OK, so here I am winding down on a great Friday evening and this is 2 for 1 day today on "Where's the Skinny". What's that mean, you may ask. Well folks, it is where I blog 2 days worth in 1 blog! Sounds super exciting huh? Yeah, I thought so too! Can I get a "WOOT, WOOT!"?
So here goes...
Yesterday I was feeling very motivated after my Jillian Michael's 30-day shred workout the night before, that I decided to take my lunch hour and do some exercising. I really needed the extra boost of energy to go with that! So, I popped in the Leslie Sansone "Walk Off the Pounds" video and decided to do the 3 mile power walk. So I did 3 miles in 45 minutes. It felt really good and gave me the needed lift to finish out my work day.
M E came home from work and decided that she wanted to do a workout, so I put back on my workout clothes and proceeded to do another workout. We ended up doing the 3 mile power walk followed by the 2.5 mile walk/jog workout. We did 5.5 miles total. So at the end of the day, I walked 8.5 miles. I ended up burning a total of 3382 calories with an intake of 1350 calories. I ended the day with a 2000 calorie deficit. Go me!
Honestly, I really did not think I was going to make it through the first 2 miles when I was working out with M E but she was really moving it. I could not give up! Yeah, I can be a little competitive sometimes. Go figure...
So I woke up this morning and my legs were SOOOOO sore. Yeah, was that only 8.5 miles I walked yesterday because I feel like I walked clear across the country? OH...And I started taking creatine powder yesterday after Jillian's beating the night before! I was hoping that would help some but I guess I have not had enough of it in my system yet to help. At any rate...Yeah, I am rambling...
So I woke up this morning and my legs were SOOOOO sore....
Well, I believe that I have heard somewhere, from somebody, at sometime, that working out with sore muscles helps them. So guess what M E and I did before we went to work today? Yeah, you know it, you guessed right! We did a workout - the 3 mile power walk again. As if I thought I could not piss my muscles off any more than I have in the last 2 days, I decided to test them even more. I struggled through the first mile, legs screaming at me at every kickback. Mile 2 came up and the pace sped up - legs feeling warm and I can really feel the burn. Mile 3 comes up - feeling invincible by now I grabbed the 8lb pound to add a little challenge to the walk! Like I said in my last blog, per Leslie Sansone, "We don't do sissy exercises. No sissies here!" I felt good after that workout. What a great way to start the day.
So after dinner tonight, M E and I decided that we have been doing a lot more cardio and have not been doing a lot of strength training. We opted to go back to good old Tony Horton and popped in his Power 90 Sculpt 3 - 4 strength training video. What a workout that was! Lots of push-up and upper body weight training. That really felt good since I think my legs would have literally gone on strike if I made them walk one more mile. Tony did have some leg exercises with lunges and squats. I believe I overheard some cussing coming from my lower limbs. Not sure if it was directed at me or Tony, but I am sure I will know in the morning. But hey...I feel great and tomorrow is group workout day! WooHoo! Bring it on! Stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
Friday, July 9, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
So, here I am, after a sad day and several workouts later...Today was a really long day. I did my 2.5 mile walk/jog in 30 minutes this morning and then spent the rest of the day trying to make it through work. My ferret, Niko, who I have had for 8 years started going downhill last night and got to the point this afternoon where he could hardly move and was breathing so heavy that you could hear him several feet away.
I made an appointment with the vet at 4pm but Niko died in my arms while sitting in the waiting room waiting on the Dr. We brought him back home and buried him. Somehow, the house doesn't feel the same without him here. :( He was such a great friend and so much fun. Always there to give me kisses and make me laugh.
This evening I fed into my depression eating and went for Mexican Food which I have not had in over 6 months. I guess old habits die hard...It has always been my comfort food. Well instead of making me feel "comforted" I felt guilty for ruining my whole day of GOOD eating with my cheese enchiladas and Spanish rice not to mention chips and queso. So...I put on my workout clothes, tossed in the Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred DVD, and let her kick my ass for 20 minutes! I also did another power mile with Leslie shortly after Jillian. Wooo am I BEAT!
So far I have burned 2,926 calories and still have 2 hours of BURNING to go! Hell yeah! Take that you cheesy bucket of yummy goodness!
M E and I have set a new goal...Lose 3 - 4 pounds a week through MORE exercise...so...stay tuned...
Signing Off...Lara
I made an appointment with the vet at 4pm but Niko died in my arms while sitting in the waiting room waiting on the Dr. We brought him back home and buried him. Somehow, the house doesn't feel the same without him here. :( He was such a great friend and so much fun. Always there to give me kisses and make me laugh.
