Let me see... Since last Thursday... I didn't work out on Friday Saturday or Sunday. Saturday I actually ate well. Sunday I hit my calorie count and Monday I went just over. Tuesday it was blown and yesterday wasn't the greatest. But so far today is going good for the calorie mark.
Monday I went over how different equipment works at the Rush. Yesterday I walked 1.55 miles at a variable rate from 2mph to 3 mph. Today I had one of the trainers put me through my paces. She asked if I would keep pushing through at the same pace if I was on my own. I said I hope I would. But the answer is NO! I wouldn't work myself that hard, and that is probably the problem. She had me on a cardio machine for 4 minutes and it took my breath away. After like 2 minutes. She had me on for 4 min then take a break, another 4 min then take a break. She may have had me on for a 3rd set of 4 min. Then started to lift weights. Those she pushed quiet a bit too. I couldn't finish the sets by myself. She was helping me lift. "Push through it" It reminded me of giving birth! Push Push push push, now breath! My arms are like rubber and I'm exhausted. It is a good thing, and I wish I could afford to have her work with me more often. Maybe even just 1x a week. It would really make a difference.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Day 10
Made it to the Rush. Kids had their exercise class. So far I've been getting them to that, so yea! I did 24 min on a tread mill and then 3.5 min on another walking type machine. I don't know the name of the second machine but after only 30 seconds my heart rate was up to 164 and I was sweating like a pig. That thing was killer. I'll have to work my way up on that thing. I think I like it. On the treadmill, I did a few min at 3 mph then slowed it down and fluctuated between 2.3 and 2.8 mph. One of these days I'll work up to a jog! I feel pretty good today. No sore muscles.
I ate less than I usually do but still blew my calorie intake out of the water. I didn't have any snacks either. I did have a double serving of cereal for breakfast and then 2 cookies at subway. Those were my "splurges" bookending my day and putting me almost 600 calories over my goal. Also, I had 3 glasses of coke which is another 300 calories. It didn't seem like much at the time, but it is amazing that just cutting out that little bit would have kept me on target.
Hubby got the water filter fixed on the fridge and I tend to drink a lot more water when that is working. Other wise I hit the coke pretty hard.
I think I need to do exercise in the mornings so I have less excuses as the day wears on, why I don't have time to exercise or what ever million excuses come up. Boys are back in school. In two weeks my kindergartner will be back full time and then its no more excuse-ville. I need to have my schedule set up so that I get the kids on the bus work for an hour and then head for The Rush. I can't do it right away cuz bus comes at 6:30 and daycare at The Rush for the baby is open at 8:00
I ate less than I usually do but still blew my calorie intake out of the water. I didn't have any snacks either. I did have a double serving of cereal for breakfast and then 2 cookies at subway. Those were my "splurges" bookending my day and putting me almost 600 calories over my goal. Also, I had 3 glasses of coke which is another 300 calories. It didn't seem like much at the time, but it is amazing that just cutting out that little bit would have kept me on target.
Hubby got the water filter fixed on the fridge and I tend to drink a lot more water when that is working. Other wise I hit the coke pretty hard.
I think I need to do exercise in the mornings so I have less excuses as the day wears on, why I don't have time to exercise or what ever million excuses come up. Boys are back in school. In two weeks my kindergartner will be back full time and then its no more excuse-ville. I need to have my schedule set up so that I get the kids on the bus work for an hour and then head for The Rush. I can't do it right away cuz bus comes at 6:30 and daycare at The Rush for the baby is open at 8:00
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Day 9 - Psyched Up Again
I finally got an email from the folks from the Rush. I have access to the nutrition program. Logging my food was an eye opener. So far it's not yet dinner time and I've already burned through over 2,000 calories. WOW! No wonder I'm so fat. And here I thought I was eating 1/2 way decent today. Guess not. Looks like tracking what I eat will really help. Ashley, the fitness coach called yesterday, but I was in the bathroom. The answering machine picked up and while she was leaving me her number one of my kids either picked up the phone or bumped it or something. I went in and the phone was off the cradle and stopped taking her message mid-number. I've lost her card with the number too. The smart thing to do would be to call up there and get her number so I can leave her a message on her phone. That would be the non-procrastinating thing to do. I haven't done it yet.
