Get in shape

I skipped the gym today! I’ve been sick the last few days so I have lost a little momentum, plus today was my first day back to work after 11 days off and I am exhausted. I skipped the gym today but I will be back there on my next regular workout day (Friday).

I have been on vacation all week and I have gone to the gym 5 out of the 6 days, and I had a really good workout each day. I have also been eating good including last night when we went out to dinner and drinks with friends. We chose a mediteranian resturaunt that had a lot of healthy choices on their menu, so that is what I went for. And we only had a few beers and went home. On a night like that we would normally consume a lot more than a few beers and after the drinking was over we would always pig out at a diner on greasy diner food. Instead we went home early and I had a snack later on of hummos and whole wheat pita bread…mmmm!

Finally, after 6 months of working out I have conquered the elliptical machine!

It has always felt awkward to me when I get on it, as if I am too tall or my legs are too long to do it properly. Plus I would get on it and be tired within 30 seconds.

For some reason I decided to give it a second try this week! The first day I did it for a while 7 minutes…and then the next day I was real motivated and I did 20 minutes! Today I did 23 minutes on level 2! I am so excited because now I really feel like I am getting a good workout. And I really look forward to going back and doing more!

The whole time my heart rate was up around 160 which is where I need to be in order to start burning fat!

I just HAVE to get focused on this goal!!!! I have been going to the gym pretty regularly lately, but I still have really poor eating habits! This last month and a half has been stressful, but it is not an excuse; I should be eating better.

At one point I had lost 5 pounds and that was after a week of eating really good. But since then I gained the 5 back and probably plus some. I can just imagine that if I were to eat the way a healthy person is supposed to eat then I would be looking hot right now in my bathing suit! But instead I go to the gym all the time and sweat, only to offset it with fast food, sweets and yukky fatty food!!!

Tonight while I was sitting here eating chinesse food (ughhh!) somthing made me come to this site. It’s been months since I have even come to this site to look at my goals so this must be my calling (or more like screaming). It’s just soooo hard because I love food! And it’s not like I’m overweight; I look normal so it’s easy for me to trick myself into thinking that I can eat whatever I want whenever I want. I need to stop!

I’ve been feeling under the weather these last few weeks so I haven’t been going to the gym as often or putting in as much effort as I would have liked. I had a day off from work today so I went and spent 2 quality hours at the gym. I think I’m back on track now.

I had a little set back over the weekend. We went out to dinner with some friends and I didn’t eat all that bad but the alcohol was flowing and we decided to hit up some bars afterwards. I ended up drinking a lot so I can’t imagine how many calories I consumed. The next day was the worst part because I had a hangover so needless to say I didn’t make it to the gym. I started out the day not eating too much but when my appetite came back I ended up drinking a McDonalds milkshake, a grilled cheese sandwich, french fries and french onion soup! YUK! No nutritional value whatsoever! Yesterday and today were spent getting back into the swing of things.

At work today we had what we call a “food day” which is basically a pot luck. We did it for one of our co-workers last day. I had good intentions by brining in a low calorie fruit salsa, but my co-workers did not have such good intentions with their cookies, cupcakes, chicken wings, soda, potato chips, and peperoni & cheese (yes those are all the things I ate)!!!! Oh god I feel like crap! But I went strait from work to the gym and I worked extra hard for that. I hope I don’t do that again! :(

I just finished 1 full week of working out at the gym and I feel good. In the past I have had a fear of gyms for some reason; they were always intimidating to me and I would never go alone. I have overcome this quickly and I go almost every day by myself. On days that we are able to, my husband and I go together. The next challenge is going to be working out my gym schedule with my work schedule since my work schedule is going to be changing. I’m counting on my boss to let me leave early one night a week so that I can make sure I go at least four times a week and no more than two days off in between workouts. I will hopefully find out about that tomorrow. I hope she has good news because there is only one more week of working days and then I go back to working 10am-9pm.

I went to the gym 3 times in the first week! I’m going to shoot for 4 time this week!

After several failed attempts of becoming physically fit, I have committed myself to trying again. My husband and I signed up for a 3 YEAR gym membership! It’s going to cost me a lot of money so I will hate myself if I don’t make it worth my time. I am a little sore after my first workout yesterday but I am motivated. I am also eating healthy. After day 3 of no pizza, fast food, chocolate, or whatever else I can get my hands on, I am having cravings…but I’m fighting it. Right now I am about 5’6” tall and I weigh about 155 pounds. My goal is to drop about 10 pounds. The number of pounds really doesn’t matter to me actually; what matters the most is that I get in shape, tone my body so I look good and feel better about myself, and live a long healthy life. Wish me luck!