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Mar. 17th, 2008 11:09 amI am actively trying to get rid of the jiggle in my middle before the wedding. How? Various ways.
1) Walking to work. It is a very nice half hour walk and with the weather warming up and the days staying lighter later, it is much easier for me to walk to work. I am honestly thinking of waking up at 6am, getting ready and heading out at around 6:30 just so I can leisurely walk to work by 7:30. The only problem with walking to or from work is that I have other obligations that need to be met on certain days. I am going to try, though, to work all those out as well. Hopefully over the the next month I will be able to have it figured out to a point and really enjoy the quiet alone time of walking. What would be even better is to get my 2 gig mp3 player that plays oggs working. THEN I would be very happy.
2) DDR work-out mode. I didn't realize before exactly how well this worked. For each time you hit any pad, they add a certain amount of cals burned to your score. Everytime you hit it when it is supposed to be hit, they again add to your score. Before I used to just do work-out mode number one and call it quits. But then today I actually looked at what they wanted me to do and thought to myself "Hmmm... I actually have a goal of burning 150 cals each time I play." So I played number one and saw that, huh... I only burned 40 cals. I never, in all that time, managed to reach my goal. So I decide to play work out mode two and then three in order to hit my goal. And holy baloney. I did. And I hadn't felt this well worked out in a long time. Where all your muscles tingle and your lungs feel clear and healthy. If I do this every day, perhaps after work, it will be wonderful.
3) Eating less. I find that part of my problem isn't as much that I eat the wrong things because I eat things very healthy, but I eat in a strange manner. Either I only eat one meal, but I fill myself, or I eat a few meals during the day, small, but still one big meal. I don't know why I keep cramming myself when I can easily just eat a little bit. Lunch should not be dinner sized portions. But I keep seeing things and saying 'oh, but it looks tasty... I should eat just a little' and that isn't the way to be. I am planning on cutting down my portions but making sure I actually am able to eat my three meals a day.
4) Start treating myself better. When I don't go to work, I end up not eating at all until Chris gets home from work and just sitting like a lump on a log. I plan on getting out and enjoying the neighborhood and the backyard. Even just to take the lappy outside with me to enjoy would be nice. I don't want to have to keep breathing in the fetid house air that has been sitting all winter long. I deserve better things. I deserve to dress nice and not frumpy and to have my hair look nice instead of always just being pulled back. If I treat myself better, I feel better about myself and then I don't feel as unhealthy. and that is a good thing.
5) Weigh myself daily. That's simple. And I wont get upset watching the number not move or waver or really anything. I was only upset to see that after moving in with Chris and actually eating at a normal time and pace I had gained some weight. And maybe this is what my body thinks I should have. But I honestly don't like the jiggle in the middle. Beyond that, no biggie if some of my pants don't fit because I got thighs or an ass. I can buy new ones. I just don't like the belly fat just jiggling when I walk. I hate feeling that. So I'm going to get rid of it. And weighing myself dialy to watch any progress would be nice. And easy since I work in a facility that has four heavy duty scales. And I weigh less than some animals brought in. So I really can't complain. I just have to remember to do it daily and decide on a time to do it.
And now that I am finished charting all the exciting things I'm doing, I think I will go take a walk and get my hair cut and enjoy the day.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!
1) Walking to work. It is a very nice half hour walk and with the weather warming up and the days staying lighter later, it is much easier for me to walk to work. I am honestly thinking of waking up at 6am, getting ready and heading out at around 6:30 just so I can leisurely walk to work by 7:30. The only problem with walking to or from work is that I have other obligations that need to be met on certain days. I am going to try, though, to work all those out as well. Hopefully over the the next month I will be able to have it figured out to a point and really enjoy the quiet alone time of walking. What would be even better is to get my 2 gig mp3 player that plays oggs working. THEN I would be very happy.
2) DDR work-out mode. I didn't realize before exactly how well this worked. For each time you hit any pad, they add a certain amount of cals burned to your score. Everytime you hit it when it is supposed to be hit, they again add to your score. Before I used to just do work-out mode number one and call it quits. But then today I actually looked at what they wanted me to do and thought to myself "Hmmm... I actually have a goal of burning 150 cals each time I play." So I played number one and saw that, huh... I only burned 40 cals. I never, in all that time, managed to reach my goal. So I decide to play work out mode two and then three in order to hit my goal. And holy baloney. I did. And I hadn't felt this well worked out in a long time. Where all your muscles tingle and your lungs feel clear and healthy. If I do this every day, perhaps after work, it will be wonderful.
3) Eating less. I find that part of my problem isn't as much that I eat the wrong things because I eat things very healthy, but I eat in a strange manner. Either I only eat one meal, but I fill myself, or I eat a few meals during the day, small, but still one big meal. I don't know why I keep cramming myself when I can easily just eat a little bit. Lunch should not be dinner sized portions. But I keep seeing things and saying 'oh, but it looks tasty... I should eat just a little' and that isn't the way to be. I am planning on cutting down my portions but making sure I actually am able to eat my three meals a day.
4) Start treating myself better. When I don't go to work, I end up not eating at all until Chris gets home from work and just sitting like a lump on a log. I plan on getting out and enjoying the neighborhood and the backyard. Even just to take the lappy outside with me to enjoy would be nice. I don't want to have to keep breathing in the fetid house air that has been sitting all winter long. I deserve better things. I deserve to dress nice and not frumpy and to have my hair look nice instead of always just being pulled back. If I treat myself better, I feel better about myself and then I don't feel as unhealthy. and that is a good thing.
5) Weigh myself daily. That's simple. And I wont get upset watching the number not move or waver or really anything. I was only upset to see that after moving in with Chris and actually eating at a normal time and pace I had gained some weight. And maybe this is what my body thinks I should have. But I honestly don't like the jiggle in the middle. Beyond that, no biggie if some of my pants don't fit because I got thighs or an ass. I can buy new ones. I just don't like the belly fat just jiggling when I walk. I hate feeling that. So I'm going to get rid of it. And weighing myself dialy to watch any progress would be nice. And easy since I work in a facility that has four heavy duty scales. And I weigh less than some animals brought in. So I really can't complain. I just have to remember to do it daily and decide on a time to do it.
And now that I am finished charting all the exciting things I'm doing, I think I will go take a walk and get my hair cut and enjoy the day.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!