So i got home from training with Sharon not to long ago. Holy crap she kicked my butt tonight! It was an awesome workout. I ran tonight too which made me very happy. I ran a little over a half mile. I havent been able to do that in years. Its still not a long distance but its 100% more than what I could do before. Plus, when I fisrt started training my heart rate shot up to like 179 after being on the treadmill. Now after running over a 1/2 mile my heart rate was at like 155 or something near that. Thats a pretty good improvement.
We think I lost a few more inches too! Sharon didnt have my sheet today but we took my measurements and I think I might have lost another 1/2 inch off my chest, an inch off my waist, an inch off of each thigh and an inch off of each arm. I think thats what it was. Im hoping so anyway!
so I feel alot better after todays workout. I love that I am starting to run again. It makes a big difference to me. I feel like I accomplished more when I run. But then I get home and my parents orders Rosati's!!!! I know not everyone has to change to be healthy but a little more support from my parents would be really nice. They have never once made something for dinner that was something I can eat. I come home and theres a big pan of cheesy baked pasta, or some taco caserole with cheese and bisquick mix or pizza. It makes me kind of sad when I read the articles & the contestants families area all making an effort to help them out and trying to eat healthy and I come home to nothing but crap I cant eat. It makes it a lot harder. I know this is my thing I guess I just thought they would support me more. But at least I have all of you that read this and give me supportive comments. Courtney has really been a great support system. I just wish she was here and not in AZ! :( (LOVE YOU COURT!!!)
But like Courtney says: I just need to keep trucking on and have failth in myself that I can do this. And I know I can. I just need to work harder and know that all these feelings of doubt are just hurdles that I need to leap over.
Todays meal plan was:
Breakfast: Protein shake made with Soy Milk w/ Glutamine & flax seed oil
1/2 an apple
Snack: 1 grapefruit
Lunch: Turkey burger w/ guacamole on a whole grain bun
Stewed veggies
Snack: 1/2 whole grain english muffin w/ organic peanut butter
Dinner: Protein shake w/ soy milk, glutamine & flax seed oil
Stay tuned for more. Good night!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
ITS BEEN FOREVER!!!!
OK so the good new is that our computer is fixed so I should be able to blog daily again! Yeah!!! The bad news is that this is going to be another bitch session. :(
so I got weighed in last Saturday (Feb 28th) and Im only down 1 pound! What the heck is going on??? I have been busting my butt working out, following the diet and Im just not seeing the results. Its so frusterating. I dont want Sharon to think that Im some slacker that isnt committing. Shes taking time out of her life to help me better myself and I feel like such a disappointment. I feel like Im letting not only myself but everyone following this down.
I just dont know what else I can do to step up my game. I dont really have more time to put in to working out. I get up at 6 am and am not home till 9pm. I know somewhere in between this Im supposed to rest but I dont have time for that either. Its go go go everyday all day. Im exhausted. physically, emotionally.... just drained. This is so much harder than I ever thought possible. And its not even the working out part. It trying to fit everything in. I mean Taylor eats dinner in my car on some days! On Saturday I was so upset after my weigh in I balled my eyes out on the phone to Tom and then when I got home to Nicola. I know this is only a competition but I want it so bad! Sharon thinks it might be due to my calves & not being able to do cardio. Im hoping that is the case. I started running again and although my calves still hurt its nothing compared to what they were so hopefully that means I can begin running again. And I want to run. I want to get to the point where I enjoy it and can go for runs in the morning on nice days and run all the charity walks I do. I mean look at runners.... they have fabulous legs & butts!!!
I just need to suck it up and step it up!
I got my Power 90. Its a good workout but its sooooooooooooooo boring! I think it might be going back. I have a million other home workouts I can do so I think I might try those & see what one I like the best. I love Slim in 6 so Im going to start doing that one in the morning. The probelm with that is the waking up earlier than I have to part. Boo!!! But it has to be done if I want to win right????
The good thing too is that I am starting to notice a difference in my body. Not huge differences yet but at least I know the inches are coming off.
Im still in this though. My hopes is that they other contestants will start to slow down on the weight loss and I will catch up! If Im going to lose.... It better be by like only a pound. I want them to know that they need to watch out for me.
