Day Six, Saturday.....today I went to the gym to do my weights and day five running. I basically did for weights what I did with my trainer on Wednesday, and added a couple more machines. I like that she is teaching me how to use all these do-hickeys! Then to the cardio theatre to do my running....this day is the harder one, where I do twenty minutes running, five minute walk, then ten minutes running, five minute walk. It ends up being close to four miles! When I did it for the first time last Saturday it felt a little rough, but today it was no big deal! I also like doing these long intervals in the movie room (it is a dark room with a movie screen where they show a movie on a loop) because you can kind of let your brain turn off and just let your body go! Then off to work for a looong night....
Day Seven, Sunday....rest day! Feeling pretty worn out from working Friday night and Saturday night, getting up early to go to church and then right to work again. Going to bed early and/or sleeping late any chance I get!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Week Six, days four and five...
Wow the days are really flying by!! I can't believe Christmas is in two weeks, yikes!! Here's the recap:
Day Four, Thursday...today I went to the pilates class my trainer teaches and it was again, really awesome and really hard! :) But soooo good. Then I did my day 3 running stuff, which was eight minute intervals with a one minute rest inbetween for 40 minutes. So by the time I was done with that I had run for over 3.5 miles!! It felt really good! Then it was off to teach my final week of classes with my little kids. It was performance night, so it was a little hectic! I have 3 classes in a row so that's 3 performances pretty much back to back. We rehearsed like mad for a half-hour before with each class, and then all the parents/family came and watched them put on their final "show". It was really cute and they did great, and we all had a blast! I was of course dancing along with them the whole time, so it kinda felt like I got a little extra workout there :) Though it was fun, I do feel a sense of relief that the 12 week stretch is over and it's one less thing to plan for every week. Sometimes those kids can be such an energy drain! I think I'll be able to handle one of my own EASY after mastering keeping 12 K-2nd graders at attention and on task!! Woof.
Day Five, Friday.....today while I was eating breakfast, one of my coworkers texted me asking if I wanted to pick up an extra shift. I decided to take it, as I need all the extra money I can make with the holidays here, a vacation to San Diego in six weeks (!!!!!) and all these certification classes I want to take coming up. So it's gonna be a looong weekend with three crazy weekend shifts in a row, followed by my traditional Monday double, a lunch shift Tuesday, and an extra shift Wednesday night too! If I'm not at work or at the gym I'll be sleeping. Seriously.
Anyway, this morning I did my pilates and weights/resistance stuff at home...now that I've been taking regular pilates classes and working with my trainer, I'm starting to be able to add new stuff and change things up when I do work out at home.
Eating wise I have been much better this week at eating at regular intervals....I just need to really be faithful to writing it down/planning my meals ahead, that seems to be the key.
Also, at work tonight I had THREE people comment that they could tell I was really slimming down :) That felt great! One of my coworkers said, "I feel like you are getting smaller and smaller everytime I see you!" It is starting to be about time to get new work pants....and I just got new ones like 2 months ago...because now I am SWIMMING in them! And using my apron to hold up my pants, not good.
I also found new work shoes, so I hope that helps with my knee/foot pain after these long shifts. I put some icy hot on my bum knee tonight and hope that helps....I'm gonna run tomorrow and then it's off to another crazy Saturday night at the restaurant! For now it's off to bed...I think I'm gonna plan to sleep like 9.5 hours so my body can recover from all this.
Here's the running tally so far this week:
Cardio: 3
Resistance: 3
Pilates/Yoga: 3
Day Four, Thursday...today I went to the pilates class my trainer teaches and it was again, really awesome and really hard! :) But soooo good. Then I did my day 3 running stuff, which was eight minute intervals with a one minute rest inbetween for 40 minutes. So by the time I was done with that I had run for over 3.5 miles!! It felt really good! Then it was off to teach my final week of classes with my little kids. It was performance night, so it was a little hectic! I have 3 classes in a row so that's 3 performances pretty much back to back. We rehearsed like mad for a half-hour before with each class, and then all the parents/family came and watched them put on their final "show". It was really cute and they did great, and we all had a blast! I was of course dancing along with them the whole time, so it kinda felt like I got a little extra workout there :) Though it was fun, I do feel a sense of relief that the 12 week stretch is over and it's one less thing to plan for every week. Sometimes those kids can be such an energy drain! I think I'll be able to handle one of my own EASY after mastering keeping 12 K-2nd graders at attention and on task!! Woof.
