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So, yesterday for the first time my sister(who has been my "work out partner" thus far) and I accomplished 3 miles on the elipticle. 3 miles doesn't sound like a whole lot but for someone who has never worked out in her life, it's quite a fleet! I had pretty much gotten used to our 25-30 minutes of cardio and it was actually getting easier for me. We decided to start paying more attention to the distance accomplished than to the calories burned or time. We did this after talking to a fellow gym member and him telling us that he had lost 110 lbs in about a year just by going 3 miles a day (and sometimes every other day) and then some weight lifting for toning. So we thought we should pay attention to the distance and the next time we worked out we watched our distance and realized that we were only accomplishing about 2 miles in our workout. So we had to step it up! It's always good to set higher goals for yourself a little at a time and then when you've reached that goal and it becomes easy for you then move the goal a little higher. So call us the "3 mile girls" until we've put that under our feet. It wasn't easy, don't get me wrong, I had to push to do the three miles, but 35 minutes and about 325 calories later it was a done deal.

Now I know I said I don't do "calorie counting" and I don't, but I do pay attention to the calories I've burned and when I reach for that soda, extra dressing or dinner roll that I don't really need, I remember how hard I had to work to burn 325 calories and I don't want my hard work to go for something I would be fine doing without. It helps me be a little more conscious of what I put in my mouth.

I could be a little better about the things that I eat. My biggest goal right now is to consistantly eat a healthy breakfast. Breakfast gets the metabolism started and helps you eat better through the day. I don't know why it's such a task for me to eat breakfast, I've always been that way....but don't let me miss dinner for God's sake. Speaking of dinner, that's another thing I need to work on. I need to be more careful about eating large dinners but instead eat a larger breakfast and lunch and then make dinner the lighter meal. That's easier said than done as I usually fix "the good stuff" for dinner and lunch is usually a sandwich or a healthy choice meal. I think a remedy for this might be to fix a larger dinner (but healthy dinner, mind you) , save the leftovers to eat the next day for lunch, ultimatly eating less for dinner, but knowing that I would have "the good stuff" for lunch the next day. Maybe Im thinking to much about it.

Anyway, Im feeling pretty good about myself. Never before have I been focused on taking care of my body and these last few years my body has began to protest and I have finally decided to answer. With prayer and hard work I also will share a success story as my fellow gym member shared with me.....thanks, Ben!

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