Treadmill Tuesday

Up at 5:30 a.m. and did my 20 min interval cardio. Now I go visit the Body For Life guestbook to check in. I do this a couple of times of day for motivation.
Since I believe that weight loss and fitness is psychological then it would make sense that we need to keep our heads in the game.
Now about the 5:30 a.m. wake up call. I was going to get up at 5 but it was boggling my mind. Getting up that early when I'm already tired during the day was something I just couldn't see myself do long term...er...short term...um...at all. So I compromised. I went for 5:30. It's only a half hour before my normal wake up time and I figured I might be able to do it. (This was one of the reasons I started on the weekend.) Today is my second day getting up that early and it's not bad. I think this thing might work.
Now if I could only get the food right...
If you're doing BFL what do you eat?

Monday....oy!

Woke up this morning to pain. My lower back is out. Sometimes it does that but it's killing me now. Yet, I dragged myself into my little work out room and cranked out the upper body.

I was going to add some abs (I have to look up when to do this cause I'm still learning here) but could barely get off the bench because of the back pain so I'll forgo that for today.

Missed my post yesterday. Weekends sometimes get away from me. I start out with good intentions but somewhere along the way I lose control of the day. Mostly with family stuff or all that stuff you try to cram in on weekends when you work all week.

I'm still iffy on the diet...yesterday was like...what diet? Who? Where? Had a good breakfast, then a nectarine then around five o'clock I realized I hadn't eaten all day. I think today will be easier because I have to pack my food for work so it will be easier to plan.

Hope your day is full of grins and giggles.

Wishing a good Body for Life to you.

Bill Phillips inspires...

I read the Body for Life book a few years ago...could it have been ten years? Maybe not but close to it. And I've tried the challenge numerous times but never made it very far. However...
I'm BACK!
I feel so out of control. I try to keep my eye on good nutrition and once in a while I get off my ass and do a work out but it never seems to stick. For some psychological reason I'm just not sticking to it.
I do feel weight control is totally psychological. Most of us know how to diet, we know how to exercise but for some reason we fail to incorporate it into our daily lives.
Why?
Today is the first day of my Body for Life challenge. I'm going in with good intentions, very motivated but I fear I won't make it last. So I begin this challenge with the Internet community with the hope that a daily post will keep me motivated. I'm starting on a Saturday because I went shopping last night and I wouldn't have to get up at the crack of dawn (before work) to start exercising. I slept in, drank a bottle of water while I read email and then headed to the treadmill for 20 minutes of interval cardio.
Then breakfast of Better n Egg's and some coffee. I'm not sure this is enough and know I have to fine tune the eating plan.
When I printed out the Body for Life Challenge kit my printer ran out of color ink. The kit looks crappy without the color so I'm going to have to go out and get some color ink and reprint.
Before something like this might have distracted me from my goal. I might have put off starting for another day and then...who knows if I would have put it off for another week?
Determination is high today.
Exercise is out of the way
Food will be a challenge because of the Celiac's so I'm going to have to modify it.
See you tomorrow.