I was awakened by my lovely cell phone going off and 9:30 this morning and I'm actually glad that it did. I could have very easily just stayed in bed for a few more hours but, I wanted to get my dear sweet workout done and then relax for the day. However, things don't always go as planned. I got up and had my shower and then had my oat bran with half a cup of blueberries in it and then made my way over to the bus stop.
While waiting there, I was blessed to have this wonderful woman sitting beside me that made me think that maybe I should walk over to the next stop but, she'd still be on the bus with me and I figured I would just stay there and listen to her talk to herself. And yes, she was talking with herself, there were definitely no little gadgets attached to her ears. So, I got onto the bus, went over to clareview and continued my walk over to the gym.
I started off on the treadmill on a 12 incline which is my normal, on a 2.2 and then after 5 min, dropped it down a full incline after another 2 min. Every 2 min, I dropped the incline by 1 and by the time I got to a 6 incline I increased my speed to a 2.4 and then every minute after that increased it the speed by .1 until I hit a 2.8 and carried on until I hit 25 min. I did my cool down, went to the bathroom and started to go back to the treadmill but, I wasn't quite sure that I wanted to continue on for another half an hour on there.
Instead, i felt pretty good so I jumped onto the eliptical. I still had to take breaks while I was on it quite a few times, but there were times where I was able to go 2 - 3 min on it without stopping. I wound up going for 22 min, which is the longest by far that I have been on the eliptical and I was really happy about that. I've come to term with the fact that right now, my body is not quite used to the way that it moves on the eliptical and I am still happy that I was able to go for as long as I did. I am hoping to slowly re-train my mind in the next little while and then I will be able to do whatever I want when I go to the gym without feeling guilty or upset with myself.
I still need to do my stretches tonight which I will do after supper and when I do, I will be sure to come back and edit this blog to incorporate everything else that I may be doing later on this evening.
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Monday, 29 August 2011
Day 49
Again this morning I woke up feeling frustrated and not looking forward to the long walk to the gym. I really don't understand what is going on with me and I think that Jeremy has helped me in a few ways today to figure some of it out. We started off doing the rowing weights on the bench and I had to do about 12 of them, or as many as I could and then go up and down the stairs twice. I repeated this 3 times and then took a quick rest to get a drink of water and then he grabbed the bonsai ball and I had to do 15 lunges on it, and then bicep curls on the other end of the machine. It was really tough for me to do because my wrists were hurting every time I went to pull down. I don't know if it was because I wasn't doing it right, or if it was the bar, but we tried to do these reps twice and then Jeremy said he was going to switch it up a little. I had to stand on the bonsai ball and then do the rowing pulls 12 times on each arm and try to keep my balance on the ball. It's actually quite tough to do.
And then he went over to grab the mats and had me do 20 ab crunches roll over onto my tummy and do the plank and then ab crunches 20 times again. I actually was able to do the plank for 15 seconds on my toes!!!! It was quite a feat for me and I was actually really impressed that I could do it and Jeremy was really excited as well. From there, he had me lay on the mat and pull my left leg over to the right with my right and and then the left side, point my toes and bring my hands over my head and reaching for the stars so to speak. He then had me put my right ankle on my left knee and then he took ahold of my leg and ankle and then kind of pushed into me to help stretch out my glutes. He repeated on the other side and then proceeded to give me my homework for the next couple of days.
We made a list today of things that I am thankful for in my life and things that I love and then told me I needed to type it up on the computer and then every time I felt like I was in a negative mood, to read them and remind myself of the positives in my life that is happening. He then told me to do stretches every day, no excuses and said that he was really proud of me today and that I did an amazing job,
I knew that this was going to be a long process and I knew that it was going to be painful physically but, I really didn't think it would have the emotional toll on me that is has. I am rethinking about all aspects of my life and about what kinds of things make me happy and quite honestly, I'm not sure how long that is going to take, but while this next process is in the works, I may or may not be in the best of spirits all of the time so therefore, I am asking for the support of those that have helped me come this far and to continue to keep the comments and motivation coming! I thank you all very deeply from the bottom of my heart! More tomorrow as I will be going to the gym at some point during the day.
And then he went over to grab the mats and had me do 20 ab crunches roll over onto my tummy and do the plank and then ab crunches 20 times again. I actually was able to do the plank for 15 seconds on my toes!!!! It was quite a feat for me and I was actually really impressed that I could do it and Jeremy was really excited as well. From there, he had me lay on the mat and pull my left leg over to the right with my right and and then the left side, point my toes and bring my hands over my head and reaching for the stars so to speak. He then had me put my right ankle on my left knee and then he took ahold of my leg and ankle and then kind of pushed into me to help stretch out my glutes. He repeated on the other side and then proceeded to give me my homework for the next couple of days.
We made a list today of things that I am thankful for in my life and things that I love and then told me I needed to type it up on the computer and then every time I felt like I was in a negative mood, to read them and remind myself of the positives in my life that is happening. He then told me to do stretches every day, no excuses and said that he was really proud of me today and that I did an amazing job,
I knew that this was going to be a long process and I knew that it was going to be painful physically but, I really didn't think it would have the emotional toll on me that is has. I am rethinking about all aspects of my life and about what kinds of things make me happy and quite honestly, I'm not sure how long that is going to take, but while this next process is in the works, I may or may not be in the best of spirits all of the time so therefore, I am asking for the support of those that have helped me come this far and to continue to keep the comments and motivation coming! I thank you all very deeply from the bottom of my heart! More tomorrow as I will be going to the gym at some point during the day.
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Day 48
Yesterday was a rest day and by george, I needed it! I am still really sore today and I don't know how I'm going to help myself with the pain but, I am going to try anything I can to get better. I'm gonna have to because tomorrow I have my next session with Jeremy in the morning at 11 and I don't want to be a total wimp.
Today is roughly about the same as yesterday, I still can't raise my arms above my head, and I'm still feeling a little on the frustrated side like I was the other day. With being weigh in day, I am a little bit in a better mood. I did my weight this morning and the scale says that officially I have lost 14 lbs so far to date. Another 26 lbs and the next part of my journey is going to be started.
This morning I went to the gym for 9am and I started off on the treadmill at a 12 incline for 5 min at a 2 speed and then slowly decreased the incline down each min by 1. I went for a total of 17 min and then decided to try the eliptical once more. I made it about 5 min before I quit and went to the hamstring machine to stretch out the glutes and hamstrings and then went over to the flexibility machine to stretch out there as well. Once I was finished stretching I went back onto the treadmill for a 10 min speed walk at a 2.8 and 4.5 incline and then rested for 1 min before continuing on for another 30 min doing the cardio workout on the machine. It maintained my heart rate at 145 and wound up doing anywhere from a 6 incline to a 9.3 incline on a 2.2 speed.
I was sort of impressed with the workout, just because of the fact that I was at a 2.2 speed at a higher incline than normal but a little on the dissappointed side for not being able to do as much as I want to do. I will be doing some of my stretches in a little bit here and then hoping to get my step ups in before I have to go to work. I really want to be able to be pain free for tonight. However, if it winds up that I am not, then I guess I'm not. Tomorrow I will write after my session with Jeremy.
Today is roughly about the same as yesterday, I still can't raise my arms above my head, and I'm still feeling a little on the frustrated side like I was the other day. With being weigh in day, I am a little bit in a better mood. I did my weight this morning and the scale says that officially I have lost 14 lbs so far to date. Another 26 lbs and the next part of my journey is going to be started.
This morning I went to the gym for 9am and I started off on the treadmill at a 12 incline for 5 min at a 2 speed and then slowly decreased the incline down each min by 1. I went for a total of 17 min and then decided to try the eliptical once more. I made it about 5 min before I quit and went to the hamstring machine to stretch out the glutes and hamstrings and then went over to the flexibility machine to stretch out there as well. Once I was finished stretching I went back onto the treadmill for a 10 min speed walk at a 2.8 and 4.5 incline and then rested for 1 min before continuing on for another 30 min doing the cardio workout on the machine. It maintained my heart rate at 145 and wound up doing anywhere from a 6 incline to a 9.3 incline on a 2.2 speed.
I was sort of impressed with the workout, just because of the fact that I was at a 2.2 speed at a higher incline than normal but a little on the dissappointed side for not being able to do as much as I want to do. I will be doing some of my stretches in a little bit here and then hoping to get my step ups in before I have to go to work. I really want to be able to be pain free for tonight. However, if it winds up that I am not, then I guess I'm not. Tomorrow I will write after my session with Jeremy.
Friday, 26 August 2011
Day 46
It's not a good today at all. I woke up feeling a little on the bummed out side and it's kind of sticking with me today. I'm not feeling the motivation, I'm not feeling the support, and I just plain don't feel happy today. I've been doing a lot of thinking in my workouts lately and although I won't disclose particulars here, I know what the problems are and I am in need of discussing them with the respected people that I have issues with. These specific people should not be surprised when I do approach them, and not feel defensive, it's how I feel and I just want to let them know the effect that they have on me.
Moving on to my session with Jeremy, we tend to talk a lot lately and I am really thankful because I can talk to him about certain things and he basically just listens and offers advice if he has any. He asked me today why I was feeling frustrated and I told him flat out that the support system that I thought I had, I really don't have. He then told me that I was not doing this for anyone but myself and that I should be happy with myself because I have come such a long way from where we started.
Throughout the whole session we did muscle endurance, I had to basically do all forms of bench pressing from holding my arms out to the sides and pulling the bars to the front 35 times, sumo squats 15 times, bicep curlups 25 times, and then sitting on a machine and with my elbows bent, push forward on the bars 35 times. I had to do three reps of each and then we went to the stairs and did 35 calf stretches on tip toes and then each foot pushed down for a min on each. Once done we went upstairs and did the hamstring stretch, stretched the glutes and then the flexibility machine.
Jeremy was actually pretty good today, very positive as usual and quite funny. He told me how impressed he was with me and that apparently I knew how to get to his heart. :) Obviously he really appreciated the tim horton's gift card I gave him on the last session and he's put that to good use. My homework for the next few days is to do an hour and a half of cardio, and stretches every day until Monday at 11am.
Hopefully within the next few days I will be able to sort out my issues with myself and to speak to those that I need to about what is bothering me. Thanks to those who have chosen to read this rant and rave.
Moving on to my session with Jeremy, we tend to talk a lot lately and I am really thankful because I can talk to him about certain things and he basically just listens and offers advice if he has any. He asked me today why I was feeling frustrated and I told him flat out that the support system that I thought I had, I really don't have. He then told me that I was not doing this for anyone but myself and that I should be happy with myself because I have come such a long way from where we started.
Throughout the whole session we did muscle endurance, I had to basically do all forms of bench pressing from holding my arms out to the sides and pulling the bars to the front 35 times, sumo squats 15 times, bicep curlups 25 times, and then sitting on a machine and with my elbows bent, push forward on the bars 35 times. I had to do three reps of each and then we went to the stairs and did 35 calf stretches on tip toes and then each foot pushed down for a min on each. Once done we went upstairs and did the hamstring stretch, stretched the glutes and then the flexibility machine.
Jeremy was actually pretty good today, very positive as usual and quite funny. He told me how impressed he was with me and that apparently I knew how to get to his heart. :) Obviously he really appreciated the tim horton's gift card I gave him on the last session and he's put that to good use. My homework for the next few days is to do an hour and a half of cardio, and stretches every day until Monday at 11am.
Hopefully within the next few days I will be able to sort out my issues with myself and to speak to those that I need to about what is bothering me. Thanks to those who have chosen to read this rant and rave.
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Day 44
Ok so I slacked a little on the blog area the last couple days. Let's see if I can remember what happened. Well, Jeremy said that my homework was to take Tuesday off for me and while I was really looking forward to it, I just couldn't go through with it. I got up in the morning to meet with Shawn at Esso because I had talked to Mike (my boss) about getting him a job there. From there, Shawn came back here and hung out with me for the day. It was pretty nice and relaxing, we didn't really do much, just sat here and watched tv and chatted throughout the day. He then offered to make supper for us and we wound up having fish, thai curry noodles and steamed peas. He did a really good job with it! After supper was over, Jan went to go pick up the dogs from the groomers and I was feeling really guilty for not going to the gym. I have no idea why, maybe cause I was bored, and missed it, I don't know. So, when Jan got home, I borrowed the car and headed over to the gym where I met Nikki and Matt.
Instead of starting off on the treadmill like normal, we decided to start off on the eliptical. The gym was really busy and almost every treadmill was either busy or broken. So, the eliptical it was. I did a total of 17 min, which is pretty good, but what frustrated me was that my left knee was still bothering me and my right thigh was in a bit of pain so every minute to a mintute and a half I had to stop and take a break. I was so dissappointed in myself and decided finally to go and do the bike for 10 min. Even doing the bike didn't really do anything for me and I just gave up. I suppose looking back I could have maybe done some stretching but, at the time I was really upset with myself and just decided to call it a night. Sometimes you just can't do what you want to do.
Yesterday I took as my rest day and it was definitely a rest day not to mention a slacker of a day for healthy food choices. I had a pizza pita sandwich from work and a pepporoni cheese stick and then later on we had McDonald's for supper. I had 2 grilled chicken spicy snack wraps and a medium fries. I probably could've cut out the fries, but, I figured, what the heck? I've been pretty good with my food intake the last couple months.
Today I got my butt out of bed quite early, 6am in fact, and was ready to go to the gym by the time Jan was ready to leave for work. She gave me a ride to the superstore parking lot and I was at the gym by 8:30. I started myself on the treadmill at a 12 incline and 2 speed for 4 min and then every 2 min bumped the incline down by .5. Once I hit a 9 incline I lowered the incline to 8.5 and bumped the speed to 2.1 a min it. Eventually I was at a 5 incline and a speed of 2.6. I wound up burning 313 calories in the 34 min that I was on the treadmill and then decided to try the Eliptical once more. I was not going to let the sucker get me!
I started off at a pretty slow pace and kept that going for 5 min before I had to take a break and drink some water and then got right back to it again. Stopped at the 10 min mark and had another drink and went for another 3 1/2. This time I stopped for about a min and then carried on. My total time was 20 min and I had burned another 200 calories! I was so excited that I had to text Nikki and let her know! She knew how upset I was on Tuesday for not being able to do it so she was quite happy for me that I was able to do it today.
Tomorrow I have a session with Jeremy at 11 and although I am a little concerned about the left knee, I am really hoping that it will be better. I want to be able to do the workout tomorrow with as little stopping as possible so that I can get the most effect out of it. Here's hoping!
Instead of starting off on the treadmill like normal, we decided to start off on the eliptical. The gym was really busy and almost every treadmill was either busy or broken. So, the eliptical it was. I did a total of 17 min, which is pretty good, but what frustrated me was that my left knee was still bothering me and my right thigh was in a bit of pain so every minute to a mintute and a half I had to stop and take a break. I was so dissappointed in myself and decided finally to go and do the bike for 10 min. Even doing the bike didn't really do anything for me and I just gave up. I suppose looking back I could have maybe done some stretching but, at the time I was really upset with myself and just decided to call it a night. Sometimes you just can't do what you want to do.
Yesterday I took as my rest day and it was definitely a rest day not to mention a slacker of a day for healthy food choices. I had a pizza pita sandwich from work and a pepporoni cheese stick and then later on we had McDonald's for supper. I had 2 grilled chicken spicy snack wraps and a medium fries. I probably could've cut out the fries, but, I figured, what the heck? I've been pretty good with my food intake the last couple months.
Today I got my butt out of bed quite early, 6am in fact, and was ready to go to the gym by the time Jan was ready to leave for work. She gave me a ride to the superstore parking lot and I was at the gym by 8:30. I started myself on the treadmill at a 12 incline and 2 speed for 4 min and then every 2 min bumped the incline down by .5. Once I hit a 9 incline I lowered the incline to 8.5 and bumped the speed to 2.1 a min it. Eventually I was at a 5 incline and a speed of 2.6. I wound up burning 313 calories in the 34 min that I was on the treadmill and then decided to try the Eliptical once more. I was not going to let the sucker get me!
I started off at a pretty slow pace and kept that going for 5 min before I had to take a break and drink some water and then got right back to it again. Stopped at the 10 min mark and had another drink and went for another 3 1/2. This time I stopped for about a min and then carried on. My total time was 20 min and I had burned another 200 calories! I was so excited that I had to text Nikki and let her know! She knew how upset I was on Tuesday for not being able to do it so she was quite happy for me that I was able to do it today.