Day Five, Friday.....today while I was eating breakfast, one of my coworkers texted me asking if I wanted to pick up an extra shift. I decided to take it, as I need all the extra money I can make with the holidays here, a vacation to San Diego in six weeks (!!!!!) and all these certification classes I want to take coming up. So it's gonna be a looong weekend with three crazy weekend shifts in a row, followed by my traditional Monday double, a lunch shift Tuesday, and an extra shift Wednesday night too! If I'm not at work or at the gym I'll be sleeping. Seriously.
Anyway, this morning I did my pilates and weights/resistance stuff at home...now that I've been taking regular pilates classes and working with my trainer, I'm starting to be able to add new stuff and change things up when I do work out at home.
Eating wise I have been much better this week at eating at regular intervals....I just need to really be faithful to writing it down/planning my meals ahead, that seems to be the key.
Also, at work tonight I had THREE people comment that they could tell I was really slimming down :) That felt great! One of my coworkers said, "I feel like you are getting smaller and smaller everytime I see you!" It is starting to be about time to get new work pants....and I just got new ones like 2 months ago...because now I am SWIMMING in them! And using my apron to hold up my pants, not good.
I also found new work shoes, so I hope that helps with my knee/foot pain after these long shifts. I put some icy hot on my bum knee tonight and hope that helps....I'm gonna run tomorrow and then it's off to another crazy Saturday night at the restaurant! For now it's off to bed...I think I'm gonna plan to sleep like 9.5 hours so my body can recover from all this.
Here's the running tally so far this week:
Cardio: 3
Resistance: 3
Pilates/Yoga: 3
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Week Six, days one, two, and three....
Another week started, and another week halfway finished already (and no updates, for shame!)...here's what's been happening:
Day one, Monday....today I had to work my Monday double at the restaurant, and it was actually quite busy for a Monday! Which meant I was there until almost ten...so it was a long day, but I made more money than I expected :) No workouts planned for today, but I did do well on the eating plan. I did the stir fry bar again (minus the tummy-upsetting tofu this time) and I loaded up on the green veggies and didn't eat much of the rice. Very good, filling, and pretty healthy!
Day two, Tuesday....today I had to work the lunch shift, and again it was pretty busy which was nice!! Although by today, my feet/legs/knees were feeling kind of worn down and I was just feeling generally exhausted. Monday night I fell into bed and had one of those black-out sleeps that is somehow not very refreshing. I think I am just really tired and my body is a little maxed-out from so much work Friday-Tuesday. I have to remember that for me, Tuesday is like normal people's Fridays, so I can't get too down on myself for feeling droopy. After work I went out and got new running shoes, an early Christmas present from my parents (thanks mom and dad!) I was LOOONG due for a new pair, especially with all the running and stuff I'm doing now. The pair I was using I bought before I went off to freshman year of college which was many moons ago!! Then, though I really just wanted to sit in a chair or crawl into bed, I forced myself to do my workouts...started with my pilates which is always a good warm-up/motivator for me to get my head into workout mode and wake up my body, then did my weights at home, and then ventured out in the snowstorm to the gym to do my running! Who ever said this girl isn't motivated is WRONG!! Ha ha. Anyway, by the time I got there and got on the treadmill, my knee which I injured last spring during a show (and which had been flaring up on and off since Sunday) really started bothering me. So I only did about 2 miles, about half of what I was supposed to do today. I was feeling pretty discouraged about this, but at least I went and got some exercise, on a day when I just felt like being lazy. I got home, iced my knee, and reclined in a chair for TWO hours and watched So You Think You Can Dance, and went to bed early :)
I know that all I can do right now is get as much rest as I can, when I can, and take care of my body however possible because I am kind of putting it through a lot right now with work and training. I just need to tell myself that my knee will be fine, and it will. Getting new work shoes, which is on my to-do list for the week, should help things.
