Hello again! I waited until today to post since yesterday I was sooo tired! I worked out and also had a meeting to go to in the evening so I went to bed around 8:30. You would think I would be rested today but no. David snored the first couple hours and finally I went to the other room, but couldn't fall asleep LOL! Figures! I got up and took a PM pill and heard he had stopped snoring so I went back to sleep with him. I woke up late--around 8:00. Grabbed breakfast, watched the news and then went to the pool! So here is how the last two days workouts have gone:
Weds.
7 minutes on bike:warm up
3 sets of each:
15 reps wall squats with ball
15 calf raises (standing on a board)
15 crunches on ball (sorry Paulette I didn't use an extra weight! LOL)
then 5 minutes on the bike again
2 sets of 20 reps, standing rows with resistance band
3 sets each of:
15 chest presses 10 lb dumbbells
15 leg lifts (laying on back and bringing knees up to chest)
15 cobras
10 minutes on bike to cool down and stretches
Thursday-today: swam laps for 15 minutes, then 45 minutes jogging/ leg lifts/squats, treading water. Basically cardio type stuff in pool. Whew--am tired and THIRSTY! Still drinking water after swimming! It's funny how you don't realise how much you did until you get out of the pool!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Biggest Loser Tuesday!
Happy Tuesday readers!
This morning I was supposed to meet with a wedding customer here at the house at 10:00 a.m. Well, 10:00 came and no customer! 11:00 came and no customer. *sigh* I had send out reminders last week too. So I went to JoAnn Fabrics since I had a gift card. I was specifically looking for a cutting pad for my Sizzix but they were out. Oh well, still had fun looking at the crafts and fabrics! I'll check back with them next week. Needless to say I did not get a workout in today! But here is my food list:
Breakfast:
Cooked cereal
1 TBS plain Greek yogurt
1Tbs honey
walnuts
hard boiled egg
Lunch:
Homemade soup (from yesterday)
slice of homemade bread (wheat)
Snack:
Dannon light and fit Key Lime yogurt
Dinner:
3 oz pot roast
carrots
small red potato with broth from roast
Evening snack will be a banana
Biggest Loser comes on at 8:00 tonight! Week 3 and as usual they are saying that "shocking" things will happen! LOL! It would be a much better show if the producers wouldn't screw with everyone's heads so much..including mine! David has e-mailed suggestions about things but so far no response..not that one was expected!
On another note..I have talked to a couple online buds about starting an exercise group at church. They think I could lead one. I am praying about it more and more today when it came to my mind again. I have to look into the "legalise" part...you know, the music, etc. I am sure I could come up with a decent workout for my fellow couch potatoes..not that I am one of those much anymore but you know what i mean! I would want women to feel at ease there and see someone who "looks like them" leading the group, not someone who is already fit and healthy. I wold want us to get there together and support and encourage each other. I also know I would have to get up in front of about 200-300 people on a Sunday morning to talk about the group! YIKES! Need more prayer! Maybe I wouldn't have to--will wait and see. I am working on a playlist and so far I seem to have wayyy more cool down music then I would need LOL! I will let you all know how this works out!
Love ya!
This morning I was supposed to meet with a wedding customer here at the house at 10:00 a.m. Well, 10:00 came and no customer! 11:00 came and no customer. *sigh* I had send out reminders last week too. So I went to JoAnn Fabrics since I had a gift card. I was specifically looking for a cutting pad for my Sizzix but they were out. Oh well, still had fun looking at the crafts and fabrics! I'll check back with them next week. Needless to say I did not get a workout in today! But here is my food list:
Breakfast:
Cooked cereal
1 TBS plain Greek yogurt
1Tbs honey
walnuts
hard boiled egg
Lunch:
Homemade soup (from yesterday)
slice of homemade bread (wheat)
Snack:
Dannon light and fit Key Lime yogurt
Dinner:
3 oz pot roast
carrots
small red potato with broth from roast
Evening snack will be a banana
Biggest Loser comes on at 8:00 tonight! Week 3 and as usual they are saying that "shocking" things will happen! LOL! It would be a much better show if the producers wouldn't screw with everyone's heads so much..including mine! David has e-mailed suggestions about things but so far no response..not that one was expected!
On another note..I have talked to a couple online buds about starting an exercise group at church. They think I could lead one. I am praying about it more and more today when it came to my mind again. I have to look into the "legalise" part...you know, the music, etc. I am sure I could come up with a decent workout for my fellow couch potatoes..not that I am one of those much anymore but you know what i mean! I would want women to feel at ease there and see someone who "looks like them" leading the group, not someone who is already fit and healthy. I wold want us to get there together and support and encourage each other. I also know I would have to get up in front of about 200-300 people on a Sunday morning to talk about the group! YIKES! Need more prayer! Maybe I wouldn't have to--will wait and see. I am working on a playlist and so far I seem to have wayyy more cool down music then I would need LOL! I will let you all know how this works out!
Love ya!
Monday, January 18, 2010
Hello bloggers! Today was a productive day! I did some maopping, and cleaning, laundry, baked bread in the bread machine--then wrestled it OUT of the machine when done! LOL! It should be an Olympic sport I tell ya! Then I got the workout in!
