I have Motivation!

Ok, so since the last time I have really been kicking it up with the cardio. I have been doing 2 to 3 times per week and I am really feeling better. I have more energy and I have noticed that I feel happier...maybe it's just me, but I don't feel as negative as I have for a long time! I need to keep the cardio up because the motivation I am getting is mostly from the fact that I do really want that healthy and strongness!

The biggest motivation on top of that is the trip I have booked to Liberia, Costa Rica on January 15-22, 2009. So...I have some lovely cute tops and these jean capris that are my goal outfits! I have 7 weeks to make this happen and I know I can do it. The Christmas season is coming but I have been really getting better at Clean Eating and I think the hardest thing will be the alcohol and not the food.

So get on the treadmill girls...because if I can do it, you can do it!!

PS - the fact that I am flirting with a new cute guy helps too!! ;)

A Little Success

Ok Ok, I know it's been a while, but I have been busy..and I have to admit I forgot I started this blog! I have been at this for 18 sessions as of today and have lost about 8 lbs and around 12 inches!! Yay!! It is hard work and I am still having trouble motivating myself, but I think I have an action plan. I am going to pay myself $20 every time I do cardio and I can't buy any new clothes until I hit $150 - that is only 2 and a half weeks of cardio!! I can do this and it will prepare me to save some money for a hopeful trip to Costa Rica in January. Happy Birthday to me!

I am really nervous about how I am going to look after all this weight training and cardio because I don't think I will look like myself...I guess a better me! But I have been the same for so long that it will be a big change. I just don't want to get to 40 in the shape I'm in and if my sister gets married I want to look great too...what if I get asked to be in the wedding party. I want to be healthy and strong and not having trouble with joints and bones as I get older.

So here goes everything! I am signing up for 12 months with my trainer and I am going to be a whole new better me!! It will be a great journey and I know I am up for the ride!

Progress!

Well, today I weighed in and there was a 3.6lb weight loss! Yay, that means this is working, and let me tell you, it is hard work!

Claudia got a new elliptical and I like it less than the last one, but as she says, I am sure I will grow to like it. It burns...ah, but that's the point isn't it? I really like the Bosu, it has lots of uses and apparently works your whole core. Anyone who hasn't tried one of these should check it out. I did some wall sit ups with it and my upper abs felt it for days!

The eating is going better and I am spending more time at home in the evenings cooking and trying new things to help incorporate them with the old things and take some of the old things away!

Keeping on keeping on....next challenge, being away with friends next weekend and trying to eat healthy and avoid all the drinks!

Fibre

Well, I seem to have picked up the motivation, because I was feeling a little disgusted with myself last week. I really need to do this. I have had 4 sessions with Claudia and am getting started on the cardio at home as well. I did 10k at Elk Lake last Tuesday and both Friday and Sunday I did my cardio on the treadmill.

I stepped on my home scale and it looks lower...we'll see when I get weighed again on Thursday!

I bought a "Clean Eating" book from Claudia and have been trying out some recipes from the book and printed some off on-line also. The recipes are good and filling and I am finding it easy enough to do and enjoying the food. The only thing is, it is a LOT of fibre and I think the ground flax seed is wrecking havoc with my system. I am not sure what will make this better, but water seems to be the best answer for now. Need to flush it through rather than letting it sit in my intestines!

3 more training days and lots more cardio before my USA shopping trip with D, Oct 3rd weekend. Hopefully I will be down a few pounds so that when I try on clothes I won't feel like a blimp.

Carpe Diem...Live for today...for me that means get healthy so I can live longer and enjoy life!

Motivation

Well, I have had a couple of sessions now and I need more motivation...more than looking great in clothes and being healthy. I am not sure what it is, but if anyone has any ideas, please help me out here :) I bought a Clean Eating Magazine and there are some great hints and recipes in there and I am liking the cottage cheese and fruit for breakfast, I just need to find some easy snacks to carry with me that don't always have to be in the fridge.

Claudia said I would love the ball, and I do, it's my calves that don't love it. But they are going to love it! I just need to get the cardio on a roll. And I will. I think I need to get through this weekend and see my family and make sure nonno is ok with my own eyes. I am a little down because it has been about 8 weeks since I have seen my mom and dad and that is a long stretch.

I need my ass kicked, is what I need. D..can you help me out here? Monday's will be tough because I have training and then yoga, but the more I do the better. Today I am getting a cardio train in because I am not back with Claudia until Monday.

GOOOOO TEAM MARIA...you can do it...you've seen yourself in those pictures recently and other than your great smile, you are not happy with yourself. GET ON IT...see, I am even talking in 3rd person here...

I will make it happen. This is therapy for me.

Session 1

Today was my first day with Claudia, my personal trainer. We took "before" pictures, did some measurements, and then I rode the bike and did some push ups and sit ups to see where my strength level is. Then she made me walk up and down on the "step" for 3 minutes...let me tell you how much I loved that! My calves will be feeling it tomorrow. But all for the best cause, right? A healthier life style!

We talked a little about food and what I could be eating. Today was not a good day food wise...closette raisins, and 2 chocolate chip cookies (arg Suzanne!). I will have to learn to use my willpower to avoid the junk food at work. If you have any ideas let me know, because to start I will be putting a jar of gum on my desk to keep my mouth otherwise occupied!

I will be training with Claudia 2 sessions per week and starting on Sept. 8th I will be going back to Yoga. That is 3 sessions per week, not including the cardio I need to do on my own. So I need to get a minimum of 2 days per week in of cardio...3 if I can swing it! I figure I am just going to have to get back on the treadmill and back into Young and the Restless and Days of our Lives...that is a good after work junkie thing to do without eating and sitting my butt on the couch. Get the TV back in the bedroom. D...I am not buying a flat screen for the bedroom unless I get it with my Visa Points...spending enough money here as it is!!!

Off to a softball tournament this weekend and my next session with Claudia is next Thursday.

Wed. August 27th

Well, I did it. I have tried every diet in the book...Weight Watchers, Atkins, Herbal Magic, Weight Watchers, LA Weight Loss, Weight Watchers...so I decided to try something new. I signed up with a Personal Trainer. Since I have done all the diets and they haven't worked so far, I am actually going to try exercise. Woot Woot...can you believe it...EXERCISE!!

So, tomorrow is my first shot and I am supposed to bring a water bottle and a towel and eat something 20 minutes before I go there. Not junk food! A banana or something like that...hmmm...well...you are in for a treat, because this is definitely going to be an adventure. Will keep you updated!!