Day three, Wednesday....today I had a training session, and when I woke up from a nice nine hour sleep my knee felt much better :) After shoveling the driveway (ick) I went off to see my trainer, and we had a great session! She told me I looked great and was making really great progress :) After that, I did a half hour of cardio....six minute intervals on high elevation, with two minute rest/walk inbetween. It really got my heart going! It was either that or the fact that 17 Again starring Zac Efron was the movie of the day in the Cardio Theatre ;)
By the way, I am starting to see results on the scale again...it is moving once more! Here's hoping those two pounds will be off at the end of the week.
I have been good at eating healthy, but slipping a little when it comes to making sure I am eating at two to three hour intervals. I need to incorporate more small snacks inbetween meals, so that is going to be my focus for the rest of the week. I have also been slacking a little on recording what I'm eating faithfully every day, so I need to get back on track there too. Things to work on....old habits die hard indeed.
So far this week:
Cardio: 2
Resistance: 2
Pilates/Yoga: 1
Day one, Monday....today I had to work my Monday double at the restaurant, and it was actually quite busy for a Monday! Which meant I was there until almost ten...so it was a long day, but I made more money than I expected :) No workouts planned for today, but I did do well on the eating plan. I did the stir fry bar again (minus the tummy-upsetting tofu this time) and I loaded up on the green veggies and didn't eat much of the rice. Very good, filling, and pretty healthy!
Day two, Tuesday....today I had to work the lunch shift, and again it was pretty busy which was nice!! Although by today, my feet/legs/knees were feeling kind of worn down and I was just feeling generally exhausted. Monday night I fell into bed and had one of those black-out sleeps that is somehow not very refreshing. I think I am just really tired and my body is a little maxed-out from so much work Friday-Tuesday. I have to remember that for me, Tuesday is like normal people's Fridays, so I can't get too down on myself for feeling droopy. After work I went out and got new running shoes, an early Christmas present from my parents (thanks mom and dad!) I was LOOONG due for a new pair, especially with all the running and stuff I'm doing now. The pair I was using I bought before I went off to freshman year of college which was many moons ago!! Then, though I really just wanted to sit in a chair or crawl into bed, I forced myself to do my workouts...started with my pilates which is always a good warm-up/motivator for me to get my head into workout mode and wake up my body, then did my weights at home, and then ventured out in the snowstorm to the gym to do my running! Who ever said this girl isn't motivated is WRONG!! Ha ha. Anyway, by the time I got there and got on the treadmill, my knee which I injured last spring during a show (and which had been flaring up on and off since Sunday) really started bothering me. So I only did about 2 miles, about half of what I was supposed to do today. I was feeling pretty discouraged about this, but at least I went and got some exercise, on a day when I just felt like being lazy. I got home, iced my knee, and reclined in a chair for TWO hours and watched So You Think You Can Dance, and went to bed early :)
I know that all I can do right now is get as much rest as I can, when I can, and take care of my body however possible because I am kind of putting it through a lot right now with work and training. I just need to tell myself that my knee will be fine, and it will. Getting new work shoes, which is on my to-do list for the week, should help things.
Day three, Wednesday....today I had a training session, and when I woke up from a nice nine hour sleep my knee felt much better :) After shoveling the driveway (ick) I went off to see my trainer, and we had a great session! She told me I looked great and was making really great progress :) After that, I did a half hour of cardio....six minute intervals on high elevation, with two minute rest/walk inbetween. It really got my heart going! It was either that or the fact that 17 Again starring Zac Efron was the movie of the day in the Cardio Theatre ;)
By the way, I am starting to see results on the scale again...it is moving once more! Here's hoping those two pounds will be off at the end of the week.
