GreenKelleen's Journal

I actually got my butt to the gym last night!  It felt so good to get back to the weights, I wondered why I had slacked off for so long!!  I found out it's only $15 a month to have my daughter on there too -- if she uses it once a week, even, it's worth it to me to sign her up!  She worries me with her laziness.  I mean, I know she's a teenager, and I know she's taking full advantage of having no school and 'relaxing', but I KNOW when I was her age, I was outside a lot, on my bike, on my skateboard, on roller skates, taking my dog for walks, and exploring the trails around my house all the time!  It seems like when she's not at a friend's house, all she wants to do is lie around, sleep, eat, watch movies, and sit in front of the computer!  I hate to be the 'bad guy', but I am going to put a time limit on computer use.  I'd hoped that, as the summer days got nicer and the novelty of having free time wore off, she would tire of messing about on the computer and would find other things to occupy her time, but I guess I have to force her hand a bit. 

Anyway, back to the main point of this journal entry:  I did 15 minutes on the elliptical machine as a warmup yesterday, then worked my lower abs, shoulders, triceps, hamstrings, and inner thighs.  Today I do the second half of the weights workout -- biceps, quads, upper and oblique abs, outer thighs, lower back, and chest.  And will increase my cardio to 30 minutes -- either recumbent bike or rowing machine, and treadmill.  After finding that I had not gained weight in the past 3 weeks, I am eager and excited to get back to it -- perhaps my 3-week hiatus was what my body needed to be ready for a new push toward weight-loss!!

I start my month of summer school teaching on Monday (setting up my classroom tomorrow), so will have more of a routine to my days.  I am really going to make a concerted effort to get up early in the morning, get to the gym BEFORE work, and then get my walk and core workout in later in the day.   Maybe if I can get myself used to that kind of schedule, I will continue the morning workouts when the regular school year begins again.  I would really LOVE to be more of a morning person, and start my days off with an energetic workout!  I would probably get twice the exercise, because I LIKE to work out in the evenings, as a way to relax, so I would likely continue some type of evening exercise even when getting to the gym in the mornings.