Tomorrow I have a session with Jeremy at 11 and although I am a little concerned about the left knee, I am really hoping that it will be better. I want to be able to do the workout tomorrow with as little stopping as possible so that I can get the most effect out of it. Here's hoping!
Monday, 22 August 2011
Day 41
Today has been an interesting day that's for sure. I woke up in the most awful mood, jumped in the shower, tripped over the dog on the way to the bedroom, left late to catch the bus, almost missed it, while walking across the street dropped my cigarette in the middle of the intersection, couldn't get it, got to tim horton's for breakfast and noone understood a word of english, got my order paid for and was told that they didn't have any eggs and therefore had to change the thing, and then by the time I was ready to do my session, was really not ready and anxious to do it......
Jeremy came to get me from the treadmill and asked me how I was doing, so I told him that I wasn't really in a very happy mood at that time but it would surely change by the time I was done. And it did! Again, we talked throughout the session, my right leg and left knee was bugging me today so we basically just did a bunch of weight lifting today.
I started off with 5lb weight lifts while sitting on the bench and lifting the weights straight up 12 times with each arm and then 12 bicep curlups on each arm. Then, we went over to another hamstring machine that works a little bit different from the one that I am used to using. This one you use while standing up. Basically you hook your leg around a foot pedal, lean your chest onto a pad and push your leg backwards while lifting weights. Did this 12 times and then back to the bench to do more weight lifting. We did another 12 reps straight up, and then double bicep curls and then back to the hamstring machine for a repeat, 12 times on each leg. From there we went over to the railing and did calf stretching. Then I did 45 lb rowing on a different bench, moved over to the other side and reaching up on my tip toes, had to grab a bar and sit facing the machine and pulling down another 45lbs. I had to go up and down the stairs twice and repeat. This time instead of doing the stairs twice I had to go to the bike and sprint for 3 min as fast as I could and then rest. Then doing the rowing bars again, this time with 60lbs and then sprint for 2 min on the bike. Finally he had me do the cross body pull with 45lb weights and then for a cool down I did 5 min on the treadmill.
I may have left a few things out but, it's all I can remember at this time. As soon as Jenn and I were done, we headed on our way to the bus stop. By this time, I was feeling a bit better and wanted soup and sandwiches for lunch, so we went to Sobeys where I dropped a can of soup on my toe! So the bad day continues! Yay! We got home, started lunch, and when we were ready to eat, I dropped the soup ladle on the floor. Then I'm eating lunch and dropped my tomato. Clearly I am not meant to be using my hands today. However, I am slowly feeling better and by this evening I'm sure I will be for sure up to snuff!
Jeremy came to get me from the treadmill and asked me how I was doing, so I told him that I wasn't really in a very happy mood at that time but it would surely change by the time I was done. And it did! Again, we talked throughout the session, my right leg and left knee was bugging me today so we basically just did a bunch of weight lifting today.
I started off with 5lb weight lifts while sitting on the bench and lifting the weights straight up 12 times with each arm and then 12 bicep curlups on each arm. Then, we went over to another hamstring machine that works a little bit different from the one that I am used to using. This one you use while standing up. Basically you hook your leg around a foot pedal, lean your chest onto a pad and push your leg backwards while lifting weights. Did this 12 times and then back to the bench to do more weight lifting. We did another 12 reps straight up, and then double bicep curls and then back to the hamstring machine for a repeat, 12 times on each leg. From there we went over to the railing and did calf stretching. Then I did 45 lb rowing on a different bench, moved over to the other side and reaching up on my tip toes, had to grab a bar and sit facing the machine and pulling down another 45lbs. I had to go up and down the stairs twice and repeat. This time instead of doing the stairs twice I had to go to the bike and sprint for 3 min as fast as I could and then rest. Then doing the rowing bars again, this time with 60lbs and then sprint for 2 min on the bike. Finally he had me do the cross body pull with 45lb weights and then for a cool down I did 5 min on the treadmill.
I may have left a few things out but, it's all I can remember at this time. As soon as Jenn and I were done, we headed on our way to the bus stop. By this time, I was feeling a bit better and wanted soup and sandwiches for lunch, so we went to Sobeys where I dropped a can of soup on my toe! So the bad day continues! Yay! We got home, started lunch, and when we were ready to eat, I dropped the soup ladle on the floor. Then I'm eating lunch and dropped my tomato. Clearly I am not meant to be using my hands today. However, I am slowly feeling better and by this evening I'm sure I will be for sure up to snuff!
Sunday, 21 August 2011
Day 40
It's Weigh In Day! YAY! Was awake to get ready for the gym this morning at 7am and it was pretty slow moving this morning. My right leg is a little bit sore from the eliptical yesterday and therefore when I was coming down the stairs, I had to take it really easy so I wouldn't fall down the stairs. However, I made it to the basement just fine, turned on the wii and jumped onto the balance board. I wound up hitting 251.5 lbs! To date, total weight loss is 12.5 lbs lost!!
Once finished doing the "wahoo dance" in the basement, I went upstairs and got ready to go to the gym. I came down to the kitchen and realized that Jan had left the car keys and registration on the counter and I thought I would drive to work but then stuff happened that I don't feel like sharing at this point and I wound up walking to the gym. I got there at 8:40 and at this time Nikki had finally texted me back and was on her way. We met at the esso to have a bite to eat and then headed over.
I first used the hamstring machine and stretched each leg for 1 min and then putting my right ankle on my left knee and stretching that way on each leg for a min as well. Then I moved over to the flexibility machine and stretched each leg for a min each and grabbed the 7.5lb barbells. Sitting on the edge of a bench I did 10 side arm lifts and 10 curlups and then switched to the 5 lb barbell and repeated. By this time, my legs were ready to hit the treadmill.
I started off on the treadmill at a 12 incline and 2.0 speed for four minutes and then slowly dropped the incline by .5 every minute until I reached 7 incline. From there, I tried going for two min and again dropping the incline down .5 every time. Once I hit a 4 incline I had a small little break and then hit the incline up to 4.5 and the speed to 2.1. For every 30 sec I upped the incline by .5 and got the speed up to 2.4. By the end of my 30 min, I was at a 9 incline and 2.4 speed. Not to mention the fact that I had burned about 281 calories in 35 min.
Once finished with the treadmill I was still feeling pretty good and went over to the eliptical for a bit. I did 12 min on there, which I wanted to do at least 15 but, I went longer than yesterday so it's all good.
From there I went over to the rope railing and did the cross body stretch on each arm, went to the rope pulley and lifted 50lbs with each arm 10 times, and then the split rope I pulled 50 lbs down 10 times and then repeated the cross body stretch on each arm.
Finally we decided to get some more stretching in so I got down on the mat and stretched my legs out with my right foot against my left thigh and leaning forward, repeating on the other leg and then with both legs extended bent forward a little bit to stretch the back. Then laying down on the mat I pointed my toes across the gym and reached above my head and held on for about 30 seconds and then did the spinal extension on each leg for about 30 sec.
It was an awesome workout and we wound up staying for an hour and a half! In total, with my walk and workout, I did 2 hours and 10 min today! YAY!
Tomorrow is my session with Jeremy and Jenn is coming to work out while I see Jeremy and then we will be coming back here to chillax and other things. It should be a groovey day! I will more than most likely post roughly around 1pm tomorrow :)
Once finished doing the "wahoo dance" in the basement, I went upstairs and got ready to go to the gym. I came down to the kitchen and realized that Jan had left the car keys and registration on the counter and I thought I would drive to work but then stuff happened that I don't feel like sharing at this point and I wound up walking to the gym. I got there at 8:40 and at this time Nikki had finally texted me back and was on her way. We met at the esso to have a bite to eat and then headed over.
I first used the hamstring machine and stretched each leg for 1 min and then putting my right ankle on my left knee and stretching that way on each leg for a min as well. Then I moved over to the flexibility machine and stretched each leg for a min each and grabbed the 7.5lb barbells. Sitting on the edge of a bench I did 10 side arm lifts and 10 curlups and then switched to the 5 lb barbell and repeated. By this time, my legs were ready to hit the treadmill.
I started off on the treadmill at a 12 incline and 2.0 speed for four minutes and then slowly dropped the incline by .5 every minute until I reached 7 incline. From there, I tried going for two min and again dropping the incline down .5 every time. Once I hit a 4 incline I had a small little break and then hit the incline up to 4.5 and the speed to 2.1. For every 30 sec I upped the incline by .5 and got the speed up to 2.4. By the end of my 30 min, I was at a 9 incline and 2.4 speed. Not to mention the fact that I had burned about 281 calories in 35 min.
Once finished with the treadmill I was still feeling pretty good and went over to the eliptical for a bit. I did 12 min on there, which I wanted to do at least 15 but, I went longer than yesterday so it's all good.
From there I went over to the rope railing and did the cross body stretch on each arm, went to the rope pulley and lifted 50lbs with each arm 10 times, and then the split rope I pulled 50 lbs down 10 times and then repeated the cross body stretch on each arm.
Finally we decided to get some more stretching in so I got down on the mat and stretched my legs out with my right foot against my left thigh and leaning forward, repeating on the other leg and then with both legs extended bent forward a little bit to stretch the back. Then laying down on the mat I pointed my toes across the gym and reached above my head and held on for about 30 seconds and then did the spinal extension on each leg for about 30 sec.
It was an awesome workout and we wound up staying for an hour and a half! In total, with my walk and workout, I did 2 hours and 10 min today! YAY!
Tomorrow is my session with Jeremy and Jenn is coming to work out while I see Jeremy and then we will be coming back here to chillax and other things. It should be a groovey day! I will more than most likely post roughly around 1pm tomorrow :)
Day 39
This morning I woke up at 6am to little miss Charlie, scratching at the door to let her out. GRRR! She couldn't have waited another half an hour????? Darn cat! Anyways, I took that opportunity to jump in the shower and put on my workout clothes (New pants!) and by 7am I was out the door and on my way to the gym!
I thought that I would take the bus to the gym today as I had bus tickets available, however, I got to the bus stop and when I called buslink, found out that the next bus would be 40 min! Considering the marvelous mosquito population at that time in the morning by looking at my arms I thought, no way. I'm walking. Off I went!
I made it to Esso by the gym by 7:50 and waited for Nikki to join me. We had a coffee and a couple wraps and then hit it! We both started off on the treadmill and then she went off to do some stretching. I stayed on the treadmill and wound up pushing myself a bit harder than I ever had before. I did 10 min at a 2.6 speed and incline of 3, then upped the incline to a 4 for 1 min and then a 5 for 1 min. Afterwards, I dropped my speed down to a 2 and wound up increasing the incline every 30 seconds until I hit an incline of 11. I stayed on that for about a min and then gradually brought the incline down. I finished off burning 252 calories in half an hour and then went to do some hamstring stretches for a min on each leg and using the flexibility machine on each leg also for a min.
Nikki and I did something different for a change today and wound up going on the eliptical as well. She was on it for 12 min and I wound up staying on for 10 min. It's the longest so far that I have been on and I was quite happy with that. When we finished with that, we went over to the railing and did a couple stretches for the back and headed home. It was a fantastic workout today, barely any resting and very effective as I can feel it in the legs. Hopefully tomorrow we will be able to last for the 2 hours that we are projecting!
More tomorrow!
I thought that I would take the bus to the gym today as I had bus tickets available, however, I got to the bus stop and when I called buslink, found out that the next bus would be 40 min! Considering the marvelous mosquito population at that time in the morning by looking at my arms I thought, no way. I'm walking. Off I went!
I made it to Esso by the gym by 7:50 and waited for Nikki to join me. We had a coffee and a couple wraps and then hit it! We both started off on the treadmill and then she went off to do some stretching. I stayed on the treadmill and wound up pushing myself a bit harder than I ever had before. I did 10 min at a 2.6 speed and incline of 3, then upped the incline to a 4 for 1 min and then a 5 for 1 min. Afterwards, I dropped my speed down to a 2 and wound up increasing the incline every 30 seconds until I hit an incline of 11. I stayed on that for about a min and then gradually brought the incline down. I finished off burning 252 calories in half an hour and then went to do some hamstring stretches for a min on each leg and using the flexibility machine on each leg also for a min.
Nikki and I did something different for a change today and wound up going on the eliptical as well. She was on it for 12 min and I wound up staying on for 10 min. It's the longest so far that I have been on and I was quite happy with that. When we finished with that, we went over to the railing and did a couple stretches for the back and headed home. It was a fantastic workout today, barely any resting and very effective as I can feel it in the legs. Hopefully tomorrow we will be able to last for the 2 hours that we are projecting!
More tomorrow!
Day 38
Today's session with Jeremy was fantastic! We talked quite abit throughout the hour that i was there about quite a few things and although my knee is pretty sore, I feel really good! Jenn met me at the gym this morning at 10:30 so that she could get her membership started and then we headed up the stairs to the treadmill. We did 10 min on there on a 2 - 2.4 speed and 2.5 incline and then moved over to the bikes where Jeremy finally came and got me.
He first had me do toe taps on one of the benches and then using this handle rope thing (not sure what it's called) I had to pull with one arm while extending the other arm in front of me about 12 times and then repeat on the other arm. We did three of these reps and then headed downstairs to the leg machine as I like to call it. You sit on it and put your legs behind this bar and then lift weights with your legs. We did that 10 times and then moved over to the knee machine. You kneel on one knee, hook your leg around a bar and lift backwards 12 times and then repeat with the other leg. Then we went over to the stairs and with the feet hanging half off the stair, raised up on tip toes 12 times for the calf stretch. Then with one foot half off the stair push down and stretch the calves some more. We repeated this twice and then went over to a different machine where I had to pull the rope with both hands facing one direction across my body and hold for 30 seconds and then repeat facing the other direction with the other arm. Once that was done we did what Jeremy calls "Sumo" squats. With your feet pointing outwards, squat onto the bench and stand up about 12 times. We repeated this rep twice and then finished with pulling the rope with one arm across the body 10 times and then repeating with the other arm.
Finally he had me on the eliptical for 3 min and we finished up the session. I was actually quite impressed that I was able to do it for 3 min. I may just have to try it again tomorrow morning when I go in on my own for my workout! Anyways, once Jenn and I were finished with our workouts, we gave Merv a call and he came to pick us up so that we could go and pick up Jan's car from the tire shop. From there, Jenn and I stopped at subway for lunch and then headed to Walmart so that I could pick up a few things.
This is where the excitement comes in! We were waiting for Kristy to meet up with us and I said to Jenn that I wanted to go and check out the pants to see if I actually had lost as much weight as I thought I did. I picked up a 2X pair of workout pants and a 3X and went off to the dressing room. Normally in my work pants I am a 3x so I decided to try the smaller pair on first because I knew that for sure the bigger would fit. I started to slip them on and thought oh ya right, they aren't gonna fit over my belly. I WAS WRONG!!!!! I am now officially a 2X!!! I haven't been that size since I moved to my dad's house 8 or 9 years ago!!!! RIGHT ON!!!! I am so much more motivated now that I can't wait to go to the gym again and work out. I am loving this whole new life and can't wait until I can actually go into a different store other than Walmart and totally bypass the plus section!
I can't thank you all enough for the amazing support that you have given me throughout this process and I want to especially give a shout out to Nikki, Sara, Jenn, and Jan for pushing me to get my ass to the gym and do it! I love all of you guys that have given me the support that I need! More tomorrow!
He first had me do toe taps on one of the benches and then using this handle rope thing (not sure what it's called) I had to pull with one arm while extending the other arm in front of me about 12 times and then repeat on the other arm. We did three of these reps and then headed downstairs to the leg machine as I like to call it. You sit on it and put your legs behind this bar and then lift weights with your legs. We did that 10 times and then moved over to the knee machine. You kneel on one knee, hook your leg around a bar and lift backwards 12 times and then repeat with the other leg. Then we went over to the stairs and with the feet hanging half off the stair, raised up on tip toes 12 times for the calf stretch. Then with one foot half off the stair push down and stretch the calves some more. We repeated this twice and then went over to a different machine where I had to pull the rope with both hands facing one direction across my body and hold for 30 seconds and then repeat facing the other direction with the other arm. Once that was done we did what Jeremy calls "Sumo" squats. With your feet pointing outwards, squat onto the bench and stand up about 12 times. We repeated this rep twice and then finished with pulling the rope with one arm across the body 10 times and then repeating with the other arm.
