Pain Free & New Numbers!!!

Wow...it has been almost a week!  My how time flies when your having fun!!  So one of the best and most important things I have to report is that I have been fairly pain free for a couple weeks now.  I still have to watch it when I do my track work-out and not go too fast on my interval training or my quad tightens up and hurts.  But I've found if I ease up a little it is manageable!  Yeah!


So my last post left off last Tuesday when I had a great swim in the a.m. and met my friend Sharon for a dreaded track work-out in the p.m.  Then on Wednesday I tried a Yoga DVD.  It is a Bob Greene Weight Loss Yoga!!  It was actually really good and got my HR up there!  I am going to incorporate more Yoga into my work-outs.  I ended up taking Thur. & Fri. as DOR's and going on a 12 mile bike ride on Sat. then took Sun. as a DOR as well!!  Too many DOR I think.  That is something I need to work on.  It seems it is harder for me to get a work-out in on days when the kids are at home.  I need to get this figured out before summer or I'm going to be in BIG trouble!!  Today, I swam and progressed more on my endurance!  Where I was once only able to swim 1 lap w/o stopping I can now swim FIVE!!  I am VERY thrilled with this progress!  I know to some swimmers out there it may not seem like much but I am pleased!  I had hoped to get on the elliptical this evening but was too tired. Tomorrow is another day!!


Now for the new #'s!  Weight down another 2.6 lbs. for a total of 15.8 since 1/12; hips down .5", legs down .5" and bust down .5".  I am pleased with this progress as well.  I have lost every week since 1/12.   Some weeks smaller than others but ALWAYS in the right direction!!


Not sure what I am going to do tomorrow.  We have typical spring weather here in the Great Northwest (aka RAIN!) so there will be no bike riding or track work (I might melt!) so it looks like elliptical &/or Yoga!!

I'M BAAAACK!!!

I don't know about you but I can tell it is baseball season.  I haven't posted anything for several days.  Well, not a whole lot of training to catch up on as I took 3 days of rest (DOR) Fri., Sat. AND Sun.  I didn't really intend on doing so but with the kids home and running around to baseball practices and basketball games it was a little hectic and it just simply did not happen.  To top it off I wasn't being very good on either of my weight loss plans, WW or BFC (that would be weight watchers of belly fat cure).  I wasn't horrible but wasn't on track.  I still made better choices than I did before I started all this.

Sharon and I did go on a bike ride yesterday, 8 miles.  We are picking up the pace a little.  What took us 50 minutes the 1st time and 46 minutes 2nd time took us only 43 yesterday.  I know it isn't much but every little bit counts and it means we are getting in better shape!!

I took new measurements yesterday for the BFC plan I am "trying" to do.  It is sooo hard to not eat sugar.  It is in EVERYTHING!!  But I am trying.  No real change from Friday's measurements.  Basically I think I lost 1.5" in my waist doing the BFC plan and down a few lbs.  My scale is not very consistent so I can't really judge by weight.  I am having difficulty trying to do both WW & BFC.  I think it can be done, I just have to calculate everything before I eat or prepare to make sure I can stay w/in my WW pts.  I figured up my WW pts. this morning after I had breakfast after my swim and was VERY surprised to see I had pretty much consumed all my pts. for the day!!  Guess it is salad for me for the rest of the day!  Also all my carbs for the day per the BFC plan.  Oh well, live & learn!!

If you didn't catch it, I went for a swim this a.m. after dropping kids off at school.  I had THE best swim yet! I think part of it that the head cold is finally gone and I used the little pool boey between my knees.  This made it so I couldn't use my legs at all so I didn't get winded so easily.  I was able to do 3 laps consecutively, then still w/o stopping really, did backstroke or breaststroke for 2 laps, then did 4 laps consecutively!!  Yippee!!  I am actually improving!!  I am VERY excited about this because the swim is what I am the most apprehensive about.  I even did a few flip turns, although I went a little too deep but did them nonetheless!!

Sharon and I are meeting this evening while 2 of my boys are at baseball practice to do a track work-out.  I really don't like these but I'm thinking this is where my cardio is really improving.

Well, I think that is it for now!!

New Numbers.....

Time for some new numbers.  So this week I'm down another lb., waist down another 1.5", body fat FINALLY under 30 (29.5!!!) and new BMI of 26.5!!


Ended up taking a DOR yesterday.  Will probably do that elliptical work-out today that I was planning on doing yesterday.


If anyone out there is struggling with weight loss you should check out the blog I follow called "FAT CHANCE".  The author is Melissa, she has made an AMAZING transformation.  She began her blog on 7/30/09 at 261 lbs. and today, at week 31, she is a slender 170 lbs.  She is inspiring!!


Sharon and I are planning on going for a bike ride tomorrow, so...until then!!

Progressing Nicely...

Boy, I need to get caught up!! Yesterday, Wednesday, I did end up swimming in the a.m. and biking in the afternoon.  Although my swim didn't seem too productive, I have to give myself points for even going as it was my first time back in over a week since I got this head cold (which is trying really hard to go away but lingering nonetheless).

