.......................................GEARIING UP!!

Okay, time to catch-up!! I will need to be quick as I have an tune-up appt. for my bike & a Fitness Assessment for myself at the Y. That should be interesting!! I'll let ya'll know how it goes!  So I left off with last Monday....
Mon. - interval track w/o
Tues. - elliptical for 30 min. burned 430 cal.
Wed. - bike w/Sharon 8 mi.
Thur. - DOR
Fri. - ran 2 mi. on indoor track @ Y
Sat. - walk 2 mi. around ball field b4 game
Sun.- bike w/Sharon 10.5 mi. burned 360 cal.
Mon. - ZUMBA @ Y
And here we are at Tuesday.  I have my assessment so will probably do something after that for my work-out for the day!
Was down another .8 lbs so down a total of 20.2 lbs.  I want to lose another 15ish but am going to work on toning soon so weight loss may slow or reverse once I start building muscle.

Got my Mothers Day gift already!!  Check it out!!  I'm wearing it in the photo!!

OUT OF FUNK & ON A ROLL!!! ;-)

I think I am officially out of my funk!  Actually I recently learned that it is good to take a "step back" from your training and periodically take 2-3 days off.  So that is my new mindset...I was just "stepping back".  I guess I kind-of stepped back a little this past week as well, so will have to kick my work-outs up a notch this week.  So here is the run down on my work-outs from the past week:

Tuesday - swim, Wed.-DOR, Thurs-DOR, Fri.-DOR, Sat.-elliptical, Sun.-Bike 9 mi., Mon. not sure yet.
So there you have it, however, with all my efforts the prior week, I ended up losing 3.5 lbs., achieved my 10% body weight loss, waist down another .75" for a total of 3.5", hips down another .5" for a total of 2.25", bust down a total of 1.75", thighs down total of .75" and arms down another .25" for a total of 1.25".  Here are a few  more new numbers for you; new BMI of 25.9 and new BF of 28.4%.

I guess that is all for now.  Like I said, I will be trying to step up my work-outs the remainder of the week to make up for my 3 days off.  Until next time....

Easing out of Funk....I hope ;-)

Well, well....it has been another week what do ya' know! My how time flies when you're having fun and it is baseball season!!

I did get to the pool early last Monday a.m....did not have the most productive swim as I forgot to grab that banana on the way out the door so didn't have a whole lot of energy but was in the water before 7am which is a 1st for me!!  An accomplishment all the same!

Tuesday I did the elliptical for 30 minutes on one of the programs and burned another 440 calories!!
Wednesday did a bike ride with Sharon...8 miles then we walked for a little bit just to keep movin'
Thursday - DOR
Friday - another not real productive swim...I'm not sure what is up with my swims lately.  I had a couple VERY good swims and now I'm backtracking.  My only thought is that I haven't been doing interval track work-outs lately and those were really helping with my breathing in the swim.  I am going to start them up again and see what happens.
Saturday - MS 5K Walk
Sunday - 12.5 mile bike ride (it was a BEAUTIFUL day & I was able to wear bike shorts & a T ;-)
Monday - Zumba class @ YMCA...OMGosh...let me just say I am hurtin' today!!  Obviously used different muscles for zumba than all the other above stuff!!  I haven't been sore for over a month now and it actually feels good!!  It is a good reminder that I am working toward something!!
So here we are at today, Tuesday....I am off to take kids to school & then to Y to swim.

Regarding weight loss...on Thursdays WI I lost the .2 lbs that I'd gained the previous week so I am still 1.4 lbs. away from my 10% body weight loss.  I have been staying more on track with both WW & BFC plans.  Still need to track better & record what I eat.

Well, I must run along now.  Going to start adding abdominal exercises in daily & some Yoga!!

Officially in a FUNK...I think??

This is going to be short & sweet as I haven't posted for WAAAAY too long and I figured I should but I am really tired.  So, as my title says, I think I am in a Funk.  Not being as good about getting at least 5 work-outs in a week and weight was up for the first time in 12 weeks at WI on Thursday...SNAP!! BUT (there is always a big one of those around and it belongs to me most of the time!!) it was only .2.  I can rationalize it all day & night  in my head that it is muscle weight increasing which weighs more than fat BUT I still feel in a funk.  I ate stuff on Thursday after WI that I hadn't eaten for weeks...I pretty much blew WW and the BFC (Belly-Fat Cure) AND a little not so belly-good stuff on Friday and more today, Easter Sunday! I did however get on the elliptical this evening and burned 440 of those belly-bad calories!!  And am planning on hitting the pool early tomorrow morning before kids get up as they are on spring break this week.

A quick back track on my training...nothing Sat., nothing Friday, elliptical Thursday, Biked on Wed., can't even remember Tues. and Swam on Monday.  That is as good as it gets when I don't post for so long.  Sorry!

Hey, is there any of you that I send a copy of these posts to that could actually get on my blog and become a Follower??  I would love it...mom, I know we tried and couldn't figure it out so you are off the hook.  Thanks for trying...