Finally he had me on the eliptical for 3 min and we finished up the session. I was actually quite impressed that I was able to do it for 3 min. I may just have to try it again tomorrow morning when I go in on my own for my workout! Anyways, once Jenn and I were finished with our workouts, we gave Merv a call and he came to pick us up so that we could go and pick up Jan's car from the tire shop. From there, Jenn and I stopped at subway for lunch and then headed to Walmart so that I could pick up a few things.
This is where the excitement comes in! We were waiting for Kristy to meet up with us and I said to Jenn that I wanted to go and check out the pants to see if I actually had lost as much weight as I thought I did. I picked up a 2X pair of workout pants and a 3X and went off to the dressing room. Normally in my work pants I am a 3x so I decided to try the smaller pair on first because I knew that for sure the bigger would fit. I started to slip them on and thought oh ya right, they aren't gonna fit over my belly. I WAS WRONG!!!!! I am now officially a 2X!!! I haven't been that size since I moved to my dad's house 8 or 9 years ago!!!! RIGHT ON!!!! I am so much more motivated now that I can't wait to go to the gym again and work out. I am loving this whole new life and can't wait until I can actually go into a different store other than Walmart and totally bypass the plus section!
I can't thank you all enough for the amazing support that you have given me throughout this process and I want to especially give a shout out to Nikki, Sara, Jenn, and Jan for pushing me to get my ass to the gym and do it! I love all of you guys that have given me the support that I need! More tomorrow!
Day 37
What a day! I went into work for 12 today only to find out that I was working with a kid that can chatter my ear off only like one other person that I know of in this world! So all day I just wanted to beat him over the head with a stick and tell him to shush for once! I did nothing but want to go and work out since yesterday was my rest day.
So 8 finally came and I came home to come and get the car but it turned out that Merv was offering me a ride to the gym tonight. Ok that`s not a problem. So I got there at 8:45 amd hopped onto the treadmill. I started off at a 2.4 speed and a 3 incline for 5 min and then upped the speed to a 2.8. I fluctuated between a 2.8 and 3.0 for about 15 min and then dropped my speed down to a 2.4 and put my incline up to a 5. I continued on for another 5 min and then upped the incline to a 7 and dropped the speed to a 2. it`s always much harder to go uphill than down and because I have my session with Jeremy tomorrow I didn`t want to push so hard that I wouldn`t be able to do whatever he asked me to. Probably about 45 min into the treadmill I wound up getting a pain in the right ankle and had to drop the incline back down to a 2. It seemed to help a bit but overall I wound up going for 1 hour and 15 min! I was greatly impressed!
I am slowly able to do a little bit longer and faster on there and my overall goal would be to be able to at least jog on the treadmill for awhile. But my nerve is another thing I`ll have to work on. I`m absolutely terrified to try it. Maybe one day when I`m confident my knees wont give out on me I will be brave enough to try it.
Sunday is looking more and more to be a really awesome day! I`ve been weighing myself every day and every time I do I am amazed at what I see. So hopefully I will have amazing news to share with you all!
So 8 finally came and I came home to come and get the car but it turned out that Merv was offering me a ride to the gym tonight. Ok that`s not a problem. So I got there at 8:45 amd hopped onto the treadmill. I started off at a 2.4 speed and a 3 incline for 5 min and then upped the speed to a 2.8. I fluctuated between a 2.8 and 3.0 for about 15 min and then dropped my speed down to a 2.4 and put my incline up to a 5. I continued on for another 5 min and then upped the incline to a 7 and dropped the speed to a 2. it`s always much harder to go uphill than down and because I have my session with Jeremy tomorrow I didn`t want to push so hard that I wouldn`t be able to do whatever he asked me to. Probably about 45 min into the treadmill I wound up getting a pain in the right ankle and had to drop the incline back down to a 2. It seemed to help a bit but overall I wound up going for 1 hour and 15 min! I was greatly impressed!
I am slowly able to do a little bit longer and faster on there and my overall goal would be to be able to at least jog on the treadmill for awhile. But my nerve is another thing I`ll have to work on. I`m absolutely terrified to try it. Maybe one day when I`m confident my knees wont give out on me I will be brave enough to try it.
Sunday is looking more and more to be a really awesome day! I`ve been weighing myself every day and every time I do I am amazed at what I see. So hopefully I will have amazing news to share with you all!
Day 36
This morning I was awake at 6:45am to give Jan a ride to work. I wanted to go to the gym this morning and figured that if I was going to go walking on the treadmill for an hour that I should probably get my butt up so that I could use the car. However, last night, Nikki and I decided that we weren't going to go after all. So, I got home and played on the computer for about 1/2 an hour and realized that I was extremely bored. What's the point of being up at that time if you aren't going to do something productive right?
2 hours later, I was still extremely bored. So I got in the shower, got my workout clothes on, and away I went. I had texted my friend Kristy and asked her if she would like to come over after I was finished with the gym since I was in the area anyways and neither one of us had anything to do later on in the day. Then Nikki texted me and was a little perterbed because I was going to the gym without her! So, I told her to get her butt in gear and we would go for a bit.
We did 15 min on the treadmill, stretched out the hamstrings and did the flexibility machine for a total of 1/2 an hour and then took off again. We decided that Nikki would come over as well with Sophia and then we all set off to my place. Nikki and I wanted to do step ups on EA Active so while one of us was busy on that for half an hour, the other was busy doing a few stretches. Our total time today was about an hour and a half.
It was a pretty good day today and although we didn't do a variety of exercises at least we did something and later on as we were sitting outside, we felt unsatisfied with our workout today. It was plain just too easy for me. Not sure how Nikki felt but I didn't think that there was much in the way of sweat and hard work involved today. I'm going to try and work out again tomorrow night and this time push myself because I just was not happy with today.
2 hours later, I was still extremely bored. So I got in the shower, got my workout clothes on, and away I went. I had texted my friend Kristy and asked her if she would like to come over after I was finished with the gym since I was in the area anyways and neither one of us had anything to do later on in the day. Then Nikki texted me and was a little perterbed because I was going to the gym without her! So, I told her to get her butt in gear and we would go for a bit.
We did 15 min on the treadmill, stretched out the hamstrings and did the flexibility machine for a total of 1/2 an hour and then took off again. We decided that Nikki would come over as well with Sophia and then we all set off to my place. Nikki and I wanted to do step ups on EA Active so while one of us was busy on that for half an hour, the other was busy doing a few stretches. Our total time today was about an hour and a half.
It was a pretty good day today and although we didn't do a variety of exercises at least we did something and later on as we were sitting outside, we felt unsatisfied with our workout today. It was plain just too easy for me. Not sure how Nikki felt but I didn't think that there was much in the way of sweat and hard work involved today. I'm going to try and work out again tomorrow night and this time push myself because I just was not happy with today.
Day 35
I woke up at 7:30 am feeling quite good this morning, texted my friend Jenn to make sure she was up and ready for the events of the day and got ready for my session with Jeremy. I left at 9 and started my long walk to the gym. I made it to the dollarama as Jenn was walking towards me and then she turned around and we carried on together. It took 45 min to get to the gym and my legs already felt like jello and I was already sweating!
Jeremy was very good at getting us going on our workouts. I had given Jenn a ticket that Jeremy had given me to allow her into the gym to see what kind of workout I go through when I'm with him. Within the first 5 min we were both sweating barrels let alone buckets. First up was lunges while pulling a rope 12 times towards the body and then up and down the stairs 2 times, and repeat. Then sitting on the bench and standing 15 times, down on the floor to get down on the mat on your hands and knees and raise your right hand and left leg at the same time and repeat with the other side 12 times, repeat on the bench and then repeat on the hands and knees.
After resting for a min he had us stand towards the rest of the gym and pull the rope all around our body to the right 12 times and then face the mirror and pull to the left 12 times, down on the mat for a plank to hold as long as we could and then back pulling the rope. Then we went to another machine where you put your feet on the holder, reach with both hands and lift 45lb weights towards you while keeping the back in place 12 times and then up and down the stairs once. We repeated this one more time and then were told that we could rest while walking over to the TRX ropes. At the TRX ropes, we had to hold the ropes, lean back as far as we could and lift ourselves up with our arms 12 time and then get down on the mat and do 12 ab crunches with the ropes 12 times. This is where I started to cry. I was in so much pain in the back that when I stood up after the ab crunches I couldn't help myself. I just started to cry. I did a little breathing, looked up at the roof and tried to compose myself as best as I could. Jeremy was of course very compasionate and concerned and I looked at him and said, just give me a minute, I can do this. He asked if I was sure and I thought I might have to stop for a second but, I pushed through it and did the TRX ropes again and the ab crunches. We rested for a few minutes and then went over to stretch the hamstrings and then to the next flexibility machine to help stretch out the glutes.
By the time we were done, my back was so sore and I just wanted to sit down and die. I couldn't even walk 2 min on the treadmill to cool down I was so sore. So, I gave Merv a call and asked if he could please pick us up and give us a ride home as there was no way possible I could walk another 45 min home.
After being home now for 3 hours, my back is still really tender. More tight than sore at this point and my knees on both legs are not doing so good. Jeremy has told me that he would like me to do the spinal extension when Igot home which I will try to do a little bit later. At this point and time I'm just not feeling it. This evening I have Nikki and Matt bringing Sophia over and we are maybe going to do some step ups. She may, I might not. Tomorrow the plan is to go to the gym with Nikki and work out some, after a day like today though, I'll have to see what my body will allow me to do. More tomorrow! :)
Jeremy was very good at getting us going on our workouts. I had given Jenn a ticket that Jeremy had given me to allow her into the gym to see what kind of workout I go through when I'm with him. Within the first 5 min we were both sweating barrels let alone buckets. First up was lunges while pulling a rope 12 times towards the body and then up and down the stairs 2 times, and repeat. Then sitting on the bench and standing 15 times, down on the floor to get down on the mat on your hands and knees and raise your right hand and left leg at the same time and repeat with the other side 12 times, repeat on the bench and then repeat on the hands and knees.
After resting for a min he had us stand towards the rest of the gym and pull the rope all around our body to the right 12 times and then face the mirror and pull to the left 12 times, down on the mat for a plank to hold as long as we could and then back pulling the rope. Then we went to another machine where you put your feet on the holder, reach with both hands and lift 45lb weights towards you while keeping the back in place 12 times and then up and down the stairs once. We repeated this one more time and then were told that we could rest while walking over to the TRX ropes. At the TRX ropes, we had to hold the ropes, lean back as far as we could and lift ourselves up with our arms 12 time and then get down on the mat and do 12 ab crunches with the ropes 12 times. This is where I started to cry. I was in so much pain in the back that when I stood up after the ab crunches I couldn't help myself. I just started to cry. I did a little breathing, looked up at the roof and tried to compose myself as best as I could. Jeremy was of course very compasionate and concerned and I looked at him and said, just give me a minute, I can do this. He asked if I was sure and I thought I might have to stop for a second but, I pushed through it and did the TRX ropes again and the ab crunches. We rested for a few minutes and then went over to stretch the hamstrings and then to the next flexibility machine to help stretch out the glutes.
By the time we were done, my back was so sore and I just wanted to sit down and die. I couldn't even walk 2 min on the treadmill to cool down I was so sore. So, I gave Merv a call and asked if he could please pick us up and give us a ride home as there was no way possible I could walk another 45 min home.
After being home now for 3 hours, my back is still really tender. More tight than sore at this point and my knees on both legs are not doing so good. Jeremy has told me that he would like me to do the spinal extension when Igot home which I will try to do a little bit later. At this point and time I'm just not feeling it. This evening I have Nikki and Matt bringing Sophia over and we are maybe going to do some step ups. She may, I might not. Tomorrow the plan is to go to the gym with Nikki and work out some, after a day like today though, I'll have to see what my body will allow me to do. More tomorrow! :)
Day 34
Due to working 12-8 yesterday and not feeling very good, there was no workout or even stretches yesterday. In fact, there was barely eating yesterday either. Today however, is another story. This morning I was up at 7am, got my laundry started and had a smoke. My official weigh in was today and I'm not overly impressed with the results although, it wasn't exactly the hardest week either. I have gone up 1 lb with my weight back up to 256. I am not really happy with that but it makes me even more determined to get better for this week and I started it off with a bang this morning!
Nikki, Matt and I met up at the gym for 10:15am and we got started right away. Going onto my favorite machine the treadmill, I went at a 7 incline and 2.4 speed for 5 min and then bumped the incline down to a 3 and the speed up to 2.8 for 3 min. I noticed that my legs were still sore from the other day so I brought the speed back down to a 2.4 and kept it there for 10m min. After our cool down we went over to stretch our hamstrings and then we used the machine next to it to stretch out the legs further. We then went over to the bench and I did 10 side arm 7.5 lb weight lifts and 10 bicep curls.
We went over to the women's section and went on the bikes for 10 min and the went downstairs to look for the step up boards. We found out though that there was a class where the boards were kept and we were quite dissappointed. So, we decided that we would come back here and do the step ups on the EA Active. WHEW! What a workout! This time I did 20 min straight and then took a break for a minute and finished the last 10 min. I'm still sweating buckets as I'm writing! :)
Tomorrow is my session with Jeremy and I am really excited to see what he has in store with me. I don't have access to the car tomorrow which won't be that big of a deal because that just means that I will get 2 hours worth of workout in! Excitement!!! This evening after work I am going to do my back stretches and some of the other ones that Jeremy has taught me. My back is still not doing very good and I'm hoping I can get it into shape for tomorrow so that I am able to do the session with Jeremy. More tomorrow! :)
Nikki, Matt and I met up at the gym for 10:15am and we got started right away. Going onto my favorite machine the treadmill, I went at a 7 incline and 2.4 speed for 5 min and then bumped the incline down to a 3 and the speed up to 2.8 for 3 min. I noticed that my legs were still sore from the other day so I brought the speed back down to a 2.4 and kept it there for 10m min. After our cool down we went over to stretch our hamstrings and then we used the machine next to it to stretch out the legs further. We then went over to the bench and I did 10 side arm 7.5 lb weight lifts and 10 bicep curls.
We went over to the women's section and went on the bikes for 10 min and the went downstairs to look for the step up boards. We found out though that there was a class where the boards were kept and we were quite dissappointed. So, we decided that we would come back here and do the step ups on the EA Active. WHEW! What a workout! This time I did 20 min straight and then took a break for a minute and finished the last 10 min. I'm still sweating buckets as I'm writing! :)
Tomorrow is my session with Jeremy and I am really excited to see what he has in store with me. I don't have access to the car tomorrow which won't be that big of a deal because that just means that I will get 2 hours worth of workout in! Excitement!!! This evening after work I am going to do my back stretches and some of the other ones that Jeremy has taught me. My back is still not doing very good and I'm hoping I can get it into shape for tomorrow so that I am able to do the session with Jeremy. More tomorrow! :)
Day 32
Tonday did not start off as well as I had hoped it would. I was supposed to watch Sophia today for Nikki and Matt and wound up sleeping in. The worst part about it is that I had completely forgotten about it and didn't even realize it until Nikki reminded me after it was too late. I was also hoping to make it to the gym today but my back was more sore today than it was yesterday. I would really like to know why it is acting this way.
I decided to try and work the kinks out in my back and went over to the stairs to try to bend my back with both arms. It helped a little bit but the kink was still there under the left shouldeer blade. So I went downstairs after talking to Matt on the phone and tried to do some yoga to see if it would help. Nope, not really. I continued on with the wii and popped in the EA Active once again and just started my workout for the day.
I started out with my first day of the 6 week challenge and I seriously thought I was going to die. Well maybe not but here is the breakdown of what I did. I had to do 8 reps of squats which completely sucked and felt like I had done about 15 because the wii wasn't registering my movements properly. I'm sorry wii if I have so much fat on me that I can't bend down that far! LOL Anyways, then I had to do lunges and bring my knees into a high lift 8 times. Once that was finally done i had to do one arm bicep curls with the resistance band and then on to two arm bicep curls. After that I went right into an island obstacle type thing that i had to run, stop at a checkpoint and do lunges, run, stop and do squats, run, and do scissor jacks and then run to the finish. By this time I was out of breath and ready to just lay on the floor and pass out. Then I had to do all of the above all over again with the exception of the island obstacle.
