Happy Friday!!!

Welcome to Friday! I know how we all look forward to Friday, but for me Friday is my hardest workout. I think I do this to compensate a little for not working out over the weekend. Today I started my workout with a 30 minute run. Well it is a combo of walking, jogging and running. I have been doing my Friday run outside. There is a good run near the Y, so I am able to drop off Morgan and then go for a run. This run is kind of hard as there are a few hills. For me, running is really the only way to get my heart rate up and get a great workout in a short amount of time. At the end of my run I had burned 217 calories. Then to up my workout for Friday, I attended a 1 hour aerobics class. This was another 20/20 class like yesterday, so it was a combination of floor aerobics, weights, step and abs. We also did some kick boxing stuff today in class. I didn't used to like the kick boxing, but as I have gotten stronger, I do enjoy having this added to my classes. During class I burned 324 calories. So my total for today was 541!! One of the great things about starting with the 30 minute run is that it really gets my calorie burn going so even when I slow down a little in class, I keep burning lots of calories.

One thing I want to give you to think about over the weekend is something I have been hearing about more and more. It is eating more to weigh less. Sounds perfect, doesn't it? Well, I read an article in a running magazine this week that talked about an overweight women who had cut her calories drastically (around 1200-1400) and was working out a lot. She was seeing no progress on the scale, so she cut her calories even more. Still nothing on the scale. Then she talked to the "professionals" and one thing they said was that she wasn't eating enough to sustain her body through her workouts. They talked about eating breakfast (first thing in the morning) to get your metabolism going. This is so important. Our bodies do things even without us telling them and one of the things is to go into starvation mode when we don't feed them in the morning. What this means is that if you don't eat something in the morning, your body thinks it isn't going to get food so it starts storing fat and slowing down your metabolism. Plus you are even hungrier when you do eat and then eat more than you should at lunch. The woman in the story ended up changing her calorie intake to over 2000 and finally started to see the numbers come down on the scale. Now the thing is you can't just up your calories with french fries or cinnamon rolls. The idea is to get more fruits, veggies, whole grains, etc. So just a little something to think about this weekend!

Have a great time and do something fun outside this weekend. I'll be walking around the Valkyrie (Craig's motorcycle) yearly shindig and checking out all the cool bikes.