3 sets of each:
15 reps of crunches on stability ball
15 wall squats using stability ball
20 reps of standing rows using resistance band (the black one)
Biked 10 minutes
3 sets of the following:
15 reps chest presses with 8 lb weights
15 reps chest flies with 8 lb weights
15 reps pullovers with 8 lb weight
Then 1 set of bicep curls with 10 lb weights
1 set of 15 "pull-ups"
Stair stepped 5 minutes
For descriptions of these you can go here and look them up!
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/exercise_demos.asp?exercise_type=upper
Food for Monday:
cooked multi-grained cereal (My "bird seed" LOL)
4 oz. Greek yogurt
walnuts
Lunch:
Homemade Sicilian Chicken soup
slice of homemade wheat bread w/ olive oil
Dinner:
Spinach salad with oil and vinegar
croutons
fish
small baked potato (with skin) and plain Greek yogurt
slice of wheat bread
3 sets of each:
15 reps of crunches on stability ball
15 wall squats using stability ball
20 reps of standing rows using resistance band (the black one)
Biked 10 minutes
3 sets of the following:
15 reps chest presses with 8 lb weights
15 reps chest flies with 8 lb weights
15 reps pullovers with 8 lb weight
Then 1 set of bicep curls with 10 lb weights
1 set of 15 "pull-ups"
Stair stepped 5 minutes
For descriptions of these you can go here and look them up!
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/exercise_demos.asp?exercise_type=upper
Food for Monday:
cooked multi-grained cereal (My "bird seed" LOL)
4 oz. Greek yogurt
walnuts
Lunch:
Homemade Sicilian Chicken soup
slice of homemade wheat bread w/ olive oil
Dinner:
Spinach salad with oil and vinegar
croutons
fish
small baked potato (with skin) and plain Greek yogurt
slice of wheat bread
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Happy Sunday
Happy Sunday everyone!
Had a good time of worship in church this morning. Then went to Subway for lunch...$5 footlongs....the low fat ones of course! I eat half and save the rest for another meal! Last night was Carrabba's Italian Grill. Now I know it wasn't the best meal. We had a gift card to use and so we tried it. I had the lasagna and a bowl of the mama ???? Spicy Chicken soup. Which I liked. The lasagna I could take or leave. IN fact if we do ever go again I will try something else. Maybe just a bog bowl of the soup! Of course no nutritional info so I probably had over my calorie intake for the day there. Today After Sunway we went grocery shopping. I Bought some Greek yogurt for the first time and tried a little when we got home. I like it! It is different then what I am used to but it was good! And a coupon always helps! LOL!
I will start the food and workout journals again tomorrow so don't give up on me!
Have a great Sunday!
Had a good time of worship in church this morning. Then went to Subway for lunch...$5 footlongs....the low fat ones of course! I eat half and save the rest for another meal! Last night was Carrabba's Italian Grill. Now I know it wasn't the best meal. We had a gift card to use and so we tried it. I had the lasagna and a bowl of the mama ???? Spicy Chicken soup. Which I liked. The lasagna I could take or leave. IN fact if we do ever go again I will try something else. Maybe just a bog bowl of the soup! Of course no nutritional info so I probably had over my calorie intake for the day there. Today After Sunway we went grocery shopping. I Bought some Greek yogurt for the first time and tried a little when we got home. I like it! It is different then what I am used to but it was good! And a coupon always helps! LOL!
I will start the food and workout journals again tomorrow so don't give up on me!
Have a great Sunday!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Missing but not idle!
Hi everyone!
I have been missing the past week or so but not slacking off! Sometimes it's hard to get everything crammed into a day that I want to do! At least 3 times a week I worked out for 45 minutes. This was on the bike, or a DVD I have, etc. Today was my last session with Trainer Paulette and it makes me sad. :-( Paulette--you are WONDERFUL and don't forget it! Hopefully I will someday soon be able to join the fitness center and work out with you again! In the meantime....I know I have some friends and family keeping me accountable on here, SO I will do my best (again) to keep up daily. You can't get rid of me that easily! :-)
Food has been somewhat of a challenge. We are out of many of my non processed stuff like frozen veggies. I am ok on the fruit and we are using up meat from the freezer so tonight is more TURKEY! Yay! I am making a baked sweet potato to go with it and probably a salad. BALANCE! Tomorrow I may head up to the store for some chicken or whatever else is on sale. Another thing I need to start doing is make out menus for the week. That helped a lot when it came to the budget.
Many of my family and friends have said they need me to come motivate THEM! Thank you to all of you who said that! But YOU are what motivates ME! If I know you are watching my Facebook page to see me post that I worked out or walked or rode the bike, whatever, it is always in the back of my mind...and Paulette on my shoulder saying I can do it! That is what motivates me!
See you all tomorrow!