I was feeling pretty good and by the time that was done I had enough energy to try a little more so I did step ups, a short sprint, another island obstacle course, sprint, and then I had to skip on the spot. Only problem is that when I am doing all of these stupid jumping or running exercises my fat and other parts of my body fly just about every direction! It almost feels like things are gonna fall off! LOL
All in all it was good and I am still pretty sore in the back. Tomorrow morning I am hoping Nikkii isn't still mad at me and will want to come with me to the gym in the morning. I will be going for 8:30 so that I can be back by 10 so that Jan can have the car. I would like to focus on a half hour of stretching for tomorrow and at least 30 min on the treadmill and 30 min on the bike. We'll see how it goes.
I decided to try and work the kinks out in my back and went over to the stairs to try to bend my back with both arms. It helped a little bit but the kink was still there under the left shouldeer blade. So I went downstairs after talking to Matt on the phone and tried to do some yoga to see if it would help. Nope, not really. I continued on with the wii and popped in the EA Active once again and just started my workout for the day.
I started out with my first day of the 6 week challenge and I seriously thought I was going to die. Well maybe not but here is the breakdown of what I did. I had to do 8 reps of squats which completely sucked and felt like I had done about 15 because the wii wasn't registering my movements properly. I'm sorry wii if I have so much fat on me that I can't bend down that far! LOL Anyways, then I had to do lunges and bring my knees into a high lift 8 times. Once that was finally done i had to do one arm bicep curls with the resistance band and then on to two arm bicep curls. After that I went right into an island obstacle type thing that i had to run, stop at a checkpoint and do lunges, run, stop and do squats, run, and do scissor jacks and then run to the finish. By this time I was out of breath and ready to just lay on the floor and pass out. Then I had to do all of the above all over again with the exception of the island obstacle.
I was feeling pretty good and by the time that was done I had enough energy to try a little more so I did step ups, a short sprint, another island obstacle course, sprint, and then I had to skip on the spot. Only problem is that when I am doing all of these stupid jumping or running exercises my fat and other parts of my body fly just about every direction! It almost feels like things are gonna fall off! LOL
All in all it was good and I am still pretty sore in the back. Tomorrow morning I am hoping Nikkii isn't still mad at me and will want to come with me to the gym in the morning. I will be going for 8:30 so that I can be back by 10 so that Jan can have the car. I would like to focus on a half hour of stretching for tomorrow and at least 30 min on the treadmill and 30 min on the bike. We'll see how it goes.
Day 31
So I just got back from my workout with Jeremy and at first I thought that I would not be able to do a whole lot. I woke up this morning with the worst pain in the back that I have had since my first day at the gym. My shoulders and my left knee were also hurting quite a bit. So I started on the treadmill for 5 min at a 2 speed to work myself up and Jeremy came over to get me and asked how I was doing. I let him know about all the pain that I was in and asked if we could do a little less intensity workout today with no bike. That was fine with him so he grabbed a mat and took me over to the hanging ropes.
We did about 15 or 20 ab crunches, 10lb weight lifts with the bar bells 3 times and then he had me sit up and take a break. Then I layed down again and he had me extend my right leg and he took my foot and pulled it over to the side to help stretch out the back. We repeated with the left leg and then we did one more rep of the bar bells and ab crunches.
I then had to lay on my stomach and push up with my arms to stretch the back and hold it as long as I could. From there we went over to the railing and did the cross body back stretch, calf stretch and then I had to go up and down the stairs once. Then I pulled my head over to the right with my hand and repeated to the left and I was sent up and down the stairs again. I had another stretch that required putting a tube like object under my back and kind of roll on it to try and work some of the kinks in my back out. We finished off with 15 min on the treadmill on a 2.4 speed and a 10 incline and then 10 min in slowly lowered the incline down to a 3.
It was a good workout and not as high intensity but as far as I'm concerned, my back isn't nearly as sore as it was when I went in. I think on Monday I'm going to treat Jeremy to a Timmie's gift card for all of the help and encouragemnet that he has given me. He really is a wonderful and caring individual.
I will be posting for the next few days as I have instructions to do cardio every day except for one day until my next session with Jeremy. Maybe I will try to do something different on the wii for cardio, who knows.....
We did about 15 or 20 ab crunches, 10lb weight lifts with the bar bells 3 times and then he had me sit up and take a break. Then I layed down again and he had me extend my right leg and he took my foot and pulled it over to the side to help stretch out the back. We repeated with the left leg and then we did one more rep of the bar bells and ab crunches.
I then had to lay on my stomach and push up with my arms to stretch the back and hold it as long as I could. From there we went over to the railing and did the cross body back stretch, calf stretch and then I had to go up and down the stairs once. Then I pulled my head over to the right with my hand and repeated to the left and I was sent up and down the stairs again. I had another stretch that required putting a tube like object under my back and kind of roll on it to try and work some of the kinks in my back out. We finished off with 15 min on the treadmill on a 2.4 speed and a 10 incline and then 10 min in slowly lowered the incline down to a 3.
It was a good workout and not as high intensity but as far as I'm concerned, my back isn't nearly as sore as it was when I went in. I think on Monday I'm going to treat Jeremy to a Timmie's gift card for all of the help and encouragemnet that he has given me. He really is a wonderful and caring individual.
I will be posting for the next few days as I have instructions to do cardio every day except for one day until my next session with Jeremy. Maybe I will try to do something different on the wii for cardio, who knows.....
Day 28
Yesterday wasn't a really good day. I was so lazy and so unmotivated it wasn't even funny. I was up at 6 am to take Charlie to The Spay Clinic and then my plan was to go to the gym and work out for an hour. I wound up getting lost coming home and by the time I got to the gym parking lot I was definitely not feeling like going at all. I sat outside in the car for about 15 min, texted Nikki and decided to go to her place first.
So I went and visited with her for a little bit and then decided to come home. It felt so weird to come in to the house and not see my beautiful kitty running across the room to greet me. I came onto the computer for awhile and play some games and then went upstairs to attempt to get motivated for exercising. I did the 10 min step ups on the EA Active and then I had to leave to pick up Jan from work. She had a doctor`s appointment and since I had the car, I needed to give her a ride. By the time we got back it was 2:30 and I really didn`t want to do anything.
I wound up falling asleep in the chair and woke up to my phone ringing at 4:20pm. It was a good thing because I had plans to meet up with my family in Leduc at Yote`s for supper. I made it there by 5:30pm (after it took me an hour and fifteen min to get there) and wound up having a really nice time. I ordered the veggie platter and 10 dill pickle wings. I was really looking forward to it! As I munched down the first wing I realized that it was probably a mistake for ordering them. They really weren`t that good. Later on I realized that I really shouldn`t have had them because I really felt sick after awhile. That`ll be the last time I go and have wings there.
This morning I was up at 7am to get ready for my workout with Jeremy. I whined and complained that I really didn`t want to go, but, I sucked it up and when I got there I was raring to go! Jeremy asked me why I was smiling so much and I said, I don`t know, I think I missed training with you this past week. Boy oh boy did I pay for that cause I was definitely not smiling when I was done.
I started off on the treadmill for 5 min for my warm up and then moved over to the bike. Jeremy came over 4 min in and said that we were going to do some bike training today along with a bunch of resistance training. YIPPEE! I`m gonna sweat! And I did! :) He bumped me up to a 12 tension on the bike, made me do that for a min and then dropped it to a 1 for a minute, back up to a 10 for a minute and then a one. I went one more time for a minute on a 10 and then 2 min cool down on a one. I then had to use the bonsi ball to do lunges 12 times on each leg, go to one of the machines and pull 40lb weights on a split rope towards my body with my elbows pulled in close to my body and then the stairs 2 times. I repeated the lunges and rope pull 2 more times and then had a rest.
After resting I had to do some calf stretching and then we went over to the hanging ropes and I did 12 reverse lunges on each leg, went over to the railing to stretch out my back and then back on the reverse lunges another 12 times. I then had to sit on a bench and with my right hand pull my head gently over to the right and repeat with the left. Once completed I sat on another machine and lifted 5lb bar bells to the side and then forward 12 times, had a rest with a drink of water and then repeated. My last item on the list was to use the hamstring for a min on each leg and then cool down on the treadmill for 2 min. I had a great session this morning and Jeremy had brought up the fact that he was impressed with my drive and determination. I have not once said no to any of the exercises he has asked me to perform. This evening I plan to either do step ups a little later, or go to the gym after supper if not both. If this happens I will be sure to put it in tomorrows note! :)
So I went and visited with her for a little bit and then decided to come home. It felt so weird to come in to the house and not see my beautiful kitty running across the room to greet me. I came onto the computer for awhile and play some games and then went upstairs to attempt to get motivated for exercising. I did the 10 min step ups on the EA Active and then I had to leave to pick up Jan from work. She had a doctor`s appointment and since I had the car, I needed to give her a ride. By the time we got back it was 2:30 and I really didn`t want to do anything.
I wound up falling asleep in the chair and woke up to my phone ringing at 4:20pm. It was a good thing because I had plans to meet up with my family in Leduc at Yote`s for supper. I made it there by 5:30pm (after it took me an hour and fifteen min to get there) and wound up having a really nice time. I ordered the veggie platter and 10 dill pickle wings. I was really looking forward to it! As I munched down the first wing I realized that it was probably a mistake for ordering them. They really weren`t that good. Later on I realized that I really shouldn`t have had them because I really felt sick after awhile. That`ll be the last time I go and have wings there.
This morning I was up at 7am to get ready for my workout with Jeremy. I whined and complained that I really didn`t want to go, but, I sucked it up and when I got there I was raring to go! Jeremy asked me why I was smiling so much and I said, I don`t know, I think I missed training with you this past week. Boy oh boy did I pay for that cause I was definitely not smiling when I was done.
I started off on the treadmill for 5 min for my warm up and then moved over to the bike. Jeremy came over 4 min in and said that we were going to do some bike training today along with a bunch of resistance training. YIPPEE! I`m gonna sweat! And I did! :) He bumped me up to a 12 tension on the bike, made me do that for a min and then dropped it to a 1 for a minute, back up to a 10 for a minute and then a one. I went one more time for a minute on a 10 and then 2 min cool down on a one. I then had to use the bonsi ball to do lunges 12 times on each leg, go to one of the machines and pull 40lb weights on a split rope towards my body with my elbows pulled in close to my body and then the stairs 2 times. I repeated the lunges and rope pull 2 more times and then had a rest.
After resting I had to do some calf stretching and then we went over to the hanging ropes and I did 12 reverse lunges on each leg, went over to the railing to stretch out my back and then back on the reverse lunges another 12 times. I then had to sit on a bench and with my right hand pull my head gently over to the right and repeat with the left. Once completed I sat on another machine and lifted 5lb bar bells to the side and then forward 12 times, had a rest with a drink of water and then repeated. My last item on the list was to use the hamstring for a min on each leg and then cool down on the treadmill for 2 min. I had a great session this morning and Jeremy had brought up the fact that he was impressed with my drive and determination. I have not once said no to any of the exercises he has asked me to perform. This evening I plan to either do step ups a little later, or go to the gym after supper if not both. If this happens I will be sure to put it in tomorrows note! :)
Day 26
Today is official weigh in day! As much as I wanted to lose another 3 lbs this week it surely didn't happen. I am still at the 9lb lost so far but I am now more determined than ever to work harder for next week! I have made a pact with myself that I tend to work much harder on my own so therefore, I will be going to the gym quite a bit this week and I'm going to give it my all!
This morning I was up bright and early even though I went out for coffee with Nikki and Matt last night until 1 in the morning. We had a great time and I always thoroughly enjoy spending time with them. So I got up at 7:30, had my shower by 8:30 and off to the gym I went. I did the treadmill for 30 min starting off 5 min at 2.8 and then bumping up to a 3 for 15 min. I then increased it every min by 1 and made my way up to a 3.3 for 1 min. I lowered it back down to a 3 and finished off the last 5 min with the cool down at a 2.
From there, I went over to the ladies section and plugged my headphones into the bike and watched Till Debt Do Us Part until I realized that it was 10 and I had to leave! So I had finally beaten my time of 18 min on the bike! Only by 2 min but I was pretty happy with that. I jumped in the car and headed home. When I got here I wasn't quite satisfied yet. So, I turned on the wii, had some breakfast and then jumped into the step ups for 10 min. I was feeling pretty confident so I thought, I'm gonna try the EA Active game. It is waaaaay more intense than the wii fit and I was curious to see if I am at that stage yet where I could actually do it.
I looked through the preset workouts and found that the new game has new workouts! Who would've thunk??? There was one for step ups on the wii so I thought, hmmm maybe I could do that. I tried it out for 5 min and had to take a break! Oh my goodness it's hard! With the wii fit all you do is step up and off of the board. With this one, you have to move your arms, kick your legs, do high knee lifts, and back leg curls!!! I wasn't sure if I could do it so I tried the 30 min of the slow step ups. I did them! I couldn't believe it! I think EA Active has become my new best friend other than the treadmill! The amount of calories projected to burn was 234 and I wound up burning 314!!! What a great workout! Now I am satisfied! It sure is a great kick off to the next week! Hopefully I'll have lost at least 2 lbs next week!
This morning I was up bright and early even though I went out for coffee with Nikki and Matt last night until 1 in the morning. We had a great time and I always thoroughly enjoy spending time with them. So I got up at 7:30, had my shower by 8:30 and off to the gym I went. I did the treadmill for 30 min starting off 5 min at 2.8 and then bumping up to a 3 for 15 min. I then increased it every min by 1 and made my way up to a 3.3 for 1 min. I lowered it back down to a 3 and finished off the last 5 min with the cool down at a 2.
From there, I went over to the ladies section and plugged my headphones into the bike and watched Till Debt Do Us Part until I realized that it was 10 and I had to leave! So I had finally beaten my time of 18 min on the bike! Only by 2 min but I was pretty happy with that. I jumped in the car and headed home. When I got here I wasn't quite satisfied yet. So, I turned on the wii, had some breakfast and then jumped into the step ups for 10 min. I was feeling pretty confident so I thought, I'm gonna try the EA Active game. It is waaaaay more intense than the wii fit and I was curious to see if I am at that stage yet where I could actually do it.
I looked through the preset workouts and found that the new game has new workouts! Who would've thunk??? There was one for step ups on the wii so I thought, hmmm maybe I could do that. I tried it out for 5 min and had to take a break! Oh my goodness it's hard! With the wii fit all you do is step up and off of the board. With this one, you have to move your arms, kick your legs, do high knee lifts, and back leg curls!!! I wasn't sure if I could do it so I tried the 30 min of the slow step ups. I did them! I couldn't believe it! I think EA Active has become my new best friend other than the treadmill! The amount of calories projected to burn was 234 and I wound up burning 314!!! What a great workout! Now I am satisfied! It sure is a great kick off to the next week! Hopefully I'll have lost at least 2 lbs next week!
Day 25
I slept in a little bit this morning due to going to bed once again fairly late. I still got up around 8am which is still pretty good for me. I had my breakfast of 2 pieces of flax toast with peanut butter and jam on them and a coffee to wake myself up just a wee bit.
Jan was home from work today so I did 20 min of stretching which included:
Laying on the mat with my arms reaching as far as I can over my head and my toes pointed down, then putting my right ankle on top of my left knee I lifted up and held it for about a minute and then repeated with the other leg. Then I did the spinal extension for each side holding for about 1 1/2 min for each. I sat up and extended my right leg and then put my left foot on my inner thigh and bent towards my toes and repeated with the other leg. Finally I went over to the stairs and reached accross with my right hand, keeping my torso straight and leaned back a little to stretch that out a bit and repeated for the left, and then grabbed on with both hands getting my feet as close as i could and leaned back. These I held for about 45 sec each.
Once Jan's show was done on the tv I started up the ol' wii and put on the wii fit plus. I started with yoga which I do every time just to get myself into the mode. I did the breathing, half moon, warrior pose, sun salutation, palm tree, chair, triangle dog, torso twists, cobra and finally the tricep extensions. I was feeling really worked up by this point and did one of the balance games involving juggling and then did 5 min of the advanced step ups and then 30 min of the free step ups. I stepped 3300 step ups! Whoo! That was a good workout! Whenever I do that one I always tend to go at my own pace which works out to be much faster than the character on the tv but, it said that for my total 1 hr workout today I burned 347 calories! I'm really excited about that. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to get to the gym in the morning before work again and then Sunday is weigh in day again! I hope everything is good again this week!
