I AM Modern Magazine for Moms

Hi,

I am overwhelmed with your support and well wishes, and here is the same right back at you!

A lot of you have emailed me with some excellent websites that I’ll pass on to you on my next blog.

I did something not so smart the day before yesterday: I got on a scale. I have been so rigid in my eating and exercising that I expected to see no less than 9-10 lbs. gone. Bye, see you later!

Well, the truth is that the scale moved ONE POUND. One pound! You mean I could have had my wine and anything else I wanted and still have been at this point. My first instinct was to run to the refrigerator and eat. I felt I was letting not only myself down, but also any of you who were on this journey with me.

Here is where support is important. I emailed my friend. His response was: “It will work, be confident. You are doing all the right things. Eat right, exercise regularly, and don’t stress. It will happen.” I wanted so much to believe him, but I was unhappy. This AM I put on my jeans and wouldn’t you know it, it’s really loose, as are my rings. Hmmmmm. So, I’m passing on his advice to all of you who may not get the result you were looking for. “It will work, be confident.”

I’m still struggling with the exercise. I’m doing a two day a week full body exercise program and 20 minute per day on my recumbent bike. Anyone else doing something they’d like to share?

I spoke to Rick Palmieri, the owner of the South Riding Active Duty Fitness program, about how to begin a program. Here are his suggestions:

The first and most important thing you must do is create the time in your schedule.
1. Schedule a time in your day and let everybody know that this is your time to do your exercise. No matter what comes up (and things will), you must commit this time to yourself. If you are already thinking you can’t do this, then you are already setting yourself up for failure. Once you commit to a time in your day…
2. Set up a realistic goal: It could be staying regular with your exercise or losing inches. Once you determine your goal…
3. Decide how are you going to measure your progress. Will it be the numbers on your scale, an old picture of yourself, or a particular outfit you’d like to get back into?
4. Now set up an exercise plan. Ask yourself: what do I like to do? It doesn’t matter which machine or exercise burns the most calories or which ad says this is the best way to do it, you must decide what you like to do because this is what you will stick with.
5. Whatever you choose to do, elevate your heart rate. Are you going to walk / run, play a sport, go to the gym, or take a class? Challenge yourself and you will get results. But in order to see results…
6. Be consistent. Start off easy, give your body a chance to get used to the activity, then gradually increase the intensity.
Don't let this be like every other year you might have promised yourself to change. Commit to yourself and stick with it. There will be obstacles and it may not be easy but you will make it. You can do it!
By the way, how's your diet?

Thanks Rick. One thing that’s becoming so apparent to me is that like anything worthwhile in my life, it takes work and thought.

Until next time—Keep up the effort. We can do it.

Val

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