tryingto’s BodyBlog

I’d say my new program is working just fine.  Last week at this time, I was still 250.  I weighed myself this morning found I’m now 247!  Somehow I lost another three pounds; it’s funny how loosing weight can sometimes creep up on you when you don’t even see it!

What is your body telling you?  Slow down, take it easy or plow ahead?  When we work out or eat, I think we always need to listen to what our bodies are telling us.  Did you feel discouraged that you didn’t make the bench that you wanted?  Or, do as much cardio as you wanted?  Or, not eat what you should?  I say, "don’t worry about it!"  Maybe it’s your body’s way of telling you something!  Like, "take it easy on me!  Please; this is all you have of me!"  I think part of respecting what we do in life is also learning to not  only to respect ourselves and others, but to also respect what our bodies are telling us.  Listen up; it just may talk nice to you.

while I was at the gym yesterday, the manager went over to a new member and told her to go slow working out and, "take baby steps."  I thought, she’s right.  I think we all did them when we first started working out.  You have to get used to it, make adjustments and go from there.  I know that’s how it was first for me–now when I look back, it seems such a long time ago!  So, if you’re starting out, it’s ok to take those baby steps–hey, we all had to crawl first before we walked!

Some around you maybe afraid of change.  They like to have "things" they’re comfortable with stay as they are; I think there’s some sort of comfort associated with it.  Some don’t like it when you change emotionally.  By that, I mean you take control of your emotions instead of letting someone else tell you how you should feel and act.  And, some, I’ve found for myself, don’t like it when you physically change.  They like you as you were.  Maybe they didn’t see you as a threat.  Though I don’t know how changing physically can make you a threat to them?!  This is sort of what’s happening to me now.  Someone close to me feels threatend that I may now be "looking for someone younger," as they’ve put it.  This, of course is a bunch of bull.  So, stick to your guns, and don’t give in our up.  Make that physical change and be as proud as you can be about it and shout it out loud so everyone can hear you!  Be proud of who you’re becoming!

How do you look at food?  Like, oh my gosh, I have to have it or I might die if I don’t!  Sure, we have to eat to live.  But, as the saying goes, to you live to eat or eat to live?  I think we all have to look at it as a nutrition source.  It keeps our bodies going and all the good stuff that goes with it.  I mean sure, you can feed it all the crap you want but how does that make you feel?  It always made me feel like crap after.  Then I asked myself, "why the hell did I eat all that stuff?"  Sometimes you have to put on the brakes and ask yourself, "is this really going to benefit me by eating this?"  I think you have to look how well you’ve done and not give in or up.  And, don’t forget the cheat day.  I use them once a week.  The thing is, I feel so guilty after my cheat day!  Some food for thought.

Let’s face it, we’re all under construction here.  (if we weren’t, we wouldn’t be here!)  We add some here, take away some there.  We put up our signs: Yield!  Detour!  Pass At Your Own Risk!  Blasting Area!  Are you creating a bridge to span from one part of your life to another?  Or a super highway to let yourself travel where ever you want in your life?  We’re all works of art here and we put in the patience and sweat to get to where we’re at in our lifes.  If one block falls out of place, just pick it up, put it back and get back in the game of life.  Under construction doesn’t mean failure.  We’re all working towards building a better us!  It just may take a little longer than what we first thought. 

I was talking to a friend of mine about how people seem all excited and gun-ho about working out and eating right.  They buy workout clothes and get all great about loosing weight or adding weight.  It all seems good for a while and than BANG; a wall is hit somewherre.  They fall of the wagon and throw it all away and just forget about it.  Maybe they feel it’s not for them?  But, who said it was going to be easy?  It hasn’t been for me at times.  I think we all suffer from self doubt.  It certainly takes courage and guts to keep on keeping on but the results can be amazing.  Don’t forget to keep your promises to yourself; I think we promise so much for eveyone else in our lives.  I know I’ve had to carve out a niche for myself in my life for me.  I respect myself, I know myself better and am heading for better things.  Love yourself?  Sure that fine.  But don’t forget to love others along the way too.  Don’t give up and don’t stop now.  Keep going and succeed like crazy.

I know it’s only three pounds, but I’m starting to loose some more weight!  My weight platued around 253 since last month but when I weighed myself this morning, like I do every Friday, I lost 3 pounds.  Talk about something so small making you feel so good!

…my gym is almost a ghost town!  Where the heck is everyone from Monday?  Granted, I belong to a small gym and it’s probably more evident then a larger gym.  It just seems that at the beginning of the week, everyone’s so gunho to work out and get in shape; you can feel the excitement in the air!  Maybe they all plum tucker out.  I don’t know what it is.  Or, maybe because it’s TGIF; but that’s no reason not to go.  Maybe some day I’ll have to send out a search party to find the missing members! 

…and boy, am I happy!  I was trying to put into writing, what my new goal would be. (since my body weight has platued now) So, last night it came to me.  (I don’t mean it knocked at the door and said, "hi, here I am!")  I figured since my weights not moving I think the best thing I can do for myself is get serious about toning up.  So, now it’s a three day week full body workout, 3 sets per excersice at 15 reps each.  I read about using higher reps with lower weights to tone; so that’s what I’m doing as of this past Monday.  I’m keeping a positive attitude about it and plan to work harder to meet my current goal.  I am planning on giving myself six months to do it too.