Did anyone see the paper this Monday? I look like Im trying to poop! ha ha ha ha Speaking of poop.... has anyone ever done a body cleanse? I want to try it to hopefully shed some pounds that way but Im scared! I dont want to be crapping my brains out all day every day. If its just like a weekend thing I could probably handle it. Sharon wants me to take a probiotic. Im scared of that too? If anything has any feed back on this let me know pretty please!
So I cooked yesterday! I know...dont everyone have a heart attack. It is shocking! I cooked 5 different things. 3 of the 5 turned out really good. I made Turkey Burgers that are delicious! Chicken & salsa in the slow cooker to make chicken tacos and that as well turned out delicious & I made chunky vegtable chili also delicious. Then the bad ones: Cabbage Strata (ground chicken, cabbage, brown rice, onions & tomatos) out of the Biggest Loser cookbook. It has no flavor. It needs major salt but I cant add salt so its not really good. And then also out of the biggest loser cookbook I made chicken meatloaf. Its horrible. It didnt even look good. I dont reccommend those at all. They are bland and blah!!! But at least I tried them. You dont know till you try.
alrighty..... now that I actually have a computer again...... stay tuned for more to come!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
The Results are Good!!!!
The results are in..... Im down almost 10 pounds!!!!! I lost 3 inches in my waist, 1 1/2 inches in each thigh & 1/2 inch in my chest. That 6 1/2 inches total so far!! Im happy with that. I am actually starting to be able to notice a small change in my body. I havent dropped a size or anything but my clothes are starting to fit just a little bit looser. (yeah!) The only thing that sucks is that there is a 6 pound difference from what the paper says and what I weighed in with Sharon. If we go by what I weighted in with Sharon I lost 9 point something pounds. ccording to the paper I only lost like 4 (Boo!) But whatever..... The other contestants are coming strong right now but Im going to surprise everyone with big numbers later in the competition. Let them think Im the slacker.... I will show them! ha ha ha :) I ordered Power 90. I just got it this morning so Im going to try it out tonight. Im excited about it. My plan is to do the P90 in the early morning before work. Then I will continue my training with Sharon & still do my homework on days that I dont train with Sharon. Its go time now!!!! Now that I saw what the others are dropping its time to step it up a notch! I know I should really be focused on the other people but Im a really competitive person and I want to win!!! Im still struggling with my damn calves but they seem to be getting better so hopefully sooon I will be back running on the treadmill.
SO this week has been good so far. I had a relly good session with Sharon on Monday. She made me do these things called bridges..... holy crap is all I can say! I knew they were going to be hard when she told me they were her favorite. What you do is lay on your back, prop your feet up on say your couch or stairs and lift your butt up as high as you can and squeeze your cheeks together. It sound easy but after a minute of them you feel like your butt has a match to its cause its on fire! Hard! Hard! Hard! Thats my new homework :) (I love you Sharon!)
Also this week I have been craving PIZZA! I want it so bad. Its the only thing I want to eat. And I have been haunted by it. 1st Tom kept talking about how he was making his home made pizza Sunday and how it was going to be so good. I told him I wasnt staying at his house on Sunday cause of it. (His pizza is really good) That little shit.... hes lucky I love him so much! Then Yesterday I had to go to the dollar store and the people working there were talking about ordering it for lunch. SO then I got home last night from my workout and my Mom has a pizza in the oven! Whats going on here.... Its pizza everywhere!
I still need to find time to cook and stuff. I was kind of hoping this challenge made me cook but I dont have time. I thought it was going to get better but it hasnt yet. The good things is that I tacklled my room (Finally) I got my laundry done, I got everything organized so that will save up some time. I bought the fix it and forget it lightly cookbook & the biggest loser cookbook. There actually things in there that I want to make its just getting the time to do it.
so my homework is:
Cardio cardio cardio 45 - 50 minutes
Mason twists 2 sets 30 reps
Double crunches 2 sets 50 reps
plank hold 2 sets 30 secs
Bridges of couch 3 minutes (ouch!!! I can feel the burn already!)
Step kicks 1 minute
and last but not least start the Power 90!
We will see how it goes tonight... hopefully I will be able to update tomorrow! stay tuned!
