Blog time! My favorite time of day! Most days anyways. I don't have too much to share but, I did wind up going to the gym all by myself this morning. Being pay day, I didn't have a really big pay check and so therefore, paid my 2 bills (i know, that's not many) and got a ride from Jan this morning. We stopped at the gas station, filled up the car with gas and then I walked over from the LRT to start my workout. I decided this time that I was going to take my ereader with me and see how it would work out and I tell you it was really good!
I set the treadmill on a 2.5 incline and a 2.4 speed and away I went. I looked up from my book to check the time and 30 min had passed! HOLY! I didn't even realize it! So I kept on reading and once 45 min passed I bumped up the speed to 2.6 for the last 15 min and away I went! Before I knew it my time was up and I was heading over to Matt and Nikkis place to get a ride home with Sophia. I think from now on I will try for the higher speed and read my book as time really did fly by. I did sweat pretty good but at least I'm not conscious of what I'm doing and how much time is passing as I'm reading. Tonight after work I need to do my stretching as it is part of my workout and then tomorrow morning Nikki and I are going to meet at the gym for 8 to get a really good workout in.
My spirits today are way higher than they were yesterday. I think with all of the good news that I have been sharing and all of the progress I have made, I just wished I could share it with my mother. But, I know she is looking down on me and I know that she is motivating me to keep going in my heart and to me, that will have to be better than nothing. It doesn't help that my dad is in Drayton Valley working right now because usually I just talk to him and everything works out just hunky dory.
Like I said, I am in a great mood today, feel good and I'm just chalking my bad mood yesterday to not enough sleep. Have a great day everyone, and I will be sure to do a blog tomorrow morning before I go to work :)
Friday, 30 September 2011
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Day 80
After only 4 hours of sleep, I was able to get myself out of bed at 7 this morning and jump in the shower to go to work. It started off with a bang for sure. I'm feeling pretty sad today. I am missing my dad terribly as I wasn't able to see him on the weekend like I had planned and the last time I had seen him was probably about 3 or 4 years ago now. I just couldn't afford to spend 120 dollars in gas to go. Guess I'll have to save up for it. Another reason for not feeling all that happy is that I am even more so missing my mom today. I know that she is looking down and seeing the accomplishments that I have made thus far, but, just to hear the excitement in her voice would be just the push I need to keep it up. To see her face light up as well would be nice. I know it won't happen, and that it can't happen but, sometimes, a person just wishes for it. I am going to keep pushing and when I am in pain throughout my sessions with Jeremy, I just think of her and I know that she would tell me to give it all I've got and that's what I do. I focus and push through it. This post is more of a reflection for me to see how and what I feel in the months that have passed, so there is no need to post a comment guys. I'll get over it and keep going but, in my eyes, it's very important to keep track of all good and bad days.
Moving on, I had my shower, ate a granola bar and started on my way for my long walk to the gym. Today it took me 45 min as I really didn't care to speed walk and I just wanted to enjoy the fresh air and clear my head. I didn't have to do a warm up either as it took so long to walk and when I finally made it upstairs, Jeremy was ready for me to get going. He noticed that I wasn't in top spirits today and left it be which is really what I wanted. I just wanted to get it over with and get the day over with as soon as possible. We started off in the ladies only section and did 12 rowing pulls on each arm while bringing the other one forward and then he had me do a squat on the bench, stand up and shuffle to the side once and then squat again about 12 times. We repeated these two and then moved off into the next area.
We went over to the TRX ropes and had to body pullups 12 times and then reverse lunges 12 times. Down and up the stairs 2 times and then back to the TRX ropes for another rep. My back was starting to hurt a bit so he had me go over to the railing and do the cross body stretch with each arm, and then with both hands stretch out the back some more and then down and up the stairs 2 more times. While I was doing that, he went over to get the 10lb barbells and I had to do the side arm raises with the barbells as many times as I could and then bicep curls 10 times. I was able to rest for a minute or two and then repeat the rep.
