Friday, 16 September 2011

Day 67

What a fantastic workout this morning!  Because of my bad eating habits last night I pushed myself extra hard today!  Jeremy got there at about 5 after 9 and got me started right away on the TRX ropes doing reverse lunges about 12 times on each leg.  Then he handed me the 2lb medicine ball and had to throw it down 15 times on each side and then back to the reverse lunges.  He handed me the 4lb medicine ball and I had to reach down and step to the left and then bring my feet together and raise the ball up above my head to the right about 15 times.  Back to the reverse lunges and then the medicine ball one more time.

Jeremy told me to have about a 20 sec rest and then go up and down the stairs 2 times.  So, I just grabbed a quick drink and away I went.  When I got back upstairs, we went over to the pulley rope and I had to do lunges and hold the lunge while pulling the rope 12 times for each leg and then do the stairs one more time.  When I got back the ropes he had me pull the rope across my body and up 15 times on each arm and then the stairs again.  Then I had to reverse the pull so that I was pulling down 15 times and then we went over to the benches.  I had to sit on the bench with 5lb bar bells at shoulder height and then standing up and reaching above my head with the barbells.  Again 15 times.

Jeremy told me to have a quick rest and again I took a quick drink and then was ready to go.  We did a 3 min sprint on the bike and then back to do the barbell squats one last time.  Then he had me take 2.5lb weights and holding my arms straight out to the sides, I had to walk and lunge from one side of the room to the other and then he had me lay on mat on my back for "dynamic" exercises.  Here I just had to lift one leg up and across my body and then the other repeatedly about 20 times and then it was back to the walk and lunges back across the gym.

We finished up with some stretching on the mats and then because I was walking to matt and nikki's place I didn't have to do a cool down.  Jeremy was quite impressed with my enthusiasm today and i did wind up telling him what I had for supper last night and then he scolded me for having such a poor choice for supper and finally understood why I was pushing myself so hard.  LOL

My warm up today consisted of 20 min on the treadmill at a 6 incline and a 2 speed for 15 min and then my last five minutes I bumped the speed up to a 2.4.  I feel fantastic right now, the back is starting to tighten up a little bit but as I have Sophia for a few hours today, I should be just fine to go to work tonight!  Tomorrow is going to be a rest day as I wont be able to get to the gym before work but, I'm gonna make sure that my lunch for work is quite healthy and when I get home I will have to do part of my homework which is 10 min of stretching tomorrow and sunday and at least 1 hour of cardio before work.  Monday is my next session with Jeremy and I can't wait!

Thursday, 15 September 2011

Day 66

Last night I did not have a wonderful sleep at all.  I wound up not being able to sleep until after 4:30 am and then had to be up and getting ready for work at 10am.  So, I came downstairs, got my laundry and got ready for work.  I left a few minutes earlier because I didn't quite give myself enough time to make a lunch for work so I decided to hit up subway on my way in.  It was a pretty slow day today and pretty drawn out because of it.  I just wanted it to hurry up and be 5:30 so that Nikki and I could hit the gym.

Finally 5:30 came and Nikki and I decided that we were going to go out for supper.  We went over to boston pizza (no we did not make healthy choices)  and started walking over to the gym.  When we got there we jumped on the treadmill right away which probably wasn't the best choice in the world because our stomachs were so sore from supper that we couldn't really give it our all.

I was able to do the treadmill for 45 min today getting up to incline of a 9 and speed of 2.8 at times.  I had to keep adjusting it but, all in all it was a good workout.  Next time we will make sure to give ourselves time to digest our food before we work out lol.  Anyhow, tomorrow is my next session with Jeremy and I am hoping that he doesn't make me pay for the choices we made for supper tonight.  I mean come on, we burned 300 calories of our supper off!

Oh well, I will be sure to post tomorrow at some point before I go to work, probably around 1 or 2 depending on when I get done with the grocery shopping and babysitting little Sophia. 

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Day 65

Sheeeee's baaaaack!  Wahoo!  I am feeling so amazing today!  I still have a little bit of a cough but absolutely nothing compared to what it's been like!  I feel good today and that is awesome compared to the last week!  Tonight I decided after work that I was going to go the gym right after work and wound up getting on that treadmill and staying there for a half an hour!  I worked myself up to a 3 speed and a 4.5 incline and I was doing great!  I probably could have stayed for another half an hour but, I figured I would come home and have some supper and then see how I was feeling afterwards wether I wanted to continue or not.