SO this week has been good so far. I had a relly good session with Sharon on Monday. She made me do these things called bridges..... holy crap is all I can say! I knew they were going to be hard when she told me they were her favorite. What you do is lay on your back, prop your feet up on say your couch or stairs and lift your butt up as high as you can and squeeze your cheeks together. It sound easy but after a minute of them you feel like your butt has a match to its cause its on fire! Hard! Hard! Hard! Thats my new homework :) (I love you Sharon!)
Also this week I have been craving PIZZA! I want it so bad. Its the only thing I want to eat. And I have been haunted by it. 1st Tom kept talking about how he was making his home made pizza Sunday and how it was going to be so good. I told him I wasnt staying at his house on Sunday cause of it. (His pizza is really good) That little shit.... hes lucky I love him so much! Then Yesterday I had to go to the dollar store and the people working there were talking about ordering it for lunch. SO then I got home last night from my workout and my Mom has a pizza in the oven! Whats going on here.... Its pizza everywhere!
I still need to find time to cook and stuff. I was kind of hoping this challenge made me cook but I dont have time. I thought it was going to get better but it hasnt yet. The good things is that I tacklled my room (Finally) I got my laundry done, I got everything organized so that will save up some time. I bought the fix it and forget it lightly cookbook & the biggest loser cookbook. There actually things in there that I want to make its just getting the time to do it.
so my homework is:
Cardio cardio cardio 45 - 50 minutes
Mason twists 2 sets 30 reps
Double crunches 2 sets 50 reps
plank hold 2 sets 30 secs
Bridges of couch 3 minutes (ouch!!! I can feel the burn already!)
Step kicks 1 minute
and last but not least start the Power 90!
We will see how it goes tonight... hopefully I will be able to update tomorrow! stay tuned!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Finally a new post!!!!
Hello! Hello! Hello!!! Im so sorry to everyone thats following my blog. I have not been able to update this. Our computer is STILL at Best Buy. Im not really sure why it takes this long but.....
On to the good stuff. Last week was a really rough week for me as far as the challenge goes. I was feeling very overwhelmed, exhausted, emotional etc. I have been having some "issues" with my left calf. I dont know if its the muscles or what but they are so tight after some of the workouts I can barely walk. It is so painful. I think it was last Thursday, I cried through my entire workout. Its frusterating because I walk into the gym thinking I can do everything no matter how hard and then I do it and I dont have the ability. I want to be able to run and I was starting to do well with it and now I cant even walk on the treadmill. I have still been able to get awesome workouts in though. Sharon never lets me stop (which I love) Since I cant do the treadmill I do the bike. Theres always something else you can do.
This week has been a really good week. I had an amazing workout on Monday. I couldnt move after I left and again I woke up feeling like I needed a body casy but its all worth it. Wednesday I trained with Sharon husband (Aaron) Sharon is really sick so her hubby filled in for her. He is just as amazing as she is. They are the cutest couple!!! He had me doing some things that I didnt think were possible. Like a plank hold on a pilates ball. I could barely hold myself up. He made it seem so easy! Im not training with Sharon tonight either because she so sick (GET BETTER SHARON!) but we are going to train on Saturday instead.
Tonight & tomorrow my home work is:
Bike: Steady pace for 2 minutes and sprint for 1 minute for 30 minues
Eliptical: Steady pace for 2 minutes & sprint for 1 minutes for 30 minutes (if I cant do the eliptical because of my calf them do the bike for 1 hour)
Mason Twists: 2 sets - 30 reps each side
Double Crunches: 2 sets - 50 reps
Plank Hold: 2 sets - 30 secs each
Up Downs w/ step outs for 1 minute - 2 sets
Forward step outs for 1 minute - 2 sets
As far as eating goes: again I eat pretty much the same things everyday I just eat them at different times. I was told last night however that I need to be eating more protein and I usually stop eating at around 5 - 6:30pm and I guess thats too early. Mark (whos one of the trainers & nutrionist) told me he wants me drinking 2 protein shakes a day. 1 in the morning and 1 after workouts. So thats what I have been doing. I also started taking a multi vitamin. They make me feel sick but I try to eat one of my snacks once I feel sick and it helps it to go away.
