Week 6 is over and I am sad to report no weight loss this week. I am trying not to be discouraged by that because I know it can be alot of things...so will wait till next week and see what happens.
Today I worked my butt off at the gym and plan to work really hard this week so next week that scale better WATCH OUT!
We saw Wicked last night and it was just as fantastic as I remember it being the last time it blew through Dallas. Cristian loved it. He kept singing along and tried to dance his monkey all over his lap. He bought the winged monkey stuffy as a souvenir. We had a run in with some crappy people who apparantly were hot and bothered that Cristian was sniffling during the 1st half of the show because he was so stuffed up he couldn't breathe and they left in huff because we were staying for the 2nd half and they were "tired of listening to him". I could have slapped the wrinkles off
Monday, June 28, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Week 5 - Weigh-in!
Week 5 has come and gone and I lost another 2 pounds! Woo me! So I am down a total of 9.2 pounds. Still not feeling real good...more to come...stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
Signing off...Lara
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
New Shoes - Sleeping Blues
So here I am on day who knows what, ha, but feeling pretty good. Put on a pair of shorts today that I hadn't been able to comfortably fit in and what do you know...they were LOOSE! Wooohoo, go me!
Hit the gym after buying some new cross training shoes. They are super comfy! My other shoes were just falling apart. I think some of my back issues might have been from working out in those shoes! Glad that is behind me, because I love my new ones!
Warmed up for 5 minutes on the glider at the gym before doing the sculpt strength training exercises. Hit up some machines at 50 pounds, muscle woman ya know lol, and worked my back, legs, arms, and abs. Some of the men looked at me like I was crazy but they stopped once they saw this chic could do it. Oh yeah! I might be rethinking that tomorrow when I wake up with sore muscles. Better try that Creatine Powder I keep meaning to mix up...
I was going to take Cristian to the pool but apparently they had to close it due to someone having an "accident". Reminds me of the commercial for "Grown Ups" when they all pee in the pool and the chemical turns the water dark blue...LOL!
So, I uploaded my data from my armband today and noticed that last night not only did I end up coughing stomach acid most of the night but i only managed to get 2 hours and 12 minutes of sleep. The night before was less than that. I have my dr appointment with my lapband idiot for a doctor on the 22nd. My general practitioner thinks all my issues are being caused by a corroded lap band and so my lap band surgeon's reaction to that is..."Well we can fit you in the schedule in 9 days, how does 2:45pm sound to you?" We shall see what happens...I can't go see the gastro specialist until they rule out the lapband being the problem. All I know is that at night my lungs feel like they are filling with fluid and I cannot stop coughing and hacking stomach acid :( I have been taking double doses of serious acid reflux meds (per the doc) but they haven't helped with the coughing up problem.
Off to bed...stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
Hit the gym after buying some new cross training shoes. They are super comfy! My other shoes were just falling apart. I think some of my back issues might have been from working out in those shoes! Glad that is behind me, because I love my new ones!
Warmed up for 5 minutes on the glider at the gym before doing the sculpt strength training exercises. Hit up some machines at 50 pounds, muscle woman ya know lol, and worked my back, legs, arms, and abs. Some of the men looked at me like I was crazy but they stopped once they saw this chic could do it. Oh yeah! I might be rethinking that tomorrow when I wake up with sore muscles. Better try that Creatine Powder I keep meaning to mix up...
I was going to take Cristian to the pool but apparently they had to close it due to someone having an "accident". Reminds me of the commercial for "Grown Ups" when they all pee in the pool and the chemical turns the water dark blue...LOL!
So, I uploaded my data from my armband today and noticed that last night not only did I end up coughing stomach acid most of the night but i only managed to get 2 hours and 12 minutes of sleep. The night before was less than that. I have my dr appointment with my lapband idiot for a doctor on the 22nd. My general practitioner thinks all my issues are being caused by a corroded lap band and so my lap band surgeon's reaction to that is..."Well we can fit you in the schedule in 9 days, how does 2:45pm sound to you?" We shall see what happens...I can't go see the gastro specialist until they rule out the lapband being the problem. All I know is that at night my lungs feel like they are filling with fluid and I cannot stop coughing and hacking stomach acid :( I have been taking double doses of serious acid reflux meds (per the doc) but they haven't helped with the coughing up problem.
