Gotta get me some exercise!

Today is the first day of fall, or autumn if you prefer.  It's my FAVORITE season!  I love the sights and smells and I especially love the cooler temps.  I do not like to be hot.  I do not like sweating.  And I especially don't like moving around when the heat and humidity are high.  This probably has

contributed to becoming the size I am, but there it is. I don't like heat.

However, I must start exercising with a focus on building muscle.  As my nutritionist tells me, after surgery my body is going to be burning up fat like crazy, but it's also going to start consuming muscle for energy.  It's really important that I begin to build up as much muscle as I possibly can NOW so that when I start to lose it post-surgery, I have some to lose.  Plus, as I begin to become a smaller person, I will need to be constantly working to build more muscle and will have to make sure I'm consuming between 60-80 grams of protein each day.  I'm going to probably feel weak after surgery because I'll be losing muscle, so again...the more I can build now, the better.

Taking advantage of the cooler temps and the fall scenery, I'm going to push myself to get out and enjoy the beauty of nature in autumn as much as possible.  My nutritionist also recommended an app for my phone which really is pretty cool. It's call Daily Workout and it's a free app you can get.  It has 5 minute workouts for abs, arms, butt, cardio, legs and also a full workout option, which I think touches all of those things.  (I haven't actually used the full workout yet!)  If you're looking for it, the app looks like this:

I'm trying to utilize this at least twice a week so far.  I mean, really...I can come up with all the excuses in the world, but even I can spare FIVE MINUTES to do these workouts.  I have no excuse.

So this is my challenge to me!  Get busy!  Get exercising!  Build that muscle, girl, because you'll be a lot better off after surgery if you work it now!

Want to join me?