I mean no offense to any of you out there. I know my following statement will be a generalization. But personal trainers, you mostly annoy me, irritate me, make me frustrated. Not that I've never met one I like. My cousin, I like her. Her advice is sound. It's not crazy. I know every field has those people who will annoy me. I'm sure if I look hard ( Read more... )

So, its been a while since I've posted much about my fitness on here. And there reason is quite simple because my fitness has been, well sporadic at best. Today I did my measurements for the first time in 2.5 months. They were surprisingly improved. I need to get better about exercising to keep them though. My weight is down, but I'm pretty sure ( Read more... )

I finally made it to the gym last night. Monday and Tuesday I had every good intention to go and stuff just happened. I did jog while out of town for Daddy's funeral. So that was good ( Read more... )

Ok, so I gotta brag a minute before I forget. I went to the gym and jogged on the ellyptical. I must say that I pumped up my speed to a max of 4.5, which I know to some that's a bit slow. I spent most of my time at 4.3-4.4 but did slow down to 4.1. I jogged two miles at 27 min 30 seconds, best time since I started jogging again. Super excited! I ( Read more... )

I'm so excited to hit the gym today. I really need it. Its amazing how much I grow to enjoy it and then get antsy when I've not been in a while. My husband tells me I get grumpy when I need to exercise. My weight starting going down this last week instead of up! Yaay! I did measurements so I now have a baseline to go off from besides just weight. I ( Read more... )

I made my first trip to the gym two nights ago. I was a bit sore and stiff yesterday and today pretty sore. I learned a few things from my trip and thought I'd share them here, so hopefully I won't repeat the same mistakes ( Read more... )

Today will be the first day I actually will go to the gym and use my new membership. Yaay! I can't wait. As I've mentioned (and for you new people), I'm training for a 10K. I'm not planning on running the event until next fall but I need to start jogging now because it takes me a while to get ready! So, I looked up a training guide and here's ( Read more... )

Has it been a week already?! Well, this week report is, well less than awesome. So, starting last week I was at 199.8 which if you remember is up from my 197 that I shared in that super long post. So that was a bummer. Unfortunately over the weekend, my weight went up some more maxing out at 201.4. Boo! But, I did start counting calories on Monday ( Read more... )

I'll be honest on this whole weight journey I've been on. I'll put my numbers out here as a reminder to myself and hopefully to open up the discussion about numbers and weight. Others, feel free to share and if, you're someone who thinks bad/hateful things, don't reply. Just think them to yourself, please! First, weight doesn't define us. It doesn' ( Read more... )

Most of us probably can't remember when the first time was we had potato salad. It was summer staple in my house and I was eating well before my memory kicks in. I love potato salad. Its my favorite. I'm not really sure why I love potato salad so much. Although I believe its because it brings back memories of childhood summers ( Read more... )