balance ball

I have had a balance ball for a few years now. I used it every other day after my oldest was born. I love stretching around the ball.

I went to inflate my ball the other day and found that it was riddled with leaks. So I bought another ball. Last night I used my ball and it was a good thing because my back was hurting so bad. I loved being able to stretch and have minimal impact on my joints. I did realize that the ball might not be the best way to loose weight, but it is a great workout when I want the minimal impact on days that I am hurting.

I hope that made sense.

two weeks

I just finished my second week of exercising. I am pleased with what I have accomplished so far. Tonight I did resistance again and silly me. I should have looked the other night to see how long the session was. It was actually over when I ended up turning it off after getting all those phone calls from my husband. I owe him an apology. I also decided to do a set of crunches after finishing the resistance session. I did 100 of them and boy do I hurt! I know it will pay off though because I have already lost 1 1/2 inches around my waist! I know it's not much, but it's a start.

resistance

I tried the resistance band that came with one of my DVDs for the first time on Wednesday night. I had to quit early for a couple of reasons.

The first was because my darling dear sweet husband, who was out doing missionary work, called me 6 or 7 times to ask me to look up directions on Google. That wouldn't have been too bad, but our computer was acting dinosaur slow due to my husband scanning documents all day.

The second reason was because the resistance band kicked my behind so bad I was sore. I can't believe how out of shape some areas of my body are. Wait, who am I kidding? My whole body is out of shape. Well, my fingers might not be. They get plenty of exercise due to typing blogs out all the time.

I'll try the resistance band again tonight and see how I do.

ice cream

Last night during my workout, my husband decided he wanted some ice cream. He then had the nerve to ask me if I wanted any.

Me? Want ice cream? Well, duh. I almost always want ice cream.

I told him no, but then I changed my mind. I had ONE little bite of peach pie ice cream. And then I wanted more.

But I said no. I went to bed a couple of hours later with my tummy rumbling and me still wanting ice cream.

*sigh*

chocolate

It seems I have a weak spot. It would be in the form of chocolate. That huge bar I got the other night was calling me today. And so I caved. But I didn't cave very far. I had less than a serving and it wasn't all at once. That would be good, right? I hope so.

Some people are able to cut sugar from their diet. They switch to Splenda or some other substitute sugar and that seems to help. Me? I can't. I am allergic to artificial sweeteners BIG TIME!!! Instant migraines. I can also taste the fakeness, which is completely unappealing. So I just have to watch how much sugar I take in. I added a teaspoon of sugar to dinner (sweet and sour chicken from scratch). I haven't had juice all week.

I am trying to lose. And tomorrow is my day of rest. I am not planning on going crazy with what I can eat. Especially since my husband wants beans for dinner. Speaking of which, it is time to go soak some beans.

ouch

Last night I ate too much dinner. I even felt full and I kept eating more. Why? Because it was really yummy and that should not be an excuse. When you are full, you should stop eating. That is the rule. A rule which I clearly broke for the first time all week.

I paid big time for eating too much. My stomach hurt me something awful and I ended up with painful gas all night. It hurt so much that I couldn't even exercise. And I feel really bad about that. I am grateful for Gas-X because this morning I feel much better. Next time I won't eat as much.

day four

It is really hard to go hang out with friends when there is food involved. This happened not once, but twice today. I have a really great group of friends and we have a Girl's Night Out once a month.

Today there was pizza. So I had two small slices of veggie pizza with no cheese (instead of sausage and olive, one of my favorites) and a glass of 1% milk instead of a rootbeer float (which I love!).

I left the group early so I could go to a baby shower for a friend I hadn't seen for over a year. I had one small bite of cake. I also won a prize because of my "sheer genius" for word games. The prize? A huge bar of chocolate, a Symphony bar with toffee and almonds to be exact.

This world is so not fair.

day two

My sweet husband bought my french fries today. I think he felt guilty because I was helping him out by taking his car down to get his tires fixed.

I ate them.

And do you want to know something?

I didn't enjoy them.

I usually like french fries. Maybe it has something to do with all this water I've been drinking.

to good health

I didn't lose much weight after having my youngest. He didn't like to nurse, which is how I lost weight with my other two children. Since then I have gained more weight and I'm sick of it.

My husband is worried about me and so am I.

I have made a conscience decision to be smarter about how I eat and I am going to exercise.

Wish me luck!