Mags 2

So yesterday I got to the gym and worked out for half an hour and did my weight machines too. I took the advice of a friend who's into this stuff (work outs, I'm the nutritionist, heh) and she told me it's important to alternate days for muscle building because your muscles need at least a day to heal from the strength training (i.e., build). I knew it was recommended to wait a day between exercises like that, but I hadn't recalled the reaason why. Hmm. Thought that was a good thing to keep in mind. So when I went to the gym today I just did aerobic/cardio. Tomorrow morning I'll do my aerobic and muscle again. Anyway, I'm splitting time between the bike and the treadmill, too so that I work different parts of my body. Not ideal, I know, but I'm no good at those video things (although I have several). I'm cutting out dairy as much as possible now with the recital coming up so that may help some, but I really can't lose more than five pounds before my recital anyway- I still need to fit the dress we bought over x-mas. LOL So I just want to get into a routine right now and focus on maintaining and working off excess energy, not too concerned about loss at the moment. Would be nice, but I really don't want to go recital dress shopping again. That's my big goal for the next month- get toned, healthy, but don't stress about poundage. :)

Leia 1

Argh! Okay... I'm not doing well with this blogging thing! After finally figuring out how to post a new message (took me 5 minutes to find the button), I get almost done with the post and accidentally clicked the wrong button that turned my whole post into the letter "s". Seriously.
SOOOooo... what I'd been intending to put out there... I'm motivated to lose weight- Ironically, I got this hit of motivation as I'm trying to fall asleep late last night (really had an amazing desire to clean my room too!). So! I resolve to work out, figure out the bow flex, and drink water like I did in college (I heart Nalgene). Strangely, aside from just looking like anything but a fat cow, I have a strong image of being able to curl up with my legs against my chest. I've always wanted to ruminate in this way but've been stopped by... well... fat. I look forward to this day! Yeay!
Starting just after Easter (I need the mental prep time I think) T- minus 13 days...

Mags 1

Well, this is a test post, really, but I'll number it now. I started the day off by catching up on some much needed sleep and then I went and worked out for about forty five minutes. It was the first time this week I made it back into the gym and it was awesome. I totally broke it by eating way after hours tonight, though. Blergh. Sometimes I worry I'm never going to lose as much as I want because I have some kind of eating problem. In my defense, I have been really stressed and down lately. I'm still eating plenty of veggies and drinking lots of water, though. AND I've maintained my weight, so that's something. I just want to get off this plateau, though. That's all for now!