Jan was home from work today so I did 20 min of stretching which included:
Laying on the mat with my arms reaching as far as I can over my head and my toes pointed down, then putting my right ankle on top of my left knee I lifted up and held it for about a minute and then repeated with the other leg. Then I did the spinal extension for each side holding for about 1 1/2 min for each. I sat up and extended my right leg and then put my left foot on my inner thigh and bent towards my toes and repeated with the other leg. Finally I went over to the stairs and reached accross with my right hand, keeping my torso straight and leaned back a little to stretch that out a bit and repeated for the left, and then grabbed on with both hands getting my feet as close as i could and leaned back. These I held for about 45 sec each.
Once Jan's show was done on the tv I started up the ol' wii and put on the wii fit plus. I started with yoga which I do every time just to get myself into the mode. I did the breathing, half moon, warrior pose, sun salutation, palm tree, chair, triangle dog, torso twists, cobra and finally the tricep extensions. I was feeling really worked up by this point and did one of the balance games involving juggling and then did 5 min of the advanced step ups and then 30 min of the free step ups. I stepped 3300 step ups! Whoo! That was a good workout! Whenever I do that one I always tend to go at my own pace which works out to be much faster than the character on the tv but, it said that for my total 1 hr workout today I burned 347 calories! I'm really excited about that. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to get to the gym in the morning before work again and then Sunday is weigh in day again! I hope everything is good again this week!
Day 24
I had such an amazing sleep last night! I went to bed around 8:30pm because I was soooo tired from having been up every day for the last 3 weeks at 6am and doing to bed around 12am. I got up at 6:30 this morning to my darling little kitty shredding some paper in my room. YAY for me! NOT! Anyways, I got up, came downstairs and watched tv for an hour before getting ready to go to the gym.
Once I got to the gym I jumped on the treadmill and did 5 min at a 2.4 speed and then bumped it up to a 2.8 where I stayed for about 30 min. Once that was done I bumped the speed up to a 2.9 and carried on for another 10 min. For my last 15 min I went up and down from a 2.8 to 3 to 3.2 and then back down to a 2.8. In total I did 65 min on the treadmill and burned 427 calories! Crazy! And I still wanted more! Knowing that I had to leave to come home and get ready for work, I wasn't too satisfied. I still wanted to stay and go on the bike but I left and came home.
I texted my dear sweet friend Nikki and asked her if she wanted to join me this evening for the gym and she was all for it! Her and Matt picked me up from work at 7 and then we headed off to the gym once again. Nikki and I did another 15 min on the treadmill and then moved over to the bikes and did 10 min there. We got back onto the treadmill and I asked her if she wanted to do 30 min there, or if she wanted to walk to Tim Horton's by my place for the last half hour of our session. We opted for Timmie's because coffee was sounding really good! So, we finished off on the treadmill at 5 min and away we went. It took us about a half hour to get to Tim Horton's, grab a cup of coffee each and then headed to my place. In total today I have worked out or gotten 2 hours of exercise in! I am feeling pretty sore in the back though right now so I'm not sure if the gym is going to be my friend tomorrow. I might just opt for doing stretches and step ups at home.
I am so happy that Nikki and I got together tonight and I am also really happy that she is enjoying the gym as much as I am!
For breakfast this morning I had 2 pieces of multigrain toast with peanut butter and jam on it and then for lunch I packed 10 strawberries, 15 cherries, about a 1/2 cup of blueberries and some nuts. I haven't had supper yet and not really sure if I should as I will be going to bed soon and Jeremy kind of frowns on the late night eating. Maybe just something light will do.....
Once I got to the gym I jumped on the treadmill and did 5 min at a 2.4 speed and then bumped it up to a 2.8 where I stayed for about 30 min. Once that was done I bumped the speed up to a 2.9 and carried on for another 10 min. For my last 15 min I went up and down from a 2.8 to 3 to 3.2 and then back down to a 2.8. In total I did 65 min on the treadmill and burned 427 calories! Crazy! And I still wanted more! Knowing that I had to leave to come home and get ready for work, I wasn't too satisfied. I still wanted to stay and go on the bike but I left and came home.
I texted my dear sweet friend Nikki and asked her if she wanted to join me this evening for the gym and she was all for it! Her and Matt picked me up from work at 7 and then we headed off to the gym once again. Nikki and I did another 15 min on the treadmill and then moved over to the bikes and did 10 min there. We got back onto the treadmill and I asked her if she wanted to do 30 min there, or if she wanted to walk to Tim Horton's by my place for the last half hour of our session. We opted for Timmie's because coffee was sounding really good! So, we finished off on the treadmill at 5 min and away we went. It took us about a half hour to get to Tim Horton's, grab a cup of coffee each and then headed to my place. In total today I have worked out or gotten 2 hours of exercise in! I am feeling pretty sore in the back though right now so I'm not sure if the gym is going to be my friend tomorrow. I might just opt for doing stretches and step ups at home.
I am so happy that Nikki and I got together tonight and I am also really happy that she is enjoying the gym as much as I am!
For breakfast this morning I had 2 pieces of multigrain toast with peanut butter and jam on it and then for lunch I packed 10 strawberries, 15 cherries, about a 1/2 cup of blueberries and some nuts. I haven't had supper yet and not really sure if I should as I will be going to bed soon and Jeremy kind of frowns on the late night eating. Maybe just something light will do.....
Day 23
I woke up this morning feeling way better compared to yesterday. I came downstairs and jumped on the wii right away. I did the breathing exercise, warrior pose, chair squat, palm tree, spinal extension, dog triangle, sun salutaion, torso twists, cobra and the half moon. There might have been a few more in there, I'm not sure. But it was great! Nikki had sent me a text by this time and she was on her way over with Sophia for a visit and then we were going to hit the gym. She was going to work out while Jeremy and I did our session.
We had a nice chat and then I got ready to go. Matt had come as well so he gave us a ride over to the gym. Nikki and I started off on the treadmill for 10 min for our warmup and then made our way over to the bikes. 5 min on the bike and Jeremy was ready to start. I did about 10 or 11 girl push ups, and then he had me do kind of step ups on the Bosu ball. We went back to the mats and he had me do the spinal extention again and had to do something downstairs. By the time I had done the other leg Jeremy had to unfortunately cancel our session. There was something going on that he had to attend to and was unable to continue. He just told me to work on cardio for the rest of my session and on Tuesday we would have another one.
It kind of sucks to have a trainer that is also the floor manager however, I wouldn't want a different one. I feel comfortable with him and I really feel like he knows what he is doing. So, I went and got Nikki and we went into the ladies only section to the treadmills and walked for about 15 min there. I did 15 of the side arm weight lifts with the 5lb dumbells and also 15 bicep curlups as well. I went over to the leg curlup machine and did that and then we carried on back to the treadmills. After another 20 min of the hill setting, we finally called it quits. We were there almost an hour and a half today! :)
Kudos to the both of us!
I am quite pleased with the way it worked out today and look forward to my next session at the gym wether it be with Jeremy or Nikki or by myself.
We had a nice chat and then I got ready to go. Matt had come as well so he gave us a ride over to the gym. Nikki and I started off on the treadmill for 10 min for our warmup and then made our way over to the bikes. 5 min on the bike and Jeremy was ready to start. I did about 10 or 11 girl push ups, and then he had me do kind of step ups on the Bosu ball. We went back to the mats and he had me do the spinal extention again and had to do something downstairs. By the time I had done the other leg Jeremy had to unfortunately cancel our session. There was something going on that he had to attend to and was unable to continue. He just told me to work on cardio for the rest of my session and on Tuesday we would have another one.
It kind of sucks to have a trainer that is also the floor manager however, I wouldn't want a different one. I feel comfortable with him and I really feel like he knows what he is doing. So, I went and got Nikki and we went into the ladies only section to the treadmills and walked for about 15 min there. I did 15 of the side arm weight lifts with the 5lb dumbells and also 15 bicep curlups as well. I went over to the leg curlup machine and did that and then we carried on back to the treadmills. After another 20 min of the hill setting, we finally called it quits. We were there almost an hour and a half today! :)
Kudos to the both of us!
I am quite pleased with the way it worked out today and look forward to my next session at the gym wether it be with Jeremy or Nikki or by myself.
Day 22
Today I am a little choked with myself. Ok so maybe not a little, ALOT! I woke up not feeling very good, had an upset stomach, a terrible sleep and feeling a little light headed. However, I came downstairs, cleaned up the kitchen and made myself some toast with peanut butter as well as a coffee to see if that would settle my stomach a little bit. Not so much. I really didn't feel like going to the gym this morning but, on the other hand, I didn't want to show up and have Jeremy take a session away from me for cancelling, which was the agreement we came to.
I got my shoes on, grabbed my keys, and away I went. I got there 5 min early and did 8 min on the treadmill for my warm up at a speed of 2, cleaned off my machine and went to do a few back stretches on the railing. Jeremy came out of his office full of smiles and asked if I was ready to go. I told him that I wasn't feeling very good this morning and asked if we could maybe do a less strenuous workout. He told me it was fine and that we would get my measurements done instead of a full blown workout. Fine by me. So while we were waiting for the results to print downstairs he had me on the bike for 3 min. I had to stop because he needed to retake a measurement and then he sent me back to the bike for the remainder of the time. I was 4 min in and he bumped me up to a level 12 for 1 min while he read me my results. I went down to a level 4 for one min after that and I literally stopped and had to lean over the bike because I was scared I might fall off or pass out or something.
Jeremy told me that I should go home half hour in to my work out and rest, come back tomorrow for an hour and a half instead of an hour and then I left. I can't believe it! I was doing so good! But, I'm not going to beat myself up about it. I am going to share the results with you guys because I have been working really hard and trying to eat way healthier.
According to his scale, I have lost 7 lbs, (keeping in mind that i've had a full belly this morning and it was much later than I normally weigh myself), my neck has gone down 3 cm, gluteus down 3 cm, shoulders up 2 cm, right thigh down 4 cm, abdomen 1 down 13 cm, abdomen 2 down 8 cm. I am happy about that, ecstatic really, but I am still not impressed that I wasn't able to fulfill my commitment this morning. Tomorrow I am going to make sure I am really good and then hope Jeremy really kicks my butt! :)
Here's hoping for a better day...
I got my shoes on, grabbed my keys, and away I went. I got there 5 min early and did 8 min on the treadmill for my warm up at a speed of 2, cleaned off my machine and went to do a few back stretches on the railing. Jeremy came out of his office full of smiles and asked if I was ready to go. I told him that I wasn't feeling very good this morning and asked if we could maybe do a less strenuous workout. He told me it was fine and that we would get my measurements done instead of a full blown workout. Fine by me. So while we were waiting for the results to print downstairs he had me on the bike for 3 min. I had to stop because he needed to retake a measurement and then he sent me back to the bike for the remainder of the time. I was 4 min in and he bumped me up to a level 12 for 1 min while he read me my results. I went down to a level 4 for one min after that and I literally stopped and had to lean over the bike because I was scared I might fall off or pass out or something.
Jeremy told me that I should go home half hour in to my work out and rest, come back tomorrow for an hour and a half instead of an hour and then I left. I can't believe it! I was doing so good! But, I'm not going to beat myself up about it. I am going to share the results with you guys because I have been working really hard and trying to eat way healthier.
According to his scale, I have lost 7 lbs, (keeping in mind that i've had a full belly this morning and it was much later than I normally weigh myself), my neck has gone down 3 cm, gluteus down 3 cm, shoulders up 2 cm, right thigh down 4 cm, abdomen 1 down 13 cm, abdomen 2 down 8 cm. I am happy about that, ecstatic really, but I am still not impressed that I wasn't able to fulfill my commitment this morning. Tomorrow I am going to make sure I am really good and then hope Jeremy really kicks my butt! :)
Here's hoping for a better day...
Day 21
It's been 3 weeks since I started down this road and I have totally amazed myself that I am so dedicated to this more and more each day. Every time I go into the gym I try to push myself just a little bit harder wether it be longer or faster on the treadmill, more reps for a certain weight, completing a maximum amount of strength exercises, whatever. But today, I went into the gym at 9 this morning, got on the treadmill, popped in my tunes and started off on a 2.4 speed on a 3 incline. Before I knew it I had gone 8 min and I wasn't out of breath, in fact, my legs were feeling pretty good and my heart rate was actually really good as well. So, I bumped up the speed a bit to a 3. I did this for 10 min on the 3 incline and then reduced the incline to a 2. I carried on for another 5 min and then dropped my speed back down to a 2.8. I can't remember how many times I had changed the speed up and down or the incline but, I did reach a 5 incline for 2 min at a 2.6 speed and not once did I drop the speed lower than 2 or the incline lower than 2 in the course of 1 hour! I didn't stop the whole time, just reduced the speed so I could grab a drink and up it went again. I feel fantastic!
Another reason for my great mood today is that today happens to be my weigh in day. For someone that is limited to the things she can do at this time, I have lost another 3 lbs this week for a total weight loss of 9 lbs!!!! I am finding that I have been in a great mood more and more every day and it is all thanks to this lifechange that I have chosen to do. I am having so much fun and I love it when I get to go with Nikki and her fiancee Matt or just by myself. It is definitely something that I never would have had the guts to do before.
While at the gym I also did sideways arm lifts with 5lb bar bells. I did 12, rested for about a min and then did 10. I plan to do some more stretches once I am done here and probably about 30 min of step ups. I hope everyone is having a super day and I will post tomorrow after my session at 10am with Jeremy.
Another reason for my great mood today is that today happens to be my weigh in day. For someone that is limited to the things she can do at this time, I have lost another 3 lbs this week for a total weight loss of 9 lbs!!!! I am finding that I have been in a great mood more and more every day and it is all thanks to this lifechange that I have chosen to do. I am having so much fun and I love it when I get to go with Nikki and her fiancee Matt or just by myself. It is definitely something that I never would have had the guts to do before.
While at the gym I also did sideways arm lifts with 5lb bar bells. I did 12, rested for about a min and then did 10. I plan to do some more stretches once I am done here and probably about 30 min of step ups. I hope everyone is having a super day and I will post tomorrow after my session at 10am with Jeremy.
Day 19
All I can say is WOW! What a workout! It was jam packed today and I am so thankful to Jeremy for all of the thought he puts into these workouts for me. They are so effective and are definitely paying off! This morning was a little bit of an iffy start as I wasn't feeling too good. My stomach was a bit upset and I didn't get much sleep last night. I really didn't want to go and I almost didn't but, I got ready, grabbed my gym bag, and out the door I went. I arrived right on time and I actually made Jeremy wait which was not my intention but, I just wasn't quite ready to get it done today.
I started off on the treadmill to warm up at a 2 speed for 5 minutes and then Jeremy brought out one of the steps for step ups. I love step ups but this one was way too high! I let him know and we made our way downstairs to the group excersise room and he put together a step up about stair height. That was much better. So I did 15 step ups on each leg and then 12 bicep curlups with 5lb weights and repeated. We then moved out into the other room because there was a class scheduled at 9:30 and we couldn't stay in there. Once outside, we did another 15 step ups on each leg this time doing the bicep curlups while stepping up. Then we moved over to some piece of equipment that has a bar across it and he put it roughly to my height and I basically had to kind of hang from it to help stretch the back and repeat both. Then he had me do 15 pushups on that same bar and then sit on a bench and do 15 side arm lifts with the weights while keeping my arms straight. Repeat and went over to a different machine. This one you have 2 handles in the back that you hold on to and placing your knee on a rest, you hook your leg into the back of a roller bar type thing and push back with that leg 15 times. Did it on the other leg and then up and down the stairs I went. Did this 2 times and then went to another machine that you kind of lay down on and hook your legs behind another roller bar and push up. did this 15 times and then up and down the stairs again 2 times. After that, I did some calf stretching on the stairs and then quad stretching. All in all, it was really good!
I came home and had some breakfast because I just wasn't feeling up to eating this morning. I have had a bagel with herb and garlic cream cheese and a banana. I am now starting to feel a little stiffness in the shoulders and legs but I plan to do some more stretching here in a little bit and some wii step ups. I also stepped on the scale this morning and again was surprised when I got on. I won't disclose the result of that weigh in as Sunday will be my official weigh in for the week so I will wait until then to share my news. Hopefully it was right!
