T-Tapp: Beginning Week 3

2 pounds lost. I know that doesn't seem like much at all, but the fact that I have actually gone down 1 pound two weeks in a row instead of going down then up again is very encouraging to me. And the best news . . .

2 1/2 inches lost! All around my upper torso, nothing around my mid section - but I'm big everywhere, so I'll take what I can get. It would be really nice to not have so much bra chaffing. Especially since it's been so hot out!

So I feel the arm motions have been working. I'm not so sure about the tummy tucking. I do move my body into the positions, but I almost feel that my brain is disconnected from any stomach muscles I may have had four kids (and 20 years ago). I find myself tightening my stomach as I'm driving in the car, or standing in a store. That's kinda weird, because I certainly haven't done that before. But I figure it's good, my body is trying to connect to and strengthen those muscles that I haven't thought about in years.

So at this point I would say that it's worth it to me to keep going.

T-Tapp:Week 2 - Continued

I did T-Tapp yesterday. Really I did. I just forgot to post.

I am thankful that we have moved on to the actual workout instead of the instructional video. It's so much faster and leaves me feeling like I did something. The Hoe-Downs (sadly) leave me breathless.

I worked out again today. The amount of my children joining me vary depending on the day and time. I'm still not telling my husband.

I've decided on a goal. We just had a graduation party for my oldest daughter this past weekend. We are having a 50th anniversary party for my parents in mid/late August. A lot of the same people will be attending and I just want one or two of them to say "You look thinner - are you working out/dieting?"

T-Tapp: Week 2 ?

Monday morning - I weighed and measured myself again - and - nothing. I lost 1 pound and gained a 1/2" around my abdomen. I figure I probably had the measuring tape in a slightly different place than last week - it's hard to tell. I spent most of last week doing the instructional video, so maybe that didn't really count? Maybe part of this is doing the 8 reps consistantly without the pauses for instruction?

This morning we did the regular 15 minute workout with the "hoe-down". We'll continue with that and see what next week brings. I am a bit discouraged right now. It doesn't help that my husband is a jerk and spent time pointing out every mistake I made all weekend just before leaving for work. He won't give me input when planning something, but he sure can critize when it's over. One of the many reasons I won't tell him about my exercise committment.

T-Tapp: Day 5

I got up early this morning to fit in my "workout". (Should someone call just 15 minutes a workout?) For the first time I did the non-instructional video. It was nice to simply go straight through. I still need a screen on my floor though.

Busy, busy this weekend - so I don't know if I'll fit it in, but I do know that I won't have time to post. So catch you Monday :o)

T-Tapp, Day 4

I really don't feel like tapping when I get up in the morning. So I remind mmyself that it's only 15 minutes or so. It still took me a long time to motivate myself today. I don't know why. I feel better when I'm done. Winded sure, but more energetic. I'm starting to remember some of the routine. Maybe soon I'll be able to do the video without the step by step instruction. I did do it though. Just in case you were wondering :o)

T-Tapp Day 3

Got up before the rest of the family to get in my workout. I'm breathing heavily by the end, so it must be doing something. I figure it will take months before I can get enough flexibility (and weight loss) to get all the position's correct. I think the one larger person they have in the video should be closer to the front. When I can see her trying to get into the positions I think that perhaps I'm not so far off after all.

My husband doesn't know I'm doing this. I won't tell him either. He thinks he's encouraging when I diet or exercise, but instead he tries to control everything. "Should you be eating that? Is that on your diet? Weren't you going to walk today?" How nice that you have the will power to tell me what to do, but you can't control your own actions.

Happy Fourth of July. Hopefully by next year the heat won't incapacitate me due to my size :o)

T-Tapp: Day 2

Okay, so I woke up in the middle of the night and my arms and upper back/shoulders were killing me. Obviously something was happening yesterday. I had a hard time going back to sleep. Once I got up in the morning I could barely raise my arms above my head. Ouch. After a couple of hours doing desk work I felt a bit better and decided that perhaps I could survive another day of T-Tapp after all.

Oldest DD and I did a bit better keeping up with the instructions today. I was breathing rather heavily by the time we finished, but my body doesn't hurt. I wonder what might wake me up tonight?

Something New to Try

A friend posted on Facebook that she was doing an exercise program called T-Tapp. I didn't pay a whole lot of attention until two weeks later when she posted that she had to buy smaller underwear. Somehow that did it for me. I decided to check out the website here. 15 minutes a day, and I'm going to lose inches!?!

Yes, I know I'm fat. Let's be real - I qualify as morbidly obese. I've tried to exercise - mostly walking, which the dog enjoys. I have tried following exercise programs - like those "5 easy exercises to a new you" kind of things printed in magazines. I'd follow them for a month and nothing. No change. And I know because I weigh myself weekly and measure myself every now and again. I've tried dieting. Still nothing. Instead I watch myself go up 5 - 10 pounds every year.

I watched Dr. Phil's weight loss challenge, the Biggest Loser, and more recently Extreme Makeover:Weight-loss Edition. The people start out bigger and bigger. At this point I can console myself with - well I'm not quite that big. But I can also think - give me a couple of years...

I started taking iodine back in February to help my Thyroid. My Grandmother had a goiter, my Mom takes some synthetic stuff - so I figure chances are likely that I have or will have a problem. But me, go to the doctor? No thank you. So maybe the iodine will help, but it shouldn't hurt at least. I don't feel depressed anymore, but I can't say that it's helped my weight.

So anyway. T-Tapp. I ordered the basic workout DVD. It came with the 90 minute seminar that I watched over the weekend. Today was day 1. My oldest DD and my youngest DD are doing it with me. The instructional video takes 23 minutes. We laughed quite a bit as we tried to get our bodies in the same positions that we saw on screen. I want a screen on the floor. The first move you bend over and you have no idea of what to do next because you can't see the screen anymore. My 10yo quit halfway through. Many of the positions are difficult only because my body fat gets in the way, not because they're hard to do. In fact, they're kind of not. We finished and looked at each other "That's it?" We'll see.