Posts Tagged ‘exercise’

Ok, So I have been not very good lately. I have been watching the diet and doing not so horrible on that. But, I know for me that if I want to see big losses I have to exercise as well as eat right. I have just not been doing that lately. So, I figure that I get a big shame on me! My friend Chris reminded me that while it’s fun to play on facebook, I really should get off my but and work out…. Thank you Chris. Not to mention that it has been frustrating Kurt that I have not been using the Wii or the games we have picked out for me to work out to.
I have to say that after doing the Jillian Michaels fitness ultimatum 2010, and having it royally kick my rear, I was not really into working out. I was sore for four days in a row and that made me want to give up. We had ordered the Biggest loser workout and it has been sitting on the table for over a week. I told myself that I was going to just do it today, suck it up and just go for it! So, I did…. it is so much easier to use that the Jillian Michaels one for me. It was easy to pick a fitness level and it stores all of your info so that you can track your progress. I like that. I took it a little easy and started out with the intermediate workouts and did a little over a half hour with cool down. I am ready to go out and buy it!
I am working my way up to doing the P90X. I have some friends that say that they really love the results. I just don’t feel like I am ready for that intensity yet. Let me work up to it a little.
I am hoping to get some walking in the evenings now that it is so light later in the evening. That way Kurt and I can do it together. That would be nice!
So, wish me luck!!

Another hour today! I hope that I can keep this up!! I was interrupted a lot today while I was working out. It was all for good reasons though! I am still working on getting my workout to be diverse. There are not too many different workouts that you can do that will cause muscle confusion. Keeping the muscles stimulated and tearing down and building up can be hard. You have to change it up or the muscles learn and then don’t produce like you want them to.
I have noticed that I am starting to show a change in my appearance even though I have not lost a lot of weight yet. I have gone down one pant size. I am hoping to reach my short term goal within the next week or so. I really need to keep up on the cardio.
Please let me know if anyone out there has used a heart rate monitor watch. I am looking in to getting one, I think that it would help me greatly to stay in the target zone to work out. If I have to exercise, I want it to go as smoothly and productively as possible. I like to do the workout, I just don’t want to have to do more than necessary because I am not working to the fullest potential. Please tell me your experiences!!