Showing posts with label workout. Show all posts
Showing posts with label workout. Show all posts
23:38

3rd Weigh In Results!

I'm on week 3 of my healthy eating plan and all is still going well.  I can't believe how focussed I feel at the moment and just hope I can keep up my motivation and dedication.

So........on to this week's weigh in results!

Start Weight:  197 lbs
Last week's Weight:  189.4 lbs
This week's Weight:  187.4 lbs
Total so far: 9.6 lbs

I was hoping for a greater loss this week since I have kicked up my gym workouts, but I am happy it is going in the right direction!  And at almost 10lbs lost in 3 weeks is awesome!

My gym workouts have been going great.  I missed yesterday because I had a bad headache.  My first headache in over 3 weeks!  That is huge for me because I was getting frequent bad headaches every couple of days.  

My workout earlier tonight was 25 minutes on the treadmill.  I did 5 mins brisk walking to warm-up and then ran for 15 minutes, with 5 minutes to cool down.  I was sweating so much that it was pouring into my eyes and making them sting!  I love when I leave the gym in a sweaty mess.  I feel proud when I workout that hard!  

Has anyone seen "The Last 10lbs Bootcamp" on TV??  With Tommy Europe and Nadeen Boman?? One of the satellite channels over here is showing it and I am addicted to that show!  Every night I look forward to sitting down with my last snack of the day and watching the show.  I only wish I could watch it while I am at the gym!  

Thank you all for your support on my blog.  It really motivates me to keep going and get better results each and every week!


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23:42

2nd Weigh in Results!!

Hey guys!  Another week has passed and I am still sticking to my plan!  This is the longest I've stuck to a plan since last year!  


Start Weight:  197 lbs
Last week's weight: 191.4 lbs
This week's weight:  189.4 lbs
Total lost so far:  7.6 lbs 

I'm so glad I'm out of the 190's already.  My work trousers are starting to feel looser again.  They had actually gotten so tight that I had to unbutton them when I was sitting at my desk.  Bad, right?!

Since we had a mini-heatwave here at the weekend, I dusted off my bike on Sunday and had short 3.55 mile cycle.  It felt so exhilirating to be back out and feel the wind and sun on my face.  I have also been doing Cardio Boxing, Step and Goal kicks on the X-box Kinect EA Sports Active.  If you don't have a Kinect, I would highly recommend it!  The options for fitness and fun seem to be endless (I sound like I'm advertising for them, but I'm not! lol)  and I just cannot wait to buy the full version of Dance Central.  I have been doing the demo version over and over.  I can't wait to try Cascada's Evacuate the Dance floor dance routine, it looks awesome!

Tonight I hit up the gym too!  I'm following a routine from the bodybuilding.com website which features Jamie Eason - love her!!  If I could look like her, I would be one happy gal =)  

I warmed up for 10 minutes on the treadmill - 5 minutes walking then 5 minutes running.  It always seems to amaze me that I can go for a few weeks without going to the gym and yet I always seem to have the stamina to start running for more than 2 minutes.  I must be fitter than I think.......hmmmm!

My resistance training was as follows:
Upper Body:
Push ups - 2 sets of 15
Side Lateral Raises  - 2 sets of 12 (2kg, 3kg)
Dumbbell Bench Press - 2 sets of 12 (7kg each side)
Tricep Kick backs - 2 sets of 12 (2kg, 3kg)
Seated Cable Row - 2 sets of 12 (15kg) <----wimpy weight!
Alternating hammer curls - 2 sets of 12 (2kg, 3kg)
Back extensions on fit ball - 2 sets 12
Abs - air bike - 2 sets of 12 (24 in total)

Do one circuit with no rest between each exercise.  Rest for 1 to 2 mins and repeat!

I finished off my workout with 2 minutes on the Stair master (hate that thing!) and then 15 minutes alternating running and walking.  I burned almost 600 calories in under and hour!  Holy shizzle Batman =)

That's all I have to report for now!  Hopefully my blog background and things will return to normal soon - it looks crazy right now.

Hope you are all having a kick-ass start to the week!  

Adios, amigos.

