Work Outs
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Beautiful sunny day with laughter, madness and workouts
Today I had a debate with myself if I would go to the gym or not. I was supposed to go yesterday but I didn’t so I broke my strike in days but it’s fine. Today I felt low on energy so I just wanted to lay in bed and sleep but I dragged myself to the gym which resulted 65 minutes on the treadmill and a painful hip. I wanted to push myself more but I had to stop so I don’t make the pain worse or something else .
after gym I took my beloved energy drink (I just started to drink these the other day. I wanted to try one and boom.. I’m hooked) and took a slow walk next to the sea in the beautiful sunshine. I was gonna meet up my best friend but her bus didn’t come until 20 minutes after so I enjoyed a bit in the sun and later met her.
We went to the grocery store and bought more of my celsius drinks plus other stuff as well. I know I know, energy drinks aren’t good for you to drink so much off and im not drinking more than two (pre-workout and after workout) per day but thank you 🥰
after that we walked around a bit and after we decided to go grab some dinner. I was not in the mood for pizza (I had pizza yesterday) but for chicken salad ..with pineapples! so good! I love pineapples on pizza and in salad. Unfortunately I had to throw away a lot of chicken because I got that feeling.. uhm.. where it “grows in the mouth” you know. I don’t know how to explain in an other way. Anyway, we sat at the pizza place for two hours or so and just talked, laughed, joked and had a wonderful time – just what I needed.
We always order a plate of fries (because we like it) but we always end up throwing away 3/4 of it 😅 thankfully I know what the pizzaplace do with the left over food that’s everyday and it goes to animals (pigs and chickens) so that’s good ☺️
My plans is to go to the gym tomorrow again but it all depend on my hip. On Monday I start school again – yay finally back with one routine in my life (again) and hopefully get the schedule so I can plan my workouts (while son is in school and me after school or when I have day off from school).
What have you done today? Any plans?
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Work hard and you will see amazing results
the quote on my headline is one motivational quote I use to think off when my mentally health is low. Check out this post for 6 inspirational and motivational quotes I think you will like
look at the cloud on the right picture. It looks like a crocodile but my friend say it looks like a hippo 👀 For the third day in a row I actually went to the gym. That is insane. Never ever did I ever think of going to the gym three days in a row. I could do maybe twice a week last year but now I’m going a lot while E is in school and my school haven’t started.
I’m actually very surprised and out of words how I have managed with my bad mental health managed to get myself at the gym. That’s crazy! I just checked my workout app and I had 7 visits for the whole 2023 before my husband paused my membership and only this month I have been to the gym 10 times. Now that’s massive step for me.
Hopefully this will continue (maybe not this often like 3 days in a row) and I can see results. I hope and pray that this time my body will slim down in same speed as my brain. two years ago I lost 40kg on 3 months because I walked and walked and walked and walked. I was a maniac on walks. but my head didn’t follow the progress so I gained a lot when my mental health began.
Today’s workout is simple ☆☆☆ walk to the gym & to bus; 30 minutes ● Treadmill; 60 minutes (pace; 4. I lowered because of my knee and to see if the headache will be more mild after the workout – googled it last night)
after the work out on treadmill today I decided to go home (after having my friend J telling me off because I had a headache) to rest. I wanted to stay longer but I must listen to my body.
But why do I always get a massive headache / migraine every time I have been working out? it’s kinda annoying but hopefully it will calm down soo . I googled yesterday but that was a mistake.
no im not bragging or anything. I’m just sharing my one step forward in life.
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I’m focused and determined to overcome my big fear
One of my biggest fears is people staring at me. Im a big plus size person who has an illness called PCOS which makes me big and have harder time to lose weight. I have seen so many videos on instagram where big people has recorded themselves at the gym and people around is laughing, pointing etc. I have also seen when big people work out and trying really hard been secretly recorded and shared online. That’s a fear of mine. The laughs, pointing and secretly being recorded and shared online..
So one of my goals is to try go to the gym 3 – 4 times a week, both to work on my health (and mental health) but also push myself onto situations that scares me. Trying to overcome the fear and get out of my comfort zone. It’s a hard thing but I’m trying and it’s even hard to workout when my husband is working out but I’m trying. Why do I think it’s hard? judgement. Even if it’s my husband.
Only downside with me working out (other than the sweat is sweating) is that every time I get a massive headache that last for hours. No matter how much water I drink. Today I drank 1,5 liter water at the gym trying to avoid the headache but it didn’t work. So I don’t know what to do to be honest to avoid the headache (other than stop going to the gym)
Today’s session ☆☆☆ Treadmill; 60 minutes (highest lvl pace; 6) ● bike; 5 minutes (today my knee didn’t let me do bike).
short session but it’s better than nothing. This week I have been to the gym twice (yesterday and today) and I will be back. lol! I’m forcing myself!
Do you have any inspirational saying or quotes that can help me stay on track?