So, I get a "rest" day from working out today.
I'm pretty sore from Insanity yesterday so that's a good thing!
Later on I have class, Taking one kiddo to a sleepover and getting the uniforms of both washed and dried for their indoor soccer games tomorrow.
My youngest had soccer practice with her outdoor last night so that was fun... mosquito and all.
I have lost more weight. I'm sitting at 174.4 which is a total loss of 9 lbs since January 4th! I'm thinking the 10 lbs marker may be met before the 1st of Feb!!!!
Slow and steady weight loss.... that's what I'm aiming for.. I want to replace flabby fat with toned lean muscle and look fit and happy when my journey turns from weight loss to maintaining health and fitness.
I think it is obtainable! I'm going to fight for it!
Friday, January 29, 2016
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Last Night and Morning Insanity
So Jackie Warner wasn't done...
I'm doing this workout with a friend who is going through a pretty nasty divorce. So needless to say.... last night was tissues and crying and hugging and talking.
Just a sad situation... this person who did this to her is a SLUG.... worse than a slug.. I'd love to pour salt on him and watch him shrivel up. He's that kind of horrible.
Anyhow, we had a good chat.
This morning I did Insanity again. Although I had to modify some of the exercises it is starting to be manageable.. I won't say easy because NONE of this workout is easy.. It's high intensity and hard... I still make it through....barely. I'm hoping to have to modify less and less exercises the further I get along.
I didn't weigh this morning because I was in a hurry to get there in time to walk a big and stretch before we started class. Baby steps now will help me to reach my goal later.
I'm doing this workout with a friend who is going through a pretty nasty divorce. So needless to say.... last night was tissues and crying and hugging and talking.
Just a sad situation... this person who did this to her is a SLUG.... worse than a slug.. I'd love to pour salt on him and watch him shrivel up. He's that kind of horrible.
Anyhow, we had a good chat.
This morning I did Insanity again. Although I had to modify some of the exercises it is starting to be manageable.. I won't say easy because NONE of this workout is easy.. It's high intensity and hard... I still make it through....barely. I'm hoping to have to modify less and less exercises the further I get along.
I didn't weigh this morning because I was in a hurry to get there in time to walk a big and stretch before we started class. Baby steps now will help me to reach my goal later.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
30 Day Fast Start Wednesday
So today I go to my friend's house so we can grip and complain and do the 30 Day Fast Start DVD (Jackie Warner)
I'm going by my scale and not the University's Biomeasure thingy so I'm currently at 175 even which means according to my scale, I've lost 8 lbs.
I'm sore and feeling it today.
So I thought.. ok Taekwondo.. we'll work on forms... ha ha... we did 10 pushups between each form we did.. so I did 70 pushups there and I'm not counting the pushups, running, situps etc that we did during our stretching.
So yeah... I woke up this morning feeling it.. Going to be interesting doing the workout tonight and then Insanity first thing in the morning tomorrow.. BUT! Friday is coming... and it's a REST day.
I'm noticing my shoulders are getting more defined and my tummy is shrinking which is MARVELOUS! I'm hoping all this hard work pays off sooner rather than later. I'm pushing myself pretty hard.. I'm not including my class schedule where I'm walking across campus to get to class.. nor am I mentioning the stairs I climb everyday (I have stopped using elevators on campus)
All in all I'm happy with my progress so far.
Will keep updating as I go along.
I'm going by my scale and not the University's Biomeasure thingy so I'm currently at 175 even which means according to my scale, I've lost 8 lbs.
I'm sore and feeling it today.
So I thought.. ok Taekwondo.. we'll work on forms... ha ha... we did 10 pushups between each form we did.. so I did 70 pushups there and I'm not counting the pushups, running, situps etc that we did during our stretching.
So yeah... I woke up this morning feeling it.. Going to be interesting doing the workout tonight and then Insanity first thing in the morning tomorrow.. BUT! Friday is coming... and it's a REST day.
I'm noticing my shoulders are getting more defined and my tummy is shrinking which is MARVELOUS! I'm hoping all this hard work pays off sooner rather than later. I'm pushing myself pretty hard.. I'm not including my class schedule where I'm walking across campus to get to class.. nor am I mentioning the stairs I climb everyday (I have stopped using elevators on campus)
All in all I'm happy with my progress so far.
