I woke up early with my husband today... saw him off to work, had a cup of coffee, and did a workout video before breakfast. The early morning energy surge was GREAT! I miss the days of early morning workouts... it is definitely one of my goals to get back into that habit for good.
On a positive note, it looks like I may be getting a treadmill!! I sent out a plea to my facebook friends, asking if anyone had one they weren't using anymore. Lo and behold, a woman belonging to my church sent me a message a few days later. I go to look at it tomorrow afternoon, and if everything goes well, DH will grab it with a buddy of his tomorrow evening!
You have no idea how exciting this is. My GREATEST issue with exercise, has been trying to find a way to do it at home, while everyone is sleeping. Let's face it, when you're a mother, you don't exactly have any downtime while your family is awake... those needy little trolls, I tell ya! (Just kidding, I love my family very dearly.) But cripes, I can't even remember the last time I was able to go #2 alone and uninterrupted.
Now back when I was single, I successfully lost some weight by a.) joining a gym and b.) working 2 jobs that had me moving/lifting constantly on my feet for 12 hours/day. I don't have the luxury of a gym membership now (and can't afford one...), I don't have the money (or space) for a home-gym, and I certainly don't have the ability to go for a walk with the little-guy when it's pouring rain for 3 weeks straight, or snowing, or sleeting, or hailing, or drizzely, or cold... and that pretty much accounts for 2/3 of the year. So in order for me to get in a WALK -- the weather has to be okay, AND it has to be "NOT-naptime", because well, the 2-year-old terror-o-mine doesn't exactly nap well in the stroller. The crib is way better... for him, and for me!
Enter: treadmill. Tiny-tot goes down for his nap -- Mommy hops on the treadmill and does a little couch-to-5k. Or, Mommy wakes up before tiny-tot -- hops on the treadmill. Tiny-tot goes to bed for the night -- Mommy hops on the treadmill. OH the possibilities are endless!! I can't wait.
On another note, I wound up dropping a little over 1/2 lb when I weighed myself this morning! After months of nothing but GAINS, this is a good thing! I am starting to think that I am really increasing my metabolic weight and may actually be able to start losing again. LIFE IS GOOD! I can't wait until weigh-in day to actually log my week's loss (Goal is 2lbs /week). And it WILL be a loss. No more of this "gaining" bullarcky. Nope. Ain't happenin'. Those days are LONG GONE! I'm in complete control again and it's absolutely liberating.
Also, to note... I've been peeing like a champ. I think if my metabolic rate is increasing, than so is my metabolic waste. Metabolic waste is excreted two ways -- by the kidneys in the form of urine, and CO2 by the lungs (CO2 = metabolic waste produced during the conversion of glucose to energy... long story, if you really want to know, message me sometime and I'll give you a crash course in biochemistry. LOL!) Anyways, if my urine output is increasing, then I am guessing that my metabolic waste is increasing, and my metabolic rate thus must be increasing as well. Interesting thought, doncha think? I'm not drinking that much more water than usual (I'm a water-a-holic anyways), so maybe it's my metabolism actually working correctly for a change?!?!?!?!? Whodda thunk it.
Hi! I'd love to share experiences! There are a million weight loss blogs out there but I was hard pressed to find one that included phen and I think its a lot easier to stay motivated when you know there are other people out there going through the same things. I love your pounds for pennies idea. I think I might borrow it if you dont mind.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on taking control!