This is the point in our story where our hero runs into some problems...

[lithera]

No, it's nothing huge. I'm just starting to get frustrated with this working out thing. Yes. I know I've only been doing it two month or so. Yes, I do feel different and I can breathe better most of the time. Yes, I did just up my reps. I've just reached the point where I look in the mirror and get grumpy and upset and generally displeased with how I look. I'm going to keep on going and working out, but I'm generally frustrated with myself at the moment.

I think I might go to this pilates class starting on Sunday and see if I like it. The woman who teaches it used to be a ballet dancer in a lot of cool places. It's a 10:30, so it's before anything I'd be doing that day.

Other than that, a friend of mine's last day here is today. We're going to go to lunch. Low carb thingy I had this morning tasted pretty good, but its making my tummy unhappy. Bleh.

So. Work and stuff.

Comments

[sepulchrave.livejournal.com]

honey.

It took me a few years to actually start seeing results...
hang in there, and just know that one day you'll just see em.
Don't look for em, they'll just show up.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Thanks Angel.

You're really helping me with this. I still have presents for you. We need to meet up some time. You want to do lunch or something? Dinner? Find me an empty spot on your calendar, woman.

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[sepulchrave.livejournal.com]

Okee--things are really turbid for me lately. I just haven't been up to social stuff.

Email me your phone #.

[phoenixfyre.livejournal.com]

It can be very frustrating working out. Just remember the longer it takes to see results the longer those results will stick around. Someone who loses 30 pounds in 30 days will gain that back just as quickly and more. Did you have someone take your measurements before you started? That is a good way to track your progress. Do the measurements every 10 weeks and if you are working out like you should you will see results in those numbers. Do not use a scale to judge your progress it just makes you even more frustrated. I know you will do great and be so awesome. :)

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

I don't bother with scales. They always make me depressed and never seem to show what's going on. Nothing has apparently changed with my measurements yet. Things don't fit different yet, though that is a good idea.

Thanks!

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[phoenixfyre.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Glad to pass along my experience from my fitness program.

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

when I first started working out with weights and being in the gym more it made me much more aware of my body and how it looked than any thing else had and it made me feel more focusesed and frustrated; it took a while for me to get used to relating to myself differently. eventually it changed but I remember feeling more uncomfortable than I had *before* I started working out, which was frustrating.