Slow and steady making progress

Wow where's the time going.....starting week 9. Had up and down week but in the end I still lost and and going strong.

After having my bad day at cardio on the 19th....on Fri. the 21st I thought Kristin was going t get right back at the speed we were going before Wed...but she knows what we're doing and she is starting at the end time on wednesday and going up from there. It was still a work out and I finished and was happy. on Thurs the 20th we started new arm work out using free weights opposed to the machine...what a workout, my arms were sore for days!

Sat 5/22 Weigh in Only lost 1 pound but gained 2 pounds of muscle...go figure that. Squats and lunges today. A real work out. Going to make this a good week!

Mon 5/24 Cardio. Past my distance, feels good, no anxiety, Sweaty and happy. Ate cake at work for a birthday...had a belly ache like no other!

Tues 5/25 upper arms. Much harder workout with free weights, but feels good, feel stronger

Wed 5/26 Cardio. Past my distance again. Its doable and again no anxiety!

Thur. 5/27 Lower body. Very hot outside and in. did it was wasn't as strong as Saturday.

Fri. 5/28 Cardio. Ready, made same distance. happy. A hard workout. Feel good. Looking forward to weigh in tomorrow and the long weekend. Took Monday off from gym. My first time in 9 weeks. I will feel guilty but won't chance having a bad cardio day with such a crazy filled one picnic after another and late nights. Back on track tuesday with squats and lunges

Sat. 5/29 Weigh In. I think 2.5 pounds. Keep losing, thats all that matters. Upper arms today. Excited for a fun weekend. Talked about a new program after mine is up. 3 or 4 day program. Whatever I can afford. Feel great!

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Will be updating and posting to get up to date tomorrow, just waiting for my weigh in and the week to end!

Good days, Bad days

Mon. 5/17 cardio. Did it. Didn't break any time. Very sore at work. People ask why I a walking so funny, I say I went to the gym this morning.

Tues. 5/18 Lower body Doing better at squats and lunges, but they are friggin hard. Hurt my right foot doing lifts... Foot bothered me all day. Think PMS is settin in...I can feel it. Not myself.

Wed 5/19 Cardio. Sucked completely, couldn't run, did slow cardio, but finished, disappointed in myself, wanted to break my time, knew when I walked out the door I was going to..got on the treadmill and in first round of running, I couldn't do it....ask me WHY..couldn't tell you. Was it the bad dream I woke from, is it PMS beginning, was it the pain in my upper left leg and my right foot....maybe just a bad day. I don't know my body well enough to know if I was giving up and not running thru the pain or I was listening to my body with it telling me to take it easy. I have No idea.

GREAT week

Thurs 5/13 Lower body. Getting better at squats and lunges....painful but I am doing it! Really cut back on food intake with quantities and what I was eating, switching things around a bit. Less fruis for my carbs and more veggies.

Fri 5/14 Cardio. Kristin couldn't make it, so I had Jeff, another trainer, he was good, put the fans on, which really helped in my body temp. Should have pushed it to break my time, I regret it now.

Sat 5/15 Upper body Weigh in Day. Had another trainer today, I think her name was Jen, showed me lots of stretches. I knew I was going to have a good weigh in, I knew I ate better and less.....5 pounds I lost...but I also lost muscle which is not good, so I have to add more protein?, more food, I will talk to Kristin on Monday...but I am very very happy!

Transforming even after 5 weeks

After only 5 weeks...I was pretty impressed

Mon 5/10 Cardio. I new something was wrong when I got up...not to be graphic...I ate alittle of the WRONG foods on mother's day....indulged alittle with bernaise sauce and potato casserole....even though it wasn't a ot, my body hasnt had dairy, butter, since i started...needless to say I was in the bathroom when I got up and had to get off the treadmil halfway thru, then ack on. Couldn't break any times but it happens...live and learn. Kristin was fine and understood. Sore still after...but slowly got better at work....aiming to do extr good with small portions this week. Suffered all day from Mothers day meal. Mother's Day itself was great, we had a real realxing time.

Tues 5/11 Upper body. Arms did good, can't realy talk to Kristin when I do cardio, but arms we can chat alittle. It was good. I am getting stronger! Feel good!

