Not sure why the weekends tend to fly by while the week takes it's own sweet time but then again I'm not going to complain about time, it flies by way too fast as far as I'm concerned! I survived the weekend and have a few new tools to take into this week. I found four work-out videos at Costco yesterday; TaeBo 'This is Tae Bo', Dancing with the Stars 'Fat burning cardio dance', The Biggest Loser 'Cardio Max Weight Loss', and AM &PM Yoga. I have mixed feelings about work-out videos in general, some of them are fantastic and I get attached quickly but some are a total waste of money. In the past I was a dedicated Tae-Bo'er but somewhere along the way to chubbyville I lost my infatuation with Billy Blanks. I'm going to be assessing the workouts on these dvd's this week and giving a little input each day.
In my quest to lose big numbers this year I am dedicated to working out as often as possible...I want to try and burn around 4000 calories a day...I'm eating 1600 calories a day and factoring in my Basil Metabolic Rate (BMR) (the number of calories I utilize a day if I just kept my happy butt in bed) I am hoping to see some more big losses over the next four weeks. I know this will slow down as I drop weight but right now I can lose big numbers!
SO.....McSissy and I pop in the Yoga video...yawn, it is really a wake up or relaxing stretch routine, nice but not what we were really in the mood for. Then we put the Biggest Loser dvd in...We did the first week routine, I think it was about 1/2 hour long, IT KICKED BOTH OF OUR ASSES! I can only imagine how fricking sore I will be in the next two days, but for 7.99? A great investment! I will be rating the rest of these video workouts as I go through them this week.
This weekend I worked out and worked through the last of my shin splint pain, realized I am ready for a new pair of running shoes and that I am not going to feel bad after taking my measurements...my first instinct was to beat myself up, freak out, ponder how the hell I have gained all this fricking weight back AGAIN...and then I just realized that it would be a complete waste of my time. I may not be where I want to be right now but my measurements and the numbers on the scale don't make me a bad person, they really don't define who I am, they don't detract from what is on the inside. They are only numbers, they are a means of measuring my progress...I am working hard and I will succeed and hopefully this will be the last time I ride this roller coaster but life is too short to beat myself up over letting myself go!
That's about all for this post. I'm trying to get my nerve up to write about my weight and how it has been so intricately enmeshed in the state of my relationships with men...but that will take some courage!
Sweet dreams!
I don't know about you, but I feel like when I"m working to make it better, i'm more able to embrace what I have now, and work from there. Be very proud of yourself!
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