This evening I fed into my depression eating and went for Mexican Food which I have not had in over 6 months. I guess old habits die hard...It has always been my comfort food. Well instead of making me feel "comforted" I felt guilty for ruining my whole day of GOOD eating with my cheese enchiladas and Spanish rice not to mention chips and queso. So...I put on my workout clothes, tossed in the Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred DVD, and let her kick my ass for 20 minutes! I also did another power mile with Leslie shortly after Jillian. Wooo am I BEAT!
So far I have burned 2,926 calories and still have 2 hours of BURNING to go! Hell yeah! Take that you cheesy bucket of yummy goodness!
M E and I have set a new goal...Lose 3 - 4 pounds a week through MORE exercise...so...stay tuned...
Signing Off...Lara
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
No Sissies Here!
OK so it has been forever since I last blogged. My apologies. I am so terrible to myself. I get all wrapped up in work and then only have time to fit in Cristian, dinner, and my workout! I am going to try to do better this week though.
So the past couple of weigh-in's I haven't gone down on the scale in fact I climbed a small hill, but my clothes are fitting loosey goosey so I am thinking all this weight lifting is building some muscle!
Did a workout this morning with Leslie Sansone walking off those pounds baby! Oh yeah! It was a walk & kick 32 minute workout and it definitely had me sweating. Power walking & kickboxing for 32 minutes will burn some calories let me tell you! This evening, M E and I did another Leslie DVD, Walk & Jog, for another 32 minutes and that was an intense workout. Felt pretty good...at the end she said "We don't do sissy exercises here we work up a good sweat" and she was NOT joking.
So here is to you Leslie...NO sissies here! Rock on! Stay tuned...
Signing Off...Lara
So the past couple of weigh-in's I haven't gone down on the scale in fact I climbed a small hill, but my clothes are fitting loosey goosey so I am thinking all this weight lifting is building some muscle!
Did a workout this morning with Leslie Sansone walking off those pounds baby! Oh yeah! It was a walk & kick 32 minute workout and it definitely had me sweating. Power walking & kickboxing for 32 minutes will burn some calories let me tell you! This evening, M E and I did another Leslie DVD, Walk & Jog, for another 32 minutes and that was an intense workout. Felt pretty good...at the end she said "We don't do sissy exercises here we work up a good sweat" and she was NOT joking.
So here is to you Leslie...NO sissies here! Rock on! Stay tuned...
Signing Off...Lara
Monday, June 28, 2010
Week 6 Weigh-In!
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
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
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
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Groupies Gather....
Well I got so wrapped up in things I forgot to blog for a couple of days so I am making up for it now. So Friday marked Day 12. It was a good day. I worked all day and then headed out to the Gym to take the family swimmimg. Nope, my pool is still not at complete swimmimg level. With all of the chemicals we have been putting in our pool lately, I am afraid that it would eat a limb off of someone if we tried. So we headed to the gym for "Family Swim". We all swan for a bit, then showered off and headed back home.
Friday is groupie night at our house this week. So our fellow groupies came over (was glad to see Judy was feeling better and up for the challenge), resistance bands in hand, and a Tony Horton 10 Minute Trainer workout video to boot. So we decided to mix up our workout routine a bit. Popped in the 10 minute trainer ready to get our workout on. I thought OK this is going to be good, only 10 minutes to each workout, I can do this. Warm up came on and it was like a warp-speed warm up. I was lagging getting to my mat because I thought a drink of water before a workout was needed and almost missed the entire 2 minute (might have been shorter) warm up. So we did the resistance training first for 10 minutes and then popped in the cardio video for 10 minutes of cardio. Wow...The cardio one was really intense. I felt like I was training for a football team. A lot of the moves in that workout were moves you see the football players doing in their training camps. I got really tickled in one part as we were all lined up across the mats in a straight line and had to do a huddle run and we were all in synch. Made me laugh because we looked like a defensive line about to rush Tony. Had to stop for a quick breather on that one because I got soooo tickled at us and could not stop laughing. But we all made it through and had a good time together.
