DAY 45

When you lose weight, where does the lost body fat go?

Body fat breaks down during a series of complex metabolic processes.

When you burn more calories than you consume, your body uses fat (triglycerides) for energy. This causes your fat cells to shrink. In turn, triglycerides are broken down into two different substances — glycerol and fatty acids — which are absorbed into your liver, kidneys and muscle tissue. From there, the glycerol and fatty acids are further broken down by chemical processes that ultimately produce energy for your body.

These activities generate heat, which helps maintain your body temperature. The resulting waste products — water and carbon dioxide — are excreted in urine and sweat or exhaled from your lungs.

DAY 44

I started running yesterday. It felt good to accomplish my first day. Runningplanet.com suggested I start off slow and work my way up. I walked for 4 minutes and ran for 1 minute. I did that for 25 minutes. Once I was done my face was bright red and I was sweating quit a bit. That just goes to show you how out of shape I really am. Today my body hurts all over. Even though I have been working out for 44 days now, it was rough on my body. Everything hurts!!! My hips even hurt. How does that happen?  

It made it really hard for me to work out today too. I knew I wouldn’t be happy with a rest day so I went ahead and did Zumba anyway. My legs were mad at me the whole time. I felt a lot better after I showered. My legs and I made up. I think exercising today help work out those sore muscles. So here I go on my jogging adventure. Hopefully tomorrow my soreness will be gone.

P.S. I didn’t have ANY candy yesterday. It was hard at times, but I kept thinking about the bigger picture and where I want to be in a couple months.  Skinny… here I come!!!

DAY 41,42 and 43

Still at 11 pounds lost. I did ok this weekend, but I could have done better. We celebrated Valentine’s Day Saturday night by having a nice dinner at home with the baby. We took the night off from our regular “eating healthy” routine. We had Ribeye steak and artichokes with mayo. Then for desert we each had a candy bar. It was VERY delicious!!! I can’t believe I ate that much. It was nice for one meal, but I don’t want to make a habit of it.

Today is a new day and I am ready to get back to my routine. I have to get my mind and body ready to start my running. It is going to be very hard to do this in the rain. I was hoping to go out to the track, but I may have to settle for the tread mill.

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY EVERYONE!!