July 12th, 2008 by Cynthia
It's funny how, when you start thinking about goals again how habits that were so easily dumped for a few weeks are also fairly easily resumed. Sometimes, like the Nike commercial, you "Just do it."
Yesterday was a good day for both eating and exercise.
Two days of decent eating and suddenly, instead of feeling sluggish and slow, I had ENERGY for yesterday's water aerobics. VRROOOOM! Naturally, my instructor decided to take us through a LOT of leg exercises as well as arm exercises. I was SORE this morning. And I felt tempted to ah, postpone small session of fasted cardio exercise until tomorrow. And then I thought about being under 200 pounds again next year and did it.
After doing my Nordic Track, I fixed a lovely egg white omelet, with two cups of assorted veggies inside.
Then I de-fuzzed the living room. This involves piling all the cat toys that normally reside there elsewhere until the vacuuming is done. We've got a "Crinkle Cave", two different style "Crinkle Tunnels" a "Play Cube", a "Play Center", a "Mystery Triangle" and a cat bed we call a "Kerfloppen".
One thing sure, if it comes to "They win who die with the most toys.", my cats are on top of the heap. This is only the tip of their massive collection. And boy, do they get concerned every time I pick the toys up!
July 10th, 2008 by Cynthia
Well, last night came the realization that, if I want to meet my goal of getting under 200 pounds by January, I've got to get cracking! There's really no room for messing up or slacking off anymore. So I'm taking it a day at a time and trying to get back on track with both eating and exercise.
One of my recent strategies is less computer time. I was posting on several forums, but now am sticking to just a couple and less of those. One, less computer time means less aggravation of the chronic tendinitis in my forearms and two, it gives me more time to work on projects, chores and exercise. Oh, that doesn't mean I won't be reading blogs and commenting and stuff like that, but I'll probably be doing less of it.
Yesterday, I got in a good 90 minutes of exercise, kept the calories on target and got my water in. Unfortunately, my knee was bothering me pretty badly in water aerobics and after, and I realized that when I mess up on the eating, I also sometimes forget important supplements that help my joints out, like fish oils and glucosamine chondroitin. Oops! Well, I got those in yesterday and have had my first dose today as well.
Today, the knee is still bothering me. I thought about NOT doing my little bit of fasted cardio on the Nordic Track this morning, then I thought about my goals and got up and did it anyway. 15 minutes was perfectly do-able, even with my knee not entirely happy. I'll try and add a bit more later.
I cooked up 4 oz. lean ground meat with a pile of onion, carrot, mushrooms, cabbage and zucchini for breakfast. Next... I want a cup of green tea. And our fuzzy girl cat Sister wants some play time. Funny how the cats are ALWAYS ready to play and get some exercise. I should be like that!
Will head bump for TOY...
For those who wonder why Luna gets all the camera love, well, Luna is just THERE, she is the aggressive one of the bunch and involves herself in everything. Sister and Tablet are a bit more shy.
We refer to Sister as "royalty with a price on her head". Sister is a bit paranoid about things like assassins, paparazzi and the like. She is very loving, playful and social with us... but heads straight for the basement at top speed should anyone else come into her house! Luna and Tablet like to aggravate Sister, they can make her snarl like a bobcat!