I am so proud of everyone in the group. We are doing this all together and everyone has been committed to this! I must give a shout out to Judy who was really sick last week but still had the motivation to come join the party. You go Judy, you were rocking it hard during the workout! Keep up the great work everyone! Stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
Friday is groupie night at our house this week. So our fellow groupies came over (was glad to see Judy was feeling better and up for the challenge), resistance bands in hand, and a Tony Horton 10 Minute Trainer workout video to boot. So we decided to mix up our workout routine a bit. Popped in the 10 minute trainer ready to get our workout on. I thought OK this is going to be good, only 10 minutes to each workout, I can do this. Warm up came on and it was like a warp-speed warm up. I was lagging getting to my mat because I thought a drink of water before a workout was needed and almost missed the entire 2 minute (might have been shorter) warm up. So we did the resistance training first for 10 minutes and then popped in the cardio video for 10 minutes of cardio. Wow...The cardio one was really intense. I felt like I was training for a football team. A lot of the moves in that workout were moves you see the football players doing in their training camps. I got really tickled in one part as we were all lined up across the mats in a straight line and had to do a huddle run and we were all in synch. Made me laugh because we looked like a defensive line about to rush Tony. Had to stop for a quick breather on that one because I got soooo tickled at us and could not stop laughing. But we all made it through and had a good time together.
I am so proud of everyone in the group. We are doing this all together and everyone has been committed to this! I must give a shout out to Judy who was really sick last week but still had the motivation to come join the party. You go Judy, you were rocking it hard during the workout! Keep up the great work everyone! Stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Stats for Wednesday, May 26th!
BodyMedia FIT data for May 26, 2010
Calories Burned - 2690
Calories Consumed - 1555
Total Activity - 0:43
Moderate Activity - 0:43
Vigorous Activity - 0:00
Steps Taken - 5358
Sleep Duration - 4:31
Lying Down - 6:38
Sleep Efficiency - 68%
Calories Burned - 2690
Calories Consumed - 1555
Total Activity - 0:43
Moderate Activity - 0:43
Vigorous Activity - 0:00
Steps Taken - 5358
Sleep Duration - 4:31
Lying Down - 6:38
Sleep Efficiency - 68%
Kicking It Up A Notch...
So here I am at the end of Day 11. We made a great addition to our fitness quest today. We went to Lifetime Fitness today to check out their facilities. That is one NICE facility. So the price was reasonable and we ended up joining. Yeah, we have compulsive buyer written all over our faces but hey we are kicking it up a notch! We are going to start adding the gym to our workout regimen so that we can get some extra cardio in. I am shooting for 6x a week to go along with our current Tony Horton Power 90 schedule. I am digging the fact that we can go jump on an Elliptical machine, Treadmill, or Bike and then jump in the whirlpool, pool, or sauna. They even have racquetball, volleyball, and basketball courts should I feel like letting out my inner athlete. My son is stoked about the kid's area and activities they have to offer while Mommy and Mimi are working out. This is a good thing!
So we did our Sweat / Cardio / Ab Ripper workout with Tony and crew. I can tell that my stamina is getting much stronger each time we do this video. I did have some problems with most of the jumping exercises. My knees feel like a sledge hammer is hitting them on the outside of my leg/knee everytime I land on my jumps. I did my workout barefoot today and am thinking that that may have been the reason for the pain. I am going to test this theory next time and wear my tennis shoes like I have been doing on the past videos. So, needless to say, I modified the jumping exercises to be more jogging and scissor leg exercises and threw in some extra arm movement to keep my heart rate up. I can proudly report that I did only modified 1 of the Ab exercises and banged out all of the reps for them. That is 10 reps + 10 different ab exercises = 100 Ab crunches! I can also report that there have been no more near knockout instances with my punches. I am really starting to look forward to the workout days and not feel like it is such a chore! So here is to a great day and an even better future with my fitness quest. Stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
So we did our Sweat / Cardio / Ab Ripper workout with Tony and crew. I can tell that my stamina is getting much stronger each time we do this video. I did have some problems with most of the jumping exercises. My knees feel like a sledge hammer is hitting them on the outside of my leg/knee everytime I land on my jumps. I did my workout barefoot today and am thinking that that may have been the reason for the pain. I am going to test this theory next time and wear my tennis shoes like I have been doing on the past videos. So, needless to say, I modified the jumping exercises to be more jogging and scissor leg exercises and threw in some extra arm movement to keep my heart rate up. I can proudly report that I did only modified 1 of the Ab exercises and banged out all of the reps for them. That is 10 reps + 10 different ab exercises = 100 Ab crunches! I can also report that there have been no more near knockout instances with my punches. I am really starting to look forward to the workout days and not feel like it is such a chore! So here is to a great day and an even better future with my fitness quest. Stay tuned...
Signing off...Lara
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