Mixed Messages

Waking up in the morning is a mixed message.  First, it is a pleasent surprise to wake up in the morning, open your eyes, see daylight, realize you are alive for another day.  The other message that gets mixed in....you realize you have to get up and go to work.  But, there is a third message, since I have started exercising,  I get excited when I wake up and move and I can feel sore muscles. It lets me know I worked out hard the day before and I know with soreness comes, burned calories, muscle toning, strength.  So, each day I make sure my thirty minutes will result in some morning stiffness,... pay off!  I did Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred and 6 Pack Ab Burn with Cindy Whitmarsh.

Million Dollar Policy?

My husband has accused me of trying to kill him off for the insurance money.  I am not even sure what the policy is worth....maybe its worth a little" looksie"?  We worked out together last night and this morning when he woke up he could hardly move.  I hate to admit this, but it made me chuckle a little on the inside, but I showed no outward signs of it, only sympathy...  We worked out again tonight but he insisted we do something a little less strenuous.  We did a L.S. dvd 4 Big Miles....I think he will survive.

Chew Toy

I love exercise t.v.!  For the past two days I have done some incredible workouts!  Tonight, my husband joined me and we did the Biggest Loser Cardio Max (which I own a copy of, but we found it on exercise t.v.) and afterward we did 1-on-1 core, that was a killer.  After it all, we layed on the living room floor all sweaty and exhausted with our dog licking up the sweat and wanting to play. Chance, our little dorkie, was so excited to see us both flat out on the floor, he saw it as an opportunity to chew exhausted fingers, hands, and toes....we were two giant chew toys!

It Was A Good Day

I may be getting addicted to exercise....I am so excited I found exercise t.v.,... that was my first clue.  The second clue is I wanted to try them all out in one day!  I settled for three workouts on Exercise TV, I did abs, am cardio, and a Leslie Sansone 1 mile walk.  My 17 year old son was astounded and kept saying "Mom!, really? another one?"  I think he was just wanting to use the tv for his x-box games and couldn't wait for me to go away.

Giddy

I am giddy with excitement!  Today, I took a moment to explore On Demand T.V.,  scoping out all the options that are available, and I found Exercise T.V.!  OH MY!, the choices....Celebrity workouts, Factor Five, Kim Kardashian, Make-Me-Over, Abs, Buns, Metabolic Boost, and so much more!  Its an addicted exercisers dream!  I was going to try one tonight but my husband joined in and so we did a L.S. walking dvd (4 Big Miles).  I didn't want him to hurt himself by trying something new, it might be too much of a surprise on his physique.

Sweat Equity

It is late again (10:33 pm) and I just finished the Biggest Loser Cardio Max dvd.  I am still on week one but I noticed it is getting a little easier.  Today, I had the opportunity to gobble up the left overs from Thankgiving. I didn't pig out, but, I thought about it!... the only thing that stopped me is "sweat equity".  I have noticed that I make better, concious choices about what passes the lips for chew and swallow.  I know how hard I have to workout everyday and when you put all that sweat equity into losing weight, you want to be sure it pays off

Tummy Full

We all got our tummies filled today.  It is Thanksgiving, The BIG Day where we eat ourselves silly sick.  I did not eat a breakfast and the family came over at noon to feast.  I will not eat again until tomorrow, so really, I only ate once today, but it was a belly-ful of food!  I had smoked turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, geen bean cassarole, cranberry jello salad and I passed on the roll and butter.  I skipped the sweet potato cassarole and the layered salad, but I had a second helping of smoked turkey.  For dessert I had one piece of pumpkin pie with lite whipped topping and some coffee.  After the family went home my husband and I did a 5 mile BIG Day Turkey Walk (actually it was a Leslie Sansone dvd)... I think I may have burned off the pumpkin pie.