Well, this morning was a pretty jumpy start once again. I rolled out of bed at 9am and almost didn't make it into my session today. My back was so sore and my legs as well were a little tender. I decided that maybe I would just wait a little bit and see how I felt. I had my breakfast, went upstairs, and by the time I had my shower I was a little bit better. I figured I had better let Jeremy know that I was pretty sore this morning to see what he could do for me.
At 10:15 I finally made my way to the gym and got on the treadmill to do my warm up. Jeremy came and got me and then asked me why I was so happy this morning. I told him that I have been having a really good time at the new job and that I was just generally happy.
We started out doing 12 bench presses with the 10 lb dumbells and then I had to do 10 bicep curls while standing on one leg. For someone that has no balance control it took me some time to complete this task but, I did it. He had me do the stairs three times and then come back for another round. He then went over and got a mat and we did a couple of stretches. He had me lay on the floor and then he took my right knee and pulled it over the left leg while holding my shoulders to the floor. After he did the other side he lifted my one foot straight up to stretch the hamstring and pushed into me and then while holding that he had me bend my knee slightly to help with the lower back as well. He then had me go for a little walk and we did some weight lifting and then alternate dumbell lifts. I then had to do the stairs 3 more times and then we did some shoulder stretches and calf stretches. Maybe there were a few other things in there too but, as it is so late, I just can't remember what it was that we did.
For my cool down I wound up walking to the bus and when it didn't come in 10 min I just continued on my walk home. I also walked to work today as well so I have already accomplished 1 hour of my 2 hour homework. Yay me! I was also told that I must do at least 10 min of core every day until our session Monday at 10am. Before I go to bed I am planning on doing my core and also at least 5 of the 8 stretches that Jeremy has taught me. Hopefully it will make me feel good before bed as I am in a little bit of pain at the moment from work.
I will be going to the gym tomorrow for a little bit and then when I get home, relaxation time until Sunday morning. :)
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Day 168
It turned out to be a really good day, even though it started off a little rough. I didn't get out of bed until 10am and the only reason why was because my back was hurting so bad that I just wanted to lay there and stay in bed all day. However, I got up, had my breakfast, had my shower and headed to the gym for 1pm.
Once I got there I went straight upstairs and into the ladies only section. I really didn't want to be around anyone and I just wanted to zone out and get it done so that I could come home. I did the eliptical for 15 min, and then went over to the treadmill and did that for 30 min. Ok so I didn't get my full hour in today but, at least I got 45 min in. As soon as I got home I had enough time to basically relax before work and then I started out the door to walk. I made it to the end of the driveway and had to turn around and come back. The sidewalks were so slippery that even my boots wouldn't have carried me properly to work. I was a little on the scared side to walk for fear of falling and hurting myself that I came back inside and asked Jan to give me a ride.
Once I finished work tonight I did do my stretches, I did about 5 different ones and they seemed to help the back out a little bit so, hopefully tomorrow I am going to be ok for my session. I may just do some more stretches before I go to see if it helps any with the session. I have already asked Jeremy not to do too much in the way of leg exercises because my legs are really hurting today as well as my feet. Who knows? I may just regret asking. :) Blog will be posted tomorrow earlier. Sorry to those that were waiting to read.
Once I got there I went straight upstairs and into the ladies only section. I really didn't want to be around anyone and I just wanted to zone out and get it done so that I could come home. I did the eliptical for 15 min, and then went over to the treadmill and did that for 30 min. Ok so I didn't get my full hour in today but, at least I got 45 min in. As soon as I got home I had enough time to basically relax before work and then I started out the door to walk. I made it to the end of the driveway and had to turn around and come back. The sidewalks were so slippery that even my boots wouldn't have carried me properly to work. I was a little on the scared side to walk for fear of falling and hurting myself that I came back inside and asked Jan to give me a ride.
Once I finished work tonight I did do my stretches, I did about 5 different ones and they seemed to help the back out a little bit so, hopefully tomorrow I am going to be ok for my session. I may just do some more stretches before I go to see if it helps any with the session. I have already asked Jeremy not to do too much in the way of leg exercises because my legs are really hurting today as well as my feet. Who knows? I may just regret asking. :) Blog will be posted tomorrow earlier. Sorry to those that were waiting to read.
