Saturday

Saturday is my favorite day of the week to workout.  Now that I have been at this for a while, I have developed a schedule with my workouts.  Saturday is my toughest day of the week.  Today I did 20 minutes on the elliptical machine.  I love that thing, It is my favorite thing for cardio.  then I did some weight training, with heavier weights and fewer reps this time,  then 10 minutes cardio again on the bike and another few sets on the weights.  I had a few minutes before my Yoga class so I decided to run a mile on the indoor track and then went to Yoga for an hour and 15 minutes. 

For me to think that I do this much in one day and walk out of the gym sweating and smiling and feeling great!!! At my heaviest weight I could not have ever imagined that I would be doing this a year later.  I used to get so light headed and my calves and thighs would burn after about 3 minutes on the elliptical machine.  JD and I took a trip to Montana to go fly fishing right after we got married.  On the way we went to Lewis and Clark Caverns.  Beautiful living caves but to get there you have to walk I think it's a mile uphill along a regular walking path.  I had to stop every few feet because I couldn't breathe.  It was the most miserable experience.  I held up the entire group over and over, finally my sister-in-law came back to walk with me.  I was so embarrassed and I felt like I was totally going to die! I know Stef was frustrated but bless her heart she never said a word.  So much of my life was restricted because of my weight, it dictated everything I did and how I did it, either I would be embarrassed or just flat not able to do most things, but in my heart I really wanted to be a part of it.   I was always thinking of what activities I could do and what I couldn't do.  The couldn't do list was longer than the could do list.....Time  for a new list!!!!