So, the good news is that I have only two more days until I am done with week one on my training video! (I'm actually done with a week of it, I'm just doing two more day to ensure my body is use to moves before going on to week 2). Visually, I'm only showing small amounts of change. My legs are just a tad bit smaller, my stomach is slowly becoming more tone than what I had seen before, my arms are beginning to show the slightest hint of muscle. They may not be noticeable to everybody else, but to me, I grant even the smallest change as a big accomplishment.
But that is not my biggest. The way I feel, has changed drastically. I'm having so much more energy now at work and when I get home. All I want to do is skip around and just DO something now, where as before just sitting at the computer was good enough for me. My self confidence is beginning to grow. People compliment me and I believe it. I hold my head up, knowing what I've done the night before, feeling it in every stride. My muscles don't ache now, but rather rejoice in the movement. It's a feeling I can't really describe. I guess I just never knew I could feel this good after working out. And feel like I actually WANT to work out.
......and all of this, is just after a little over 2 weeks....actually a month if you count what I did beforehand. But I'm pretty sure my form was so flawed on those routines, that I'm wary to count it.
However, I don't want everyone to think that it's easy. It's still very hard. I'm sweating like a pig after I'm done every night. Even if I find the routine easier, it's still burning calories and you're still rapidly increasing your breath, sweating, panting, craving water, feeling your muscles tighten....pretty much all the things in which are the reasons people don't exercise.
In fact, the other night, I ate and then almost directly afterward, worked out (and I made more food than what I've been eating. Carb load!). I don't know if I've said this before, but I did read you should wait at least 30 minutes after you eat before you exercise. Well, Monday, I was just so hungry and mostly because it was that wonderful time of the month for me (I just love being a girl at this time). So of course, I was bloated, wanted food, was a tad moody, and was beginning to get a splitting headache. In my mind, I knew I should've used this day as my break so that I could let my body recover from the hormone change. But, I have this bad habit of not listening to myself. So, as soon as I ate, I felt even more bloated than before, and the need to work out just over whelmed me because I hadn't felt so bad in awhile. I thought it would help.
...I was so wrong....
I ended up working out for about 15 minutes before I ran to the bathroom and puked up every thing I had for dinner and I'm pretty sure lunch. My headache had got so bad from working out and sweating that my stomach just couldn't take the pain, which in turn made me sick. I just turned off the video, took a shower, and went to bed that night.
So, my lesson learned is LISTEN to your body. It knows better than you what it can and can't handle. And it will let you know, if you don't listen to it. Sometimes in the worst possible way imaginable. Don't push those limits so far that you'll harm yourself in some way. It's not worth it.
But as I said before, DO push yourself to get that motivation to get up and exercise. Make that first step. Take that first stride. I read somewhere someone said, "One minute of exercise is better than none". It's just all up to you. Your body will do it, if you make it do so.
And by the way, even walking for 10 minutes in one day burns up 90 calories. In one week, every day thats 630 calories burned. And in 30 days that's 2,700 calories. That's about 2-3 pounds per week. So about 6-8 pounds you could burn. If you aren't physically inclined at all and want to lose wait. If you are working out and fit, I doubt you'll be able to lose wait like that.
Below I've attached a Calorie burn calculator to help everyone see what calories their burning doing daily activities.
http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc
Anyway, stat time!
Weight: 139
Pant size: 8-9 (Still no real change in that besides that I can fit in 8's more now)
Endurance: Slightly Mediocre (Still got a long way to go running wise, but weight lifting wise it's pretty good).
Everyone have a good week!! :)
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