Well, I fell off the wagon and gained two pounds back. But I'm back now and my resolve is renewed. I was feeling very frustrated and defeated last night and indulged myself by complaining to DH. He was so supportive and helpful. It was sweet. You see, my mother is morbidly obese, can't even walk anymore, and she's only 51. So of course I've got that in the back of my head constantly. Now I have my sister's wedding mid-September, and I just know I'm going to be the biggest one there, and there will be comments behind my back. Something along the lines of, "She's going to end up just like her mother..." or something like that. I just seem to have a harder time than others losing weight. Most people just 'cut back' a little on the food and start exercising and boom-- weight loss. I think my thyroid problem is part of the problem, and I don't sleep well, which is linked to obesity. It causes the brain to secrete more of a hormone that causes us to feel hungry and store fat. I don't remember the exact name of the hormone.
So I'm back on the strict CRON-o-meter monitoring and I've decided to shake up my workouts again. The treadmill walking is drowning me in monotony. Seriously, if I have to get on there and just walk at my same old pace (which is pretty fast, 4 mph), and listen to my same old workout playlist, I'm going to scream. I just can't do it 6 days a week anymore. It's killing me!!! So, that being said, I'm trying some weight training 3 days a week. I've found some routines online, and I'll lift the most weight I can lift for one set, and we'll see if that helps. I need to be challenged. Luckily, DH has all the equipment I need. We have a bench, some barbells, and lots of dumbbells. Should be enough to train with.
We're still enjoying our CSA produce. I'm loving figuring out things to make out of what we get. We also had a little surprise with last week's haul. A yellow watermelon! I've never seen that before. It looked the same on the outside, but inside was a bright canary yellow. It was so shocking to cut it open and see the two halves fall open and then you have this gorgeous yellow color. The kids were skeptical, but loved it. My older one even said it was better than the red kind.
Well, that's all for my confession and whine-fest. Hope all are doing better than me recently:)
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Hi Dawn - So glad to hear that you are going to school. The value of being able to help people reach there goals was something that provided a lot of motivation for me both in school and in my personal life. Adding weight lifting to your routine will be a big help to your program. If you can target every major muscle group and get around 2 sets of 12 or so reps in you should be good. Also, instead of lifting the maximum amount you can tolerate, try to lift only 60% of that weight so that you can get through all your reps. That way you will have a starting point to build on.
ReplyDeleteI don't let myself get upset by fluctuating pounds. Seems I do it every week. I just go by the lowest weight I got to and never think about the one or two pounds up. They always seem to come back off.
ReplyDeleteI read that resistance training is best for weight loss over cardio. I know I like it better.
I sure wish you could work on Mom to lose weight and get herself healthy. I am almost old enough to be her Mom and I did it. I was 68 Monday.