Feel the burn

Hello fellow viewers or I guess readers would be more appropriate.

 Yes Tara you are right we shouldn't be complete Nazis about out diet. I figure on special occasions such as my birthday and Christmas stuff like that that I will loosen the leash on my diet.   But in order for this to be okay with me and my goal I have promised anytime that I do stray from my I'm going to call it "the new me diet" I will work harder and longer at the gym.  I figured that it will cancel each other out.  But I want and I have been sticking with the new me diet.  I think this is as long as I have gone with a diet.

But Yesterday was my birthday yay me !!  and I was a little bit bad I had at dinner :cheese cannelloni ( that I made) and ceaser salad  and I tried to keep the portions size down but it didn't really happen.  And well there was cake too it was carrot  cake but still it was cake.   There now I don't feel so bad.

As for my weekly goal of walking and working out for longer well the working out longer I was able to accomplish but the walking not so much, lets just say this week not including walking and my other workout almost killed me ..... I am so tired.  

On the bright side I have joined a gym yay go team Fran! and the best part is my dad joined too, so I have someone to go with.  Today was my first day at the gym and I wanted to go a little easy on my body at least for the first day(some days I think I should duct tape my neck because it hurts so much it feels like my head is just going to fall off)  but that's besides the point.  So, I did the 1to 9 section of machines that work every major muscle group that was about 20 minutes, ,then I rode the bike for 10 minutes , after that I got on the treadmill  and power walked for 30 minutes.  I let me tell you I was sweating like a pig.   Not to mention , that when I jumped out the treadmill  I was so disoriented  and spinny  it was crazy.  I also did  20 crunches at the end , but over all I was happy with my first workout at the gym.  I am hoping to get to some classes during the week ( at least one).

So my summary of this week went well considering it could've gone alot worse than it did.  And I feel way better physically  I get up and I am more awake and alert, I am wanting to go for a walk or do my workout at home more.  I feel better emotionally too , more of a positive thought process than before I was working out and dieting.

More power to you Tara  !!!  We can do it !!

Franny Pants