I Went On The Mirror Side

Oh, yes I did! Hot Stuff do hear that? Can you Believe it? It was a small baby step, but a step.

I went over to a couple of ladies who also have kids in the PE class at the Y. Same ones I did the pilates class and the spin class with. One of them handed me a five lb weight so I could start working off my muffin top. Of course they were just talking about their muffin tops. They never actually told me that I had a muffin top. I think it was implied that we all have muffin tops. So I climbed on the I don't know what you call it and did some side extension working on my obliques (I mean muffin top)

It was fun venturing to the other side of the gym. Why haven't I done that sooner? Could it be all the boys with giant muscles looking at themselves in the mirror? I thought that was the reason. Then today I realized the real reason is the GIANT MIRROR. I don't know about you, but when I'm exercising I feel more physically fit. So I think of myself as having a physically fit body. Makes perfect sense to me. Then you see yourself in the GIANT MIRROR. All of the sudden reality smacks you in the face. Or should I just say my face. reality smacked me in my face. My booty is that big? I don't want to think I'm that big.

I suppose it is good to have reality checks. I will brave it again and use the I don't know what you call it to reduce my muffin tops. Who knows what other things I might end up doing. Watch out World!

BTW all the boys in my house want to know what a muffin top is. I think they want to eat some! Just in case you have no idea what I'm talking about. It is the bulge that hangs over your waistband, particularly at the sides.

Get out their Girls and be brave!

Smiley Face

Curious, do you ever read the fitness tips at the bottom? If yes, do you ever do them?
I find that I hardly ever read them. I forget that it is even there.

Today will be a challenging day for me to move my body. I will be home all day and I have a million things I would rather do, but I want to make myself a priority. So somehow I will push everything aside and find 30min to move this body. Not sure what it will be, but I'll think of something.

April's Ending

I didn't realize that I never typed my Friday post. I'm such a slacker.

As we are drawing end to another month I have an honest question, and I'm looking for an honest answer. Do we want to keep doing this?

Our group as dwindled each month. We have gotten fewer comments from our fellow Go Girls and I can look at the traffic meter and tell that only one or two people are looking some days. This is ok with me. It is what it is.

But where do we go now? If someone would like me to keep posting because it motivates them, let me know. I Can work harder at making it daily or if it is just a couple of us maybe we just do it weekly. I'm not sure what I want to do. That's why I would love to hear from anyone who wants it to keep going. Please don't feel sorry for the blog and say keep it up, if that is not what you feel. I only want to fill a need. And at this time I think we need to redefine the Go Girl needs. April has been different than Feb.

Tuesday is Off!

Apparently, the majority of us took Tuesday off. I never got my exercise squeezed in like I planned and I know Hot Stuff headed to the ER instead of the gym--not that she would log in and tell us hint hint. So that makes 4 of us that took a break. I know what we will be doing on Sat.

As for Wednesday. Hot Stuff and I did the Y. It was a good workout for me. Did two cardio machines and 3 weight machines. Hope you all had a better Wednesday.

A little spot

Want to make sure I have a spot for any early birds to leave us a comment. But really I need to go to sleep right now since my computer is telling me it is already Tuesday! Good Night/morning

Tell Us What You Did

How was your workout today?

It Is Working!!!

I just read Mama Chick's comments about losing 7 pounds. Way to go!!! (You even took a couple weeks off with family sickness and travel.)

Yesterday morning I had my kids set up the Wii so I could do a body test. I was curious because someone asked me if I had lost weight. I replied, "um, my clothes say I haven't, but my husband thinks I have. So maybe. I don't really weigh myself."

I had planned on waiting until the end of the month to weigh myself and see if my new goal made a difference, but the curiosity was too much. I did a body test knowing that it could really ruin my day if it told me that I weighed more or even the same as when I started. Last time I weighed myself there wasn't a real difference then I got sick and lost weight, fully knowing that it wasn't true weight loss, but dehydration.

Here goes... the Wii has informed me that I have lost over 9lbs since the beginning of the year. That is some pretty good news! Sure I would love it to tell me that I have lost 20 or 30lbs, but 9 is good. I haven't done anything super radical which is the nice part. I'm just having a healthier lifestyle by moving my body! I'm not counting calories or turning down food(except after 8:30pm). In fact, I ate two snicker Easter eggs this morning--so you can see I'm not trying very hard in the food department.

My hope for me and for you reading this is that we become the tortoise and keep plodding along. Sure there are Hares out there who are super fast. But we all know how that story ends.

Keep focused on tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that. Don't look back.

How exciting will it be next January knowing that we just stayed on the track.

Step'n It Up

Finished my third day for the week. Since I didn't finish the five days last week and I had a lot of Easter candy, I felt motivated to push my workouts at the Y a little more this week.

I'm not sure I started out with that plan, but it fell into place. On Monday I met Hot Stuff at the Y for the usual. My treadmill didn't automatically go to cool down after 30min. When It was time for Hot Stuff to leave I was almost at 40min. She encouraged me to go to 45. I thought sure, I can do that, but the last 5min will be cool down. Well, I got to 45min and I saw how close I was to 3miles. How could I stop now. I might as well get in 3mi to say that I did. I decided to bump up my speed so it would happen faster. I actually got up to 4.4mph. Although, it only lasted 2min. By the time I hit 3miles I was too close to 60min. to stop. So I went to 60min. Then I did a few weights. It felt good to push myself.

Tuesday was normal 30min here at the house. Which is totally good.

Today I got the same treadmill at the Y with Hot Stuff. I decided to go past the 30min again and do 45min. Then I went and did my 3 weight machines. Then I decided to turn it up a notch. Put on my earphones (didn't have them with me on Monday) and hit the elliptical . My plan was 15 more mins bringing my total cardio to an hour, but HGTV was on with a great show about staging your house. I ended up doing 33 more minutes. Crazy!