I will get weighed & measured on Saturday when I meet with Sharon. Im so nervous! Of course I want to be down like 10 pounds & 10 inches! I will be very upset if I dont have a good weight loss so far. I have been busting my butt and following everything so well. I know its takes time I just want to know that what Im doing is starting to pay off you know? I know for me, its more motivitating for me to continue when I see the scale moving.
Did you see the video on DailyHerald.com? It wasnt that bad. I thought it would be way worse. Thankfully the footage of me running is in a distance and you cant really see my body flopping all over the place.
Oh and if you are reading this or following this, can you sign up to be a follower??? I keep hearing all these people that ready this but I cant see it unless you sign up as a follower. Its very motiving for me to know how many people are actually reading this and supporting me! I get so excited and I of course dont want to let everyone down so please keep all your support coming! I appreciate it so much!!! You are all helping me succeed & I cant think you all enough.
Talk to you later!!!!!!
On to the good stuff. Last week was a really rough week for me as far as the challenge goes. I was feeling very overwhelmed, exhausted, emotional etc. I have been having some "issues" with my left calf. I dont know if its the muscles or what but they are so tight after some of the workouts I can barely walk. It is so painful. I think it was last Thursday, I cried through my entire workout. Its frusterating because I walk into the gym thinking I can do everything no matter how hard and then I do it and I dont have the ability. I want to be able to run and I was starting to do well with it and now I cant even walk on the treadmill. I have still been able to get awesome workouts in though. Sharon never lets me stop (which I love) Since I cant do the treadmill I do the bike. Theres always something else you can do.
This week has been a really good week. I had an amazing workout on Monday. I couldnt move after I left and again I woke up feeling like I needed a body casy but its all worth it. Wednesday I trained with Sharon husband (Aaron) Sharon is really sick so her hubby filled in for her. He is just as amazing as she is. They are the cutest couple!!! He had me doing some things that I didnt think were possible. Like a plank hold on a pilates ball. I could barely hold myself up. He made it seem so easy! Im not training with Sharon tonight either because she so sick (GET BETTER SHARON!) but we are going to train on Saturday instead.
Tonight & tomorrow my home work is:
Bike: Steady pace for 2 minutes and sprint for 1 minute for 30 minues
Eliptical: Steady pace for 2 minutes & sprint for 1 minutes for 30 minutes (if I cant do the eliptical because of my calf them do the bike for 1 hour)
Mason Twists: 2 sets - 30 reps each side
Double Crunches: 2 sets - 50 reps
Plank Hold: 2 sets - 30 secs each
Up Downs w/ step outs for 1 minute - 2 sets
Forward step outs for 1 minute - 2 sets
As far as eating goes: again I eat pretty much the same things everyday I just eat them at different times. I was told last night however that I need to be eating more protein and I usually stop eating at around 5 - 6:30pm and I guess thats too early. Mark (whos one of the trainers & nutrionist) told me he wants me drinking 2 protein shakes a day. 1 in the morning and 1 after workouts. So thats what I have been doing. I also started taking a multi vitamin. They make me feel sick but I try to eat one of my snacks once I feel sick and it helps it to go away.
I will get weighed & measured on Saturday when I meet with Sharon. Im so nervous! Of course I want to be down like 10 pounds & 10 inches! I will be very upset if I dont have a good weight loss so far. I have been busting my butt and following everything so well. I know its takes time I just want to know that what Im doing is starting to pay off you know? I know for me, its more motivitating for me to continue when I see the scale moving.
Did you see the video on DailyHerald.com? It wasnt that bad. I thought it would be way worse. Thankfully the footage of me running is in a distance and you cant really see my body flopping all over the place.
Oh and if you are reading this or following this, can you sign up to be a follower??? I keep hearing all these people that ready this but I cant see it unless you sign up as a follower. Its very motiving for me to know how many people are actually reading this and supporting me! I get so excited and I of course dont want to let everyone down so please keep all your support coming! I appreciate it so much!!! You are all helping me succeed & I cant think you all enough.