He had me rest for another minute and then he gave me the smallest kettlebell and I had to do 12 lawnmower pulls on the bench and then down and up the stairs one more time. He then asked me to come and sit with him in the office so that we could set up our next appointments for next week and then told me that he needed my input on something. Apparently his trainers at the gym are not getting repeat customers and as I have spoken with him many times about getting more sessions, he was wondering what it was about him that made him so special to have repeats. I just told him the truth, like I always do. I like working out with him. He always has a good session planned, he's nice, easy to talk to and very motivating. I had also told him that I did want to eventually get more sessions before these ones are done but, I wanted to see where his head was at. I don't want to pay for more sessions with him and then have him quit his job and then I'd have to find a new trainer. I don't want anyone else, as Jeremy is good at what he does and obviously his program is helping me considering the progress that I have made.
Anyways, he then told me to go ahead and choose my homework to do until Monday and I decided that I would do 2 hours of cardio and stretches every day until our session at 9. Should be easy enough to do considering the fact that I will have to walk to the gym at least 2 days and I have to stretch to keep my back feeling good. Tomorrow I will be going to the gym for 8 or 9 as I have little miss Sophia to watch before work. I will post my new blog by 1pm at the latest. Like I said, no need to comment today guys, I love the support and motivation!
Moving on, I had my shower, ate a granola bar and started on my way for my long walk to the gym. Today it took me 45 min as I really didn't care to speed walk and I just wanted to enjoy the fresh air and clear my head. I didn't have to do a warm up either as it took so long to walk and when I finally made it upstairs, Jeremy was ready for me to get going. He noticed that I wasn't in top spirits today and left it be which is really what I wanted. I just wanted to get it over with and get the day over with as soon as possible. We started off in the ladies only section and did 12 rowing pulls on each arm while bringing the other one forward and then he had me do a squat on the bench, stand up and shuffle to the side once and then squat again about 12 times. We repeated these two and then moved off into the next area.
We went over to the TRX ropes and had to body pullups 12 times and then reverse lunges 12 times. Down and up the stairs 2 times and then back to the TRX ropes for another rep. My back was starting to hurt a bit so he had me go over to the railing and do the cross body stretch with each arm, and then with both hands stretch out the back some more and then down and up the stairs 2 more times. While I was doing that, he went over to get the 10lb barbells and I had to do the side arm raises with the barbells as many times as I could and then bicep curls 10 times. I was able to rest for a minute or two and then repeat the rep.
He had me rest for another minute and then he gave me the smallest kettlebell and I had to do 12 lawnmower pulls on the bench and then down and up the stairs one more time. He then asked me to come and sit with him in the office so that we could set up our next appointments for next week and then told me that he needed my input on something. Apparently his trainers at the gym are not getting repeat customers and as I have spoken with him many times about getting more sessions, he was wondering what it was about him that made him so special to have repeats. I just told him the truth, like I always do. I like working out with him. He always has a good session planned, he's nice, easy to talk to and very motivating. I had also told him that I did want to eventually get more sessions before these ones are done but, I wanted to see where his head was at. I don't want to pay for more sessions with him and then have him quit his job and then I'd have to find a new trainer. I don't want anyone else, as Jeremy is good at what he does and obviously his program is helping me considering the progress that I have made.
Anyways, he then told me to go ahead and choose my homework to do until Monday and I decided that I would do 2 hours of cardio and stretches every day until our session at 9. Should be easy enough to do considering the fact that I will have to walk to the gym at least 2 days and I have to stretch to keep my back feeling good. Tomorrow I will be going to the gym for 8 or 9 as I have little miss Sophia to watch before work. I will post my new blog by 1pm at the latest. Like I said, no need to comment today guys, I love the support and motivation!
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Day 78
Alright, I'm feeling really good today. I'm a little bit on this uncomfortable side (uncomfortable isn't really the word to use, but it'll do) considering all that happened today, but I'm still really happy and feel great! My back is a little tender but, once I've done some stretching, I'm sure it will be just fine.
I woke up at 6 this morning, rolled over and looked at the time, groaned and rolled back over to go back to sleep. Today being my last day of four off I wanted to sleep in if only for a little bit longer than normal. I woke up at 8 and sent Nikki her morning text and told her that today I wasn't going to the gym that early and she said the same. So, I rolled over and went back to sleep again and finally crawled out of bed at 10 feeling refreshed and ready to rock.
I came downstairs and had my smoke and turned on the tv to watch one of my episodes of days of our lives that I have not seen yet and then decided that flashpoint was in order and then that way I could have some breakfast and then shower and get my butt over to Nikki's to go to the gym.
