Was on Facebook this morning and notice my sister in law had mention a 30 day challenge for planks thought it was about time I started on my core muscle again and what better way to do it then with planks so I went on line found this site.

http://tribesports.com/challenges/30-day-plank-challenge-from-20-sec-to-5-mins

I am thinking girls that after my doctor gives me the ok (which i hope is this Friday)to go back to normal activities that we do this together. I do know that their are a ton of other challenges out their like pushups and pull ups so go search and if you find something you think would be great for the rest of us then we can add it.

Enough is enough

My back hurt so much when I woke up this morning I had to medicate myself just so I could drive to work. I know it is from my weight. So today I decided to start counting calories and exercising. I will keep you updated on my progress.

Something New

So I saw this list of exercises online last night and I thought it would be a great way to start exercising it uses no equipment and you can do anywhere you have enough room to lay down at. So feeling super good about this I got up this morning got ready grabbed some water and went out with Max. I started out pretty good but by the time I got to the first set of squats my legs were on fire but I tried to push through really trying to drop my butt like you are suppose now I don't do a lot of squats so I felt kind of silly doing this I then look over at max mid squat and he has his head tilted to the side looking at my like wtf are you doing which just made me laugh and made me feel more silly. But with a few breaks I was able to finish even though by the end my jumping jacks where nothing more then me jumping up and down holding my chest. I think I will try to do this work out 2 to 3 times a week but no more then that cause even though my legs aren't to bad right now I know that tomorrow its going to hurt to get out of bed.

Sitting here in bed got my jazz music going and Nat King Cole came on singing Oh What A Wonderful Day and I thought that will be my very first song on my walking and running music list just listening to that made me think of being outside seeing the blue sky the birds and trees it was great, I mean here I am in my bedroom laid up not able to walk let alone run and that song came on and lifted my spirts and gave me some hope, silly right.

I'm not sure if this is working.....

  So, I have decided to replace a few things in my diet so that I have the same experience as eating the things I used to, but not so much the calories.  For example, I replaced potato chips with sliced carrot chips, It's been helping at lunch a lot.  I have not, however, found a replacement for ice cream yet.  Frozen yogurt is ok, I think I found a replacement with lassi, but I need to figure out how to make it first and if it has as high of a sugar content.  I'm not doing great on the exercise front.  Yesterday I hurt my ankle, I'm not sure how, I was just.......standing.  Getting some water, aaaannnnddddd, ankle hurts.  Still hurts today, so I'm being careful with it.  I have also been getting a lot of exercise at work.  The standing and walking is doing a lot to make me realize how out of shape I am and what I need to start doing in the way of exercising.  Oh man, I'm out of shape.  I need new clothes for work, but I'm really only buying things that will either last me for a few sizes, or I can alter later.  I know this is disorganized, and not my usual format, I just wanted to get something up before I started my work week.  It's going to be a busy one!

Lunch

Lunch

Fruit salad and yogurt for lunch with an apple for snack