What I HAVE done is record my food intake, weight and set up my own little work out program. Have myself set up for weight training 2 days a week and cardio 3 days a week. I want to head up there tonight and hop on a treadmill. I have a gazelle here, but I don't know what my heart rate is or how fast I'm going. May be too slow.
What I HAVE done is record my food intake, weight and set up my own little work out program. Have myself set up for weight training 2 days a week and cardio 3 days a week. I want to head up there tonight and hop on a treadmill. I have a gazelle here, but I don't know what my heart rate is or how fast I'm going. May be too slow.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Day 8 - Nadda Amigo
Step back. Nothing today. No dieting breakthroughs. No exercise, unless you count chasing down the escaped Yorkie. I eventually lured him home with some prefab turkey. He runs like Tigger on Crack. If only I had a teaspoon of his energy!
Monday, August 6, 2012
Day 7 - Back on Track, Sort of
It was a long day again today. I have to admit that my diet was truly horrible. I had pizza for a snack, hot pockets for lunch and McDonalds for dinner. Is it any wonder I am carrying around an extra 100 pounds?
But on the up side I did make it back to The Rush. When I was there on Thursday I left a message with the fitness coordinator to give to my fit coach with my name number and request that we change our appointment from this morning at 9am to this evening at 5pm. Reason being that the kids have another fit class at 4:45 and I didn't want to make two trips. I never heard back from her. I should have called her cell or sent her a text message. But I'm really not that fond of calling people. I kind of dread it. So I didn't pursue the message I left, assuming that it was given to her. It wasn't. I showed up tonight and she was booked for the rest of the night.
So while the kids were in their fit class I went did some cardio. First I hopped on a strange step machine that moves side to side. I don't know the name of it, but I bet it targets your waist and thighs if you stick with it. It hurt my knees, and I didn't want to push it, so I went back to the treadmill and walked for 26 min. I was going to go for a solid 25, but 14.5 min into my walk all of the kiddies filed out of the work out room. I assumed that their class was over early and shut off the tread mill to check the kids into daycare. Turns out a couple kids had to go to the bathroom, and they stopped class to take the kids over to the daycare center. Once they went back to the workout room, I got back on the treadmill for another 12 minutes. I finished up just before the kids finally got out of their class, so it was pretty good timing. My legs are fine today. No fire or limping walk. My lower back feelt like it was going to slide out of place from about an hour before we went in until about 1/2 hour ago. Seems fine now.
While I was on the treadmill, even though I was going at an embarrassingly slow speed of 2.5 miles an hour, I worked up a sweat and felt really good. My right hip and knee were protesting. Hopefully it's just a fat thing and once they get used to moving around, and I lose some weight it will stop hurting. My plan is to slowly build up to a jog in a couple weeks. My heart rate is up around 120. I don't want to injure myself or overdo it so that I can't exercise.
Despite the food debacle, at least I got active today. Tomorrow is another day and I'll try to whip my appetite into shape, practice a little bit of restraint. Get used to the word NO!
Still no access to the nutrition section of the website from The Rush. Have to say they are not impressing me there! I talked to my fit coach on Wednesday, the help desk Wednesday night, and the guy that signed me up Thursday. Still nadda. I need to call the help desk again and stay on the phone until I get access.
But on the up side I did make it back to The Rush. When I was there on Thursday I left a message with the fitness coordinator to give to my fit coach with my name number and request that we change our appointment from this morning at 9am to this evening at 5pm. Reason being that the kids have another fit class at 4:45 and I didn't want to make two trips. I never heard back from her. I should have called her cell or sent her a text message. But I'm really not that fond of calling people. I kind of dread it. So I didn't pursue the message I left, assuming that it was given to her. It wasn't. I showed up tonight and she was booked for the rest of the night.
