OK...so the pain has really set in today. Fun times. Luckily I had some hydrocodone on hand...it's taking some of the edge off. Just a little...but makes life bearable again. Got on my Wii Fit this morning. Wow...it had been 14 days since my last weigh in on there. Course it gave me a guilt trip and I talked back...love being able to do that. I had lost 4 pounds (2 weeks, 4 pounds...) since my last weigh in. It's a loss...but thought it'd be more. Not sure why I thought that. We haven't been doing the best on the diet...but we're getting there. Yesterday we had some Mexican food to help celebrate a friend's birthday and I really didn't eat that much there...just had some chips and cheesy beef, a nacho, a soft taco, and a tortilla w/ cheesy beef....sounds like a lot but really wasn't...I swear...but last night I really wasn't hungry so I only had a couple of pieces of sushi and some pot stickers...and some fruit.
We went shopping last night and I'm excited to try a few things we got. I already have tried my freeze-dried fruit...it's expensive but a pretty nummy snack...not filling at all...least not in my 1/8 oz servings of it but nummy none the less. I've got Blueberry and flax seed granola as a snack for later...at home which we didn't bring to work today as snacks but we got some new "chips." Let's see...Spinach and artichoke chips, Onion chips, olive chips, and multi grain. Some of those...we got for Mikey. I'll give em a shot but not too optimistic bout onion chips. We'll see. Couldn't find my very favorite Sweet Potato chips. That ticked me off. But I'm always looking for lower carb chip replacements. I just seem to love to munch.
I'm really happy that I'm trying new and healthier foods. Our diet has become sort of predictable in the last few years. It's been yummy obviously or I would have made a change, but just boring. I need to mix it up a bit.
OK...so tonight we go see our "friend" Wade and see what he has us do for our upper body. I'm hoping it means some more machines. I like working on machines for some reason. I was really disappointed that I didn't get to do leg presses on Wed night...and told him so. Hopefully we'll get there good and early so I can work some of the kinks out of my thighs...whatever the muscle is right above the knee to the hip...grrr...that one HURTS. When I sit down or stand up I feel like it's ripping. I'm sure that's only in my mind. lol...least I hope.
OK...that's it for now. I'm gonna try to get some walking done this weekend too. Going to Austin for a comic convention and then to my folks for the remainder of the weekend. We'll see what we get done.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Day 4 or so...
Well last night we had our second workout with our new friend Wade...I call him a friend cos he hasn't killed us yet. I'm doing my best to still have a very positive attitude...I found that slipping last night at the end of the work out. But we'll get to that.
OK...so last night was legs or lower body work out...we did some different squats and such...a little stair action...planks...and some other ab work...Planks and me...hmmm...not the easiest...but I stuck it out...and on the last one...yeah getting up was an issue...my right thigh gave out on me...recovered for a few seconds and with a lift from Mikey I was good. We had also gotten there 30 minutes early and after checking in and a trip out to the car to get things that I had forgotten such as towels...then we went and warmed up on the equipment upstairs...I tried a stairmaster...ok...I've done these before...but luck would have it that the one I got on was acting up...damn the luck, I wasn't meant to do StairMaster last night...so I got on a sitting bike and pedaled my heart out till Wade was ready for us...did over 3 and a half miles in 22 minutes...I didn't feel that was too shabby. Mike experimented with a bunch of different machines.
OK, so to the part where I crapped out. Floor work for abs...after a hard work out where I'm already winded and tired...have me lay on my back and do sets of ab crunches. Granted, I've never been able to ever do a crunch properly. Either I've never been shown or my belly gets in the way...I don't know. My face got so over heated from the blood rush and I guess lack of good breathing practices when I'm flat on my back struggling to keep my legs up while doing crunches. I wanna do ab work. Don't get me wrong. It's my hardest area that I know I need work on...but can we start on the machines doing stuff? Floor work never does me good. I had to sit up for a bit and take a breather. Wade offered alternatives to the crunches. Did I wanna do scissor kicks? use the big ball? What'd I wanna do? Um leave...lol...that's what I wanted to do. I took a moment and said to myself no...I have to do something. So after my face cooled off...I did scissor kicks. Then Wade was nice and had us stretch to end out the session.
