two days after my first 8 minute ABS and ARMS workout, i can still feel muscles that i hadn't felt in a long time. it is a good kind of pain. almost like my muscles are waking up.
oh... and yesterday was the first time since october (when i started this new job) that i haven't been hungry all day and done something about it. i wasn't starving for breakfast. drank a coffee cup filled with water instead of scrounging around for something to eat. felt no need for a mid-morning snack. and then for lunch, i didn't eat my chips OR cookies. =)
my daughter makes our lunches on sunday evening for the week. she makes our lunches virtually identical and they are even because she is so keen on being absolutely fair. my little virgo.
then ate a sensible supper last night.
it is almost like i can feel metabolism picking up again. =) i like the feeling. plus i'm strangely not as cold as i was before. as if the blood in my veins is literally warming to the idea of working these tired muscles.
oh & i had forgotten how much my neck muscles would hurt after doing the 8 minute ABS. wow.
i exercised for 30 minutes. i took photos but "uh no" i'm not posting 'em. ~shakes head~ the pictures were worse than my before picture. ~shutters~
this morning i found my 8 minute ABS, ARMS, LEGS, and BUNS dvds. and i actually did the ABS and ARMS this morning. i even used 3 pound weights to do the ARMS workout. =)
i intend to do the LEGS and BUNS version this evening.
thanks again for the comments and words of encouragement. knowing that i was accountable to ya'll forced me to finally get off my bottom and exercise. i can't express in words how much ya'll mean to me.
it is by far the most embarassing picture of myself that i've ever allowed anyone but close family and friends to see. the picture was taken in april of 2006.
the photographer was either my boyfriend or one of my parents. and there were no ill intentions regarding the taking of the photograph other than to document me hiding the easter eggs from my daughter.
i was in such denial about my weight during this time that i sold my very expensive weight watchers scale at a yard sale. it was difficult to find photographs that were of my whole person.
my reasoning in choosing my BEFORE picture was to encourage me to get healthy and look much better at every angle.
i was the girl who would forget to eat. and then when my daughter and i were forced to live with my parents for over a year (well, that combined with my mom reminding me to eat AND to feed my daughter)... i went from a size 4 to size 8 between may and august 2000. uh yeah... and then during the following year, i went up to size 10, 12, and finally to a 14.
i've even tried on maternity clothes (though i'm not pregnant) in hopes of finding clothes that fit a bit better.
why don't they make adjustable jeans for women??? my daughter had several pairs when she was 4 and 5 years old from the gap.
i promise to you kimquilts55 that i am going to go to the fitness center at my apartment complex after work today and work out for a minimum of 30 minutes. even if those 30 minutes are spent on the treadmill. i will exercise today.
now, hold me to it. i will take my treo with me and take a picture during the workout as proof. sweat doesn't lie. =)
i'd like to lose 40 pounds... heck, who am i kidding? i want to be a size 4 and weigh between 120 & 125 but i'll be happy with 130 - 135. which is just over 40 pounds lower than the present number i see when i step on the scale.
i have a small frame. but for some reason, few believe me when i state the number on the scale.
i am realistic enough to know that i will never be 105 pounds again. not unless i get divorced again and am clinically depressed.
