EllieBlunt

Photogragh by Bre Pettis

It has been my habit to do one posting a day…and maybe you notice that days go by between postings. Does this mean I am not working on my goals. No, it just means that I either run out of time to post or the time is not right. So, today, I think I will update at least one other goal (actually adding one) as well as this one because they sort of go together. Plus it would be good to be caught up.

Yes, I made progress in my guerilla marketing goal. I actual – gasp and sigh – I went to the library and checked out the most recent copy of Guerrilla Marketing : Secrets for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business by Jay Conrad Levinson. I even read the first chapter, which discusses the difference between traditional marketing and guerilla marketing. I think the latter sounds much more like me. It is a definite mind set and seems based around give and take (more toward giving). Though the term guerilla may have some hostile connotations to it, I think this may be a much more enlightened way to incorporate marketing into one’s business.

Photo by fionaandneil

I had a date. Yep and yes, my partner knew all about it. He even drove me to it.

I had a date with a personal trainer. Why not. I am in the business of helping people lose weight and I have never been to a trainer myself. Seems like the thing to do. And do I did.

My trainer and I first sat down to talk about my goals (to continue to lose my now 15 pounds, maintain the weight I want to be, and be overall more in shape). Then he weighed me and did a bit of math. Basically, what he discovered is that I have a good metabolism and am a healthy eater (I wish my partner would stop telling people that I am more of a junk food alcoholic than he is – I love junk food, but I try to keep it out of the house). My body fat is high, though, somewhere around 37 percent. I need to get this number down at least ten points to be in a healthy range.

Then we set up a fitness plan that would fit my schedule. Two days a week (or three) I am to do circuit training and two or three times a week I am to work on cardio. He said this could include my power walks, biking (I have not been on a bike in 20 years), or the use of the cardio machines at the gym.

We then walked through my routine (15 reps at each station – 16 of them), tweaked weights and all that good stuff. I felt pretty darn good upon leaving.

Then it came time to actually do the routine. My partner, who has a similar routine, helped me along and was even a cheerleader. But OMG! I thought I was going to die. My shoulder hurt. My hip hurt. I was sick to my stomach and I could have slept the rest of the day.

Going back the next day to just do cardio work was a bit better, but I was still pretty exhausted when I was finally done (stationary bike, 30 minutes, 10 miles and at a low level). Pathetic, eh?

We took Saturday off and went back today. I now understand why people come to me for motivation for exercise. During the time off, I admit, I did self-hypnosis to help me continue.

Today I tested it out. I did not fight going to the gym and while there, I paid more attention to what my body was actually experiencing. Was it muscle fatigue or was it just my silly-self whining about doing some hard work (you guessed it, it was mostly the latter)? I ended up doing the whole circuit, pushing myself more than the first day, but I felt a while lot better afterwards. I was still tired, but not done for the day. And yes, I am a little sore, but not feeling particularly injured.

Plus, the scale read 142.5 this morning. That is the lowest yet.

photo by Leo Reynolds

In trying to be more positive and see that which I normally think of as negative is really a learning experience, I am going to attempt to get my big blue G page rank up on www.transparenthypnotist.com from the loser-like zero that it has currently been given. You see, I have apparently upset the big blue G by “selling links,” otherwise known as engaging in paid postings. It does not matter that I have tried to do so in a responsible manner (not writing about things I would not use or believe in). They still see it as an attempt to sell links. I find it all very discouraging if I think about it to long.

So, I will take my punishment, try to acquiesce and maybe they will reconsider me and take me back into the fold. I will still do paid post, but I will make sure the links are all “no follow.” It will take awhile to go through the blog and fix this, but today I added an XML sitemap, which Google recommends.