Day 10- treadmills and cayenne

Day 10
Weight: didn't weigh in today (feeling miserable - just can't beat this fricken cold/sinus infection/sore throat whatever it is that changes day by day but isn't going away). 
Fat %: didn't check it but I know its over 50% its been about 55% this week.
Calories: I barely have over 1,000 and its after 10pm.  I just haven't felt that good, to even want to eat.

I'm not sure if I'll post normally in the morning about the day before, or at night about that day.  For now I'll write about today.

Woke up feeling crappy, think my sickness peaked and hopefully I'm on the mend.  I started my day by finishing looking through my new mag Oxygen that I bought last night.  I absolutely love this magazine.  There is nothing sexier than a strong woman.  The women in this magazine are not just physically strong but mentally as well as they dedicate themselves to healthy eating and exercise.  Its exciting to think that I'll be working on my muscles again soon.  Next to fitting into smaller sizes I think the definition of muscle tone is the most exciting part to getting fit. 


Even though I was working out with weights before, I still got the dreaded bat wings (in case you don't know - that's the excess skin that hangs down from your arms when you are losing weight faster than your skin can shrink) I hated it but loved the definition I started to have in my shoulders and legs.  I'll have to be extra vigilant with the arm work for toning.  I wonder if that is how the people on the biggest loser avoid getting that.  Because they lose it fast!! However, I know they do alot of resistance training.  I have a few of the Biggest Loser workout videos and man they can be tough, but it feels great when you finish one.

So after I read the magazine, I looked at some other papers I had saved - lots of good workouts and inspiring stories.  I found a notice about a support group.  Supporting people in their quest to lose weight, weekly weigh ins and measurements, group exercise, coaching, a weekly fee of $1, babysitting by an experienced 13 year old in the home, and a $ prize at the end for the one who lost the most weight.  It sounded so cool and then I realized I had written that 8 years ago.  My friend Tammie and I had been exercising and losing weight and inches and wanted to open it up for others.  Not sure what happened to make that not ever happen or why we ended up stopping and gaining the weight back.  Life I suppose, it was right after I had had my son, he would have been 1 at the time.  My daughter was the 13 year old who was going to babysit :)  I was in awe at how driven I was to help inspire and support others.

I checked the dates on the workout pages I had saved and some were from 2007.  Ah that was the last time I got serious about weight loss and lost over 70 pounds. Boy was I on a roll, had completely changed the way I ate and approached exercise - I was like a machine.  What happened???? I'll blog about that later.

I decided to get on the treadmill tonight and did a bit over 20 minutes, a mile and burned about 150+ calories.  Not my best by far, but was just enough and hopefully it wont set me back in regards to this sickness.

So food today was okay calorie wise, not the very best choices but I'm trying to be easy on myself. For dinner I had sweet potatoe fries with cayenne pepper (in the hopes that the pepper would help clear my sinuses - well it made my nose run a bit and burned my throat a little).  By the way, if you want to make your own sweet potatoe fries, here's what I do.  Preheat oven to 425 degrees, wash one sweet potatoe, cut into fries leaving the skin on, pour 1 tbsp of olive oil on the baking sheet, toss the fries onto the pan and roll them around in the olive oil, sprinke with chili powder (I added cayenne tonight but don't usually) and roll them again so both sides are oiled and powdered, bake for about 20 minutes-25 minutes and enjoy!  Delicious.  If you eat the whole potatoe yourself you are looking at about 240 calories oil included.

I've been given the hint alot recently to start writing so here I am.  I put in my logbook for fun activity - starting this blog.  I haven't meditated today and should try to do that before I go to bed.  I feel that was my downfall before, not keeping a balance.  So to make a lasting change I have to find balance with my body, mind and spirit so that I can stick with this for the rest of my life.

I'll take my measurements tonight so I can start tracking them weekly. 
Namaste'