July 30th

This morning I so did not feel like doing my workout. I woke up at 6:22 and really wanted to turn my alarm off. But I got out of bed, came downstairs and checked e-mail. I really wanted to work rather than exercise but I laced up my shoes and am glad I did. I know my pecs will be sore tomorrow but I will be happy to feel the ache, even as I type I can feel they are ouchy. I stretched but will down more water and stretch even more.

Today Marc is taking Elizabeth to her last day of swimming so that gives me a free morning to get a haircut and get some work done. I have no more snap heating pads so I need to neutralize those. Marc is out all night tomight so I MUST complete a birth story. I will not go to sleep tonight until it is finished.

Saturday I plan to go to Aquafit to participate in the morning after I weigh in. I am excited to see what the results are. This is the first week in a very long time I have gotted four strength training sessions in, I am just coming off of my period, I have been pretty stressed and eating some unhealthy stuff, so it will be interesting. Sunday will be a day of rest, maybe I will go on the elliptical in the morning but the afternoon will be spent at Marc's friends partying on the lake, maybe some water sports. It should be fun. Talk to you on Monday.

July 29th

I keep waking up at 6:15 am and convincing myself to lounge in bed the extra 15 minutes. I really should just get up and start my day. There is a lot that can be accomplished in 15 minutes.

I did my lower body workout today. My stomach was feeling yucky at the start and I questioned whether I should workout. I decided I would get started and if it got worse I could always stop. Amazing as the muscles began aching, I mean working, the stomach stopped. I feel lovely now, sweaty but lovely.

Today I have both kids at home, laundry, lunch with a friend, and a childbirth ed class tonight. It should be a lovely day.

July 28th

Feeling good - Got some positive comment yesterday about how I am looking. It was good because I am feeling stagnant with weight loss, so to hear body image is improving is great.

I have started a new 5 lbs challenge with Marc. If he loses it first he will only have to give me back rubs for five months rather than six. If I lose it first I get a new outfit, tops, bottoms, shoes and a purse, woohoo.

Yesterday was good as I said I did my lower body cutting a few things short to finish up in my muscle conditioning class. Wow that lunge medley was difficult. I walked to and from Tansley so an hour round trip. I got close to eight hours of sleep last night, though I felt quite groggy when I woke up. I know you are supposed to get eight but I find it is a bit too much. I will keep trying. This morning the alarm went off at 6:30 and I came downstairs and did my upper body workout while cleaning during my rest in between sets. Tonight I plan to get on the elliptical once I get home from visiting a client and knock off a birth story, so I may not get my eight hours tonight. Happy hump day everyone.

July 27th

I can't believe it has been nine days since I posted last. It has been a busy, pretty stressed but some fun as well week. I did none of my strength training sessions though I taught more than normal and got to Zumba on Saturday morning. I have been craving chips for the past two days, which is strange for me because I don't really enjoy chips. I know my cycle is due to renew and maybe with all the added stress it makes sense. I am trying to ensure I do something special for myself every 3-4 days to help with the stress. I am confident if I can force myself to get up at 6:30 though 6 may be better, so I can get my workout and then clear some other stuff off my calendar before the kids wake up and the day starts I will feel much better. Encorporating some one on one time with Marc ; ) should help too.

I did get up at 6:30 this morning. I decided to send out a quick request to my regional reps before my workout, since I was supposed to do that yesterday and didn't. The simple request ended up taking 20 minutes as I remembered there were more details and things I needed from them. So my workout didn't get started until close to 7 am. Marc came down at 7:20 to say goodbye and Elizabeth was up. She sat and did her own thing but I did cut a few of my exercises short. However I will finish them up when I teach tonight, my class will groan over the lunge medley. Thanks Sonny. I never understand why people moan, when an exercise challenges me I love it, it's working, isn't that why you workout?

July 18th

Marc and I have spent an awesome weekend at the Honda Indy. Even with spf 50 I have managed to get quite the deep tan, I have never been so dark.

