Showing posts with label gazelle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gazelle. Show all posts
Monday, November 15, 2010
Am I Ready?
Today has been full of challenges: got up late (but got to meeting on time), got invited to two different lunches after the meeting - could only accept one (got there late, they were serving dessert), the muffler came off my van (boy is it loud now!), the weather was iffy... it was snowing when I woke up but not sticking as the ground was too wet from all the rain but just before dark we got it all - rain - sleet - hail - snow - all at once!!! I've been in since then. I feel horribly achy. There is so much to do tomorrow - soon as businesses open up. I have a doctor appointment too. I'm so not sure about transportation now. Am I ready to push myself to start up on the gazelle again? It's been a good month (got sick 10/11/10 and haven't been on it since then) so I know it won't be much fun but will be a lot of work, even if just for 2 minutes!!! Don't know if I can do it!
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Some sort of progress
Fall has arrived! One big difference between living up north versus living down south is the fall colors. Sure, you'll find some color down south, for a short spell during the fall months; but up north you'll find gorgeous displays of autumn hues for weeks and weeks all around you! :) It's one of my favorite seasons!
On the 100# goal ~ well, I'm not giving up! I'm greatly disappointed in my lack of success since the first week but I keep working on ways around it or through it!
The latest of which is creating a schedule - of sorts - something that becomes a basic routine but that must have great flexibility to meet the often unexpected and rapidly changing events in my daily life.
Little by little I'm finding it.
For 8 of the last 9 days I've managed to take an ACCESS bar (very yummy, btw) and 15 or so minutes later spend an increasing number of minutes on my gazelle! Quite literally the first day I could only manage about 50 strides before feeling wiped out. Now I'm doing a few hundred; not counting them so much as going for longer without watching the clock. I note the time when I get on and don't look again until I get off. I get off when I get that winded and wiped out feeling. Today I managed 6 minutes! I do a lot of alternating in speed... starting out with long, slow strides stretching as far as I can, then gradually increase the speed and shorten the stride a bit, then slow it down again and lengthen the stride some too, then speed it up, slow it down... went up and down like that about 3 rounds, or maybe it was 4 today.
Each morning my goal is to do this before getting started with much else. Twice I was later in getting to it but still got in it before noon. One day I missed completely.
I'm looking at this like the SPARK book says; it's a habit to develop, one change at a time. I've done the FAST BREAK before (a few times) but I guess I'm doing it again.
Usually, in the 15-20 minutes from eating the ACCESS bar to starting on the gazelle I will go over my scripture for the day and meditate on it while exercising.
On the 100# goal ~ well, I'm not giving up! I'm greatly disappointed in my lack of success since the first week but I keep working on ways around it or through it!
The latest of which is creating a schedule - of sorts - something that becomes a basic routine but that must have great flexibility to meet the often unexpected and rapidly changing events in my daily life.
Little by little I'm finding it.
For 8 of the last 9 days I've managed to take an ACCESS bar (very yummy, btw) and 15 or so minutes later spend an increasing number of minutes on my gazelle! Quite literally the first day I could only manage about 50 strides before feeling wiped out. Now I'm doing a few hundred; not counting them so much as going for longer without watching the clock. I note the time when I get on and don't look again until I get off. I get off when I get that winded and wiped out feeling. Today I managed 6 minutes! I do a lot of alternating in speed... starting out with long, slow strides stretching as far as I can, then gradually increase the speed and shorten the stride a bit, then slow it down again and lengthen the stride some too, then speed it up, slow it down... went up and down like that about 3 rounds, or maybe it was 4 today.
Each morning my goal is to do this before getting started with much else. Twice I was later in getting to it but still got in it before noon. One day I missed completely.
I'm looking at this like the SPARK book says; it's a habit to develop, one change at a time. I've done the FAST BREAK before (a few times) but I guess I'm doing it again.
Usually, in the 15-20 minutes from eating the ACCESS bar to starting on the gazelle I will go over my scripture for the day and meditate on it while exercising.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Monday! A week so far
Week 1 and I'm down 3.7 pounds!!! WOO HOO!!!
That is way more than I expected but what a great boost! This has been a challenging week in lots of ways that have nothing to do with losing weight. I was sure any loss would be meager at best because I've not been able to even get on the gazelle, I have had 'fast food' a few times, and even at home I've eaten more of foods I know I should keep to a minimum. I will not say "avoid" because what I'm doing isn't about deprivation, it's about changing my life, having a new lifestyle! So, if I want something high fat, decadently sweet, or fulls of preservatives and other non-food additives that are more and more being found out to add on the pounds, then I will have it ~ but the key is in having a smaller amount of it. The key is to have just enough to satisfy but no more than that.
The only thing I can say that I have done every day this last week is this:
I have, at least once each day, actually thought about what I did or was doing that day to stick to my goal of losing 2 pounds per week.
So I believe keeping a conscious level of thought about your goals throughout your waking hours is an important step to meeting those goals.
That is way more than I expected but what a great boost! This has been a challenging week in lots of ways that have nothing to do with losing weight. I was sure any loss would be meager at best because I've not been able to even get on the gazelle, I have had 'fast food' a few times, and even at home I've eaten more of foods I know I should keep to a minimum. I will not say "avoid" because what I'm doing isn't about deprivation, it's about changing my life, having a new lifestyle! So, if I want something high fat, decadently sweet, or fulls of preservatives and other non-food additives that are more and more being found out to add on the pounds, then I will have it ~ but the key is in having a smaller amount of it. The key is to have just enough to satisfy but no more than that.
The only thing I can say that I have done every day this last week is this:
I have, at least once each day, actually thought about what I did or was doing that day to stick to my goal of losing 2 pounds per week.
So I believe keeping a conscious level of thought about your goals throughout your waking hours is an important step to meeting those goals.
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