If you read my blog last week, you know that I had a one pound gain...but lost 4 inches in my waist. Well...this week, I lost another 2.8 pounds when I stepped on the scale Friday morning. That means, I've lost a total of 7.8 pounds in the last 3 weeks (with one of those pounds being lost twice! LOL!)! That in itself is pretty impressive to me...that's better than an average of 2 pounds per week!!! But what's even MORE impressive to me is that, other than taking my Plexus Accelerator pills with breakfast and drinking my Plexus "pink drink" mid-morning, I haven't really DONE anything to lose the weight. I have not followed an eating plan or even really watched what I ate. The ONLY exercise I have done (aside from keeping up with 3 active boys...two of my own and one that I babysit) is ride my bike ONCE about a week or so ago around my neighborhood and to the grocery store (which is in my neighborhood).
I've been meaning to get back to exercise...really I have! After all, I have a year's membership to the park & rec fitness centers that's just going to waste. But, the best time for me to go is at 6am while my hubby is getting ready for work and the boys are asleep...problem is, I am so NOT a morning person...so when 6am rolls around, it's all too easy to roll over and go back to sleep with promises of exercising later that never actually materialize. And yet, I know when I do exercise, I feel so much better! :)
So...I'm making a goal of working out at least 3-4 days this week. :) I actually already acquainted my body with the gym this weekend. I went yesterday morning. It started with a message I got from a very dear friend who is almost to the end of her weight-loss journey. It was a very simple message..."Hey...how have you done with your exercise this week?" It convicted me...and encouraged me, all at the same time! So, I mustered up all of my determination and took my little happy self to the gym. Since it was late Saturday morning, there weren't many people actually in the gym...most of them were lined up for the pool. ;) So, I got myself situated and climbed up on the elliptical machine. This particular machine has poles that move back and forth to exercise your arms, as well as stationary arms for a lighter workout or to check your pulse. Usually, I'll do the poles that work my arms for a short bit (maybe 5 minutes or so)...but the majority of the time, I'm holding on to the stationary ones. However, this time, I grabbed those poles and pretty much used them the WHOLE 30 minutes! I only used the stationary ones when I was turning a page of the book I was reading! I did notice that I was sweating a lot more while I was working out than I usually did...but it really didn't dawn on me what I'd done until I was almost done! I don't think I've ever used the arm poles for the whole time before! :) I was drinking my Plexus "pink drink" while working out...so I wonder if that might have had something to do with it...maybe it gave me the extra boost I needed to work a little harder! :)
I am looking forward to see what kind of affect exercise might have on my weight loss. Of course, that means I really do have to get up at least 3 mornings this coming week and follow through on my commitment to use that gym membership! ;) To be continued... :)
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