So while the kids were in their fit class I went did some cardio. First I hopped on a strange step machine that moves side to side. I don't know the name of it, but I bet it targets your waist and thighs if you stick with it. It hurt my knees, and I didn't want to push it, so I went back to the treadmill and walked for 26 min. I was going to go for a solid 25, but 14.5 min into my walk all of the kiddies filed out of the work out room. I assumed that their class was over early and shut off the tread mill to check the kids into daycare. Turns out a couple kids had to go to the bathroom, and they stopped class to take the kids over to the daycare center. Once they went back to the workout room, I got back on the treadmill for another 12 minutes. I finished up just before the kids finally got out of their class, so it was pretty good timing. My legs are fine today. No fire or limping walk. My lower back feelt like it was going to slide out of place from about an hour before we went in until about 1/2 hour ago. Seems fine now.
While I was on the treadmill, even though I was going at an embarrassingly slow speed of 2.5 miles an hour, I worked up a sweat and felt really good. My right hip and knee were protesting. Hopefully it's just a fat thing and once they get used to moving around, and I lose some weight it will stop hurting. My plan is to slowly build up to a jog in a couple weeks. My heart rate is up around 120. I don't want to injure myself or overdo it so that I can't exercise.
Despite the food debacle, at least I got active today. Tomorrow is another day and I'll try to whip my appetite into shape, practice a little bit of restraint. Get used to the word NO!
Still no access to the nutrition section of the website from The Rush. Have to say they are not impressing me there! I talked to my fit coach on Wednesday, the help desk Wednesday night, and the guy that signed me up Thursday. Still nadda. I need to call the help desk again and stay on the phone until I get access.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Day 4-6 Long Weekend
So I didn't go back to The Rush or do any work outs. But I did spend 6 hours shopping on Friday, another 5 hours at the mall and various other stores on Saturday and most of Sunday cleaning the house. Does that count?
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Day 3- Feel The Burn
Yesterday, all I did was walk on a treadmill for 6 1/2 min, do 10 squats, one plank, 10 reps pushing weights out in front of me and 10 reps pulling weights from over my head down to my sides. That's it. Today I am sore, slightly in my triceps and upper back, but mostly in my thighs. My thighs feel like I have ran a marathon. Oh this is soooo pathetic! I should NOT hurt this bad from so little exercise! It's not like I"m hobbled up or anything, I'm just really feeling the burn this morning. Tonight I did 1/2 hour on a treadmill while the kids were in their exercise class. It was really good for them. Especially my oldest. The other two get out and run and play. The oldest likes to sit in front of the TV and play games all day. It's off for a looong soak in the tub cuz my legs are still killing me.
I still don't have access to the online nutrition plan that I purchased from The Rush.
I still don't have access to the online nutrition plan that I purchased from The Rush.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Day 2- Meet the Trainer
Today I met with Ashley at the Rush. Very athletic. I assume that she is a basketball player. Not that she is tall, she just has that athletic build and walk. We went over paperwork and set goals for weight loss. I'd like to get down to 150 again at the minimum. If I could get down to 125-135 range that would be good too, but I'll be happy to get down to 150. She did some tests to see where I am physically. My BMI is 40.3. Ewwe. And this little machine came up with a number of 48% fat. Not exactly sure what that is about, but I know it can't be good!
She had me do some basic stuff like walk on a treadmill for a few minutes, do some squats, plank pose to see how core is, pull down some weights. That kind of thing. Next time she's going to make up a plan so I can go through a routine when I go in. I would love to hire her as a trainer, I'm sure the motivation would keep me on track, I just can't afford it. This will have to be a solo thing and hopefully a few sessions will get me going in the right direction. I was pretty pathetic, my right knee and hip started protesting on the treadmill after about 3 minutes. But hey, at least I'm trying now. Our next session is Monday morning.
Meanwhile I'm going to do some cardio, probably on the treadmills, so I can build up to 30 min sessions, then 45 min. Everyone should be able to walk at a rate of 4.0 miles an hour for 30 minutes. I was struggling for 3 miles an hour for 6 minutes. Pretty sorry I know. Just goes to show you how much I need to work out. I'll get there. Tomorrow I'll push myself through it. She suggested breaking it up into 10 or 15 minutes. So tomorrow I'm going to get 1/2 hour in, just take a couple breaks between. This weight needs to come off.