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Day 167 - Session
I have been having a really good day today considering the fact that when I woke up this morning I was in a bit of pain in the back once again. I was up at 10am, ate, showered and was out the door by 11am. I walked to the gym and was ready to go by 12 and I was definitely not dissappointed in my workout.
Jeremy came and got me from the treadmill and we started right away. He had me take a 2lb ball, do a squat with it lowered between my legs and then raise it above my head fifteen times with each arm and then I had to do step ups 15 times on each leg. I repeated this a second time but the next time was with a 12.5 lb dumbell instead and then he moved one of the exercise equipment and I had to put my foot on there and then push into it. It's kind of hard to explain but, it stretched out the lower back a little and helped work out a little bit of the pain. We did another stretch that I had to hold the handle of a different machine and then reaching across my body above my head with the other arm grab ahold of the side of the machine and stretch there as well on each arm.
From there, we went over towards the stairs and I had to do 10 pushups, 20 ab crunches and hold the plank for about 25 seconds. I got to then do the stairs 2 times and repeat the pushups ab crunches and plank. 3 more times down and up the stairs and then we did some new stretches for the back.
The first one we did is one that I have done before. With my foot basically flat against the inner thigh, I had to lean forward and hold it for about a min and then he had me sit with both legs stretched out and slightly bent with my feet pointing straight up, reach towards my toes. He pushed on my shoulders gently and stretched out the back some more. He then had me push back against his hands and that made if feel really good too.
When we finished those, he showed me the new stretches and they are kind of difficult to explain but I will try my best. With my left hand I had to grab the outside of my right foot and then slowly push my foot out to help with the stretch. At this point I made him laugh because I had told him that I couldn't grab my foot because my fat was in the way lol.
I repeated with the other foot and then I had to cross my right leg over my left leg and then with my right elbow on my raised knee, push and twist my back to look at the back wall. I had to repeat with the other leg and then I was lucky enough to do another 2 times on the stairs. Yay! More stairs! He informed me that it was my cool down and that he would see me Friday at 11am.
For my homework, I have to do of course, my stretches every day and I also must do 1 hour of cardio. Boy did I miss him! LOL Anyways, it should be easy enough because I plan to go to the gym once again tomorrow morning before I have to work and since I am working on my feet all night, my back is so sore that I have to do stretches when I get home. So, it works out for me. :) More tomorrow!
Jeremy came and got me from the treadmill and we started right away. He had me take a 2lb ball, do a squat with it lowered between my legs and then raise it above my head fifteen times with each arm and then I had to do step ups 15 times on each leg. I repeated this a second time but the next time was with a 12.5 lb dumbell instead and then he moved one of the exercise equipment and I had to put my foot on there and then push into it. It's kind of hard to explain but, it stretched out the lower back a little and helped work out a little bit of the pain. We did another stretch that I had to hold the handle of a different machine and then reaching across my body above my head with the other arm grab ahold of the side of the machine and stretch there as well on each arm.
From there, we went over towards the stairs and I had to do 10 pushups, 20 ab crunches and hold the plank for about 25 seconds. I got to then do the stairs 2 times and repeat the pushups ab crunches and plank. 3 more times down and up the stairs and then we did some new stretches for the back.
The first one we did is one that I have done before. With my foot basically flat against the inner thigh, I had to lean forward and hold it for about a min and then he had me sit with both legs stretched out and slightly bent with my feet pointing straight up, reach towards my toes. He pushed on my shoulders gently and stretched out the back some more. He then had me push back against his hands and that made if feel really good too.
When we finished those, he showed me the new stretches and they are kind of difficult to explain but I will try my best. With my left hand I had to grab the outside of my right foot and then slowly push my foot out to help with the stretch. At this point I made him laugh because I had told him that I couldn't grab my foot because my fat was in the way lol.
I repeated with the other foot and then I had to cross my right leg over my left leg and then with my right elbow on my raised knee, push and twist my back to look at the back wall. I had to repeat with the other leg and then I was lucky enough to do another 2 times on the stairs. Yay! More stairs! He informed me that it was my cool down and that he would see me Friday at 11am.
