Once Again, It is a Tuesday Monday Motions Post!

I was a bit bummed when I got on the scale yesterday morning; a weight gain of 0.2 pounds.  Not so much disappointed at the numbers, but in myself.  It has been such a struggle to battle getting back on an exercise routine!  I can do pretty good on eating healthy, but know I will never see permanent, long-term weight loss without regular, everyday, good-old-fashioned exercise.

In light of that, I did go out for a jog last night for the first time in two months.  Basically, I'm restarting the Couch to 5K program that I did this past fall that got in my shape to run the Hilton Head Jingle Jingle 5K exactly four months ago.  So basically, four evenings a week of jogging, then on off nights walks will be added (hopefully next week), and I want to start doing a Pilates workout in the mornings once my body starts adjusting to the increased exercise (i.e. I get shin splints very easily, and hope to avoid them at all costs!).  They say it takes 21 days to make a new habit, so over the next three weeks, my goal is to get my exercise habit in full-swing again!

Part of me is gnawing at the bit and wants to go out and jog tonight.  However, I know me.  I can get too obsessive and push too hard, and that is when I deal with injuries and quit exercising all together.  So I'm listening to the ache in my knee and the slight strain in my shins from last night's jog, and outside of going for a walk in the neighborhood after supper with the kids and doing some stretching later, am not going out tonight.  Tomorrow, however, will be a jogging night after church; woohoo!

The Monday Motions:

Last Week's Weight: 237
This Week's Weight: 237.2

Weekly Loss: + .2

 Total Pounds Lost:+ 0.6

Week #4

The Monday Motions (On Tuesday)

So as you will soon see by the following numbers, not such a hot week.  A respiratory infection (read NO EXERCISE) and a trip out of town for the Easter holiday combined to be a destructive combination.  Ugh.  The dreaded weight gain.  Normally, I would have just skipped posting this week and worked my butt off to make it up and never would admit that I had a poor week, but this is about being honest.  I wasn't disciplined and I gained weight this past week.  So here is where things stand:

The Monday Motions:

Last Week's Weight: 234.6
This Week's Weight: 237

Weekly Loss: + 2.4

 Total Pounds Lost:+ 0.4

Week #3

Yet I am still blessed and not discouraged.  It is a new day and a new week and I serve a God who is so much bigger than the scale.  May I learn how to continue to nourish my soul in Him and not try to substitute it with filling my mouth.

Monday's Workout

So maybe I'm not this happy when I'm sweating up a storm doing yard work, nor am I barefoot or wearing a skirt, but I do enjoy the hour or so it takes to do tend our 1/2 acre of yard.  Something about yard work is a bit... I don't know... therapeutic for lack of a better word.  It's very easy to see what you've done and some days, I just need the simplicity of a physically laboring job done well.  Plus, Emily loves to help!  She assisted with the planting of my herb seeds, as well as a few annual flowers, for us to eventually put out.  I know, I know, it's a bit late in the season, but we've been pretty busy!  However, I think this does count as my workout for today, and shall put it on my weekly do-to list.  I think that will make me, and the hubby, very happy indeed!

The Monday Motions:

Last Week's Weight: 235
This Week's Weight: 234.6

Weekly Loss:  -0.4

 Total Pounds Lost: -1.8

Week #2

My doctor started me on an antibiotic today, so hopefully exercise without a major coughing/breathing fit will help!  I am learning that I have to exercise!