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Ok, so if you read my last blog I was having a little bit of a hard time with the whole motivation factor.  I haven’t really been losing much and just kinda tired and getting a little lazy after doing really well for my first couple weeks.  Well this morning I got on the scale (not the day that I normally weigh in) and I was down one pound from the last time that I weighed in!  I know its just a small step, but it really made me feel a lot better!  It was just that little boost that I needed to keep me going.

Ok, so my first two weeks of my workout program I did really well.  Didn’t miss a work out at all!  Then this week . . . week three I am struggling to force myself to do it.  I found other things to do yesterday and didn’t get my workout in.  Granted I was getting some cleaning done and things done that needed to be done around the house, but not my workout.  I tried to make up for it today by doing one and a half workouts.  My body is a little too tired to get all of the way through both of them.  I need to find a way to keep myself motivated . . . I am losing inches, but not really pounds at this point so getting on the scale is not reassuring.  Most mornings I feel like I weigh more than I did the day before despite the workouts.  Actually it is probably because of the workouts cause they are building nice muscles that I can actually see.

But really, I do need to work on my eating habits.  I wrote up a menu for last week, but as most things in my life go, it go as I had planned so I didn’t do it this week.  But I should probably try again, or just start cataloging everything that I eat again, which is probably a better idea.

Ok, wish me luck!  Thanks for all of the motivation that you all give me!  I love reading other peoples blogs and seeing that I am not the only one struggling and that there is a way to get through it.

Sorry for any guys that decide to read this . . . but I am sure that most ladies out there can understand.  Do you ever feel like your own body is fighting against you?  Especially during your period?  I am trying hard to stick to my workout routine and watch what I eat, but I tell you my hormones are fighting against me.  First the cramps that make me not want to do anything but curl up on the couch, and then you add the hormonal imbalance that makes me want to eat constantly.  A girl can’t win at this!  I’m still trying, but I tell you what . . . this week is gonna be a tough one! I know that I will get through this one ok, but it’s gonna be harder than normal.

Well folks . . . I am officially half way into my third week of my workout program.  Honestly that is further than I expected to get, but that is kind of beside the point.  The point is that something interesting is happening this week.  The first two weeks that I was on the program I did the work outs and felt good, but none of that morning after you just worked out for the first time in forever stiffness.  Know what I mean?  I was surprised not to feel any because I have been seeing results.  More muscle definition and already lost a couple of inches.  Not really much in terms of pounds, but I’m building muscle so it’s ok.

What is interesting is that all of the sudden this week I am feeling that morning after stiffness.  And in fact it persists into the day.  The same workouts feel harder all of the sudden.  I don’t know if it is because I am just tired, the muscles are tired from actually working out six days a week, or I am finally learning the correct form so getting a better workout.  It is probably a combination of the three, but in any case I find it interesting, and a little painful to.  But, I guess “no pain no gain” so this is a good thing. 

So far so good . . . I kept up with the workout schedule, not the greatest with my eating habits.  That is still something that I am trying to train myself on.  But the exciting news is that I am actually starting to see more definition in my arms and in my butt.  So something is working.  This weekend is going to be ridiculous cold so I am gonna stay home and maybe fit in an extra work out or two and try to get a jump start into next week.  I may even make a food schedule for next week.  That may help me stick to it . . . we’ll see.

Ok, so last week went really well, this week . . . not as well.  I am keeping on track with my workouts, but the mentality really isn’t there.  If that makes any sense.  But I think that I am getting myself back on track.  What I really need help conquering is the “munchies”.  I am a busy body who always have to be doing something . . . and a lot of that something is eating.  It’s what I do when I bored, tired, anything really.  How do I change that mentality?  How do I convince my body that it doesn’t need as much food as it craves?  This is my real challenge.  And what I have been fighting all week.  So I am doing my workouts, but not really losing any weight or seeing results.  I think that I am sabotaging myself with the munchies . . . my real demon.

Ok, so I did it.  I stuck to my work out plan for one whole week.  That was six full workouts!  Now for next week I am going to be trying to focus more on my portion sizes and keeping up with the workout.

Thanks for all of the comments and notes.  They have really kept me going!

So when I woke up this morning and hit the snooze button about a billion times I thought that meant that I would have to try to talk myself into working out tonight, but I managed to drag myself out of bed at the last possible second and still fit the workout in this morning and not be late to work.  Granted I didn’t have time for make up and the hair is pulled back and up, but I did my workout.  So feeling pretty good.  All I gotta do is work out tomorrow morning and I hit my first full week of working out on my program.  I’m pretty excited!

So I was out late last night and then I didn’t want to get up this morning  so I didn’t and then it was kind of a drag kind of a day so I really didn’t think that I would have the motivation to work out when I got home, but I talked myself into it and I did it.

So, so far so good.  I am on track this week!

So I am pretty proud of myself!  I actually got myself out of bed at 4:30 this morning and did my workout . . . and guess what . . . I felt great all day.  It was a great start to my day.  I just gotta keep it up!