Finally at 11 I made 2 pieces of toast with 2 eggs, 3 pieces of turkey bacon and 2 slices of cheese and then settled down to watch my show. Once finished with breakfast I went upstairs and showered and got ready to go. I finally started on my 30 min walk at 1:00 and wound up getting to Nikki's at 1:40. We rested at her place at her house until Matt came to watch Sophia at 3 and then we walked over and got our coffee at timmie's and made it over to the gym for 10 min to 4. We immediately got onto the treadmill and wound up staying on there for an hour.
This is where I felt a little uncomfortable. We wiped down our machines and started to head downstairs where I saw Jeremy sitting at his desk, he called me over and told me to follow him because he had some new trainers for me to meet. He introduced me and had said that he was talking about my measurements to them yesterday and how proud he was of the progress that I have done. I'm not saying that I don't like him bragging about me to others but, it just kind of feels weird to be talked about to other people whom I don't even know.
Anyhow, Jan picked me up at 5:15 and we went home and I made the most awesome supper! Oh my goodness it was good! I made chicken breasts, with chilli lime rub from the pampered chef pantry, a squash and a tossed salad with tomato, cucumber, radishes, mushrooms, and peppers (orange, yellow and red) in it. It was so good and I didn't even finish all of my salad because I was full just with the chicken and the squash. So it will be going into the fridge for my lunch at work tomorrow.
Other than that, before bed I am going to do 4 of my stretches and some ab crunches and then call it a night. I think that will be just fine for one day and then on Thursday I will be walking to the gym for the last half hour of my 2 hour cardio "homework" that Jeremy had given me. Tomorrow is a rest day as I have been doing at least something for the last week so there will be no blog, but I will be sure to get the blog done on Thursday hopefully before I go to work after my session at 8:30 in the morning. :) :) Take care everyone! Hope you enjoyed your daily "fix"!
I woke up at 6 this morning, rolled over and looked at the time, groaned and rolled back over to go back to sleep. Today being my last day of four off I wanted to sleep in if only for a little bit longer than normal. I woke up at 8 and sent Nikki her morning text and told her that today I wasn't going to the gym that early and she said the same. So, I rolled over and went back to sleep again and finally crawled out of bed at 10 feeling refreshed and ready to rock.
I came downstairs and had my smoke and turned on the tv to watch one of my episodes of days of our lives that I have not seen yet and then decided that flashpoint was in order and then that way I could have some breakfast and then shower and get my butt over to Nikki's to go to the gym.
Finally at 11 I made 2 pieces of toast with 2 eggs, 3 pieces of turkey bacon and 2 slices of cheese and then settled down to watch my show. Once finished with breakfast I went upstairs and showered and got ready to go. I finally started on my 30 min walk at 1:00 and wound up getting to Nikki's at 1:40. We rested at her place at her house until Matt came to watch Sophia at 3 and then we walked over and got our coffee at timmie's and made it over to the gym for 10 min to 4. We immediately got onto the treadmill and wound up staying on there for an hour.
This is where I felt a little uncomfortable. We wiped down our machines and started to head downstairs where I saw Jeremy sitting at his desk, he called me over and told me to follow him because he had some new trainers for me to meet. He introduced me and had said that he was talking about my measurements to them yesterday and how proud he was of the progress that I have done. I'm not saying that I don't like him bragging about me to others but, it just kind of feels weird to be talked about to other people whom I don't even know.
Anyhow, Jan picked me up at 5:15 and we went home and I made the most awesome supper! Oh my goodness it was good! I made chicken breasts, with chilli lime rub from the pampered chef pantry, a squash and a tossed salad with tomato, cucumber, radishes, mushrooms, and peppers (orange, yellow and red) in it. It was so good and I didn't even finish all of my salad because I was full just with the chicken and the squash. So it will be going into the fridge for my lunch at work tomorrow.
Other than that, before bed I am going to do 4 of my stretches and some ab crunches and then call it a night. I think that will be just fine for one day and then on Thursday I will be walking to the gym for the last half hour of my 2 hour cardio "homework" that Jeremy had given me. Tomorrow is a rest day as I have been doing at least something for the last week so there will be no blog, but I will be sure to get the blog done on Thursday hopefully before I go to work after my session at 8:30 in the morning. :) :) Take care everyone! Hope you enjoyed your daily "fix"!