Will keep updating as I go along.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Insanity Tuesday!
So, It's 7:52 and I'm done with the first of my workouts today.. yep, there is two and there will be pain tomorrow lol!
I did Insanity this morning. Less burpees but more jumping. lots of abs this morning. I felt like I was going to hurl for a minute but I worked through it and made it through class.
I won't be stopping at all today.. my baby girl has soccer practice so I have to run her there and then I get to run to taekwondo for the second of my workouts. More than likely we'll be working on forms a bit (Hopefully!) I have to get Taegeuk 5 down and run through the rest. With each belt you get you have to add one more form to the mix AND remember all previous forms as well. I am a blue belt currently although I think I've posted that already?
I didn't weigh today so no weight update (Getting up at 5 am with 2 kids and getting yourself anywhere on time is a success!) Thankfully hubby is taking the girls to school so I can workout so I think I'll keep him :-)
Tomorrow is 30 Day Fast Start and Thursday is more Insanity. I register for the Holiday Trimmings contest today over lunch so wish me luck in having the largest percentage of weight loss out of everyone!
UPDATE: Ok so I got on the scale at the Wellness Center and it says I'm 172.8 lbs and have 33% body fat.. boo.... So that's where I'm starting for the Holiday Trimmings contest.. If that scale is right and mine is off I'll know in the morning. I was wearing a dress and shoes and weighed 2.6 lbs more yesterday than they have me now... if that is the correct weigh then I have lost 10.6 lbs which is the 10 lb goal I set for myself with 4 days to spare!
I did Insanity this morning. Less burpees but more jumping. lots of abs this morning. I felt like I was going to hurl for a minute but I worked through it and made it through class.
I won't be stopping at all today.. my baby girl has soccer practice so I have to run her there and then I get to run to taekwondo for the second of my workouts. More than likely we'll be working on forms a bit (Hopefully!) I have to get Taegeuk 5 down and run through the rest. With each belt you get you have to add one more form to the mix AND remember all previous forms as well. I am a blue belt currently although I think I've posted that already?
I didn't weigh today so no weight update (Getting up at 5 am with 2 kids and getting yourself anywhere on time is a success!) Thankfully hubby is taking the girls to school so I can workout so I think I'll keep him :-)
Tomorrow is 30 Day Fast Start and Thursday is more Insanity. I register for the Holiday Trimmings contest today over lunch so wish me luck in having the largest percentage of weight loss out of everyone!
UPDATE: Ok so I got on the scale at the Wellness Center and it says I'm 172.8 lbs and have 33% body fat.. boo.... So that's where I'm starting for the Holiday Trimmings contest.. If that scale is right and mine is off I'll know in the morning. I was wearing a dress and shoes and weighed 2.6 lbs more yesterday than they have me now... if that is the correct weigh then I have lost 10.6 lbs which is the 10 lb goal I set for myself with 4 days to spare!
Monday, January 25, 2016
Sunday and ugh Monday!
So...
Sunday I had a church fundraiser luncheon which totally blew my calories (Chicken Parm, Fettucini Alfredo, garlic bread and salad), So to make up for it not only did I do the 30 Day Fast Start DVD, I also threw in 30 minutes of straight Zumba (The harder routines).
Weight? Right now I'm at 175.4 which is almost 8 pounds lighter than I was on the 4th of this month.
Today has started out just "lovely". I prepared 2 one liter plastic bottles with water and sliced blackberries for a delicious water alternative... get to my office door... one falls... YEP SPLAT! broken plastic bottle and water and blackberries EVERYWHERE! I cleaned it up... and now only have one left.. (Which I will refill when I empty it)..
Drinking my one cup of coffee right now.. will enjoy my water at lunch with a 4 ounce Eye of Round Steak, A side of fruit and a side of peas.
Tonight is ball drill practice for my youngest who is Playing Academy Soccer this season so she is working to catch up to the other teammates on the system the coach has in place.
Hopefully I will drop another 2 lbs this week making my total for 10 lbs reached!
OH.... BTW- our campus is doing a Holiday Trimmings contest... between this week and mid April whomever loses the most weight in that time (Male/and Female) will win $100.. What an incentive to get that weight off! I'm doing it!
Hope everyone's day is fantastic!
