My journey

I now feel like I have the getting to the gym thing nailed down.  I feel as though I am progressing with the weights and have a solid routine (for now).  Problem is, though I can feel the results, I can’t see them. 

 Starting this week I am going to start focusing on my nutrition.  The plan is to start cycling between 2 weeks of about 1200 calories and 2 weeks of about 1800 calories until I hit my goal weight. 

I also am starting to think about switching to 6 weeks of a full body workout instead of splits like I am doing when I hit the 6 week mark.  I still need to do some research on that one, but I am definitely shaking things up a bit once I hit 6 weeks. 

I decided to do progress pics since I have completed 4 weeks.  Yuck.  Still a lot of work to do, though I do see some progress.

Today, I went to the gym at the usual time.  As I was moving from one room to the next (the machines are separate from the free weights), one of the staff members commented on my dedication.  I laughed and told her I was trying.  She said that she could see a difference since I started coming there 4 weeks ago.  Now, my husband tells me those things, but I take it with a grain of salt because he is personally invested in my happiness.  To hear it from an objective 3rd party felt pretty good. 

Today, I went to the gym at the usual time.  As I was moving from one room to the next (the machines are separate from the free weights), one of the staff members commented on my dedication.  I laughed and told her I was trying.  She said that she could see a difference since I started coming there 4 weeks ago.  Now, my husband tells me those things, but I take it with a grain of salt because he is personally invested in my happiness.  To hear it from an objective 3rd party felt pretty good. 

Winter came and it became harder to get myself out and exercising.  But with summer approaching I have new motivation.  I have been back at the gym for 4 weeks now.  My measurements don’t reflect that much of a change, but I can feel the muscles and my husband swears he sees a difference.  I think I need to take progress pics again so that I can see the difference (not that he would lie, but he may exaggerate to keep me motivated!).  I definitely feel better.  I added more intense cardio this time around.  I had always tried that in the past, but would end up sucking wind pretty badly.  Turns out that I have exercise induced asthma.  Now that I have an enhaler, I still suck wind, but now it’s just because I am out of shape and pushing it.  So far, the 5 am thing is working out for me.