Being Strong. Staying Strong. It's Not Always That Easy

Having done this gym thing for a few months now, I have noticed that there are some days that I feel awesome. I can workout and nothing hurts. I have stamina and endurance. My breathing is on target. The sweating is dripping off my forehead and running down the sides of my face.

Then there are the days when doing just ten minutes of something feels like I ran a marathon. (Ok i have no idea what that feels like but perhaps one day I will.) But, there are days when the strength just isn't there and it's a mental game I have to play with myself to not just hit the Stop button on the machine and call it quits for the day.

I have bumped up my workout routine to an hour a day now. I had been doing 30-40 minutes, but I figure the extra 20 minutes might help shave off some of this weight. I have been working out religiously since mid-march and still have not seen a drastic loss of weight per my evil scale. Clothes fit differently. People are noticing. But, that wretched scale doesn't want to help me out at all.

I have also decided to make some alterations to my eating habits. After not following The Biggest Loser and then watching the season finale at work the other night, I saw the winner had lost a ton of weight and her starting weight was my starting weight. She looked amazing. And though I completely understand that the contestants on that show have nothing better to do than lose weight and exercise, I figured I might change things up a bit.

First thing that is getting a overhaul is my cheat day. The last few cheat days I have gone entirely overboard on the eating. To the point one might say I was bingeing. So, I have decided that perhaps just one big cheat a day, like an ice cream or a Brownie Earthquake at DQ will suffice instead of allowing an entire day for cheating. Saturdays are my cheat day. I will start this new regime next Saturday.

This next week will also start a full week of my one hour workouts, altered eating and cross training. Fingers crossed I keep my head in the game!