Yesterday I did a workout from the July Shape. It involved squats, ball push ups, ball pikes, lunges, and a jump thing. Today, I'm just a little sore. Last night I went to my sister-in-laws place of employment and listened to a talk about Nutrition Response Testing. I've had it done before, I just didn't know what it was called. It is a very accurate way of finding out if different things (smells, chemicals, foods, anything) are not good for your body. While the Healing Diet is great, it also does have the flaw of not everyone is the same. The Healing Diet is a cookie cutter lifestyle. Now, the Healing Diet is great and works wonders for anyone who does it. I know that cows milk does not agree with my system. I don't see or know of the side effects. The only way I know this is because of the Nutrition Response Testing. Now, this testing can cost a lot. I'm lucky enough to have gotten a great deal. This is where the Healing Diet is wonderful. It doesn't require any testing or even a professional to eat the Healing Diet or do the surge training. Heck, this blog and comment section should be enough. I plan on meshing the 2 together so that I can get the very best results.
This week for my cardio days, Monday, Wednesday, Friday I am jumping rope. Like, a real jump rope. No more of the air jump rope. My body was a little sore when I woke up yesterday. I highly recommend it if you have high ceilings or can go outside. It was hot and muggy this morning and the sun was up, it felt good.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Eye Opening Evening
Last night Jackie and Patrick had an Extreme Weight Loss Seminar and I was asked to be a testimonial. I was very excited. I tried not to think about it during the week so, when I was at the office, waiting for the seminar to start, I realized saying that I lost 40 lbs in 2-3 months was really awesome but, I haven't done anything these last 5-6 months. It made it look like any other diet plan that you stick to for a little while and then can't keep it up. This is not true at all. There are a lot of people that stick to this plan/lifestyle. It's not hard and I love the way I feel while I'm eating right. I don't know why I've allowed myself to "take a break". Maybe I was getting disappointed because I wasn't able to reach my goals. I would be very strict and would lose a pound here and there. Maybe it was because our family schedule had been all messed up and with being in school and being a mommy, I just didn't take the time to make the new schedule work for us.
Either way, I'm pretty good with our new schedule now, have a lot of new meal plans, and new way of making goals. This time, I'm not going to reward weight loss. Weight loss is a reward. This time I'm going to reward "good behavior". This week my goals are, exercise everyday and no candy. My reward? My husband has agreed to take care of the kids so I can have an hour all to myself. Once I have 4 weeks of goals met, I get a large reward. We are going camping Labor Day weekend so, that's my big one and will get something at the Old Threshers Reunion.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Either way, I'm pretty good with our new schedule now, have a lot of new meal plans, and new way of making goals. This time, I'm not going to reward weight loss. Weight loss is a reward. This time I'm going to reward "good behavior". This week my goals are, exercise everyday and no candy. My reward? My husband has agreed to take care of the kids so I can have an hour all to myself. Once I have 4 weeks of goals met, I get a large reward. We are going camping Labor Day weekend so, that's my big one and will get something at the Old Threshers Reunion.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Monday, July 13, 2009
7-13 Excercise
Today was a beatuiful morning so I went outside and jumped rope. I wasn't all that great at it. It's been years since I last jumped rope. I'm very happy I was in the back yard and no one was watching me. :) I did 2 minutes of slow jumping jacks, 3 - 30 second surges, 2 - 30 second rests, and 1 minute rest. Repeat 2 times. By the end I was doing pretty well.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Sweaty...
Today was a cardio day. I did 4 - 30 second surges of elliptical, jumping jacks, butt kicks, jump squats. I was hurting a bit during the squats. I slept in a bit other wise I would have gone for a run. I had our 9 month old down stairs with me and he kept laughing at me while I was jumping around. Now I'm hanging out with my children drinking our chocolate shakes eating green apples. Well, they are eating the apple, I'm eating the skin. Our 3 year old wants to eat hers the same way as the 9 month old. Silly girl.
