GETTING THERE

Weight has a psychological impact for me to stay motivated to workout. Last January 2012, I started working out. After 4 months, I lost about 5 lbs but it fluctuated and there were days, I even weighed more. My trainer explained, it's because fat is being replaced by muscle which is more heavy,  he said to gauge it with my clothes -  if they felt looser then that's more important and they did but weight was something I had big issues with. I eventually lost interest and enthusiasm because my goal was weight loss and I was not getting what I wanted. SO, I quit.

Last July, I was 133 lbs and that was heavy even for my age and height. I am 5'5"; 43 years old.  My goal was to see the weight go down. All I did in the initial 6 months was pure cardio. 

I am now down to 117 lbs, a little bit under weight but it was part of my plan to stay motivated since I said, my goal was to see the numbers in the scale go down.  I have started strength training last January to gain more bulk and I know the weight may start to level off in the 120-122 lbs range. 

Today, I didn't feel like working out because I only had 6 hours of sleep instead of 8 but I decided, I'll just figure it out when I get to the gym. I was there at 6:30 am. It was busy that early.

I had no appointment with my trainer but fortunately, he was there very early and his next client was not coming until 9 am so I decided to do TRX today. My focus was core and toning of upper extremities.

When I was done, just like the other days when I didn't feel like working out, I was glad I did.

" I MAY NOT BE THERE YET, BUT I AM CLOSER THAN I WAS YESTERDAY."