{So much to catch up on}

I'll try to keep it short and sweet.

Last Saturday was the day I was to begin eating better and working out more.

I did great with making and eating my food for the four days of work.

I even brought my workout clothes with me Saturday to work so as soon as I left work I could head over to the gym.

It was cold after work so I parked my car as close as I can get to our gym but it's still a short hike to it.  On the way to the gym, I felt something funny in my lungs as I was breathing. It just didn't feel right or normal but I attributed it to the cold air and the little hike.  I took my "before" pictures here. Yikes. Talk about scary.

Man, have I let myself go again.

That's okay though because I'm working on it.

Anyway, so these were taken December 28 and I weigh 153.6 pounds.

Today, I'm at 152 even. 1.6 pounds lost so far.

I did have to wear my HRM watch attached to my tank top that day and it worked the entire time.  I've found that if I wear it on my wrist then the watch will lose my HR and the results won't be accurate.  Until I change the battery in the watch, this method worked the entire time and I burned 620 calories during this workout!!  I know 307 of those calories were from the full body workout I did.

Even as I was working out, I could tell my breathing was off. Again, it just didn't feel right.  I'd decided to do 20 minutes on the elliptical and when I had 5 minutes left I was going to quit. I wanted to so very badly. I didn't though and just pushed through. I mean, 5 minutes. I could suffer through that.  Then I had a 10 minute cool down walk on the treadmill.  

The following day I woke-up with a terrible cough and sore throat.

I was sick all day at work.

I had to work nights Monday and Tuesday (NYE) but called out for Monday.

Fever, chills, headaches, cough, sore throat.

I was miserable!

Suffice it to say, eating well and workout out went out the window for the last few days.

Yesterday was the first day I ate semi-well.

I'm feeling much better but still have the cough.

I want to start back to the Boxing gym I joined.

I just haven't decided if I'm going to try to go back Saturday or Monday after work to make sure I'm well enough.

{Never ever at lunchtime}

I went to my gym at noon yesterday.

Seriously, 12pm on the dot. 

I learned I'll never do that again.

I normally go around 9/10am or 2pm and those are perfect times to go.

Not noon.

Not when everyone else and their mother are taking their hour long lunch break to workout.

So, instead of getting my 3 reps in of each exercise I only did 2 because I was annoyed and because every time I went to use something specific it was always taken.

I did begin a new workout routine yesterday also.

I can say I am very sore today.

It's absolutely worth it though.

So, the guy suggested a kickboxing class to me.

Apparently, he use to do it in another life, before the Air Force.

I checked out the video for it and it looks pretty intense (the kickboxing class stuff is towards the end of the video).

With the company I work for, we get amazing discounts through our insurance.

For instance, I paid $180 for a year membership at 24 Hour Fitness that normally costs everyone else $400+.

I checked the website to see if this place is included in the list of gyms we get a discount at and IT IS!

Well, that looks really small so if you can't read it it says:

$19 activation fee / $10.20 per week for 96 weeks

or

$50 activation fee / $10.20 per week for 48 weeks

or

$100 activation fee / $10.20 per week with no commitment

This place usually runs about $80 a month, not including the activation fee so these prices are 1/2 off! Insane.

Their first class is free to see if you like it so I'm gonna look into taking that class today.

 

{Let's get back into it}

I've taken way too long off from working out.

I see it in my face when I take pictures.

My face is puffy again.

My number weight is fluctuating from 147-149lbs.

I had gotten down to 142lbs back in May.

What happened?

I know exactly what happened.

When I go through a break-up I just want to completely curl up into myself.

It's crazy, I know.

I know I should do the opposite but I don't.

After the beak-up, I stopped working out.

I was still running but not going to the gym for strength training.

And, let's be honest here... I wasn't running often.

Maybe once a week but usually I ran the hardest on my 5k race days.

Anyway, after yesterday and attempting to take several photo's but not liking any of them because I just didn't like any of them, I decided it's time to get back into it.

Today was my first day back to the gym.

I did this workout:

As well as a 30 minute elliptical session at 10.

According to the elliptical machine, set for a 34 year old female weighing 150lbs, I burned 200 calories and went a little over 2 miles.

I should really invest in a heart rate monitor.

I liked this particular workout too because I was able to complete all of it by myself in the group fitness room at my gym.

Anyway, it was a good start.

I decided I'll do only these full-body workouts for the next 3 weeks before switching to another, different full-body workout.

My goal is to be fit for my 5k race in Louisiana on November 16.

I'm tired of my family back home asking me if I've gained weight every time I see them on those vacations.

As of today, my weight this morning was 147.8lbs.