My scale still isn't moving. I'm a little bummed but at the same time I know I haven't been as strict as I should be. I had a couple chip ahoy cookies at my parents last night. I think if I have a true, realistic goal I'll be less tempted to cheat or at least more motivation not to cheat. I was watching a video copy of a seminar by Dr. Pompa, the guy who helped design this program I'm following, and he was saying that it takes 5 days for your body to stop craving sugar. The first 5 days are the hardest. Even if you have just a little sugar on a cheat day you will crave for the next 5 days. Sugar is an all or nothing thing that needs to be cut out when I make the full plunge.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
My scale still isn't moving. I'm a little bummed but at the same time I know I haven't been as strict as I should be. I had a couple chip ahoy cookies at my parents last night. I think if I have a true, realistic goal I'll be less tempted to cheat or at least more motivation not to cheat. I was watching a video copy of a seminar by Dr. Pompa, the guy who helped design this program I'm following, and he was saying that it takes 5 days for your body to stop craving sugar. The first 5 days are the hardest. Even if you have just a little sugar on a cheat day you will crave for the next 5 days. Sugar is an all or nothing thing that needs to be cut out when I make the full plunge.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
I'm in love...
This morning I wasn't in the mood to make eggs and had been doing some reading in the cookbook/guidebook that I'm using. Apperently you should only eat 15-20g of protien at every meal. Protien breaks down to sugar. I think I've been over doing it a bit. I'll make 6 eggs and split them with my 3 year old and 9 month old. One egg has about 7 grams of protien. Oops. Plus chowing on cheese all day. Too much protien and not enough veggies is probably why I'm not loosing weight, that and I've been eating a little bit of sugar every day. Naughty me.
Anyway, the shake is:
1 scoop of Dark Chocolate Whey Factor (Found at Greatest Grains), 7 oz milk, 1 C ice, 1 tsp ground vanilla, 2 scoops stevia, 1 T coconut oil. I will post the full recipe in the Recipe Blog.
There is nothing bad about this shake. I made one with out ice, put it in a sippy cup and gave it to out 9 month old with his dried strawberry bites this morning. That is the best thing about what we eat. Even the desserts I'll feed to him and not worry about it being bad for him. Last night, I made healthy brownies for the first time and they are like a sponge. The 3 of us don't like them, but I cut them up into little pieces and he likes them. It's great!!
Workout - Tuesday - Upper Body
3 - 30 second surges bicep curls, tricep dips, chest fly, over head press, over head pull (horizontal lat pull down). I have yet to do abs today; crunches, reverse crunches, oblique crunches, bicycles, captain's chair, side plank.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Anyway, the shake is:
1 scoop of Dark Chocolate Whey Factor (Found at Greatest Grains), 7 oz milk, 1 C ice, 1 tsp ground vanilla, 2 scoops stevia, 1 T coconut oil. I will post the full recipe in the Recipe Blog.
There is nothing bad about this shake. I made one with out ice, put it in a sippy cup and gave it to out 9 month old with his dried strawberry bites this morning. That is the best thing about what we eat. Even the desserts I'll feed to him and not worry about it being bad for him. Last night, I made healthy brownies for the first time and they are like a sponge. The 3 of us don't like them, but I cut them up into little pieces and he likes them. It's great!!
Workout - Tuesday - Upper Body
3 - 30 second surges bicep curls, tricep dips, chest fly, over head press, over head pull (horizontal lat pull down). I have yet to do abs today; crunches, reverse crunches, oblique crunches, bicycles, captain's chair, side plank.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Really Not Digging This
This summer I have decided to try and save some money since I'm not working and going to school full time. We have decided that we won't run the AC during the day. So far it hasn't been too bad other than I'm super swollen. At first I thought it was because I was eating poorly. Now that I'm not, I'm still swollen. The only thing I can think of that could be causing this is the heat. I found out this morning that at night, my hubby sets the AC to 75F. Holy Cow!! No wonder he thinks it's stuffy at night. During the winter it's set at 65F. Maybe, if we set it to 72F it won't be so stuffy because it will actually run and remove some of the humidity in the air and I won't be so swollen all the time. I really hate being swollen, it makes the scale do CRAZY things.
Workout: Monday - Cardio Day
This morning I got my butt out of bed and did 3 sets of 3-30 second surges on the elliptical not dropping below 4 MPH. It was hard come the last set. Then I did 3, 3-30 second surges of jumping jacks. It was great fun. I had a hard time doing the first surge of jumping jacks. My legs were all jell-o like and I was so not graceful at all.
Well, 6 AM gotta hit the shower and get kids ready for the chiro and grocery shopping. Maybe hit up the fabric store too. Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Workout: Monday - Cardio Day
This morning I got my butt out of bed and did 3 sets of 3-30 second surges on the elliptical not dropping below 4 MPH. It was hard come the last set. Then I did 3, 3-30 second surges of jumping jacks. It was great fun. I had a hard time doing the first surge of jumping jacks. My legs were all jell-o like and I was so not graceful at all.
