A Smidjin at a time

You know what happens when you actually stick to the plan and eat well and work out? You start seeing results. You know the scale goes does a little, the weights go up a notch, balance moves are held a little longer. And you know what happens when you start seeing results? You push even harder to build on those results, and you have one of those workout where you leave it all behind in the gym. I actually had 2 back to back weigh-ins at weight watchers where the scale showed a loss. That has only happened one other time since I started this time around. And I am bound and determined to make it three in a row for the first time. I like seeing the graph go down, and I really like the stars that appear on my tracker every 5 pounds. I think I can actually get my first 5 pound star at the next weigh in. And I am starting to see results again at PUMP. I had made some gains about 2 months ago, and then kinda was stuck. Been fluctuating between these 3 sets of weights 5,8, and 10 pounds. I...

I'm back. Hopefully I will even stick around. I need to remember that I really do better weight loss wise when I am consistent with the blogging. Last weekend I did something I hadn't done in 3 years. I "competed" in a race. Yep you read that right. I registered for a race, "trained" for it, and pinned my race bib on and laced my timing chip through my shoelaces and competed. Someone had to come in 68th, so why not me. 3.1 miles, 54 minutes and 12 seconds. Next goal, work on getting that time down to say 45 minutes.

I love a good before and after. Don't you? You know like in Biggest Loser when they show contestant the day they started at the ranch (where biggest loser is set) and then change to a now picture, after they have lost tons of weight. And they are awesome. Usually very motivating, at least for me. But then that's it. You never see them again after the finale, unless they are the winner and even then not so much. But that's not the end. There is so much more to the journey than that one weigh-in. It is every day continually making the healthy choices, when no one is watching and you are the only one looking at the scale, the only one counting the reps. Which is why I am recommitted to counting the reps and watching the scale go down.

So there I am in my weekly R.I.P.P.E.D class, and well something clicked tonight. I was able to push a little harder than I did last week. I'm not sure if it was the pizza I had at lunch that I felt I needed to redeem, or if it was all the sideways glances in the full length mirrors at class on Saturday, or the fact that I gained at last weeks weigh-in instead of loose, but I did more. I used the 8 lbs weights when Saturday I only used 5. I even managed to do the push-up section in the Power set. Granted I didn't do all the push-ups and mountain-climbers and kick-throughs...but I did more than last time, as in I actually did kick-throughs this week. But I also had to cut back and use the 3 lb weights for like the first time since I started ages ago. One of my shoulders didn't like the shoulder portion of the Resistance set on Saturday, so instead of pushing it to hard to the point of injury I backed off so I could still complete the movement and hopefully work on strength...

Next week I am starting a Biggest Loser Challenge. I am super excited, haven't done of Coach Chaz's challenge groups in a long time. And how super awesome that a whole new bag of shakeology showed up today. Well here now is my dilemma, I have no idea which dvd workout program to add to my current routine. Mind you my current routine is really only 2 one hour classes a week. So here is where you all, my friends, come in handy. I want to know which program you guys think would be good. Here are the options, please leave me a comment and let me know which one you think I would rock the best. *Les Mills Combat: Mixed Martial Arts with a couple of weight training workouts.  Actually one of my favorites, But I have never been able to complete the series. *P90X: Can you say push-ups, and pull-ups. True, I despise tony horton's talking through it, but there is a way to actually turn his voice off except for just the cues to change (is that cause beachbody figured out not every...

A couple weeks ago, with the support and encouragement of a friend who went with me, I went back to Weight Watchers. It is always so much easier doing almost anything with a friend, especially since we joined at the same time. A lot is different from when I was last there, most of the people, the room. But a lot is the same, most importantly the actual program. While I am having to redo how I shop and plan meals, I at least already know the actual ins and outs. And, hopefully, I am also back to blogging. Thanks to this blog I have been able to look back and reflect on the struggles and successes I had when I was last seriously working at losing weight. I need to remember these lessons, learn from them so that I can repeat the successes and not repeat the failures.

I seriously thought about, I really need. I looked at that door a couple of times. I truly honestly thought about quitting in the middle of the workout tonight. Actually I think the first thought came before halfway. To say tonight's class kicked my butt and was rough is an understatement. When I wasn't thinking about quitting I was trying to not think about how I wanted to pass out. But, I dug deep and found a way to power through. So what got me through? I just kept taking it one song at a time. Couple deep breaths, a few sips (okay maybe gulps) of water, and one song after another I slowly got to the end. And that's a lot like what the last 4 years have been for me. One Song at a time. One pound at a time. One milestone at a time. One setback at a time. And that's all the last 9 months, one simple yet long setback. Which means I just need to take it "one song at a time" to get my weight/health/strength/body back to where it was.