Off to bed...stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
Monday, June 14, 2010
Week 4 - Weigh-in and Measurements!
Here I am at the end of Week 4. Positive things to report! I am officially DOWN 7.5 pounds in 4 weeks and a whopping 7.25 INCHES! Woohoo go ME!
My apologies for not keeping up with my blog. I have not been well in the health department lately. Having some major lapband issues and acid reflux. As an added bonus fluid keeps making it in the lungs. I have felt miserable! I did get a report that my chest xray was clear which is music to an ex-smoker's ears!
My week of cooking is officially over as well and I have handed over the reigns to the kitchen to M E! I do have to say I made some killer meals this past week including ham and potato skillet for breakfast on Sunday, Honey Lemon Schnitzel (can you say YUM?), Buffalo Chicken Skewers, Phyllo Chicken Pot Pie and some awesome veggie dishes! Eating healthy has never been so much fun! I love our new healthy cookbooks. Any "really bad for you" recipe has been all "healthed" out in the cookbooks without losing flavor! Loving it! Hoping M E makes the "Shrimp & Grits" recipe. It was originally a Paula Dean recipe but the cookbook has a healthy version of it and it looks delicious! She did make a chicken and squash meal tonight which was good but I have found that Thyme and me...we don't mix. :)
Oh, and we have gone kookoo for fruit! Had cherries, peaches, apples, kiwi, oranges, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and bananas in the house the past 2 weeks. We went parfait, smoothie, fruity dessert crazy! Stay tuned...
Signing Off...Lara
My apologies for not keeping up with my blog. I have not been well in the health department lately. Having some major lapband issues and acid reflux. As an added bonus fluid keeps making it in the lungs. I have felt miserable! I did get a report that my chest xray was clear which is music to an ex-smoker's ears!
My week of cooking is officially over as well and I have handed over the reigns to the kitchen to M E! I do have to say I made some killer meals this past week including ham and potato skillet for breakfast on Sunday, Honey Lemon Schnitzel (can you say YUM?), Buffalo Chicken Skewers, Phyllo Chicken Pot Pie and some awesome veggie dishes! Eating healthy has never been so much fun! I love our new healthy cookbooks. Any "really bad for you" recipe has been all "healthed" out in the cookbooks without losing flavor! Loving it! Hoping M E makes the "Shrimp & Grits" recipe. It was originally a Paula Dean recipe but the cookbook has a healthy version of it and it looks delicious! She did make a chicken and squash meal tonight which was good but I have found that Thyme and me...we don't mix. :)
Oh, and we have gone kookoo for fruit! Had cherries, peaches, apples, kiwi, oranges, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and bananas in the house the past 2 weeks. We went parfait, smoothie, fruity dessert crazy! Stay tuned...
Signing Off...Lara
Friday, June 11, 2010
Day of rest
Yep that is what it was today, my rest day, no workout, no sweating, just good old fashioned walking and moving about. Day was still pretty busy. I worked, shuffled Cristian to and from 2 activities, ran around a shopping plaza after parking as far as I could from where I was going in the damn Texas heat (not by choice mind you - compliments of the concert in Watters Creek), and did some house cleaning. That is as active as it got for me today.
Bring on tomorrow - cardio, abs, gym, swimming...and I may toss in a Karate Kid movie for grins...
"Jacket off...jacket on...jacket off...jacket on"...Ha, stay tuned...
Signing Off...Lara
Bring on tomorrow - cardio, abs, gym, swimming...and I may toss in a Karate Kid movie for grins...
"Jacket off...jacket on...jacket off...jacket on"...Ha, stay tuned...
Signing Off...Lara
Stats for Thursday, June 10th!