Well, 6 AM gotta hit the shower and get kids ready for the chiro and grocery shopping. Maybe hit up the fabric store too. Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Grrr
Just stepped on the scale. It hasn't budged yet this week. Come on. I think that I might be eating way to many nuts. I'm on break from school still and all I do all day is snack plus eat large meals. ow that I think about it, when I was losing the Zander weight I hardly ate anything for supper. I was never hungry. Also, I would feel hungry for a little while before eating. I have to get back to that again. I'm not working out this morning I'm kinda tired and want to cuddle with Zander a little more. Ta ta for now.
Well, until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Well, until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
I'm back
Well, things haven't been going so well for me. I've been a little busy with school, children (baby stopped sleeping through the night), and got myself a small case of strep from all the farm chems. in the air. I've had very little motivation to do anything. Even my house has gone to the way side. Eeks. Anyway, I went to my very special chiropractor/energy worker a week ago and she found that all my energy centers were turned off along with my bladder (man did I pee a lot that weekend) and one side of my jaw was jammed back and up, causing all my neck pain. I feel a million times better now.
I've been able to get up and do my workouts everyday this week. Monday, I did my Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred before my normal chiro visit. While I was there, they were playing a taped seminar about the Surge Workout. A lot of the information was not new to me but I think I just needed to hear it again. I decided that I will go back to doing the Surge Workout again. After all, that is how I lost the first 30 lbs.
Tuesday, I did the Surge Workout with 30 second surges of pushups, lunge with bicep curl, squat with overhead press, and side lunge with lateral raises. All moves from the Jillian Michaels DVDs.
Wednesday, 30second surges of jumping jack, jumping squats, punches, and butt kicks. I also spent the day helping my mother mulch. OMG!! I'm very sore now.
Today, with being so sore I didn't want to do anything so I hopped on my elliptical and did 30 second surges. I'm still very tired and would love to go back to sleep. I'm sure once the coffee kicks in I'll be fine for a while.
I also received the Maximized Living Custom Cookbook. It is the best thing in the world. I will be posting my favorite recipes to the Recipes blog. I am having to modify some just because I don't like as much stevia in my foods.
Well, until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
I've been able to get up and do my workouts everyday this week. Monday, I did my Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred before my normal chiro visit. While I was there, they were playing a taped seminar about the Surge Workout. A lot of the information was not new to me but I think I just needed to hear it again. I decided that I will go back to doing the Surge Workout again. After all, that is how I lost the first 30 lbs.
Tuesday, I did the Surge Workout with 30 second surges of pushups, lunge with bicep curl, squat with overhead press, and side lunge with lateral raises. All moves from the Jillian Michaels DVDs.
Wednesday, 30second surges of jumping jack, jumping squats, punches, and butt kicks. I also spent the day helping my mother mulch. OMG!! I'm very sore now.
Today, with being so sore I didn't want to do anything so I hopped on my elliptical and did 30 second surges. I'm still very tired and would love to go back to sleep. I'm sure once the coffee kicks in I'll be fine for a while.
I also received the Maximized Living Custom Cookbook. It is the best thing in the world. I will be posting my favorite recipes to the Recipes blog. I am having to modify some just because I don't like as much stevia in my foods.
Well, until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Long Time
Well, it's been a long time since I last posted. I received the Jillian Michaels DVDs. I've done the 30 Day Shred video a hand full of times. It's kind of hard. You start out with a warm up. hen you start the gruelling 20 minute work out.
Set 1:
30 seconds push ups
1 minute squats with over head press
30 seconds push ups
1 minute squats with
30 seconds jumping jacks
30 second jump rope
30 seconds jumping jacks
30 seconds jump rope
30 seconds crunches
30 seconds reverse crunches
Set 2:
30 seconds standing rows
1 minute static lunge with bicep curls
30 seconds standing rows
1 minute static lunge with bicep curls
30 seconds butt kicks
30 seconds punches
30 seconds butt kicks
30 seconds punches
30 seconds right obliques crunches
30 seconds left obliques crunches
Set 3:
30 seconds chest flies
1 minute shoulder raises with side lunge
30 seconds chest flies
1 minute shoulder raises with side lunge
30 seconds jumping jacks
30 seconds jump rope
30 seconds butt kicks
30 seconds punches
1 minute slow bicycle crunches
There you go. That's what the level 1 workout is. I find the shoulder stuff the hardest. That's probably why I don't have shoulders like Jillian's... yet. I also found that after 5 days of doing this everyday my knees started to really hurt. I haven't done the video too much since then just because I managed to get a cold and figured sleep was probably best. I just got over that cold and now Zander is cutting the top teeth and I'm lacking in the sleep department again and have a sore throat. I had a whole lemon today and will probably have another before bed.
