I only worked out once this week, and it was a little torturous. I didn't enjoy it like I normally do, and I even cut it a few minutes short (I was meant to do 25 minutes on the elliptical, but only did 23). I'm finding it harder than I anticipated to get back into the swing of working out. Yes, my entire eating and sleeping schedule has been turned topsy turvy, and things at work have been rather hectic, but I should at least be able to fit in a workout during my lunch hour at work.
I managed that only once this week, and it was a 23 minute sprint on the elliptical. And it was torture. It was strenuous, my muscles burned and ached, and not in a good way like normal. I was begging for endorphins to kick in, but I'm afraid they never did and I just felt tired and groggy for the rest of the night...
This can't go on. I have to get back on my feet and working out! I have to start sweating again, an hour a day, everyday, working my body and getting this fat off me. My stomach churns when I walk past a mirror because I'm a whole month behind (although I've managed to maintain for that entire month, I have goals to meet and they aren't going to be met by maintaining, only by losing.)
I have plenty of activity scheduled for this weekend (walking with Mom to WorldFest on the Belvedere and also some kayaking) so hopefully that will boost me into next week where I will jump back into my daily workouts. Monday and Wednesday, due to my class and work schedule, I will only fit thirty minute workouts in. But I have no excuses the rest of the week. I have a few hours between school and work that I can fit in some exercise, and then every night on my lunch hour I can work out in the gym here at work.
Am I doing too much? Is it becoming too hard to maintain?
No. I can not let myself down again. I lost forty pounds the last time I decided to lose weight, then gained it back, plus more. That's not happening again. It simply isn't. I've lost 43 pounds, it's staying off, and I have a lot more to go. At least another 57 pounds by April 2012 will be melted off this body! There's simply no stopping and no looking back except to appreciate where I've been. I'm not going back there, I'm just not!
Onward!!!!
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