So, I hired a personal trainer. She is brutal. I knew it would be hard, but it is so much harder than even what I thought!! I decided that for once in my life I want to give it all I have and really try this getting in shape thing. I've always been average size and as life creeps by and I get older, it seems the weight doesn't come and go like it used to. It comes but it doesn't go. I'm packing on the pounds and for the first time in life, it is bothering me. My thought has always been, it's life- why be miserable. Dieting and exercising to me is misery. I wish it were not like that and I try to have that drive but it's just not there. So for the next 6 weeks, I am manufacturing the drive. It may be fake, but for the next 6 weeks, I'm pushing through it. My thought is at the end of this 6 weeks, I will love the results so much- hopefully, I will stick with it. I started this lifestyle change, read-torture- last week.
Before last week, I easily drank 4-5 cokes a day. I LOVED white Bunny bread and cake mix, yes cake mix. I was getting out of control. I felt like crap all the time. Now I know it had to be from all the sugar, the yo-yoing it does with your body. I have never really cared about dieting or "good" foods. I grew up eating big Sunday dinners and maw maw getting her feelings hurt if you didn't clean your plate. We have no problem eating in our family. All the food is GOOD and fattening as hell. I've been doing a little research and reading a bit about food choices. I've made so minor changes and hoping to make a few more. The hardest thing for me is how do you change the way you cook? I mean the way you cook is learned. I learned it from my mom, who learned it from her mom. I don't know a "less fattening" way and learning one seems hard. I mean, I don't have half the stuff in my pantry that these new recipes call for. So a few of the small changes I have made- more water, of course. I never really drank water. I know, I know, terrible. Now, I'm drinking lots. Between 4-5 bottles a day. No soft drinks, however, yesterday I did break down. I hadn't had one in a week almost! I changed to honey wheat bread, natural peanut butter. I cook egg whites now, instead of yolks. I have been getting turkey ground meat instead of hamburger meat. That's been difficult. I don't like the way it looks when its cooking. I know that what goes into your mouth is 75% of the way you look. I can work out all I want but if I don't change my eating habits, it won't work. So, I guess we'll see.
I've been trying to go to the gym at least 5 times a week. 2 of those days are personal trainer days- but they are only 30 min sessions. I hope to eventually be able to do some cardio after these sessions, but right now, it's not happening. The other 3 days- I go and do cardio. ellipitcal, stair master, treadmill, zumba- I think next week I'm gonna go try and swim also. I haven't checked out the pool times yet.
So tell me readers, Do you work out? Do you love it? hate it? What do you do to stay in shape? Do you care? not care? Do you eat well? Tips to share.... anything....
I would post a picture and do a whole before after thing, but I'm not the best at follow through. I have the best intentions in the world, but we'll see...........
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