Day 2 & 3

Now now let's not be judgmental or anything on me right now.  I know what I had said in my previous post about working out every day.  However I know illnesses come up and there isn't a lot we can do about them.  So here's the thing.  I did not get up early on Tuesday morning as I had planned to do my workout, sorry sleep won that round of battles.  But I had everything laid out for me for when I came home from work. Well during work I started to feel really light headed whenever I would get up and walk around.  So I figured I needed to drink more water so I downed my 32 oz container that I bring with me everywhere I go and that didn't seem to help.  Just made my stomach all sloshy and fun for the rest of the time at work. 
Once I got home my sister and her kids were still at the house so I figured I'd wait til they left.  Then all of a sudden I started feeling hot, yes it was hot yesterday here in Utah but only in the mid to high 70's nothing like it had been the weeks prior.  Then I started to get a headache and no matter what I did or took it wasn't going away.  
So I finally made up my mind I was going to still do a workout but not with as much energy as I normally do.  Well that thought got slapped in my face when I got up to go change the room started to spin and I had to sit down.  Yup, I was sick.  Now I work with money all day long and so I could be touching bills that someone decided to blow their nose on, I don't know and so because of this lovely work environment I'm in I get sick more than I want to.  I have hand sanitizer and  I wash my hands regularly because of how much I am around money and I make sure to never eat with my hands or put anything near my mouth whenever I'm dealing with money.  But with all those precautions I can still get sick and so I do.  Wahoo for me. :) 
My fall back was to head to the store and get some NyQuil so I could at least sleep through the night and then get up to workout in the morning and just do 2 workouts today instead of the one.  Well when I woke up I wasn't feeling any better so I called into work sick and went right back to bed.  I know I'm a baby, so deal with it okay people. 
I'm feeling a little better now that I am up and around and I'm very tempted to do an urban rebounder workout before I head off for Community Ed tonight to make my athletes run more. Yes, they love me oh so dearly. 
Also my mom wanted to go to the library today since I was home and all, her car is dead in the drive way, so she needs me to take her places.  So while there I figured I could look at some books on how to manage my stress levels since if you've been keeping up with this blog you know that is a major part of my weight gains, at least my opinion of it that is. Anyway while looking up Stress Relief under topics one of the first books that came up was The Petite Advantage Diet by Jim Karas.  I've never heard of this book but it is supposed to be geared towards women who are 5'4" and under.  Now I'm pushing 5'2" on a good day so I figured why not check it out and see how it goes. 
So I'll keep you all updated on this diet book and any information I glean from it. 


Thank you for reading and not judging. 
~Mary

Day 1

I know I've been talking a lot about working out and the stresses of everything but then I end up not doing the workout because I'm too tired at night or I didn't sleep well last night and I can't get up early to do the workout and so on and so forth.  So I decided that I need something that will keep me accountable for my actions.  Well my followers, you are my accountability.  I will be posting at the end of my workouts so I can keep myself on track and so I can see my progress in word form and anything cool that comes to mind that keeps me motivated will also be posted here. 


I do find it funny when people say they need to find the time to do something.  I used to be one of those people that said I needed to find the time to read more, to play with my dog more and so on.  Well I never found that time, yes I have the same 24 hours in my day as other people do, yet why does it seem that they have more time on their hands and are able to get more done? Easy they make the time to do the things that are important in life first and then everything else will fall into place.  So I am making my time to do my workouts.


I just finished with my strength workout and pilates finish.  I was going to do the Urban Rebounder tonight but since it has been a little bit of time since my last workout the pilates part killed my hips so I'm having to give them a little bit of a rest.  Also I don't want to kill myself starting out then I can cause an injury or worse. 
There it is world, I started my day 1 of making time for myself for one of the things that matter in my life. Being healthy and staying healthy so I can do more for others and myself. 


