Working Out ? ?

I've been working out lately and I feel really good. I do video's, dvd's and I bought an eliptical machine which was delivered in January. I got sick a few times and could use it, then had some injuries flare up. That stunk... but overall I'm doing a good job keeping to a routine. Wednesday though I used too much weight and hurt my shoulder blade, so I took Thursday off from working out. Friday came I was doing things, and not doing things, around the house and with the computer, I wasn't much in the mood.

I did notice however, by today that my shoulder blade didn't feel funny, and I didn't have that little ... pain under there. So I figured today would be a good day to start up again. So I did abs and I did program three on the eliptical. And interestingly enough, I felt better. I didn't feel quite so cranky as I have the past couple of days. That's pretty interesting considering my thought process is that now that I'm used to it, maybe my body is producing all those feel good chemicals and when I don't work out, I can feel the difference. I'm not an expert on that, but it seems to fit.

I've also been pretty frustrated about not having seen a change in weight. Now I know, there are all these things out there that say muscle weighs more than fat etc., but I've been feeling rather discouraged about it. I started thinking about my habits in the past. Usually, after about a month, I get over zealous and hurt a body part which causes me to stop working out for up to 10 days. Or longer... depended on what the issue was.

Since I haven't seen the results I want, I thought maybe I was going to just give up and let nature take it's course, which would be really silly after all this hard work right? Yah, I think so too. I mean the thing is, just because we don't have instant results doesn't mean we aren't getting to where we want to be. And what if within the next couple of weeks things start turning and I do see real change? There have been some changes after all.

So the thing is, don't give up too soon. Keep enjoying feeling good, and keep trying to reach whatever goal makes you personally comfortable. Try not to compare yourself to another person because we all have different body types.

Support is a nice thing to have as well, you can get that online or by dragging friends with you. In the end it's all about you and what you want to feel like, I feel pretty good, so I figure it took me about 4/5 years to get out of shape, I may have to exercise some patience for the new me to come out. So I try to keep that in mind when I don't feel like working out and it makes me feel like I'm putting all this effort in for nothing. Know what I mean? Yah... maybe you do :)

Okay that's my thought process for today. Have a good one! And if you have workout stories to share please comment or offer support even. I'd love it!