Talk to you later!!!!!!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Not the usual Happy me :(
Today Im feeling very overwhelmed, bummed, sad etc. I just want to cry. Its one of those days. I think everything is cathcing up with me a reality is setting in and Im not really sure what to do. I feel like I have no time for anything. I havent been able to do any laundry in like a week and a half, I dont have time to cook, I barely have time to play with Taylor or just be with her and its all just really bumming me out. I wake up at around 6, get ready for work, wake up Taylor, get her ready for school, drop her off at school, rush to work to get there on time, leave work, pick up Taylor from Daycare, get home fix her something to eat that doesnt require cooking, go to the gym to train, get home, spend 1/2 hour with Taylor before she has to go to bed and by that time its 9 at night and Im so exhausted and my body aches so bad that all I want to do is lay down and go to bed myself.
Tonight my family is all going out to eat to celebrate that my brother is home safely from Iraq (THANK GOD!) and I just feel really left out. Not at all anything that my family has done. They are going to be celebrating and eating pizza & drinking beer and Im going to at the gym training and then once I get there I will be watching them.
I think everything is just kind of crashing down on me and Im realizing this is going to be harder than I thought so again, Im just over whelmed. But I will get through it. I have a great support system thats cheerling me on so I know I can do it.
Actually I cant wait to see Sharon tonight cause she always help me & makes me confident that I can do this so Im looking forward to her pep talk :) I seriously owe her my life!!! She makes me believe in myself so much.
so enough about my sorrows let talking about the good stuff! I oficially made it in the Daily Herald on Mondy. It wasnt as bad as I though but it said "Single Mom suffering from Depression!" ha ha ha ha ha. I find that so funny. DOnt get me wrong I am sad about my weight but I dont find myself suffering fom depression. Oh well. Everyone that knows me knows Im not depressed and its really only you guys that I care about. I think the video is going to be posted on the dailyherald.com on Monday.
As far as my eating goes: I have been pretty much sticking to the same thing everyday. Im pretty plain. Plus its really easy to pack up for work and stuff. I just bought the Fix It & Forget It Lightly cookbook. Hopefully there are good reciepes that I can set and have ready by the time I get off of work.
Tom is excited about this me needing to cook situation..... We went to Trader Joes on Sunday and his plan is that I will buy the healthy organic groceries and cook for him. Which actually I dont really mind. They say the way to a mans heart is through his stomach!!!! ha ha ha He's so good to me, he deserves it!!!
as far as exercising goes here is what Sharon has me doing for homework:
push ups - 3 sets of 8
mason twists - 3 sets of 20
50 squats
50 jumping jacks
30 minutes of running
Leg stretches & quad stretches
I finally saw my competition too!!! There are 2 other girls and we are all around the same weight and height. and then 2 men that are about the same weight. One of the guys is an "ex jock" I think hes going to be my biggest competition.
Who ever wins gets a $1000 shopping spree, $200 hair & makeup makeover & a photo session. Even though losing all the weight is prize enough for me.... The shopping spree will be awesome!
More to come...............
Tonight my family is all going out to eat to celebrate that my brother is home safely from Iraq (THANK GOD!) and I just feel really left out. Not at all anything that my family has done. They are going to be celebrating and eating pizza & drinking beer and Im going to at the gym training and then once I get there I will be watching them.
I think everything is just kind of crashing down on me and Im realizing this is going to be harder than I thought so again, Im just over whelmed. But I will get through it. I have a great support system thats cheerling me on so I know I can do it.
Actually I cant wait to see Sharon tonight cause she always help me & makes me confident that I can do this so Im looking forward to her pep talk :) I seriously owe her my life!!! She makes me believe in myself so much.
so enough about my sorrows let talking about the good stuff! I oficially made it in the Daily Herald on Mondy. It wasnt as bad as I though but it said "Single Mom suffering from Depression!" ha ha ha ha ha. I find that so funny. DOnt get me wrong I am sad about my weight but I dont find myself suffering fom depression. Oh well. Everyone that knows me knows Im not depressed and its really only you guys that I care about. I think the video is going to be posted on the dailyherald.com on Monday.
As far as my eating goes: I have been pretty much sticking to the same thing everyday. Im pretty plain. Plus its really easy to pack up for work and stuff. I just bought the Fix It & Forget It Lightly cookbook. Hopefully there are good reciepes that I can set and have ready by the time I get off of work.
