Slayed the Stairmill
I didn’t feel like working out last night. I was really tired, so the plan was to go in and just workout for 30 minutes. But ended up in there for 1 1/2 hours. I noticed that my knees were sore today. I’ll be icing them and I wanted to start taking a supplement for joint support, glucosamine. If anyone takes that and can share their experience that would be great! I have been working out the evenings this week. I really want to get back to my morning schedule. It is nice to just be finished with the day in the evening and begin my day with physical activity. Tried the soybutter. I am going to have half of a soybutter and strawberry preserve sandwhich today. Soybutter has an odd consistency, but it isn’t bad. I bought veggie hotdogs for the family last night. They were on sale so I figured what the heck. The little one either didn’t notice the difference or didn’t care and ate two with ketchup. My husband didn’t care for them at all but he ate one just to say he did. He’s trying. 
I have been teasing co-workers to ‘come to the dark side’ and join me in this healthy journey. I can’t believe how good I feel. It is becoming easier to make better choices. And when I make less that wise choices I am consious of it. I think about it and determine wheter or not I want to spend the extra time at the gym or even want to be bothered thinking about it.
Today’s cooler has: salmon, soybutter, romaine lettuce, rice cakes, beef and zucchini and strawberry preserves as my ‘treat’ (going to put a little on my rice cake with the soybutter). And I keep my protein shakes in my office.
Tonight I did 40 minutes on the stairmill! I worked for it, I wanted it, and I got it. I followed it by doing abs and hitting the calves, again. I really think the seated press works the best for me; I really feel it. I continue to be amazed by the body and what it is capable of doing and becoming with attention to diet and physical activity. The little one likes to compare her calves to mine. She has beautiful 3 1/2 year old calves. We have an inside joke where she points her to to make her calves pop out and we say, "Pop goes the weasel. Pop goes the weasel ’cause the weasel goes pop!" (You may remember that line from the infamous dinner scene in Eddy Murphey’s Nutty Professor.) She loves having muscles and being able to do full push-ups–which I struggle with. I am already looking forward to tomorrow. I have GOT to get back to working out in the mornings. So, I am going to really try to get up at 5 tomorrow.
July 1, 2007 at 9:25 am
Hey sounds like you’re doing great!! Just wanted to give you a little friendly advice on the soy. If you do a little research into it you will see that there are some things in soy that blocks your bodies absorption of some minerals plus it is a known thyroid suppresser which isn’t to good. Just thought I’d mention it.
July 3, 2007 at 10:55 am
Cool that your little girl is picking up the good habits of working out already…I was thinking once that if a child is active as she/he matures then i wonder if that has something to do with how they will look when they become an adult.