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21:14

Couch to 5k update

Hey guys!  Thanks for your comments about my wee nephew!  Isn't he the cutest?! =)

Anyway - I'm so proud to say I made it to the gym again today for another session of Couch to 5k.
This was Week 1 - Day 2!  And it felt TOUGH!  It seemed tougher than Sunday's session and it was exactly the same workout.  Maybe cos I've been at work all day, maybe a bit more tired?  Dunno, but 10 minutes in I really wanted to quit.  I was sweating buckets after just my first bout of running.  But I persevered and after 20 minutes, I started to feel good.  I liked that sweat was dripping from my forehead!  Ha ha!

Todays workout:


Treadmill - 35 minutes - Incline 2% - Couch to 5k - Week 1 - Day 2

Calories Burned:   400



I have been eating my fruits and veggies (At least 5 servings a day), drinking my water (and some diet soda - I really need to give it up (again!)) and trying to get to bed earlier.  I have also been out during my lunch break for a quick half hour of brisk walking!  I haven't done so well in getting up early to get to work though - I just feel exhausted in the morning.  I even bought one of those lamps that wake you up with gradual light and birdsong! The birds drive me crazy in the morning! lol  - I think it's helping me a bit in getting up in the morning since its like hazy morning sunshine in my bedroom in the morning!  Here is the wake up light  I bought:-


It's still a struggle for me to get up in the morning but this has helped me tremendously!  I would certainly recommend it if you find it difficult to get up in the morning.  The light comes on gradually and begins about half an hour before your actual alarm time is set.  But don't have the sound too loud - the birds will sound like they are in your room!  lol

Is anyone else doing the Couch to 5k?  How are you finding it??

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20:45

Baby Pics, Couch to 5k and Goals!

Hey guys!  Sorry I've been MIA the last week or so.  I have been so busy and so obsessed with my teeny tiny little nephew!  He was born last Sunday at 6.21pm and weighed 5lbs exactly!  He is so adorable, I can hardly stand it! lol  Here is a wee pic of him.  His name is Aaron =)

1 day old!
Do you like my hair??!!
Isn't he gorgeous?!! 


Anyway, he was my excuse for skipping my workouts and not following my WW plan.  I started from scratch (again!) yesterday and hit up the gym this morning.  I started the Couch to 5k plan again - and this time I'm just going to follow it to the T!  Usually I start to feel a lot fitter and run for longer than they say - of course, I end up burning myself out and giving up altogether.  This time I am determined not to overdo it.  If I follow and complete the plan, then I could finally call myself a runner!  I would love to be a runner and be able to complete a 5K, 10K, hell, even one day a Marathon!!

Here's my workout for today:

Treadmill 30 minutes - Couch to 5k - Running intervals (5 min warm up. 1 min run. 1.30 walk. 5 min cooldown).
Spin Bike - 35 minutes - I did a "spin class" podcast that I downloaded - Let me tell you it was H.A.R.D.!!

Then I stretched for about 5 minutes.  And did a cool down walk around the gym.  

Total Calories Torched:  759 calories. (10 Activity points earned!)


My diet today has been pretty good too!  I have had plenty water, 5 servings of fruit and veg, a healthy dinner, healthy snacks (and some unhealthy ones but I have tracked 'em).  I just have to remember how good I feel when I eat well and exercise.  It's not rocket science...... =)

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My Goals for 2011

By New Year's Eve 2011 - I hope to be a healthy and happy weight - hopefully about 125lbs!

Keep kicking ass in the gym

Complete a 5K and then perhaps a 10k!

Start paying off some of my credit card debt.

Try out Roller Derby.

.............this is all I can think of right now!  It will be a work in progress!!



My goals for this week are:

To exercise at least 3 times in the gym

To track my pro-points and stay within said pro-points!

To lose at least 3lbs at my next weigh in

To eat more fruit and veggies

Drink more water

Get up early for work!  (This will be the most difficult - bahahaha!)


Ok, time to go get things ready for the morning.  Hope you all have a kick ass week!








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21:05

Update

Hey everyone! So sorry for my lack of posting. Thanks so much for your lovely comments about my nose piercing - I love it and it is healing extremely well!!

All I have been doing these last couple of weeks is work, gym, shopping, sleep! It has been hectic but I am enjoying my training and feel so much better for it! It's truly amazing how eating right and exercising hard makes you feel so much better about yourself. In the last week I have lost just under 6 pounds and I feel my work trousers are looser and my stomach is getting smaller! Yay!!