After meeting up with Nikki and Matt at the esso by the gym, I just got home now and I have to tell you that I am not quite ready for bed.  SO...  I am going to go downstairs and do a little bit of a workout down there for a little bit.  It's the least I can do.  I think I'm gonna do some stretches (because I didn't do my "homework" last night) and then I think I'll carry on to do some step ups for maybe half an hour.  But first, I'll have to do the stairs and go get the laundry and start that as I have no more clean clothes to either work out in or go to work in!  LOL

I have plans to go over to the gym again tomorrow night after work as I am off at about 5:30 so, hopefully I'll be able to stay my full hour there with the walk to and from the gym.  Or, maybe I can get the car from Jan.  I'll see how I'm feeling tomorrow :)

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Day 64

It feels so good to be doing the blogs once again.  Yesterday I met up with Nikki and Matt at the gym and then went inside only to do about 15 min on the treadmill and then we just didn't feel up to doing anymore so we left and went to Timmie's for breakfast and coffee and waited for Matt to finish up with his session with his trainer.  We then went over to their place, picked up Sophia and Nikki and I spent the rest of the day at my place with the baby.

This morning I woke up at 10:30ish and decided to leave the house at about 10 min to 12 to get to my session in time.  Unfortunately, as I was just coming up to the ligths to catch the bus, I watched it fly around the corner.  Darn it!  I missed my bus!  I am still not feeling my 100% so I phoned a cab and carried on to the gym.  Once i got there, I grabbed a coffee, had a smoke and walked through the doors.  As I was going into the change rooms, Jeremy was just coming down the stairs and told me that we were going to have a fun workout today and that he promised it wasn`t going to be too much intensity.

We started off doing some rowing pulls, 12 with each arm and then I turned around and had to pull forward the other way 12 times with each arm.  We went over to one of the other machines and did some weight lifting and then  calf stretches on the stairs 15 times, and repeated these two 3 times.  Once finished that we went over to the benches and I did 10 side arm lifts and 15 bicep curlups and then repeated.  We then went over to the other side and he gave me a 2 lb medicine ball and had me raise it up above my head and slam it into the ground on each side quite a few times and then did some stretching for about 10 min.  My homework tonight is to do 10 min of stretching at least and then we are once agian meeting on friday at 9am.

I am so glad that I am feeling at least a little bit better, hopefully by next week I will be 100% and able to give it full force once again.  After all, I only have 1 more week to reach my goal for the 24th as it is my aunt`s 25th anniversary party and I still want to make sure that the outfit I bought for it is going to be very nice :)

Tomorrow at some point I will be going to the gym, so I probably wont blog until much later.  I hope everyone is well and having a fantastic day!

Sunday, 11 September 2011

Day 62

WOW!  After the week I had I am so surprised at my weigh in this morning!  I'm gonna keep you waiting just a little bit longer and let you know how my week was.  Monday was pretty good, I got up in the morning with a little bit of a cough, went up to walmart before I was to 'supposedly' go the gym, and then decided I was just going to come home.  I wasn't really feeling up to it and just wanted to do a small workout here at home.  So, I came back after buying another 3 pairs of workout pants, went downstairs to the basement and did some stretches.  I can't remember all of them that I did but I know I did the one where you pull your right knee over your left leg while laying on your back, stretching the whole body with the toes pointing down and the hands reaching above my head, and at least one other and some yoga.  From there I did a 10 min jog on the spot and I was done for the day. 

Jumped in the shower, got ready for work and walked out the door.  By the time I got to work my throat was a little bit sore so I bought a pack of halls and started my shift.  By 4:30pm, half an hour after my shift started, my voice was completely gone!  This is how my week started.

Tuesday I was supposed to have a session with Jeremy and was up at 9am for my 11am appointment, sat on the chair and wound up falling asleep until 10.  I called to let them know that I had to cancel and was not awake more than 30 seconds at a time all day.  At 8 I went upstairs to bed and slept all night and then Wednesday when I got up at 7am I called work and told them I wouldn't be in.  Pretty much this whole week was spent either in bed sleeping, or sleeping in my chair.  At times I couldn't even walk up the stairs to the first landing without having to take a break halfway up.  It was pretty bad.  Saturday I thought maybe I would be able to hit the gym, but by the time I got up and came downstairs to get my phone and go upstairs again, I had to sit for 15 min to catch my breath because I could hardly breathe.

