All of it is falling by the wayside it seems... and not the pounds. LoL. The semester is in the final stretch and as such so am I. I haven't posted on any of my blogs much lately, so for that I am sorry. I did come across a very cool website for sneaky ways to burn calories!
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/8-sneaky-ways-to-burn-calories-without-sweating-2468566/
I have been taking stairs more frequently (but still not all the time). My eating habits are MUCH better minus my three lattes (with skim mind you) a week. And I've been doing crunches and yoga stretches most mornings to wake up...
But I'm not getting any smaller.
Actually I'm seeing MORE fat rolls and stretch marks! ICK! It's bad enough that I only see my boyfriend once every few months and I'm just getting wider and wider with each trip... but I'm also going to be part of two weddings this summer. TWO. I need to look good in TWO sets of photos by July. Plus a trip to the islands in early August to top it off (which is awesome but that means a bathing suit needs to be purchased).
Maybe I've reached the point of no return? The women in my family (minus my beautiful sister) are all on the thick side. Though I was naturally rail thin up to my sophomore year of college, I am not losing any weight or toning up at all. And sadly I come up with as many excuses as possible to avoid the gym. My first qualm is that I'm so busy that when I have downtime I want to REST, not work out. The next is that I tend to see already skinny, fit people at the gym. That's not good incentive for showing up and having my flab bounce around on a treadmill in front of the beautiful people. And finally, it's exhausting. I do suppose if I stuck to it I would be less exhausted, but I don't enjoy it. Some people love to work out. I'm not one of them. I used to love sports and swimming, but sitting on a stationary bike or panting on an elliptical has never been enticing to me.
I'm my own lazy, chubby worst enemy! :(
~ M
MEGAN!!! :) I'm going to offer you some encouragement here. So I realize that I have had 3 children. BUT... we're the same age & I really have no excuse. I work out often - 2 to 3 times a week intentionally & I chase my children around from 625am to approximately 810pm. Even with all that, my eating habits are great - I cook at home, with lots of natural items. I have a vegetable soup in the crock pot (home made with 8 tomatoes diced up, 1 lb of mixed vegetables, 1/2 bag of dried kidney beans, 1/2 cup of lentils, and light seasoning). I am making cornbread to go with it. I don't believe I have a problem with my health at all. My children & husband are all healthy. We're not eating instant meals all the time. I add up my calories & I'm staying under 1400 every single day. What's the problem? Who the heck knows. LOL. All I know is that I feel great (not in confidence, but in my physical body...) so for now, I'm not all that concerned. Just be happy girl! :) When we forget that weight isn't our prime focus in life, it will probably start disappearing! (A watched pot never boils... isn't that the old saying?)
ReplyDeletemy newest find: Jillian Michaels' dvds-- 6-week Six Pack (~30 minutes) and 30 Day Shred (~20 minutes). OMG! She KICKS my butt, hard. They're fairly inexpensive ($6 on amazon/bjs wholesale) and I highly reccommend. I actually rented 30-day Shred from Netflix. They're so awesome that I was "hurting so good" (as I like to say), for 3 days! She pushes me so much that I find myself whinging like a baby and grunting like an ape by the end of them, but it feels so good and I'm betting I'll start noticing a difference in my body image within the next week or two.
ReplyDelete~Lisa
Just be consistent in your workouts and you will find that you feel better. I swim, run, lift and bike. Often my workouts are different. I also weigh 18 pounds more as a result although my waist has slimmed, my shoulders and legs have grown.
ReplyDeleteMost importantly I run faster and feel better...
Cheers Professor.
Bobby