He said we'd hurt today. And I trusted him on that. I thought it'd be bad...we did a few different types of squats and I was feeling the burn last night. Either it hasn't set in yet, or I do more working out when I go nuts dancing at the club and drop it like it's hot like a fool who does NOT know when to quit. I've been in much more pain following those weekends...LMAO...I'm wondering if I should tell him that or not. Don't want him to take it as a challenge. But yes I hurt...no I'm, not dying. I was even brave enough to wear my heels again today. I felt for sure it would be a mistake but I's cool.
So after the work out last night, we went and hung with Nikky Celebrating her last night of her 30s in style. She even fed us...even though it was Pizza...lol. I did good. Should have stopped at one piece...but only had 2 and a couple little pieces of cheese bread. One piece really filled me up...but I was compelled to eat the second piece by outside forces. lol And today for lunch we had Mexican food. But I only had a few chips, with cheesy beef, a soft taco, and a nacho really. that's it, and I had a tortilla. For me, that's amazing. I'm just NOT hungry. Rock on! And I was starving before we left...So it's all good. I'll knock out a snack from my daily routine today to make up for the extra carbs and calories. May even do some Dance Dance tonight if we get home at a decent time. We have to get groceries and run a couple of other errands tonight.
OK...I'll have more later! thanks for reading and I always appreciate support. MUAH!
Audrey
OK...so last night was legs or lower body work out...we did some different squats and such...a little stair action...planks...and some other ab work...Planks and me...hmmm...not the easiest...but I stuck it out...and on the last one...yeah getting up was an issue...my right thigh gave out on me...recovered for a few seconds and with a lift from Mikey I was good. We had also gotten there 30 minutes early and after checking in and a trip out to the car to get things that I had forgotten such as towels...then we went and warmed up on the equipment upstairs...I tried a stairmaster...ok...I've done these before...but luck would have it that the one I got on was acting up...damn the luck, I wasn't meant to do StairMaster last night...so I got on a sitting bike and pedaled my heart out till Wade was ready for us...did over 3 and a half miles in 22 minutes...I didn't feel that was too shabby. Mike experimented with a bunch of different machines.
OK, so to the part where I crapped out. Floor work for abs...after a hard work out where I'm already winded and tired...have me lay on my back and do sets of ab crunches. Granted, I've never been able to ever do a crunch properly. Either I've never been shown or my belly gets in the way...I don't know. My face got so over heated from the blood rush and I guess lack of good breathing practices when I'm flat on my back struggling to keep my legs up while doing crunches. I wanna do ab work. Don't get me wrong. It's my hardest area that I know I need work on...but can we start on the machines doing stuff? Floor work never does me good. I had to sit up for a bit and take a breather. Wade offered alternatives to the crunches. Did I wanna do scissor kicks? use the big ball? What'd I wanna do? Um leave...lol...that's what I wanted to do. I took a moment and said to myself no...I have to do something. So after my face cooled off...I did scissor kicks. Then Wade was nice and had us stretch to end out the session.
He said we'd hurt today. And I trusted him on that. I thought it'd be bad...we did a few different types of squats and I was feeling the burn last night. Either it hasn't set in yet, or I do more working out when I go nuts dancing at the club and drop it like it's hot like a fool who does NOT know when to quit. I've been in much more pain following those weekends...LMAO...I'm wondering if I should tell him that or not. Don't want him to take it as a challenge. But yes I hurt...no I'm, not dying. I was even brave enough to wear my heels again today. I felt for sure it would be a mistake but I's cool.