Well, until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Set 1:
30 seconds push ups
1 minute squats with over head press
30 seconds push ups
1 minute squats with
30 seconds jumping jacks
30 second jump rope
30 seconds jumping jacks
30 seconds jump rope
30 seconds crunches
30 seconds reverse crunches
Set 2:
30 seconds standing rows
1 minute static lunge with bicep curls
30 seconds standing rows
1 minute static lunge with bicep curls
30 seconds butt kicks
30 seconds punches
30 seconds butt kicks
30 seconds punches
30 seconds right obliques crunches
30 seconds left obliques crunches
Set 3:
30 seconds chest flies
1 minute shoulder raises with side lunge
30 seconds chest flies
1 minute shoulder raises with side lunge
30 seconds jumping jacks
30 seconds jump rope
30 seconds butt kicks
30 seconds punches
1 minute slow bicycle crunches
There you go. That's what the level 1 workout is. I find the shoulder stuff the hardest. That's probably why I don't have shoulders like Jillian's... yet. I also found that after 5 days of doing this everyday my knees started to really hurt. I haven't done the video too much since then just because I managed to get a cold and figured sleep was probably best. I just got over that cold and now Zander is cutting the top teeth and I'm lacking in the sleep department again and have a sore throat. I had a whole lemon today and will probably have another before bed.
Well, until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Cardio Day
Today was my now dreaded cardio day. When I was in high school I always hated when we had to lift weight for practice but loved to run and now it's the other way around. I have no idea why. Maybe I'm just getting tired of staring at a basement wall the whole time. As soon as I can I'm going to get a jump rope and start doing cardio outside. Our gauge says it's 42F out. A little cold for me right now. Hopefully in the next week or two it'll be great out. There doesn't seem to be too much traffic at 5AM so I can run up and down the road. I don't want to go too far from home just in case the kids wake up and I'm needed. I can't have the money maker late for work because he had to deal with a screaming child while I was out.
Today I did my 4 sets of 4-30 second surges, elliptical, jump squats (ouch), jump rope, jumping jacks. I , also did some ab work, 3-30 second surges of ball crunches, and bicycles, and 4-30 second surges of ball obliques. I was done in 30 minutes.
I'm hoping that next week we have our life in order and have time to eat better. We go to the chiro 2 times a week so we end up eating out those nights, I have a couple errands to run on another night (the whole family has to come with) so there are 3 nights we eat out. It's bad!! But, I'm changing my chiro schedule since my husband won't be able to go at all for a few months, so I will be home in the evening and can cook something nutritious. Yum yum.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Today I did my 4 sets of 4-30 second surges, elliptical, jump squats (ouch), jump rope, jumping jacks. I , also did some ab work, 3-30 second surges of ball crunches, and bicycles, and 4-30 second surges of ball obliques. I was done in 30 minutes.
I'm hoping that next week we have our life in order and have time to eat better. We go to the chiro 2 times a week so we end up eating out those nights, I have a couple errands to run on another night (the whole family has to come with) so there are 3 nights we eat out. It's bad!! But, I'm changing my chiro schedule since my husband won't be able to go at all for a few months, so I will be home in the evening and can cook something nutritious. Yum yum.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Vacation day
Had a vacation day yesterday. We had to go pick up some clothes for our daughter. I've been finding quite a few deals on Craigslist for kids clothes. It's so much better than having to garage sale.
Yesterday I had a couple pops, pancakes, toast, and a chicken bacon ranch sub thing from the truck stop restaurant. It was all very yummy.
Last night I tried something different with getting our little boy to sleep. The other night we were driving and he was getting fussy. I was listening to one of my CDs, so after many failed attempts of singing to him, I turned up the CD. It was kind of loud and there was a lot of bass and he fell sound asleep. So, last night I put him in his crib, turned on the same CD, turned on the little crib light show thing, gave him a few toys, and left. He was pretty good for a while, but got tired of the toys he had. I went back in, gave him a different toy, and laid down in our daughter's bed. I had a hard time getting to sleep with the CD blasting but he was just fine and was asleep in no time. I went back to my room and got up around 2 to feed him. It was so nice. The CD is great. It only took 6 months to figure it out.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Yesterday I had a couple pops, pancakes, toast, and a chicken bacon ranch sub thing from the truck stop restaurant. It was all very yummy.