Now today, is the first day that I actually felt good!  I was awake all night because I wasn't tired and so excited about finally being able to get to the gym!  Finally at 7:30 I gave up trying to sleep, got up and had my shower and then came downstairs to check the scale for my weigh in.   I almost fell over!  The scale said 241lbs!  Which puts me at a total weight loss of 23 lbs in 2 months!  Wicked!  So I jumped in the car, went to timmies for coffee and got ready for the gym!

Nikki and Matt met up with me this morning and Nikki and I both went on the treadmill for about 40 min and then we had to stop.  Neither one of us was really feeling that great, but we figured that at least something was better than nothing and called it a day.  I still have not heard anything from Jeremy about when my next session is but, as soon as I find out, I will let you all know!  I have plans to go the gym first thing tomorrow morning so when I get home from there, I will be sure to post my next note again, before 2pm.  I am so glad to be back on my feet again!

Sunday, 4 September 2011

Day 55

Today was a fantastic day!  I know it's been a couple days but, I have been a little on the busy side!  Let's start with friday shall we?  I woke up Friday morning to a really fantastic pay cheque in my account and instead of getting Jan to give me a ride to the gym I decided to call a cab and went over to the Esso by the gym to have my Timmies breakfast and a coffee before I did my workout.  As I was sitting there reading my ereader I decided to buy some scratch tickets, so I spent 30 bucks and wound up doubling my money!  NICE!!!!  I cashed in my winnings and headed over to the gym where I almost literally ran into Jeremy going up the stairs.  He asked me if I was doing my cardio today and I confirmed and then let him know that I was still interested in the treadmill that his client is trying to sell for $75 dollars.  I figured I would start off with the treadmill and did 30 min on that and then realized that I should probably get going because I still wanted to get some shopping done before my shift. 

I walked over to Reitman`s and found a skirt that I was just dying to buy that I had seen on the website and then found a shirt to go with it.  I purchased the shirt in a 2x because I am in a 3x right now and I want it for my goal outfit for a family function on the 24th of this month.  The skirt I bought in a 1x because I am in a 2x right now for the same reason.  From there, I went over to Pennington`s and bought a few things there and then carried on to walmart and then realized that I had to get home because I was going to be late for work if I didn`t.  Jan wound up being home by the time I got here and I showed her the stuff I bought and she suggested I try on the clothes so we could see how they fit.

Oh my gosh!  They FIT!!!  And here I thought that I would really have to work hard for the next few weeks to get it on!  They are both a little bit snug but, I shouldn`t have to work that hard to get them to look perfect.

Saturday I decided to take as a rest day because I really hadn`t had one for the last week and I felt that I needed one.  My back was so sore that I wound up having to leave work at 3:30 instead of 8.  So onward home I came.  I stayed pretty much in my chair for 4 hours before I was finally feeling ok enough to walk around and Nikki came over for a visit.  We decided that maybe it would be a good night for a ladies night!  So, we went to Safeway (Merv was here and was kind enough to drive us) and picked up salmon, some fixings for a tossed salad and a few other things and came home.  We had supper and then went upstairs and shaved the legs, and we dyed our hair!!!  I went red, Nikki went black!  It looks pretty good and I have posted a picture below:







Once we finished with our hair, we decided to watch Rio and then it was time for Nikki to go and I went to bed.  Now this morning!

Today I had my alarm set for 6 because Nikki and I had decided to hit the gym early today and made some plans to do a little pampering of ourselves a bit later on.  I didn`t think that some of the things that we did I was ever gonna do and I am very glad that I did!  So I actually got up at 7:30 this morning to a text from Nikki and got up to come downstairs for my weigh in.  I jumped on the scale, closed my eyes and wished really hard to see some great numbers.  AND I DID!  I am now officially down 17lbs!  That is so huge for me!  Being almost 2 months into this weight loss program, and I am still as excited as I have ever been to be still losing something each week!  So, I jumped in the shower, put on my huge workout clothes, and headed off to the gym.