For my homework, I have to do of course, my stretches every day and I also must do 1 hour of cardio. Boy did I miss him! LOL Anyways, it should be easy enough because I plan to go to the gym once again tomorrow morning before I have to work and since I am working on my feet all night, my back is so sore that I have to do stretches when I get home. So, it works out for me. :) More tomorrow!
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
Day 166
It really is nice to have Christmas over and done with. I am starting to get back into the groove of going to the gym and loving it completely. I slept really good last night, going to bed at 9:30pm and getting up at about 8:30am. I noticed this morning that my feel weren't quite as sore as they normally are but the back is where all the aches and pains are today.
I came downstairs, had my breakfast, and went back upstairs to have my shower and get ready. I was on my way to the gym today and nothing was going to stop me. I had planned to go yesterday but, after I had finished with my stretches I really didn't feel up to it. So, I went to my Aunt Cher's place in Devon instead for a visit with Jan.
I pulled into the parking lot this morning and oh my was it full. Seems like everyone had the same idea as me this morning! I got into the locker room, put my stuff away and headed upstairs. I started off on the treadmill for 5 min at a 0 incline and a 2.4 speed and then upped the speed to a 2.7 and the incline up to a 2.5. I continued on for another 5 min and then increased the speed to a 3 and the incline up to a 4.5. 5 min more and I increased the incline one more time to a 6 and then finished off the last 10 min on a 3.2 speed. I did the cool down for 5 min and then made my way over to the ladies only room.
I wound up only doing the eliptical for 10 min because I was wearing my new shoes today and although I had no pain in the bottom of my feet, my back was really bothering me. So I decided that maybe I should come home and do some stretches. Maybe before I go to the gym I should get them done because then I might actually be good for the rest of the day.
So I went over to Safeway, picked up a few groceries and then stopped at Timmie's on the way home. I grabbed myself a coffee, Jan a tea and then once I had finished, got down on the floor to get my stretches done. I don't know what it is with cats but, as soon as I lay that yoga mat out on the floor, they seem to think that they are doing me a huge favor by sitting on it before I can even get down on the floor. And then when I am down there trying to do my stretches, they seem to think that it's play time. Boy have they got it wrong!
So I did quite a few stretches and now my back is semi ok, but still not really good. Maybe when I get home from work I can do some more and try to get some ab crunches and maybe the plank in before bed. When I get up tomorrow morning I will have to do them again so that I am good for whatever Mr. Jeremy has in store for me tomorrow. Our session is at 12 so hopefully he won't be too hard on me. As I am walking to and from work today and also walking to and from the gym tomorrow I will have hit my 3 hours cardio projection. I think Jeremy needs to get a little bit more realistic in his homework distribution. Especially when it comes to the holidays! :)
I came downstairs, had my breakfast, and went back upstairs to have my shower and get ready. I was on my way to the gym today and nothing was going to stop me. I had planned to go yesterday but, after I had finished with my stretches I really didn't feel up to it. So, I went to my Aunt Cher's place in Devon instead for a visit with Jan.
I pulled into the parking lot this morning and oh my was it full. Seems like everyone had the same idea as me this morning! I got into the locker room, put my stuff away and headed upstairs. I started off on the treadmill for 5 min at a 0 incline and a 2.4 speed and then upped the speed to a 2.7 and the incline up to a 2.5. I continued on for another 5 min and then increased the speed to a 3 and the incline up to a 4.5. 5 min more and I increased the incline one more time to a 6 and then finished off the last 10 min on a 3.2 speed. I did the cool down for 5 min and then made my way over to the ladies only room.
I wound up only doing the eliptical for 10 min because I was wearing my new shoes today and although I had no pain in the bottom of my feet, my back was really bothering me. So I decided that maybe I should come home and do some stretches. Maybe before I go to the gym I should get them done because then I might actually be good for the rest of the day.
So I went over to Safeway, picked up a few groceries and then stopped at Timmie's on the way home. I grabbed myself a coffee, Jan a tea and then once I had finished, got down on the floor to get my stretches done. I don't know what it is with cats but, as soon as I lay that yoga mat out on the floor, they seem to think that they are doing me a huge favor by sitting on it before I can even get down on the floor. And then when I am down there trying to do my stretches, they seem to think that it's play time. Boy have they got it wrong!