Thank you for not judging.
~Mary


"Some people dream of success, other stay awake to achieve it." ~Michelle Phan

Failed Goals

Well I did not reach my goal of losing the 10 lbs by fathers days. I'm rather upset with myself that I didn't keep with my schedule and that I allowed other less important events/things to take the place of me getting healthier and managing my stress for a very important day for myself and to keep myself on a healthier track for the rest of my life. 
I know I'm focusing on the weight loss aspect of everything and so I get discouraged when I don't see the results of my hard work.  Yes I've taken measurements but I haven't taken any new ones to see if there are changes because I know the scale isn't the only place that changes occur.  But my pants are fitting any looser, in fact they are getting tighter, never a good sign of a stressed out bride.  And on top of all of that when I get stressed out I gain weight so then it causes an unending cycle of stress and weight gain.  I've put myself under a lot of pressure with this because I'm having a dress shipped in that is a certain size and I don't want to have to have that dress let out because I gained weight before my wedding. Again none of this is conducive for weight loss goals. 
Now then, a few weeks ago I came home from coaching and we ended up watching the home shopping network.  I rarely watch the stations because I want to buy stuff.  Well they were demonstrating the Urban Rebounder.  My mom was watching it too and she's trying to lose weight as well for the wedding.  So we talked about the workout they were showing and she said she would do something like that.  So I asked her if I bought it, would she do it? and she said yes.  So I bought it.  Yup I bought something from the home shopping network.  *hangs head in shame* But it came last week.  The grandkids are having a ball on it.  And I've watched the videos to get myself familiar with the workouts of it. Oh here is a picture of this workout contraption. 

Yeah sorry it is fuzzy it is just from my camera phone.


This thing is the DEVIL!!!!!! I know what you're thinking, it wouldn't be that hard to just jump around and do some workouts.  Do you have any idea how hard it is to only allow yourself to jump 1 inch off the surface? There is so much core control needed to do this thing it isn't even funny.  Oh it feels amazing though but you are pouring sweat within a few minutes.  Picture yourself jumping rope forever, pretty much the same concept behind it without the jarring movements to the hips, knees and ankle joints.  I am not afraid to admit that I am starting out on the Senior levels because they are easier and it still gets me sweating.  I only plan on being on the senior levels until I can build up my core muscles and then advance throughout the workouts.  
Who would have thought that jumping just a little bit on the trampoline would cause so much going on in the body.  
I have to say that I have wanted one of these for about 6 or more years now.  Now that I have it I'm really excited to be using it.  Oh it also does wonders on the inner thighs, I know for women it is a huge problem area and with having to keep your legs together and not go all wild and crazy.  If that is a problem area you have, you will want to look into getting this. 


Wish me luck with this endeavor and I am going to be posting results within each week of how I'm progressing as well how it is transforming my body, along with the other workouts I am doing too.  Pilates are helping with my hip issues as well as keeping my back into place so I don't have to keep going to the chiropractor to get adjusted. 


Thank you for not judging 
~Mary

Track Downfalls

Have you ever had one of those weeks where you are so looking forward to the weekend because of what you consider to be some fun plans? Well that was this weekend for me.  But I'm sure my plans would not seem as fun to others as they were for me. 
So Chris and I decided last week that we would walk/run the High School tracks near our houses on Sunday nights since our shows are over for the summer.  It gives us time together, I get to take my dog for needed runs and it keeps the two of us on track with our workouts.  Well the closest track to my house is Granger High's track and since they are rebuilding the school they have the entire area of the track sealed off so people can't use it until after the construction is finished. But we did not let that stop us for doing our walk, besides Jasper was not about to let me just take him for a car ride and then not take him for a walk.  So we just went for a 20 minute walk around the neighborhood.  I know it isn't much but my hips have been killing me for the past few days because I need to see my quack to get them fixed from the car accident last year, and I needed the rest when we got back, or I wouldn't be walking the or working out for the next week. 


I hope your weeks are strong with your own workout goals. 


Oh and I am officially setting a weight loss goal today.  By Fathers Day I will be down 10lbs.  My sister in law doesn't think I can do it, well I will show her.  But I will also need some help too.  I just need some encouragement and reminders to do my workouts.


Thank you for reading and not judging. 

What is the best way to get rid of water retention?

