ICE PACKS

It is so hard to get started after getting to sleep in for several days in a row (do I like holidays or not???). But I did!

I decided cereal sounded good (easy) for breakfast, which is ideal because I had NO energy. When I woke up my daughter I noticed that she was a little croupy (is that how you spell it?) I decided to go put some water on the stove to boil to help clear out her chest (Is this an old wives tale?) Well either way, as I was doing this my husband asked if I was making oatmeal. Oh yeah, as I was falling asleep last night I asked him to remind me to make oatmeal for breakfast because I need to get my whole grains in, and it tastes good (did you know fruit loops has whole grain too?). So I ate a pretty healthy breakfast this morning. I ate one helping and it gave me a tummy ache. I think it is the Satan trying to get me to not work out! But it feels good to know that I can get full from a small bowl of oatmeal.

Well I made it to the gym. Which I have grown to enjoy. I was on the treadmill and started thinking about when I began working out several years ago.

I remember the first time I went. I decided to ride the bikes. I rode it for 15 minutes and I truely thought I might DIE. After all, do you know how long that is? Well I decided to ride for 15 minutes a day, 5 days a week, for 2 weeks and then I would build on that. Thank goodness I have a great husband who let me use his ipod to watch movies on. That made it go a little faster, but I never realized that it would take so long to watch one movie. I also learned that movies aren't as fun if you are only watching 15 min. at a time.

More then how long it took to watch a movie. I never realized I would have to ice my knees and feet for so long. For about the first 3 monthes I iced my knees or my feet for at least 3 hours a day. I would be driving down the road with ice on my knees, trying to catch it before it feel to the floor if I went around a corner.
I know this sounds like I am streatching the truth, but no, it is real. I LOVE ICE PACKS!

Well today I weighed in. I lost 2.8 lbs. Which makes it a total of 13.2 lbs. Yippeeeeeeeeeeee!! As long as I am loosing and not gaining I am on the right track. I celebrated by going grocery shopping.

I know this sounds backwards, but I love to get deals. My best deal of the day was barbeque sauce. I got it at Smith's .69 cents for Krafts. I got 11 of them. I don't know why I picked 11, it just seemed like a good odd number.

Well back to working out. I now do not have to "ice" my knees or feet most of the time. But I alway have ice packs in the freezer ready for those days that I still need them. I truely believe that if you haven't been working out and you are going to start INVEST IN ICE PACKS!!!