I have been good at eating healthy, but slipping a little when it comes to making sure I am eating at two to three hour intervals. I need to incorporate more small snacks inbetween meals, so that is going to be my focus for the rest of the week. I have also been slacking a little on recording what I'm eating faithfully every day, so I need to get back on track there too. Things to work on....old habits die hard indeed.
So far this week:
Cardio: 2
Resistance: 2
Pilates/Yoga: 1
Monday, December 7, 2009
Week Five results!!
Well, I think I hit that plateau :( My body is quite comfortable at it's current weight of 140 apparently, and I didn't lose any pounds over week five. Which I guess is ok because I'm still on track, 140 was my goal for this weigh in. I started to tell this week though that I am getting stronger, and think maybe I am starting to build more muscle tone and since I have less fat to lose, things are kind of equaling out. Though I am still seeing and feeling results like my clothes being looser, my endurance and strength increasing, etc...maybe I won't necessarily see those results translated into rapid weight loss for the time being. I am going to talk to my trainer to see what else I can be doing to see those results. I have beenfaithful to the eating plan, doing all my workouts and doing harder workouts this past week, so we will see what she thinks. It might be time to change up my workout plan a little and start incorporating other things like spinning or something to kick my butt into gear again! I need to see some more loss in order to be down to 138 by next week and stay on track....I'm going to make it happen.
Week Five, days six and seven.....
Day six, Saturday.....Today I went to the gym to do my fourth cardio workout of the week, which was the last day in the running plan....and today it asked me to do a five minute walk, 20 MINUTES of running, five minute walk, ten minutes running, and cool down with a five minute walk. I wasn't sure about that 20 minutes straight, but I guess this program is working because I did it no problem! So that was like 2 miles straight there! For someone who is not a runnner, this is real great progress :). I also did some weights/resistance training before my run. So that brings my weekly tally up to my goal of 4 cardio workouts, 4 resistance workouts, and 3 sessions of yoga/pilates.
Day seven, Sunday....rest day! I am long due for a day off too...though I stuck to my diet plan today, it was nice to give my body a well needed break (well besides working 8 hours straight on Saturday and Sunday night ha ha) my knees were starting to hurt a little from all the running I think, so it's a good thing I hadn't planned to do anything today or tomorrow besides work my long hour days. That is quite enough, and I will be ready to hit it hard again Tuesday! I want to try to go to a yogalates class at my gym Tuesday morning before work.
Day seven, Sunday....rest day! I am long due for a day off too...though I stuck to my diet plan today, it was nice to give my body a well needed break (well besides working 8 hours straight on Saturday and Sunday night ha ha) my knees were starting to hurt a little from all the running I think, so it's a good thing I hadn't planned to do anything today or tomorrow besides work my long hour days. That is quite enough, and I will be ready to hit it hard again Tuesday! I want to try to go to a yogalates class at my gym Tuesday morning before work.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Week Five, day four and five....who's getting toned?? I am!!
Day Four, Thursday....today I woke up and was feeling kinda sore from my hard training session yesterday. But I decided to work through the soreness and go to my trainer's Pilates class at the gym. It was really intense! Much more so than when I went two weeks ago. I think she's trying to break me, ha ha! But I need it. After class I ran three eight minute intervals on the treadmill with a two minute walk in-between, about a half hour all together. Then I went to teach my dance/theatre classes and by the end of the day was feeling pretty wiped out! I had been feeling unusually low-energy all day and I think I just need to sleep more and let my body recover from what I'm putting it through. Also I was feeling down because it had been five days since I'd had any word from Eben and that really started to wear on me! It's surprising how much his letters inspire me and comfort me. But, on my way to teach class this evening I checked the mail and had TWO letters waiting!! Apparently they just kind of stop mail service from Thanksgiving until the following Monday, which means he didn't get anything from me for those days either :( At least he knew why he wasn't getting any word though, whereas I was just sitting here starting to worry :( Welcome to military life.
