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Thursday I worked 12-8 so I didn't go to bed at a decent time and couldn't get up early. Friday night my daughter ended up with the flu, so I didn't get to do my Walk the Micah Road Walk-a-thon. In fact I didn't do much of anything, except yell and scream all weekend due to lack of sleep. Sunday night I was packing my gym bag and getting everything all set. It was later than usual, but I was still going to get up early. My daughter got sick again and I ended up on the couch with her most of the night.

This morning I procrastinated so much. I hit snooze a bunch of times. When I did finally get up I ended up poking around Facebook looking at pictures. I finally left and went to the gym. I got there at 6:30 and worked out for 30 minutes.

I walked to work and showered there, which I'm going to start doing from now on. I'll miss the sauna, but at least I won't have to fight for the shower. And it gives me some extra time since I'm already at the office.

Biking: 4 miles

Elliptical: 0.45 miles / 73 cal / 5 min / L8

Seated Row: 70 lbs x 8 reps I thought I could do it...instead I did...55 lbs x 4 sets

Elliptical: 0.23 miles / 32 cal / 2 min / L8

Lateral Pull Down: 70 lbs x 3 sets (I felt it in my back while working out and set 3 killed!)

Chest Press: 55 lbs x 3 sets

I now have a goal. A real, tangible goal with a date. My little sister's birthday is June 30th. She is trying to lose weight and tone up. Meeting a goal is easier when you have someone else striving to reach the same/similar goal.

Goal Date:
- June 26th

Objectives:
- To workout 5-6 times/week with at least 3 of those as heavy workouts at the gym

Goal Weight:
- To be in the 230 lb range I'm aiming for somewhere between 230-235

I am contemplating biking to Baseline bus station to catch the bus in the morning. It's a 5.7 miles trek one way. I'm scared! It's a long trek at least for me. I know I can do it. So, here is the idea for my new workout schedule for the next 7 weeks:

Day 1: Upper Body
Day 2: Biking 11.4 miles
Day 3: Abs
Day 4: Biking 11.4 miles
Day 5: Lower Body

Tomorrow is trial day. I'll let you know how the biking goes.

It's a good day! It's a new day! I refuse to let myself fall into the berating myself loop. Usually, when this happens I continue to eat poorly because I feel guilty and ashamed. All the support systems tell you when you mess up, to admit you messed up and move on. Don't use it as an excuse to keep eating badly.

I will post my food journal tonight. So far I'm doing well with my eating, but the real test is at night. So stay tuned.

On the motivation scale a friend of mine who is a Certified Hypnotist and an NLP Practitioner asked if he could link to my blog as motivation for his weight control clients. I'm truly flattered! Although, this means I need to keep on top of my weight control which is great AND challenging. So, I'm going to try to include more of my feelings, what I struggle with and what works well for me.

For more information on hypnotism please go to:
http://renaissancehypno.blogspot.com/.

My workout today was for my upper body. While working out I realized some of the machines I thought were for a specific muscle group actually were not. Shoulder Lateral Raises are more for my back. Back Extensions is more lower back and buttocks. So I looked around and found that the Lateral Raises are for shoulders...who knew? I see shoulder in the name I assume it works my shoulders.

Physically I feel pretty good. I can feel the ab workout from yesterday and I already feel the upper body workout from this morning. Tomorrow is more aerobics and abs...I'm kind of scared to do more ab work!