Doing good :)

I've been doing really good these past 2 weeks with the gym. I was still feeling sick last week so I've taken a few days off, but I've been doing some ab work as much as I can while I've taken off. The gym can be so addicting at times especially when I feel that I am making progress again. I've got another 2 weeks before I will weight myself again, and I'm hoping to be down at least 8 pounds. I can tell that my clothes are getting a bit loser on me now, and I know if I just keep everything up I will make progress :)

Exercise and Eating Right Actually Works!! Amazing!

There are a couple of girls at my old work who are starting their own weight loss adventure, and they are exactly at the same point I was a year and 1/2 ago. It's amazing to stop and look back at what attitudes and concerns I had when I started my fitness journey back then, and it is exactly the same as their's today. But I wanted to leave this encouragement to those who don't know me.

A year and 1/2 ago, I had never set foot into a gym in my entire life. Needless to say I knew absolutely nothing about weightlifting, machines, or anything to do with the gym lol. When I started I was quite intimidated by the people in the free weight room. And it was usually depressing to go to the gym anyway because most of the people there are already fit and skinny. But no matter what, I kept up going and my friend helped me out on what I should work and what I should do. And now 58 pounds lighter, it actually does work! You will be surprised and delighted at the results if you just keep it up exercising and eating right. Anyone can do it if I can!

Gym and maybe sickness?

I've gone to the gym every day but today because of my work schedule so I am going to let this be my rest day. My husband, Chris, has had a cold for the last week or so, and I think that I might be catching it :( because I have a sore throat today. I'm hoping that the reason for the sore throat is the lack of sleep the last 2 days so I am going to get to bed early tonight and I hope that the sore throat is gone in the morning so that I can once again go to the gym.

Actually, tomorrow I am meeting up with a friend of mine who I used to work with and we are going to do a leg workout. It should be fun although I really enjoy working my arms when I go to the gym with someone new, but I did arms on Monday so that is right out. Honestly, I am quite sore today and probably the rest of the week as my body adjusts to the weight lifting again, but I'm sure I will get over that soon enough.

Back in Action

Well, I'm back in the gym action. 2 girls I used to work with are now also going to the gym. Tomorrow will be the first day that I will see them in the gym so hopefully I can help them out or maybe they could give me pointers. I suppose we will see, but I'm excited to see some girls in the gym that I know. This Thursday my friend is going to go through a leg workout with me to show me squats and what not because I've never done them before and I don't want to injury myself.

Thinking about injuries, my right calf is still a little messed up. I'm going to have to take it easy for this month so that I can get back into running more miles without injuring myself again. I'm still easing back into the gym so for now it will be high reps and low weights with alternating between treadmill, elliptical, and the bike. I'm going to start working my abs a lot more. I was reading online the other day that some celebrities do 700+ crunches a day! That is pretty crazy (I think) but it is definately worth their effort. So I've decided to up my ab workout each day to try to get closer to my goal... That's it for now, until next time :)