I was just reading Brittany's post about trainers, I couldn't have done this without one either. Its amazing how much harder I can push myself with someone there watching. We worked out today for an hour and even though I wasn't on as high a level as when Catherine is there I still felt like I was going to DIE, and I know I am capable of more.
We didn't make the class today because I went to the heart specialist with my Dad. He has had heart palpatations for quite some time, has a stent, had a PFO closure (hole in the heart) ((which by the way I have too and will some day need to have fixed)) and had an ablation done, his heart still isn't running right. I never really worried about mine before when he had problems but now I see how heredity plays a factor in this and I am so glad I am finally doing something to take better care of my heart. Being overweight wasn't a huge motivation (although it isn't fun), but knowing the trials one can go through with their heart it takes on a different light. I know this is hard and I am not trying to diminish anyones hard work, but this really isn't as hard as I made up my mind it would be (Impossible is the word I would have used). It does take a little more brain power when it comes to meal planning but I feel like I have a better handle on what I need to be doing. I keep my binder of information from Mindie's classes on my bar where I can refer to it at any time, and it has been a huge help. I hope I can keep up with all of these changes at the end of the 100 days, and now that I know, I CAN do it!

Big change for me!

Huge milestone this week, I ran out of Blood pressure meds on monday and couldn't get in to see Dr. til Wednesday. The nurse took my BP and then asked how long I had been without, I said two days and she smiled and said when people run out and go a few days without it is usually sky high but yours is 114 over 83! Dr. said it looks like you are now keeping it down with diet and exercise so keep up the good work and we WON'T refill the prescription! I still will need to keep an eye on it but after about 10 years I am so excited to be off. I had expected to be on this for the rest of my life. I had been feeling dizzy quite often and had cut them in half for about a week, but NO meds is sooooo much better! Every little victory counts, this should keep me going for at least a week!

I haven't blogged in a long while because I tend to spend too much time sitting at the computer so I have tried to stay away. It has been fun catching up on everyones posts. I kind of hit a wall this last few weeks. I had a rough weekend of eating too much bad stuff and my weight went up and it seems like it has been harder to get the momentum back and get the scale heading in the right direction. Our workouts have been a little more intense so I thought that would help make up the difference, maybe it is just the building of muscle. We have been practicing walking up hills on the treadmill and holy cow, that really gets the muscles hurting! I slept on the couch last night because I fell asleep watching a movie with my Granddaughter and couldn't get up to get to my bed. Tonight I will watch a movie in my room. Hopefully it will be nice today and we can get some gardening done. Lots of weeds popping up, time to grow something we can eat!