The Front Line is Getting Ulgy

Tonight was my first night back doing Pilates and again I did it all the way through, no cheating.  It was more impressive tonight than Monday, considering every muscle waged a very loud protest against this "Shock and Awe" exercise assault I've launched against my stubborn weight.  It wants to stay lounging around the same ten or so pounds for five months?  It doesn't have a clue who it's messing with. 

I credit the multi vitamin for a lot of the energy I've had to even attempt these new changes.  Otherwise I simply would have wimped out at the starting gate.  It feels really good to have this energy without the bad side effects of ephedra, which used to make my heart race and give me a serious case of the jitters.  Now I just have more than adequate energy.

Steven, who is also taking a multi he bought at GNC as well, notes a big difference in how he feels too. 

It's even affected my mood.  I feel a lot less frustrated than I did before.  Fatigue drives me nuts, I do not like sitting and doing nothing.  I don't like looking at a dirty house and not having the stamina to clean it.   Last week I barely even cooked dinner. 

On Monday and Tuesday we went for our walks by going to the mall and to a couple of new stores.  Tomorrow we're going to do the Art Walk our community art center holds every second Thursday of the month.  That's a lot of walking, there's a gallery, museums, libraries and stores all involved in Art Walk covering several city blocks.  I think I clocked in 8000 steps once, and that was just going back and forth between one gallery and our big three story museum.

Energy.  Don't leave home without it.

I'm going to start something new.  I wanted to put music into the journal so I could let you all sample the music I like or use to inspire me, but that's going to be a hassle I'm not really inclined to take upon myself at the moment.  So instead I'm going to link some of my favorite AOL Radio stations that, if you're so inclined, you can listen to as you read along.

Tonight's channel is Disco.  I love disco music.  It's happy music that makes you want to move.  Back when I lived in California, my sister and I used to go to a Mexican bar and Cantina called Chuys in Glendale (shameless plug o' the day) every Friday night.  They had a juke box and every Friday without fail mysister and I would feed in $5 and play music.  Our music of choice: Disco.  Without fail when that first disco song started to play (The Hustle), everyone would groan and roll their eyes.  A few songs later, though, it was quite a different story.  Everyone was talking louder, laughing more and even dancing in their seats. 

I've decided that you just cannot stay unhappy while listening to disco.  It's impossible.

So needless to say I have several disco songs that I like to work out to. 

Ginger's Disco Picks:

Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
Born to Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees
Shake Shake Shake - KC & The Sunshine Band
Get Down Tonight - KC & The Sunshine Band
I Was Made for Dancin - Leif Garrett
and of course
YMCA - The Village People

Throw these on and I promise your body will move even if your ears bleed.

Radio @ AOL : Disco

Calories: 1669
Fat: 29%
Sat. Fat: 10%
Water: 60oz
Exercise: rode stationary bike 10 mins, walked 1 mile @ 3 miles per hour, 30 mins Pilates
Calories Burned: 358/ 9%

DAILY AFFIRMATION: It's necessary to see what my limits are, and to continually strive to stretch them.