My Quest for Health

Ok, so some of the hazards include deciding you do not feel up to it, but heck it is even worse if you have to leave the house to get to a workout. Family, for some reason my boys (the big and little) decide they need my attention during a workout or decide to practice their music. Ok again something I can work around and now I kind of like it. Last night I had guitar practice going on and my hubby playing with the electronic drums too. The furry ones. We have 2 dogs and 2 cats in our house. Where do they like to be, wherever mom is at which includes at my feet. Step on them enough or annoy them with all the shaking and sweating and noise from the belly scarf and they learn to ignore you or go to another room. Also step on them enough and they move really quick! Hyper or over extension of muscles--ouch! I did this last night, I hyper-adducted (not sure if this is a real term  or not). Essentially I swung my left leg to far inward and felt a pop in my hip and soreness deep in ...

So I have been working out at home since mid-December. I first stared on the Treadclimber, then moved to Zumba on the Wii. I have my good days and bad days. I have several days or weeks in a row where I exercise everyday and days where I skip or a few days where I skip but overall I feel I am doing pretty well. If I remember right it takes 21 days to create a habit, so I have surpassed that mark, but it does take consistency. For myself it is hard to get my butt in the car, at night, as all the exercise classes around here that I can take are in the evening, to a class after working so I do my exercise at home. I can get it in anywhere from 5:30 PM onward as supper is usually at 5 PM in this household. I have an 8-year-old son and a 35-year-old husband to keep me company while I exercise. Sometimes said 8-year-old joins in, sometimes he just cheers me on. Said husband will sometimes comment "good job honey" or other nice comments. He walks on the Treadclimber almost every nig...

A word of advice to my lady friends: Never discuss weight loss or lack of weight loss with your husband. They just are not made the same and they do not view the scale in quite the same way as we do! Now I love my husband, he balances me out, he lifts me up when I am down, he puts up with me when I am cranky. Do not get me wrong, I adore this man, but sometimes he is so matter-of-fact and sensible that it angers me! So many of you are already aware of this, but some may not know, I have PCOS which has caused or is exacerbated by insulin resistance. This is the reason we turned to adoption to have a child, my body is not compatible with pregnancy and after a few tries we took a break then found the boy who melted my heart with his little gaze and now calls me "mother" or "mama" depending on his mood :) So back to my point, with insulin resistance it is easy to gain weight around the belly, in my case a lot of weight. Some of my friends on here also have PCOS and insu...