Progress Not Regress
Hey ladies!! Glad to see some of you are still out there reading!! Makes me feel better :) I miss you gals...But I tell you that all the time, never stop believing me tho!
Well, my session with the personal trainer went GREAT!! She was so nice and attentive and really opened my eyes to some things as far as exercise goes. I learned to slooooowww down when I'm doing repetitions of any kind. I usually speed through them to get through them but I learned that's not the correct way, oops!! I also learned about resistance training. If you haven't tried it, DO IT!! It will change your mind about exercising I promise. I always thought that you had to do cardio to lose weight and get your body in shape...Well after an hour session of resistance training and talking to the personal trainer, I have a new outlook. I did an hour of resistance training, only doing cardio to get warmed up and to raise my heart rate...By the end of the session I was sweating and breathing hard!! It has made me a believer. I had my 2nd session with her yesterday and we did more resistance training. I only did 7 minutes of cardio and the rest was resistance training and lets just say I was again sweating like crazy so I know my body was getting a work out.
Yesterday I was a mad woman in the gym..After the hour session with the personal training, I was feeling adventageous and decided to do the spinning class (which is an hour) OMG!!!! Bye the time it was over my legs were wobbly, and today my whole body is SORE!!!! It's a good sore but dayum! I had to have burned a good 1000 calories yesterday. Today I think I'm going to take it easy and just do about 35-40 minutes on the elliptical and some abs.
My living arrangement with my uncle isn't so bad...I mean I still don't have privacy and I still don't have internet but it could be worse...alot worse so I'm thankful and I'll probably just end up sticking it out through the summer...I mean my internship allows me to do a lot of traveling so it's no TOO bad! Like next week, I'll be out of town for 4 days so I'll have the nice privacy of a hotel, on my jobs expense! Plus they're paying for meals and mileage...See why I love my job?! Lol. And the days where I need a break from the fam I can stay with one of my sorority sisters so I'll be just fine.
So, my ex is still trying to get back with me...He keeps going on and on about him changing...and the months we've been apart he's really realized what we had and wants to make it better than it ever has....He's taken me out to dinner and a jazz club, he's visited me at work...He's doing all the things I would have normally fell for but this time I just don't know...I still love him and he's still sexy (especially in that cop uniform) but how do I know if he's really changed? How do I know if he's serious? I don't think I'm ready to take that risk...Other than his last mess up we had a great relationship, I can honestly say and we'd be perfect together if I knew that he really has changed...But my heart isn't ready to take that chance again...*sigh*
Ok....I'm off to get my nails and eyebrows done, then to the gym..You guys have a great evening!
P.S.- Please pray for my grandmother. She was admitted into the hospital, she is having some problems and we've been playing the waiting game all day to get word of what is actually up with her. I love that woman so very much it's killing me that she's there and I'm not. So please pray for her.
There are times my heart rate is ever bit as with resistance training as cardio. You DEFINATELY need both. Cardio alone will just make you a smaller version of what you already are. Resistance training will change the SHAPE of your body!!! 