I CAN DO IT!!!!!

THE FIRST 10 pounds!!!!!   I had my first at home weigh in as I began this journey on January 9th, I weighed 219 that day.  Today when I got on the scale I did the HAPPY dance,  10 pounds are gone.  It took my 7 weeks.  Hopefully now that I am keeping track of what I eat, and as I continue to work out, the pounds will contine to melt away.  I had hoped to lose 2 pounds a week, but I am going to be happy to continue in a down ward trend.

By the time I got to the fitness Center this morning, there were no ellipitical machines available.  So i got on a treadmill.  I began with a 5 minute warmup walk, then I jogged for 30 seconds and walked for 1 minutes.  After 15 minutes, then I jogged for 45 seconds and walked for 1 minute.   Once I had done that for 30 minutes, I walked for 25 more minutes.  I have truly learned in the last two days, that I need to stretch myself more than I have been.  I can do more jogging than I have been.  I think if I am jogging more, I will lose more weight.  Plus I have a 5K to get ready for.  I reached 5K on the treadmill at 49 minutes.  That is about 10 minutes faster than the last time I walked 5K.  I wonderhow much time I will be able to take off of that time by April when I will do the Official 5K.

I CAN LOSE WEIGHT and KEEP IT OFF!!

I CAN DO A 5K!!!!!

Happy Leap Day!

It is February 29, 2012.  An extra day in the year.  I decided today was the day to try something new at the Fitness Center.  So I left for work at 9:30 hurried to the Fitness Center, changed into my gym clothes and hurried into the Cardio Room.  I had decided to try the TREADMILL CLASS.  WHAT A CLASS!?!
Wow - what a workout.  I only survived the first 30 minutes of the class, but I stayed for the rest of the class and just walked on the tradmill.  I didn't think I would be able to do  the running in the class, but I did!  I probably ran at a slower speed than the others in the class, but I did it.  I   learned that I can do more than I think.  I need to be stretching myself a little more expecially on the 5K training.

Becky, my trainer, worked me hard again this morning.  Lots of stuff in the weight room.  I asked her for a list of the things we need to do in the weight room when we are working on our own.   Starting next week we will only be meeting with our trainers one day a week, so I need instructions.


I weighed in a week ago today and decided I was ready to weigh in again. 
Weight - 207.8
Fat %  -  46.2
Fat to Lose - 43.4

So I have lost 5.8 pounds.
My fat % has gone up - which I don't understand.
And I have lost .2 pounds of fat.

Maybe I need to have someone explain the printout that I get from the weigh in.

Wish my scale showed as low as the one at the Fitness Center.  But I know I am slowly losing some weight, so it is okay.

My Legs Are Sore

It has been a hard day.  My legs are sore from yesterday's workout.  The trainers really put it to me.  Every time I got up from my desk, my legs hurt.  It made for a long day.  Once I got up and moving it was ok.  Hopefully they will feel better tomorrow morning, so the trainers can put it to me again.

By the time I got to the fitness center today, all of the ellipitcal machines were in use, so I used a treadmill for 45 minutes this morning.  I know that I was only going to get to the fitness center the one time this morning.  Too many people gone from work to take my normal lunch hour and try to go up to the gym and Rachael needed the car this evening. 

This has been the first day in over two weeks that I have not gotten at least 75 minutes of cardio in.  I will be back hard at it tomorrow.

It's A New Week

Here it is Monday again.  And me recommitting myself to my weight loss plans.  Tha alarm goes off early 4;42 am., but that is the time that works for me.  I got in 15 minutes on the ellipitcal before meeting my Biggest Loser group for an hour working in the weight room.  It is HARD work, and parts of me are feeling it tonight.  But I know that I have to do it to get the skinny me back out in the open. 

I went back to the gym this evening and did a little jogging and walking, getting realy for my 5K.  I am going to sleep well tonight.  I am sore and tired and deep down feel good about it!

My Weekends are Killing Me

Up TWO pounds from yesterday morning.  I really have got to find a way to have a weekend and not gain back everything I lost over the week.  It is discouraging, I feel like I am in a bit of a rut, I do really well during the week and lose a couple of pounds, then the weekend comes and I eat bad and gain back a couple of pounds, then I work hard during the week and lose a couple of pounds, the weekend arrives and a gain back what I worked all week to lose.  THIS MUST STOP!

Our church doesn't start until 11:30, so I bundled up and started my pedometer app and went for a walk.  I went from our house to the track at the High School and did 10 laps around the track and back home.  The pedometer said I had walked 3.3 miles in 62 minutes.  I was proud of myself, I have just walked a 5K.  I know that I will be able to do it, even if I have to walk.  But I will keep at the 5K training and increase the amount of jogging I do each week and hopefully I will do a lot of jogging when I really do the 5K at the end of March.  It felt good to walk this morning and I am already looking forward to doing it again next weekend. 

I WILL EAT BETTER NEXT WEEKEND!!!!!

My Intentions Were Good

I started the day off really well, up to the Fitness Center at 7:00 am for an hour on the ellipitical.  It felt great, since I have been to the Fitness Center 11 times in the past 6 days, I took it easy today, I did my hour, but I didn't work too hard. 

We came home and got our Saturday errands done, then things went bad or good depending on how your look at it.  I had planned to clean the house and go for a 5K walk at 1:00, but plans changed.  Off the three of went to FIVE GUYS for lunch.  I did have just a regular cheesburger and the three of us shared an order of fries.  Then off to the movie.  Rachael and I saw THE VOW, Richard didn't want to do the chick flick so he saw some MAN SHOW.  We decided before we went in to the theater that we weren't going to do popcorn, but as we sat in the theater waiting for the show to start we changed our minds and off we went to get popcorn.  So I have eaten a high caloric lunch, had popcorn at the movies and did not get my 5K walk in.  But family time is important.  Even more so now that Richard works from 12:30 to 9:00 p.m., we don't get much time together.

The morning weigh in was good - I am afraid of what tomorrow will show.

Fitness Center x 3

We have a new team member, Jayme, joined us today.

Today I think my trainers tried to kill me.  Jason put together a little circuit that we did.  Two minutes at each station and we had 4 stations.  We worked in teams of two at the stations, doing crazy eights, jumping jacks, jumping rope, a triceps exercise, and something called the bear crawl.  I was the only woman to do the bear crawl.  IT WAS HARD! but I felt good being able to do it. 

I went to the gym during lunch and did the run/walk 5K training.  Next week, I have to increase the distance that I run.  I have enjoyed the 30 minutes of run/walk better that I thought that I would.

With Richard working this evening, and Rachael going out with friends, I decided to go back to the gym and do some more time on the ellipitical.   So that makes three times at the Fitness Center Today.