45 min UB with trainer.

And according to said trainer, you CAN work out too much. He suggested that I step down my cardio a bit.

Step down my ***. I respectfully disagreed.

Chrissy! I'm 41 also and have found exercise a blessing and a joy. Oh, why didn't I start sooner?? Wish I didn't have to work though.

Love your attitude Mandalinn!

Got my planned 3.5miles in. Thinking about ramping up my run days which means two out of my three w/t days will have a run tacked on. But I haven't been doing any cardio on those days, so it might be a good thing to do for mileage as well as body.

Welcome Chrissym


Pilates, weights for arms and abs.

30 mins shoulder workout
30 mins HIIT

I refuse to step down too Mandalinn

yesterday: nothing (planned rest day)
today: 48 min treadmill walk and 30 min upper body/abs

Well come on, you guys see my cardio here...I do 50 minutes, 6 times a week! Thats not obsessive! Thats less than the government recommendation.

I love the trainer anyway. Especially because he called me "hardcore".

50 min elliptical

Got my w/t in last night with a quick run. I think my w/t is playing with my scale. I spike 1-2# after a w/t day. At least I knew this would probably happen, so I'm not bummed. But it is evil.

Softballmom I find that when I w/t the next day I gain. But the scale returns to normal the following day.


Workout: Walked 3 miles, pilates, and cardio.

Softballmom -- Your muscles do retain water, hence the gain, wait till the next day...

Today: 6.25k run

48 min treadmill walk

45 min elliptical, 45 min UB lifting

Can someone please kick me in the butt? I haven't worked out since Monday! I keep finding excuses not to work out...and I've been snacking like a crazy lady.

Nikaia: here you go... Now make it in your schedule today, and watch those snacky feelings - drink some water, maybe?

Okay, now I'm getting frustrated! I gained another 1/2 pound, and I have w/t again tonight!!! I know that I need the w/t for its benefits (ie bone strength and toning), but I have worked so hard at getting here and I still have about (now) nine pounds to go!!! In my whole journey so far I have never been this frustrated, I just hang for a few days or even weeks, then my weight starts going back down. But this month I have gone between 121-125 because of temporary steroids due to poison ivy and now, I believe, w/t.
Because I'm so close, I just want the wt to be removed like the past, but it doesn't look like it's going to work that way.

Thanks for letting me vent..... And I don't want to move my ticker yet.

Well, I worked out today - thanks for the butt-kicking, softballmom and Mandalinn! - and am feeling good about it. I also am thinking I need to structure my goals differently. I have a long-term weight goal, but I haven't got any exercise goals or anything. So I'll have to think on that...

Cardio, toning and weights for arms.