Week 15

There is nothing that says success quite like shopping for clothes and finding out that you've gone down a size. :) This week I'm upping my exercise a ton!!! Just trying something different. We'll see how it goes. Also, I started doing the 3 mile brisk walk so, pretty good. All in all I feel great!

Beginning the 14th week

So, I started something new on Saturday. A walking workout. I've been walking a few times a week for the past month or so, and just last week I began walking after dinner as well. I do feel a lot better getting a little extra exercise in at night without being ridiculous. I also enjoy the fresh air blowing off of the trees as the sun sets. More than exercise, though, it is a good time to think and just be with God in his creation. Because Since I've been enjoying these walks so much, I decided to check out some blogs and see what others are doing with walking. I came across this:

It's a Leslie Sansone at home 2 mile walking exercise video. When I first saw it I thought it was stupid. It looked cheesy and it seemed dumb to walk in place at home for a half hour. However, I wanted to walk at the park on Saturday but then it rained so it was hard to motivate myself to go outside. So I decided to give the video a try. Man! It kicked my butt big time, in a good way. I have been exercising at different intensity levels for 3 months and going on walks as well for just over a month and yet I still felt out of shape for this beginning 2 mile brisk walking video. I did it and felt exhausted afterwards, then felt fine 5 minutes later. It was a fantastic workout. Still a bit cheesy, but what can you do. Being the ambitious and impatient one that I am, I want to do the 5 mile one, but I know I have to work myself up to that. For this week, this is what I'm doing. I will be walking outside too as I like to move around more and to have a destination of where to walk to, but this is nice too. I'll also try to get in some of my normal exercise as well.

I'm hoping for a good week!

12 weeks down

Wow! I've been at this for 3 months! A quarter of a year!!!!!! And although my pound loss is going slowly, the inches sure are coming off. I feel great!!