Getting back on track

I didn't wait for the husband to sign "us" up for the weight watchers. I went a head and signed myself up yesterday. Tracked my food and all and I had still managed to come in under the total amount of points I'm allotted in a day. :)

So far today I'm on track with my eating and I have dinner planned, though I haven't calculated out my points to know how large my portion will be. I have done my sit ups and crunches and also started off with my tabata exercise. I have to go rescue my son in a bit so I'll have to do my hula hooping later.

Here's to staying positive and getting fit.

Here we go hoop de hoop

So far I am having a blast with my hula hoop. The back of my hands are slightly bruised from being used in a way then haven't been used before, but I was assured to let them rest for a time when the bruising showed up and they would be fine.

I hooped for probably about 20 minutes today just trying to work on the flow move we learned in class and how to make a circle as I am hooping. Oh, and how to hoop in the opposite direction that I am accustom to going.

I went to the grocery store today and loaded up on fresh fruits and veggies. I about choked on the bill when I saw the total. Almost makes me wish I had paid attention to what my grandmother was trying to teach me in the garden instead of trying to figure ways to get out of pulling all the weeds. :p

The husband asked me today when the diet officially starts and I told him just as soon as he signed us up for weight watchers again. I surely can't remember how many points is what worth. Ok, I remember a Big Mac is 10 points and a medium fry is 14 points but a little slack here cause if that's what I had and I had 29 points for the day... I pretty much wiped the whole day out with that one meal.

At any rate, I'm still working on it and I'm not giving up.

This is not going well, is it?

To be honest, the exercising the past several days has been spotty and limited at best.

I did however go to my Dr. appointment yesterday and the first of the results for my blood testing is in, which was the A1C to test for diabetes. My Dr. says that 5.6 is normal and that 6.5 means you are diabetic. My result was 6.1 which puts me towards boarder line, especially since there is a family history of it now. She ordered me to get back onto weight watchers and to lose 20 lbs. :/
Well, that was the idea to start with. At least my husband is in support and he is willing to go back on the diet with me. Life style changes are coming very soon to our household.

Today was my first hooping class. What a blast. There were only two of us that showed up to take the class so it was very intensive and riotous as neither of us seemed to be as coordinated as we wished we were. We had fun laughing with each other and at ourselves as we'd try to learn to maneuver the hoop and pass it from one portion of our body to another and learning our first flow move. By the end of class we could do the move, but it was not nearly as graceful as our instructor. Needless to say we both vowed to go back home and work on our technique before the next class is offered.

So I am on my way with hooping and preparing to make a lifestyle change again in the eating habits. Hope things are going well for you.

When I fall off the wagon, I fall hard

I got my new hoop in yesterday. It's slightly larger than I anticipated and slower in moving, but I guess that is ok for a beginning hoop. I'll be getting a new one at my class on Saturday.

As for the rest, yesterday was not a great day. Snacked on chips, had a major craving for butterbeer and made some for my son and me-- I drank 2. Can we say major fat and sugar overload. I think I made up for every regular soda I've skipped since the 1st of January with that one.

So today it is back on the horse and back to work. Hope your day went better.

So far no good

Well, I haven't lost any more weight and I haven't lost any more inches. :/ However I am not giving up. I'm still doing my exercises. I guess I may have to bump up the water intake and start adding additional reps.

My new dance hoop should arrive sometime this week. I'm so excited, I can't wait to take my class.

In the words of Jimmy V. "Never, never, never give up."

Another long day...

Well today was another long day and I have yet to do any of my exercising. I'll work on that after I finish syncing my phone.

I did however after blogging yesterday manage to get in another set of 50 sit ups and 20 crunches. Personally... I feel pretty good about that.

I took the plunge today and enrolled in the hula hoop dance lessons. I can't seem to get anyone to go with me, so I guess I'll just have to learn it and have fun by myself. My first class is next Saturday so I'm really looking forward to it. Sure hope the weather is nice.

Happy exercising.

Losing track of the days

Things were a bit hectic yesterday. A long day at work, I was so wiped out by the time we got home that I did my exercises and was in bed before 10:00PM. *sighs*

I can remember when that was still considered being early in the night.

I am pleased to report that my stomach is most definitely laying flatter without a lot of effort to hold it in! Yeah! I don't know if I have lost any weight yet but will check this weekend.

I am definitely signing up for the hula hoop dance class I found. I have already ordered the other hoop for it. I've been trying to enlist some friends to go with me that I thought would also enjoy it.

I'm up to a consistent 50 sit ups and 30 crunches now with the ab roller. I did the 3 lb hula hoop for about 5 minutes today. It is a real challenge to keep that thing around my waist and not around my ankles.

Hope all is going well for you.

Day 8 Was offered a prescription not to do sit ups

I'm beginning to feel the sit ups more in my lower back now, which I understand and needs to be strengthened as well. This morning my chiropractor offered to write me a prescription not to do the sit ups. I bowed out of the offer as gracefully as possible. I mean gee whiz, I'm really working at making sure I do them each day here and trying to develop a good habit.

I ordered another hula hoop the other day, this one is more for hoop dancing and such; it should be here by the end of the week. I can't wait. I even found a hooping class in my area. Shocked me, but I am grateful that there is one. It looks like a lot of fun and a great way to burn calories. If I recall my reading correctly they said 30 minutes of hooping burns 600 calories. I can use that!

Day 7 and beginning to feel... it?

I'm not sure which "it" I am feeling, but I definitely feel something.

While I am trying not to over do but to also do enough to get some results and strengthen my muscles I am now feeling it in my back and stomach. I can see that my stomach is already flatter but my back muscles are letting me know that they exist now too.

I am finding it difficult to remember to drink so much more water here at home. While I do drink some, it is not nearly the quantity that I drink at work.

My son told me about Tabata and while I have no intention of even trying the burpee exercise I did find some for core training that I think I will try to incorporate into the daily routine.

Now, I'm off to search for some hoop dancing classes in my area. They look not only fun, but like they would be great all over exercise as well.