Not sure if this fire under my tush will last, but two kicked up days is way better than no kicked up days. I'll take it!

Goals update

By the end of last week I got off track. Good Friday and Easter weekend had me off schedule--And I did not complete my 5 workouts for the week. A bit of a bummer.

The good news is that I'm on track this week. I just got back on that horse. You can too!

My additional goal of not eating past 8:30 has been going well. It was really hard the first few days, but got easier. I'm not watching what I eat, but by not snacking at night I must be saving myself at least 300 calories.

Frosty, did you ever decide on your additional goal for yourself?

Where do the days go?

Mama Chick left a message on Hot Honey's wall (facebook thing) saying she was going to start eating doughnuts and ordering Chinese, if his wife didn't start blogging this week.

So I'm on it! Even if this is a quick little hello and nothing inspiring, I want to make sure Mama Chick has a place to record her dedication. You go girl! Tell us what you did.

Hope to have time tomorrow to update you all on me and what I've been up to the last week. I do write posts in my head while I'm doing other things, but it doesn't help you if I never put them on the blog! I need to hook my brain up to the computer. Wait, that would be super scary. I don't think we should read all my thoughts!

Have a good evening.

Spin Class

Wow, I did it!

And boy was it challenging. I dare say it was harder than Jillian's workout.

Crazy thing is that it was the beginner class. Apparently, I need the intro to beginners spin class. I wonder where that is?

I would do it again. It was a great workout. Tons of sweat, out of breathe, heart pounding workout. I will be sore tomorrow and right now I just want to take a nap. That class was the last of my energy. Actually I didn't even know I had that much energy.

FYI--Everyone talks about your bum hurting, which it does, but no one really talks about how much it hurts your "cookie." WHICH IT DOES. Consider yourself warned.

Quick Check In

Hey Girls. Fun to read all the comments. I wrote the last two entries on Saturday and turned off the computer. I did turn it on yesterday, but never checked in. I didn't intend to make the type so big on the Goals entry. When I read it, it was almost like I was screaming. I wasn't screaming, unless that is what motivated you this week. In that case I was screaming super loud.

I went to the Y yesterday and walked the treadmill with Hot Stuff. Then I did a couple weight machines. I increased my weights. That was a good feeling so I decided to do 15 extra min. on the bike. That was a looooong 15min. But I'm thinking of doing a begin spin class tomorrow (Wed.) Thinking being the operative word here. We will see how brave/crazy I feel. 15min made my bum hurt. I'm pretty sure the class is longer than that.

Today I did a Walk Away the Pounds video at home.

Frosty--I'm excited to hear your goal. Maybe others will want to try whatever it is you are thinking about.

Mama Chick--nice job moving the dinner earlier. I know it is hard

This not eating after 8:30 is not easy. I need to start going to bed earlier so I won't think about it. It is 10:39pm right now and I've already stopped myself like 10times from grabbing a snack. I know where the little Dove chocolate eggs are hidden. So yummy! Tomorrow I will eat one of those babies.

Goals

I thought I would take this time to remind you all of our goal.

*Exercise for at least 30min 5 days each week (Our week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday)

You pick the exercise and you can even divide it into two 15min or three 10min--Whatever works for you and your schedule. I've personally chosen not to count household activities as my exercise. Example, moving all furniture out of a room and replacing floors. But that is just me. I'm trying to set aside time for me and make me more of a priority.

That is really the only goal. Pretty simple and straight forward.


Now I have decided on an additional goal for myself. Please feel free to join me. For me this won't be easy. It might be harder than actually exercising. Some of you may already do this and it is no big deal. Drum Roll Please.....

*Not eating after 8:30pm 5 nights per week

Yikes, I said it. I typed it. It is official. I'm scared!

Deep breath. It is only for 3 weeks. I can do this. And it is only 5 nights not 7.
But this will be haaaaard. Hot Honey works late at night and I find myself snacking with him. The reality is that I'm just tired and instead of putting myself to bed. I hang out and eat cereal--like the Captain Crunch we have hidden from the kids. We're so sneaky. But it will be much harder to sneak now since they go to bed at 8:30.

I'm not ready to make any huge eating changes, but I'm hoping this one small change will make a difference in my jean size.

If you want to join me in this new goal, leave a comment.

Fresh Start

I feel like many of us just need a Fresh Start. Life is busy, kids are sick, bodies are falling apart, but we need to refocus. Time will keep going. Soon it will be May and time to put on swimsuits, Then it will be the end of summer and time for school to start again. Then the Holidays begin. The cycle continues.

Now is not the time to wait for tomorrow or next week. Now is the time to put yourself and your health first! Sometimes our minds tell us that the best thing is to sit down and watch some TV or you fill in the blank. But don't listen to that voice before you get up and move! That voice deceives us. It robs us of what we can be. We must fight to quiet that awful voice. Just remember that anything worth having is worth fighting for. Be strong Girls! You are worth it! Now let's tear up the next three weeks of April!!!!

And this post is as much for me as it is for you. We all struggle.

I'm Still Here

It has been a slow week on the blogging. I'm not sure where the time has gone, but I'm still working out. Are you?

I know Cutie Pie is down and out. What about Mama Chick? Haven't heard from you in a while. Have you jumped back on the wagon? Hip Mamasita, have you been exercising? I know you haven't been able to post comments, but you can always email me and I can update for you. Julie?Frosty? Brooke(s)? Anyone? Everyone?

I miss the community.

Nice work kSk and Judy. Keep it up! And Hot Stuff has been working out too, but I don't think she will ever get on here and leave comments. She is a lurker, but that is OK.