Monday, 26 September 2011
Day 77 - Measurements
What a wonderful day it is indeed!!!! I was awake at 5:30 this morning and although I didn't crawl my butt out of bed until 6:30 at least I was still awake. I came downstairs for my first smoke of the day and then lazily went back upstairs to get showered and ready to take Jan to work. I got home and made myself a couple eggs, turkey bacon and 2 pieces of toast for breakfast and then watched a little tv before I finished getting ready for my session.
Of course, Jeremy was late again today by 5 min and I've come to just accept it. No point in telling a man over and over that he's late cause he's just going to do what he wants anyways! LOL
I did the treadmill for 5 min while I waited and when he came to get me I said "Good morning Sunshine, Measurements???" He laughed and said yes, we could do them today. However, you get to read my ramble a little more before I tell you about them! HA HA HA!
Skipping to the last half hour of my session, Jeremy had me do 15 lunges on each leg on the bonsi ball and then he grabbed a mat and I had to do the plank 2 times in a row. He sent me down and up the stairs once and then back to repeat the lunges and planks. From there, he had me stand on top of the bonsi ball and do rowing pulls lifting 55lbs 12 times on each arm and then up and down the stairs twice and back again to repeat 12 times. I then had to do a walking lunge across the gym and then back over to the wall where I had to put this big ball behind my back against the wall and do 15 squats. I got a 30 second break in between somewhere in all of that and had to do the squats again.
It doesn't seem like much, maybe it does, but that's all the stuff we did in half an hour and then I had to do my cool down on the treadmill for 3 min. Anyways, so the results of my measurements are:
Altogether since July 11, I have gone down 3 cm in the neck, 10 cm in the glutes, up 1 cm in the shoulders, down 8 cm in the thighs, down 12 cm in the first abdomen, and down 13 cm in the second abdomen. A total of 45 cm down and 21lbs lost in 2 1/2 months! Crazy!
I am so happy that Nikki is with me on this journey and that things are going so well. We each push each other and accept no excuses. I LOVE IT! Of course all of the support from family and friends is greatly appreciated as well and I love reading the comments, and inspirational messages. It keeps me going! Love you all and can't wait to share the next blog with you!
Of course, Jeremy was late again today by 5 min and I've come to just accept it. No point in telling a man over and over that he's late cause he's just going to do what he wants anyways! LOL
I did the treadmill for 5 min while I waited and when he came to get me I said "Good morning Sunshine, Measurements???" He laughed and said yes, we could do them today. However, you get to read my ramble a little more before I tell you about them! HA HA HA!
Skipping to the last half hour of my session, Jeremy had me do 15 lunges on each leg on the bonsi ball and then he grabbed a mat and I had to do the plank 2 times in a row. He sent me down and up the stairs once and then back to repeat the lunges and planks. From there, he had me stand on top of the bonsi ball and do rowing pulls lifting 55lbs 12 times on each arm and then up and down the stairs twice and back again to repeat 12 times. I then had to do a walking lunge across the gym and then back over to the wall where I had to put this big ball behind my back against the wall and do 15 squats. I got a 30 second break in between somewhere in all of that and had to do the squats again.
It doesn't seem like much, maybe it does, but that's all the stuff we did in half an hour and then I had to do my cool down on the treadmill for 3 min. Anyways, so the results of my measurements are:
Altogether since July 11, I have gone down 3 cm in the neck, 10 cm in the glutes, up 1 cm in the shoulders, down 8 cm in the thighs, down 12 cm in the first abdomen, and down 13 cm in the second abdomen. A total of 45 cm down and 21lbs lost in 2 1/2 months! Crazy!
I am so happy that Nikki is with me on this journey and that things are going so well. We each push each other and accept no excuses. I LOVE IT! Of course all of the support from family and friends is greatly appreciated as well and I love reading the comments, and inspirational messages. It keeps me going! Love you all and can't wait to share the next blog with you!
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Day 76 - Weigh in
What a beautiful day today to do a blog! The weather is absolutely wonderful and that breeze is neither a hot one or a cold one! So i figured today would be a good day to enjoy and get out here and blog to my heart's content. Yesterday was a pretty good day, I had a family function to go to after my workout and although I had to find an alternative route to take other than the shorter one, I still had a pretty fantastic day! I had bought an outfit about 3 weeks ago for this special occasion because I knew that with the inches I have lost thus far, and the lbs that I have lost as well, I wouldn`t have anything but yoga pants and a t-shirt to go in. And considering the fact that I have still lost more in the last 3 weeks, even those wouldn`t exactly show much in the way of how much I have lost.
