A Journey To Fitness

It's been a tough week and sometimes I get so frustrated with myself. I am constantly my own worse enemy. I have made it all too easy to not do what I am supposed to do or at least what I should do. I am making a promise to myself tonight that I will do better this week. I will put in the effort in both the gym and with my eating to do a better job. It is far too easy to be lazy but I want to be better than I am. I want to have more energy, I want to feel better. This journey was never about how my body looked and it still isn't about that. I want to be stronger, to be healthier, and to be a better role model for Maddie. If I am to lose weight in the process than that is fine, if I lose inches and gain muscle all the better, but I was ok with my body prior to this. What I wanted to do during this journey was to prove to myself that I could do it. I could become stronger and healthier and to stop making those same mistakes in and out each day. It's hard I won't lie an...

So as I mentioned in my last post I had scheduled to have some sessions with a personal trainer. I've had a few of those sessions (2 to be exact) and so far so good. The first session was basically to take measurements, write up a fitness plan and then go through the exercises on the fitness plan. The second session was to do one of the 3 days of sessions with the trainer to make sure I was using proper form and proper weight amounts. I'll be honest by the end of that session I was shaky and i could feel it for the next 3 days. However I have kept at it and been to the gym at least 2 times (mostly 3) a week and am doing resistance training and cardio (20+ minutes on the elliptical). Last night in between some meetings I had for work I went to the gym. I hadn't actually done any jogging on the treadmill so I figured i could spend some time there and then take a shower and head back to work. So I hopped on the machine and did my normal 5 minute workout. Then I moved it up t...