesterday either! I don't know where my brain has been.
Anyway today I watched iZombie and I got in an hour on the elliptical trainer. I'm exhausted so I'm going to bed.
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I forgot to post for this day! I did 45 minutes on the elliptical watching something that I had saved on DVR (Blindspot).
One day at a time. One choice to the time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning when I woke up I was hoping that my butt would be sore from all of the pulsing squats but it wasn't. So I got onto the elliptical for 93 minutes and watch The Walking Dead season finale. Now it's sore LOL.
I also redid my measurements and I save them somewhere else so that if blogger acts up again at least I don't lose my data. I'm also going to try to attach pictures again but I'm not sure if it will work.
I was embarrassed to post my way to end my inches butt I guess now that I know that they're temporary I shouldn't be afraid to post them. Also it's the truth, so I shouldn't be ashamed. Maybe posting my numbers will make someone out there feel less self-conscious about themselves. I'll also include the previous two measurements that I had for the previous months. Here we go:
Start weight: 246.6
2/5/16
241.1#
Hips 53"
Waist 44"
R/L thigh 27" / 27"
Chest 38"
R arm 13.5" (1/2 way)
15.5" under armpit
L arm 14"
16" under armpit
3/1
238.8#
Hips 52"
Waist 44"
Across belly button 52"
R/L th 26" / 26"
Chest 36.75"
R arm 13"
Und armpit 14.5"
L arm 14"
Und a.p. 15.5"
4/1
237.8#
Hips 50.5" (-2.5")
Waist 43" (-1")
Over bb 48" (-4"!!!)
Chest 36.5" (1.5)
R/L th 26.5" / 27" (-.5" / -0")
R arm 13" (-.5")
15" Und ap (-.5")
L arm 14" (-0")
15.25" Und ap (-.25")
I started measuring over my belly button because I could see after the first month that there was visual change and so I wanted to be able to see if numbers as well for added motivation.
I could not add pictures so I'll have to upload them to a computer and add them that way.
One day at a time. When do I set a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today at work, my butt was so sore! Sounds silly but those pulsing squats I did yesterday did the job! I love the feeling of sore muscles after you've worked them. It means you did a good job!
That being said, I did more tonight. This time I did 5 sets of 30 pulsing squats. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today after work I did 3 sets of 30 pulsing squats. It doesn't seem like a lot but squats always kick your butt when you least expect it. :)
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I got onto the elliptical (with my lipstick on ;-)) for an hour and watched the last episode of the season of PLL.
I also did my weigh-in and measurements AND took a picture!
Back in 2009 when I completed this challenge the first time, I didn't lose much weight, but saw a lot of inches come off. I am seeing a repeat this year lol.
This month I lost 1lb, for a total of 8.8 lbs lost, but lost a bunch of inches.
I'm a little mad bc I did my measurements this morning but after going to retrieve them just now, my old phone deleted them, along with the other previous months. I have to find a better system then relying on blogger mobile, bc frankly it sucks.
I remember losing 2? inches off my hips, 2 off my waist one off my arms, I think... and one off of my bust. I'll just have to do them again. So mad!
Here is an April 1 pic. I chose this dress bc I think it gives an honest representation of my curves, and if I start shrinking, I think it will show that.
I'll post measurements later, by Monday at the latest.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Update: blogger won't let me attach any pics without crashing, so I'll have to figure out how to attach them later #bloggersucks
Today I procrastinated. All day. I did everything else under the sun, including cleaning old clothes or of the closet, washing them (3 loads) and bagging them for donation. Then I did the dishes. I hate the dishes so that just shows how much I procrastinated.
THEN, when I finally decided to suck it up and do it, I couldn't find the "shoes" (they are like indoor sock/slippers that I only wear on the elliptical bc I can't feel the tread with them and regular shoes are too restricting). I found them before bed in my son's room.
Anyway I decided to just lift instead, and I lifted until fatigue, which didn't take much lol (my arms and shoulders are quivering right now!)
I only did 2 sets of each of 15-20 reps, with my 8#ers, front raises, shoulder shrugs and side bends. My arms are shaking so badly right now that it's becoming difficult to type/"swipe" this on my phone! Of to bed and will try for a better day.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Well, my husband brought me a new phone to play around with until I decide what to get. So far, the Blogger app is working better for me... for now. :)
Today I got into lipstick with two different times I got on this morning for 25 minutes and I got on again this afternoon for another 50 minutes. The longer durations are starting to become pretty easy for me which is great so I think I'm going to start playing with the incline and resistance. I really like playing with my weights while I'm on the elliptical also. It's like multi-tasking but with exercise lol.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I just got off the elliptical trainer for 90 minutes. I watch Despicable Me 2 with my youngest son. I also did bicep curls 3 sets of 20 with 5 pounds and triceps extensions also three sets of 20 with 5 pounds, while on the elliptical.
