Update on my progress. Starting to work out again. That and my diet.

[babycakes1970]

Well this week I worked out twice. I am kind of easing back into it after taking it easy for a few weeks due to my heels and knees hurting/weakness. I swam laps in the pool at the Y one evening and used the elliptical on another. I will be trying the Angry Birds workout instead of the beginner bodyweight routine this coming week.Next weekend I intend to buy a pull up bar for my doorway.

At this point my goal is to simply be able to maintain muscle mass while I continue working on losing nother fifty pounds. I am not by any means eliminating the possibility of my learning to do deadlifts in the future (you know "lifting heavy"). Since my workouts are all in the evenings I really do not have the time for it at the Y (they close at nine and we usually get there about 7:45 pm).I have cut back my chronic cardio at the Y down to three times a week and was doing bodyweight at home 2-3 times a week. Hey if you do it fast enough the Angry Birds workout can be great cardio. At some point in the next six months or so I will get a bench and some equipment to lift at home in my garage.

I am not really doing the Paleo diet at this time although I would love to. This is because of my income being what it is and with a rather large household. I am simply trying to eliminate as much refined sugar as possible and as many processed foods as I can. I am learning to make more foods from scratch so that I can eliminate as much sugar and high fructose corn syrup form my diet as possible. I never realized just how much of that stuff was in the foods we buy at the store until I really started reading the labels.

[Elastigirl]

Sounds like you are doing an awesome job. The nice thing about the Angry Birds Workout is you can do it slower and really concentrate on good form. I like how you are finding the right eating plan that works for you.

[babycakes1970]

Thanks!