Today was a good day. I feel like a rockstar. I went to the gym this morning. It felt good. And when I looked in the mirror I saw my progress. This isnt an everyday thing...although I wish it were!!! I saw that my arms are starting to take shape. And when I walked in front of the mirror on the way to one of the machines I noticed the FUPA is getting smaller. Yaay! I went in the sauna when I was all done and relaxed and talked to my new friend I met at the gym. Tomorrow morning it is Zumba. I cant wait! I went to my zumba class last night too. It was good but not as good as usual. After the gym today I picked up my friend Erin and we brought the girls to the zoo. It was a good time.
Anyway...then the most amazing part of my rockstar day... Tonight after dinner I realized I had energy and wanted to exercise. I had this motivation I cant explain. So when the girls went to bed I went and changed into some workout clothes and got on the treadmill. I am sooooooooooo excited that tonight I have achieved my latest goal and jogged 2 miles...and on 5mph. For me, this is great! I used to have to jog at 4mph and could only do a minute or two on 5mph. But I did the whole thing at 5mph. And the best part...I was comfortable doing it. There was no uncomfortable out of breathe feeling and no feeling like I needed to stop and rest. Is this what conditioning is all about? Is that what in shape feels like? It cant be because I still have so far to go and afterall I am still at the high end of the overweight category on the BMI chart. Almost obese actually. But even that is an accomplishment for me. I have been in the obese category for over a decade so bumping down into "overweight" is progess. I realize now that I really have come so far in this journey.
I ate a MF maintenance bar when I was done because it has extra calories and carbs. But I am not sure that is even enough. I really need to educate myself in this department and bite the bullet and start counting calories when I figure out where I should be at for my activity level. I will see what the scale thinks on Thursday.
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That is so awesome to see your progress. Good times! And it's way cool how you've noticed your endurance building up... cruising at 5mph... you ARE a rock star!!
~Margene
http://believingitspossible.blogspot.com/
Wow-5mph, I wish I could go that fast. I'm working on it. Good to hear that you are noticing your "new" self in the mirror, that's great isn't it? Keep going!
Thanks for the encouragement you left for me on my blog. I am so so so excited to see your progress. I think we need these little breakthroughs now and again to help spur us on to bigger achievements. You are doing so well. Good job!
Congrats! It is so awesome that you were able to jog like that! I can jog, which is cool, just not that far. :) You're doing amazing!
Wow! That is really awesome. I'm so happy for you that you can see the changes in yourself...that's great motivation :)
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