Now being a woman we know how blessed we are with the amazing ability our bodies have of retaining water on us when we aren't looking.  Well my mom gave me this great recipe to help combat it.


Juice of 1 Lemon
1/2 Tbsp of honey
32 oz of water


mix the lemon juice, water and honey together and if you'd like you can put in the microwave for 30 seconds.  I find it easier to drink when it's warm than when it's super cold from the fridge. 


Just be warned that before drinking this, make sure your day will be spent not too far from a restroom because you will have to go quite a bit. 


Let me know what you think if you try it.


Thank you for not judging. 

Best time to do a Cardio Workout

Is not right before going to bed. Well at least not for me.  It took me forever to sleep last night and as I was drifting off to sleep at 2 am, I said to myself no matter what time I have to get up tomorrow I need to do my workout.  And what do you think I did when I woke up this morning? No I did not go back to bed, but I put on my workout clothes, different ones, I don't like smelling my own sweat and if you like that so many days in a row you're kind of weird in my book.  Anyway the workout sucked but I still did it!


The day at work wasn't too terrible, but the A/C in my car went out a little bit ago and now it's so hot that I get pretty crankier while driving.  I know, first world problem. But then I had to coach tonight in the heat, I was looking forward to coaching and interacting with my athletes but I was not looking forward to the heat.  


Needless to say, I'm super tired and I get to get up once again tomorrow and do another amazingly bad workout and go through work then play volleyball against the 12 year olds.  Yeah this week is turning out to be oh so so much fun. 

Punched in the gut

It is interesting how easy it is to make up excuses as to why you don't workout daily or at all from time to time. I know mine is I don't have the time.  Yet when I sit down and write out my daily schedule, amazingly I have the time to do a workout. For me the best times are early morning, I know 6:30 am for some is not early but for me, it is.  Crazy though 10 years ago I was at work by the time and my workouts happened once I got home from work and before I went to night school. I lost a lot of weight then, I was able to fit into pants I hadn't been able to fit into since my senior year of High School and they were starting to get too big.  Then I was in a car accident, amazing how something that takes less than a second can ruin so many aspects of your life.  I couldn't workout for a month because of the pain my back was in each time I tried. The part the sucked the most was I was looking really good too! But how could something so small ruin something that I had been working on for months, and by that time it was years. I kept with my eating habits of when I was working out so I started to gain weight.  I was burning a lot of calories throughout my day because I was also working in a warehouse too. 
Anyway to get to my point.  A lady I work with now asked why I don't workout at the Rec center I work at.  I've never been comfortable working out where I work because for one since I'm a supervisor I will be asked a million and one questions while I'm working out.  It isn't the staffs fault for it, the same thing happened all the time when I worked at a Curves for women. Course that was due to a coworker being a butt about alot of things in life and I won't go into it here because it is in the past. 
What the punch in the gut was about, the lady I shared why I don't workout at the rec center and that I workout in my basement asked me. "And how's that working for you?" It hit me then am I really doing all that  I could be doing to workout? No, I'm not.  I'm not doing what I need to be doing.  I have a lot of fears that I need to overcome. The first one, I'm going to get fitted for the new dress that we found next weekend.  It is going to take 2 months to get here.  What if I drop so much weight they will have to order in a whole new dress and it won't get in in time so we are stuck back to making the dress again anyway and then there's the whole thing about not having time for bridals! But I don't want to look like a marshmallow when I get married either.  White is not a forgiving color, yes we can make some adjustments to places so it doesn't draw the eye to certain areas but I want to feel good on my wedding day and not be self conscious about how I look. 
So I've decided to compromise with both areas.  I will still do my workouts in my basement 6 days a week and one day a week I will attend the boot camp class on Saturdays at my work.  That way my weekly workouts will help me to keep up with the Saturday class and help me to improve there, and the Saturday class will help me to improve my weekly workouts.  I will be implementing this plan into action today.  I know it is Wednesday but that seems to be my sticking point for the week, if I can do a workout on Wednesday, I can do a workout on any day of the week. 


Wish me luck and thank you for not judging. 
~Mary