Sorry I didn’t make a post yesterday, I ran out of time, literally!!
Last day of week 2 LiveFit made me want to do more and more!! Shoulders and abs were the poison for the day. I have never been a fan of working my shoulders and I do work on abs when I teach Pilates on Mondays and wednesdays, but as I have said before I think I was only half hardly working them. I was feeling good, I was pushing the weights and working to the point that my muscles were a bit shaky. Thats a good thing last time I looked ;)
Once I finished the 3 sets of exercises I just wasn’t ready to be done so I got up on that horrible and dastardly stair climber. 15 min again was the goal and I stepped it up to level 7. At about min 4… I was wishing I had left it at level 5 like the day before!! Sweat dripping from the end of my nose and my legs were burning at each lift!! Ok, maybe. And that is a big MAYBE!! I could learn to like this thing. By min 15 I was so excited! I had been singing along to the music and looking around the gym, watching the stock ticker on the bottom of the T.V. Scroll by, opened twitter on my phone and read tweets!!! Anything to keep me from watching as the seconds ticked off on the clock!!! Then there it was 30 seconds!!! And in my head was the sound of lovely cherubs singing! Finally DONE!
So. Now what?? Is that it?? I was sweaty and out of breath and happy to be done with the stair master yet I wanted more. i guess you could say i was feelin like i ate my wheeties today!! So I did 10 min more of abs!! By the time I am done with this I still have energy. Where is it coming from?? I haven’t felt like this for so long. I don’t want a coke, I don’t want to simply go home and climb in the chair and curl up with a movie, a blanket and a bag of chips!! This is what I have been needing.
I worked, I ate my meals like I was supposed to do, I took my vitamins, I drank my protein drink ( yummy yummy for real!!) and I have all the energy that I need to keep going!! In fact after the gym I came home got a quick shower and change and off to the song writers showcase for a great night of raising money for the local YMCA. I finally got home about 11:30. Sleepy! That was the word at that point. I am sleeping much more soundly now that I am working out.
So today is Saturday and it was an off day. I felt like I really wanted to get to the gym and do something. Something!!! But I didn’t I held to the plan. But tomorrow, I am going for a run. Like I have mentioned I want to run at least 2 half marathons this year and there is a wonderful 10K here in town that I am super excited to get to run this year. I have to get some milage in where ever and when ever I can. Tomorrow I will not go to the gym. I will keep to the plan I promise!! Ill get up eat my breakfast, drink a cup of coffee to get me going and then off for a run!! Oh, and tomorrow is measurement day. I have decided to take my measurements every other week and take a picture. I will post the numbers but I wont be posting the pictures yet, Imo simply not that brave yet.
Since I have been doing this little blog and experiment for myself I have been looking for some tips and places to help keep me motivated. Below are two sites you may want to check out they were interesting.
This is a great article that I think most women would benefit from reading. Little facts that make a big difference in our thinking about training our bodies. Hope you like it.
This is a great site with wonderful tips!!
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