Down 38 pounds! Finally some scale movement! I'm still strength training and working the treadmill 3-4 times a week. I still don't love it, but I'm OK with that.
All this work, it's for me and dammit, I'm so worth it. Feels good to do for myself....can't believe it took me so long to figure it out!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Happenings
Sorry I've been so out of the loop! I've been substitute teaching, working out and getting frustrated over lack of scale movement! However, I have gone down a size in trousers, this makes 2 sizes, so I'm less frustrated than I was.
I'm strength training 3 days a week and running the treadmill those same 3 days. This week, I'm shooting for 4 days as a general rule. I started off on the treadmill walking about 20 minutes. I am now running 30 minutes at a time and yesterday, reached one of my goals. 1.5 miles running by Spring Break. Well, I ran 1.52 miles yesterday and Spring Break isn't for 2 more weeks!
The scale is a major validator and it's frustrated to see the numbers move so S-L-O-W-L-Y as in about 3 pounds the last many (7?) weeks. However, with the reduction in trouser size and all, I must be losing inches. So, I've decided the scale cannot, will not, be my only validation! Endurance level, clothing size and muscle growth is very important and a great indicator of the good I'm doing my body, no matter how damned slowly the scale moves!
So, as much as I'd like the scale to move, I must look to all else I'm doing to see the big picture. The journey I'm on is one not so much of weight-loss as it is a journey of self-discovery. One that I can hopefully realize just how strong and capable I am and just how much I really do love myself. After all, that's the entire impetus for the life changing decisions I've made. I'm worth it, you know, and it was high time I started treating myself how I deserve!
I'm strength training 3 days a week and running the treadmill those same 3 days. This week, I'm shooting for 4 days as a general rule. I started off on the treadmill walking about 20 minutes. I am now running 30 minutes at a time and yesterday, reached one of my goals. 1.5 miles running by Spring Break. Well, I ran 1.52 miles yesterday and Spring Break isn't for 2 more weeks!
The scale is a major validator and it's frustrated to see the numbers move so S-L-O-W-L-Y as in about 3 pounds the last many (7?) weeks. However, with the reduction in trouser size and all, I must be losing inches. So, I've decided the scale cannot, will not, be my only validation! Endurance level, clothing size and muscle growth is very important and a great indicator of the good I'm doing my body, no matter how damned slowly the scale moves!
So, as much as I'd like the scale to move, I must look to all else I'm doing to see the big picture. The journey I'm on is one not so much of weight-loss as it is a journey of self-discovery. One that I can hopefully realize just how strong and capable I am and just how much I really do love myself. After all, that's the entire impetus for the life changing decisions I've made. I'm worth it, you know, and it was high time I started treating myself how I deserve!
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