Exercise . . .oh Joy!




Dave and I finished the Advocare 24 day challenge at the end of August and he lost around 20 pounds and I lost around 7-8 pounds. The last 2 weeks of the challenge I ran 5-6 times a week. It was great but soon after the challenge ended I got sick. I did run a mile two different days during my sickness and it just about killed me. It was tough to get back into exercise after I was feeling well enough to do it.

So. . .running. . .I am kind of quitting for now. I have never thoroughly enjoyed running and rarely had a great run that made me want to do it again the next day. My endurance was not increasing and the discouragement was increasing.

So now what? Well, I found a great video that is called 10 minute Solutions Carb Burner. It gives me 5 different 10 minute workouts that are pretty awesome. I am up to doing 4 in a row which is 40 minutes of workout with a high heart rate. The great thing is that my endurance is much greater then when I would run. I can exercise much longer stretches and get my heart rate higher then when running. I am really enjoying it! And, although I am not losing more pounds, I am toning up and my legs are so much stronger now. So, I'm going to stick with this. I may try the 10 Minutes Solutions Kick Boxing video at some point and I'd love to give Zumba a try. We'll see. . .but one way or another, I'm more active then I have even been in my whole life and I'm feeling good!

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