Last night I tried something different with getting our little boy to sleep. The other night we were driving and he was getting fussy. I was listening to one of my CDs, so after many failed attempts of singing to him, I turned up the CD. It was kind of loud and there was a lot of bass and he fell sound asleep. So, last night I put him in his crib, turned on the same CD, turned on the little crib light show thing, gave him a few toys, and left. He was pretty good for a while, but got tired of the toys he had. I went back in, gave him a different toy, and laid down in our daughter's bed. I had a hard time getting to sleep with the CD blasting but he was just fine and was asleep in no time. I went back to my room and got up around 2 to feed him. It was so nice. The CD is great. It only took 6 months to figure it out.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
One Day Closer
I got my butt out of bed this morning!! That's great compared to last week. Today I did 4 sets of 4 - 30 second surges on the elliptical. I was downstairs long because A) my little man woke up and wanted to nurse when my alarm went off and B) I really didn't want to workout. I'm not going to cover it up. I just wanted to sleep, but as I sat there with him I was thinking of going back to sleep but then started feeling guilty about not working out. So, I decided I'd just go for a little while. Now, I'm happy I worked out and I feel pretty good. A little stinky, but good.
My Jillian Michaels DVDs should be shipping from Amazon tomorrow. I hope to have them by next week. Having them this weekend would be great. We are taking my brother to a tournament in Des Moines and will have plenty of time to watch them.
I can smell the wonderful scent of coffee, so I better get a move on now. Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
My Jillian Michaels DVDs should be shipping from Amazon tomorrow. I hope to have them by next week. Having them this weekend would be great. We are taking my brother to a tournament in Des Moines and will have plenty of time to watch them.
I can smell the wonderful scent of coffee, so I better get a move on now. Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Bad Eating
Well, I had a bad weekend. I ate a lot of not so good things. I just need to get peace in my mind and I'll be good to go. With being sick last weekend, I had to spend one day last week doing catch up work and then had to work extra hard this weekend getting school work done. Now, I'm all caught up and we have healthy foods in the house again. Last week we kept pushing off shopping and my healthy lifestyle paid the price.
I know I've said this before but I have to recommit myself to this healthy lifestyle. Our friends have opened their Chiropractic practice and we have jumped aboard the train to health in that aspect. I just have to do it the rest of the way. I did it before and really enjoyed the healthy lifestyle and didn't want to stop but something happened and I'm not sure what. Maybe it was being around people that didn't share the same lifestyle and it is really hard to sit there and not eat anything while they are chowing down on chips and cookies. Ohhhhh it's hard.
I did upper body and abs today. It's kind of hard to type right now, as my arms are a little jelly like. I should be getting my DVDs in a few days and I'm very excited. I just love Jillian's body. I want to be ripped like her. I know that my stomach won't look like hers but I think the rest of me has a pretty good chance.
Well, that's all for today. Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it.
Just take it one day at a time.
I know I've said this before but I have to recommit myself to this healthy lifestyle. Our friends have opened their Chiropractic practice and we have jumped aboard the train to health in that aspect. I just have to do it the rest of the way. I did it before and really enjoyed the healthy lifestyle and didn't want to stop but something happened and I'm not sure what. Maybe it was being around people that didn't share the same lifestyle and it is really hard to sit there and not eat anything while they are chowing down on chips and cookies. Ohhhhh it's hard.
I did upper body and abs today. It's kind of hard to type right now, as my arms are a little jelly like. I should be getting my DVDs in a few days and I'm very excited. I just love Jillian's body. I want to be ripped like her. I know that my stomach won't look like hers but I think the rest of me has a pretty good chance.
Well, that's all for today. Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it.
Just take it one day at a time.
Friday, March 27, 2009
I Broke
I finally broke. I swore I wasn't going to buy any workout DVDs or equipment. I did break today and bought Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred and Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism workout DVDs. I got hooked watching The Biggest Loser and I love her attitude as a trainer. I didn't want to start using DVDs because I wanted this blog to be about workouts you can do at home that don't cost any money. I was planning on only getting the 30 Day Shred but to get free shipping I needed to add .04 to my order. I hope to get the DVDs next week so I can start using them. I'm not 100% sure if I'm just going to follow the DVDs or just do the moves for my surges. I will more than likely post what the moves are so you can do them too and not have to spend any money.