Eating is going well...it's starting to become habit and routine so I'm not really having to think about it, which is nice. Now I want to get some healthy cookbooks so I can make some more exciting healthy food!! There's only so many more weeks I can eat a chicken breast with broccoli before I get real bored.
Day five, Friday....today I listened to my achy body and slept in!! I slept a total of ten hours last night, it was pretty awesome :) Then I did pilates and weights at home. It's cool...I'm starting to see the pilates become less "challenging" as all my muscles strengthen. It still feels like a great workout but I think as I build muscle the exercises become more quality as I refine my form and concentration/breathing. The combination of pilates/yoga for flexibility, stretch, and tone...weights to build muscle...and cardio to burn fat and increase my endurance--it is all coming together to make a big difference!
Here is the running tally for the week so far:
Cardio: 3
Weights: 3
Pilates/Yoga: 3
So far I'm right on track! I think I'm going to hit the gym tomorrow and do the running day six training and do some weight stuff on the machine. Then I will be right at my goal for amount of workouts in the week!
Eating is going well...it's starting to become habit and routine so I'm not really having to think about it, which is nice. Now I want to get some healthy cookbooks so I can make some more exciting healthy food!! There's only so many more weeks I can eat a chicken breast with broccoli before I get real bored.
Day five, Friday....today I listened to my achy body and slept in!! I slept a total of ten hours last night, it was pretty awesome :) Then I did pilates and weights at home. It's cool...I'm starting to see the pilates become less "challenging" as all my muscles strengthen. It still feels like a great workout but I think as I build muscle the exercises become more quality as I refine my form and concentration/breathing. The combination of pilates/yoga for flexibility, stretch, and tone...weights to build muscle...and cardio to burn fat and increase my endurance--it is all coming together to make a big difference!
Here is the running tally for the week so far:
Cardio: 3
Weights: 3
Pilates/Yoga: 3
So far I'm right on track! I think I'm going to hit the gym tomorrow and do the running day six training and do some weight stuff on the machine. Then I will be right at my goal for amount of workouts in the week!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Week Five, days one, two and three!
Another three day recap....
Day one, Monday.....I worked a double at the restaurant and didn't plan on doing any exercise. I did plan out plenty of snacks and brought stuff to eat during my shifts though so that was good. I thought I was closing lunch which means I would have pretty much gone straight through, but I wasn't so I actually got a little break and went home between for an hour or so which was nice! One of the bartenders at my work knows a lot about nutrition, so for my free shift meal I asked his advice on what I should eat. We have a stir fry bar where you pick your own veggies kinda like a salad bar, and pick your sauce, etc. So I did that and he recommended I do chicken and tofu, with lots of green leafy veggies. I got the healthiest sauce we have (on the side, and I used it very sparingly) and substituted brown rice, though I didn't eat much at all of the rice since I find it fills me up real fast these days. So all in all a real healthy meal with lots of veggies, and the best part was it's free! :) I think the tofu was a little much for my digestive system though...the stuff we have is pretty dense and it was only steamed. So I might skip that if I do the stir fry again. After my night shift though I was feeling really hungry and had a cup of soup....broccoli cheddar...so rich....so good. So that was a little naughty. Oh well. I guess I will have to keep grading myself on the eating...today would get a B.
