Effective new workout routine
So I’m most thankful today for being inspired in unique places and by people I do not know. Love this. My teachers.
Today I wonder if I can accomplish my weight loss goals by giving old things another go? No labels or commitments, just gentle approaches to satisfy my hunger and maintain health. I have learned so much about what my body needs, even season to season, and when it does not receive so much of this, it needs a little more of that. Could I be satisfied with eating how I want to eat and maybe not losing any more weight? Could I be healthy in my mind, body and spirit if I were to just eat how I wanted to eat and do what I wanted to do actively? Thin people just do this! Well realisticly I may always need to remind myself to be active. I love it, but it’s the first thing to go if things get busier.
I was initially thinking I might do another contract with myself to not over indulge in chocolate when it’s in the house. THAT DAMN CHOCOLATE! This seems ridiculous to me now. My new thing that I want to work on is eating moderately as I did when David was away. Man am I feeling full today! Animal products leave me feeling heavy and I guess my stomach must have shrunk, but seriously I ATE TOO MUCH TODAY! Live and learn………. Yeh I have done this 100s of times in my life ! :P Just less now days, a plus.
Tomorrow is a new day.
Something that I discovered yesterday that I just need to share. My activity… short, effective, energizing and maybe could explain part of my hunger today. (Just could have stopped at the hunger point a little earlier.)
Routine: Take heavier weights than normal and do 8-10 reps, what ever seems good and difficult. I used 15 pound dumb bells. Seriously, I really worked it!!! I did deadlifts, SLOW rows(triples), bicep curls, shoulder press. (Woman will NOT get big unless they are taking testosterone 
and lord knows I have plenty! of female hormones. *sigh*) I could not do more then 2 sets each. With no breaks my heart was a pumping, but not crazy…. about 2 minutes of this. I just listened to what my body was capable of. Then I took the lighter 5 pound dumb bells and used them WHILE I did the elliptical. NICE. I used them for 20 of my 30 minutes (this is what I could do) and I felt like I was doing something! Will definitely be doing this again.
Love it!!!
15 lbs weights? Wow that is really awesome!
Yeh, 2 weeks ago I could lift the 15s and do 3 reps. It gets to the point though were you have to increase or no results are seem. I still do my 10 and 8s for the most part. But it was fun to increase and feel something!
Just have to be careful with form. Though I took no breaks for those couple minutes, I still did each rep pretty slow.
Great achievement Jen with 15 lbs. Everything “old” works if you really work it.
Wow, 15″s??????? You rock!!! I wish I could do that, still really have to watch my shoulder
15’s way to go!!!! Perhaps by the end of July you’ll be up to 20??? You go girl!!!