Tomorrow will have to be a work at home day as I am working 12 - 8 so hopefully I can get some kind of work out in then! :)
I started off on the treadmill to warm up at a 2 speed for 5 minutes and then Jeremy brought out one of the steps for step ups. I love step ups but this one was way too high! I let him know and we made our way downstairs to the group excersise room and he put together a step up about stair height. That was much better. So I did 15 step ups on each leg and then 12 bicep curlups with 5lb weights and repeated. We then moved out into the other room because there was a class scheduled at 9:30 and we couldn't stay in there. Once outside, we did another 15 step ups on each leg this time doing the bicep curlups while stepping up. Then we moved over to some piece of equipment that has a bar across it and he put it roughly to my height and I basically had to kind of hang from it to help stretch the back and repeat both. Then he had me do 15 pushups on that same bar and then sit on a bench and do 15 side arm lifts with the weights while keeping my arms straight. Repeat and went over to a different machine. This one you have 2 handles in the back that you hold on to and placing your knee on a rest, you hook your leg into the back of a roller bar type thing and push back with that leg 15 times. Did it on the other leg and then up and down the stairs I went. Did this 2 times and then went to another machine that you kind of lay down on and hook your legs behind another roller bar and push up. did this 15 times and then up and down the stairs again 2 times. After that, I did some calf stretching on the stairs and then quad stretching. All in all, it was really good!
I came home and had some breakfast because I just wasn't feeling up to eating this morning. I have had a bagel with herb and garlic cream cheese and a banana. I am now starting to feel a little stiffness in the shoulders and legs but I plan to do some more stretching here in a little bit and some wii step ups. I also stepped on the scale this morning and again was surprised when I got on. I won't disclose the result of that weigh in as Sunday will be my official weigh in for the week so I will wait until then to share my news. Hopefully it was right!
Tomorrow will have to be a work at home day as I am working 12 - 8 so hopefully I can get some kind of work out in then! :)
Day 18
Due to my rest day yesterday I didn't make a note but, I am now on Day 18 and I'm still very much into the diet and workouts. Today is not really a good day as Jan, Sara and family held a funeral for Jan's mom Doris today. I thought I might be alright, and I did hold myself pretty good but, this would be the first funeral since my mom passed away. So, to honor "Grannie" and Mom, I am going to continue with my plans to go to the gym today. I am hoping to get myself lost in the zone and just keep going until I can't go anymore. This morning I had my usual breakfast of Special K and a banana and unfortunately I did not eat anything for lunch. As breakfast was a little late this morning I didn't get hungry until around 4 so I just went on to make supper. I had a tuna salad sandwich for supper on whole wheat bread and a couple celery stalks chopped up in it. Once that was done I had a bowl full of about 15 or 20 cherries and about 1/2 a cup of blueberries. It was very good!
Tomorrow I have my next session with Jeremy so we'll see how everything goes there. If he's anything like he was on Monday it should be a good workout. Tonight I plan on staying in the gym for a couple of hours, and I will probably post an update once I'm done later on this evening.
I just got back from my evening workout and boy oh boy was it good! I completely zoned out and worked out the hardest i've ever worked at the gym tonight! I started off at the treadmill and I had to go pretty slow to begin with because I had a cramp in the left knee and I thought that maybe I could just walk it out. So I started off with 5 min at a speed of 1.4. About 3 min in it was feeling alot better so at 5 min I bumped the speed up to a 2 for another 5 min. Once again I bumped up the speed to a 2.6 for 5 more min. Finally I upped it one more time to a 3 speed and did it for 15 min, the longest I have ever done a 3 speed. It helped that I had music to go to so that I could just focus on a spot and listen to the beat. Once I hit 30 min I did a cool down for 5 min, wiped off my machine and went to the ladies only room. Here I did a total of 18 min on the bike and then right afterwards got onto the treadmill again for another 30 min total time. I feel good, it gave me time to think, and also gave me a good workout.
After all was said and done I texted Nikki and we decided to go out for coffee to Timmy's. We had a really nice chat, talking about the day and fond memories and some other things as well. I sure am glad I have my buddies in my life! Thanks Nikki! Once I got home I did a few stretches on my new exercise mat, juggling my space with the cats and Daisy this time. LOL Silly animals! Then I went over to the stairs and stretched the back just a little more and now I think I am completely done for the night. I don't really want to do too much so that I can't work out with Jeremy in the morning! Anyhow, I am off to bed now as it is almost midnight and I must be up by 6 if I want to be ready for tomorrow! :)
Tomorrow I have my next session with Jeremy so we'll see how everything goes there. If he's anything like he was on Monday it should be a good workout. Tonight I plan on staying in the gym for a couple of hours, and I will probably post an update once I'm done later on this evening.
I just got back from my evening workout and boy oh boy was it good! I completely zoned out and worked out the hardest i've ever worked at the gym tonight! I started off at the treadmill and I had to go pretty slow to begin with because I had a cramp in the left knee and I thought that maybe I could just walk it out. So I started off with 5 min at a speed of 1.4. About 3 min in it was feeling alot better so at 5 min I bumped the speed up to a 2 for another 5 min. Once again I bumped up the speed to a 2.6 for 5 more min. Finally I upped it one more time to a 3 speed and did it for 15 min, the longest I have ever done a 3 speed. It helped that I had music to go to so that I could just focus on a spot and listen to the beat. Once I hit 30 min I did a cool down for 5 min, wiped off my machine and went to the ladies only room. Here I did a total of 18 min on the bike and then right afterwards got onto the treadmill again for another 30 min total time. I feel good, it gave me time to think, and also gave me a good workout.
After all was said and done I texted Nikki and we decided to go out for coffee to Timmy's. We had a really nice chat, talking about the day and fond memories and some other things as well. I sure am glad I have my buddies in my life! Thanks Nikki! Once I got home I did a few stretches on my new exercise mat, juggling my space with the cats and Daisy this time. LOL Silly animals! Then I went over to the stairs and stretched the back just a little more and now I think I am completely done for the night. I don't really want to do too much so that I can't work out with Jeremy in the morning! Anyhow, I am off to bed now as it is almost midnight and I must be up by 6 if I want to be ready for tomorrow! :)
Day 16
I started my day at 7am with an ow... ow... ow! My back kept having some pinching in the muscles from my workout yesterday and I wasn't quite sure if I was gonna make it in to the gym today. So as I was waiting for Jan to get up, I ate my bowl of special K with a sliced banana in it, turned on the tv and waited. Once Jan got up, I gave up my rights to the tv, hobbled outside to have my smoke, and then came in and sat in the chair. The pain went straight from the tail bone up to my neck and I grabbed the yoga mat and spread it out on the floor. I laid on my back and reached as far as I could above my head and pointed my toes and I could feel the tension very slowly ease up a little bit.
Once I was finished that, I put my right ankle on my left leg and pulled the left leg off the floor. AAAAAH, that feels better! Except for the fact that I have Tweep's butt practically in my face, Lily on the other side trying to lick my face, and Charlie circling me. I felt so loved! :) I switched legs and lifted the right leg off the floor and tweeps decided that was the perfect opportunity for her to lay where my feet were! Dang cats anyways!
I was feeling much better by this point and decided to do two more stretches, just to be sure I was good. I raised my left leg up and reaching with my right hand, grabbed my thigh and pulled it over, while leaving my shoulders on the floor. OOOOH YA! Repeated with the other side, rolled up the mat and went over to the stairs. I got as close as I could, reached up and grabbed the bars, and then bent forward and leaned back a little stretching the spine just a wee bit. Finally! I was good to go! My legs at this point were still stiff to a point from yesterdays session but I was definitely feeling alot better than I did when I woke up.
At 11, Jan and I went to Costco grocery shopping, and then when we got back, she left to one of her appointments and I talked on the phone with my dear friend Patty. When Jan got home, she asked if I was still going to the gym and if I was, would I like a ride? Sounds good to me! So I had a bagel with a little bit of mayo on it (only on one side, normally it's both!) turkey breast, cheese and 2 slices of tomato on it followed by a Ceasar Salad. Then it was off to the gym I went. On the way I texted Nikki and she said she would like to come too, so, I waited for her and we jumped on the treadmill. I walked for 13 min, and then had to stop because i had a bad itch in my throat causing me to cough and drink some water (How sad is that, that I can't do two things at once? LOL). Then I walked another 10 min and by this time, we both had done about 25 min. We took a washroom and drink break and then got back on. I walked for about 10 min while Nikki did a couple of the other machines and then she came back and joined me again with the treadmill. I stopped my treadmill and we both started our last stretch at the same time this time at a higher speed. We did 15 min at a 3 speed and it was totally awesome! By the time our cool down was done we both wound up working out on the machines for more than an hour! I could barely manage 40 min the other day! That was awesome!
Jan was supposed to pick me up at this point and I tried calling but, she didn't hear her phone ring and I wound up waiting over half an hour before I called her brother (Merv) to see if he could come get me. Once he did, him and I went to tim horton's for a coffee and then back home. By this time Jan was home and we decided to go to Boston Pizza for supper. I ordered the Jambalaya Pasta and a side ceasar salad and when they brought my salad I asked them to bring me 2 to go containers. This was something I have never done before and I am soooo proud of myself for doing it, because I would normally just eat everything. So I divided up my salad and my main course and brought the rest home!
All in all, it was a wonderful day and I am so happy that Nikki, Sara and I are trying to do this together! I also have the support of all of you guys as well as my family and I just want you to know that it is keeping me going! So keep those comments coming guys! I do read them all and appreciate them! If you have any tips at all for me, please do not hesitate to share them!
Once I was finished that, I put my right ankle on my left leg and pulled the left leg off the floor. AAAAAH, that feels better! Except for the fact that I have Tweep's butt practically in my face, Lily on the other side trying to lick my face, and Charlie circling me. I felt so loved! :) I switched legs and lifted the right leg off the floor and tweeps decided that was the perfect opportunity for her to lay where my feet were! Dang cats anyways!
I was feeling much better by this point and decided to do two more stretches, just to be sure I was good. I raised my left leg up and reaching with my right hand, grabbed my thigh and pulled it over, while leaving my shoulders on the floor. OOOOH YA! Repeated with the other side, rolled up the mat and went over to the stairs. I got as close as I could, reached up and grabbed the bars, and then bent forward and leaned back a little stretching the spine just a wee bit. Finally! I was good to go! My legs at this point were still stiff to a point from yesterdays session but I was definitely feeling alot better than I did when I woke up.
At 11, Jan and I went to Costco grocery shopping, and then when we got back, she left to one of her appointments and I talked on the phone with my dear friend Patty. When Jan got home, she asked if I was still going to the gym and if I was, would I like a ride? Sounds good to me! So I had a bagel with a little bit of mayo on it (only on one side, normally it's both!) turkey breast, cheese and 2 slices of tomato on it followed by a Ceasar Salad. Then it was off to the gym I went. On the way I texted Nikki and she said she would like to come too, so, I waited for her and we jumped on the treadmill. I walked for 13 min, and then had to stop because i had a bad itch in my throat causing me to cough and drink some water (How sad is that, that I can't do two things at once? LOL). Then I walked another 10 min and by this time, we both had done about 25 min. We took a washroom and drink break and then got back on. I walked for about 10 min while Nikki did a couple of the other machines and then she came back and joined me again with the treadmill. I stopped my treadmill and we both started our last stretch at the same time this time at a higher speed. We did 15 min at a 3 speed and it was totally awesome! By the time our cool down was done we both wound up working out on the machines for more than an hour! I could barely manage 40 min the other day! That was awesome!
Jan was supposed to pick me up at this point and I tried calling but, she didn't hear her phone ring and I wound up waiting over half an hour before I called her brother (Merv) to see if he could come get me. Once he did, him and I went to tim horton's for a coffee and then back home. By this time Jan was home and we decided to go to Boston Pizza for supper. I ordered the Jambalaya Pasta and a side ceasar salad and when they brought my salad I asked them to bring me 2 to go containers. This was something I have never done before and I am soooo proud of myself for doing it, because I would normally just eat everything. So I divided up my salad and my main course and brought the rest home!
All in all, it was a wonderful day and I am so happy that Nikki, Sara and I are trying to do this together! I also have the support of all of you guys as well as my family and I just want you to know that it is keeping me going! So keep those comments coming guys! I do read them all and appreciate them! If you have any tips at all for me, please do not hesitate to share them!
Day 15
Oh my goodness, oh my goodness! This morning I was up at 7am, had my cereal for breakfast and then a bagel for snack and Jeremy called. Finally! I was waiting for him to get back to me so that we could set up an appointment for this week. Apparently he had room for me today and asked if I could come in at 2? I was a little skeptical because yesterday before work, I decided to do step ups for 20 min. I put my headphones on, and did them to the beat of my music. By the time I was done I had done 2365 step ups! That is amazing! And I still felt great! By the time I got home from work though, I wasn't feeling so hot. My legs were stiff and sore and I was extremely tired.
Anyways, I got dressed and headed to the gym for 2. I did 9:30 min on the treadmill for my warm up and then Jeremy came and got me for my workout. The first thing I had to do was pull a rope in to my sides and squat, then step to the side, and repeat, probably about 20 times total. Then I had to go up and down the stairs twice and back at the rope for another 20 of the previous exercise. Back up and down the stairs twice more I went and then we headed to the ladies only room. This is where I really started to tire out quick. I had three exercises to do in a row, rest then repeat. The first machine was pretty much a chair with a board in front of me. I had to put my feet up on the board, pull the lever on the side and lower myself as far as I could towards my feet. Then I had to let go and use my legs to lift 65 pounds by pushing myself back up. I had to do this about 12 times and then I had to go to the next machine. This one was kind of like a chair as well with a bar for your feet to rest on and another bar that gets lowered down to rest on top of your thighs to keep your legs in place. Then you have to push down with your feet and do more weights about 12 times as well. Finally I had to go to the chin up machine (that's what I call it anyways) and take a pulley type thing with my right hand and with my arm extended pull the rope as far behind me to the right as I could 15 times. And then repeat with the other arm. Once the "Lap" was completed we went out to the main area again to do rowing, pullups I think they are called? It's with 2 ropes that hang from the rafters and then you have to kind of lean back, holding your arms straight to keep your body kind of suspended and then pull up. I had to do this 15 times and then on to side lunges with a 4.5 weight and pulling up to the other side in the air. 12 times for that, repeat the pullups, repeat lunges, and then we tried I think it's called the eliptical. Unfortunately, my knee wasn't up to it so I wasn't able to do that. We did 3 min at a level 10 on the bike and then went to another type of eliptical that doesn't go around, just swings your legs back and forth. I did that for 3 min and then I had to do lunges on top of a ball type thing that's flat on one side.
For my cool down I was able to go to the treadmill and I worked at that for 5 min at a 3 speed and then 4:30 min of a cool down. All in all, it was a great workout. Once I got home however, I relaxed for a few min and all of a sudden my whole body is in huge pain. My legs don't want to work, my shoulders are tight, and my upper arms kind of hurt as well. My back is ok! That's the only surprising thing. It only hurts if I step a certain way once in awhile. Tonight I am going back to the gym with nikki and we are going to make sure to really give ourselves a good workout tonight. :) I will post that one onto tomorrows note. :)
Anyways, I got dressed and headed to the gym for 2. I did 9:30 min on the treadmill for my warm up and then Jeremy came and got me for my workout. The first thing I had to do was pull a rope in to my sides and squat, then step to the side, and repeat, probably about 20 times total. Then I had to go up and down the stairs twice and back at the rope for another 20 of the previous exercise. Back up and down the stairs twice more I went and then we headed to the ladies only room. This is where I really started to tire out quick. I had three exercises to do in a row, rest then repeat. The first machine was pretty much a chair with a board in front of me. I had to put my feet up on the board, pull the lever on the side and lower myself as far as I could towards my feet. Then I had to let go and use my legs to lift 65 pounds by pushing myself back up. I had to do this about 12 times and then I had to go to the next machine. This one was kind of like a chair as well with a bar for your feet to rest on and another bar that gets lowered down to rest on top of your thighs to keep your legs in place. Then you have to push down with your feet and do more weights about 12 times as well. Finally I had to go to the chin up machine (that's what I call it anyways) and take a pulley type thing with my right hand and with my arm extended pull the rope as far behind me to the right as I could 15 times. And then repeat with the other arm. Once the "Lap" was completed we went out to the main area again to do rowing, pullups I think they are called? It's with 2 ropes that hang from the rafters and then you have to kind of lean back, holding your arms straight to keep your body kind of suspended and then pull up. I had to do this 15 times and then on to side lunges with a 4.5 weight and pulling up to the other side in the air. 12 times for that, repeat the pullups, repeat lunges, and then we tried I think it's called the eliptical. Unfortunately, my knee wasn't up to it so I wasn't able to do that. We did 3 min at a level 10 on the bike and then went to another type of eliptical that doesn't go around, just swings your legs back and forth. I did that for 3 min and then I had to do lunges on top of a ball type thing that's flat on one side.