Sunday I had a church fundraiser luncheon which totally blew my calories (Chicken Parm, Fettucini Alfredo, garlic bread and salad), So to make up for it not only did I do the 30 Day Fast Start DVD, I also threw in 30 minutes of straight Zumba (The harder routines).
Weight? Right now I'm at 175.4 which is almost 8 pounds lighter than I was on the 4th of this month.
Today has started out just "lovely". I prepared 2 one liter plastic bottles with water and sliced blackberries for a delicious water alternative... get to my office door... one falls... YEP SPLAT! broken plastic bottle and water and blackberries EVERYWHERE! I cleaned it up... and now only have one left.. (Which I will refill when I empty it)..
Drinking my one cup of coffee right now.. will enjoy my water at lunch with a 4 ounce Eye of Round Steak, A side of fruit and a side of peas.
Tonight is ball drill practice for my youngest who is Playing Academy Soccer this season so she is working to catch up to the other teammates on the system the coach has in place.
Hopefully I will drop another 2 lbs this week making my total for 10 lbs reached!
OH.... BTW- our campus is doing a Holiday Trimmings contest... between this week and mid April whomever loses the most weight in that time (Male/and Female) will win $100.. What an incentive to get that weight off! I'm doing it!
Hope everyone's day is fantastic!
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Saturday Craziness!
So, I'm sitting down here to write after a crazy day.
Both of my daughter's had indoor soccer games today so I was being soccer mom. It made it where I couldn't attend my taekwondo class so I had to do an alternate exercise in its place. I chose 56 minutes of Zumba routines. I'm still sore from Insanity.
So, know I shouldn't stare at the scale because at some point my muscle gain will offset my weight loss but I did anyway. I'm down another 4 ounces (175.8). My total loss is almost 8 lbs!
Tomorrow is church, soccer practice, piano lessons, church practice for LTC (Leadership Training for Christ), and then to my friends to go through the "30 Day Fast Start" Jackie Warner.
Then rest on Monday!
Both of my daughter's had indoor soccer games today so I was being soccer mom. It made it where I couldn't attend my taekwondo class so I had to do an alternate exercise in its place. I chose 56 minutes of Zumba routines. I'm still sore from Insanity.
So, know I shouldn't stare at the scale because at some point my muscle gain will offset my weight loss but I did anyway. I'm down another 4 ounces (175.8). My total loss is almost 8 lbs!
Tomorrow is church, soccer practice, piano lessons, church practice for LTC (Leadership Training for Christ), and then to my friends to go through the "30 Day Fast Start" Jackie Warner.
Then rest on Monday!
Friday, January 22, 2016
Rest Day... sort of
So today is a Rest Day for me.
No working out and recovering from Insanity yesterday which was intense!
I am taking 2 classes this semester at the University and walk to them, verses getting in my car and driving. So I'm hiking to my Advertising class to make it for noon class. Then hike back to my office on the other side of campus.
Tonight is a indoor soccer practice for my oldest and then I can go home and rest .... maybe....
If the laundry is running and I don't have something else to do.
Tomorrow I can't make it to Taekwondo so I'll have to choose an alternate workout to take it's place. Both Kids have Indoor Soccer games tomorrow so I'll be running around.
Positive note? I've lost another pound!!!!
I'm sitting at 176.2... so 7 lbs gone and counting!
No working out and recovering from Insanity yesterday which was intense!
I am taking 2 classes this semester at the University and walk to them, verses getting in my car and driving. So I'm hiking to my Advertising class to make it for noon class. Then hike back to my office on the other side of campus.
Tonight is a indoor soccer practice for my oldest and then I can go home and rest .... maybe....
If the laundry is running and I don't have something else to do.
Tomorrow I can't make it to Taekwondo so I'll have to choose an alternate workout to take it's place. Both Kids have Indoor Soccer games tomorrow so I'll be running around.
Positive note? I've lost another pound!!!!
I'm sitting at 176.2... so 7 lbs gone and counting!
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Starting Over
Hi,
My name is Jeanette...... and I failed at staying on target last year miserably. I'm completely taking responsibility for it because the blame is with myself. I ate junk, sat around, and let myself gain a pound here... and a pound there. Over time it resulted in 32 pounds of extra weight that is completely and totally my OWN fault.