I have been missing the past week or so but not slacking off! Sometimes it's hard to get everything crammed into a day that I want to do! At least 3 times a week I worked out for 45 minutes. This was on the bike, or a DVD I have, etc. Today was my last session with Trainer Paulette and it makes me sad. :-( Paulette--you are WONDERFUL and don't forget it! Hopefully I will someday soon be able to join the fitness center and work out with you again! In the meantime....I know I have some friends and family keeping me accountable on here, SO I will do my best (again) to keep up daily. You can't get rid of me that easily! :-)
Food has been somewhat of a challenge. We are out of many of my non processed stuff like frozen veggies. I am ok on the fruit and we are using up meat from the freezer so tonight is more TURKEY! Yay! I am making a baked sweet potato to go with it and probably a salad. BALANCE! Tomorrow I may head up to the store for some chicken or whatever else is on sale. Another thing I need to start doing is make out menus for the week. That helped a lot when it came to the budget.
Many of my family and friends have said they need me to come motivate THEM! Thank you to all of you who said that! But YOU are what motivates ME! If I know you are watching my Facebook page to see me post that I worked out or walked or rode the bike, whatever, it is always in the back of my mind...and Paulette on my shoulder saying I can do it! That is what motivates me!
See you all tomorrow!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Tuesday and Weds.
Hello again blog readers! I will start with Tuesday and go from there! I had my workout with trainer Paulette yesterday. It went great as always! I rode the bike instead of walked for the cardio part of it (Paulette was not able to walk so we decided I would bike and she would watch!) Food was the following
cooked oats
apple sauce
hard boiled egg
cheese
orange
1% milk
salad with oil and vinegar
tuna
1/2 slice of homemade bread
Manwich
Sandwich thins bread (Arnold Bakery brand)
peas
6 Triscuits
Calories for the day was 1545
Weds:
No workout. I woke up with sore knee. Still trying to figure that one out! I did do a few upper body strength training but mostly kept knee elevated and popped Aleeve.
Food was:
Whole grain toast
low fat cream cheese
small apple
Healthy Choice Chicken Marsala Cafe Steamers (Has whole wheat pasta that actually tastes good! LOL)
small baked potato (someone told me I shouldn't eat potatoes but I disagree, see an earlier post)
Triscuits and a few Townhouse crackers (boo hiss, bad yes I know!)
Homemade Chicken soup with homemade whole wheat noodles
Sugar free hot cocoa
I have not entered all this in Sparkpeople yet to know the total count but as far as I can tell I am around 1400-1500 for the day
I also went to the Pound for Pound Challenge and pledged 25 pounds. My other friend pledged 50 but this is until June 30 2010 and that is 25 weeks. I felt for me 25 was a decent pledge! Everyone go and do this! It's for a great cause --feeding people! Eat less and pledge more! :-)
cooked oats
apple sauce
hard boiled egg
cheese
orange
1% milk
salad with oil and vinegar
tuna
1/2 slice of homemade bread
Manwich
Sandwich thins bread (Arnold Bakery brand)
peas
6 Triscuits
Calories for the day was 1545
Weds:
No workout. I woke up with sore knee. Still trying to figure that one out! I did do a few upper body strength training but mostly kept knee elevated and popped Aleeve.
Food was:
Whole grain toast
low fat cream cheese
small apple
Healthy Choice Chicken Marsala Cafe Steamers (Has whole wheat pasta that actually tastes good! LOL)
small baked potato (someone told me I shouldn't eat potatoes but I disagree, see an earlier post)
Triscuits and a few Townhouse crackers (boo hiss, bad yes I know!)
Homemade Chicken soup with homemade whole wheat noodles
Sugar free hot cocoa
I have not entered all this in Sparkpeople yet to know the total count but as far as I can tell I am around 1400-1500 for the day
I also went to the Pound for Pound Challenge and pledged 25 pounds. My other friend pledged 50 but this is until June 30 2010 and that is 25 weeks. I felt for me 25 was a decent pledge! Everyone go and do this! It's for a great cause --feeding people! Eat less and pledge more! :-)
Monday, January 4, 2010
Happy Monday!
It's a lovely cold snowy day out today! LOL! That is why I did not go anywhere!
I did day 2 workout in the boot camp from Sparkpeople today..WHEW! I modified of course, did not want to over-do strength training since I work out tomorrow so only went through it one time. I also did 15 minutes on the Gazelle and 15 on the recumbent bike.
Food for today was:
hard boiled egg
oatmeal
apple sauce
Triscuits (only 6 this time LOL!)
1 oz. cheese
homemade veggie soup
Hard boiled egg white (gave the yolk to the cats)
Navel orange
Baked fish --lightly breaded
small baked potato with spray butter
green beans and carrots
popcorn as a snack
Tomorrow is workout with trainer Paulette. Only two more sessions left :-(
I did day 2 workout in the boot camp from Sparkpeople today..WHEW! I modified of course, did not want to over-do strength training since I work out tomorrow so only went through it one time. I also did 15 minutes on the Gazelle and 15 on the recumbent bike.
Food for today was:
hard boiled egg
oatmeal
apple sauce
Triscuits (only 6 this time LOL!)
1 oz. cheese
homemade veggie soup
Hard boiled egg white (gave the yolk to the cats)
Navel orange
Baked fish --lightly breaded
small baked potato with spray butter
green beans and carrots
popcorn as a snack
Tomorrow is workout with trainer Paulette. Only two more sessions left :-(
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