So I did quite a few stretches and now my back is semi ok, but still not really good. Maybe when I get home from work I can do some more and try to get some ab crunches and maybe the plank in before bed. When I get up tomorrow morning I will have to do them again so that I am good for whatever Mr. Jeremy has in store for me tomorrow. Our session is at 12 so hopefully he won't be too hard on me. As I am walking to and from work today and also walking to and from the gym tomorrow I will have hit my 3 hours cardio projection. I think Jeremy needs to get a little bit more realistic in his homework distribution. Especially when it comes to the holidays! :)
Sunday, 25 December 2011
Day 164 - Workout, Session, Weigh in Combined
As it is the Christmas season, I guess the blog has been kind of forgotten about. I will have to try and remember everything that has happened since last Tuesday, so I may be going back and forth a bit. I will try my best though to do a good recap.
Wednesday I was hoping to get into the gym for a workout in the mornning but, unfortunately it didn't quite work out as well as planned. I didn't get any stretches done either which started to bring me down a little bit. I started to get a little on the emotional side with the combination of losing control of my ambition and a few other things, and just didn't plain care at all on Wednesday.
On Thursday, I babysat Sophia for 3 hours and then managed to get myself to the gym for the afternoon. I got there around 2 pm and did the treadmill for 15 min. My feet were still pretty sore so I decided to try the eliptical for a little bit and did 10 min there. I finished 20 min on the bike and then walked over to work which took about 15 min. I put in an hour total and when I got home from my shift I wound up going straight to bed because by that time I was completely dissinterested in anything at all. I had been crying most of the day for reasons I do not wish to disclose at this time and just wanted to go to bed.
Friday morning I got up at 6am to give Jan a ride to the LRT and went in to my session for 9. I was still pretty emotional and frustrated with some people, missing my mom and just overall did not want to do anything but go home. I went inside, went up to the treadmill and did a warmup for 12 min. I went over to Jeremy's office and said hello, went to the washroom and we got started.
Jeremy had noticed that I wasn't in high spirits on Friday and he asked me if I wanted to talk about it and I said no, I just wanted to know about his trip. So we wound up talking about that as we went on in our session and about half way through, he asked me again if I wanted to talk and I said, not here with all of these people around. So we did finally wind up talking at the end of the session and I felt way better releasing the built up frustrations and so on. He gave me a big hug and told me to stay positive and that if I needed to talk, he was only a text away. He's a very good listener and I am so thankful to him for that because I do have issues that I need to resolve, and I just can't seem to bring myself to do it... yet.
Anyhow, for our session he started me on doing step ups, about 12 on each leg and then I had to do the trunk pulls on the pulley rope about 12 times on each arm and then he said because the stairs always put a big smile on my face, that I should do the stairs 2 times. When I got back, I did the step ups again but this time, on the step up, had to do a pull each time I reached the top of the step up. I did this 12 times and repeated the stairs.
From there, we went over to the chin up and dip assist machine and did those 12 times, and then did rowing pulls on the TRX ropes 12 times and then repeated this one more time. I then had to do the stairs 3 more times and then repeat the chin ups and dips, and TRX ropes one more time. I went up and down the stairs 2 times and we finished off with a couple of stretches on the railing.
Friday night when I finished work, I did not do my stretches because I had to be up early in the morning once again because I was heading out to Leduc to visit with Blaine, Patty, Grant, Carmen, Dayton and Donovan. I had a very nice time seeing them again and it looked like the boys enjoyed the presents that I bought them. I received a $25 Tim Horton's card from Grant and Carmen, a homemade card and Christmas ornament from the boys, a shirt and a healthy cookbook from Blaine and Patty and I received something from my Aunt Dawn that was really nice.
