I know, I know ! I should check in more often.
I had a goal of getting in 5 workout days last week. I only did 4 days. I could beat myself up over it but it wouldn't do me any good. I must say that 4 workouts in one week is much better than ZERO! 
I was away from fitness for quite some time and it has been helping me to ease back into it.
This week has been busy.
I have felt pretty much like crap all week!
Starting to come down with a sore throat and sniffles. and TOM has totally drained me on top of the cold. To be completely honest I felt like reverting back to my old habits and not working out at all this week.
I certainly was not perfect but I did make it to the fitness class 3 times this week. Again much better than not at all. In fact as rough a I feel I am very pleased with my progress.
I am hoping to workout tomorrow morning (that is where I messed up last week was not working out Saturday morning) I am actually staying up later than I did last week, too.
I have been doing a lot of listening to audio's on mindset and reading on it. I am excited about some of the stuff I have been reading and or listening to.
I have been focusing on the positive. Instead of beating myself up for not going to class Monday and Tuesday ( I had an appointment at my sons school and I took my 3 year old to preschool. Both valid things to spend my time doing.)But instead of being mad at myself for not working out on those days I instead focused on how my workouts felt. I have been re- reading Strength For Life by Shawn Phillips. So I was really trying to focus on my workouts and how they felt instead of mindlessly plugging away. I did notice more concentration during the weight sets. I also noticed I am feeling much stronger with my push ups. The first two weeks back to working out I swear those push- ups nearly killed me. Just kidding but they seemed tough. So even as bad as I felt this week. I felt stronger!!!!! I FELT STRONGER! YES!!!
So much more going on this week. My oldest son was living with my brother( he actually works for my brother) and got his own apartment this week.
Anyway I didn't actually weigh in this week. I felt bloated and didn't want to ruin my mood by stepping on that dumb scale. I have been eating pretty good( not as clean as I would like yet.) but still progress in comparison to where I had let myself slide back to. I just didn't have time to track my calories. Daily plate is the coolest for that but it's still time consuming. So I am just going to focus on exercising and eating healthy food.
Sometimes it is tempting to rush this process. But it is all about life changes not losing weight right NOW!
One of the mind exercises I have been doing has been to visualize where I will be 1 year from now if I don't keep exercising and eating right. Well Jan 08 I weighed 197. Jan 09 I was back up to 217. If I visualize what this will look like a year from now I would be back up over my highest weight ever. Then visualize what 5 years will look like or even 10.......... Not a pretty visualization. I have been trying to associate this pain of living in such a horrible state, the feelings etc with images in my mind of the inactive lifestyle, the fast food etc.
Then on the flip side of that visualizing where I will be, what I will look like, what I will feel like 1 year from today if I am eating healthy foods, drinking lots of water, moving my body, enjoying the exercise and the energy, strength and vitality it brings. Visualizing myself in my ideal body. Knowing that if I stay active 5 years from now ,10 years I will still feel strong and healthy.
I choose what I will feel like in the future. I am liking the idea of the healthy, energetic active vision. And I am choosing to use the other images in my mind to distance me from the old me!
I suppose I should try and get some sleep. Have a blessed day or night whichever time it is when you actually read this ! Shawn
I am sometimes a rather boring person. My creative juices have slowed....... Oh well ....... I guess I should start posting my workouts or how well I have been eating or.......You know stuff you should be reading on a weight loss blog!!
I know there are not many drive- in movie theaters left. I went a lot as a kid, but a lot of them that were around when I was young have been torn down. It's cool that I live fairly close to one of the last few in the state.
Shawn 