I am proud to announce now that 76 days ago, I was in a 4x pants, and a 3x shirt. Today, I am now in a 2x pants in some, but a 1x in others! I`m kind of at that point where I am in between! My shirt size has also come down a little bit and I am now in a 2x in some, but again, a 3x in others! It`s on it`s way! And you can definitely see the difference! I will try to post a picture from Mel`s wedding (for those of you that don`t know her, she`s my best friend of many wonderful years) and then I will post the new ones we took yesterday as well.
But before that...
This morning I was up fairly early, not as early as some days but, early enough, sent off a text to Nikki that I was hoping to be at the gym for 10am and if she wanted to come, I would be more than happy to have her come with me. I had about a half a cup of yogurt for breakfast, with 6 raspberries (that`s all we had left) and about 1/4 cup of blueberries mixed in and it was sure yummy! I then jumped in the shower and proceeded to get ready to do my workout.
I got to Nikki's to pick her up and we had a couple smokes and were finally ready to go at 10:45. I didn't feel up to starting on the treadmill right away so I opted to go into the ladies only room and started with weight lifting to work the shoulders, arms and biceps. I lifted 55lbs one way 10 times and then switched to the other way another 10 times. I'm not sure what the machine is called but maybe I will take a picture sometime or even ask Jeremy what it's called and let you know another time. When I finished that, I grabbed a 10lb barbell and while squatting down, reached the barbell to touch the floor between my legs 10 times with each arm and then hit the treadmill. I started off at a 2 speed and 3 incline and then slowly increased the incline and speed so that by the end of my 15 min I was at a 2.6 speed and a 6.5 incline. From there, I went over to the eliptical and did that for 10 min but on my last minute I gave it all I could for that whole minute getting up to a speed of about 5.7. Once that was done I went over to the railing and did a calf stretch for about a min on each foot to try to help out with my heel problem and Nikki and I called it a day. We walked over to Timmie`s for a coffee and left for home. But I didn`t stop there!
Once I got home, I rested for a little bit to finish my coffee and share my day at the gym with Jan and then went downstairs to get some stretching in. I pulled my right leg up to place the bottom of my foot against the left leg and leaned forward stretching out the back and pulling on my right foot to stretch out the foot just a little more. I held this for about a min and then repeated with the other leg. I then laid on my back and reached above my head as far as I could and pointed my feet the other way and held this for about 30 secs. Then while I was still on my back, reached across my body with my right hand, grabbed my left leg and pulled it over to the right. Repeated the other side and then placed my right foot on my left knee and lifting my leg up off the floor stretched the glutes for about a min on each side. I was feeling pretty good at this point so I took it another step further and did 20 normal ab crunches and then did 30 ab crunches while reaching each arm across my body as I was going up. On my way up the stairs I did 25 calf stretches by placing my feet on half of the stair and just raising up on my tip toes. It was quite the variety today and I feel pretty good!
Tomorrow is my session with Jeremy and since we didn't get the measurements done on Friday like we were supposed to, I am going to make sure and get him to do them tomorrow as I am curious to see how many more inches I have lost. I should have the next post up by about 2 or 3 as I have a few errands to run before I come home.
And now I am going to post those pictures that you all have been waiting for! I still have a long way to go but, I am very happy with the results thus far!
Clearly these pictures were taken at Mel's wedding in 2007.
This one was taken at Grant's wedding in 2008.
And these were taken YESTERDAY!!!! What a difference!!!
Ok that's it, peace! Thanks once again for all the support guys! Oh ya! I forgot! This week I have lost 2lbs so I am officially at 243 now!
I am proud to announce now that 76 days ago, I was in a 4x pants, and a 3x shirt. Today, I am now in a 2x pants in some, but a 1x in others! I`m kind of at that point where I am in between! My shirt size has also come down a little bit and I am now in a 2x in some, but again, a 3x in others! It`s on it`s way! And you can definitely see the difference! I will try to post a picture from Mel`s wedding (for those of you that don`t know her, she`s my best friend of many wonderful years) and then I will post the new ones we took yesterday as well.
