Got back into the swing of exercise yesterday

Friday Dennis and I signed up for a membership at the Y.  Now that we have it, we decided that we need to take advantage of the water.  Spent 45 minutes in the pool, alternating between water walking, swimming slow laps and using a water dumbbell for upper body exercises.  I could feel the resistance of the water, plus the freedom from my bouncing abdomen.  Actually felt my hip bones when my loose skin and remaining fat floated up.

I noticed that I have water wings (like batwings on upper arms) on my thighs.  Sat in the hot tub for a little while to stretch and relax.  The jet from the hot tub hit the loose skin on my thigh and the skin and underlying fat vibrated in the jet stream.  Very odd sensation.  I wish I could just use a magic wand to make the loose skin and remaining fat disappear.  But, not equiped with one, I plan to continue to exercise and tone and ???? maybe, one of these days/years, have something done about the other excess.

I realize that I spent waaaay to many hours at work during the last couple of weeks.  Work started kidding with me that I was in a plural marriage.  Husband is Dennis and 'wife' is work.  This is not what I planned.  Time to dedicate myself to myself.  Starting today. 

Have a great rest of the weekend everyone.  Hugs

Kathy,
Love what you wrote at the end "Time to dedicate myself to myself".  You hit the nail on the head with that statement. So Today I will start with that as my new goal.

Febuary is the month of TIME TO DEDICATE MYSELF TO MYSELF!!

Thanks for the eye opener
Dani

Dani, sounds like a grand goal for Feb.  Let's do this, look out for numero uno first.  Keep sharing your success with this goal all month.

Planning another trip to the gym when Dennis gets home from work this afternoon.  Got my bottle of crystal light already prepared to take along. 

Thanks for your honesty and know that you’re not alone in having water wings on your thighs.  Like you, I plan on exercising and toning and maybe one day…     If that day never comes, just remember how much healthier we are now.

Dani’s right, you hit it dead on with ‘time to dedicate myself to myself’.  It will mean different things to different people, but what an excellent challenge.  Starting today it’s time to dedicate myself to myself.  

Let's do this.  The hardest part of exercising is to simply put one foot in front of the other and DO IT. 

Good for you AND Dennis for taking this step to get healthier and more active. I love you both and want you guys around for forever or longer! I had the ... done on some areas, but not my thighs, and i too have flappy wings hanging around the upper thighs. They are all wrinkly like a very old womans would be, so i just try really hard to keep them hidden..lol. They may save our lives one day! haha..

I too am in the "dedicate myself to myself" mode.. Kathy.. you should post this as an independant topic and invite others to join in on it and encourage discussion as the month elapses. Thats a lot of what going back to school is about.

I am glad to see you write that too. I love ya and want this for you! I am always giving you grief about learning to say NO to work.. but we have to have a balance. I know your unit was short 2 nurses for a while. Glad they'll be returning. Will help reduce the calls you get. Ya get one shot at this wild and crazy thing called life...live it to the fullest!


Man I love that cute little face next to mine in my avatar...lol

How is everyone doing on ‘dedicating myself to myself’? My husband and I belong to the Y also; however between being sick, problems at work and the ice storm, we haven’t gotten there.  I have made time to exercise at home, though - pulled out the Nordic track and some Pilates DVD’s.  For me that’s part of dedicating myself to myself.  Before I would have given in to the excuses and not exercised at all, because “working out at home isn’t as good as going to the Y" (part of a twisted perfectionist mentality). 

For me the flip side of that was allowing myself time to be sick without feeling guilty about not going to the gym.  Choosing to exercise was better than not moving at all and healthier for me than doing a strenuous work out.   More than that, I actually felt good about moving my body for an hour, even though I didn’t break a sweat.  Maybe I’m deluding myself, but that feels like progress to me.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone.