I decided about this time last week that it was time to get serious and start doing some ab crunches. While in theory this was a great idea, the fact of the matter is, my body isn't ready for it. While I felt like it was a good idea, I had done 0 stretching and literally just threw myself into the fire. Lesson learned here; I have to stretch, before and after exercising. I really do. My body needs it. I'm just too large to expect my body to be ok with me just pushing myself to do workouts that I'm just not physical capable of doing yet. So with that said, I thought that a good fix, however long it would take, would be to do some yoga. Thank goodness I decided to do it.
Yoga is an amazing technique that allows me to stretch my muscles in ways I haven't in a long, long time. More importantly it's helped greatly with my back. Today I feel so good about my back that I'm ready to start getting back to my normal workouts or dancing or Zumba or whatever it is I feel like doing; remembering that stretching is key!
Also I am happy to report that I have lost about 3lbs in the last week and a half. It's not the miracle 7-10 I could loose on those short term diets, but I'm happy with it. I've got to look at my diet a little more closely though because I've been feeling overly tired and that's probably because I am not getting the nutrients that I need and that of course is key.
I am proud of myself overall. Lifestyle changes can be tough, but I'm in week 6 and I just need to keep going.
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