Life's little moments

• Apr. 5, 2007 - Aching Legs

I woke up to the fact that I was 35 years old, had given birth to 9 children, and had thoroughly ignored my own being for 14 years.  I looked in the mirror and my gagg reflex took over.  I thought to myself "but, I'm supposed to be 16, how did THAT happen?" 

After the trauma receeded I decided that I would be a much better mother, wife, and woman if I did a little preventative maintenance.  Thus began my journey into the land of diet, excercise, and mental stimulation. 

As I have previously noted, I have a tendency to be sporadic in life.  I embraced the journey whole heartedly and made an enormous difference in a short amount of time.  Then it all wore off, and the true battle began.  I have held steady, not gaining or loosing for quite some time.  This was an enormous success all on it's own, but a new burst has hit me, and maybe by the end of this one I will actually be where I want to be.  Then for the day- to-day maintaining.

All of this leads up to my youth retaining routine.  I do Taebo every morning, take an hour long fast walk at lunch and have just started a 12 minute excercise regime for my evenings.  You would think that my muscles were somewhat built up by the other excercises I do, but no.  No.  No. No.   I think I got carried away with the isometric pressure on my excercises because I ACHE.  My muscles are so sore I can't beleive it.  It wasn't even hard to do the excercises, but now......

Well, no pain, no gain.
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• Apr. 5, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
Be careful. I did this different exercise. It wasn't hard either. I did something to my hip and I had a hard time going up or down steps for weeks. All of a sudden my hip would have shooting pain and I would have no strength in it. It was literally and figuratively a pain. And that really makes you feel old.

You know you look really good. Don't run yourself down. You are amazing. Sylvia
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• Apr. 6, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by trinaleah
Good for you! It is easy to just let things go when there is so much change going on. Like pregnancies and babies, but there does need to come a point where you shift gears and begin to work on you. I have thought about starting a workout regimine, but than that's all I ever do. Im just as sporadic as you are it sounds. But you are right...no pain, no gain, when it comes to working out! Keep it up! This seriously motivates me!
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• Apr. 6, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
WOW! That does sound like quite the routine...Once you push past these first intial days, the soreness will leave and I'm sure the results will be worth it all!! Congrats on just the motivation alone, I'm sooo lazy sometimes......
Mary
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• Apr. 7, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
I have been so impressed with the loss you have already achieved. I so need to get that motivation towards me....hellp. I so want to but never seem to do it all the way. I have no problem exersising it is just the eating (I love to eat). I hope you meet you goal good luck.

lol Cherrie
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• Apr. 10, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
Gale, you are totally inspiring me. I started a diet and exercise plan 2 weeks ago. The first week went really good and I lost 4 pounds and several inches. Then the next week when Trina moved to Portland, I got homesick and stopped dieting and ate. So now I have those 4 pounds back on and it is going to be Wed, and I am still not dieting again. I read your post at just the right time in my diet plan, cuz if you can walk for an hour and do tae with your large family, so can I. By the way, you always look happy and great to me.
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• Apr. 10, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
That last comment was from me... Teresa. And I caught up with your other posts too. I didn't go to very many blogs when I was homesick and over eating for the week. LOL
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• Apr. 11, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by trinaleah
Well Gale since reading your post I have to share that I joined a water aerobics program. I have only gone twice...but it feels great! Thanks for the motivation!
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