For my cool down I was able to go to the treadmill and I worked at that for 5 min at a 3 speed and then 4:30 min of a cool down. All in all, it was a great workout. Once I got home however, I relaxed for a few min and all of a sudden my whole body is in huge pain. My legs don't want to work, my shoulders are tight, and my upper arms kind of hurt as well. My back is ok! That's the only surprising thing. It only hurts if I step a certain way once in awhile. Tonight I am going back to the gym with nikki and we are going to make sure to really give ourselves a good workout tonight. :) I will post that one onto tomorrows note. :)
Day 14
I was up this morning at 6am so that I could go to the gym for 8 but unfortunately my body had other plans for me. I wasn't really feeling so good so I thought I would wait it out just a little bit and go a bit later. I jumped on the wii to find that I have lost another pound! So that is a total weight loss of 6lbs now! I'm starting to feel so much better and I proved it today.
I had special k cereal this morning with 1 banana sliced in it, and then a couple hours later I had a bagel with cream cheese. This is the first time that I actually might hit my 6 small meals today! Jan (my roomie) gave me a ride to the gym and I immediately jumped on the treadmill. I went for 16 min and burned 123 calories, took a 3 min break, started again and tried to go a bit longer (which i did) and went 19 min and burned 150 calories. Then I got the call from Merv (Jan's brother) that they were on their way to come pick me up and asked if I wanted to go with them to Timmie's for coffee and some lunch or if I wanted to stay where I was and continue on. I opted to go with them so I pushed a little bit further for another 5 min at a 3.4 speed and got ready to go. I walked across the parking lot to the esso where we agreed to meet and went to Timmie's for lunch. I got a small Turkey Bacon Club sandwich on whole wheat, no mayo with mustard instead and no cheese. It was very good. For supper tonight I think I'm going to make myself another chicken ceasar salad and bring along some cucumber, carrots, and green peppers for my snack. All in all it's been a pretty good day today. I will be doing some more stretches pretty quick here and maybe some more step ups for about a half an hour, just to make sure to kick my butt properly.
I haven't been able to get ahold of Jeremy yet so I don't know when my next session is with him but as soon as I find out I will let you all know!
I had special k cereal this morning with 1 banana sliced in it, and then a couple hours later I had a bagel with cream cheese. This is the first time that I actually might hit my 6 small meals today! Jan (my roomie) gave me a ride to the gym and I immediately jumped on the treadmill. I went for 16 min and burned 123 calories, took a 3 min break, started again and tried to go a bit longer (which i did) and went 19 min and burned 150 calories. Then I got the call from Merv (Jan's brother) that they were on their way to come pick me up and asked if I wanted to go with them to Timmie's for coffee and some lunch or if I wanted to stay where I was and continue on. I opted to go with them so I pushed a little bit further for another 5 min at a 3.4 speed and got ready to go. I walked across the parking lot to the esso where we agreed to meet and went to Timmie's for lunch. I got a small Turkey Bacon Club sandwich on whole wheat, no mayo with mustard instead and no cheese. It was very good. For supper tonight I think I'm going to make myself another chicken ceasar salad and bring along some cucumber, carrots, and green peppers for my snack. All in all it's been a pretty good day today. I will be doing some more stretches pretty quick here and maybe some more step ups for about a half an hour, just to make sure to kick my butt properly.
I haven't been able to get ahold of Jeremy yet so I don't know when my next session is with him but as soon as I find out I will let you all know!
Day 13
Well, well, well! I am soooo upet today! I worked out for an hour this morning at home on the wii after breakfast. I wanted to punish myself for not doing anything at all for 2 days but it turned out that it just wasn't meant to happen today. I woke up at 7am thinking that I would walk down to the gym and do my workout. But then by the time I actually got dressed, had my bagel for breakfast, and my coffee, I really didn't feel up to the 1/2 hour walk there. So, I opted to stay home and workout here. At least I did something today. I got on the wii and started out with some stretches, I did the breathing excersise, half moon, warrior pose, the palm tree, torso twists, bicep extensions and then decided to do some step ups. I started with the basic step ups and did one round of those (3 min) then tried to put the extension on so that I was going higher up, but I had trouble getting my steps to register on the game. By this time, tweeps (Roomie's cat) was sitting on the end of the couch looking up at me and meowing at me. I turned around and looked at her, shook my head and went about my business on the wii. Well I think tweeps figured I musti've needed help or something because the next thing I know, I'm feeling sharp prickly spots on my back and I'm doubled over with an extra 10lbs added to me! Tweeps decided to try to get on my back! So roomie had to come over and pick the cat off of me so that I could continue!
It was the funniest thing this morning! With the cat finally literally off my back, I continued on with the step ups. I then did some parade one, where you have to walk to the beat of a whistle and move your right hand or left hand in rhythm of the icons dropping on the screen. After that I did the short run (3 min) and went on to try the 10 min run. About 2 min into the run I realized what time it was! I only had 1 hour to be ready to walk out the door for work!
I quickly put the wii away and went into the kitchen to prepare my meal for the day. I made up the chicken breasts that were in the fridge with the chilli lime rub from pampered chef, cut up a piece and made a ceasar salad with about 7 or 8 croutons in it, and added only about a tablespoon of ceasar dressing. Then I grabbed a big bowl of carrots, 1/2 cup of sunflower seeds, and 1/2 cup of cashews and got changed for work.
I did share my nuts by the way with Allykhan (The young man that I worked with today.) All day I anticipated getting off of work so that I could go to the gym and hit that treadmill for an hour! I kept getting a little frustrated at times because every time I looked at the clock it seemed to just creep along! By the time I was done I was extremely anxious! FINALLY! I get to kick my butt and vent some frustrations into that treadmill! I texted Nikki to see if she was gonna come with and that's when I was told...... The gym closed at 8!!! WHAT?????
Oh well, tomorrow I am meeting up with Nikki at 8am, at the gym, and I'm hoping to do about an hour and a half there. Make up for missing yesterday and not being able to go today! :) Once again I am extremely excited to get going! I will be posting my not before I go to work tomorrow to let you all know how we did.
Bye for now!
It was the funniest thing this morning! With the cat finally literally off my back, I continued on with the step ups. I then did some parade one, where you have to walk to the beat of a whistle and move your right hand or left hand in rhythm of the icons dropping on the screen. After that I did the short run (3 min) and went on to try the 10 min run. About 2 min into the run I realized what time it was! I only had 1 hour to be ready to walk out the door for work!
I quickly put the wii away and went into the kitchen to prepare my meal for the day. I made up the chicken breasts that were in the fridge with the chilli lime rub from pampered chef, cut up a piece and made a ceasar salad with about 7 or 8 croutons in it, and added only about a tablespoon of ceasar dressing. Then I grabbed a big bowl of carrots, 1/2 cup of sunflower seeds, and 1/2 cup of cashews and got changed for work.
I did share my nuts by the way with Allykhan (The young man that I worked with today.) All day I anticipated getting off of work so that I could go to the gym and hit that treadmill for an hour! I kept getting a little frustrated at times because every time I looked at the clock it seemed to just creep along! By the time I was done I was extremely anxious! FINALLY! I get to kick my butt and vent some frustrations into that treadmill! I texted Nikki to see if she was gonna come with and that's when I was told...... The gym closed at 8!!! WHAT?????
Oh well, tomorrow I am meeting up with Nikki at 8am, at the gym, and I'm hoping to do about an hour and a half there. Make up for missing yesterday and not being able to go today! :) Once again I am extremely excited to get going! I will be posting my not before I go to work tomorrow to let you all know how we did.
Bye for now!
Day 12
Today being pay day is usually such a happy day for me, usually on pay day I get to look at my cheque and watch it slowly dissappear as I pay the bills. However, it wasn't so nice to me today. I wound up making my usual breakfast, sat around watching tv until 11 and then realized that oh ya! I have cardio to do today! I quickly went upstairs, jumped in the shower and rushed off to the bulk barn where I picked up some various nuts to last me within the next few weeks here. Afterwards, I went over to Sobeys to pick up a few more things and by the time I got home it was 2:00pm! OH NO! I only had an hour and a half to get something to eat and get ready for work. So to make a long story short, I didn't get a chance to do any of my cardio today like I wanted, and I wasn't able to do my stretching either. So for tomorrow, I have planned a "kick my own butt" day. I'm going bright and early in the morning to the gym for 8:30am. Hopefully Nikki si going to join me and help me kick my butt. But then I am going to make sure to lengthen my workout by about a half an hour. Usually it's an hour long, tomorrow is 1 1/2 hours and walk home. So technically, 2 1/2 hour workout tomorrow. That'll teach me!
For lunch I had a turkey breast, cheese and tomato sandwich on whole wheat bread, and then for supper, nothing, cause I didn't leave myself time to make something. However, I did take a half a cup of almonds, and a half a cup of pistachios to munch on at work. Tomorrow is going to be a better day cause I really am mad at myself for the slacking today.
Will post earlier tomorrow as well guys! Sorry I'm so late!
For lunch I had a turkey breast, cheese and tomato sandwich on whole wheat bread, and then for supper, nothing, cause I didn't leave myself time to make something. However, I did take a half a cup of almonds, and a half a cup of pistachios to munch on at work. Tomorrow is going to be a better day cause I really am mad at myself for the slacking today.
Will post earlier tomorrow as well guys! Sorry I'm so late!
Day 11
Now is the moment that you all have been anxiously waiting for! (I hope) This morning I woke up at 7:30 am for my 9am appointment with Jeremy. I grabbed my workout clothes, brought them downstairs to the basement, popped them into the washer and made my way upstairs. I pulled out the balance board and turned on the wii, anticipating my weigh in because yesterday I thought it wasn't right. Yesterday it seemed I was down to 260lbs which would make my weight loss to 4lbs in 10 days. This morning however I was deleriously happy to find out that I HAVE LOST 5LBS!!!! I'm at 259 now and even that much more excited to get going full force into that gym every day!
I turned off the wii and made my usual breakfast and then got myself ready for the gym. I started off on the treadmill for 5 min until Jeremy came and got me for my session. He had me sit on one of the benches and then stand up pulling my arms in close to my body 10 times. I let him know that today my left knee was a bit sore and that I would try my hardest but I might not be able to do it. So once that was done, we went over to these ropes that were hanging down from the rafters. He had me kind of lean backwards and then use my arms to pull my body back up. I did this 10 times and then back to the bench for stand ups. Then we went over to the ladies area and did some more pulling with the arms and stepping to the side. Not sure what or even how to describe it but it worked the shoulders pretty good.
After that, we did another excersise where you have a rope on a pulley and then all you do is keeping your arms bent at a 90 degree angle close to your body, you pull the rope down. Moving on we went back to the other side and he had me sit on one of these other machines and then did 7.5lbs curl ups 12 times and then over to the stairs. At the stairs I had have my feet half off of the stairs and raise on my tip toes 10 times then back to do 8 more curl ups with a 10lb bar bell! Back at the stairs, I had to have my feet half off of them again but this time lower them kind of off the steps so that the front of the legs were being stretched. Finally I did the bike for 3 min as fast as I could go and then a 5 min cool down. I was supposed to go in tomorrow morning for another training session, however, there was a emergency that came up and I had to cancel.
For lunch I had about 6 strawberries sliced, 2 kiwi sliced, 4 celrey sticks cut into quarters, and 3 baby cucumbers. It was very good and filling until about an hour later. I then had about 10 pumpkin seeds (EW YUCK) that I purchased from work and later on before I left work, I had a tuna salad sandwich on whole wheat.
But my day didn't stop there! Nikki, her fiance Matt and I decided to go to the gym together once I was done work. Nikki and I spent 30 min on the treadmill, took a rest and then did a few strength excersises on the mats. Once we finished there, we went back on the treadmill for the last 10 min of our workout. All in all it was an awesome workout and I just want to say that I am so happy that Nikki is doing such an awesome job!
I will probably do some more cardio tomorrow, I will have to see how my back feels. At this moment, it's a little tender in the lower area and I keep getting sharp pains throught the whole back. Stretches will be in effect for sure tomorrow!
Chow for now!
I turned off the wii and made my usual breakfast and then got myself ready for the gym. I started off on the treadmill for 5 min until Jeremy came and got me for my session. He had me sit on one of the benches and then stand up pulling my arms in close to my body 10 times. I let him know that today my left knee was a bit sore and that I would try my hardest but I might not be able to do it. So once that was done, we went over to these ropes that were hanging down from the rafters. He had me kind of lean backwards and then use my arms to pull my body back up. I did this 10 times and then back to the bench for stand ups. Then we went over to the ladies area and did some more pulling with the arms and stepping to the side. Not sure what or even how to describe it but it worked the shoulders pretty good.
After that, we did another excersise where you have a rope on a pulley and then all you do is keeping your arms bent at a 90 degree angle close to your body, you pull the rope down. Moving on we went back to the other side and he had me sit on one of these other machines and then did 7.5lbs curl ups 12 times and then over to the stairs. At the stairs I had have my feet half off of the stairs and raise on my tip toes 10 times then back to do 8 more curl ups with a 10lb bar bell! Back at the stairs, I had to have my feet half off of them again but this time lower them kind of off the steps so that the front of the legs were being stretched. Finally I did the bike for 3 min as fast as I could go and then a 5 min cool down. I was supposed to go in tomorrow morning for another training session, however, there was a emergency that came up and I had to cancel.
For lunch I had about 6 strawberries sliced, 2 kiwi sliced, 4 celrey sticks cut into quarters, and 3 baby cucumbers. It was very good and filling until about an hour later. I then had about 10 pumpkin seeds (EW YUCK) that I purchased from work and later on before I left work, I had a tuna salad sandwich on whole wheat.
But my day didn't stop there! Nikki, her fiance Matt and I decided to go to the gym together once I was done work. Nikki and I spent 30 min on the treadmill, took a rest and then did a few strength excersises on the mats. Once we finished there, we went back on the treadmill for the last 10 min of our workout. All in all it was an awesome workout and I just want to say that I am so happy that Nikki is doing such an awesome job!
I will probably do some more cardio tomorrow, I will have to see how my back feels. At this moment, it's a little tender in the lower area and I keep getting sharp pains throught the whole back. Stretches will be in effect for sure tomorrow!
Chow for now!
Day 10
This morning I had a hard time getting up. I'm still not quite used to all of this early morning stuff but, I got up and had enough time to make my breakfast before work and check my weight. I won't disclose that information yet because I want to make sure that I am still the same tomorrow as it changes quite often. Again this morning I had my turkey bacon, egg and cheese buns and then off to work I went. I won't be doing any excersises today other than the back stretches that I need to do everyday. I have decided that my two "rest" days are on wednesdays and Sundays. So on these days I will only be letting you know what my food take intake is.
At work, I had myself a chicken salad sandwich, which isn't all that healthy, however it is still much better than a bag of chips which I almost bought and or a chocolate bar. Once I got home from doing a little bit of "veggie shopping" with Jan, I made myself a ceasar salad with the extra chicken filets from last night on top. It was very good!
My legs are a bit sore today from my workout yesterday and I'm a little concerned about what Jeremy may have in store for me tomorrow. Hopefully he is tough with me but lenient at the same time! :)
Anyhow, I will write tomorrow after work and let you all know how it went and reveal my weight if it proves to be true!
Bye for now!
At work, I had myself a chicken salad sandwich, which isn't all that healthy, however it is still much better than a bag of chips which I almost bought and or a chocolate bar. Once I got home from doing a little bit of "veggie shopping" with Jan, I made myself a ceasar salad with the extra chicken filets from last night on top. It was very good!
My legs are a bit sore today from my workout yesterday and I'm a little concerned about what Jeremy may have in store for me tomorrow. Hopefully he is tough with me but lenient at the same time! :)
Anyhow, I will write tomorrow after work and let you all know how it went and reveal my weight if it proves to be true!
Bye for now!
