Week 47 Great week

Sat Feb. 12th. Have an event in New Haven this morning. Danielle and I drove together. Topic was Sustainability in regards to graphic design at Yale, after we went to gym together. I did the treadmill but felt my breathing was labored......probably from the anti inflammatory. did 1.32 on treadmill. Disappointed myself took a break then got on the elliptical for 25 minutes...going 2 miles with avg heart rate between 161 and 164...so I made up for the lack in distance on treadmill. I really liked the elliptical, will do it again next time but do a set program they have on machine.

Tues Feb 15th. upper body very tough, Jon is pushing hard, but when does he not. I am looking forward to just doing weight trainings with him 3x a week and cardio on my own.

Wed. Feb 16, canceled morning cardio, had half day at work, went in early, went to other gym in afternoon after my appointment and was on fire. Did 1.39 on treadmill and did a program on elliptical. Great work out.

Thurs Feb 17 lower body....new lower body routine..YIKES lunges. killer. this new lower body is kickin my butt. Told Jon he would be so proud of me seeing me at the other gym, kickin butt doing cardio. Feel good for weigh in tomorrow

Fri Feb 18th weigh in. Lost 3 pounds.....and had lowest body fat % reading...yeah, and now the most weight lost...must keep going down, down down! Did a walking incline cardio with Jon, and it was brutal, holy cow, I was soaked with sweat. Going to go to other gym tomorrow with Danielle. Who would have EVER thought I would like to sweat my ass off. I certainly never did :)

Pinched nerve, "that time"

Feb 7th Went to other gym for my cardio right after work, felt great! Need to try more than just the treadmill my distance went to 1.37...yeah in 20 minutes

Feb 8 upper body I have a pinched nerve in my upper left side from chopping ice on back deck and shoveling it, so no position or exercise is easy. If doesn't get better have to call doctor.

Feb 9, got out of bed in pain, got dressed for the gym but changed my mind. Canceled gym. Found some old anti-inflammatory going to take it. tonight had a 50th birthday dinner at my favorite Thai restaurant. I went off my nutrition tonight, I hope it doesn't effect the scale on Friday. Called doctor, he called something in for me. OMG can it have any more side effects.

Feb 10 Lower body. forced myself to eat something so i could take the pill, it was difficult, i never eat before the gym. I made it thru. Told Jon, I no longer want to run on their treadmill. Don't know whats different, it is a big difference from the other gym, he will make me walk the incline

Feb 11 Cardio Weigh in. I gained 2 pounds....All I will say is I have "cramps" and Thai food on Wednesday. The cramps is most likely the cause, next week will be better. We did the walking incline....brutal, it sucked, sweated my ass off. Tomorrow will go to other gym.

Week 45 Going to 2 gyms. Feeling great!

A coworker found the picture of me from last winter. I took a similar shot to see the difference

Sunday Jan 30th. Jeff and i went to meet a worker at cardio express who will show me how to program my 20 minutes of cardio....it was cool, to manually set it. Jeff jogged beside me the 20 minutes. It was really good. I actually signed up to try a spinnig class Monday 5:30 am. I have this idea I am going to love it,since I love riding bikes so much......that was what I thought, LOL.

Mon Jan 31 Spinning class 5:30. i get to the gym 5:10 am and couldn't;t believe how many people are there that early....I go into spinning room and there are only 2 other women in there. I find a bike. Immediately I go to sit and realize how hard the seat is and how uncomfortable it is to sit, to pedal, to do anything. The instructor comes (very, very nice) and adjust my seat to suit me perfectly....even after that the pain in my private area was just way too uncomfortable even for 5 minutes. I lasted 6 minutes. I went out to the floor and did my regular cardio on treadmill, felt great, was home by 6:30

Tues Feb 1, Upper body with jon. Good work out. Told him he would be impressed with me on the treadmill, all my myself, pushing the numbers. i canceled Wed cardio with Jon due to bad weather. Got out early from work, due to big storm. Tired of this weather.

Wed. Feb. 2 Iced in for the day....crazy. My poor daughter, I think is sick of sow days already. By wed afternoon after feeling like I ate all day stuck in house, i made dinner for Lauren, put on my gym clothes and went to do cardio on my own. I kicked butt, felt great.

Thurs Feb 3 Lower body. Tough workout. squats and lunges are the best for legs, even though they are hard as hell, I feel it for days after.

Fri. Feb 4 Cardio with Jon, weigh in lost 2 pounds! yeah. Did cardio without my security cover since i did it on my own 3 times this week. I succeeded. I look forward to going to the gym again this weekend. Feel great!