 I did go on the bike ride with my friend Sharon, fellow TriBabe/Tri Turtle Tri competitor.  We had a most awesome ride.  Went a little further than usual, about 8.6 miles and averaged a little faster speed and didn't need to stop really any all other than to take a drink of water.  The ride felt good although afterwards my left knee started bothering me again.  As soon as it did, I took some ibuprophen and that seemed to help quite a bit.  It only lasted that evening and I was able to do an interval track work-out with Sharon this evening. We did a 1/2 mi. warm-up, stretched and then I did 2 repeat 200's and 2 repeat 100's and some more stretching...can I just say interval work is not my favorite!!  My quad felt tight as soon as I started the 100's but was fine doing the 200's. It seems as soon as I try to pick up the pace it clamps down.  Will just have to ease into my running work.

I think I will get back on the elliptical and burn more record # calories tomorrow!!  WI was today and I was down another 1 lb. for a grand total of 13.2. I felt as if I'd lost more but only the scale can tell!!  I will take measurements tomorrow a.m.  Things are going to be crazy the next few days with kids & their activities but will do my darndest to get my work-outs in regardless!!

Officially Registered for Danskin Tri!!!!

It is official, I am registered for the Danskin Triathlon in Seattle August 15th!!!  Woo who!!  I was so nervous this a.m. thinking I may not get in as I heard it fills up rather quickly, say in a matter of hours and sometimes minutes!!  But I got in and it is actually still open, so nothing to worry about!!


I am doing pretty go on my "low sugar/low carb" program.  I have had a couple of weak moments today though, but was still pretty good!


Did the elliptical this evening and per my friend Sharon's suggestion, tried one of the "programs" and it kicked my booty!!  I usually just do it on manual and just recently have began increasing the resistance and the program I picked used some levels of resistance that I had never touched before!!  Toward the end of the 30 min. program I had to lower the resistance some as my HR was up quite high and I really wanted to finish the program, even if that meant at a lesser resistance.  I finished and by the end had burned a whopping 443 calories!!  That is the most I have burned in one work-out in a VERY long time, let's just say I can't even remember!!


I have high hopes of going for a bike ride with Sharon tomorrow a.m. but I'm afraid the weather isn't going to cooperate.  If it looks like rain, I may head to the pool right after I drop the kids off at school.    I could even still meet her early afternoon for a ride if it clears up....there is a thought....a double work-out!!  I guess if I expect to do a triathlon, doing a swim in the a.m. and a bike in the p.m isn't too much to ask.


Asta manyana!!

A New Twist....

Good Day All, I am putting a new twist on my weight loss program.  My sister has been telling me about the Jorge Cruise Belly Cure program so I decided to pick-up the book at Costco and take a look at it.  Bottom line is cut out sugar and keep carbs to a limit (6 servings/day). I figure seeings how I carry most of my weight in my belly this would be a good addition to my current weight loss program.  I took hip & waist measurements today so will let you how things look next Monday.  Although I do have WW weigh-in on Thursday & new measurements then too.  Maybe I'll see results by then???  We can only hope!!

I'll keep you "posted", literally!! ;-)

STILL Tight Quad

I guess I can't expect muscles to repair overnight...I can only dream right?  My right quad is still tight/sore.  When I knelt at church this morning I could feel "the burn"!!  I now know a good way to stretch my quad, just kneel and lean back a little.  Or the ol' grab your foot behind your back and bring the foot towards your head...owie!!


Sharon & I went for another ride today.  Our usual 8 miles in a local golf course community.  It was a great day for a ride; dry, sunny (somewhat) and not terribly cold.  We finished our 8 miles in a little faster time, burned 267 calories and neither of us dropped dead or crashed!!  Now I'd say that is a success!!  We talked about maybe soon increasing our distance and/or adding a walk on after the ride.  Do our own little "BRICK" (bike & run/walk) work-out.  When we begin our "official" TriBabe work-outs in May we will be doing Bricks weekly and swimming in the lake weekly (can you say, "Honey, thanks for the AMAZING bike but I think I need a wet suit now"!).


Oh, before I forget, I wanted to let you all know how I had to justify my bike ride today to my 11 year old daughter who wanted me to take her to the Y for public swim.  She tells me she wanted me to take her to the Y while her brother was at practice to which I tell her I couldn't because I was going on a bike ride with Ms. Sharon, to which she says, "well, you don't HAVE to".  It was right about that time my blood boiled and head exploded.  I firmly (and perhaps a little loudly) informed how that was the one thing I was doing for myself today, and yes, you are right, I don't have to but there are a lot of things I don' t have to do but I do, like, let you watch your favorite TV's shows this evening or let you go to your friends house next time you ask...you get the picture.  I just want all you moms out there to not feel guilty when you do something for YOU.  You need to make YOU a priority.  Some of you probably aren't even on your list of priorities but you NEED to be.  Maybe not #1, maybe not #2 but somewhere!


I guess I will get off my soap box and close for today.  The rain is suppose to be coming back so looks like my next few work-outs will be indoors.