Not gonna happen

Well, I totally didn't think of packing clothes for a lunchtime workout.. heck, I didn't even pack a lunch. A lunchtime workout is not gonna happen. And not likely tonight either. It's like a Friday... I wanna party - ha ha, an extra drink or two hanging out on the porch.

Visited the Uptown Y

There's a Y within walking distance of where I work.... I hope to go there for lunch in the future... like tomorrow even! I wanted to make sure I could find it as well as check out if it was crazy zany (it wasn't really). I need to remember to pack a gym bag tonight, and pack a lunch (or more likely two heavy snacks).

At least twice a week, maybe 3 times I could...

• 11:30 have a snack,
  
• 12:30 leave for my lunch hour
• 12:40 get there
  
• 12:45 start cardio
  
• 1:15 finish up
• 1:20 quick shower and back to work clothes
• 1:30/1:35 be back at work
• 2:00/2:30 have another snack

I think this is all do-able!!!! I'm totally psyched that it is totally reasonable to lose 30+ pounds in 26 weeks!

Eat Less and Move More!!

Back at it!

I joined the Y last week. It was mostly for the pools they have, to do something fun with the kids more often. I get a slight (10%) discount from work and plus there are locations all over the place I can visit.

Today was my first workout! Woo-Hoo!! yeah, right... I started on the elliptical trainer and I thought I was going to die after 4 minutes. Somehow I managed to push myself to 5 minutes and then I jumped off and went to the treadmill. I did 20 minutes there. I did about 3.8 mph the whole time and I played around with the incline. I really felt like I was working it! That's good. But sheesh, I am so out of shape!

I did it! I did my first 2 mile walk at lunch. It went well, even though I forgot my sunglasses. So much for a fitness walk... I started off with a cigarrette! LOL... even starting off, at the foot of the Shelby Street Bridge, and going UP HILL... it can really be a bitch of a hill for flabby people like me, some older guy was walking up behind me, and he commented "damn, if she can do that hill with a cigaretter, she's good to go!" yeah right... but I did it! And it felt GREAT! I'm going to try and get some other people at work ready to do this too! Hopefully I'll have a chance to get a flyer together this afternoon... I'm thinking of a headline... "put on your walking shoes" ?

Steps taken today: 12,450

Got myself into the gym even though my legs were sore from my workout yesteday. I meant to do 30 minutes but I ended up doing 35 minutes! Yay me!! Yesterday at Target I got a heart rate monitor, it was a good price and I've been interested in one for quite a while. I did 15 minutes on the elliptical trainer, 10 on the Arc trainer and 10 on the bike. Felt good!

I also today looked up walking routes around work I could do at lunch. I was able to come up with a good one that is a 2 mile loop going over the river downtown twice! :) It'll be fun. And the weather forecast says no rain at least the early part of this week. I'm thinking about asking others at work if they're interested in joining me.... maybe. Let's see if I do it first of all... but then getting others involved is a good way to keep myself involved.

Finally got into the gym... it's hard. I was so friggin' stressed out this past week. I want life to be easier!!! and then I'll take better care of myself..... I know I know, it doesn't work that way. Stress will be better handled as I exercise more (and PMS is absent)....

Today at the gym I did 20 minutes of cardio (10 minutes on the treadmill and 10 on the elliptical trainer) and then did a full body strength training workout. Took it easy, only 2 sets of 2 different exercises per muscle group.

Went to the gym, did 20 minutes on the elliptical trainer. Didn't feel to hard at all!! Rock on Kim!

I'm going to try this blog again... I've got to get serious about losing weight. the 35 extra pounds I had before have turned into 45 extra pounds, but I'm lessening up on my goal weight by 5 this time... oh screw it! I'm going to tell speak numbers... it's just easier, and if I dont' like it, then I better do something to change it. I'm just under 180 now. I should be around 140... I used to have 130-135 as a goal weight... maybe I will weigh that again, but it just seems like a low low number. 140 sounds like a reasonable number. and yes, the doctors charts also say 140 with a medium frame is also a reasonable number.

Today's exercise was just doing a stretching video. It helped. My body simply needs to move more.

Introduction

This blog is called Lose Kim Lose because I want to tell the story of me losing 35lbs. I can't say I've ever had much of a weight problem. My extra pounds have crept up on me over the years, I did lose those extra pounds over two years ago but I quit what I was doing and the pounds came back very quickly.

I know I can lose weight and I know what I have to do to keep the weight off... I think I've recently found a form of excercise I don't want to live without (running - check out www.runkimrun.com). So I think I'm in a better place than I was before.

I intend on sharing what I've been doing, what I'm eating, confess when I'm being bad, share articles about healthy eating and fitness on my blog.