Fitness Friday
Today is our first Fitness Friday. Let me explain what Fitness Friday is. Several months ago when we found out that Megan was getting married this summer, I decided that I would like to be a better looking mother of the bride. I wanted to be in better shape. At my age, losing weight has become a big challenge. (Actually at any age) But I knew that if you tone your fat, it hangs better. So I started working out a little longer and a little more often. Janna, my daughter, is a fitness nut and decided to take me on as a project. She and I work out together, either before or after my regular workouts, and she has become my personal trainer. She also nags me about food and makes my lunch so I won’t eat unhealthy at work. She even scolds people for feeding me chocolate.
After several weeks of working out together, we decided 2 things:
- Its easier to get fit if you are doing it with someone
- It’s really inspiring to go back and see the progress that you have made as you work on getting fit. You can’t see much day to day, but over time its pretty amazing the changes you can see.
We decided to include all of you in out Fitness Challenge. We will be blogging and encouraging all of you to work on your own health and fitness over the next 12 weeks.
Janna is going to keep up her own blog filled with tips, tricks, encouragement and forms to fill out to track progress. I will be blogging each Friday with my own challenges and encouragement.
We hope that you decide to join us in getting fit. It’s funner together.
Friday, July 11, 2008
I was looking for a picture of Mrs. Grossman the other day and came across a series of photos that I took last time I was working on weight loss. It was really fun to see them and remember how skinny I felt when I lost 10 pounds. I took a series of pictures with a sign telling me how many days I had been of my diet.
This time I am taking photos too, this time it will be one each week for 12 weeks.
Your challenge this week is to take a “before” picture. You might even want to get it blown up and posted somewhere visible to remind you of your fitness goals. For more on goals see Janna’s blog.