I didn't post a Day 2 on here yesterday because I got home from work at 11 p.m. and had to be up by 4:30 a.m. SO! Here it is! Day 2 was a little harder for me, but I still managed to do 50 crunches on the exercise ball, low resistance stretches, and 25 squats with 8 lb. weights. I did manage to stay with my diet, and resisted the temptation of Reece's Peanut Butter Cups. (My ultimate kryptonite!)
Day 3 so far has gone o.k. I had to go to the cities for a cardiology appointment, but I ran by him my challenge, and I think he might have been a little shocked. He told me fifty pounds in one year sounds just as good as one hundred, and recommended using weight watchers. He said it comes much easier to do, rather than trying to count good calories and bad calories. This means that I haven't got any exercise in today yet, so I must get this out of the way. I want to go for a walk tonight though, since it's cool out. Still need to do those crunches on the exercise ball, and the squats. My cardiologist also said that, even though I may be a mother, my self-image cannot be put onto the back burner. With the heart disease and my tendency to get rather frazzled, exercise will help me feel better about myself, and make me much more sound with the heart disease.
I want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who is becoming my driving steam for this. I have gotten so many encouraging words, that it would be impossible to fail. Even if I do not make my goal, I know that all the effort I put into it will be that much better, than if I hadn't tried at all. I know it may be premature to say this, but knowing so many people are thinking of me, and of this challenge, and hopefully doing this challenge themselves, makes me feel that I need to put my darnedest into it!
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