I have to tell a little story about that because it was really sweet. Apparently my Aunt had given everyone else a nut and candy tray for Christmas and she didn't want me to think that she was trying to sabatoge my weight loss progress so instead, she made up a homemade trail mix for me. It is very good and filled with all sorts of goodies like dried banana chips, kiwi, a couple nuts and some other stuff in it. I thought it was so cool and extremely thoughtful. I just really appreciated that! Thanks Aunty for thinking of me! :)
Now onto today. This morning Jan woke me up at 9:30am which is the longest I've been able to sleep in this past week and it felt so good that even though it was Christmas, I just wanted to sleep. However, I got up, came downstairs, grabbed a coffee and settled down in my chair to wake up and enjoy the coffee and prepare to open the gifts.
Jan got me a beautiful bracelet, an awesome Wolf throw blanket, new workout shoes and a new shirt! It was so awesome! I wound up wearing the work out shoes to break them in tonight and the bracelet out to Alberta Beach. Shawn and Merv came over around 1 pm and I got a $25 gift card from Reitman's from Shawn, and a $25 visa gift card from Merv. Yay! Clothes shopping, here I come in July!
We all headed to Alberta Beach to Charlie`s house where I got another Tim Horton`s card from Charlie and we had a very nice meal and visit. Mostly we picked on poor Shawn but, it`s all in good fun and we all really do love him alot.
I did not do a weigh in this morning because it is Christmas day and when I stepped on the scale on Friday for kicks, it hadn't changed at all since last weigh in. Next week I will be sure to post. However, as I was getting ready to go out to Charlie's tonight, I tried on the XL shirt that jan bought me and even though I got it on, I still have about another 1/2 an inch to go for it to actually look decent. I also tried on the 1x shirt that Blaine and Patty bought me and that one fit a little bit better but again, just a little bit more needs to be lost before it looks nice. I also decided to try on a pair of pants that my Aunt Lori had given me back in Septemeber. They are a size 20 and 2 weeks ago when I tried them on I couldn't quite get the zipper done up. This morning when I tried them on, I was able to get that zipper up! And I didn't even have to suck it in! So it is official, I have gone from a 4x pants, to a size 20 and for shirts, I have gone from a 3x shirt, to a 1x!
I do feel really good health wise, don't get me wrong. But I think the reason why I have been so emotional in the last week is due to the fact that I am starting to figure out where and why I started to gain the weight. And because of that, I am starting to address the problems and trying to figure out how to talk to those that may have had an impact on my life wether it was intentional or not. Good or bad. So this is where all of the emotional stuff is starting to play in and it is in this part that I was terrified to come to. But, I will be just fine because I am a fighter and I am a strong spirited and determind individual. Merry Christmas to everyone! I know for the first time since my mom has passed on, I can honestly say that I had a great Christmas!
Wednesday I was hoping to get into the gym for a workout in the mornning but, unfortunately it didn't quite work out as well as planned. I didn't get any stretches done either which started to bring me down a little bit. I started to get a little on the emotional side with the combination of losing control of my ambition and a few other things, and just didn't plain care at all on Wednesday.
On Thursday, I babysat Sophia for 3 hours and then managed to get myself to the gym for the afternoon. I got there around 2 pm and did the treadmill for 15 min. My feet were still pretty sore so I decided to try the eliptical for a little bit and did 10 min there. I finished 20 min on the bike and then walked over to work which took about 15 min. I put in an hour total and when I got home from my shift I wound up going straight to bed because by that time I was completely dissinterested in anything at all. I had been crying most of the day for reasons I do not wish to disclose at this time and just wanted to go to bed.
Friday morning I got up at 6am to give Jan a ride to the LRT and went in to my session for 9. I was still pretty emotional and frustrated with some people, missing my mom and just overall did not want to do anything but go home. I went inside, went up to the treadmill and did a warmup for 12 min. I went over to Jeremy's office and said hello, went to the washroom and we got started.
Jeremy had noticed that I wasn't in high spirits on Friday and he asked me if I wanted to talk about it and I said no, I just wanted to know about his trip. So we wound up talking about that as we went on in our session and about half way through, he asked me again if I wanted to talk and I said, not here with all of these people around. So we did finally wind up talking at the end of the session and I felt way better releasing the built up frustrations and so on. He gave me a big hug and told me to stay positive and that if I needed to talk, he was only a text away. He's a very good listener and I am so thankful to him for that because I do have issues that I need to resolve, and I just can't seem to bring myself to do it... yet.
