Still sore!

Jannae

We went to Laurie's Turbo Kick class on Wednesday night after doing Krista's class on Tuesday. I thought I was doing OK but now the back of my legs ACHE. I was trying to decide if I was going to go to Laurie's Hip Hop class tonight, but there are other things I need to do…. not making excuses just trying to prioritize…. So I may skip tonight and go to the brutal (but satisfying) Body Blast class tomorrow. I have been pretty tired lately, not sure why. It would be really easy for me to make excuses right now but I want to stick with my routine of exercising 3-4 times a week. I'm discovering that it's pretty hard to juggle it all! Work, kids, house, etc… and trying to exercise too?! I guess I just have to make room for it all, make exercising a necessity. I feel better about myself after I work out and want to keep that up. It's really tough to muster up the energy for everything I need to do sometimes! But I am trying to focus on the satisfaction I feel after a good workout, that will be the best way to stick with it. It's a real feeling of accomplishment when you are in a class, hurting and sweating, and you make the choice to NOT give up! There are times I wanted to just walk out the door of the class and buy a Big Mac on the way home, but I didn't. I stayed and felt good about it later.

The challenge that I am struggling with is the eating right and portion control. Portion control has gone a little better than eating the right things. I love food. That's what got me in the situation of being overweight. It's really tough to break such a beloved habit of eating whatever I want when I want. My conscience has started helping me though… It asks me how I would feel AFTER I eat a Big Mac or a whole tub of Rocky Road. And the answer is always the same: awful. I would feel terrible, like a total failure. So, not wanting to feel that way I USUALLY make the smart choice. Other days I tell my conscience to shove off and eat whatever is tempting me - but I still try to watch my portions. :)