BodyMedia FIT data for June 10, 2010
Calories Burned - 2416
Calories Consumed - 1465
Total Activity - 0:40
Moderate Activity - 0:40
Steps Taken - 3735
Sleep Duration - 6:28
Lying Down - 8:11
Sleep Efficiency - 79%
Calories Burned - 2416
Calories Consumed - 1465
Total Activity - 0:40
Moderate Activity - 0:40
Steps Taken - 3735
Sleep Duration - 6:28
Lying Down - 8:11
Sleep Efficiency - 79%
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
She doesn't hear a word I say...
Here I am, 1 day before my day of rest, and I am looking forward to it! Not that I actually think I am going to rest, especially since we already have a day planned at the gym, but at least I can say NO Tony video. Woo!
Had a great workout day today. Went to the gym and did the Tony Sculpt with free weights instead of the deadly resistance bands. Definitely a lot easier to move around with weights than get tangled in the resistance bands! Since we already knew the video by heart we just did the whole thing without Tony at the gym. After warming up my muscles and getting my heart rate up there I hopped on the glider. M E was on the elliptical next to me but I just can't do that machine. It kills my shins. So, the glider it was!
I panted and grunted my way through 20 minutes on that sucker and found myself talking to myself since M E had her headphones on with the music so loud that she didn't hear a word I said. The only time she turned to talk to me was when she yelled, "I am only doing this for 10 minutes, I can't do it, my foot is numb". LOL! So I tried to encourage her..."You are half-way there, only 5 more minutes, we can do it..." Do you think she heard me? Of course not! Not a word....but the rest of the gym probably did!
That's okay I will call it self-motivation. I was motivating myself! :) I did have a hard time getting my heart rate down. I get it all riled up and it doesn't want to slow back down. I ended up doing a little more than 1.5 miles in 20 minutes. I was BLAZING!
My calorie burn FINALLY shot up high and has stayed that way ever since the workout at 6ish. In fact, even now at 11:27, I am still burning 2.3 calories which is still pretty high for "Queen of 1.8 calories" which is what my body thinks it should burn all the time. I did get it up there over 7 per minute while on the glider. Yea for me! Stay tuned...
Signing Off...Lara
Had a great workout day today. Went to the gym and did the Tony Sculpt with free weights instead of the deadly resistance bands. Definitely a lot easier to move around with weights than get tangled in the resistance bands! Since we already knew the video by heart we just did the whole thing without Tony at the gym. After warming up my muscles and getting my heart rate up there I hopped on the glider. M E was on the elliptical next to me but I just can't do that machine. It kills my shins. So, the glider it was!
I panted and grunted my way through 20 minutes on that sucker and found myself talking to myself since M E had her headphones on with the music so loud that she didn't hear a word I said. The only time she turned to talk to me was when she yelled, "I am only doing this for 10 minutes, I can't do it, my foot is numb". LOL! So I tried to encourage her..."You are half-way there, only 5 more minutes, we can do it..." Do you think she heard me? Of course not! Not a word....but the rest of the gym probably did!
That's okay I will call it self-motivation. I was motivating myself! :) I did have a hard time getting my heart rate down. I get it all riled up and it doesn't want to slow back down. I ended up doing a little more than 1.5 miles in 20 minutes. I was BLAZING!
My calorie burn FINALLY shot up high and has stayed that way ever since the workout at 6ish. In fact, even now at 11:27, I am still burning 2.3 calories which is still pretty high for "Queen of 1.8 calories" which is what my body thinks it should burn all the time. I did get it up there over 7 per minute while on the glider. Yea for me! Stay tuned...
Signing Off...Lara
Monday, June 7, 2010
Week 3 is Officially Over!
I made it through Week 3 and am feeling great! I had a 1/2 pound weight loss this week although I know I have lost some inches because shorts that were too tight just last week are now fitting me a little loose!
I have felt all flu like today so haven't done much in the realm of working out but hopefully tomorrow I will feel better and hit the gym with M E.
This is my week to cook, yea me, and I kicked it off with Phyllo Chicken Pot Pie. I am thinking about either a fish dinner or pork tomorrow - need to see which has less of a preparation time :) My chicken pot pie looked awful easy according to the directions yet took almost 2 hours of prep work. Whew! It was really good but I didnt plan on cooking for 3 hours. Stay tuned...
