shellyrene’s BodyBlog

For the most part, I have been concentrating on cardio with just a little bit of upper body strength training…Elliptical has helped me lose 35+ pounds over the last year but my thighs seem to be responding slowly. Even at my best weight (125-130) I have naturally muscular thighs. At once time I did alot of stationary bike with very little resistance nad this seemed to have soemwhat of a lengthening effect on them…Im thinking of splitting the cardio with half elliptical and half stationary bike? Does anyone have advice on how to lean thighs and avoid bulking them???

Just some thoughts on this…I have always considered myself very strong emotionally~~~I endured alot of hardships growing up and this taught me resiliance. As a psychiatric RN , I often depend on this in order to function well in that position (charge nurse). ..I have always taken pride with my ability to make quick decisions and act quickly in stressful situations.

Life is full of challenges…sometimes when u least expect it, your met with something that believed to be fairly insignificant but it affects you more deeply…it took me off guard! Itsurprises me when I lack the (emotional )strength to let things go sometimes. But, I guess if we look deeper we can realize the truth about ourselves….
Why do people choose to be hurtful ju st because they can?I don’t understand but I do know that also suggests a major weakness on that person.

Physical strength, on the other hand… is concrete…measurable and fairly consistent…it can be developed and improved. That, for me, is the easy part.

My daughter and I are going tonite to try a class…I took Kenpo karate when I was her age so,I hope it’s similar to that. I hear its more kicking???It should be FUNNNN!!!!

I guess i cant really call it a ‘plateau’ if the truth is that I have become somewhat complacent~~~I mean, I’m still working my ass off at the gym -faithfully, but I have been eating waaaay to MUCH!!KNOWINGLY! like~~how stupid is that? Figuring out how much I have to sweat my ass off in order to eat all the yummy foods that I LOVE (Mexican, Italian, POlish…haha You name it~I INDULGE). So, for awhile, until NOW I have slacked off…that makes me either a dummy or a hypocrite because my motto is "if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing RIGHT!"

Well, summer will be here whether or not Im READY for it~~my goal will NOT be met if I dont get my butt  in gear and start getting serious. I have at least 30-40 pounds to go…and thats NOT even my FINAL goal. ..<In fact, Im disappointed to see that in order to reach a healthy BMI I need to get down to 122 pounds~~according to some computerized calculation anyways> IDK, maybe Im built different because I feel that at 122 I might be too skinny??? I guess I’ll decide how much further to go once Im at 130!

so, in order to reach 130 by June 21, 2008 I will have to lose 1.8 pounds per week~~~NOT impossible….but a major challenge. IF for some reason I dont i can at least have the pride of knowing that I did my best~and Ill be MUCH better than where Im at now.

well, today is SUperbowl Sunday and we are having freinds over for alittle partying but I have no doubt that I will NOT overindulge…I will have something healthy planned. I am going to be busy setting goals weekly regarding my homelife as well…I am not going to be wasting any more time….