Bouncing in Sussex

Love rebounding every morning! This has been a great series! He also has a fantastic video of his trip to New Zealand, too.

Rebounding at 14,000 Feet

I am not inspired to write much, which doesn't happen very often. These are the darkest days of the year as we approach winter solstice...ah, only 11 more days until we start back the other way. It is gray and dreary this morning.

But not on Mt Whitney!

I bounced up to the summit house this morning!

I've been thinking about things I'll be able to do when I lose weight and that's been inspiring me.

Bouncing Down the Grand Canyon

I tried a new video today. A marathon through the Grand Canyon, whoah! There are six of these videos. The trailhead is at the top and the run goes down, down, down. Some of the path is really narrow with scary drop-offs! It was fun to watch!

Bouncing and Breakthrough

Over the past three years, I've been in a process to gain the hearts of my children. I've been learning to love them sacrificially and the Lord has done a beautiful work in turning our lives around.

I've been comparing my process in learning to love with my process of losing weight.

I haven't really lost any weight recently and am totally stalled in what should be a process of turning my health around. I've spent some time with pen and paper evaluating what the difference is between my two processes.

Last week I got serious about obeying what the Lord has so graciously told me to do in order to lose weight, in order to be free of so much of me, in order to turn my health around. I am very much in process of understanding it, but I know I CAN obey without understanding it all.

I had a huge breakthrough in eating half of dinner a few nights and engaging in putting down my flesh when I felt tempted to eat sugar. He really makes it easy, when I cry out to Him. I find that I've been silencing my conscience in order to indulge my fleshly desires for more food and sugar, denying the fact that's He's already given me instruction...I'm not engaged, not obeying, and of course...not seeing any results toward weight loss.

I keep going back to the basic few things He's told me to do...am I doing them?

Walk: I'm bouncing 20-30 minutes per day and I think I've only missed two days since I started-LOVE IT and feel disappointed when the time is up and I have to stop. What a gift to not have to leave my house to take my walk. I love pulling the trampoline in front of the computer, stretching and bouncing! I'm not doing cardio and I'm not taking my feet off the mat, just bouncing up and down and moving my arms to keep my rhythm. They call that the "health bounce".

Fiber: It is pretty easy for me to eat my 30 grams plus unsweetened almond milk each day. Sometimes I do have this as a late afternoon snack on days when it doesn't get eaten for breakfast. I'm finding that I really like the Silk brand because it is a thicker, more substantial consistency.

Water: I'm doing it! Five water bottles per day (this is REALLY working) as long as I'm at home, I can pretty much get these down every single day. 82 ounces. Daily. Yay!

No Sugar: This means NO SUGAR-daily. I've put some Skinny Chocolate (THM recipe) in the freezer for times I feel I can't live without a sweet. It has zero impact on my system and satisfies when I need some chocolate. I also need to engage in putting down my flesh when I have urges to eat sugar. I realize that I haven't been engaging AT ALL, but now I am...it is making a huge difference.

Salad Daily: I've been doing SO MUCH BETTER eating my salads. I feel great when I do and I LOVE to eat them...once they are assembled! It helps if I start putting my salad together in the morning, tossing in the lettuce so when I get hungry, I can just start tossing stuff in the bowl.

Half of Dinner: I've actually done this for a few days...wow! Thank you Lord, I feel terrific!

Putting all these things together should result in losing weight. :)

I Keep Bouncing!

I know I'm getting benefit from this! Rebounding boosts the lymphatic system. Very invigorating, I'm loving this!

Rebounding This Morning

I won't give up. I'm going to figure this out. This morning was a breakthrough for me!

We only did the Walk at Home walking a handful of times because it hurt our hips. I was doing some other intense stretching, and tweaked my foot/arch/ankle area. I've been having trouble walking-anywhere. I haven't done any exercise in about two weeks...I feel awful! It is surprising how even my little walks were helping sustain me! I've been feeling lots of real guilt because I haven't been obeying "walk everyday". The Lord has grace for injuries, but I'm able to walk again (though still a spot that is a little sore).

About ten years ago, we purchased a Needak rebounder trampoline. I've never been able to get serious about rebounding because of my rebounding chest (breasts)! Recently, I found a solution to this problem!

This morning, I was asking the Lord what I should do since I haven't been walking (nor dancing, nor Walking at Home). He gave me the idea to wear my "sports bra solution" and get on the rebounder.

IT WORKED!

I put on the dance music and a virtual walk YouTube video and bounced for almost 40 minutes! What a great workout, I feel GREAT! Apparently, I bounced 2.2 miles (3.5km)!!!

I timed myself at 120 "steps" (bounces) per minute, which is a much faster pace than I'd be walking outside. I had total control over what muscles I wanted to use and simply gently bounced and moved my arms as was comfortable (no set routine or movements). When my shins and feet started to hurt a little, I got on my knees to give them a rest! I can't believe I can bounce on my knees! This is AWESOME! I had to put shoes on for arch support. My lymphatic system is happy!

I started not watching the virtual walk...my mind needed something to focus on and it was just the ticket. Can't believe I did 40 minutes.

And I can't wait to do it again.

So I got thinking...is this something John could do with me if we got another trampoline?

I'm thinking I can get up at the same time everyday and do my rebounding exercise AND do it while the kids get ready for lights out. THAT would be some decent exercise!

Along that thought was combining some T-Tapp muscle scrunches, T-Tapp skin brushing system and THM eating plan. I'm not sure about all that, but I KNOW I can do this system of rebounding in the morning, at a minimum. Ah, I feel like I have my exercise back!

Search "walking virtual" for other videos.

Update: While the kids got ready for bed, I did another 30 minutes! I feel fantastic! I can't wait to get up early and do some more! YAY!

Three Miles Today

Oh, here's a doozy! Here we are in front of my desk, watching Leslie Sansone do the easy one mile beginner walk on YouTube.  The past couple nights we've been walking a mile together. We even held hands a little! Love being able to exercise with my honey...we are doing something we've NEVER done before, this is exciting! And totally sustainable!

Oh my word, I did a brisk two mile walk video earlier today-it killed me! It was really hard! But I'm feeling kinda challenged to see what it will take to get me to a point where it's easy peasy...I walked THREE miles today! I feel so energized!

This is the tough two mile:
http://youtu.be/0cE1jxDS3HY