But before that...
This morning I was up fairly early, not as early as some days but, early enough, sent off a text to Nikki that I was hoping to be at the gym for 10am and if she wanted to come, I would be more than happy to have her come with me. I had about a half a cup of yogurt for breakfast, with 6 raspberries (that`s all we had left) and about 1/4 cup of blueberries mixed in and it was sure yummy! I then jumped in the shower and proceeded to get ready to do my workout.
I got to Nikki's to pick her up and we had a couple smokes and were finally ready to go at 10:45. I didn't feel up to starting on the treadmill right away so I opted to go into the ladies only room and started with weight lifting to work the shoulders, arms and biceps. I lifted 55lbs one way 10 times and then switched to the other way another 10 times. I'm not sure what the machine is called but maybe I will take a picture sometime or even ask Jeremy what it's called and let you know another time. When I finished that, I grabbed a 10lb barbell and while squatting down, reached the barbell to touch the floor between my legs 10 times with each arm and then hit the treadmill. I started off at a 2 speed and 3 incline and then slowly increased the incline and speed so that by the end of my 15 min I was at a 2.6 speed and a 6.5 incline. From there, I went over to the eliptical and did that for 10 min but on my last minute I gave it all I could for that whole minute getting up to a speed of about 5.7. Once that was done I went over to the railing and did a calf stretch for about a min on each foot to try to help out with my heel problem and Nikki and I called it a day. We walked over to Timmie`s for a coffee and left for home. But I didn`t stop there!
Once I got home, I rested for a little bit to finish my coffee and share my day at the gym with Jan and then went downstairs to get some stretching in. I pulled my right leg up to place the bottom of my foot against the left leg and leaned forward stretching out the back and pulling on my right foot to stretch out the foot just a little more. I held this for about a min and then repeated with the other leg. I then laid on my back and reached above my head as far as I could and pointed my feet the other way and held this for about 30 secs. Then while I was still on my back, reached across my body with my right hand, grabbed my left leg and pulled it over to the right. Repeated the other side and then placed my right foot on my left knee and lifting my leg up off the floor stretched the glutes for about a min on each side. I was feeling pretty good at this point so I took it another step further and did 20 normal ab crunches and then did 30 ab crunches while reaching each arm across my body as I was going up. On my way up the stairs I did 25 calf stretches by placing my feet on half of the stair and just raising up on my tip toes. It was quite the variety today and I feel pretty good!
Tomorrow is my session with Jeremy and since we didn't get the measurements done on Friday like we were supposed to, I am going to make sure and get him to do them tomorrow as I am curious to see how many more inches I have lost. I should have the next post up by about 2 or 3 as I have a few errands to run before I come home.
And now I am going to post those pictures that you all have been waiting for! I still have a long way to go but, I am very happy with the results thus far!
Clearly these pictures were taken at Mel's wedding in 2007.
This one was taken at Grant's wedding in 2008.
And these were taken YESTERDAY!!!! What a difference!!!
Ok that's it, peace! Thanks once again for all the support guys! Oh ya! I forgot! This week I have lost 2lbs so I am officially at 243 now!
Saturday, 24 September 2011
Day 75
My foot hurt like a bugger this morning when I woke up. I started off down the stairs and the pain was so bad I had to take them one at a time and I thought I wasn't going to make it to the gym today. So I put the clogs on, went outside for my morning smoke and hoped for the best. Usually when I put the clogs on my feet feel so much better because they are so nice and soft to step on. As time went by my feet felt a little better and by 9 I was on my way to the shower to get ready to go.
I sent Nikki a text telling her I changed my mind and was still planning on going and headed out the door. We got to Timmie's for breakfast and a coffee before we started and my foot was still feeling pretty sore but we headed over there anyways and I decided that I would try to do the teadmill at a lower than normal speed and just get it over with.
So, I put the treadmill on a 1.6 speed at a 1 incline and away I went. About 5 min in, I decided to up the speed a little to a 2 and kept it there for another 10 min. Eventually I was doing a 2.8 speed and a 3 incline so I did wind up getting over the pain and getting a good workout in. I did the treadmill for 45 min and had to take off. I was hoping to get some stretching in or even some weight lifting but, as I have a family function to go to this afternoon to go to and I want to make sure to look my best. Before I go, I will be doing some stretches downstairs, 4 of them, and possibly about 50 ab crunches as well. This should take about 15 min so that I am sure to get my full workout in today.
