Day 44

Today I did not want to workout. I was cramping, in pain, and just wanted to sleep my afternoon away!! I got into my workout gear, all the while fighting with myself about working out. Mentally, I was totally there, wanting to workout; however, physically, I wasn't in the mood!

I decided that yoga would probably be a good thing to do, stretching, that kind of thing. So, I popped in the Ho' Ala Ke Kino DVD, and did my 30 min. yoga routine with Tony. The pain from my quads distracted me from the pain from my uterus!!

The yoga was good. I went deeper on some of the stuff, for longer, I think, then I have in the past. Great workout. And, I was feeling a little better, so, I popped in the Power90 3/4 DVD, and went for it!

I really pushed hard, and I think, for all the additional pain I was in, I think I did ok with the workout, overall. I switched over the fly push-ups to regular ones, instead of the girlie ones. I want to work on that more, increase my upper body strength.

I totally feel wiped out, yet, somehow energized after all that working out! Yeah, that's an interesting comment to explain!! ;-P

Today's workout:
Decline push-ups: 7
Regular "Guy" push-ups: 5
Heavy Pants: 15# 13 reps
Military Press: 10# 13 reps
Bicep curls: 10# 13 reps
Back Scratch: 10# 7 reps (I did them single-armed today, with minimal assistance with the other arm)
Lunges: 5 sets (2 one way, 2 back)
Fly Push-ups (regular ones): 6
Back Flys: 10# 13 reps
Swimmer's Press: 10# 13 reps
Open Curls: 10# 13 reps
2 arm Kick-Backs: 10# 10 reps
Lunge/Squat 5: 4 sets
Wide-Tri-Die 7-7-7: 7-7-7
Lawn Mower: 15# 13 reps
Shoulder Flys: 5# 13 reps
Bicep 21s: 10# 7-7-7
Dips (straight leg): 9
3-part squats (reg., wide, really wide): 12-0-0
Upright rows: 10# 13 reps
Calf Raise: 10# 20 reps
Wrist curls: 5# 15 reps
Wrist extensions: 5# 15 reps
Lower Back Extensions: all 5 reps
Max push-ups: 25 (I had to pause at 19, and then found that inner strength to pump out those last few.)
Max squats: 25

Goals for tomorrow: sweat 3/4, abs: 150

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Being very proud of my accomplishments, and the fact that I am now able to wear size 8 jeans, I was talking about it with my brother and my mom this weekend. I made the comment that I don't remember ever wearing size 8. In the process of discussion with my mom (who has the memory of an elephant when it comes to seemingly minute details like the size of clothing she bought for me 17 years ago) she agreed with me. When I came out of the teenager size clothes (odd numbers) I went straight to size 10. Dresses for graduation my junior and senior years in high school seem to have been in the size 10-12 range.

So, I guess you could say I'm down to my high school size!!

Now, as I tone my body, and fit into smaller clothes, I'm heading into "uncharted" territory for me!!

I hadn't noticed prior to my measurements, that my clothes fit any different on me. I only decided to try the smaller size, because I figured losing that many inches should make some difference. I only have a couple items in the new size, so, today, I'm wearing my "old" size 10 jeans, and I must say, I do now notice a difference. They feel much bigger. Didn't notice that 2 weeks ago!

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My Weight Watcher's meeting was good today. Using the senses when following the plan. All 5 senses, plus a 6th one ... commonsense. Really, it was about paying attention to what goes into my mouth, and taking it into account. It is really easy to let those little extra bites into my mouth without counting. I do find myself sometimes "rounding up" my bowl of cereal, or, when I'm not weighing my chips or crackers to add a few extra of the broken ones.

So, that is something for me to pay attention to this next week.

I've gotten a lot better about weighing my food. It makes it easier to know for sure what I'm eating, than to just "eye-ball" it ... which is what I do if I'm eating out.

Something for me to think about, anyway.