Take 3 Advil, get thee to the gym, and call me in the morning
So to make up for my discouraging day at the gym yesterday and my feast at Chipotle this afternoon for lunch, I decided to go back to the gym this evening. After reading getupnow’s post about motivation and the comments back and forth between her and I on my blog, I decided to try to do it on my own. When I got home from work, I downloaded some new music on my ipod and as soon as hubby came home I headed for the gym. He told me not to run, but I wanted to try something. Before I left though, I took 3 advil just to be sure.
So I get to the gym and head to a treadmill. I put it on the 5k setting and took off. I walked for almost 5 minutes and then started running. I ran through 2 songs — which made it almost 8 minutes!! Then I decided to walk again for a little. My plan was to walk when I wanted too and run when I wanted too…. however — MY IPOD STOPPED WORKING!!! AUGHHHHH!!! So I ended up walking most of the time since I was fiddling with my ipod, but decided to run a few times and finished up the last 1/8 of a mile or so with a run. I finshed the 5k in under 45 minutes which I was proud of.
Then I hit the weight machines. I did a few arms, back, and chest and then concentrated on the legs. I have always been overweight, but when I was younger, I was a TONED overweight. You know what I’m talking about? Even though I was “overweight” I had muscle tone - my legs were ripped. Now it’s just flab. As I was doing the weights, I realized that’s what I really want. I want to be toned. I really wouldn’t care about the weight if I was just toned more.
So after weight machines, I hit the elliptical machine for 15 minutes. Whew!! I was wiped by the time I was done. BUT……. I weighed myself afterwards, and I was 3 lbs lighter than I was yesterday!! I think that was part of the problem yesterday. I weighed myself when I got to the gym and I was up a lb. Ugh - talk about discouragement. So I was happy to see a downward trend.
Food:
Breakfast - shredded wheat, blueberries, fat free milk, splenda —
Lunch - fajita veggie burrito from chipotle; tortilla chips/salsa — so not core
Dinner - (after the gym — needed some lean protien) salad with grilled chicken, grilled pineapple, broccoli, tomato and fat free french dressing — core. I put some walnuts on it just for some crunch and healthy fats — those are not core. Honeydew — core
getupnow said,
June 18, 2008 @ 12:49 pm
Just based on how well the gym has clicked for you, I am thinking you are well on your way to finding your niche with your preferred body type and your preferred exercise. I see healthy outdoorsy looking women who are not necessarily skinny and they look great. It is definitely not always about skinny. I lived on air and water in high school to stay skinny. Skinny was about 135 pounds for me. I do not desire to get there again because it would just be way too hard to stay there. That is why I am shooting for 150 and then focusing on maintaining.
I am amazed at how natural the whole gym thing seems to you. You are doing great!!
m3at49 said,
June 18, 2008 @ 8:40 pm
Hey girl! And YOU say I do a lot! Yikes, look at you go my athletic friend! Nice to see that drop in pounds, hell knows ya worked hard enough for it, Worth every drop of sweat,huh!
Toned is where it’s at! Skinny/thin is not what I desire in any way either. Although I’m short I’m what you’d call big boned and even hundreds of years ago
at about 140 lbs, I had a hearty, rugged look that I sadly used to think was fat and now know the difference. Oh bring on 150 and I’ll be elated! And I’ll bet I’m already toned underneath this insulation! 
There is a fitness instructor who’s got the body that I’d work my fingers to the bone for. Don’t know if you heard of her. Her w/o videos are very popular. Gin Miller. Look her up and see. Awesome! She has this strong, healthy and rugged look that I want, like yesterday!
Keep tossing those weights around and run anyway ya want! Just have fun with it and you’ll succeed!