So after the work out last night, we went and hung with Nikky Celebrating her last night of her 30s in style. She even fed us...even though it was Pizza...lol. I did good. Should have stopped at one piece...but only had 2 and a couple little pieces of cheese bread. One piece really filled me up...but I was compelled to eat the second piece by outside forces. lol And today for lunch we had Mexican food. But I only had a few chips, with cheesy beef, a soft taco, and a nacho really. that's it, and I had a tortilla. For me, that's amazing. I'm just NOT hungry. Rock on! And I was starving before we left...So it's all good. I'll knock out a snack from my daily routine today to make up for the extra carbs and calories. May even do some Dance Dance tonight if we get home at a decent time. We have to get groceries and run a couple of other errands tonight.
OK...I'll have more later! thanks for reading and I always appreciate support. MUAH!
Audrey
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Day 2...
Well, I call this Day 2...we've been trying to lose weight for a while now...2 years ago, I lost 60 pounds in 6 months...then plateaued...and gained some of it back. Now, we started again at the first of the year and have tried to work on it seriously. We're 30, we're not getting any younger, and every extra pound is a mark against my fertility and it's killin me. So...I say this is Day 2 cos we started with a Personal Trainer, Wade, last night at a local gym.
We started with Wade even though I'm deathly afraid of gyms because of a fitness challenge they were advertising on the radio back in January. I entered to win a chance for free 3 months of training. Well I was not selected for that, but since I was a finalist I was given a great chance to get some training, along with my hubby Mikey for a reduced rate. And we are going for it. We have to do something drastic cos diet alone does not seem to be working.
So here I am...we started last night and in a mindset for needing more accountability, I'm blogging my progress. No one may read it...but hey...accountability to myself hasn't been enough. I'll put it on the blogosphere to hold me accountable.
OK...where was I...ok...we worked on upper body last night...and it wasn't all that tough...my arms were kind of noodley last night but today the arms are pretty OK...chest muscles got a work out that's for sure. They are feeling the pain. I don't even know the names of everything we were doing...I just know we were focused on arms and chest...and I didn't die.
Tomorrow night we start on the lower body...that's where I may die afterwards...I've heard of these things they do called lunges and squats...and stairs...I can feel the shin splints startin...lol
We walked today for lunch, least to go get lunch and back. It was Subway and it was on the healthy menu...hey it worked for Jared! Bout a mile round trip, not too bad. Usually for lunch we do about 2 miles around campus. We'll see what we do tomorrow.
I really hope this helps! So far this year alone I've lost like 10 pounds...keeping small goals. Wanna lose 10-20 a month. According to one doc I need to look at losing like 150 total...I'm settling on 100 as my main big goal. I'll keep ya posted!
We started with Wade even though I'm deathly afraid of gyms because of a fitness challenge they were advertising on the radio back in January. I entered to win a chance for free 3 months of training. Well I was not selected for that, but since I was a finalist I was given a great chance to get some training, along with my hubby Mikey for a reduced rate. And we are going for it. We have to do something drastic cos diet alone does not seem to be working.
So here I am...we started last night and in a mindset for needing more accountability, I'm blogging my progress. No one may read it...but hey...accountability to myself hasn't been enough. I'll put it on the blogosphere to hold me accountable.
OK...where was I...ok...we worked on upper body last night...and it wasn't all that tough...my arms were kind of noodley last night but today the arms are pretty OK...chest muscles got a work out that's for sure. They are feeling the pain. I don't even know the names of everything we were doing...I just know we were focused on arms and chest...and I didn't die.
Tomorrow night we start on the lower body...that's where I may die afterwards...I've heard of these things they do called lunges and squats...and stairs...I can feel the shin splints startin...lol
We walked today for lunch, least to go get lunch and back. It was Subway and it was on the healthy menu...hey it worked for Jared! Bout a mile round trip, not too bad. Usually for lunch we do about 2 miles around campus. We'll see what we do tomorrow.
I really hope this helps! So far this year alone I've lost like 10 pounds...keeping small goals. Wanna lose 10-20 a month. According to one doc I need to look at losing like 150 total...I'm settling on 100 as my main big goal. I'll keep ya posted!
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