This week I worked out 4 times, walking/jogging at the indoor walking track, doing 4K-5K a day (I long for the day what I can walk outside without slipping on ice). I stayed on point and did not touch my 49 flex points. I did use some of my activity points, but not all of them. I weighed-in today and I gained .2 of a pound. Yes, I know it’s not a lot, and I know it can be a multitude of many things; from muscle gain, water, hormones, stress, I have had a double ear infection that does not want to go away. But, I still want to have a pity party. I’m upset and not happy about even this small gain.

This last week, was a little harder for me health wise, sore ears are never fun and I am now on round two of medications to fix my inner ear issues. I also had a hard time getting my water in, I know this is important for weight-loss but it has been so cold I just don’t have the desire for a nice tall glass of water. This is something I need to work on.                              

My stress level has also been tested by my step-daughter this last week. The darling has been testing my no yelling and she has been riding my last two nerves…Wow, she maybe 7 going on 8 but she is acting like a trying 14 year old with wild tantrums. I think I need to add meditation into my routine; somehow I need to find a way to keep calm when she stresses me out and not allow her to chase me into the kitchen to mow through it trying to sooth myself. Several times this week I found myself making a b-line into the kitchen, I was going to find “something” to comfort my raw emotions like I had in the past. This is a change I fear will take a long time to overcome but it is an important habit to break. So, here’s to me for not allowing myself to consume a bazillion unwanted points in the effort to comfort my hurt emotions. 

This week I did not make anything new or exciting, but I wanted to share with you a workout move that I love. I love the leg lift/throws that work the abdominal muscles. I use to do these in Tae Kwon-Do and I loved them then. It’s a simple move but it can be hard to do, this can be done alone or with a buddy. I use the buddy system so that she can catch my feet and throw them for me. 

Lay on the floor with your buddy standing at your shoulders, grasp their ankles and raise your feet up to them, have them toss your feet down (at the same time), use your tummy muscles to slow the your feet down (you don’t want them to touch the floor), lower your feet until they are about an inch away from the floor, then raise them back up to be tossed back down. I do 25 of them at a time, and I do it every 5-10 laps around the track, depending on how I’m feeling that day. I try and do 50-75 of these 3-4 times a week. If you don’t want to do them with a buddy, you can do them at home on the floor holding on to something heavy for balance (If I don’t do these at the track I do them at home).

Have a great week ya’ll and just like I am going to do, keep it safe and keep it great. Eat what you need to eat to be healthy, and know that as you get healthy you’re doing great things for body.

Alisha