Anyhow, for our session he started me on doing step ups, about 12 on each leg and then I had to do the trunk pulls on the pulley rope about 12 times on each arm and then he said because the stairs always put a big smile on my face, that I should do the stairs 2 times. When I got back, I did the step ups again but this time, on the step up, had to do a pull each time I reached the top of the step up. I did this 12 times and repeated the stairs.
From there, we went over to the chin up and dip assist machine and did those 12 times, and then did rowing pulls on the TRX ropes 12 times and then repeated this one more time. I then had to do the stairs 3 more times and then repeat the chin ups and dips, and TRX ropes one more time. I went up and down the stairs 2 times and we finished off with a couple of stretches on the railing.
Friday night when I finished work, I did not do my stretches because I had to be up early in the morning once again because I was heading out to Leduc to visit with Blaine, Patty, Grant, Carmen, Dayton and Donovan. I had a very nice time seeing them again and it looked like the boys enjoyed the presents that I bought them. I received a $25 Tim Horton's card from Grant and Carmen, a homemade card and Christmas ornament from the boys, a shirt and a healthy cookbook from Blaine and Patty and I received something from my Aunt Dawn that was really nice.
I have to tell a little story about that because it was really sweet. Apparently my Aunt had given everyone else a nut and candy tray for Christmas and she didn't want me to think that she was trying to sabatoge my weight loss progress so instead, she made up a homemade trail mix for me. It is very good and filled with all sorts of goodies like dried banana chips, kiwi, a couple nuts and some other stuff in it. I thought it was so cool and extremely thoughtful. I just really appreciated that! Thanks Aunty for thinking of me! :)
Now onto today. This morning Jan woke me up at 9:30am which is the longest I've been able to sleep in this past week and it felt so good that even though it was Christmas, I just wanted to sleep. However, I got up, came downstairs, grabbed a coffee and settled down in my chair to wake up and enjoy the coffee and prepare to open the gifts.
Jan got me a beautiful bracelet, an awesome Wolf throw blanket, new workout shoes and a new shirt! It was so awesome! I wound up wearing the work out shoes to break them in tonight and the bracelet out to Alberta Beach. Shawn and Merv came over around 1 pm and I got a $25 gift card from Reitman's from Shawn, and a $25 visa gift card from Merv. Yay! Clothes shopping, here I come in July!
We all headed to Alberta Beach to Charlie`s house where I got another Tim Horton`s card from Charlie and we had a very nice meal and visit. Mostly we picked on poor Shawn but, it`s all in good fun and we all really do love him alot.
I did not do a weigh in this morning because it is Christmas day and when I stepped on the scale on Friday for kicks, it hadn't changed at all since last weigh in. Next week I will be sure to post. However, as I was getting ready to go out to Charlie's tonight, I tried on the XL shirt that jan bought me and even though I got it on, I still have about another 1/2 an inch to go for it to actually look decent. I also tried on the 1x shirt that Blaine and Patty bought me and that one fit a little bit better but again, just a little bit more needs to be lost before it looks nice. I also decided to try on a pair of pants that my Aunt Lori had given me back in Septemeber. They are a size 20 and 2 weeks ago when I tried them on I couldn't quite get the zipper done up. This morning when I tried them on, I was able to get that zipper up! And I didn't even have to suck it in! So it is official, I have gone from a 4x pants, to a size 20 and for shirts, I have gone from a 3x shirt, to a 1x!
I do feel really good health wise, don't get me wrong. But I think the reason why I have been so emotional in the last week is due to the fact that I am starting to figure out where and why I started to gain the weight. And because of that, I am starting to address the problems and trying to figure out how to talk to those that may have had an impact on my life wether it was intentional or not. Good or bad. So this is where all of the emotional stuff is starting to play in and it is in this part that I was terrified to come to. But, I will be just fine because I am a fighter and I am a strong spirited and determind individual. Merry Christmas to everyone! I know for the first time since my mom has passed on, I can honestly say that I had a great Christmas!
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Day 159
I am not really sure what is wrong with me lately. In the last week I have lost my ambition, and drive for what I want in life. However, I still keep plugging along because I know it needs to be done. Last night before bed I did manage to get my stretches done. Mind you, I really had no choice to but to do it.