Tuesday, Day Two....today I did my pilates and weights at home, and then did my running at the gym. I am on to the next phase in my running plan, and the first day is ten minutes of running followed by three minutes of walking, and you do that three times. That kind of scared me at first, since as I said before I am NOT a runner at all and the thought of running for ten minutes straight kind of intimidated me. A year ago I would not have been able to do this. But the program must really be building my stamina, because though it was challenging I totally got through it! I also think I am growing out of my asthma or something because if I had tried to do that ten years ago I would have not been breathing any more. So that's pretty awesome :) I was really good with the eating plan as well, though I did eat some chips later on in the night but kept it really small. Oh and I had dessert after dinner (a chocolate chip muffin top) at Panera. But I didn't feel too bad about either and it didn't seem to matter much. I find that about an hour after dinner my body has burned it all up already and I get ravenous even though I just ate a substantial dinner. So if I eat a little something sweet then it seems to get burned up quickly. Anyway, that's a B+ for the day there :)
Here is the running weekly workout tally:
Cardio: 1
Weights: 1
Pilates/Yoga: 1
Day Three, Wednesday.....today I had an appointment with my trainer and she kicked my butt again! We did some pretty intense leg stuff. Which is the area I need the most toning in so that's good :) Then I did high intensity intervals on the treadmill with a pretty steep elevation for 20 minutes to finish up. I feel like I'm going to be real sore again tomorrow...and I'm planning on taking her pilates class in the am. Which I'm excited for, I just hope I'm not super sore and can do it! Unless I'm dying I'll go. Eating for the day is right on track! A!
So far this week:
Cardio: 2
Weights: 2
Pilates/Yoga: 1
Day one, Monday.....I worked a double at the restaurant and didn't plan on doing any exercise. I did plan out plenty of snacks and brought stuff to eat during my shifts though so that was good. I thought I was closing lunch which means I would have pretty much gone straight through, but I wasn't so I actually got a little break and went home between for an hour or so which was nice! One of the bartenders at my work knows a lot about nutrition, so for my free shift meal I asked his advice on what I should eat. We have a stir fry bar where you pick your own veggies kinda like a salad bar, and pick your sauce, etc. So I did that and he recommended I do chicken and tofu, with lots of green leafy veggies. I got the healthiest sauce we have (on the side, and I used it very sparingly) and substituted brown rice, though I didn't eat much at all of the rice since I find it fills me up real fast these days. So all in all a real healthy meal with lots of veggies, and the best part was it's free! :) I think the tofu was a little much for my digestive system though...the stuff we have is pretty dense and it was only steamed. So I might skip that if I do the stir fry again. After my night shift though I was feeling really hungry and had a cup of soup....broccoli cheddar...so rich....so good. So that was a little naughty. Oh well. I guess I will have to keep grading myself on the eating...today would get a B.
Tuesday, Day Two....today I did my pilates and weights at home, and then did my running at the gym. I am on to the next phase in my running plan, and the first day is ten minutes of running followed by three minutes of walking, and you do that three times. That kind of scared me at first, since as I said before I am NOT a runner at all and the thought of running for ten minutes straight kind of intimidated me. A year ago I would not have been able to do this. But the program must really be building my stamina, because though it was challenging I totally got through it! I also think I am growing out of my asthma or something because if I had tried to do that ten years ago I would have not been breathing any more. So that's pretty awesome :) I was really good with the eating plan as well, though I did eat some chips later on in the night but kept it really small. Oh and I had dessert after dinner (a chocolate chip muffin top) at Panera. But I didn't feel too bad about either and it didn't seem to matter much. I find that about an hour after dinner my body has burned it all up already and I get ravenous even though I just ate a substantial dinner. So if I eat a little something sweet then it seems to get burned up quickly. Anyway, that's a B+ for the day there :)
Here is the running weekly workout tally:
Cardio: 1
Weights: 1
Pilates/Yoga: 1
Day Three, Wednesday.....today I had an appointment with my trainer and she kicked my butt again! We did some pretty intense leg stuff. Which is the area I need the most toning in so that's good :) Then I did high intensity intervals on the treadmill with a pretty steep elevation for 20 minutes to finish up. I feel like I'm going to be real sore again tomorrow...and I'm planning on taking her pilates class in the am. Which I'm excited for, I just hope I'm not super sore and can do it! Unless I'm dying I'll go. Eating for the day is right on track! A!
So far this week:
Cardio: 2
Weights: 2
Pilates/Yoga: 1
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