Happy Friday

Good Morning – Happy Friday! This by far is the best day of the week; it seems Friday morning I can get my girls showered, hair dried and them to school on time without a fight. Friday is the day where work is busy so time fly’s by and normally at 5:30 when I shut off my desk light, I feel like I have enough loose ends tied up that I can leave and not constantly dwell on what I have to finish on Monday morning. After a super busy day yesterday I jumped in the Mini (not a Cooper but a van) and drove 32 miles to a meeting. When I finally arrived home 9:57 pm after the tightly scheduled day and small detour – I get lost often, though born and raised in Denver, I still manage to get turned around. I knew from sitting all day I wanted to move just enough to stretch but not do a full work out so I was not up wired which would make falling asleep would difficult. I decided to Elliptical for 25 minutes at a steady pace not full out kill myself but steady, followed by crunches 75, then 150 side crunches finishing with 100 butt ups. The exercise was short and sweet and I was not a sticky mess. After which I went and cleaned my face, teeth and get ready for bed, made some hot coco and went and treated myself to an episode of Dexter.
Today Friday is one of my rest days (I have Monday’s and Fridays). This weekend looks good not anything I am freaking out about; 3 mile run tomorrow with 15 minutes of weights and then cardio on Sunday. For Cardio I have decided to go attempt the cycling class for the 2nd time. The first time about one month ago I went on a Sunday morning arrived 10 minutes before class to find the room filled! The class consisted of individual’s mostly in spandex and biking shirts with their clippie shoes on, they were already peddling to get their hearts warm. As Chelsea had warned me I had a bottle of water and a towel so I did not immediately look like a complete newbie! Minus of course the loose clothing and actual sneakers no clippies shoes here. That however changed really fast when the bike I had chosen in the back of the classroom was pointed out by the instructor from the front of the room. He yelled would you like to join the rest of the class, I expressed my desire to stay in my place to which he said that’s fine but please put a exercise mat under your cycle so you fit in with the class and don’t completely stick out! An awesome feeling took over me when I looked around and saw 30 other cycles all had big black mats under them! Even better when I jumped off and rolled my bike forward I could barely push the darn thing up to get the mat under it, a wonderful nice old gentleman helped me which at first made me grateful and I thanked him a few times, but then I decided I need to improve my upper body strength, as I should be helping grandpa and not vice versa! I did survive the class and was able to keep up for the most part. Not to say I did not pray for the class to end 30 minutes in because I thought my legs were actually going to catch on fire, but I finished strong and was sore for the next three days. The pain I have learned tells me I’m working and getting results. Though so far I don’t see the results on the scale or in my clothing I’ve decided I have a 6 year old daughter and if it took me the last 7 years to put on this weight it is okay for it to take some time to get the weight off. So this weekend I challenge you to go try something new, push yourself a little. A
Speaking of slowly loosing weight check out this article found on 9news.com about one of my favorite shows the biggest loser. http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=130266&catid=188