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning I got on to the elliptical trainer for 53 minutes and watch The Walking Dead.
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Tonight I did static holds. I worked my biceps again and also my triceps. I can feel them now and I love it!
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today was a work day, in the closet so I didn't get many steps in. I got home 2 hours late so I'm exhausted. I did 3 sets of 10 biceps curls and 3 sets of 10 overhead extensions. Off to bed.
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I just got off the elliptical after watching another movie. It was an hour and 48 minutes long. It wasn't as good as yesterday's movie but it did the job. Lol. I got in my 10k steps for the day also.
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I got onto elliptical trainer and I watched an entire movie! It was an hour and 45 minutes long and I got in all of my 10,000 steps before 11 a.m. Woo hoo! This is the way everyday should be. Now if only I could find movies entertaining enough to watch everyday haha.
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Totally forgot to post. Did 85 mins on the elliptical and is 14k steps.
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Tonight I did 3 sets of 10 biceps curls with my 8lbers. Wow my arms are sore from the bike. Exhausted and off to bed.
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I did 3 sets of 20 squats.
I feel like I need to step up my game. It's been 70 days and I don't feel like I am doing anything more than what I was doing before. I need to change something. I think I am going to blog before noon everyday instead of at night, to force myself to exercise earlier, therefore forcing myself to be more active each day. It's science. An object in motion, stays in motion.
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Tonight I fit on the elliptical for 25 mins.
Hope this posts!
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I'm having a really hard time with Blogger's app and my computer runs like mud. Everytime I type a post, Blogger deletes it and I have to retype or copy/paste it 5-6 times to publish something. Pictures work so I'll be using screen shots for now.
I got on the elliptical for 15 mins tonight. Gotta start waking up earlier again...
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
*fingers crossed*
I hope this works...
Today I fell asleep and woke myself up to exercise. I did 3 sets of 15 tricep overhead extensions.
Back to bed...I hope this posts
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Stupid phone keeps deleting my entry!
10 mins elliptical
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
I totally forgot to blog last night's exercise. I always seem to do that right before work. Anyway I did a combo bicep curl and overhead press with dumbbells. I did three sets of 12. And they also did a bent over lat pulls. Also three sets of 12.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
This morning i got onto the Elliptical again for 30 minutes. Today is my 10 year anniversary with my husband and so I didn't do anything else. We got home not too long ago and I'm exhausted so I'm going to go to bed.
One day at a time
one choice at a time
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength
This morning I got on to the elliptical for 30 minutes. Getting to bed early Deathly helps me to wake up early and I feel better want to exercise in the morning, so that's my plan for tomorrow.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
So this morning I did my measurements and weigh in like I said I would. I have all these numbers and am not sure how to make them look pretty. I didn't take as many as I did during my 2009 challenge bc...well IDK. Laziness? Also, I think part of me doesn't really care how many inches I lost off of my calves lol (although I know I have bc my boots aren't tight anymore!). I think I saved some of my Feb measurements over my Jan measurements cause they don't make sense. I'll try to figure it out later and make something similar to last time.
I lost 2.3 lbs this month, but an inch off of my hips, thighs, and arms, and 2 inches off of my chest. I don't know if these measurements I'm comparing to are Jan or Feb numbers, but either way, I'm happy.
I've lost almost 8 lbs (7.8 lbs) since Jan 1st. Slow and steady is what I want.
This morning I did 40 mins on the elliptical and forgot to put my fitbit back on. Yaar!! I hate when I do that! Oh well.
Have a good night!
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Almost forgot to post the pic Hubby took! Haha! I'll post a real one later. I did decide to do it in my normal everyday clothing instead of exercise clothes though. G'N!
This morning I woke up and got onto the elliptical trainer for 20 minutes and then I got on again this evening for another 20 minutes. Tomorrow is the first of the month and I guess that means that I have to do measurements and a picture and all that jazz... Maybe I'll get around to getting a picture if I can get my husband to do it. I doubt there's been much change I just haven't felt like my heart is been in it at all this past month. We'll see.
One day at a time. one choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
Today I had a pretty active day at work. They floated me down to the emergency room and so I was able to get in a lot of steps (it was cray-cray). I was able to get in 8k steps of my 10,000 step goal for the day, on a work day, which is pretty amazing! Normally I get in like no more than 3,000 steps on a work day.
I completed my 10,000 steps on the elliptical and watch the rest of an episode on Netflix. I ended the day with 10,200 steps and 15 minutes on the elliptical.
I've been praying about the issues that I'm having with my minutes And God as reason why I got into that job so if he wants me to continue I know that he can fix this problem, that I know that I can't. I really thought I was going to have problems sleeping last night but then I just remembered my favorite scripture Philippians 4:4-7. Versus 6-7 really helped my anxiety:
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God.
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Lay your worries at His and He'll take care of the rest.
One day at a time. One choice at a time.
I can do all things in Christ who gives me strength.
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