What have you done today to make you feel proud?

We need a change
Do it today
I can feel my spirit rising
We need a change
So do it today
'Cause I can see a clear horizon

What have you done today to make you feel proud?
So what have you done today to make you feel proud?
'Cause you could be so many people
If you make that break for freedom
So what have you done today to make you feel proud?
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
What have you done today
You could be so many people?
Just make that break for freedom
So what have you done today to make you feel proud?

This is a verse from the theme song on the TV show biggest loser that I have to say I watched every week. Last night for the first time, they crown a female winner. I will be honest and say that I felt like it was much harder for women to lose the weight than men, but after watching Ali last evening, it has given me a bit more encouragement that it can be done. Now, I know I have age going against me because the older you get the longer it can take, but I am not going to give up. I did not put this on in six months, so I am not going to lose it in six months. I have to admit that I am seeing some growth in the gym and that is a fun way to do this now. I am not going to pay attention to the scale as much because I can't control what the scale is going to say. I can just chose to eat the right things and continue to work out. But the gym, now that is under my control. I am able to walk the treadmill longer without getting winded so I can move my speed and incline up and push it, I am able to last 15 minutes on the elyptical with out dying,(just accomplished that last night...I swore I was going to die, but I didn't), and the weights that I am using on the machines and in my other exercises have been going up so I can tell that I am strengthening my muscles. I think going to the gym five days a week is difficult to accomplish all the time, because life does try to get in the way, but it is a choice to put myself first before anything else. If something comes up one night during the week and I am not able to make it then I have to make sure that I go on Saturday to make up for the night during the week that I was not able to make it. I usually try to save Saturday to work out with my friend by taking a long walk at the park. This is to help get her out walking and to get my dogs out walking (I like when they come home and are all tuckered out and just sleep for a few hours), and it pushes me to see how many times we can get around the path with out quitting. Sundays are my day to rest and let my body recouperate. Some Sundays if I wasn't able to work out on Saturday, I work out on Sunday at home because the gym is closed. But that is ok because my trainer has made sure that I have been taught a bunch of exercises that I can do at home and still get a great work out. I also am still doing my exercise videos whenever I feel that I need to do some more. To be honest, I don't like the sweating part or the heavy breathing (because you think you are going to die part), but I do know that it is a part of it and that is how I know I am giving it all I can. Just those 15 minutes on the elyptical machine makes me sweat like a pig and I feel gross afterwards, but well, I know I have to do it. Also, the place on the elyptical where you place your feet has these bumps on them, and after like 5-7 minutes on the machines, those bumps start to hurt my feet. Scary thing is that I just bought a brand new pair of work out shoes and it doesn't help at all. I think I am going to have to get another pair and see if I can find a pair that has a thicker soul so that I can't feel those bumps. I think I could go longer on the machine if I didn't feel those bumps. Any suggestion on the best type of shoe would be great. :)

Well, this past weekend I spent Saturday scrapbooking with a group of friends from Huntsville at a local Bed and Breakfast here in Arab, AL. It was fun. I arrived around 11am and scrapped with them till about 2:30 in the morning. I did get quite a few pages done and was pleased with my work. I even scrapbooked a page with a picture of me from two months ago and then a picture of me from a week ago. Wow, what a difference in just two months. I think I am going to do a whole book on my experience and the changes that I make till I reach my final goal! This is probably the first time in four years or so that I have scrapbooked a page that has a picture of me in it just for myself. I really enjoyed doing this page and think I will do a few more beause it was nice to do something for myself and not for other people. I did several pages for my friend of her baby's first year and I also did a two page layout of my dog cricket. I have to admit that I am glad that I went and was glad that I got as much done as I did.

Well,until next time....Toodles!