Thursday I did not get my strength training session in nor did I do any workouts Friday - Sunday. But I made sure Marc and I took every set of stairs we could. We were in the back row of the grandstand. I did eat poutine for the first time, that is not what I thought I was ordering, I am not sure why people like it. The cheese curds were delicious and so was the chicken breast on top but the soggy fries were digusting.

This week I am not sure how many strength training sessions I will get in. Monday I am teach Cardio Challenge at the YMCA from 9:15 - 10:15 am and Shallow Aqua at Centennial from 11:05 - 11:50 am. Home for a quick shower and meal preparation, then I have a fellow doula coming over to teach me some of her yoga for birth technique so I can support her client with the technique in case she goes in labour while the primary doula is away. Then I need to get some groceries. Tuesday I teach muscle conditioning and will be walking there, maybe I will get my fast workout in first thing in the morning. Wednesday I am teaching Shallow Aqua at 9 am and Cardio Sculpt at Tansley at 6:30 pm, I will probably walk there again in the evening. Thursday and Friday look like good days to do the remainder of my workouts. On Saturday I really would like to get to Zumba. It has been way too long. Thanks for helping me figure that out. Hope you all have a super fantastic week.

July 14th

Today has been a great start to my day. I got up at 6:30 am to go on the elliptical for 30 minutes. I was groaning and really wanted to stop within 5 minutes and go rest on the couch, not because it was hard but I was tired. I pushed past and got a good workout.

At 8 am I remembered my sister would be coming with the girls around noon. Crap the house was trashed. So I quickly cleaned, got my teeth brushed, contacts in and flew to Tansley Woods to teach Aquafit. The girls did an awesome job cleaning and when I got home there was not much left to do. Elizabeth has two friends over until 12:30, then my sister and three nieces will be here. We will have tuna pasta for dinner and I am hoping to get on the elliptical once more today. I am confident I will see changes the next time I weigh in. I feel great, sleeping better, eating better, with energy to spare. It feels so good being back on track and to be a loser once more.

July 13th

Just finished my lower body workout. I went well. I did only two sets of some repetitions because I know they are areas I will be working tonight in my muscle conditioning class and I want to be able to walk tomorrow. Instead of feeling excited and totally pumped I feel very calm, and at ease, it was a really nice stretch and I feel ready for a tea, some breakfast and the newspaper. I wonder if the kids will stay asleep long enough so I can have that uninterrupted.

Today's plan is to finish the laundry, get it put away, sign a contract with a new client, pick up pictures so I can start working on a birth story, have lunch, pick up two of Juliet's friends and take all the girls swimming from 2-4, come home make dinner, plan and memorize my class for tonight, walk there, teach it, walk home, hang out with the family, snuggle with Marc and go to bed. Chat with you tomorrow.

July 12th

So after weeks of promising I am finally back on track. This week it is not I will be, it's I am.

Yesterday I stood on the scale and I was back up 2 lbs. I had been thinking for a while that things had stagnated. I have had a few people cross my path lately who are on a weight loss journey as well and I am being to fatigue of saying I have lost 20 lbs, I want to say I have lost 25 so far and continuing to lose.

Last week I did only get one at home strength training session. However I did get out to a Nia in the park class and it was very good. I can't wait to get back to practice regularly in the Fall.

So enough blogging I have work to do and the less time I send sitting in front of the computer the better.

July 8th

I really do need to get more consisent with my posting. I have had news I wanted to share but work has been pretty busy. My strength training has not been going well. I have been doing one at home session a week. I know, I know. Today I got 2/3 of it in before I got a call from a client, not imminent but I do need to get in the shower and have breakfast.

The good news is I reclaimed 4 pairs of pants. Most were a 13/14 from Jacob Connexion. I was so excited. The weight hasn't changed since I last reported I am at 170 lbs which is 22 lbs down. I went to teach at the YMCA on Monday it has been a long time since I have taught there. The ladies really noticed they said they almost didn't recognize me. It felt nice. I plan to finsih up my workout later tonight and do my upper body workout tomorrow. Saturday I am doing my CPR recert but Sunday my mom and I are going to do Nia in the park in the morning, and I teach in the afternoon.

I will post more consisently, I promise. I hope everyone is staying cool.