So I did it. I finally made myself exercise yesterday. I went to the gym! :D
This pretty much involved 30 minutes of the elliptical, 250 crunches on one of those funky machines specifically *for* crunches... Andddd I messed around on some of the weight machines for arms. My arms ill probably be my focus when it comes to weight machines, because my legs have had the unfair advantage of carrying my fat ass around for my entire life! Sooooo they're already pretty strong. My arms are.... Uhm.... Well. I have absolutely no upper body strength whatsoever. So the idea is that I want to change that!
After my workout yesterday morning I had a little bit of soreness in my arms, 'cause I never really make them do much of anything... And holy cow, they're definitely sore today! Haha. There isn't a way I can move my arms that doesn't result in some kind of reaction from them. But this is good, right? :D Just means I actually made them work. Which is good!
I'm toying with the idea of going back to the gym today. Obviously I know better than to do arm machines again, because that would be dumb. But I could do more elliptical and some crunches and feel good about having a quick workout in there. Mostly I want to because my workout schedule for now will probably be something like Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday, but since I'm just getting into it I don't want to have the opportunity to have two days off to completely lose any little edge of motivation I have under me. Trust me, it's not a very sturdy platform right now! I'm not sure if I'm actually going to follow through though... I'm SO tired today, it's stupid! D: I guess we'll see....
EDIT: I DID end up going to the gym eventually, at like... 2. :D I really did just do another 30 minute bout of elliptical plus another 250 crunches that made me want to die a little! Hahaha. I'm going to enjoy allowing myself the day off tomorrow for sure now. :) Hooray!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
And Suddenly, It Was 2011!
I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful new years. :) I enjoyed it at home with a few friends and the boyfriend. We played monopoly, watched movies, and enjoyed our general silliness.
New years os the time when most people make resolutions to lose weight, and then they almost never really seem to follow through. All I want right now is to get back on board with what I started last April. I had hoped to be at my goal weight by this April that's appoaching, but I doubt that's going to happen even if I get back on track now. Even so, I can make more progress... And more progress is what it's all about.
I don't know what I want to do about exercise right now. Running doesn't sound like a good time with the cold and the general wetness that's been going on here this winter(I know some of you would scoff at what I'm calling wetness... But I live in California. I'm not very tolerant of such things!). The other option is to actually take advantage of the gym membership that I have that I never ever use that my parents continue to pay for. That probably isn't a bad idea. Running was way more convenient, because I could just step out of the house and start doing it... Going to the gym involves driving for like 15-20 minutes, then working out, then driving back home. But I suppose it's worth it to get hot, right? LOL.
I don't have a plan. I don't even have a start at this point, other than the whole... I-lost-45ish-pounds-and-kept-it-off thing. That part is still awesome. I wanted to stay in the 220s, and this morning I weighed 229. So that's the highest part of staying where I wanted, but whatever. New Years was.... Less than healthy. LOL. But in all seriousness I have no idea how I'm going to make this start happening again. I keep on saying that though, don't I?
It's like this has turned from a weight losss blog to a someday-I'll-lose-more-weight blog. Emphasis on the someday. How lame am I?
New years os the time when most people make resolutions to lose weight, and then they almost never really seem to follow through. All I want right now is to get back on board with what I started last April. I had hoped to be at my goal weight by this April that's appoaching, but I doubt that's going to happen even if I get back on track now. Even so, I can make more progress... And more progress is what it's all about.
I don't know what I want to do about exercise right now. Running doesn't sound like a good time with the cold and the general wetness that's been going on here this winter(I know some of you would scoff at what I'm calling wetness... But I live in California. I'm not very tolerant of such things!). The other option is to actually take advantage of the gym membership that I have that I never ever use that my parents continue to pay for. That probably isn't a bad idea. Running was way more convenient, because I could just step out of the house and start doing it... Going to the gym involves driving for like 15-20 minutes, then working out, then driving back home. But I suppose it's worth it to get hot, right? LOL.
I don't have a plan. I don't even have a start at this point, other than the whole... I-lost-45ish-pounds-and-kept-it-off thing. That part is still awesome. I wanted to stay in the 220s, and this morning I weighed 229. So that's the highest part of staying where I wanted, but whatever. New Years was.... Less than healthy. LOL. But in all seriousness I have no idea how I'm going to make this start happening again. I keep on saying that though, don't I?
It's like this has turned from a weight losss blog to a someday-I'll-lose-more-weight blog. Emphasis on the someday. How lame am I?
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