I had a good shift last night and everything went well. When I got home though, my back was so sore, my feet were killing me, and I had to get those stretches done. I laid down on the yoga mat and tears literally came to my eyes. I was barely able to just lay there let alone do the actual stretches. By the time I was done though, I was way better than I was and was able to get to bed and have a really good sleep.
I woke up at 8:30 this morning which I had wanted to wake up earlier, however, sometimes it just doesn't work out the way you want it to. So, I had my breakfast, jumped in the shower and made my way over to the gym. It wound up taking me just over 45 min to walk there because the sidewalks were a bit slippery but once I made it there, I got on the treadmill and continued on for another 30 min. I really didn't think the intensity would be that important today considering the fact that I had just walked there and I still have my shift tonight, which requires me to be moving around and staying on my feet for 8 hours.
Once Sophia goes down for her nap today I am going to be doing my stretches before work this time, and also throw in 30 ab crunches between each one and maybe the plank as well. This way I am way over what was required of me today and then tomorrow morning I am hoping to get into the gym a little bit earlier and Thursday as well.
I had a good shift last night and everything went well. When I got home though, my back was so sore, my feet were killing me, and I had to get those stretches done. I laid down on the yoga mat and tears literally came to my eyes. I was barely able to just lay there let alone do the actual stretches. By the time I was done though, I was way better than I was and was able to get to bed and have a really good sleep.
I woke up at 8:30 this morning which I had wanted to wake up earlier, however, sometimes it just doesn't work out the way you want it to. So, I had my breakfast, jumped in the shower and made my way over to the gym. It wound up taking me just over 45 min to walk there because the sidewalks were a bit slippery but once I made it there, I got on the treadmill and continued on for another 30 min. I really didn't think the intensity would be that important today considering the fact that I had just walked there and I still have my shift tonight, which requires me to be moving around and staying on my feet for 8 hours.
Once Sophia goes down for her nap today I am going to be doing my stretches before work this time, and also throw in 30 ab crunches between each one and maybe the plank as well. This way I am way over what was required of me today and then tomorrow morning I am hoping to get into the gym a little bit earlier and Thursday as well.
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Day 158 - Weigh in
Well, it has been a great day indeed so far! I was up at 9am and anxious to go. I had my shower and was out the door by 10:30am. I got to the gym at about 10:50, filled up the water bottle, and jumped on the treadmill. I put it on a 6.5 incline and a 2.3 speed for 5 min and then bumped the speed up to a 2.6 for 3 min. I then bumped it up one more time to a 2.9 and then slowly increased the incline by .5 every 30 seconds until I got to a 9 incline. Once there, I moved the speed up by .1 every min until I hit 3.4 and then left it there for 2 min. I came down slowly the same way I went up and finished off at a 3 speed and 12.5 incline, burning 286 calories in half an hour.
From there I went over to the ladies only room intending on doing the eliptical for 15 min but, as I got in there, I realized that both elipticals were taken. So, I jumped on the bike and did the bike for 30 min doing intervals each min reaching up to a level 14 twice. I burned 192 calories there and called it a day. Once I am done my blog and finished eating lunch, I will be going to do my stretches for the day. Thank goodness Jeremy comes back this week. I sure missed working out with him on Friday and will surely miss it tomorrow as well.
So the weigh in this morning was pretty good actually. In two weeks I have managed to lose another 6 lbs making my weight 221lbs and a total weight loss of 43lbs to date! Yay! Anyhow, more tomorrow!
From there I went over to the ladies only room intending on doing the eliptical for 15 min but, as I got in there, I realized that both elipticals were taken. So, I jumped on the bike and did the bike for 30 min doing intervals each min reaching up to a level 14 twice. I burned 192 calories there and called it a day. Once I am done my blog and finished eating lunch, I will be going to do my stretches for the day. Thank goodness Jeremy comes back this week. I sure missed working out with him on Friday and will surely miss it tomorrow as well.
So the weigh in this morning was pretty good actually. In two weeks I have managed to lose another 6 lbs making my weight 221lbs and a total weight loss of 43lbs to date! Yay! Anyhow, more tomorrow!
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