One good thing is that they have kids classes on Mondays and Thursdays. Since tomorrow is Thursday, I'll be taking them in tomorrow evening for the kiddy class and I'll work out on the treadmill while they have their class.
I plan on taking a Zumba class on Saturday morning. Sounds like fun. I am so incredibly uncoordinated so it should be a mess. Hopefully I won't trip over myself too much or run into too many people. My core personality is to shy away from people. I work at home, before that I took on-line college classes from home. I feel claustrophobic around groups of people, a gnawing sense of panic. Normally I would absolutely HATE the idea of joining a class and being completely uncoordinated around other people, but right now I don't really care. I need to get myself right, and honestly, who is going to be looking? Everyone else is probably more concerned with hitting their own steps. And if they gawk at the clutzy fat girl, who cares? Right? Well, I'll see if I feel the same way after my first class! :)
In an effort to motivate myself, I took some pictures. I generally shy away from mirrors, but getting this honest look of how my body is... I can only describe it as dismaying. I look like I have a watermelon in my belly. Seriously, I look pregnant. Very pregnant. This huge belly takes up 1/2 of my lap. That is real-estate meant for kids to sit on and cuddle up. But they don't have the room because my belly is in the way. And my arms! The fat drips in sloping bags down my arms. My thighs are huge mushy lumps that sort of smash together almost all the way to my knees. It disgusts me. I keep looking at these pictures wondering how I let myself get this way. This is where I do not want to be any more. This is what I am going to change.
She had me do some basic stuff like walk on a treadmill for a few minutes, do some squats, plank pose to see how core is, pull down some weights. That kind of thing. Next time she's going to make up a plan so I can go through a routine when I go in. I would love to hire her as a trainer, I'm sure the motivation would keep me on track, I just can't afford it. This will have to be a solo thing and hopefully a few sessions will get me going in the right direction. I was pretty pathetic, my right knee and hip started protesting on the treadmill after about 3 minutes. But hey, at least I'm trying now. Our next session is Monday morning.
Meanwhile I'm going to do some cardio, probably on the treadmills, so I can build up to 30 min sessions, then 45 min. Everyone should be able to walk at a rate of 4.0 miles an hour for 30 minutes. I was struggling for 3 miles an hour for 6 minutes. Pretty sorry I know. Just goes to show you how much I need to work out. I'll get there. Tomorrow I'll push myself through it. She suggested breaking it up into 10 or 15 minutes. So tomorrow I'm going to get 1/2 hour in, just take a couple breaks between. This weight needs to come off.
One good thing is that they have kids classes on Mondays and Thursdays. Since tomorrow is Thursday, I'll be taking them in tomorrow evening for the kiddy class and I'll work out on the treadmill while they have their class.
I plan on taking a Zumba class on Saturday morning. Sounds like fun. I am so incredibly uncoordinated so it should be a mess. Hopefully I won't trip over myself too much or run into too many people. My core personality is to shy away from people. I work at home, before that I took on-line college classes from home. I feel claustrophobic around groups of people, a gnawing sense of panic. Normally I would absolutely HATE the idea of joining a class and being completely uncoordinated around other people, but right now I don't really care. I need to get myself right, and honestly, who is going to be looking? Everyone else is probably more concerned with hitting their own steps. And if they gawk at the clutzy fat girl, who cares? Right? Well, I'll see if I feel the same way after my first class! :)
In an effort to motivate myself, I took some pictures. I generally shy away from mirrors, but getting this honest look of how my body is... I can only describe it as dismaying. I look like I have a watermelon in my belly. Seriously, I look pregnant. Very pregnant. This huge belly takes up 1/2 of my lap. That is real-estate meant for kids to sit on and cuddle up. But they don't have the room because my belly is in the way. And my arms! The fat drips in sloping bags down my arms. My thighs are huge mushy lumps that sort of smash together almost all the way to my knees. It disgusts me. I keep looking at these pictures wondering how I let myself get this way. This is where I do not want to be any more. This is what I am going to change.