This blog is going to hit on a few different health & fitness topics I’ve come upon during my personal weight loss journey. Lately I’ve felt like everything I am working isn’t making a difference. I’ve been working out and eating under my calorie goal but I don’t physically see a difference. Saturdays are my weigh-in/measure day. Last Saturday hadn’t been very good nor the week before. Two weeks ago I had gained weight (about Read more
My oh my… I haven’t written in quite some time! I recently went on a trip to San Diego. I want to write a post about that but I need to go through & pick out the best pictures to go with it. I only took 400 pictures while there. 😉 So be on the look out for this post in the near future. I am planning on really focusing on my running and working Read more
I started doing P90X last weekend and what it has forced me to realize is how bad I have let myself get. I have been working on my stretching and running at the gym but with P90X I have been forced to see how weak I am, how not flexible, how mushy my core had become and how little balance I have. I used to be a dance. My whole world was flexibility and balance. Read more
Today I made a list of all the workouts/exercise I like or want to try. Running Dance (ballet, jazz, tap, modern, hip hop) Biking Rollerblading Pilates P90X Boxing Kickboxing MMA Weight lifting Hockey Basketball Volleyball Hiking I think that pretty much covers it. In the past I was a dancer. Now I am a runner. I want to get back to biking and rollerblading (when it’s not over 100 degrees out!) I hike occasionally but would love Read more
To 3.6 pounds lost! Also my measurements have gone down also! Measurement Before (July) Now (August) Neck 13.5 13.25 Waist 38.0 37.0 Natural Waist 36.0 34.0 Hips 43.0 Read more
With this weeks excessive heat warning and me running all over the place (in & out, in & out), I didn’t get to the gym much at all. I did get in a few short walks while running around for work. I feel bad but this heat is truly affecting me. I know I work out in a gym but being in and out all day, standing in humid buildings has made me completely exhausted. Read more
I had a weird experience at the gym last night. I was doing my normal routine (warm up 5 minutes, run 3 walk 2) and had reached the 18 minute mark. I suddenly started to feel lightheaded/dizzy and it felt like all the heat was trapped in my body. I slowed to a slow walk but had to stop after 2 minutes. I just wasn’t feeling better. I went and sat down for about 10 Read more
I had the opportunity to get two new books on my kindle so of course I took it. Who can turn down new reading material? The books I received were The Hangman’s Daughter and it’s follow-up, The Dark Monk by German author Oliver Potzsch (imagine the o having an umlaut over it). The books are historical fiction based on the author’s executioner relatives. I was definitely presently surprised at how quickly I read through Read more
I tried this new Bic razor out last week and let me just say, wow! I was impressed. So impressed I yelled out to the BF, “THIS RAZOR IS SO SMOOTH!”. His reaction wasn’t quite as enthusiastic as mine. He basically asked, “Aren’t all new razors smooth?” Men, they just don’t get it. 😉 This was the smoothest, new razor I have ever used. It also didn’t feel like I would nick my skin as Read more
This week I took a step in the right direction. I haven’t been feeling fully happy with myself lately and realized I haven’t worked out seriously and consistently in about a year. A gym will be opening up across the street from my house but not until fall/winter. I kept contemplating what to do until then. I thought about working out outside but where I live you pretty much need to go at 4am to avoid the Read more