Blogging Slacker

Okay, I know… I’m a slacker. On the bright side, I have been working out. I noticed something today that was different from three weeks ago, the fatty flab around my stomach no longer hits each other when I do jumping jacks. This has made me incredibly happy because I’m getting to where I want to be.

My boyfriend and I have been fighting a lot. I realized that when I go to the gym to work out, it eases my stress. I don’t long for him when I exercise. I suppose instead of bothering him or thinking about him, I can just exercise. Exercising boosts my current frustrated mood by nearly 90%.

Overwhelmingly Busy

I hate this semester. My workload feels like it has tripled from last semester. I barely have free time and when I do have free time it’s used on either sleep or the gym. I’m going to try to squeeze in a blog post once a week and one more day a week for me to catch up on everyone’s blogs (Friday for this week).

I did a weigh in last Friday and I lost 2 pounds in one week, which I find great. Here are my results for the moment:

Starting weight: 155 pounds
Last weigh-in: 151.6 pounds
Current weight: 148.6 pounds
Goal: 125 pounds

Each time I get closer to my goal weight, it motivates me to keep trying instead of pushing me away.

Natasha Linton: Finding Motivation

This is a lovely guest post by Natasha Linton

What motivates you to do what you do? What would motivate you to get up and exercise? Sometimes it is very obvious what would make us do what we do. For example, some of us work because we have to make a living. Other times, we have to look for the answer. At a time when keeping healthy is about extremely important as anything else. We have to find the answer.

Sometimes we do understand that we must get up and out to do certain things in our lives but sit there. This is very common when it comes to exercise. Some of us know that we weigh a little more than we should or that we need a little more strength (physical, mental) to make it through each day. What is it that keeps us from doing something that is good for us in so many ways? What keeps us from doing what can make our lives so much easier and that can also make us live longer?   Again the answer to what would motivate you to get up and exercise may not be in your face but there is an answer.

About Natasha Linton

Natasha Linton is a New York City based fitness professional certified by the International Sports Sciences Association and holds several other certifications. Her individualized exercise programming guarantees results. Natasha is also a contributing writer to OnFitness Magazine and has also written for the Oxygen Network. Recently, she was featured as the fitness expert for Heart & Soul magazine’s Healthy You Challenge.

Currently she writes a weekly blog providing personal fitness advice that has a loyal readership worldwide. The blog can be found at www.natashalinton.wordpress.com.

Her new project in the works is the first eBook of a series entitled The Start Guide telling readers step by step how to get started with an exercise and nutrition program.

Email promotions@natashalinton.com for your free download.

I Caved

Upon returning to college, I caved. My roommate and I ordered some pizza last night. It was really yummy, but so very bad. I hadn’t worked out since Monday morning. Well, today I’m going to bike in the gym for two hours, then I will go to the sauna for half an hour.

My laziness isn’t due to temptations only, but I’m overwhelmed with schoolwork already. It was only my first week of classes, but I literally have hundreds and hundreds of pages to read for my classes. I think I just need to get used my school schedule and my new workout schedule.

I really want to be “skinny” by the end of April because my boyfriend and I have a date for a weekend because it will be our two year anniversary. We’re going to the beach, which is only an hour and half away from my school. If I keep thinking about our date, it makes me want to eat better and exercise.

30 Day Shred: Level 1, Day 1

I just finished my first day at level one of the 30 Day Shred. How was it? It was the most horribly wonderful workout I ever done. I was supposed to do this last week, but the DVD didn’t arrive until Monday. Then I procrastinated this workout for other things. This is the second workout video that I’ve done and I really like it.

This workout at level one is killer, for me at least. My flabby arms are pretty shaky at the moment. I know I’m going to wake up sore tomorrow. It may not have been a good idea to do the workout today because tomorrow I’m returning to school, so I have a lot of things to carry up a couple flights of stairs to my dorm. Hey, that’ll burn a few calories.

The workout is broken into intervals: abs, strength, and cardio. However, Jillian does not spend all the time on each category at once, but it’s broken down even further. I like this because if it was completely cardio, abs, or strength all at once, I will probably give up because I’ll lose interest.

At first, the workout was easy. Then 3/4 of the video, I felt exhausted and tired. Just when I think Jillian’s finished with the torture, there’s more circuits to do (three exactly of each interval). There’s no one in the video wearing annoyingly bright clothing. Jillian’s not overly optimistic. I like all these traits about the video.

I highly recommend this video to everyone, even if it’s just my first day. At this rate, I don’t think I’m going to make it to level two after ten days. I will do a weigh in after 10 days of level one. I’m only going to do this workout four days a week as well as going to the gym three times a week.