Wed 2/12 Cardio. I was ready, my knees felt ok. It's still so hard but I was determined as much as Kristin to change the number on the board from 1.14 to at least 1.15 and I did, in the last 2 seconds it changed to 1.15....thank God, I would have been pissed with myself if I couldn't push it just alittle more.

Finishing my of week 5

I didn't write mid week due to me responding to a comment posted. I hope that answered their question, I think it did as the person reveled themselves to me finally. ;)

Mon. 5/3 Cardio. Hit the 1.11 mark again in Cardio.. Wish I broke the time. Knees killing, lots of ice.

Tues 5/4 Lower body. Pulled a muscle in back of thigh, very painful, did the best i could

Suffering from unknown anxiety about the gym.

Wed 5/5 Cardio...hit 1.14 Yeah!!!!!! hard but did it...again kness killing, lots of ice.

Had heart to heart with someone who knows me real well, speaking about my fears at the gym, and it a combination of fear of failing, hurting myself, disappointing Kristin, and talking made me feel much better

Thurs 5/6 Upper body did good, increasing the weights. still sore from lower body in the thighs. Hope its better by Satuday.

Friday 5/7 cardio Hit 1.14 again....happy:) Knees real bad.....icing...still sore from lower body in the thighs

Sat. 5/8 Lower Body. weigh in day...lost only 1.5 pounds but looking back at body fat I started with 141 pounds of bady fat and now I am down to 127 pounds of body fat and up in my lean body mass...so that sounds better to me that just saying I lost just 1.5 pounds. Another guy was there today who I have seen many times working with Bill, who has lost over 100 pounds with them over the course of a year. Amazing. He brought in his old pants and Bill took a picture.

I did much better today with lower body, I went in with a different mind set and it seem to help me perform better. Now I look forward the rest of the day and tomorrow off. Sleepin in, Plus its Mothers Day!

Responding to comment

Anonymous said...

I have read each one of your postings which describes your day. I have yet to come to the understanding as to WHY you made the decision to lose weight in the first place. I'm trying to lose weight myself but keep failing, I just want to give up, how do you do it?

Answer: i wanted my old life back....from over 14 yrs ago but even better.

It was never a matter of why i wanted to lose weight...I never wanted to gain in the first place. I used to be thin...thin with never exercising....over 14 yrs ago....a marriage, becoming an instant mom of 3 young children, marrying for the wrong reasons, dealing with drug addiction in the home, a divorce, custody battle.....all at the same time making sure my kids were as unaffected as possible, made it very difficult for me to balance taking care of myself and the kids. The kids were #1, and I let myself go, food was comfort. Kids turned out awesome, and I kept getting bigger and bigger, averaging 10 pounds a year. Tried diet after diet, but it wasn't until I went to the doctor and realized I gained 40 pounds since my last visit 4 years prior, it was a wake up call. I FINALLY was ready. I needed to get real with my weight, see what I really looked liked, realized where i will be by the time I am 50 and needed to do something. Friends helped me make a video to apply to the Biggest Loser with the promise if i didn't get on the show (1 in a 300,000 chance) I needed plan B. After doing research on weight loss programs I found personal training in a personal training facility....where I don't have to be self conscious in a public gym..which I wouldn't go into. Found one 3 minutes from my house. They promote a 12 week transformation program...5 or 6 days a week. It cost a lot of money but I knew it would, as it is 1 on 1 training is expensive and I have to say worth every penny. I just had no idea how hard it would be to do all the work, but even though I suffer in pain, bitch about it, the program is working....I know it will take a lot longer than 12 weeks...more like 60 weeks, but eve after 12 weeks, I will be transformed into a new person. A person who has lost weight, gained muscle, and shrunk many many inches. If you follow their program, push yourself, eat what they tell you it works....I am proof. So that is why. I wanted get control of my life, and get healthy for the next journey in my life as my kids grow and have their own life. I had no idea how hard it would be, and I still have doubt, I have many fears, I have pain, but I keep going, my faith and commitment to this program keeps me getting up everyday at 4:30 am. It isn't an option in my head not to finish or not get up and in the gym. Hope that answers your question.