Tom is excited about this me needing to cook situation..... We went to Trader Joes on Sunday and his plan is that I will buy the healthy organic groceries and cook for him. Which actually I dont really mind. They say the way to a mans heart is through his stomach!!!! ha ha ha He's so good to me, he deserves it!!!
as far as exercising goes here is what Sharon has me doing for homework:
push ups - 3 sets of 8
mason twists - 3 sets of 20
50 squats
50 jumping jacks
30 minutes of running
Leg stretches & quad stretches
I finally saw my competition too!!! There are 2 other girls and we are all around the same weight and height. and then 2 men that are about the same weight. One of the guys is an "ex jock" I think hes going to be my biggest competition.
Who ever wins gets a $1000 shopping spree, $200 hair & makeup makeover & a photo session. Even though losing all the weight is prize enough for me.... The shopping spree will be awesome!
More to come...............
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
SORRY!!!!
Just wanted to send a quick message to everyone that Im sorry I havent been able to update this. I will try my best to get it all updated this evening!!!
Our computer at home is being repaired & I have been so busy at work I havent been able to get on here to update.
Stay tuned.... I have lots to tell you!
Our computer at home is being repaired & I have been so busy at work I havent been able to get on here to update.
Stay tuned.... I have lots to tell you!
Friday, February 6, 2009
I did it & I feel great!
I survived the 2nd grueling workout with Sharon. I dont know how I managed to do it but I feel awesome! I woke up this morning and again my body is in so much pain but I also woke up just feeling better about myself. I think its finally setting in that I am doing this for myself and it feels so good to be doing it. I LOVE Sharon!!! She is amazing!! She really makes me feel like she is here for me to get me the best results possible. I feel so lucky to have her guiding me through this journey. Except I dont meet with her again until Monday. I wish I could train with her everyday. Im scared that I dont have enough discipline in myself to do the things she asks of me on my own. If Im running on my own and I get tired, I will stop where if shes there she will make me keep going. I have tonight & tomorrow to workout on my own and then Sunday I have the day off (except I think I might fit in a short workout. Nothing crazy maybe just do a Walk Away the Pounds tape or something). I find myself now looking forward to our training days which is crazy cause on Wednesday I was thinking I just couldnt do this. We will see how the weekend goes.
Thursdays Meal Plan:
Breakfast: 8:30am - 2 Egg Whites, 2 slices of turkey bacon & 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: 10:30am - String cheese with a handful of almonds
Lunch: 1:00pm - Salad with Light Italian dressing, 1/2 cup cottage cheese & sunflower seeds
Snack: 4:00pm - Carrots with Hummus
Dinner: 5:45pm - Chicken with brown rice, carrots, broccoli & Cauliflower
8:30pm (After workout) Protein Shake & an orange
Whats been making it so easy for me to follow a healthy diet is to plan the day ahead of what I am going to eat. I write down everything in my journal and then in the morning I only eat what I have set for myself to eat.
Oh and by the way: for those of you that have also started a healthier you........ GOOD LUCK!!!! I have now realized that when you really want something so bad.... You CAN do it! Its hard to get off the ground but once you do....its yours! I hope as you read these it will help you along your journey too!!!
Thursdays Meal Plan:
Breakfast: 8:30am - 2 Egg Whites, 2 slices of turkey bacon & 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: 10:30am - String cheese with a handful of almonds
Lunch: 1:00pm - Salad with Light Italian dressing, 1/2 cup cottage cheese & sunflower seeds
Snack: 4:00pm - Carrots with Hummus
Dinner: 5:45pm - Chicken with brown rice, carrots, broccoli & Cauliflower
8:30pm (After workout) Protein Shake & an orange
Whats been making it so easy for me to follow a healthy diet is to plan the day ahead of what I am going to eat. I write down everything in my journal and then in the morning I only eat what I have set for myself to eat.
Oh and by the way: for those of you that have also started a healthier you........ GOOD LUCK!!!! I have now realized that when you really want something so bad.... You CAN do it! Its hard to get off the ground but once you do....its yours! I hope as you read these it will help you along your journey too!!!
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