Exercise

Exercise. These days its like a dirty word, to some a 4 letter word if you know what I mean. I have been seriously struggling for the last year to do something and now I am in a place I am not happy about and need/want to change. My friend Elizabeth has a blog called Chubby Madness, chubbymadness.wordpress.com, and she writes about how we need to learn to love ourselves and love our bodies for what they are, and not compare ourselves to unrealistic ideals we have learned from media. I agree completely with her that I shouldnt judge myself and my body based on others, but she also does encourage and see that being healthy and having a balance in your life is good as well. So, with Elizabeth in mind I have been re-evaluating my lifestyle and choices and I intend on making a change for the better.
Yesterday was day one, now I am extremely out of shape and need to get my muscle mass back and drop a few inches of fat here and there, all in all I need to loose about 10-15 lbs, but thinking like Elizabeth thats not a good way to put it in perspective. Instead I am going to make my goal sticking to working out and getting my stamina up, then when I have accomplished that I am going to re-eval where I am and see what I can change to get the results I want to see.
I did my yoga meltdown video with Jillian yesterday morning and it was so much harder than the last time I attempted it, which I was very sad about. But by the end of the video I did feel good I finished it and started working towards being healthier. Today I will have no time at all to exercise really so this morning I did 5 sun salutations before I got ready for work to stretch myself out, because yes, I am very sore in some spots from the workout. I plan on doing the video again tomorrow and then on Saturday. Friday after work I need to take Libby on a good brisk walk. Then on Saturday I will plan for next week. This is going to be a difficult month to start working in working out, ha that wasnt planned. Work is going to be crazy we are trying to get all this new software downloaded and train on it, plus go to a seminar in Sept, but as I think about it if I can manage to make it work and get started here in a difficult month I cant make excuses for why I cant stick with it in the future.
Oh lastly, one of my next goals is some 3 and 5 lb weights and a new video to work on muscle mass, esp in my arms, I dont want to be one of those flabby arms ladies, and a tummy video because for the first time in my life this year I have gotten a little more fat around my middle than I am comfortable with.