Week 34.....Tough & Sore Week (Good luck Pam!)

First I want to say Good Luck t0 Pam, my girlfriend, who is doing an Ironman this Sunday in Arizona...she is an inspiration to me and will be wishing her all the luck on Sunday. She is awesome! Go Pam #2642.

This has been tough and good week at the same time. Between snack cravings and Jon pushing me it's been challenging. Its not over yet. I have cardio tomorrow which I can't stop thinkin about...I am getting my haircut today and all my thoughts are about how hard cardio was on Wednesday......even though I did it successfully....its crazy....I just want tomorrow to come and get it done. On top of cardio, I am so sore, think Jon is kickin up the weights so I am very sore...but its a good sore, feels like I am working hard. May sound like whining or complaining but its not.....I will never complain about being sore...its his job to keep me sore, means I am working harder, getting stronger.

Tues Nov 16 lower body 1 of 6 new lower body routine....TOUGH still feeling it.

Wed. Nov 17 cardio didn't think i was going to get thru it, but I did...I was gonna jump off at least 3 times but stayed on, i don't know how much he kicked it up...he didn't change my distance on the board, and i still cover up all the screens so I can't see, so i have no idea. Maybe once I stop complaining and get thru these numbers easier he will tell me and put it up on the board. I felt good I didn't quit. But i wish i didn't think about it so much....I am blaming PMS.

Thurs. Upper body Nov 18. I needed to get out by 6:15 and Jon, he is so great, got me thru my whole routine and we got everything done. My arms will be sore tomorrow. Finish blog tomorrow.

Fri Cardio Nov 19. Cardio weigh in. Gained 1 pd.....but its debatable....with the scale at the gym, as it has a different reading everytime you get on....we settled on 1 pound. I am fine. It was a tough week all around with food cravings adn PMS.....which makes me just want to be put in a closet and stay. Makes my mind crazy. I survived cardio, even though my mind said I wouldn't...it used to be that my negative side of me that would say I can't do it is being over rided with the mideset I can and will do it.....yeah....failing would have sucked this morning.

Next week Thanxgiving, not expecting any losses but at least it will be the first Thanxgiving I will be working out thru.....unlike all my whole past life of having holidays with not going to any gym....just a food fest. So glad its the weekend :)

Week 33 Staying focused

I knew getting into this week Jon would be changing my cardio distance cause I have been at 1.30 for over 2 weeks. My plan to get thru is get even another shield to not see the screen where it says (.5 miles...1 mile...1.25 miles) because I know where I am at those points...i didn't want to know where I was especially at 1.25 cause its in my fastest minute. I just do not want anything like me seeing crazy speeds or distances getting in the way of my success....makes me a little nutty in thinking that way, but I have more confidence in just trusting him and not looking at the board while working out. It's all a crazy mental game in my head.

Tues Nov. 9 Lower body. 6 of 6...this was the last routine of lower body, we switch to a new one next week. Worked hard

Wed Nov 10 Cardio. New the distance and speed was gonna change and it did and I did it succesfully. The last minutes I always say to myself "i can do anything for 3 minutes...then I can do anything for 2 minutes then I bust my butt to get myself thru the last push in the last minute which is the fastest.....I also count in my head....well I look at the board and there is an arch of numbers 0-9 and I look at each one thruout a minute counting to 20 in my head 3 times for each minute...helps time go by faster and gets me thru the minute.....its what I do keeps me focused and it works. have no idea what runners do to get thru miles and miles running. I should ask Pam.

Thurs. Nov.11 Upper body 4 of 6. Getting harder....Jon always pushin, never in a bad mood, ready to motivate!

Fri Nov 12 Cardio Weigh in. Lost 1/2 pound.....well the scale first said down 1 pd, then nothing lost then 1/2 pd. I really dislike this scale, as it is never consistent. I was happy with half pound...as long as I am losing. Hard cardio, but got thru...ready for the weekend! Suppose to be a beautiful weekend!

Week 32 Getting Back on track, refocused

Back to work on Monday, eating right, healthy, determined to have a good week. Bought salmon at Costco, eating home made soup for lunch, paying attention to good nutrition, and drinking all my water. Didn't eat any candy on Halloween. made a ham for sunday dinner for company, sent most of leftovers home with mom s I wouldn't eat anymore...too much sodium

Tuesday Nov 2 Lower body. Tough, felt good. Good eating day.

Wed Nov.3 Cardio. Felt better than Friday. Back on track. made sure I ate after teaching.

Thurs Nov 4 Upper body. Feel good. For the first time people are stopping me and noticing the weight loss...has made my mood so good day and night and keeping me focused and motivated. Jon won't be weighing me in, he is taking a short vacation...well deserved! Hope he has a great weekend!

Fri Nov 5 Cardio weigh in LOST 4 pounds...YEAH so happy. Did cardio with Jen It was good. Put me in a great mood. Ready to have a good healthy weekend and another good week.

So with a few weeks of being up and down my total is 56 pounds lost! so close to 60, can't. wait! Haven't been this happy with myself in a longgggggg time!

Took Vacation Combo week 30 & 31

I couldn't wait for vacation...counting the days since August. I planned a kayak trip for 6 of us including my 2 boys, Aj's girlfriend Chantal, AJ roommate Justin, Jeff and myself. I went to Gym the tues and Wed before leaving and changed my time to later for when I came back, since I took the whole week off.

Vacation couldn't be anyore perfect. 86 degrees ad sunny everyday. Jeff and I stocked up the frig with healthy food from my favorite grocery store in Florida, Publix, and planned on eating breakfast and lunch at the condo.

Fri Oct 22 woke up to a beautiful sunrise and put on work out clothes. Made breakfast and headed out to the beach. You can drive on a stretch of the beach so it's easy to walk on the sand in that area. I would jog in intervals to get my heart rate up. Felt good.

Sat Oct 23. Kayaking n St Johns river, over 3 hours of paddling, got a good upper body work out, wildlife was awesome, great thing to do in florida

Sunday. Watched boys surf did more walking on beach....loving the weather

Monday 25th Woke up to do another walk jog on beach. Beached it all day!

Tuesday 26th, missed our connecting flight due to bad weather and extra feuling in Orlando, got stuck in Kentucky for 4 hours...Amazing how when things go wrong I immediately want to eat.....I could have eaten the whole 4 hours....we were pretty good, finally got home by 10:30. Direct flights are always better but had to go with best price.

Wednesday home resting, went and did grocery shopping, made homemade soup. Glad CT is pretty warm, not coming home to cold weather was a plus...tomorrow back to the gym.

Thurs.. Oct 28 upper body, got on scale only gained 2 pounds, a good work out and 2 days of eating right I could lose a pound. Jon was pretty hard on me, pep talk on getting refocused

Fri. Oct 29 Cardio. I didn't think i could do it, but i did, so happy I succeeded. Lost that pound, so I only gained 1 pound on vacation. Goat is to get back on track, eat right, get refocused.