Traceys Blog

Wow, it’s been a while since I posted.  Well a lot has happened in the last month and a half.  First of all, I was laid off from my job on May 15th after working for the company for 4.5 years.  It was tough at first, I was mad and sad all at the same time.  Even though I was looking for a job for the last month or so before getting laid off.  But for some reason it still hit me a bit hard.  I was then forced to find a new job.  When I was looking before that, there was something stopping me from finding one.  I think it was because I felt as though I would leave the company hanging so to speak if I left.  It all worked out great though, I told myself that I would find a job by the end of May and low and behold I had an interview on May 28th and was offered the job on May 29th, started June 1st.  I really enjoy my new job. There are plenty of new opportunities and learning with this new company.

On to another note.  June 2nd was my 6 month marker for quitting smoking!!!!!! YAY ME .  I am very proud of myself.  There is no going back now.  I hit a pretty stressful moment in my life with losing the job and I did not resort to smoking to ease that stress.

The weight thing has come to a halt for a short time, but I will be getting back to Aqua Fit within the month. I will start walking more often as well.  With my new job I have stopped going out for lunch.  My lunch break is an hour so I will start walking on my lunch break. I will try to make it a 1/2 hour walk each day when I can.

I will try an post at least twice a week from now on, but no promises.

Well last week I was unable to attend my aquafit classes for the whole week as I was sick. I was really disappointed in not being able to go as I really enjoy the classes. I am almost back to normal this week and will be going back to class tomorrow night. As I mentioned before I tried out the deep water class a few weeks ago. I will be doing this class again on Wednesday. So from now on Wednesdays I will be doing a double class. Each class will be 45 minutes starting off with the regular aqua fit class and ending with the deep water class. Below is a link to a video of what the deep water class is like. We do not use the hand and feet things just the belt that she has on her waist.

WaterART Deep H20 Training

Those classes are a lot tougher than the regular aquafit classes but I enjoy them as well.  As you can see you do not need to know how to swim as you are using a floater belt that will keep you from sinking as long as you keep moving.  I myself am not a very good swimmer and I don’t have any problems with this class.

As you all know I have been going to Aqua Fit classes.  Lastnight I went to 2 classes. The first one was the regular class and the second one right after that was the deep water class.  Wow, what a difference in classes.  The normal aqua fit class is a little bit easier than the deep water.  In the regular one you are able to touch the ground when running in the water in the deep water run you can’t touch the ground at all so you are constantly moving your body.  You are actually moving your entire body not just your legs or arms.  It’s like ridding an exercise bike in the water. Today I feel a bit soar on the inner part of my thighs and my arms.  This feels good though.  At least if I am soar I no that I have actually worked my body out.  I am glad that I decided to finally try this out because I really enjoy it.  I know that this is something that I will stick to.  It’s much better than going to the gym.  Tonight will be my last class for the week. The only down side to this is that my skin is getting dry and itchy from the chlorine.  One of the really good things about it is that you burn between 900 to 1100 calories each class

Well since I started doing the Aqua fit classes I decided that I wanted to start eating healthier.  So yesterday I went to the grocery store and bought lunch stuff for the week.  I bought some whole wheat buns and some lunch meat.  I cut up some cheese and put it into a container and brought everything to work with me today.  See my problem is that I am lazy to make this stuff at night and don’t have time in the morning.  If everything is there and ready for me to eat I eat it.  I no that this stuff that I mentioned is not like the most healthiest but it’s a start for me since I am usually eating out all the time at lunch and it’s mostly bad stuff like McDonald’s or Wendy’s.  So this is definitely better for me.  I also bought some apples, cauliflower and carrots.  I also started to bring stuff to work for breakfast and making coffee at work rather that stopping at Tim Horton’s everyday and getting a bagel with bacon in it.  So this is  a big step for me.

For super I have not been going out for dinner either I have been eating dinner at home almost everynight with the exception of one day on the weekend. My biggest problem is eating at night like chips or candy.  I have an addiction to 5 cent candies… So I will start to work on that as well.  I figure I am going to take it one step at a time.  Hey if I can quit smoking I can change my eating habit and lose weight!!  Tomorrow is the start of my second week in aqua fit classes and Wednesday I might try out the deep water class.  Will let you no how it goes.

