Soooo....... as for the last couple of weeks.......they weren't good. A couple of days after my last post, I started to feel really down. I felt I couldn't do this weight loss thing. I had no willpower. I felt hopeless and depressed and really like there was no point in anything. (I know the reason to why I was feeling like this, but I can't really post it here).
And then I found this a week past on Saturday.........
and then, I discovered this fabulous blog...........
Faith, Fitness, Fun (This link will take you to her 30 days of self love programme) Love!
So I started reading the above book, (has anyone else read this???) and reading about loving your self and taking care of your self and I am starting to feel a whole lot more positive. I'm still only at the first chapter of the book but it has already got me thinking about my life and which direction it is going in. I want more out of life. I am fed up of feeling tired, fat, hopeless and depressed.
On Sunday we bought Kinect for the Xbox 360! And let me tell you.....it's totally fabulosity! I love, love, love it!! We got Your Shape, Dr Kawashima's Brain Training, Kinect Sports, and Kinect Adventures, and Kinect Joy Ride.
Your Shape-Fitness evolved is a fabulous training "game". It has personal training, exercise classes, gym games and just so many options for working out you will never get bored!! I was so sore the next day after doing one of the Combat classes. Plus it sees how you are moving and if you aren't doing the exercise correctly it will tell you! I don't know how many times it kept telling me to go lower on my squats and lunges! So, so good!
Now Dr Kawashima's Brain Training is another story! I did the test at the beginning which determines your brain age. My brain age came out at 73!!! But the next day when I took the test, my brain was only 53..............which is still very bad considering I'm only 33!! No wonder, I'm starting to get grey hair.......(for real! I'm scared!! lol)
On Sunday, I started tracking my calories again. I found another great website called Lose it!, which is a free food and activity tracker. It's awesome! You can put in your weight, and how much you want to lose each week and it will tell you how many calories you need to eat in order to lose that amount of weight and what date you should reach your goal by if you keep losing the same amount every week! Here is the link if anyone is interested in checking it out! I feel it's more "screen friendly" than FitDay. Plus you can set an option on Lose it to record all your macro-nutrients, so it's totally cool!
Lose it!
On Monday night I hit up the gym and just told myself I was going to do 30 minutes. I hopped on the treadmill and warmed up for 2 minutes, and then I just started to run. I ran for 8 minutes straight!! And then I walked for another 2 minutes and then ran again for 8 minutes! I had set the treadmill up to do 3km, which I managed in about 25 minutes, and then the cool down function came on. I felt amazing, and full of pride that I had managed to run 16 minutes all in! And I managed to do that even though I hadn't been to the gym in a fortnight! Next time I am going to see if I can run for 1 mile without stopping. I don't think I've ever done that before (well not since 2004!).
Last night, I did a quick weight workout on the Kinect Your Shape. It was only 15 minutes but it was full of multi-moves like lunges with shoulder presses, squats with bicep curls and raises, and squat triceps kickbacks! Just for the record.......I HATE LUNGES! lol
I'm sure there was more I wanted to talk about but I just can't remember! That is always the way with me! I'm constantly thinking of things to blog and then when I sit down to write, I can't remember what it is I wanted to write about! Duh! Not winning!
Hope I didn't seem to depressing in this post! I am on my way up again :-)
I loved tis book! Hope you do, too. Be gentle with yourself, maybe you came put aw 73 because you are so wise? And thanks foe the cools links! Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteMegan, maybe that IS the reason I am 73!! Hey, I never thought of it that way! Thanks for your support - I love your blog :)
ReplyDeleteSelf-love is very important. Some people think it sounds silly, but I recently undertook a 30 day I Love Me Experiment and now I'll never stop. My inspiration came from Cheryl Richardson's book The Art of Extreme Self-Care ... that even sounds delicious. Stay positive!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're feeling a little better! I def have to pick up that book too, thanks for the tip. My hubby recently purchased the kinect too, and I have been wanting to get your shape.. and I hate lunges too! Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteI think we all go through the weight loss blahs at some point in our journey. Life seems to have a way of knocking us off track. But it does sound like you are definitely on your way back up. Keep fighting! (Oh, and for the record: I REFUSE to do lunges.LOL.)
ReplyDeleteHey Eve, just wanted to drop you a line of encouragement! I hope you've been staying positive. Remember, you can do anything you set your mind to!
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