Here's the thing with exercise. I don't like it. And truthfully, I expect instant results. Like, work out, shower, step on scale...noticeable weight difference. And sadly, life isn't like that. It takes work, which is probably another reason I don't like it.
But today, on day 5, I exercised again. Sadly, there's no magic wand and I still see no difference. :( But I'm trying. I do it. I give it my all, every time, no skimping* and I do it. The warm up, 3 circuits, the cool down...I do it all. And I even do all of my cardio on my fitness trampoline. Truthfully, I do it because my CVID has left me with a fair amount of joint pain in my knees and Jillian LOVES her some jumping jacks...and my knees loathe them. Being on the trampoline makes it MUCH more tolerable. However, I like to think in my head that it's an added bonus of difficulty therefore, even better for me!! :)
Plus, the boys seem interested in doing some exercising as well. What I want them to see, though, is that Mom did it. She said she would do it and she did it. And during her workouts she didn't cheat, she didn't quit, and when it hurt she kept going. That's what I want them to see in me. :)
In other news, I'm still totally loving my living room set up. On one of my couches you absolutely cannot see the TV. However, I have two 3-cushion couches, one 2-cushion loveseat, and one single cushion overstuffed chair and ottoman. There's absolutely no way you're gonna see the TV from every seat in the room. Plus, all that extra butt space is more for company and the tv isn't on then anyway.
The boss is officially airborne qualified. That means that after three weeks of school and FIVE successful jumps out of a real life flying in the air airplane, he's officially a paratrooper. :) And we're so proud of him! And he comes home tomorrow!! I'm super fussy when he's gone so all four of my boys are gonna be happy to have him home!
I've also been thinking about vacation plans. And really I just can't wait!!! :)
Anyway, I need to go. Also, I wanna say that I've been trying pretty hard to eat better this week, too, in addition to my exercising. Fresh veggies for snacks, no junk food, no sweets, no soda. First of all, I'm freaking starving, but I want this very badly.
Oh and my * from up there...I suck at push-ups. I can never do as many as Jillian wants me to do, but I try and I get better EVERY SINGLE DAY! By the end of the month, I wanna do real push ups and not girly ones, but right now, I'm just excited that I can add another one pushup on my final count for the day. I'm up to 13 without stopping. I know, not that big of a deal for some, but I hate HATE HHHAAATTTEEE push-ups and severely lack the strength to do them. But I'm getting better. A little at a time.
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