Signing Off...Lara
I have felt all flu like today so haven't done much in the realm of working out but hopefully tomorrow I will feel better and hit the gym with M E.
This is my week to cook, yea me, and I kicked it off with Phyllo Chicken Pot Pie. I am thinking about either a fish dinner or pork tomorrow - need to see which has less of a preparation time :) My chicken pot pie looked awful easy according to the directions yet took almost 2 hours of prep work. Whew! It was really good but I didnt plan on cooking for 3 hours. Stay tuned...
Signing Off...Lara
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Stats for Saturday, June 5th!
BodyMedia FIT data for June 5, 2010
Calories Burned - 3020
Calories Consumed - 1183
Total Activity - 0:48
Steps Taken - 8795
Sleep Duration - 5:44
Lying Down - 9:52
Sleep Efficiency - 58%
Calories Burned - 3020
Calories Consumed - 1183
Total Activity - 0:48
Steps Taken - 8795
Sleep Duration - 5:44
Lying Down - 9:52
Sleep Efficiency - 58%
Burned over 3,000 calories!
I burned over 3,000 calories today!! Woohoo!!! Can I get a HELL YEAH? So about 10 minutes before midnight I looked at my watch and saw that I was only 40 calories away from breaking the 3,000 mark so I went a little crazy. By "a little crazy" I mean - I started doing jumping jacks and running, yes running, back and forth in the house until midnight LOL! You can stop laughing now...no really, I mean it, you can. M E has done enough laughing for all of you. :)
I have been going to Lifetime fitness everyday and hitting the cardio machines for a bit with M E and then picking Cristian up from the child care area and going for a family swim. I KNOW I lost weight this week. Shorts that fit too snug last week are fitting REALLY good this week. Bring on the Week 3 weigh in! I am so ready!
Missed groupie fitness with my friends this Friday because 2 of them were under the weather but they have promised to get back on things next week - so next Friday - here we come! Stay tuned....
Signing off...Lara
I have been going to Lifetime fitness everyday and hitting the cardio machines for a bit with M E and then picking Cristian up from the child care area and going for a family swim. I KNOW I lost weight this week. Shorts that fit too snug last week are fitting REALLY good this week. Bring on the Week 3 weigh in! I am so ready!
Missed groupie fitness with my friends this Friday because 2 of them were under the weather but they have promised to get back on things next week - so next Friday - here we come! Stay tuned....
Signing off...Lara
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Day at Lifetime Fitness
Today has been a great day. Went to Lifetime Fitness and met with Eric, the personal trainer that did my fitness assessment for me. M E and I decided to sign up with him for the my coach program 2x a month. Basically, he will map out a 2 week workout plan for us to then follow on our own and every 2 weeks we will meet again and he will do a new workout for the next 2 weeks. Should be a great way to supplement our Tony Power 90 program.
So, I hopped on the elliptical today, the one that kind of looks like the Gazelle, and went at it full speed. Well, let's just say that it didn't take long for me to realize that I couldn't hit the elliptical like I did 2 years ago. I am definitely going to have to work myself back up to that level! Wow, after 10 minutes on that sucker I burned almost 100 calories and felt like I ran a marathon!
Did the Tony Sculpt and heading out now to vaccum the pool once again...I can't believe that this week is already half over!
Stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
So, I hopped on the elliptical today, the one that kind of looks like the Gazelle, and went at it full speed. Well, let's just say that it didn't take long for me to realize that I couldn't hit the elliptical like I did 2 years ago. I am definitely going to have to work myself back up to that level! Wow, after 10 minutes on that sucker I burned almost 100 calories and felt like I ran a marathon!
Did the Tony Sculpt and heading out now to vaccum the pool once again...I can't believe that this week is already half over!
Stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Older than I feel...
