It Was Tough

But I did it! Everyday only 3 pops. Yesterday was a challenge. I had a large pop for dinner so that took up 2 pops and I couldn't have one at night. I struggled with that, but I made it through. Mostly because I stepped on the scale and saw I lost 5 pounds! That was motivation. It was probably mostly water weight since I am more hydrated than I think I have been in years.

Maybe another 5 this week or maybe more -lol. I am not trying to focus only on that because I do not want to see the scale stuck and it send me on a bender. I really can get out of control. One bad day could pack all the weight back on.

The exercise this week was fine. We did the Firm everyday but Wednesday and Friday. Yesterday we did step - holding 1 lb weights. It was killer. Step kills us every time which is odd to us. All the calorie figuring calculators I have seen about calories burned during an exercise say tae bo or kickboxing burns the most. However, step kills us more than tae bo ever does. It gets our heart rates up more and we really feel it. I think those calculators are wrong.

I am gearing up for working out alone for a little while. My workout buddy will be off for surgery in about 2 weeks. Then she will be out of commission for about 6 weeks. I also told her that she won't be able to jump right back in with working out with me. I will be at a much higher level. So I am thinking if she really puts her mind to it that we can workout together again starting in June.

The reason for it taking so long is that she will be completely down for at least 2 weeks if not longer. Then she will only be able to walk slowly at best. Meanwhile I am going to start running in the morning and then doing the Biggest Loser workouts. My workouts are going to be taking it up a level than what we do right now. She will be going back about 9 months to level we started at.

We shall see how this all goes. Right now the focus is on getting her fixed up and then healed. My focus is to pump up my efforts. I may walk with her once she starts, but that will probably be more a leisurely stroll for me than anything else. Support for her, though.

These next few months are when I really need to work because I have a goal to reach by the beginning of summer and I am not going to miss reaching it.