I am sitting here at my sister Gina's house, watching my nephew Dominick dance along with Elmo when it hit me, wow today is THURSDAY and I haven't even written my blog this week, and it's almost over! woops :/
I don't know how I could have forgotten because it was a great week, we are exactly half way through the 12 week weight loss challenge, so Laura did our measurements to show us that there are bigger changes than just pounds. I lost 6 1/4 INCHES OFF MY WAIST!!! I mean I can't tell you how exciting that was to hear! I literally had to hold tears back, and as I am typing this, I am getting all misty again. I then went out to my car and started calling people and texting friends to tell them about my losses, I was so proud! And when I came to my sister's house the very next day I wipped my shirt up to show her my ever shrinking waist line WOOHOO GO ME! I have also lost a total of 12 pounds since I started working out the week before Xmas but those inches are just in the last 6 weeks! It definitely backed up how hard I have been working in the gym and with trying to eat healthier. Although I have to say the last week and a half for some reason hasn't been going as well with the healthier eating aspect. Oh, but I also lost another 1 and a 1 /2 pounds at the weigh in!
I was FINALLY able to run for the first time in a month WITH NO SHIN PAIN! I ran a little on Thursday and it was good so I ran intervals on Sunday at bootcamp and I could NOT breath but my legs were still good. I didn't go to the gym Monday so when I went on Tuesday morning 4 cardio I ran, the most I have ever run actually and can now hardly walk bcuz of the pain WTF!?!! It's so frustrating that I really liked it and it's so painful. and not in the good way your muscles hurt the day after a great workout.
I never thought I would actually look forward to the muscle aches and pains (minus the shins) but I do! I think because I have never really worked hard enough to cause my muscles to need 2 recover. I love when the places on my body I REALLY want to work on, well all of it, but especially my butt and abs 4 sure, are so sore the next day it hurts to even sit on the toilet lol yea not a great thought to put in your heads but whatever, get over it hehe or cough even a little bit and my stomach aches but I ACTUALLY LOVE IT! I know I worked hard enough the day before that it's working :)
Ok, well next week I will really try to work on my blogging, I know this weeks was a little short and skimpy.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Week 8 WOW
I'm still going and still LOVING IT!!!! WOOHOO
My weigh in didn't go as well as I hoped this week, I wanted to lose 4 pounds, but I still did great! I lost 1 1/2 pounds!
I hear from EVERYONE that losing too much at once will probably come back, so a pound a week is supposed to be pretty good. I've been pretty consistent too, so I am happy with it. Just going to take me longer than I wanted, to lose what I think I want to lose. I am the biggest instant gratification person I've ever known, so that is another thing I need to try and change a bit about myself. We are going to be doing measurements again next week, half way through the 12 week weight loss challenge, so I am eager to see the difference. I feel like it will be much more telling than the weight loss itself.
I had a hard week emotionally this week, with a few people close to me making comments and questioning me about if I'm working out too much or that it's not good to change my diet, etc. I have never eaten healthier and 4 the 1st time in, hmm probably 4ever I am doing something for myself. To better myself from the inside out and am soooo excited about it! It was very hurtful to me that the people I love would ever be unsupportive of me in something I feel is so positive. I know I talk about Laura a lot and I will keep praising her until the end of time! She had some great words of advice and encouragement for me when I was upset. I am a people watcher, and this week I was watching how she was with other people working out and she is just so good at picking up on what each individual needs to hear and to do, it's crazy! Ok, I am going to try to stop talking about her and focus on me, but did u ever notice it is a LOT easier to talk some1 else up hehe
I have also come to recognize that Laura's husband, Dickie, has been really good about helping me when I have a question and I am there on my own. He is there a lot and very knowledgeable with working out. Thank you for not making me feel stupid with what I know are truly asinine questions ;)
I had a HUGE breakthrough this week with my arm. As you probably all know, I had 2 shoulder surgeries this past year, which totally messed up my entire arm, worse than before the surgery :( stupid piece of shit doctor! Anyway, a month ago when I did a preacher curl, (kind of excited I know what that is lol) my right arm would be bent way in, all crazy and grossly distorted and yesterday when I did it, it was almost completely STRAIGHT!!!! So, what I thought was going to be a life long thing, is also getting better from working out :) Thanks Laura! sorry her name just slipped out lol
Now, do you all remember me talking about the banana football? I know I must have at some point. It was THE ONLY THING I could NOT do in my workouts! It's actually an 18 pound Bulgarian Throwing Bag (aka "the Banana Football") And I FINALLY did the Throw-Over Stand-Up! I can't tell you how frustrated I was with this damn thing and how THRILLED I was 2 get up with it!! I mean so thrilled that I clapped 4 myself lol and I may or may not have jumped up and down a lil bit :)
I didn't work out on Thursday like I always do because I was sick. I still felt really weak on Friday but I went and did bootcamp still and felt better afterwards. Crazy how things work. SO, overall it was another great week and I look forward to this one!
