HASAY update 5/4

Man, my inside of my thighs still kill!!! I did the machine that works your inner thighs on Tuesday night and my inner thighs still hurt when I do certain things. WOW!!!

I went to the gym 4 times last week and worked my butt off (literally lol). I didn't get there this weekend but I did work on getting stones out of the garden for several hours on Saturday - believe me, that was a work out. I haven't gotten on the scale today, but I definitely lost at least 4 pounds, possibly more. Plus I have definitely been toning up those muscles. So, I am really happy with that.

I would like to get to the gym this evening, but we shall see. Hubby wants to go work on the fencing around the garden again tonight and I also have to work on a difficult homework assignment that is due on Thursday. I have been doing pretty good with portion control and even counted out the 24 mini wheats that are in a serving yesterday. I am just trying to be smarter about how much I eat. I have been craving chocolate chip cookies the last few days and I may just have to give in and make half a batch. I don't want to deprive myself of treats because I know that will lead to binging-like behavior.

I really think that going to a gym is what's really going to get me to lose this weight. With all the kids and hubby at home it is really hard to work out. Now I just use the gym as an excuse to get away from it all... LOL. It's my 'me' time. I am hoping to get to the gym at least 3 times this week (I have finals next week so I am not making my goal too high) and will continue to watch how much I eat. I am hoping to lose a few more pounds this week.

We Joined a Gym - Club Hasay Update

I know it's not the most frugal thing, but after a lot of thought and discussion, hubby and I have joined a gym. It is less than $50 a month and we can go anytime we want because they are open 24 hours a day. We decided that our health was just too important. Hubby's family has a lot of heart disease and he needs to be preventative. He would also like to lose about 20 pounds. I need to lose weight because I just feel crappy about myself a lot. I really want to fit back into the clothes I wore before I had the last two kids. I was about 165 when I got pregnant with dd three years ago and that is my first goal. Then I will work on making it to 145.

In order to pay for the gym, I told Ben we would have to get rid of the cable. I didn't think he would actually do it. God forbid he miss his Mets. But, two days later he said he would really like to sign up for the gym. He had gotten a free pass for the week so he knew he wanted to get a membership. He will now be watching his baseball games at the gym or listening to them on AM radio. I think we will all be healthier without cable. We will still have channels 2-13, so the little ones can still watch PBS and we can still watch the news. And we will also have Internet, so if we really want to watch something, we may be able to do it online.

My first workout was Saturday morning. There was only about 8 people in there when I went. It was nice too, because there were no really buff people in there. Most of the people were at least 10 or 20 pounds overweight, so that made me feel better. They had some really awesome machines, but some of them took me a little while to figure out because they were so new and different from what I used a few years ago at a different gym. I did 20 minutes on the treadmill, then 3 reps of 12 on an ab machine, a leg machine, and a shoulder press machine, then I did 20 more minutes on the bike. I felt really good afterwards.

I didn't get to go to the gym yesterday because we were working on the garden all day, but I still got a really good workout. I am hurting today that's for sure. LOL. But that means I did work, right? I figure maybe I will go to the gym after my class this afternoon, but I am not sure when hubby plans on going, so that may change. I need to do up a workout plan sometime in the next few days. I have always been knowledgeable about nutrition and fitness, just always lacked the motivation to move my butt. Hoping that will change now.