Well today was my third day of aqua fit class.  So that means I am done for the week.  Next class will be Tuesday night.  I have to say I really am enjoying the classes.  I wish I would have started them a while ago. But at least I started.  Day one was a wake up call.  Meaning I have probably not exercised for about 4 years.  Bad hey.  So yeah as you read in my first post about aqua fit “holy crap”.  Day 2 was ok I was a bit sore when I woke up the next morning after the first class.  I am finding that it is my calves that hurt so bad.  I am told from the instructors that this is because when I am running in the water I am running on my tippy toes when I should be landing  flat on my feet when they hit the ground. I am trying my hardest to do this, getting the hang of it but it’s still not quite there yet.  The class was just as good as the day one class.

So on to this morning.  This morning when I woke up I could hardly walk!! My calves were so sore it was crazy.  The worse was when I had to walk  down stairs.  Oh my god!!! During the day at work every time that I was sitting in my chair for a while and had to get up to do something they would stiffen up but after walking for a few minutes it was ok.  On my way home from work today I was contemplating if I should go or not.  I told my self to suck it up and go.  After all the pain that I am feeling is good pain, right?  Anyways, I went to the class tonight and as I was getting changed I was thinking what am I doing here I am so sore.  I went into the hot tub for about 15 minutes, as I have been each night and relaxed.  Once the class started I was ok.  By the end I felt awesome.  I am really glad that I went.  One thing that I really enjoy is the fact that each night there is a different instructor, therefore making each night different, not the same stuff all the time.  This is really nice.

Before I started these classes on Tuesday I always felt so tired.  I know that I have only been going for 3 days, but I have noticed that I am not so tired at work for the last few days and I don’t feel like I am going to fall asleep in the afternoons anymore.  I have also stopped eating out everyday and have been bringing my own lunch.  Which I think my play a big part in the feeling better.  I have decided that next week on Wednesday night I will try the deep water aqua fit.  I am told that this class is quite a work out, so I will let you know how it goes!!  Good night.

Tonight was my very first Aqua Fit Class and  HOLY CRAP is all I can say.  I absolutely loved it.  It was pretty hard seeing as I never exercise.  I was a little nervous about going at first because of having to get into a bathing suit and not knowing anyone but I was surprised when I got to the end of the pool where the class was.  There was at least 25 – 30 women there all ages and sizes. This made me less nervous.  I had no idea what I was in for!!! They start off with a “warm up” yeah ok.. Have you ever sweat in the water before? Well, the warm up alone made me sweat, I had no idea that you could sweat in the water.  After the warm up the first thing they work on is your lower body.  At first I was like ok this is good, then all of a sudden you’re sprinting in the water from one side of the pool to the other then running backwards, jumping jacks then just as you think your legs are gonna fall off in the water they switch to your upper body.  Oh yeah and they always make you suck in your tummy as you’re doing all this.

So on to the upper body.  It was the same as the lower body, kinda easy at first then you’re working really hard almost like boxing in the water.  Then they give some weights that float in the water and this works out your mid section.  You have  to use them to hold yourself side to side but keeping your body under the water.  You also have to do this holding your feet in front of you and behind you.  So all in all I really enjoyed this class and will definaltey continue to go the three days a week.  Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Then when I get brave enough I will try the deep water aqua fit.  And one more thing, man is it ever a good thing that I quit smoking cuz I swear I would have died there tongiht.  Oh yeah and if you ever try this, bring WATER!!!

Well yesterday was my 30th birthday and the 3 week marker of being a non smoker!!!! Yay me.  So now my new goal in the new year is to lose some weight and get healthier.  I am going to start some aqua fit classes in January.  I was suppose to start them along time ago but never did, this time I will.  It is not as expensive as a gym membership and I think I will enjoy this much better than going to the gym.  I may start going to the gym at a later date, but my first step is going to be the aqua fit classes.  I can’t believe that there is only 2 more days till Christmas and 1.5 weeks before 2009.  This year seems like it has gone by really fast.  Any ways will update later.

So in my first post I mentioned how I would be talking about how I want to lose weight.  I have been struggling with my weight since I was a young girl.  Today as I was helping a friend do some drops on entrecard I  came across this interesting site called tracysdiet.com.  I am going to look into the methods that she did to lose her weight in 3 months.  She talks about a system that she used to lose 45 lbs in under 12 weeks.  I think I am going to give this a try and see how it works out for me.  I will let you no when I have started the diet and how it is going.  I am not starting right away as I would like to do more research on it before I just jump right into it.  I will keep you posted.