September 2016 Exercise Log

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I probably won’t keep up with logging my exercise on my blog, but I’m going to post this here because I already started it in this format with my blog in mind. In the future, I’ll probably just log my workout notes in Google Docs, if at all.

The executive summary of this month’s workouts: I worked out twice a week, usually one class and one weights session. My go-to classes are Yoga Flow and Kickboxing, since the strength classes tend to do stuff that’s not recommended for my back, and they don’t offer Core Fusion these days. I’m feeling much more comfortable with the weight machines, and I’m clearly making progress, as evident in my longhand workout journal.

I suspect that I’ll continue to do one group fitness class and one weights session every week for the foreseeable future. Tuesdays are usually Weight Watchers meetings and Wednesdays are usually social lunches, and the group fitness schedule varies week to week.

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September 2016 Weigh-in

I wasn’t sure if I could pull it off, but that Eva Longoria sheath dress on The Limited’s website really looked flattering — plus, I could get it at 40% off. That purchase turned into the biggest Non-Scale Victory I’ve experienced in a Very Long Time.

Not only did I wear it to work (and accessorize it properly), but I felt good in it, and I looked good in it, and I got unsolicited compliments on it (which is to say, I wasn’t fishing for compliments).

dress mirror selfie

Had anyone asked me five years and fourteen pounds ago if I’d be comfortable wearing an eyelet knit stretch sheath dress without a jacket or sweater over it, my answer would have been HELLZ to the NO. Today, even though I can still see my lumps and bumps and rolls and other indignities, I still feel really awesome in this dress.

This is not a little thing. This is a huge shift in mindset. This is big.
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