Need a place to vent

Hi girls,

I don't think anyone checks this, but I needed a place to write down my thoughts. I feel so depressed right now. I came home from vacation and I have gained another 5 pounds. This means I am now up 10 pounds from my comfortable weight. This means all my clothes are fitting tight. I feel like I have an extra layer on me and I am just not happy. I feel sluggish. I am frustrated with my running. I am frustrated with my eating. I can't make myself go to bed early. I don't know what my next plan should be.

So, that is it for my whining!! It is time to snap out of it!!! I am seriously considering doing the Making the Cut and maybe running once or twice a week. I think losing weight would help with my running too.

I will report back, if only for myself.

The good news I went shopping yesterday so I have plenty of good food to eat for the next 2 weeks.

Kelly

Kelly,

I missed you this morning. I did the workout. I modified a couple of the exercises because I am not quite coordinated enough (not to mention I feel a little silly doing some of them all by myself). I am sure I get some funny looks!

Day 2

Okay, remember how I said it would probably get harder? Yeah, day 2 was a lot harder than day 1, but I did it! So far so good...

Day 1 Completed!

So I found a friend who wanted to do this with me, and she is a little more versed in all of the gym equipment, etc. than I am, so we went to the gym this morning at 5:00 a.m. and did workout #1. She was smart and wrote out all of the circuits on a little 3X5 card. It went very smoothly. I had read through the exercises, and she had actually done the workout once at home, so it went very well. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, but it was a good workout. I'm sure they will get harder. I am also trying to train for the St. George marathon, so I did a 4-mile easy run from the gym to my house (my friend had picked me up to go to the gym, so this worked out perfectly.) I was home by 6:30. I'm excited. I think this is going to work. Now if I can just get my eating under control, maybe I can get this body into shape!

Week 2- Day 8 Monday

With Wasatch Back this week, I am only going to be doing Monday and Tuesday workouts. This will actually work out well, because it will put me on track to have all Sundays off (as long as I am not too sore next Monday!) I was on my own today. Marnie worked last night. A couple of the exercises I couldn't figure out what she was talking about so I improvised. :-) There were many sets that were "to failure" and I am not sure if I pushed myself hard enough. I did my best. We will see how it goes the second time around. Hopefully someone else will get a chance to look at the workout.

Good luck!

Week 1 Results

Okay, so I thought I would keep track of how my clothes are fitting, weight loss, etc. I am not expecting huge changes, I am just hoping to get into a good lifting routine. But changes would be nice too. :-) Midway through the week I weighed myself and I was down 3 lbs!! It was after a workout so I was pretty sure some of it was sweat loss! Sure enough, my official weight is 2 pounds down- still not too bad! The best part is that I put on a dress yesterday that I don't normally like my arms in and I felt like they looked better. I still wore the sweater over it, but it's a start!!

End of Week 1

I hope you guys aren't tired of me, and I hope someone joins in soon. For now, I need a record of how it's going!! So, day 5 was a great workout. Marnie did it with me and it was tough. I felt stronger though. I was a little nervous for Saturday's run.

Saturday, Marnie, Ted and I ran 8.5 miles. We ran quicker than we usually do and my legs felt tired and sluggish. At about mile 7, I started feeling really sick to my stomach. We stopped for some water and then kept going. It was a tough run overall, but more because of my stomach than my legs!!

Overall, I feel this week went well and I look forward to more workouts.