Got a Personal Trainer

She's very motivational, practically dragged me downstairs to do my workout yesterday. Then she shows off her boundless energy by jumping on the trampoline for, like, the whole time I'm stretching, then working, then stretching some more... Coach Stella is helping to keep me motivated when I'm not feeling motivated!

Music is the Key

So, I blame a lot of my recent work out success on my new 5 song mix CD's. They really give me the structure and motivation I need to get a good work out without a skinny girl yelling at me or a disgusting Denise Austin video to growl at.

I recently got an awesome "techno" mix CD from my friend Kristy and I made a new CD with three 5 song mixes on it. I was all excited to use it yesterday and I ran down and started it up on the second set because this "Blue" song I'm addicted to starts it out. Took me a minute to find the song, but I'm always getting the track numbers mixed up so I wasn't surprised. But, then I was going through the workout and I was really surprised by my choice of song for light boxing and weight lifting and then heavy boxing was a remix of "dancing queen" by Abba and I knew I had it messed up somehow. I opened the CD player and realized I had Kristy's original mix CD in there instead of my 5 song mix CD! Whew... I was so relieved I hadn't messed up my mix so badly! Today I worked out to the right CD and what a difference it made. I've really got it down what tempo and type of music is good for which part of my work out.

Made a Motivation Page in my "Happy Journal"

Got Busy, Lost Motivation

Ugh... feeling like I'm loosing my drive. I got down there today and it felt great, but then I went to add it to my exercise log and can't believe how little I've worked out this month. Sigh. Trying to keep in mind one of my favorite sayings: "Seven days of no exercise makes one weak." lol

Snow Shoveling Work Out

I can get exercise in ways other than kickboxing. I had a great workout shoveling snow the other day. It was much longer than a usual workout - I was at it for over an hour. And it used many different muscles than my usual workout. I know because they were all very sore the next couple of days! I look forward to adding in more walking and bikeriding this spring.

Feeling the move

I don't just move to loose weight or get healthier or stronger. I move because it feels good! I did an extra long stretching before my boxing today and it felt - so good! I think my body is really happy to be moving and exercising and stretching more.

Motivation from Aunt Jenny!

So, I wasn't going to work out today. I wasn't feeling all that energetic and my core muscles are really sore from my workout on Wednesday. I figured I wouldn't enjoy working out with sore muscles, so I put it off and put it off. Then I get an e-mail from my Aunt Jenny telling me that my blog inspired her! OMG! Totally cool to think I could inspire my totally cool Aunt Jenny!!! So, I couldn't not work out today after hearing that. So, I went down and worked out lightly... not straining my tummy muscles too much. Went great - feel great! Thanks Aunt Jenny :)