April 21, 2010

Things I do now that I couldn't do before...

It's amazing what you (and your body) can do when you drop bit of weight. Sometimes I sit back and look at my life now and see how different it is from just January and I'm so amazed. I work out all the time, I eat right and best of all I feel great. Even my conversations are different now. If I'm not talking about Boot Camp, I'm talking about Zumba, or how to properly do a squat (LOL thanks Hilarie!) I can not wait to see what else I can do as I get closer to my goal. In the mean time here are some snap shots of my accomplishments thus far:
I could not get into these pants before, well I could but only if I didn't want to breathe. Now...they will need to be replaced soon.

I've replaced my desk chair with a stability ball. This is supposed to work on your core and give you a "work out" while you work but quite honestly this darn thing is so much fun! (Thank you Linda Romsey)

I can cross my legs! I can actually sit like a girl now.

I remember on Day 2 of Boot Camp I was asked to do this move and I couldn't. I felt terrible, how did I get to the point where I couldn't even grab my own foot? But look at me now! :) I grab my feet as often as I can now, just because I can, well it also is a great stretch.

I am very excited about my accomplishments yet to come. Moments like these always remind me of the theme song from The Biggest Loser; "what have you done today, to make you feel proud?" I wrote about the things I can do now that I couldn't do before!

4 comments:

  1. The stability ball looks like a great chair. Is your floor slippery? I have hardwood floors under my chair, so I'm wondering the SB would be an accident waiting to happen.

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  2. We have carpet here at work but the rubber on the ball I think would be fine on the wood floor. :)

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  3. Found your blog through the nest. :)

    I have a question on the ball. Do you think it has helped with your posture too? I have read where people that I have bad posture (which I am a sloucher, so I know I do), have improved sitting on a ball.

    Also my job is sitting behind a desk for 8 hours. Could you manage to sit all it for 8 hours??

    By the way - congrats on all your accomplishments. :)

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  4. Hi there! Sorry, I just now saw your comments. It does help with your posture. I've found that in order to maintain balance you have to sit up. I'm a big sloucher and I have found myself to slouch less. I do manage to sit on it for all 8 hours. I think its fun and every once in a while I squeeze in a couple crunches/stretches. When I have move a lot around my desk I switch to a chair for a little while then back to the ball.

    Hope that helps and thanks for the kind words and stopping by :)

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