I wasn't able to jog everyday last week, due to asthma, I did go walking two days instead and I just forced myself to jog the third day. I did go "jogging" yesterday and walked five, jogged five, and repeat, for a total of 35 minutes. I'm hoping to increase the jog time each week. 2-3 weeks (or so) ago I managed to go 10 minutes straight before turning to walking but shortly after my asthma kicked in more forcibly and I could barely go 5 minutes before needing to stop and walk. I really need to make an appointmentt with my Dr. to see what I can do to help with my asthma!
I've decided I need to work out more than 3 days per week and went for a walk tonight, Brady joined me on his bike. I like that the boys are wanting to get out and exercise in addition to riding their bikes to school each day! I'd like to continue jogging, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and walk on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I'm thinking of doing indoor cycling classes (or spinning, whichever you'd like to call it) bright and early Saturday mornings. I discovered a place in Salem that is strictly for indoor cycling and would like to take advantage of their one free class to see if it's something I'd like to continue doing! anyone want to join me???:)
I was recently looking at the labels of some of my fat free dressings and noticed a couple of them have high fructose corn syrup. We've been trying to do away with any products that have that in it. I really should have checked the ingredients before purchasing but didn't even think of it. We've already swapped out some products that do have it for others that do not. Once those are used up I won't be buying them again! I hate to throw them out, as I hate to waste money! My husband has been trying to get me on the "NO HFCS" bandwagon for awhile, I'd oblige him by not buying certain items and after reading about it for myself, I'm all for it! We do most of our grocery shopping at Trader Joe's so most of our food is natural or organic or at the very least, less processed and better ingredients! From a recent article on "Yahoo", sounds like we have more "ingredients", if you can call them that, to cut out of our diets.
I took my little fruit salad joke seriously and started making fruit salads to eat with a meal each day. I'm still eating veggie salads most days but I'm thinking I need to find more ways to be creative with my veggies, like a veggie stir fry or ???, if anyone has any tips, I'd be happy to hear them!? Now that I'm getting better about my fruit and veggie intake, I need work on dairy. occasionally I've tossed yogurt on my fruit salad but I really need to get more dairy/calcium in each day. I often think of "Bob" from "What about Bob?", by taking all these "baby steps" to reach my goals! ....That's a great movie! anywho.........
Weight loss to date, I managed to get down to 205, BUT, it managed to find it's way back (must've been the chocolate cake I made for V-Day!?) ;) O'well, I just keep reminding myself about that article I read about postpartum mom's and how it'll take me awhile to see results! and hopefully in a few months (preferable weeks) I'll have some weight loss to report!
Update: I called "Joy Ride" (the indoor cycling place) today and signed up for their free introductory class tomorrow. If I like it, I'll be doing it most Saturdays!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
week 7
I read an article several years ago, when I was 18 and started jogging, the first time, that most people who start an exercise routine, will not make it up to, or past 6 weeks. Well today is the start of week 7 for me! I've also heard it takes 6 weeks to make a habit. Regardless of whether or not there's any truth to those two statements, I'm still proud of myself for getting out there and exercising. I've even lost the 2 pounds I'd gained when I first started exercising, I'm hoping the weight loss trend continues.
I've been eating a lot of salad lately, with fat free dressing. I gotta say fat free dressing isn't bad tasting! and it has far fewer calories than regular or light dressing. With all the salad intake, I'm getting my daily veggie servings in, still working on the fruit though. I prefer veggies over fruit and really like salad so it makes it easy to eat. ....maybe I should start making fruit salads. ;) occasionally I'll make all fruit smoothies but not often enough. I've been eating smaller portions of other foods too, I'm getting the hang of this "dieting" thing .....again!
My asthma has been acting up the last 3 times I've gone jogging so I haven't been able to jog as long as I'd like but I'll take the time my body allows itself to jog. I'm walking the rest of the way, so I'm still going (roughly) 2 1/4 miles. I think I'll try taking an anti-histamine to see if that helps, my nose has been running those last few times so I know my allergies are acting up and contributing to the asthma.
I've been kicking myself lately for ever stopping jogging. I worked so hard to lose weight, and eat right all those years ago and I just quit doing all of it. If only I knew then what I know now!? I loved going out a jogging too, I felt great while doing it and loved the time I had to myself and to think. It was always such a sense of accomplishment each time I went jogging or looked in the mirror, put on a smaller pant size and stepped on the scale to see what all my hard work was doing for me and had gotten me. For some reason, it's so much harder the 2nd time around! Or maybe it just seemed easier then because I was younger?
I've been annoyed by my lack of weight loss as well, but after reading an article recently that said it can take 6-12 months for postpartum women to lose the baby weight, I feel a little better about not losing anything yet. But at the same time, I just really want to start seeing that number on the scale getting smaller! OK, whine fest over, back to being proud of my recent accomplishments! :)
I've been eating a lot of salad lately, with fat free dressing. I gotta say fat free dressing isn't bad tasting! and it has far fewer calories than regular or light dressing. With all the salad intake, I'm getting my daily veggie servings in, still working on the fruit though. I prefer veggies over fruit and really like salad so it makes it easy to eat. ....maybe I should start making fruit salads. ;) occasionally I'll make all fruit smoothies but not often enough. I've been eating smaller portions of other foods too, I'm getting the hang of this "dieting" thing .....again!
My asthma has been acting up the last 3 times I've gone jogging so I haven't been able to jog as long as I'd like but I'll take the time my body allows itself to jog. I'm walking the rest of the way, so I'm still going (roughly) 2 1/4 miles. I think I'll try taking an anti-histamine to see if that helps, my nose has been running those last few times so I know my allergies are acting up and contributing to the asthma.
I've been kicking myself lately for ever stopping jogging. I worked so hard to lose weight, and eat right all those years ago and I just quit doing all of it. If only I knew then what I know now!? I loved going out a jogging too, I felt great while doing it and loved the time I had to myself and to think. It was always such a sense of accomplishment each time I went jogging or looked in the mirror, put on a smaller pant size and stepped on the scale to see what all my hard work was doing for me and had gotten me. For some reason, it's so much harder the 2nd time around! Or maybe it just seemed easier then because I was younger?
I've been annoyed by my lack of weight loss as well, but after reading an article recently that said it can take 6-12 months for postpartum women to lose the baby weight, I feel a little better about not losing anything yet. But at the same time, I just really want to start seeing that number on the scale getting smaller! OK, whine fest over, back to being proud of my recent accomplishments! :)
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