So here I am at Day 16 and feeling pretty damn good. I have lost 4.4 pounds over the last 2 weeks and have been meeting all of my scheduled work outs and then some! So, I have lacked a little in the blogging department but the weekend in Jacksonville didn't leave much time for the good ole laptop.
Had my appointment with my personal trainer today. Had to use that freebie they gave me and got myself all assessed. You know me, got to have my freebies! Unfortunately, I found out the results of my assessment make me out to be MUCH older than I feel. I better get on this quick and start reversing the clock so I can feel this young when I am THAT old!
Here is the ugly truth - BRACE YOURSELF:
My Age: 38
Body Age: 46
Obtainable Age: 34
Body Fat %: 37.2 - Goal: 17.4
Lean Mass: 142 - Goal: 142 (woohoo 1 goal met)
Fat Mass: 84 - Goal: 30
Weight: 226 - Goal: 172
BMI: 38.8 (Obese Class II)
Cardio VO2: 29.1 (Fair)
Bicep Strength: 58 (Good)
Sit and Reach: 11 (Poor)
Overall Fitness: 33.3 (Fair)
Recommendations:
- Improving my Body composition from 37.2% to 29.09% will improve my body age by 5 years
- Improving my flexibility ranking from Poor to Average will improve my body age by 2 years
- Improving my cardiovascular VO2 score from 29.1 to 36 will improve my body age by 4 years
- Improving my strength ranking from Good to Excellent will improve my body age by 1 year
Today I have burned mad calories and just completed my cardio/abs with Tony. He is THE man! :)
Stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
Had my appointment with my personal trainer today. Had to use that freebie they gave me and got myself all assessed. You know me, got to have my freebies! Unfortunately, I found out the results of my assessment make me out to be MUCH older than I feel. I better get on this quick and start reversing the clock so I can feel this young when I am THAT old!
Here is the ugly truth - BRACE YOURSELF:
My Age: 38
Body Age: 46
Obtainable Age: 34
Body Fat %: 37.2 - Goal: 17.4
Lean Mass: 142 - Goal: 142 (woohoo 1 goal met)
Fat Mass: 84 - Goal: 30
Weight: 226 - Goal: 172
BMI: 38.8 (Obese Class II)
Cardio VO2: 29.1 (Fair)
Bicep Strength: 58 (Good)
Sit and Reach: 11 (Poor)
Overall Fitness: 33.3 (Fair)
Recommendations:
- Improving my Body composition from 37.2% to 29.09% will improve my body age by 5 years
- Improving my flexibility ranking from Poor to Average will improve my body age by 2 years
- Improving my cardiovascular VO2 score from 29.1 to 36 will improve my body age by 4 years
- Improving my strength ranking from Good to Excellent will improve my body age by 1 year
Today I have burned mad calories and just completed my cardio/abs with Tony. He is THE man! :)
Stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
Week 2 weigh-in!
This morning was my weigh in for week 2. It was really supposed to be yesterday but our trip to Jacksonville put a kink in that plan. I lost 1.9 pounds this past week! I am pretty sure I have been building some major muscle this week!
Here is to my downward trend!
Today I have a fitness assessment and personal trainer workout at Lifetime Fitness. It is my free session. Since we will be hitting the gym for some extra cardio this week I feel a bigger loss coming next Monday! :)
Stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
Here is to my downward trend!
Today I have a fitness assessment and personal trainer workout at Lifetime Fitness. It is my free session. Since we will be hitting the gym for some extra cardio this week I feel a bigger loss coming next Monday! :)
Stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
Stats for Monday, May 31!
BodyMedia FIT data for May 31, 2010
Calories Burned - 2571
Calories Consumed - 1573
Total Activity - 0:26
Moderate Activity - 0:26
Vigorous Activity - 0:00
Steps Taken - 4559
Sleep Duration - 5:53
Lying Down - 8:21
Sleep Efficiency - 70
Calories Burned - 2571
Calories Consumed - 1573
Total Activity - 0:26
Moderate Activity - 0:26
Vigorous Activity - 0:00
Steps Taken - 4559
Sleep Duration - 5:53
Lying Down - 8:21
Sleep Efficiency - 70
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