I'm so excited to lose these last 20 - 25 lbs. I know that if I really stick with it I can achieve these results in a month or 2.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
I'm so excited to lose these last 20 - 25 lbs. I know that if I really stick with it I can achieve these results in a month or 2.
Until next time, keep up the hard work and you will be at your goal weight/size before you know it. Just take it one day at a time.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The FAST Weight Loss Plan
I have recommitted to my weight loss goals and I'm doing really well. I ate healthy all last week. We went to my in-laws and I had to stop in Des Moines to meet with one of my teachers. We packed; string cheese, carrots, radishes and hard boiled eggs for breakfast and snacks. We munched on those and then for a late lunch we ate at a 50's diner. I had a grilled chicken sandwich with fries. So, that was one of my cheat meals. I hadn't had any all week so I could use them up on the weekend. We ended up going out for supper with my in-laws and I had a burger and salad.
Saturday morning was rough. Our 3 year old was up all night sick. This was the first time she'd ever been sick so it was rough, she was scared. Cinnamon rolls, string cheese, and a swig of Dr. Pepper for breakfast. I wasn't feeling too good either. I laid around feeling nauseous, and then, around lunch time, I decided to go out and get some fresh air and to stop fighting the urge of getting sick. I was out of commission the rest of the day. The next morning I weighed myself and I had lost 9 lbs from Friday night!!! Yippy I broke the 150 barrier and was happy.
Monday morning I was feeling a lot better and weighed in at 148 lbs. Today I think I'm 149. I am taking advantage of being used to the hungry feeling and letting myself get hungry before eating. And, when I do eat, I eat very small portions just like when you start eating again after being sick. I refuse to go over the 150 mark again.
I really don't recommend the getting sick method to lose weight fast. It's not exactly healthy, but if you do happen to get sick take the positive out of it. Eat cheat food and it doesn't count if it comes back up again. :)
Saturday morning was rough. Our 3 year old was up all night sick. This was the first time she'd ever been sick so it was rough, she was scared. Cinnamon rolls, string cheese, and a swig of Dr. Pepper for breakfast. I wasn't feeling too good either. I laid around feeling nauseous, and then, around lunch time, I decided to go out and get some fresh air and to stop fighting the urge of getting sick. I was out of commission the rest of the day. The next morning I weighed myself and I had lost 9 lbs from Friday night!!! Yippy I broke the 150 barrier and was happy.
Monday morning I was feeling a lot better and weighed in at 148 lbs. Today I think I'm 149. I am taking advantage of being used to the hungry feeling and letting myself get hungry before eating. And, when I do eat, I eat very small portions just like when you start eating again after being sick. I refuse to go over the 150 mark again.
I really don't recommend the getting sick method to lose weight fast. It's not exactly healthy, but if you do happen to get sick take the positive out of it. Eat cheat food and it doesn't count if it comes back up again. :)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
It Doesn't Hurt
Yesterday I did one hell of a leg workout. I figured I'd be really sore, but I'm not. I stayed up late last night working on homework and our little guy decided to wake up every hour. Needless to say, I haven't done my cardio workout today. It's supposed to be super nice and my mother is watching my kids so I can do more homework so I might go for a run in a little bit. My cardio workout will be
11 sets of 4 - 30 second surges, 4 - 30 second rest, 1 minute break
with a 5 minute warmup and about a 5 minute cooldown.
This should take an hour total.
11 sets of 4 - 30 second surges, 4 - 30 second rest, 1 minute break
with a 5 minute warmup and about a 5 minute cooldown.
This should take an hour total.
Monday, March 16, 2009
From Burn to Jelly
I know I haven't posted in a while. To tell you the truth I haven't done much to post about. I've been doing really bad with it all. I guess the first 25 lbs came off so easy that I thought the last 25 would too. Ha ha ha. This 25 will probably be the hardest. It's the baby weight from our 3 year old. I finaly realized that I'm going to have to work extra hard for this. So, today I started.
Today's work out burned a lot. I kept on pushing through the burn and then it didn't burn anymore. Sounds great but the burn turned into the jelly feeling. Yippy, trying to do wall sits while your legs are shaking and feel like jelly. It's kind of scary at first, but so cool at the same time.
Today's workout (4 sets - 30 second surges, 30 second rests, 1 minute break)
Hip Extensions
Squats
Plie Squats
Wall Squats with Ball
Wall Sits
That takes about 30 minutes. Then I added abs, another 30 minutes.
