hammiemam’s BodyBlog

Had a great cardio session this morning with a nice leg workout.  I will be tender in the morning, and I look forward to it.  My diet went very well too.  Tomorrow is a new day, and I hope to have a repeat, great workout, and great strides in my diet.

I have always had a desire to keep my body at optimal levels through means of diet and exercise.  This alone should be enough to motivate me.  Over the holiday, I came to an eye opening realization, that has caused much greater motivation. 

Though I am the most overweight person in my family, it isn’t just the weight of other family members that can cause someone concern.  My father is a recovering alcoholic, that just isn’t recovering.  He never exercises, and it shows.  He also smokes heavily, and his wheeze is persistant.  My mother has low self esteem, and I know she would feel better if she changed her diet and got out to exercise a little more.  Though my grandfather appears to be in great shape, he has enjoyed a lifetime of sweets, and has been diabetic for thirty years or so.  My grandmother is where I have had the biggest scare.  She has had perhaps several mini strokes.  She can’t pick up her feet, and often falls, and falls hard.  Though she has really changed her diet through some program within the last five years, she has not done any exercise.  Even her physical therapy she refuses to do.  Her back is riddled with osteoperosis.  I have had a look into my future, and it is bleak if I don’t make changes accordingly.  I must be a positive role model for others, and I must change some of my ways before it is too late. 

As part of my leg workout this morning, I did one quarter mile of walking lounges.  This was maybe two hours ago, and already my hammies are having a serious conversation with the rest of my body.  I think my hamstrings are about to go on strike.  I am going to have to pull a Jay Leno on them tomorrow morning.

I almost feel like all of my blogs are only regarding the bad things that are happening to get in the way of my progress, and not the good things.  I have been working pretty hard, but today it is through a cold.  I can’t breath through my nose, and my chest is so congested it just sucks to do anything that makes me breathe a little heavier because I only cough. 

I have had some crazy dramatic things happen at work, and they have finally ceased, but I think the stress release made my body relax, and then I just got this nasty virus.  Oh well, I am drinking up as much fluid as I can to flush this stuff out of my system, and I am doing really well on my dietary choices, so once I am feeling better I will just hit harder.

So by the way, the drama at work…  Would you believe that it has caused security guards constantly on watch at my office, and police stopping by three times a day?  This is craziness, now that the other craziness is over, someone is worried about someone coming by and shooting up my office! 

Crazy crazy.  I can’t wait for all this work drama to really be over.

I got to play sick today.  I feel pretty good, but I have no voice.  No matter what I do to make a sound come out of my mouth, it comes out barely louder than a whisper.  My job involves using my voice quite a bit, so my boss suggested I stay home.  So I am using this time to finish up some last minute school stuff for the semester, and to really kick start my fitness/eating plan.  I didn’t want to show my face at the gym in case one of my coworkers just happened to be there, but I’ve got enough equipment at home to suffice.  I am actually organizing my progress instead of just waiting for it to happen with my haphazard workouts.  I can’t just sit and expect to see results with my lack of organization.  So I am writing down my schedule, the times I plan to eat, the workouts I am planning.  I don’t expect everything to always fall into place and work perfectly, but if I don’t try really hard to stick to some sort of regimin, I am going to end up doing the same thing next semester.  I know I can do this, and I know the encouragement I get from all you is so helpful.  I am going to be more persistant about posting blogs so I can express how my workouts and dieting goes.  And if you guys don’t hear from me, you have my permission to get rough on me, because that is what I will need.  Thanks for all your help guys.