Thoughts of the Week

I am ending my first week of Turbo Fire and all I can say is "OMG". It is soooo intense from a cardio perspective. I honestly believe it should be called Holy Crap My Body is on FIRE.

Seriously.

My body is aching the good ache for hours after a workout on this!  Don't be fooled by the HIIT 15 class either.. So far I think it has been the hardest one!  But....

I feel good.  No.. I feel GREAT! 

All the knowledge I have about exercising and eating right has always been in my head. I have always had to work at maintaining any weight I am at. I KNEW my body would remember exercise and adjust faster than I thought. But that stupid voice in my head kept getting the better of me and I just went into Exercise Amnesia. 

I think I just created a wicked awesome term!  I RULE!

But that voice is still in my head.. I had a very hard day this week. On Tuesday I went for a weigh in at Herbal Magic (if I haven't told you that I do partake in this very very expensive program, I do). After all the work I have been putting in with eating well and tremendously increasing my exercise I GAINED A POUND. 

Yeah, yeah yeah.. I know all the crap about not paying attention to the scale, how muscle weighs more than fat.  BLAH BLAH BLAH.

If the number wasn't that important, why does EVERYONE post their weight on before and after photos and comments?  Why does the doctor or nutritionist need to know this in order to calculate BMI and all those other things that are related to the number on the scale?  Because it IS important.

To an obese person, and obsessed people the number means a lot. My number never bothered me when I wasn't fat. Not that much anyway. I mean, I paid attention to it to a certain extent but I went by my clothes and how I felt.

But when you are fat and you work as hard as I have been working, the number means almost everything. Same as how losing inches is a big deal.

I don't understand how it is scientifically possible that I have gained weight at my current number. I don't think I am starving myself.. Maybe I am wrong. I am doing everything I am asked to do. I increase my protein and veg when I work out. But I know that my body gained weight when I took in 2000 cal/day, 1700 cal/day, 1500 cal/day and even 1200 cal/day.

WTF?!  Right?

I don't have answers to this mystery yet, but I am searching desperately for them. My appointment with the specialist isn't until August, so its a long wait to do nothing. If you know anyone that has had this issue and figured it out, please let me know by emailing me at caren69@hotmail.com. 

But back to Turbo Fire.

I LOVE IT!!  Please go get it. Unless you aren't very co-ordinated. lol 
It is so hard, and so much fun. It is really helping me make my comeback.  I keep visualizing myself one day looking like my coach Liz Poin or any of the fantastically fit people in the videos. It is really helping me believe I can do it.

It may take me longer than most people who aren't in the midst of Hypothyroidism, but I'll get there one day.

And I'll totally walk around practically naked the rest of my life..

LOL

Caren