Well, I haven't posted on here in a while and I was just thinking about my current health status and my weekly health routines. I wanted to go ahead and write down my thoughts about what I am currently doing. After my initial weight loss, I started to settle into a routine and didn't ride my exercise bike (I've been through two of them so far) because it wasn't working like it should. I had slowly started to gain some weight, albeit not a lot, because I still did exercise..which makes it hard for me to understand why I was gaining weight. I was attending a Spin Class 3 times a week and still watching my daily calorie intake..although I was eating more than I was before. So I was confused a bit. I got back up to 253, which was still 46lbs less than when I started 2 years ago.
SOooo, a friend (and fellow Spinner) told me that she was part of the gym's Weight Loss Challenge and that was just what I needed to hear. If you've read my prior posts..you know that I love competition..and that helps motivate me to lose weight better than anything else. I don't know, maybe its the camaraderie..the challenge of having to do well for the team and the fact that I am very competitive and I WANT to WIN. All of this helps me in my weight loss/ healthy living goals. So, I join up and now I have lost 12 lbs over 3 weeks. Whew! Back down to 241 and I have to go down one more notch in my belt HOORAY! (as opposed to go up a notch because I've gotten bigger).
Now my weekly regimen includes:
- Running 3 miles at least two days a week
A little side note: I have decided to help my children
stay in shape, by taking them running/walking with me.
I used to run with my weight loss challenge teammates,
but I have since included my two daughters, so that they
(which at first was wayyy to feminine for me..but I decided to
change some of the instructors moves and make into my own
personal dance class..modifying the moves to make some of them..Manlier! LOL)
change some of the instructors moves and make into my own
personal dance class..modifying the moves to make some of them..Manlier! LOL)
3. Upper Body workout with fitness instructor (Weights and Calisthenics)
4. Lower Body workout with fitness instructor (Weights and Calisthenics)
5. Taking a Spin class every now and then.
Before doing this weight loss challenge..I hadn't lifted weights and run since High School and even back then it was sporadic..even though I was on the football team. Man..when I started running again I was soooo sore. I didn't even know that I used those muscles while running.
Needless to say my workout routine is pretty diverse right now and I am kind of proud of that.
