Thursday

Because I'm on a roll .... I did a 24 minute walk this morning.

In the HOT STEAMING HUMID environment that I live in. Uggg.

And the smells. The smells! Normally I would say, Oh...Night Jasmine, I love the smell of that ... but not when it's DEAD CALM, HUMID and freakin HOT! Folks, we are talking clammy icky sticky hot.

But I went for a 24 minute walk this morning.

In my walking Shape Up shoes.

And the small of my back was aching within 15 minutes.

And the very top of my thighs were sore when I was done.

And my butt was sore too.

So I guess, it was worth it.

OH - and I put on my skinny jeans for work today. Up they went, right over the thighs and hips, buttoned and zipped without having to lay flat and exhale every last bit of air out. Low carb must be working.

Wednesday workout to start

Finally, Hubby tore apart the dvd player to rescue my AbRipper disc. What a great guy. This was a fairly new dvd player/recorder too so I'm a little bummed but oh well.

Yes. I did the 15 minutes of AbRipper this morning. Ow. I'm feeling slightly disoriented, weak, sweaty, lightheaded, etc. Of course, 2 cups of coffee and NO food before that is not a good thing.

I started with doing 20 reps of everything, not the time frame. Then I had to knock down to 15 reps. That damn mason twist only got 30 in. Oh well ... at least I did every stinkin exercise.

My midsection feels mighty tight at the moment.

Tuesday June 15

Oh wow, it's been almost a month since I last posted? Oops.

I am still working out. But nothing like I should be. Pushups here. Situp there. A few crunches. etc.

The dvd player in the bedroom has eaten my ABRipper dvd. Hubby needs to get a special tool to open it up. He's fairly confident he can rescue it. God I hope so!

So, what's been happening, you ask?

Low Carb. Well, trying to anyways. I've reduced them dramatically and yes, there have been days where I've had 20 grams or less. BUT there have been days where I needed to have something carby and just fell off. Not majorly, no pasta or anything like that, just a slice of bread or something small. I'm working on it, really.

I've not weighed or measured myself since May 30th. I weighed 155 lbs that day at Publix. That was a horrible number for me to see. It didn't shock me but confirmed what I was seeing and feeling. And this time around, it's not from muscle.

Its hotter than heck here. And the humidity is sky high. Uggg. But this morning, I forced myself to get dressed, put on the Shapeup shoes and walked. 20 minutes. No biggie but man, I got eaten up by mosquitoes, there are night jasmine in bloom (smells beautiful but uh, not when you are breathing harder than normal) and the air was just so damn still. But I did it. Probably a mile or so, will clock it on way to work.

Only thing is, the small of my back was aching very very badly half way through. I've heard of others saying this when wearing these shoes. They make you stand different. AND I find myself stepping hard, almost jarring. I think that might be what caused the back pain? I'm fine now, no lasting effects from it but still.

This is also the first time that my calves didn't cramp up. Maybe wearing these shoes during errands IS helping out :)

So hop to it folks. Get back on the wagon & move it!