Today was supposed to be Kenpo, but I can barely make it through the Kenpo warm up because of my hips. They've always been very stiff and I'm not very flexible in that area, so I decided to go with Legs and Back since I missed that yesterday. I really enjoy working out my legs, they've always been very strong.
I went with mom to her gastric bypass support group last night and feel like I'd be able to learn a lot from going more frequently. They meet once a month and discuss nutrition, exercise, and how each particular person is doing. They start the meeting by introducing themselves, tell which type of surgery they had, then tell how much weight they've lost. I couldn't believe some of the numbers!!! One man had lost 150 pounds! That's an entire person! I was so amazed! I can't wait to see how wonderful mom looks and feels this time next year. I'm so proud of her.
Because of the support group last night, I have decided to start journaling a bit more detailed. I had been keeping a record of the foods I eat, but not showing what times I ate them, not keeping myself to a schedule, and not including the exercise and number of repetitions I had been doing. Starting today I'm changing that. One of the ladies last night brought her journal and let me look at it, which gave me the idea for changing my own.
Another idea they gave was to remember your goals, to think about them daily as soon as you wake up and as soon as you lay down to go to sleep. To write your goals using positive language and have a firm date attached. Instead of saying "I will lose weight this year" say "I will be 20 pounds healthier by June." My goal is to run a marathon on December 4th, 2011. In the meantime, I am setting daily goals to work-out for one hour every day. For this week, I am setting a weekly goal to wake up each day at 5:30 am so that I can exercise, shower, and eat breakfast by 7:30 am. This will help me prepare for starting my new job in two weeks.
Sounds "SMART"....Not to take you back to nursing school, but it just reminded me of that;) I love the "positive language"; it reminds me to do that even in my everyday thinking. I also am going to use the morning/night goal meditationto keep myself on track. Thanks Stevie and keep up the good work! I'll follow your story because I love happy endings!
ReplyDeleteJune you're so sweet! Thanks, and yeah, it was definitely SMART, except they called it STARR or something like that
ReplyDeletekeep up the good work. I can only workout on my days off with these 12 hour shifts. I'm thinking about a new exercise routing to get more into it. Maybe wii zumba or the p90x like yourself. How much did it cost? And I saw on an infomercial someone doing pullups...do you really have to get a pull up bar? I have NEVER done a pull up in my life, not about to start now.
ReplyDeleteP90X cost way more than I ever expected it to, but it comes with everything you need: DVDs, pull up bar, exercise bands, a one month supply of the recovery drink, a nutrition guide book, and an exercise guide book. I want to get a Kinnect for my Xbox so I can get some fun dancing games for it, just don't have the $200 to blow for the piece and one game. I can't do the pullups, but they show you ways to use the bands instead. One day I'll manage a pull up, but for now it just ain't gonna happen lol
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