I went to my Weight Watchers meeting today instead of Saturday. I am leaving town for 2 family reunions in Ohio so I wont be here on Saturday for my usual meeting. It was important to me to get to a meeting so I would be accountable both this week and on my upcoming vacation in Ohio.
I knew it was not going to be a great weigh-in. Even though I stuck to my points the week was not feeling great. I gained 1.8 pounds. That's exactly how much I lost last week. Looks like I'm doing a great job of maintaining when my goal is to lose. That means that I need to take another point away this week.
I was telling my mom today about my weigh in and that I would take away a point and she said, "You could take away 2." I know I could take away 2 each time I don't lose. It would certainly guarantee that I would lose the weight faster but I feel like it will be harder that way. I think I would be setting myself up for a more difficult road. I want to make the road as easy as possible. I will notice the changes less if I do it gradually. I will also stick to the program and continue it for my lifestyle if I make the changes gradually.
With this weight gain I feel like should be really disappointed. Sure, I'm not thrilled but I'm not worried about it. I will lose the weight. I will find my correct daily point target. I will be patient with myself and that will give me more success in the future. This is important to me because I want this to last a lifetime, not a week, month or year, but a lifetime.
If I can blog while I am away, I will. I'm not sure if I will have access to the internet or not.
Have a great day,
Corinna
"The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and fourth generation." -Numbers 14:18
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Out of Shape
I know I've been blogging a lot about exercise lately, but that is what has been on my mind the most. I'm glad I'm exercising again and I really feel that it will give me the boost that I need in my weight loss.
Today I came to the realization that I am truly out of shape. I started a good routine of exercising in 2007 and kept it up (most of the time) until 2011 when I became to big to exercise comfortably while pregnant with Samuel. In that 4 years I had my ebbs and flows. I wasn't perfect but I was pretty disciplined. I would usually exercise regularly for a few of months, get bored with what I was doing and stop for a few weeks. In that few weeks time I would crave exercising and start up again.
Pretty soon after Samuel was born I got back to exercising again. I started slowly so I was sure not to hurt myself and eventually got back up the level I was at before his pregnancy. Unfortunately, I hurt my knee after a few months used that as an excuse not to exercise anymore. It has been about 6 months since I stopped exercising. As you know, I started up again about a week ago. Like after Sammy was born, I started slow so I would not hurt myself.
Today I decided that I would like to do a bit more so I did the 10-minute power walk on my Walking Kit DVD and then did 20 minutes on my Next Move DVD. Just 5 minutes into the Next Move DVD I realized just how out of shape I am. This is a toning DVD that incorporates weights, exercising, stretching and aerobics. I was sweating like crazy and puffing like I was about to collapse. My daughter Gabriella looked at me with shock and said, "It's not that hard Mom." Well it was hard for me.
I got in shape gradually when I was exercising regularly and didn't realize how in shape I was. I also thought over the last 6 months when I was not exercising that I got plenty of exercise chasing around 5 kids. I really thought that my daily activity was lots of exercise. It's not uncommon for me to be on my feet for several hours. I now know without a shadow of a doubt that being a mom and a housewife is not enough exercise to be in shape. I am now craving exercise even more because I know that I want to be able to get through my 20 minute workouts without huffing and puffing.
Get out there and move more everyone.
Corinna
"Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, who are beloved in God the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints." 3 John 1:1-3
Today I came to the realization that I am truly out of shape. I started a good routine of exercising in 2007 and kept it up (most of the time) until 2011 when I became to big to exercise comfortably while pregnant with Samuel. In that 4 years I had my ebbs and flows. I wasn't perfect but I was pretty disciplined. I would usually exercise regularly for a few of months, get bored with what I was doing and stop for a few weeks. In that few weeks time I would crave exercising and start up again.
Pretty soon after Samuel was born I got back to exercising again. I started slowly so I was sure not to hurt myself and eventually got back up the level I was at before his pregnancy. Unfortunately, I hurt my knee after a few months used that as an excuse not to exercise anymore. It has been about 6 months since I stopped exercising. As you know, I started up again about a week ago. Like after Sammy was born, I started slow so I would not hurt myself.
Today I decided that I would like to do a bit more so I did the 10-minute power walk on my Walking Kit DVD and then did 20 minutes on my Next Move DVD. Just 5 minutes into the Next Move DVD I realized just how out of shape I am. This is a toning DVD that incorporates weights, exercising, stretching and aerobics. I was sweating like crazy and puffing like I was about to collapse. My daughter Gabriella looked at me with shock and said, "It's not that hard Mom." Well it was hard for me.
I got in shape gradually when I was exercising regularly and didn't realize how in shape I was. I also thought over the last 6 months when I was not exercising that I got plenty of exercise chasing around 5 kids. I really thought that my daily activity was lots of exercise. It's not uncommon for me to be on my feet for several hours. I now know without a shadow of a doubt that being a mom and a housewife is not enough exercise to be in shape. I am now craving exercise even more because I know that I want to be able to get through my 20 minute workouts without huffing and puffing.
Get out there and move more everyone.
Corinna
"Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, who are beloved in God the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints." 3 John 1:1-3
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