Still working out!

I'm still going to the gym 3 or 4 times a week.

Except for the days (Tuesday and Thursday) that I'm doing a specific class, I still feel a little lost. I'm walking and running on the treadmill and doing leg and arm work...but I feel as if I'm not working out to my full potential, giving up earlier than I should. *sigh*

BUT...I'm still working out and it still feels great!

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Gym Girl

So, I (actually - WE) joined a gym. I've been only 3 times so far, but today was the first time I did one of their classes. Body Pump. I really liked it. Worked mostly upper-body with weights. It was good. They don't have a lot of early morning classes, which is what I want/need, but I'm going to take advantage of the ones I can.

The days I can't do a class, I'll work on the treadmill and weights, etc.

It's feeling so great.

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8 week stats

WEIGHT: -2.4lbs TOTAL: -4.4lbs
CHEST: -1/4 inch TOTAL: -1/4
WAIST: -2 inch TOTAL: -3
HIPS: -3 inches TOTAL: -5 1/4
R THIGH: +3/4 inch TOTAL: -1/4
L THIGH: +3/4 inch TOTAL: +1/4
R CALF: 0 inch TOTAL: +1/4
L CALF: +1/4 inch TOTAL: +3/4
R ARM: -1/4 inch TOTAL: -3/4
L ARM: -0- No change TOTAL: 0
BODY FAT: -1.2 TOTAL: -1.8
BMI: -1 TOTAL: 1.3

Not thrilled that my thighs got bigger...but they are more toned...so I am assuming that's good. :-)

My waist and hips are shrinking and that's awesome!

I will try to keep up with the measurements every four weeks.

Behind on Blogging

I know I know, I'm behind on blogging, but I have not stopped working out! :-)

I even went on Monday - a holiday! Fat doesn't take a holiday unfortunately.

Sadly, tomorrow is my last day at bootcamp. I've had such a great experience, and plan on mapping out my own schedule at home.

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Progress

I can't help but smile.

I've gotten compliments here and there from friends of mine who can see changes in my body. Although I can tell in some areas, I'm being complimented on areas I never really pay attention to. Especially my legs and my butt. But, I figured part of it was my friends/husband just being nice to me, but now that I pay attention to it, my pants fit better and there is room in my legs and butt area!

Today, I put a dress on that I had to stop wearing because it was too tight. It's a big girl's nightmare. This dress isn't stretchy so it either fits or it doesn't. For the past year, it did not fit. I decided to try it on this morning and actually smiled and said "YES!" out loud to myself.

The dress not only fits, it's loose. :-) That area between my boobs and my waist has shrunk significantly. I am so happy. :-) I hope that next year it'll be way too big on me! But if not, I hope that it at least fits like it does today.

Boot camp only lasts for one more week. I'm sad that I won't be returning. I'll really need to keep working on this on my own. I just hope I can push myself to do it.

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Day nineteen - 05/21/08

I hadn't been to boot camp Monday or Tuesday. Frankly, I got enough of a workout this weekend. I think we must have walked 20 miles. Or at least it felt that way.

I went this morning and I'm glad I'm back. I'm sad that next week is my last week.

My legs (thighs) are becoming shapely! I can't believe it. I mean, I expected my tummy to slim down a little and my arms to tighten, but I hadn't given much thought to my legs. :-) It's a nice feeling.

Today we did a circuit of running, jumping, walking with bands on our ankles (forward and backward) sit ups, crunches, arm work, push ups. You name it, we did a little of everything. It was gooooood.

I believe we'll be running our mile this week. Not sure if we'll do it again next week.

By the way, our class started with 25 people this session, today we had 12. It's too bad we lost so many, it definitely is worth the effort to keep going.

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Day Eighteen, 5/16/08

Today was a slower paced day. Maria was dragging, so we took it easy (relatively speaking).

Worked a lot with the bands today. Butts, quads, legs. Not too much work on our arms today. Did work on our abs and lower abs which we all (in class) like to do.

I'm heading to Charlotte tonight and have my work out clothes with me, so I hope to get at the very least, a walk or two in while I'm there.

Two more weeks of class. I wish I could afford to go all year round. I'll have to write down routines for myself so that I can make a check list and DO THEM.

Thanks for checking in on me.