Random Thoughts

I have kept up with the total gym every day but have added in a little jogging. I HATE jogging more than anything but I am trying to learn to like it a little bit.
My in-laws have a treadmill and live close so Sunday and Monday I went over there and did 20 min. on the treadmill. I kept it between 3.8 and 4.3 miles per hour. I would walk very briskly at the 3.8 and then shoot it up to 4.3 for 1-3 minutes and jog and then bring it back down to 3.8. I did this about a dozen or so times during my session. I can’t go very long at one time jogging so I have to start out this way. It also does not seem quite as bad this way.

I have still been incorporating my total gym because right now I really like working out on it. I have kept 20 min of mostly upper body and my favorite leg exercises. Because I am adding the jogging I don’t want to kill myself and do too much.

Yesterday (Tuesday) I did not want to jog on the treadmill. I woke up at 6am and did my 20 min. total gym and then later that day I put the radio on and me and my 3 ½ year old dance and jumped and chased and had a great time for about 20-30 min. It was very fun and I was sweating during and after. We played follow the leader and she likes to jump. That is seriously a butt burner for someone my age and I have a lot to take off the ground in a jump. I kept up with her and could tell that it was just as good as the treadmill for me. The BEST part is the bonding I got to do with my daughter and she loved it!

Something I have gotten very frustrated with and have had to work on is my work out schedule. I have learned that I cannot get upset if I can’t work out at a specific time, and loosen up my schedule.
There are many days I know exactly in my head when I will get up and work out and 5 times out of 10 I can’t do it when I tell myself I am going to. I have learned, and not very easily, to go with the flow more. So my new attitude is to chill out and do it when I have an extra 30 minutes. Sometimes this is 6am before everyone gets up. Sometimes this is between 10-1pm, whenever my son takes a nap and my daughter will let me. Sometimes this is 6pm after dinner and sometimes it is 11-12 at night. So, I may get have to work out all over the clock but once I got more OK with this type of non scheduled work out, the less stress I have felt about it. It seems to be working.

OK so I have been using the total gym diligently and here are my results after 13 days of working on it.
All are in inches

Now, 2/8/2010           Before            Loss/Gain

Bust: 43 ½                  44                        L- 3/4

Waist: 45 ½               46                         L- 1/2

Hips: 47 ¾                48 ½                      L- 3/4

Thigh (1): 27             27 ½                      L- 1/2

Arm: 13                   13                          No L or G

Total loss = 2.5 inches!

This is a bit faster than the turbo jam. The turbo jam is still a great workout and I will use it for some variety but the total gym does seem to work a little faster. Not a whole lot but some. It is nice to see a loss and for 13 days I will take 2.5 inches.

Now to find something else to review and compare! I like doing my workouts this way as it gives me more of a goal to review the workouts. Keeps me interested!

I do have to say that I love the way I feel after I work-out on the total gym so this will be hard to match. It was definitely worth the money I paid and I can keep it forever and order small parts for minimal money when I need to. I have only had to do that once because I lost the little pins when I moved and got 3 sets for about $5.

I am so sore today from poop scooping yesterday. It is funny how the chores can make us so sore. The nice thing is that I have been able to get by with less ibuprofen than I was taking in the beginning of my workout regiments. I was taking it pretty much every day in the beginning because I was so sore that I could not sleep but the last couple days, even with the extra soreness from cleaning the back yard, I did not have to take any to sleep last night. I am still sore today and even a little more because I just did a total gym workout for 40 minutes but it is a “good” sore.

I think I am really starting to get a bit “addicted” to my exercise. Not in a bad way and I guess addicted might be the wrong word. I am getting addicted to seeing and feeling my results.

So I have a 5 month old and he is on and off with his sleeping habits. One night he will sleep 6 hours in his own bed and then 2-3 in mine. Another night he will be up all night needing a pacifier every 20 min. Another night he sleeps 8 hours in his crib and then 1-2 hours in mine. It is so topsy turvy.

So the nights he sleeps why is it that I can’t. I fell asleep last night at 11:30pm and he woke up at 5am fro a pacifier and I gave him one. 10 min. later he is crying so I bring him into my bed and BOOM he is crashed out on my bed. Still is crashed and it is 2 hours later. Well he is crashed tow hours later and what am I doing? Well I did a 40 min. workout, had breakfast, drank coffee and am not getting caught up on a recorded show.

Why is it that I absolutely crave sleep pretty much all my time of the day and when my son does finally sleep I can’t. I got up at 5am and could not go back to sleep. I hope that when he does finally consistently sleep through the night that I can get at least 7-8 hours instead of 5!

So I had to do some yard work today. Yes it is cold outside and there is not landscaping to be done but something I had not done since May or June last year…scoop poop. I have a 90 pound lab and since I was put on bed rest last June and then had the whole problem with the C-section wound infection and the gaping hole in my stomach for 3 months, the back yard did not get scooped. It was nasty. It did only take an hour today but I had to work hard and fast for that hour. Raking many piles and then bending and squatting to pick it up and put it in the bag. My thighs were burning and so are my arms from raking.

My second workout was giving my 90 pound lab a bath. Not and easy task believe me. It took 20 min and I pretty much just bring her in the shower and bath her and then myself. It is quite comical.

My third workout today will be my tap class tonight so as you can see, I may not be doing the total gym today since I am working all day.

I am pretty sore in the arms and legs so did not want to totally burn myself out before dance tonight. Will pick back up on the total gym tomorrow since I won’t have to scoop the back yard!

Oh ya and I have to say that I barely broke a sweat today doing these things. My stamina is getting a 100% better. It is nice to be able to move after dong hard work!

Here is a random thought that bugs me. I just went to put washer fluid in my car and I had a little less than half of a gallon that I used before and it still only took half of that. So now I still have about ¼ of a bottle sitting in my car leaking every time it falls on the floor.

Tell me why the stupid car industries cannot make the cars take a full gallon of washer fluid. Seriously, it is not that hard. I had a Saturn a few years ago and it took the whole gallon and it was so nice to not have the extra in my car. I would leave the extra in the garage but when I run it, which is very quickly because it does not take the whole gallon, I have to buy a new bottle and then end up with half a dozen half gallons in my stupid garage!

OK I was just annoyed so had to post this! Maybe some car industry will read this someday and pull their head out

So I have heard in the past that if you think healthy you will be healthy. I have also heard that if you think skinny you will become skinny. Skinny is not the best word for me, I like the healthy word but these statements do make sense and I am going to try them.
So now I have to adjust my thinking and picture myself the thinner healthier me I am striving for. Your mind can really do a lot of things for you and I believe that if I can get myself to picture a healthier me then this should help me with my weight loss and maybe help accelerate it. Let’s see what happens. It can’t hurt to start feeling better emotionally as well, this is always good!

So I had a mole removed yesterday underneath my breast and I have a hole the size of a quarter which is very uncomfortable and hurts a bit. If I don’t work out today this will be the second day in a row. I did not do one yesterday because it was Irish class. Well usually I break a big sweat and work out hard in Irish but so happens yesterday was an exception. We were measuring for costumes and it just took most of class so I really only warmed up and dance our 1 dance 2 times.

I guess I need to just suck it up and work out later and just be careful and if it hurts too much, stop. Very frustrating! The hole is just in a perfect spot that everything I do with my upper body makes it pull there and hurts a bit. Of course right?