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When I couldn't work out.
I think, that, may be a good sign, eh?
I just couldn't squeeze it into my day, and possibly not tomorrow either. Work related training this week. But Wednesday comes with a new trainer. Hope I can make it. I still have to update my session with DD last week.
He was something to be reckoned with!
...I have certain goals on the elliptical machine. My first was surpassing 700 calories in 42 minutes, level 16, 3.71 miles, with the aerobics x-training program. It was tough tho, especially when you had to pedal backwards and push/pull with your arms. That's what I accomplished the first month of training on my cardio days. This second month, I've noticed something different.
My calorie level dropped almost by 200, BUT, my fastest speed during one rotation went from 6.5 mph to 7.3!
The pushing and pulling seemed too light at level 16, and I went farther~4.13 miles!!! So, something is definitely happening. D, one of my early trainers explained it to me. I do believe I'm building up lean muscle mass if I remember what he said correctly. Good thing we had that conversation, or I would have probably been disappointed at my findings. This is one good reason why EVERYONE, no matter how fit you may be or seem, needs a personal trainer. These folks are knowledgeable. Hats off to the ones I work with, they are the BEST!
Ok, maybe not drill sergeant, but I certainly respect and like GT's style. Very straight forward, serious, and to the point. No messin' around here, after the first initial workout and his observation of me, we hit it hard on day two. I liked that he asked what I had eaten that day. He said my endurance was good. He added weight to my workout, and I definitely felt it the next day. We used those rubber bands which I find interesting. I'm even beginning to like squats and lunges!! Thanks so much GT for your time and energy this week, I really appreciate it!
I have to say that K is so encouraging! Every time I see her she always asks how I'm doing, and encourages me to keep going. We took the measurements today, and she was SOOO excited, she kept wanting to show the other trainers what progress we made! Here goes folks...
After 4 weeks of training I lost:
7.25 lbs
1.25 inches off the chest
.75 inches off the wasit
1.25 inches off the hips
1.7% body fat
and almost 2 inches off the arms!
Weeeeee, that part made me happy!
Like I said before, a win win situation..makes me want to do better!
Thanks to K and the rest of the gang!
Today is my first official weigh in.
I'm excited yet nervous. I don't think I lost much weight but I think I lost some inches. Things I've done in the past 4 weeks:
I started drinking much more water, and am sweating again!
Baking my food instead of frying.
Eating more fruit and vegetables.
Gave up chips completely for 12 weeks.
Only eat bread or drink pop 2 days a week.
Eating much more fiber (thanks H~your the best!)
And of course my 2 workouts with the trainers each week, my cardio 2 days and my personal workout w/weights 1 day.
I'll keep you posted about the results. If it's not good, it should initiate me to work harder. If it's good, it should still initiate me to work harder. Win win.
...I think that title says it all. G pretty much whooped my butt this week. I think his high school teacher probably made him do a lot of lunges and squats as corporal punishment or something! It was good tho. Maybe it was because more weight was added, and we did a lot of different stuff. He did offer to take it easy on me since my whole lower body was still aching, but, being the trooper I am, denied it. I think I'll have dreams tonight of those lunges with my foot behind me on the bench and doing bicep curls.....your wicked....but thank you thank you G for being tough and helping me along the way to a fitter ME!
Now I'm starting to feel really good and I trained with C this week. Don't ever think a girl will take it easy on you!
Sometimes, we're the toughest! I learned how to do training on that machine I still don't know what it's called, but it has arms everywhere! I like it, but it intimidates me. I guess I just need to learn how to use it! I kept forgetting when to breathe in and breathe out, but thanks to C's patience, I finally got it in the end! She kept correcting my form which is good, because I know that's the first step, and after you get the form down, then you can add weight. We also went over my personal training workout that her and K put together for me. I really like it, and promise to do it every Wednesday! Thanks so much C, for your time and encouragement, much appreciated!
I worked out with D this week. It really was an eye-opener. He showed me a lot of steps on the bosu, and I really like his style of training. What seemed so basic to me, was very very hard, which was pretty amazing. I learned how to do proper squats, but what really stood out, was the trx straps. I'm still talking about it. How just a band can give you such a proper workout! My arms burned almost immediately!! I definitely want to add that little trick to my workout regimens. Thanks D, luckily I can remember everything that you showed me, and thank you ever so much for being a part of my transformation!
I started the regimen with M. I felt confident that since I had already been doing some cardio in past weeks I could keep up. Well, barely. In two days we accomplished a lot, and I learned a lot. He gave me a lot of pointers and stressed how important nutrition was as part of my daily life change. That really got me to thinking, and start looking at the side of boxes and such. I have to say tho, what really stood out was me sprinting up that dreaded staircase two at a time! I do know the hard stuff for me to do is probably the best to work on...no pain, no gain, eh?
But thank you M. I really appreciate your time and effort with my journey!
I started off the week with K and my kickoff. She made me feel really comfortable. She took my measurements, blood pressure, resting heart rate, all of that good stuff.
I weighed in at 216 lbs.
I am more embarrassed at seeing my measurements on paper than anything.
I come in at a hefty
43.5 chest
41.75 waist
50.25 hips
We did some what I like to call stability and agility tests. This will be really interesting
how well I do in the end because some of that stuff was hard!
K made me feel really good when she asked what I had eaten the day before, after reminiscing
about bread layered with hamburg gravy, fried potatoes with onions and jalapenos, more bread and
more gravy, I embarrassingly said, 'that's bad'..and she smiled and said, 'that sounds good to me!'.
I don't quite remember when it happened. But can you imagine the shock I had when I woke up fat?
All of a sudden
...my knees started hurting
...my clothes started shrinking
...my arms felt like buoys
...my knees became cankled...(chubby)
And worse, I wasn't feeling so hot. Well, I wasn't feeling so hot hot either.
I had forgotten how good it felt to feel good.
So, as the toad once said, 'let the transformation begin!'
