Thanks so much!
Hello, everybody!
Thanks so much to all of you who wrote me back regarding my last blog! Everyone was very encouraging and informative, as well!
I have decided that for now, 20 lbs would be just awful for me to lose, but 5-10 lbs would really show a difference! Right now, I will focus on 5 lbs. I am maintaining right now at around 129 1/2. That is frustrating, but also pretty damned good, considering the last time I was maintaining for a couple of years, I maintained at around 140! So that is pretty awesome!
So far, it has been a few weeks, so we will see… I am still going to work my ass off (I hope literally!) at the gym, as I have been, and more!
Today I got my heart rate up to 182 on intervals on the eliptical, so I am pretty darned proud of myself!!! I wonder how I will feel tomorrow? But for now, I feel fine! So that was exciting! Not bad for a 45 year old, eh?
I got in touch with Karen from a Transformation story, and she was very helpful in writing back. She has an awesome blog, too, StrongSmartBeautiful, that is very informative. I was awe-struck by her Transformation pictures. What a great figure she has achieved!!! I would like to be that buff and tight and toned in my core area, as well as everywhere else! So that is my goal!
Today I did my grueling workout given to me by my current personal trainer. I think she is trying to kill me! Oh well, I picture figure ladies working out and keep going! Besides, I know it is good for me and for my body! So I did that, then got on the eliptical for some high intensity interval training. All went well!
I am still eating clean, but my portions are going up. I just LOVE to eat and LOVE my food! I could probably lose some more if I didn’t take that second bowl of soup or eat that third bowl of salad (Yum!), but I do stick to my measured protein, and no bread/rice/pasta. Mostly it is protein, vegetables and fruit for me! I eat 3 main meals with two snacks. I just love love love my food that I make for myself! And I feel so great now that I am no longer eating sugar and back to eating clean!
Hope you all are well and I look forward to hearing more from you!