I hope you all keep working hard at making yourself healthier, happier and stronger! You deserve it!
My weigh in didn't go as well as I hoped this week, I wanted to lose 4 pounds, but I still did great! I lost 1 1/2 pounds!
I hear from EVERYONE that losing too much at once will probably come back, so a pound a week is supposed to be pretty good. I've been pretty consistent too, so I am happy with it. Just going to take me longer than I wanted, to lose what I think I want to lose. I am the biggest instant gratification person I've ever known, so that is another thing I need to try and change a bit about myself. We are going to be doing measurements again next week, half way through the 12 week weight loss challenge, so I am eager to see the difference. I feel like it will be much more telling than the weight loss itself.
I had a hard week emotionally this week, with a few people close to me making comments and questioning me about if I'm working out too much or that it's not good to change my diet, etc. I have never eaten healthier and 4 the 1st time in, hmm probably 4ever I am doing something for myself. To better myself from the inside out and am soooo excited about it! It was very hurtful to me that the people I love would ever be unsupportive of me in something I feel is so positive. I know I talk about Laura a lot and I will keep praising her until the end of time! She had some great words of advice and encouragement for me when I was upset. I am a people watcher, and this week I was watching how she was with other people working out and she is just so good at picking up on what each individual needs to hear and to do, it's crazy! Ok, I am going to try to stop talking about her and focus on me, but did u ever notice it is a LOT easier to talk some1 else up hehe
I have also come to recognize that Laura's husband, Dickie, has been really good about helping me when I have a question and I am there on my own. He is there a lot and very knowledgeable with working out. Thank you for not making me feel stupid with what I know are truly asinine questions ;)
I had a HUGE breakthrough this week with my arm. As you probably all know, I had 2 shoulder surgeries this past year, which totally messed up my entire arm, worse than before the surgery :( stupid piece of shit doctor! Anyway, a month ago when I did a preacher curl, (kind of excited I know what that is lol) my right arm would be bent way in, all crazy and grossly distorted and yesterday when I did it, it was almost completely STRAIGHT!!!! So, what I thought was going to be a life long thing, is also getting better from working out :) Thanks Laura! sorry her name just slipped out lol
Now, do you all remember me talking about the banana football? I know I must have at some point. It was THE ONLY THING I could NOT do in my workouts! It's actually an 18 pound Bulgarian Throwing Bag (aka "the Banana Football") And I FINALLY did the Throw-Over Stand-Up! I can't tell you how frustrated I was with this damn thing and how THRILLED I was 2 get up with it!! I mean so thrilled that I clapped 4 myself lol and I may or may not have jumped up and down a lil bit :)
I didn't work out on Thursday like I always do because I was sick. I still felt really weak on Friday but I went and did bootcamp still and felt better afterwards. Crazy how things work. SO, overall it was another great week and I look forward to this one!
I hope you all keep working hard at making yourself healthier, happier and stronger! You deserve it!
