Slacking, that's what I've been doing, honestly.
After the last blog, we did not go to the gym, BUT, we did take a 35 minute walk with the dog. On Monday of this week, Ben and I did 20 minutes of yoga together. That's been it for exercise, unfortunately.
However, I think I have been doing very well on my portion control. I limit myself to one helping rather than two or three. Ben and I went out to dinner and I put half in a to-go box as soon as I got it. Then I had lunch for the next day and had good eating habits! I've also switched from a regular sized bowl at Hot Head to a little bowl. I figure, I'll collect the stickers and when I have a full card and get a free one, I will get the regular sized one.
I finally yesterday saw a difference. I decided to wear my favorite brown vest. When I put it on and buttoned it, I thought the strap in the back had come apart because it was noticeably loose. I reached back to attach the strap and realized it was already attached. It needed a little tightening, but even when I did I still had a decent amount of room. Yay!
I just measured myself, and I've lost 1 inch on my bust, 1.5 inches on my tummy and .5 inch on my thigh. Granted, that is since August, but I'd like to think my portion control efforts were instrumental in it. I haven't weighed myself, so I don't know what the verdict is on that yet. Here's hoping they both continue to go down!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
So sore!
I know I haven't posted on here in a while. This is for a few reasons--September was extremely busy with the run/walks I was involved in. While you might think this is a good thing for j9's skinny blog, I was actually a vendor and couldn't participate in the walk. I would have LOVED to, but I can't be in 2 places at once and, unfortunately, I was by myself for both of the run/walks. So, I didn't have anyone to "hold down the fort," if you will. Also, as a result, I didn't exercise much. I did exercise, but it was 20 minutes here, 30 minutes there. Not really worth blogging about, but I probably should have. :/ Lastly, I was out of town quite a bit in September and it proved difficult to exercise while I was at the hotel. I had actually planned to do so, but forgot my tennis shoes one time and the other time got back very late.
Anyway, enough excuses. Yesterday I exercised for 20 minutes and I am sore. I also exercised on Saturday, so that may have contributed to the soreness. I started out doing a burlesque workout on free on-demand, but the instructor was terrible. I pride myself on being able to figure out things pretty quickly and I just could not for the life of me figure out how she was doing her sequence. I watched it 8 or 9 times, even. She kept saying "if you don't have it yet, that's ok, I'll get you there." Uh, no. She never once broke down the moves to explain how to do them, went semi-slowly maybe twice and did NOT get me there. I stopped the workout after 6 minutes. Sigh. It had so much potential, too!
So, from there I wanted to do some cardio rather than the yoga I've been doing a lot of or muscle training. I found a workout with the same person who leads the yoga videos I like so much. She kicked my ass. I did 14 minutes of hers and I guarantee it's why I'm sore. There was a lot of bending involved, so my lower back is none too happy. My arms and legs are a little annoyed, but the back is the worst.
Ben and I are going to meet up at the gym on Wednesday. It will be the first time in a while that I've gone. I refused to go when it was sweltering outside because they have a very poor ventilation system and a wall of windows. You started sweating when you walked in and hadn't even exercised yet. Now that it's cooler I'm hoping it will be more tolerable. Fingers crossed.
Also, I am watching my portions. Most times, I stop eating at a smaller portion than I'm used to, and I am still hungry. I have to get over that. That's what got me into this mess in the first place and I don't want to continue the cycle. Hopefully, as I continue to eat smaller portions, I will stop feeling hungry because my body will get used to the smaller portion size. We'll see. I tried doing several small meals over the weekend and it seemed to work pretty well. I don't know how it will work during the week, so I'm curious to give it a try.
Anyway, enough excuses. Yesterday I exercised for 20 minutes and I am sore. I also exercised on Saturday, so that may have contributed to the soreness. I started out doing a burlesque workout on free on-demand, but the instructor was terrible. I pride myself on being able to figure out things pretty quickly and I just could not for the life of me figure out how she was doing her sequence. I watched it 8 or 9 times, even. She kept saying "if you don't have it yet, that's ok, I'll get you there." Uh, no. She never once broke down the moves to explain how to do them, went semi-slowly maybe twice and did NOT get me there. I stopped the workout after 6 minutes. Sigh. It had so much potential, too!
So, from there I wanted to do some cardio rather than the yoga I've been doing a lot of or muscle training. I found a workout with the same person who leads the yoga videos I like so much. She kicked my ass. I did 14 minutes of hers and I guarantee it's why I'm sore. There was a lot of bending involved, so my lower back is none too happy. My arms and legs are a little annoyed, but the back is the worst.
Ben and I are going to meet up at the gym on Wednesday. It will be the first time in a while that I've gone. I refused to go when it was sweltering outside because they have a very poor ventilation system and a wall of windows. You started sweating when you walked in and hadn't even exercised yet. Now that it's cooler I'm hoping it will be more tolerable. Fingers crossed.
Also, I am watching my portions. Most times, I stop eating at a smaller portion than I'm used to, and I am still hungry. I have to get over that. That's what got me into this mess in the first place and I don't want to continue the cycle. Hopefully, as I continue to eat smaller portions, I will stop feeling hungry because my body will get used to the smaller portion size. We'll see. I tried doing several small meals over the weekend and it seemed to work pretty well. I don't know how it will work during the week, so I'm curious to give it a try.
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