My diet is a bit boring but I am eating foods I like (even if they are a bit repetitive!) and doing such intense workouts with my trainer - she is awesome - pushes me to my absolute limit and I keep going even though I want to quit! I know I would have quit if I were doing it on my own. Today was really tough - treadmill at 15% incline and walking fast - and cross trainer on a mountain setting! :-D Then circuits using only a 10kg barbell - that was killer! And then some running on the treadmill to cool down!!

I did my 2nd spin class last night and that really is B R U T A L!! I really can't keep up with the rest of the class but I will just push myself to what I can do and I know I'll get fitter!

So that really is all that's been going on! I'm going to walk Molly and then watched some Charmed and then bed! Hope everyone is having a great start to the week!!

Oh and Karla, if you're reading this, CONGRATS to you!!! ;-)





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22:48

Yes! Another Post and Another Workout!

Guess what?! I just got back from the gym - that's three days in a row - I am sooo proud of myself :-D I didn't go til after 9pm and it was kinda dwindling down. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical and 18 minutes on the bike.........

Here are the stats!

Elliptical - Time: 20 mins (I had to change to another elliptical 3 mins in - it was saying my heart rate was 220!!)
Max HR - About 160
Distance - 2.27km
Level - Aerobic mode - level 5 -10
Calories Burned - 200 approx

Bike - Time: 18 minutes
Max HR - 166
Distance - 6.27km (3.89 miles) 5.74 MILES TO MINI GOAL!
Calories Burned: 117

Overall calorie burn: 317

I took some photos in the gym as I was heading back to the changing room after my workout!

I love the gym's logo!



Doesn't that pool look lovely?!



Cafe/Bar and chilling out zone!



The Tennis Courts - there are even more on the opposite side of the gym building!



Anyway - only one more day of work and then I am off for 4 days for the Easter weekend! Yippeee!

Have a great day y'all :-D

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19:42

I'm Back!!

Hey everyone! I feel it has been forever since my last post!!

So last Monday was the Toby Keith gig - it was freaking amazing!! I love his deep American accent! The queue to get in was ridiculous - it was wrapped round the building and about half a mile up the road! And we waited about 45 mins to get in. Just was well it wasn't raining, but it was pretty cold! I was worried we were going to miss the "warm up" act, but we didn't. Mica Roberts was his opening act - a country singer on Toby Keith's record label. She was amazing - great voice! I had goosebumps!
I got this T-Shirt - it doesn't fit me just now - in fact I can't even get it over my shoulders! But I wanted a smaller size in the hopes I will be able to wear it in Florida next year! Yay!

Isn't it cute?!

So my weight watchers journey is going well so far! The times I find most difficult are the weekends - and I have been going a bit overboard with eating! My weight is down to 171 pounds!! I am so happy I am finally losing weight again! I'm hoping to get into the 160's by this weekend!! 169.9 would do fine!! lol I haven't been to the gym (broken record!) but I did buy this!

I started it yesterday and it was HARD!! It had running, squats, side lunges (and I HATE lunges!), shoulder raises, bicep curls, boxing! I was sweating! I thought it was going to be easy! I did another workout tonight - yet more lunges, tennis drills, shoulder presses, and leg raises for the abs - this felt even harder, my legs are already sore! Hopefully I can keep this up and get back into some sort of fitness routine. I have also been parking even further from work so I am doing a bit more walking in my daily routine.

Has anyone ever watched Ruby? I started watching it last Tuesday - I love it! I kept crying - I'm such a sap. I cry every week at the Biggest Loser!

Time for me to hit the shower! I hope to get back to regular blogging - I feel better when I blog, I was starting to feel guilty for not blogging and not catching up on my blog reading. I need to get back into my regular routine :-)




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22:36

Workout and Crunchie!

I finally did a workout tonight!!! Woop, woop! I was watching the Biggest Loser and all of a sudden I had the urge to jump on the bike and do a Sprint 8 workout! - It's 25 minutes of intervals, which makes the time seem quicker! I was dripping in sweat afterward and during the "sprint" parts, I kept yelling to myself - LAST CHANCE!! THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE!! lol - Crazy chick!

Anyway, just wanted to post how great I feel after doing my workout! I have been sticking to my points, eating healthy, but every night I have one of these - my treat I look forward to at night! 4 points of chocolaty goodness!














Hopefully I can report a loss when I weigh in at the weekend!!



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