Monday, February 1, 2010
7 FULL WEEKS!
7 FULL WEEKS!
7 FULL WEEKS! I never thought I would work out for 7 weeks in a row lol not without quitting. Over the yrs I have joined hmm 4 different gyms. That is a lot of money wasted, because I never went! I joined Sneakers 1st and went sporadically the 1st month and then never again, I had a 2 yr membership taken out of our checking account every month for that time. Next was American Family Fitness. Not too bad, $100 for a year and I went the day I signed up and NEVER AGAIN! Next was Ballys, I started out going well 4 the 1st 2 or 3 weeks, but HATED it! Did not want 2 go, only went cuz my friend also joined and pushed me to do it. I half assed everything I did there. I only took classes, which I found so mundane. I NEVER wanted 2 go 2 classes and NEVER went on my own just 2 do things. I didn't really learn anything in class that could help me in the gym. I would look around at the machines and think, what the hell does that do and how do I use it? The class was in a room full of mirrors, that was it. More money wasted. FINALLY my friend started going to a Bootcamp at Ironworks gym and said I should go. I figured, it was a pay by the class so I wouldn't waste too much money when I hated it lol so the story always went 4 me. and then AAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAA I SERIOUSLY LOVED IT! From the very 1st time I went. It wasn't like classes I had done b4. The trainer is Laura, she is in PHENOMENAL SHAPE so I knew she knew what she was talking about! She didn't have us in some boring room doing the same things over and over every class. She has us IN THE GYM using all the machines and weights and teaching us proper form, she makes it exciting and is positive and enthusiastic about everything, it makes you want to do well and push yourself! CLEARLY I have not cared about working out or losing weight, sure I hated the way I look, but I want to lose 60 pounds and that doesn't happen doing nothing! And now, I am so excited to go work out. I go to her bootcamp class 3 times every week AND I go 2 to 3 times on my own during the week, starting out with cardio and then I am always adding a few other things in lately, stuff Laura taught me that I liked and could feel working. I know I sound like a commercial for the place, but I just can't believe how much I really truly love working out! I am really proud of myself 4 sticking with this. It doesn't feel like I'm doing it just 2 lose weight or whatever, but I actually like it! And a plus is that I have met some really nice people that I actually like :) Those of u that know me, know I don't particularly like people lol I like animals, people I could just totally do without. But a few of these woman, Laura at the top of the list, I hope 2 b friends with forever! I owe her a lot, I really do! 4 being the ONLY person it appears, 2 really give me what I needed 2 do this. I honestly don't know exactly what it was, but she has something really special in her. I wholly believe she is doing exactly what she should b doing in life!
Ok, now on2 my week. 1st of all I LOST 3 POUNDS WOOOHOOOO! Very excited especially after the not so pretty weigh in last week. But lets just 4get about that, shall we ;) never 2 b spoken about again, allllrighty then!
It is not very often we ever do the same thing twice. We learn new stuff EVERY class! and this week, we did the glute and ham raise! so far, the HARDEST thing I have ever done! I mean seriously, i was going to go workout today and I can hardly walk lol its sick lol but in just the BEST WAY! I clearly know it worked haha
So that was the hardest, I also discovered my FAVORITE thing this week, the hack squat machine. My 1st set of 10 felt really hard and that was with NO WEIGHT on it lol BUT it's 71 pounds with no weight. My next 3 sets seemed easier, I think once I got the form and the feel of it down and I really liked it! Especially the next day when my ass hurt so bad lol or my buttocks 4 all u technical people out there lol I actually had my daughter, poor girl lol, feel my abs and butt before and after i flexed, she was impressed :) she thought I was crazy when i told her to feel my butt tho hehe
I have realized my big goal in this is to lose 60 pounds, get in awesome shape and I would love to be able to teach people what Laura has taught me! I know that is a long way off, but hopefully someday :)
Til next week, work ur asses off and love every minute of it!!!!!
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