Week 44 Crazy Weather, setting new goal

Tues Jan 25th. working on a new lower body still, squats which really kill days after. My right knee is not cooperating at time..makes a squeaking noise when bending...very strange. I made the decision not to go wed & thursday due to weather predictions.

Wed. Jan 26th. Weather was ok, should have not canceled. I decided to still get a cardio in, so I went to Cardio Express for a day pass to do cardio. It was fine. I did it, I was unclear how to work the touch screen, which prevented me form changing every minute, but the girl told me I can preprogram every minute and she would show me on Sunday if I came back. I did some upper arms weights after the treadmill, since I wasn't going thurs.

Friday Jan 28th cardio Yeah finally made it thru the last minute of cardio not holding onto railings...felt great. Jon set a new realistic goal for me. 75 pounds by March 24....even more reason to kick it up a notch and go to gym on weekends. I told Jon how I did enjoy going to the gym, I wasn't intimidated with the cardio, I pushed myself, but I was a little lost when it comes to weights...too many to choose from, don't know what weight to use. I like Jon knowing all of that...I just want to do it, increase weight and have him keep track....but I really enjoyed going there...we will see how the pre-programmed 20 minutes will be on Sunday. Jeff said he will come with me...yeah!

Week 42 and week 43

I haven't written in awhile. Probably the winter freezing cold blues. Its not that I am not working hard.... I think I am writing for the week Jan 11-14 and Jan 18- 21.

I know the gym was closed Jan 12 due to the huge snowstorm we had and I remember cause I was dog sitting thru the 17th. Weight wise I may have gained just alittle...'that time"

Jan 18-21 Back to 4 days a week. one cardio days I have almost made it thru the whole 20 minutes only to in the Last minute or 30 seconds held onto railings. I will get there. On the 21st I went in at 7:30 since I was working from home. I had someone next to me doing their own Cardio. It was fine. I listen to my nano now so I have music cranked up and it has been really helping me get thru it. Been getting the itch to exercise on weekends. Either I go with Sally or I pay for a day pass....just $10.

Week 41...Kickin butt...Finally out of the 50's

First week of new year...the whole world is motivated to lose weight....I haven't stopped, but i will say the holidays have been tough and glad they are over. I signed up for the "Biggest Loser" at work....16 weeks, $3 wk...weigh in every other week on a MONDAY...This, at first i was thinkin Mondays suck to get weighed in, but actually it a way to keep my weekend in check. Forget about me trying to eat what I want on weekends...focused 7 days a week give and take a night out on the weekends. I have my. This was a hard ass week. I started a new lower body, and I had to hold something for 2 days to sit down or stand up, I was so sore.

Tuesday Jan 4, New lower body...squats, squats an more squats...haven't done squats since May...boy my legs hurt soooo friggin bad.....of course a good pain, but pain no less.

Wed. Jan 5 Cardio...very difficult, held the railing pretty much starting after the 10 minute mark after the running, and in the final minutes....very tough to get thru....on top of being soooo sore from lower body day before.

Thurs Jan 6 upper body. 6 of 6. Jon pushed the weights to limit. Looking forward to a new routine. Bicep curls have been a killer. Next routine could be worse who knows.

Friday Jan 7 cardio weigh in...Finally made it past 60 pounds 60.5 to be exact....FINALLY! never to go back to the 50's, but be real good this week, cause gaining 1 pound could put me back in the 50's. On my way to 100 pounds by March 29 ;) Jon made me run after I thought I was going to walk the incline.....i made it thru over 18.5 minutes before holding the railing...I understand his point I do need to get my stamina back with the running...did much better than wed.

Week 40..week between xmas and new years

Now officially engaged. Jeff proposed Christmas eve on the beach at Wateredge....the beach our favorite place. It was sunny and no wind and it was perfect. Jeff has been nothing but supportive thru my weightloss journey, loves me for who I am no matter what. We are very lucky to have each other....been thru a lot together. I have never been happier

This has been a crazy week. Monday home from work with the blizzard.... with a wake at night for Jeff's uncle.... Tues funeral back to work Wed & Thursday..all tough days, tough, to workout, tough to work and tough having a full house of children where I am tempted with all the food I am cooking for them. Just being stuck in house after the blizzard & getting thru xmas, is just tiring

Tues. Dec. 28th lower body. Good workout....funeral then getting back to work after the blizzard

Tues night. lauren had car accident so no sleep for me. Thank God she is ok. But a scare for all of us

Wed Dec 29th cardio...totally exhausted...walked the incline instead....just as hard, but with no anxiety from me.

Thurs. Dec 30th Upper body weigh in...Lost a pound...yeah, and lost fat and gained lean muscle mass...yeah.....still haven't hi sixty pounds, almost there, maybe next week.

Fri, No work out. New Years eve.