Transitioning

Well, as I've posted, we'll be moving shortly. My days have really been consumed with trying to get everything required to move by next week completed this week. I had oral surgery on some stubborn teeth last week and that set me back a few days. Normally, I keep this blog pertaining to my exercise, workout and weightloss topics, but there hasn't been much of that lately. Between the crazy eating limitations due to surgery and the lack of time to workout, I've not got a whole lot to say in that department.

But, I know it's an area for improvement and I am happy to say that I'm laying the groundwork to get back going on it next week. I'll be meeting one last time with my personal trainer, Sharon, and getting a workout targeted towards not having a gym membership and being on the road and in transition in life. At her suggestion, I've picked up a few small items to create a little traveling home gym: 10lb dumbells, a set of resistance bands, a jump rope, an 8lb medicine ball and a fit ball. I'll be using these items on the road to Texas and while I get situated in order to keep myself going in the interim. I can't wait til things settle enough for me to get in a regular workout. I feel so much better when I do. I never thought I'd say this: but I'm jonesin' for a workout!

And Life gets in the way...

Well, it's been a tough last two weeks. Life has been getting in the way with Lori out of town. I tried to do my best, but with a limited schedule for exercise and my cook out of town, things were not ideal. I worked in some exercising, and lots of chores and housework, so maybe that gave me some movement. Stand up, take a step, repeat. On the food, nothing overly bad, but not the greatest. More refined starches found their way into my meals, a a bit of pizza. So by the end of last week, I was holding tight at 212. This week, the saga continued and I was shocked to see that I've somehow lost 4 more pounds and am now at 208! Not sure what's up with that. Possibly a muscle loss due to lack of workout?

Next week I'll be back on it. Today I have some oral surgery matters to take care of. The bigger news is that Lori has secured a job, in Texas. So, we will be moving out of town shortly. The wheels are already turning as to how I'll get in the exercise that I need while on the road there. Bummer is: can't do the Ice Breaker swim, which I was seriously looking forward to. However, the GOOD NEWS is this: I will fly myself and my bike back for the triathlon in July. I've set a goal and I think it's important to follow through.

Before my pre-surgery valium kicks in, I wanted to address the anonymous poster who asked about how, and how often I work out with a trainer. Feel free to contact me directly with questions at: giveitatri @ sbcglobal.net. Briefly though, I have someone who works well with me because she targets my weak areas, she's lost a lot of weight herself and has the right perspective for me and we "click". I meet with her once a month or so, to refresh and get myself a new workout. For cost reasons and independence reasons, this is often enough for me. I have enough internal motivation to keep it going on my own. Anyways, gotta get going to the oral surgeon's office. Have a lovely day and do something today to get your body moving, no matter how small that may be. It'll make your body feel better. Take care! :o)

Weird Week

It has really been a weird week. I was very sore from starting my new workout with Sharon last Saturday. I haven't been that sore after starting a new workout for quite some time and it was frustrating. I guess I kind of felt that this would just start getting easier for me now that I've lost so much weight and gotten so much stronger. But that is a false expectation I had last week about this process. When it gets too easy, I'll be changing it to make it harder otherwise I'll just stall and that is not what I want to do. I just have to remember that in the back of my mind.

But last week, I didn't remember that. And I was not working out much because I was so sore. And something inside me just let go and I reverted back to bad habits of eating poor foods and too much of them. I also had a few rum and cokes one night and that just throws things off the next morning. Monday I was too sore for anything at all. I had a short swim on Tuesday because my legs still hurt from working out. Wednesday I didn't work out at all. Wednesday I was recognizing that I was falling off the wagon so to speak, but I still had a crappy cardio workout. I resolved after that to pick myself up and get going again. Thursday, Friday and today were great workouts. I set another new swimming record today 2300 yards. I was very, very tired but it felt good. End result, I got my sh%t together and ended up losing another pound this week despite it all. Down to 212 now!

I have so much going on in my life right now, not all of which I want to publish on my blog, and I feel that working out and losing weight is like my one constant that keeps me grounded. I love it and it helps me hold it together while the world is moving and groovin' around me. So I prioritize it really high and always get it done. I guess that is a bright side; the stress of the challenges in other areas of my life are kindof forcing me to keep at the workout. So a potential negative has just become a positive. Thanks to Carlos, because he is so good at taking a crappy situation and finding some silver lining in it and I am trying to mirror him. Talk to you later.