Tomorrow is another day and I will be sure to go to the gym in the morning once agian and hopefully get about 1 1/2 hours in this time. Bye for now! :)
I sent Nikki a text telling her I changed my mind and was still planning on going and headed out the door. We got to Timmie's for breakfast and a coffee before we started and my foot was still feeling pretty sore but we headed over there anyways and I decided that I would try to do the teadmill at a lower than normal speed and just get it over with.
So, I put the treadmill on a 1.6 speed at a 1 incline and away I went. About 5 min in, I decided to up the speed a little to a 2 and kept it there for another 10 min. Eventually I was doing a 2.8 speed and a 3 incline so I did wind up getting over the pain and getting a good workout in. I did the treadmill for 45 min and had to take off. I was hoping to get some stretching in or even some weight lifting but, as I have a family function to go to this afternoon to go to and I want to make sure to look my best. Before I go, I will be doing some stretches downstairs, 4 of them, and possibly about 50 ab crunches as well. This should take about 15 min so that I am sure to get my full workout in today.
Tomorrow is another day and I will be sure to go to the gym in the morning once agian and hopefully get about 1 1/2 hours in this time. Bye for now! :)
Friday, 23 September 2011
Day 74
What a fantastic start to the morning! I think I might do it more often! This monring I was awake at 5:30 and I mean awake. I wasn't feeling groggy, my legs seemed to be ok for the most part, and my back didn't hurt at all! I got out of bed around 6 after cuddling with the charliebug and came downstairs to make some breakfast. I had a couple pieces of toast with 1 egg and 1 strip of turkey bacon on each and then came to sit and relax in front of the computer for an hour before getting my coat on.
I decided to put the Ipod on and set off out the door at about 7:52 and started off on a brisk walk. I went all the way around my block and then followed the bus route for a little bit to the husky store and then made my way back to the lights to come back to my house. But I didn't stop there. I did a little bit of a jog for about a minute down the block to the next street and then continued on for a bit with my brisk walk. I did another little sprint for another minute and then slowed it down. I did it one more time and then I must've stepped wrong because my heel started to hurt pretty bad. So I cooled it for the time being and made my way over to Esso to get myself a coffee before going home. I walked/jogged for a total of 50 min and I am going to give my heel a good working over with a golf ball to help loosen it up and then Sophia and I are going to go for another walk in a bit. Maybe once we get back from there and when she goes down for a nap I can maybe do some step ups or stretching for a bit. I'll have to see how the day plays out. I do know however that Matt will be picking her up probably around 2 or 2:30 so if that happens I may just wait to do anything at all and just do it at that time.
All in all I was quite happy with todays workout. I'm ecstatic about being able to jog for 2 min and not feel like dying. Maybe the next time I will be able to jog for 5 or even be able to finally do it on that treadmill! So in between the 150 ab crunches last night before bed and this morning, I feel like I may have just gotten back into my groove! YAY! More tomorrow!
I decided to put the Ipod on and set off out the door at about 7:52 and started off on a brisk walk. I went all the way around my block and then followed the bus route for a little bit to the husky store and then made my way back to the lights to come back to my house. But I didn't stop there. I did a little bit of a jog for about a minute down the block to the next street and then continued on for a bit with my brisk walk. I did another little sprint for another minute and then slowed it down. I did it one more time and then I must've stepped wrong because my heel started to hurt pretty bad. So I cooled it for the time being and made my way over to Esso to get myself a coffee before going home. I walked/jogged for a total of 50 min and I am going to give my heel a good working over with a golf ball to help loosen it up and then Sophia and I are going to go for another walk in a bit. Maybe once we get back from there and when she goes down for a nap I can maybe do some step ups or stretching for a bit. I'll have to see how the day plays out. I do know however that Matt will be picking her up probably around 2 or 2:30 so if that happens I may just wait to do anything at all and just do it at that time.
All in all I was quite happy with todays workout. I'm ecstatic about being able to jog for 2 min and not feel like dying. Maybe the next time I will be able to jog for 5 or even be able to finally do it on that treadmill! So in between the 150 ab crunches last night before bed and this morning, I feel like I may have just gotten back into my groove! YAY! More tomorrow!
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