Ball Crunches
Ball Obliques
Bicycles
Caption's Chair
Reverse Crunch
Side Plank
Click for directions for leg excercises and ab excercises. I did modify some a little bit. Like doing the crunches and obliques on a ball. Tomorrow I'll feel the hurt. I can't wait. :)
Until next time, keep up the healthy lifestyle and remember it's worth it fo get healthy. Good luck with your weight loss goals.
Today's work out burned a lot. I kept on pushing through the burn and then it didn't burn anymore. Sounds great but the burn turned into the jelly feeling. Yippy, trying to do wall sits while your legs are shaking and feel like jelly. It's kind of scary at first, but so cool at the same time.
Today's workout (4 sets - 30 second surges, 30 second rests, 1 minute break)
Hip Extensions
Squats
Plie Squats
Wall Squats with Ball
Wall Sits
That takes about 30 minutes. Then I added abs, another 30 minutes.
Ball Crunches
Ball Obliques
Bicycles
Caption's Chair
Reverse Crunch
Side Plank
Click for directions for leg excercises and ab excercises. I did modify some a little bit. Like doing the crunches and obliques on a ball. Tomorrow I'll feel the hurt. I can't wait. :)
Until next time, keep up the healthy lifestyle and remember it's worth it fo get healthy. Good luck with your weight loss goals.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Ouch Ouch Ouch!!
Yesterday I did a different lower body workout and holy cow!! It took me about 30 minutes to do it all and none of the moves hurt or made my muscles feel real tired. All day my legs did feel kind of jell-o like. I had shopping to do and had a chiro apt. So, a bit more activity than a normal day for me. Well, later that evening I was hanging clothes and oh my quads were a little tight. As the evening progressed my legs got tighter and tighter. I knew it was going to be a rough morning. I decided to make the day after lower body a rest day. I could hardly get out of bed to turn the alarm off. I think I'm going to change it to a 15 minute workout instead doing 1 set of surges for each move.
Here's what I did:
5 minute warm up
4 - 20 sec surges with 20 sec rest between surges of 1 legged squats
20 sec rest
4 - 20 sec surges with 20 sec rest between surges of single leg calf raises
20 sec rest
4 - 20 sec surges with 20 sec rest between surges of lunges
20 sec rest
4 - 20 sec surges with 20 sec rest between surges of inner thigh
20 sec rest
4 - 20 sec surges with 20 sec rest between surges of outter thigh
20 sec rest
Repeat
Here's what I did:
5 minute warm up
4 - 20 sec surges with 20 sec rest between surges of 1 legged squats
20 sec rest
4 - 20 sec surges with 20 sec rest between surges of single leg calf raises
20 sec rest
4 - 20 sec surges with 20 sec rest between surges of lunges
20 sec rest
4 - 20 sec surges with 20 sec rest between surges of inner thigh
20 sec rest
4 - 20 sec surges with 20 sec rest between surges of outter thigh
20 sec rest
Repeat
Monday, February 2, 2009
Back at it
Ahhh. I just got done during my workout. It felt so good. Taking that week off was great. I did gain two pounds but, if you saw the way I was eating this weekend you'd be surprised it was only two pounds. :)
This weekend our daughter decided that she wanted to wear her princess dresses all day. I'm not sure what prompted her to do this but she did. She was such a cutie dancing, taking care of her baby, wearing her kid high heels and beating up monsters. She doesn't need Prince Charming to save her. Prince Charming needs her to save him. That's my girl!! Anyway, we were watching Bulging Brides later and I decided to try on my wedding dress. If I could get it on somewhat we could play princess. Oh Lord!! Not good. We couldn't even get it zipped a little. The top kept falling over so there was no way I could wear it around the house and play. Damn! I told our daughter that as soon as I fit in the dress again I would wear it when we play princess. So there we go. A new goal. Fit in that expensive dress I wore once that is taking up a lot of space in my closet.
I have posted pictures in my album.
This weekend our daughter decided that she wanted to wear her princess dresses all day. I'm not sure what prompted her to do this but she did. She was such a cutie dancing, taking care of her baby, wearing her kid high heels and beating up monsters. She doesn't need Prince Charming to save her. Prince Charming needs her to save him. That's my girl!! Anyway, we were watching Bulging Brides later and I decided to try on my wedding dress. If I could get it on somewhat we could play princess. Oh Lord!! Not good. We couldn't even get it zipped a little. The top kept falling over so there was no way I could wear it around the house and play. Damn! I told our daughter that as soon as I fit in the dress again I would wear it when we play princess. So there we go. A new goal. Fit in that expensive dress I wore once that is taking up a lot of space in my closet.
