PameW
Another month down!
Feb 07, 2010
One more month over with! I can't even believe that in two months, I will make a year banded! WOW! The highlight is that I'm totally in the green zone as far as restriction. The unnerving news is that I'm stalled. As many know, I am a fiend in the gym. I workout 4-5 days a week. Yet, no scale movement. I know that I lost 100lbs extremely quickly and I'm gaining a lot of muscle though. The contours from the muscle gain is awesome and I'm in awe when I look at myself in the mirror. With the suggestion and inspiration from others here, I decided to start Couch25K this week! Week 1 finished but probably going to repeat because I'm not "comfortable" 100% with the running as of yet. But I'll get there. In my head I still see myself as 330lbs sometimes and that unfortunately stops me dead in my tracks sometimes when I'm trying to accomplish something. But I'm working on that! My trainer follows me around the guy these days and yells at me that I'm wearing my tshirts too big. He has taken to tying them in the back! Yes, I'm still working out in my 3x tshirts when I'm in an XL now. They are comfy, what do you want me to say?
Alex on the other hand yells because he says that no one can see how much I've lost. Okay, but I'm used to being the fat girl and don't want attention and people looking at me~HELLO! But alas, I still let him do it!What I can tell everyone is that exercise is the best medicine! I can't believe what a mood booster it is! I've dealt with depression and anxiety most of my life. Right now things are very stressful with my neice who is fighting Hogkin's disease and losing my job, but no matter what, I haven't been depressed. Believe me, I've tried! The endorphin high from exercise is amazing and helped my moods to be leveled and able to deal with all life throws in my path! Crazy to think huh? When I'm in a pissy mood, I take it to the elliptical or take a kickboxing class! Zumba is of couse a favorite because my instructor is crazy and I love music and dancing and who would have thought you'd get such a workout huh? I just wish I would have started the exercise earlier into my journey. So any newbies out there, don't wait~do it now! It's great! And that is from a former couch potato!
Her is hoping that the running starts the scale to moving again! Maybe it is the scale and I just need a new one?
