I woke up today with an excitement for working out.  I skipped Thursday, so it had been since Wednesday.  I got there at 9:30am and left the gym at 12:30pm.  While I was there I did a lot of cardio and the weight machines.  I used to do the aqua fit class at 10 but they changed the time to 9am and I just could not get there for it. :(  I am feeling good about myself, good about the choices I am making.  I am happy that my meds are working and that my arthritis is not bothering me right now.  I am also so thankful for my hip replacements because now it means I can exercise.  I keep waiting for the rug to be pulled out from under me, that the pain will come back and prevent me from working out.  For now I just have to enjoy it while I can, and be thankful that I have this time to take care of me.  It was a long road getting to where I am now, and I deserve to take care of me.  Im still the biggest girl at the gym, but I dont care.  I am who I am, and I am me.  I am enjoying me because I am taking care of myself. 

I feel happy inside, a true happiness.  What I love about getting in shape and getting healthy is that I am not obsessed about what I weigh.  So many times I have gone on a “diet” and looked only at the numbers to gauge how I was doing.  Then I would get tired of it and quit.  With my new lifestyle I am not worried about what the scale says, because I am just trying to get healthy.  Now, that said I do weigh in.  Right now just once a month because I am afraid that if I do more then that my focus will shift again back to the numbers and that is aNOT a good thing.  I am gauging my success on knowing that what I am doing is GOOD for me.  Eating healthy and moving makes me feel like a success.  The other way is my clothes and how they fit.  I have a long way to go, but I know I will get there, because I am not on a diet.  I eat what I want and I dont deprive myself.  I am getting healthy.

I wish I had found this blog months ago when I first started.  Oh well, I can utilize it now. :)

March 28

Breakfast
1 wholewheat bagel
light creme cheese

Lunch
6 inch roasted chicken breast sub on wholewheat with cheese
1 plum

Supper
Homemade pizza with wholewheat crust
salad with dressing angel food cake
cool whip
strawberries
splenda

Snacks
popcorn
sourcreme onion powder

YMCA
Bike 35 min — 227 cals burned
Eliptical 35 min — 342 cals burned
6 weight machines
treadmill 13 min — 66 cals burned
Eliptical (again) 13 min —121 cals burned