Euro4Ever’s BodyBlog

Ok, it’s not really "day 2", but I’ve lost track of all the starts/stops, so I’m hoping that posting here will help keep me on track and motivated. It’s a really stressful time - personally AND professionally - so that hasn’t been helping.

I wasn’t really feeling like working out yesterday, but then I checked my log to see what "day" it was. "Cardio and Stretching". Ok, I figure I can do it, and we get to the gym.

One thing I didn’t mention was that a couple weeks ago, I injured my hip. I’ve been working on it since, but it’s really starting to get me down.

Well, I got on the skating cardio machine, and couldn’t even do a minute! I even tried leaning way over towards my right hip - no go. I couldn’t hold my leg in place, and it HURT. Ugh.

So I went and stretched, and that was ok.

Today is "Shoulders, Triceps, and Abs", so that’ll be fine. I haven’t done any regular weights since I injured the hip, because I’ve been so focussed on rehabbing that every time I’ve gone to the gym.  I’m not going to bother going to the gym today, as I have all I need for my Weds workout here at home (mostly dumbells).

Diet wise, something I may not have reported, as it’s a fairly new development - Turns out I’m allergic to gluten. That’s been a HUGE roadblock in losing weight, so it’s good to know. I’ve been totally clean from gluten since October, aside from an accident a couple weeks ago. I was sick for a week, all because I didn’t think there was gluten in the meal!

Gluten’s not the only problem, I also have to low carb in order to actually lose anything. I restarted low carbbing this past weekend, and have been clean with that since then.

So, I haven’t kept up on blogging, AT ALL.

Since my last post, we moved to the cities. Hallelujah! Out of redneckland!!  Our next door neighbor is a chemical engineer, and no one has anything up on blocks in the yard, nor do any of their cars have gun racks!  Also haven’t seen hoardes of people wearing camo to the grocery store, and using it as the big central social gathering place.

Whew. Anyway, it’s been a crazy year.

I haven’t had any great weight losses lately, but I HAVE been maintaining at 20 lbs under my high point, so that’s good at least.

I think things will be getting better. For one, I am about a month into a new gym membership, and a gym I LOVE!!!!!!  I am so picky about gyms, and I always end up at a "eh, it’ll have to do" gym because of convenience, and hate it, then stop going.  I think I went to Curves (if you call that a gym) twice before I gave up, that was my shortest record

Anyway, this one is awesome! It’s so awesome, in fact, that even my husband has become addicted, and now we go together. That’s huge for me, and it’s really made it easier to keep up on, as we look forward to going, and kicking our own asses.

I love that this one has a stretching cage, as it’s almost impossible for me to get a good stretch without one.  It also has a weird cardio machine that’s sort of like an elliptical, but down and back to the sides - like you’re skating. LOVE IT!

Hubby is in love with the "Expresso" virtual reality bikes, and has been tracking his progress / racing / etc with it. Excellent.

That’s about all I have to report!