I have posted pictures in my album.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Taking a break
This week started out not so good. Our 4 month old hasn't been sleeping so well so I decided to hell with it. I'm taking a break. Yep, 1 week of no exercise and kind of eating whatever I want. I'm still eating healthy meals but if I want a can of pop, I'll have it. If I want some cookies, I'll eat them. Today I'm really feeling the effects of eating all the junk. I'm super sluggish, my stomach feels yucky, my whole body aches. I've been making sure that my weight doesn't vary too much so that I'm not taking steps back. The whole point of this is to just give my body a break so I can go back and hit it hard and, hopefully, get over this slow weight loss. I hope this works.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Eeks
I've seemed to have dropped the ball when it comes to updating. My change of lifestyle seems to be taking a slight turn for the worse. With breastfeeding I really notice it because my little guy spits up a lot when I'm eating crap. I've been feeling a bit down this month and I know that shouldn't be an excuse for eating bad. I have some personal issues that I'm having to deal with and it's very hard. I'm just throwing my arm up and saying what is this all for? I've been exercising everyday but when I'm exercising I'm thinking about this issue of mine. I've been putting on this front that everything is peachy but its not so much. I had a very close friend of mine move away over the summer. At first it wasn't too hard but time is going by I'm missing this individual more and more. This person was like my best friend. Anytime I wanted to rant about something and my husband didn't understand or was tired of listening to me ( I can go on for days about things sometimes) this person would listen.
I know it sounds crazy like, how can someone miss another this much if they are just friends. Believe me it can happen. We worked together so I saw this person everyday. Now that we don't I'm lucky if I get to talk to this person once a month. They have a new job and a new baby.
Well, thank you for listening. Maybe this is all that I needed to do to get rid of this feeling and have my motivation restored.
I did go 2 weeks of eating very healthy and what got me on that was noticing that my baby spits up so one morning when we were getting ready to go I promised him that I was going to eat healthy. Anytime I was going to grab something bad I remembered that and there is something about breaking a promise to a 4 month old that just seems really wrong.
Anyone that find eating healthy a problem try what I did. Find someone that you can't break a promise to and promise you won't eat bad. It just might work.
I know it sounds crazy like, how can someone miss another this much if they are just friends. Believe me it can happen. We worked together so I saw this person everyday. Now that we don't I'm lucky if I get to talk to this person once a month. They have a new job and a new baby.
Well, thank you for listening. Maybe this is all that I needed to do to get rid of this feeling and have my motivation restored.
I did go 2 weeks of eating very healthy and what got me on that was noticing that my baby spits up so one morning when we were getting ready to go I promised him that I was going to eat healthy. Anytime I was going to grab something bad I remembered that and there is something about breaking a promise to a 4 month old that just seems really wrong.
Anyone that find eating healthy a problem try what I did. Find someone that you can't break a promise to and promise you won't eat bad. It just might work.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Feeling Blah
The holidays are over and I feel soo blah now. I was on break from school so I didn't have my normal routine for 2 weeks. Now I'm back in school and it's hard to get into that routine. New Year's Day we sat around and did nothing but eat "junk" food then it all caught up with me. I woke up Saturday with a stuffy nose and sore throat. Sunday I added a headache. Luckily my husband let me sleep pretty much all day and only needed me to nurse the baby. The headache went away but I still wake up with a sore throat. It's hard to go down and work out when you're not feeling 100%. One great thing is that after I'm done with my workout in the morning I feel GREAT! Something about sweating up a storm before your morning shower just feels great.
Well, that's all for today.
Well, that's all for today.
Friday, January 2, 2009
It's Ready
The customized workout program is up and running. I have the ad posted in Craigslist and E-bay. The cost is $20.00 however, if you e-mail me and say that you read about it from my blog I will take $5.00 off.
Please send me an e-mail with your weight, height, age, pregnant, breast feeding, or any other things that I might need to know.
Payment will be accepted through PayPal and please allow 3-4 business days for me to create the program. As soon as I have finished designing your program I will e-mail it to you in a PDF file.
Thank you for your business.
Please send me an e-mail with your weight, height, age, pregnant, breast feeding, or any other things that I might need to know.
Payment will be accepted through PayPal and please allow 3-4 business days for me to create the program. As soon as I have finished designing your program I will e-mail it to you in a PDF file.
Thank you for your business.
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