At 38 years old looking at 39 this year and 40 next year... it's time I took control over my health and made the life change to be in the shape I need to be in for a number of reasons:
So I started my journey, again, and have been doing the new changes since January 4th, 2016. I started at 183 lbs. I'm now at 177 lbs and falling. My goal is to be at 140 lbs by May which I think is obtainable.
So what have I been doing?
Diet: 1200 Calories a day and 40 g fat (I use Myfitnesspal to track my progress)
Exercise:
I have the following basic workout schedule
I've completely cut out ALL soda, and tried eating a lot healthier (Fruits and Veggies, calorie appropriate snacks that satisfy any sweet cravings I have, and I weigh ever few days or so.
OH and I've started drinking infused waters which make water SO MUCH MORE TASTY! I'm looking forward to all the fruit combinations I can create and always up for suggestions during my journey!
So far, I'm not hungry and I'm able to get through all the workouts... CAVEAT... INSANITY almost killed me this morning (First Class.. WOW)
Hopefully through blogging my progress and getting with others who encourage me to keep it up I'll have some great before and after photos for my transformation!
I'm going to try doing weight updates once a week so I'm not obsessing over the scale... and I'll do updates on the workouts to let you know how they are going. If this blog can inspire a mommy to take control of her health, then I've done something good. If anything... it will give me a way to look back and see just how much progress I've made from where I came from.
OK....Today's workout..
INSANITY is INSANE and I like it...
Did I make it through... yeah... barely. I felt like I was going to hurl afterwards so I think I had the right intensity ha ha ha. We did burpees, frog jumps, planks and pushups, running, jumping, lunges etc etc etc. It was 4 exercises, 30 seconds each in succession with a 30 second break in between (times 3 sets of the 4 exercises). Then we switched and did a separate 4 targeting another area... I think all in all we did 4 different circuits. It was definitely a workout and not a beginner one.
My name is Jeanette...... and I failed at staying on target last year miserably. I'm completely taking responsibility for it because the blame is with myself. I ate junk, sat around, and let myself gain a pound here... and a pound there. Over time it resulted in 32 pounds of extra weight that is completely and totally my OWN fault.
At 38 years old looking at 39 this year and 40 next year... it's time I took control over my health and made the life change to be in the shape I need to be in for a number of reasons:
- General Health
- Training for my Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do
- Being in proper condition to feel good about the way I look
So I started my journey, again, and have been doing the new changes since January 4th, 2016. I started at 183 lbs. I'm now at 177 lbs and falling. My goal is to be at 140 lbs by May which I think is obtainable.
So what have I been doing?
Diet: 1200 Calories a day and 40 g fat (I use Myfitnesspal to track my progress)
Exercise:
I have the following basic workout schedule
- Monday-Rest
- Tuesday- Insanity(morning), Tae Kwon Do (night)
- Wednesday- 30 Day Fast Start with Jackie Warner
- Thursday- Insanity (Morning)
- Friday- Rest
- Saturday- Tae Kwon Do
- Sunday- 30 Day Fast Start with Jackie Warner
I've completely cut out ALL soda, and tried eating a lot healthier (Fruits and Veggies, calorie appropriate snacks that satisfy any sweet cravings I have, and I weigh ever few days or so.
OH and I've started drinking infused waters which make water SO MUCH MORE TASTY! I'm looking forward to all the fruit combinations I can create and always up for suggestions during my journey!
So far, I'm not hungry and I'm able to get through all the workouts... CAVEAT... INSANITY almost killed me this morning (First Class.. WOW)
Hopefully through blogging my progress and getting with others who encourage me to keep it up I'll have some great before and after photos for my transformation!
I'm going to try doing weight updates once a week so I'm not obsessing over the scale... and I'll do updates on the workouts to let you know how they are going. If this blog can inspire a mommy to take control of her health, then I've done something good. If anything... it will give me a way to look back and see just how much progress I've made from where I came from.
OK....Today's workout..
INSANITY is INSANE and I like it...
Did I make it through... yeah... barely. I felt like I was going to hurl afterwards so I think I had the right intensity ha ha ha. We did burpees, frog jumps, planks and pushups, running, jumping, lunges etc etc etc. It was 4 exercises, 30 seconds each in succession with a 30 second break in between (times 3 sets of the 4 exercises). Then we switched and did a separate 4 targeting another area... I think all in all we did 4 different circuits. It was definitely a workout and not a beginner one.
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