Day 4

WOW!  I am feeling great!  Four days of healthy food makes for a happy mama. 

Link of the day:
Peak 8  ... This is tabata training except the breaks are extended to 90 seconds instead of just 10 seconds..
http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2010/12/24/a-fountain-of-youth-in-your-muscles.aspx

I'm find lots of great information on Dr Mercola's site.  I'm not doing everything he suggests but I really want to try the "tabata" workout. We have an eliptical that I can definatley use for it.  I can't just run down the street because a drunk driver got me (jan08) & my leg still hurts. I'm not whinning.  I just can't do it.  But there are a lot of other alternatives.  I like this one because I could do this with my boys. And they love to use weights.   I definately need to get moving & make with the healthy life style again.

Tabata Dumbbell Thrusters

 

I say again because.... here comes my whinning.... before I had to go back to work I would go to the gym everyday and I was on this healthy clean diet.  After 7 months I was the healthiest I had been probably in my life.  And I thought I needed to lose more weight.  I wondered if I could really fit in a 6 since my 8s were getting a lil loose. 



Six months after going back to work, between the stress and illness, I gained it all back.  I have been struggling since the first five lbs came back on.  And have lost the battle over and over again.  But this time, I am going to do it.  I just have to get back to me. Healthy me.  Happy me.  

One of the reasons, I have to make this work is because of my back.  My poor aching back.  So in addition to the healthier me campaign, I caved in and am seeing a chiropractor.  I am happy to report I slept the entire night last night for the first time in a long time.  YAHOO! I know, a lot of you probably think I'm crazy.  But at first I thought I had gotten cushings disease (you can google this) because of the deformaty!  Nope, it's not fat, it's bone.  From sitting in front of the computer all day and being lazy.

Food Updates:  I'm keeping it simple and real!
Day 4: 
Chicken & Steamed Broccoli
Cabbage Chili & Apple

Day 3: 
Chicken & Green beans & Apple
Hamburger & Salsa & Blueberries