Once there, my back was still really sore and Nikki said she wanted to follow what I  do on the treadmill.  So, we started off at a 12 incline for 5 min, and then wound up slowly decreasing the incline and then once we hit a 7 incline, bumped up the speed from a 2 to a 2.2 and slowly upward until we were doing a 9 incline and a 3 speed.  We continued onward home after 30 min on the treadmill where Jan had her shower and then drove us over to Spasation where I had booked an appointment yesterday for a...  (Yes Sara and Mel)  PEDICURE!!!  I have never in my life done anything like this because I had always felt so scared about getting one done and now I wish I had done it sooner!  And of course, I had to take a picture:



Aren't they perty?  LOL

Once we finished there, we continued our pampering over to a little place by my house called Binh's Nails and we decided to get our nails done as well!  I have a couple pictures here because I thought they looked so pretty!  :)



Needless to say,  I have spoiled myself rotten but, however!  The next leg of the journey is still to come and there are many more rewards that are coming my way!  I just wanted to share these with all of you guys!

Love you all and keep those words of inspiration and motivation coming!  I am loving this journey that I am taking and I am so glad that Jenn, Nikki, Sara, Jan and I are all in this together!  Thanks guys!  My next session  with Jeremy is on Tuesday but, tomorrow I will be going to the gym for my full hour and I will let you know how that goes then!  :)


Thursday, 1 September 2011

Day 52

For once I beat Jeremy to the gym!  Ha ha!  What a feat it was!  I was even warmed up and chatting with an old coworker when he strolled in at 10 min after 9!  I wound up getting a ride from Jan once again to the Clareview LRT station and then walked over to the Esso and got myself my Timmies coffee and 2 breakfast wraps for my breakfast.  I then just sat there and read my ereader until I figured Nikki would be done with her session and started over towards the gym at 8.

Nikki, Matt and I stood outside and chatted until about 8:30 and then I let them go so that I could go in and get ready to start my warm up.  I started off on the treadmill for 10 min and then went on the bike for 5 min.  Once I was finished with the bike I went over to the railing and did some of my stretching there and then headed downstairs to the locker room to get some gum and wait patiently for Jeremy.  Patient?  Ya right!  Not in my vocabulary.   Once he came, we went over to the ladies section and he had me doing the rowing pulls while stepping to one side and pulling my leg up off the floor while doing so.  Went the other way and did this probably about 15 times and then went over to the weight lifting machine to lift weights.  We repeated these 2 more times and then went out into the main area to the TRX ropes.

Here I had to use the ropes to step to the side and bring my left leg behind my right leg as far down as I could and then pull myself up and carry on to the other side.  This one I found hurt the middle of my back pretty bad and once again I almost cried because of the pain.  I had to stop half way through and try to get myself composed enough so that I wouldn't cry and then finished off the rep.  I think we did these about 20 times and then I had to go over to the bike and do a sprint on a level 4 for 4 min.  Then we went back over to the TRX ropes for more, only did about 10 and then back on the bike for a 3 minute sprint.

While I was doing the bike, Jeremy went and got two mats and put them down on the floor.  It was time to do some stretching even though I had done my stretches every day since friday, apparently I need to do more of them.  I think the good ol wii should be fired up a little more than to just check my weight.  Anyways, first we put one foot up against the inner thigh on the opposite leg, held for a minute and then did the other side.  Next, we pulled both feel together and with our hands holding our ankles, pushed down on our knees with our elbows.  Laying down on the mats, we pulled one leg across our bodies with the opposite hand and then repeated on the other side, holding it for 1 min on each side.  Jeremy actually did all of these with me.    Once this was done I had to do 50 ab crunches and then he got a step up stool and put it down under two bars that are susspended in the air while I pointed my toes and reached above my head.

He helped me up onto the stool and then I had to reach up and grab the bars and kind of hang there for ab.out a minute and then back down on the mats we went.  On our hands and knees we had to stretch as far as we could with our arms extended without lifting the butt off of the ankles and held this for 1 min, then doing the same stretch but reaching across the opposite hand with each arm.  Then we went over to the railing and I had to do the stretches that I had previously done earlier before he came.  Once we finished, he asked if I was going to walk home or if I had the car and I said no, I either have to take the bus or walk, whichever comes first.  So he said that the walk to the bus stop would be my cool down instead of the treadmill and we set up an appointment for next Tuesday at 11. 

I am hoping to try and make the gym almost every day this week, except for Saturday and do stretches every day, including at least 25 ab crunches every day.  Maybe if I do that I might actually be alright for the next session with Jeremy.

Last night I did wind up going to the gym with Jenn but, I will have to add on to it tonight when I get home from work as I am starting to run out of time at this point to get ready to go.  More later folks!