Day 9
What a day! Woke up a little later than I had hoped today, 7:30am! This is definitely not a normal thing for me! Got dressed and came downstair to check my weight before breakfast, and still at the 2lb loss! Wow! I'm excited! I went to the kitchen and made my breakfast with the eggs, turkey bacon and a slice of cheese and texted Nikki to see if she was up. HMMMM? She's not up yet!!! Ok, so I sat on the couch for a little bit and started to watch Day's from yesterday since I wound up missing it. Got a message about 10 min later, Nikki had just woke up due to a bad sleep last night. So, we both jump in the shower and start getting ready to go to the gym. Just as I left the house I got another message from Nikki, she doesn't want to go. Too tired. But I just told her to get ready and let's do it anyways and that we would feel better afterwards. I didn't want to go either but once I started walking I was starting to get into it more. Once I got to the Tim Horton's across the street from my place, one of my co-workers was just passing. She was headed up that way and was willing to give me a ride so I took her up on the offer.
Got to Nikki's, had a smoke and then we were both on our way and getting more into the spirit! Once we got to the gym we jumped on the treadmill and walked for 15 min. I didn't push as hard as I did yesterday, but still wound up sweating so it was all good. We walked it off for a while and then Nikki suggested we do the bicycle that has the back support. She did better than I did, she got 10 min in and I did it for 5. She did one of her leg excersises and we were gone. Not much time spent there today but, the way I looked at it, I still had a half hour walk home, so it was ok.
We hung out at her place for a little bit, and then I started on my way. By this time my back was starting to tense up and I was feeling it in my legs. I thought maybe I would have to call someone to pick me up but, I made it! Once I got home I finished watching Day's while eating my 2 apples and 1 pear and thought, ok time to get my stretches done. I thought that was all I was going to do but I wound up doing the basic run on the wii for 3 minutes followed by a half hour of step ups! OMG! My legs, ankles, back, and thighs are really feeling it! I'm pretty sure I'm done for the day but, as far as I'm concerned, that's is over an hour and a half of cardio excersise today along with 15 minutes of stretches! I think that is more than enough!
For supper tonight I'm making chicken filets, with brown rice, and probably some stir fry veggies. Should be tasty!
Got to Nikki's, had a smoke and then we were both on our way and getting more into the spirit! Once we got to the gym we jumped on the treadmill and walked for 15 min. I didn't push as hard as I did yesterday, but still wound up sweating so it was all good. We walked it off for a while and then Nikki suggested we do the bicycle that has the back support. She did better than I did, she got 10 min in and I did it for 5. She did one of her leg excersises and we were gone. Not much time spent there today but, the way I looked at it, I still had a half hour walk home, so it was ok.
We hung out at her place for a little bit, and then I started on my way. By this time my back was starting to tense up and I was feeling it in my legs. I thought maybe I would have to call someone to pick me up but, I made it! Once I got home I finished watching Day's while eating my 2 apples and 1 pear and thought, ok time to get my stretches done. I thought that was all I was going to do but I wound up doing the basic run on the wii for 3 minutes followed by a half hour of step ups! OMG! My legs, ankles, back, and thighs are really feeling it! I'm pretty sure I'm done for the day but, as far as I'm concerned, that's is over an hour and a half of cardio excersise today along with 15 minutes of stretches! I think that is more than enough!
For supper tonight I'm making chicken filets, with brown rice, and probably some stir fry veggies. Should be tasty!
Day 8
It's 2:30pm and holy crap am I a hurting unit right now! My workout may have been pushed just a little too hard but, that would be my own fault! LOL
This morning I was up at 6:30am to give Jan a ride to work so that I could take the car to the gym. I made myself a couple of those flatbread buns with turkey bacon, cheese and egg on them, had my shower, and away I went! I got there 5 min early and Jeremy was just heading down the stairs to come talk to me. He had a conference call and asked if it was ok if he was a few minutes late. I assured him it was fine and he just said to start with my warm up and that he would be right with me as soon as he could.
I knew right where I wanted to be! On that treadmill! I love it! So I started my warm up by doing a 2.0 incline at a speed of 2.4. After about 5 min Jeremy still wasn't there so I decided to up the incline and just make the most of it. Now I was at a 4.0 incline and 2.6 speed. I could really feel it in the back but I pushed through it and increased my speed to 2.8. After about 2 more minutes I decreased it back down to a 2.0 to give myself a little cool down, and increased the incline to a 5.0. So far I felt great and just decided to keep it there. At the 25 min mark I shut down my machine, cleaned it off and decided to go walk around the gym a little bit. I wanted to cool off because the sweat was just pouring off of me! Jeremy still wasn't around so I figured that I would jump on the bicycle for a bit while I waited. About 6 min in, he finally came up the stairs appologizing. He told me at this point that half of my session with him was over and that on Thursday we would have our regular session and it wouldn't be deducted from the ones that I paid for since he wasn't with me today. It was definitely not a problem with me. I understand that with him being a floor manager he has responsibilities and sometimes it just can't be helped.
While I had him there I explained to him that there was a sharp pain that I was experiencing under the left shoulder blade and that no matter which stretches I tried to do, it just wouldn't go away. So he had me go over to the railing, face it with my feet pretty much right next to it, hold on while leaning back. It did the trick! I felt my back crackle and pop in about 6 or 7 spots and it felt sooo good!
Away I went on my merry little way back to the treadmill where I spent another 16 min there on a 6.0 incline and a 3.0 speed. I think this is where I pushed myself really hard but, like the saying goes, no pain, no gain! I called it a day after that and went over to Nikki's place for a quick coffee and after a half hour we went outside for a smoke. I was trying to get a mosquito off of me and stomped down with my left leg and all of a sudden my whole back spasmed! OW! That hurt! You know you had a good workout when you are in pain!
Anyhow, all in all it was a great morning, afternoon, and I will be doing some stretching maybe later in the evening on the wii, just to keep the muscles moving. Tomorrow morning I'm hoping to walk down to the gym, meeting Nikki half way and then we'll go work out on the beloved treadmill again! I can't wait! This is getting to be such an awesome experience! Chow for now!
This morning I was up at 6:30am to give Jan a ride to work so that I could take the car to the gym. I made myself a couple of those flatbread buns with turkey bacon, cheese and egg on them, had my shower, and away I went! I got there 5 min early and Jeremy was just heading down the stairs to come talk to me. He had a conference call and asked if it was ok if he was a few minutes late. I assured him it was fine and he just said to start with my warm up and that he would be right with me as soon as he could.
I knew right where I wanted to be! On that treadmill! I love it! So I started my warm up by doing a 2.0 incline at a speed of 2.4. After about 5 min Jeremy still wasn't there so I decided to up the incline and just make the most of it. Now I was at a 4.0 incline and 2.6 speed. I could really feel it in the back but I pushed through it and increased my speed to 2.8. After about 2 more minutes I decreased it back down to a 2.0 to give myself a little cool down, and increased the incline to a 5.0. So far I felt great and just decided to keep it there. At the 25 min mark I shut down my machine, cleaned it off and decided to go walk around the gym a little bit. I wanted to cool off because the sweat was just pouring off of me! Jeremy still wasn't around so I figured that I would jump on the bicycle for a bit while I waited. About 6 min in, he finally came up the stairs appologizing. He told me at this point that half of my session with him was over and that on Thursday we would have our regular session and it wouldn't be deducted from the ones that I paid for since he wasn't with me today. It was definitely not a problem with me. I understand that with him being a floor manager he has responsibilities and sometimes it just can't be helped.
While I had him there I explained to him that there was a sharp pain that I was experiencing under the left shoulder blade and that no matter which stretches I tried to do, it just wouldn't go away. So he had me go over to the railing, face it with my feet pretty much right next to it, hold on while leaning back. It did the trick! I felt my back crackle and pop in about 6 or 7 spots and it felt sooo good!
Away I went on my merry little way back to the treadmill where I spent another 16 min there on a 6.0 incline and a 3.0 speed. I think this is where I pushed myself really hard but, like the saying goes, no pain, no gain! I called it a day after that and went over to Nikki's place for a quick coffee and after a half hour we went outside for a smoke. I was trying to get a mosquito off of me and stomped down with my left leg and all of a sudden my whole back spasmed! OW! That hurt! You know you had a good workout when you are in pain!
Anyhow, all in all it was a great morning, afternoon, and I will be doing some stretching maybe later in the evening on the wii, just to keep the muscles moving. Tomorrow morning I'm hoping to walk down to the gym, meeting Nikki half way and then we'll go work out on the beloved treadmill again! I can't wait! This is getting to be such an awesome experience! Chow for now!
Day 7
Well, it has been a week since I started 'blogging' so to speak about my efforts to weight loss. Today was supposed to be my rest day and I wound up doing 20 min of stretching this morning after breakfast because if I don't at least do some stretches every day I won't be up to doing anything at all when I have my appointments with Jeremy. I feel alot better today now that I have had some proper sleep. So far, this is how it's going today:
I got up and had 2 turkey bacon, with egg and sliced cheese buns for breakfast, which was really good. I didn't use any oils in the pan at all so it actually wound up being fairly healthy to eat. I turned on the wii and started off with the breathing excersise for yoga which I always do really bad at. My posture sucks terribly and it's very hard to stay still while doing it. After that I did the palm tree, chair pose, rowing squat, sun salutation, triangle something or other (can't remember the name of it), torso twists, triceps strengthening, and then another stretch excersise that I've never done before that I don't know the name of. That's real helpful I know lol.
For lunch, I had 2 apples and about 6 strawberries chopped up and I am fairly content right now. I think I'll be taking some more snap peas and cucumbers to work tonight and i think a few more crackers with hummus. Pay day is this friday so we are starting to run a little low on veggies and such. I'm so excited for my workout tomorrow! I hope he works me hard but at the same time, I hope that he's not too hard on me. I guess I'll have to wait and see....
I got up and had 2 turkey bacon, with egg and sliced cheese buns for breakfast, which was really good. I didn't use any oils in the pan at all so it actually wound up being fairly healthy to eat. I turned on the wii and started off with the breathing excersise for yoga which I always do really bad at. My posture sucks terribly and it's very hard to stay still while doing it. After that I did the palm tree, chair pose, rowing squat, sun salutation, triangle something or other (can't remember the name of it), torso twists, triceps strengthening, and then another stretch excersise that I've never done before that I don't know the name of. That's real helpful I know lol.
For lunch, I had 2 apples and about 6 strawberries chopped up and I am fairly content right now. I think I'll be taking some more snap peas and cucumbers to work tonight and i think a few more crackers with hummus. Pay day is this friday so we are starting to run a little low on veggies and such. I'm so excited for my workout tomorrow! I hope he works me hard but at the same time, I hope that he's not too hard on me. I guess I'll have to wait and see....
Day 6
Nikki and I went to the gym this morning and it was a really good workout! Maybe not as good as our trainers make us do, but we still did a great job! We walked on the treadmill for 15 min, making sure to incline at 2-3, and walked at a pace up to about a level 3. It was really good and got our heart rates up! Before going to the gym I made sure to do some torso twists, the chair pose, the palm tree and the half moon on the wii. That really helps to loosen me up I find and I think I will continue to do it daily to keep the muscles going.
After walking at a quick pace for 15 min we went over to the ladies gym and lifted weights for about 10 min, then came back and did the bicycle for 5 and finishing off with stretches on the mats and then doing the stairs 1 1/2 times. By that time we were finished with our workout and time to come home but it was fun and we did sweat some! Tomorrow is a rest day from the gym and I may still work out on my wii earlier in the day, not too sure. My next appointment with Jeremy is on Monday at 11am and I am so excited to see what he has in store for me!
Once again, I'll write to let you know how I'm doing after work and if I added any more excersise to my day.
Oh ya, for breakfast I had a bowl of cereal, and then snack I had an orange, for lunch I am taking snap peas, 2 baby cucumbers halved, and about 1 cup full of grapes! YUM!
Well, It's 9:00pm and I had to leave work at 4 due to feeling pretty sick. I think I'm pushing myself just a little too hard which is where the determination is setting in. I've done some kind of workout for the last week and it seems like my body is trying to reject it in some way by making me feel sick. I went into work feeling great after my workout this morning with Nikki and then at about 2:30pm I was in so much pain that I took a T3. About an hour later I was feeling very groggy and sick to my stomach. I think I'll try to avoid the T3's for now and just take a couple of ibprofen's when It's getting a little painful. I came home and wound up having a nap for an hour and then got up and had the rest of the brown rice that I had made the night before and a sliced up smokie. Seems to have helped a little bit with the water that I drank so hopefully tomorrow I will be ok.
I'm going to try and do my stretches tonight before bed but as far as cardio goes, that will have to wait until Monday morning with Jeremy.
After walking at a quick pace for 15 min we went over to the ladies gym and lifted weights for about 10 min, then came back and did the bicycle for 5 and finishing off with stretches on the mats and then doing the stairs 1 1/2 times. By that time we were finished with our workout and time to come home but it was fun and we did sweat some! Tomorrow is a rest day from the gym and I may still work out on my wii earlier in the day, not too sure. My next appointment with Jeremy is on Monday at 11am and I am so excited to see what he has in store for me!
Once again, I'll write to let you know how I'm doing after work and if I added any more excersise to my day.
Oh ya, for breakfast I had a bowl of cereal, and then snack I had an orange, for lunch I am taking snap peas, 2 baby cucumbers halved, and about 1 cup full of grapes! YUM!
Well, It's 9:00pm and I had to leave work at 4 due to feeling pretty sick. I think I'm pushing myself just a little too hard which is where the determination is setting in. I've done some kind of workout for the last week and it seems like my body is trying to reject it in some way by making me feel sick. I went into work feeling great after my workout this morning with Nikki and then at about 2:30pm I was in so much pain that I took a T3. About an hour later I was feeling very groggy and sick to my stomach. I think I'll try to avoid the T3's for now and just take a couple of ibprofen's when It's getting a little painful. I came home and wound up having a nap for an hour and then got up and had the rest of the brown rice that I had made the night before and a sliced up smokie. Seems to have helped a little bit with the water that I drank so hopefully tomorrow I will be ok.
I'm going to try and do my stretches tonight before bed but as far as cardio goes, that will have to wait until Monday morning with Jeremy.
Day 5
This morning was very rough, very rough indeed! I woke up at 11am and rolled out of bed very carefully noticing that something just wasn't quite right. Made it into the bathroom and thought 'oh boy, I'm a hurting unit this morning.' I didn't realize just how bad it was until I tried to walk down the stairs and nearly fell down them! Oh the joys of this stupid scoliosis! So I made downstairs finally and into the kitchen for a bowl of cereal. I was supposed to do my workout afterwards but I thought maybe I'll just rest for a little bit first. I talked on the phone with my friend Nikki for about 2 hours and finally at 2:30pm decided I better get to it. Pain or not!
I wound up doing a couple of back stretches and then started with the torso twists on wii fit plus. That kind of helped a little bit to loosen me up and I went further with the half moon and then the warrior pose. Once that was done, I was pretty much better and carried on to my favorite, the step ups. All in all, by the time I was ready for work I was feeling pretty good.
I brought some multigrain crackers to work with me with 2 tablespoons of hummus for dipping and some brown rice from last night and stir fry. It was as good the second time around as it was the first. By around 8:00pm I had to take a T3 for the pain in the back. I don't know if they are working all that well. Either they aren't working or it just hurts way worse than normal. Anyhow, I'm here now at the end of the day, still sore but ready for whatever tomorrow brings me!
I'm going with Nikki tomorrow to the gym in the morning to do some treadmill excersising so it's not too stressful, maybe I'll be good tomorrow night. Here's hoping...
I wound up doing a couple of back stretches and then started with the torso twists on wii fit plus. That kind of helped a little bit to loosen me up and I went further with the half moon and then the warrior pose. Once that was done, I was pretty much better and carried on to my favorite, the step ups. All in all, by the time I was ready for work I was feeling pretty good.
I brought some multigrain crackers to work with me with 2 tablespoons of hummus for dipping and some brown rice from last night and stir fry. It was as good the second time around as it was the first. By around 8:00pm I had to take a T3 for the pain in the back. I don't know if they are working all that well. Either they aren't working or it just hurts way worse than normal. Anyhow, I'm here now at the end of the day, still sore but ready for whatever tomorrow brings me!
I'm going with Nikki tomorrow to the gym in the morning to do some treadmill excersising so it's not too stressful, maybe I'll be good tomorrow night. Here's hoping...
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