.......................................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...

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!!