It was strength & cardio today. I did strength just after our company christmas breakfast and did cardio shortly after that. It was a fun BOV4. I am actually somewhat sore today. Burnt 3300 cals so far today.
Betsey
Monday, December 24, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
Not sure what I will do today
I hurt my left hand and wrist today so I was unable to do my regular strength routine. Am thinking about doing the turbo sculpt on TJ without weights and see if that's doable with the pain.
Haven't done any cardio just yet either. Hopefully will get it in before the day is done.
Betsey
Haven't done any cardio just yet either. Hopefully will get it in before the day is done.
Betsey
Thursday, December 20, 2007
12/20/2007
Made it through the punches & kicks of R25. Need to do more cardio than 30 mins...it's strength & cardio tomorrow.
Betsey
Betsey
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Two posts in one day...a record!
I had so much fun with my 20 mins of cardio today, that I had to come back and chat with myself about it. I threw in BOV4, becoming a huge favorite for a serious calorie burn, and invited a couple of employees to join me. We had a blast working it together. I really love sharing Turbo with people. It is such a blast. It's hard to believe how hard you can work when you have fun.
Betsey
Betsey
12/19/2007
It was a no-exercise day yesterday, except a little walking. Burned about 2550 cals according to my bugg. It's been tough keeping to not eating all the crap that comes through the office. I attempt the moderation theory: if I give in just a little, I won't binge and have a ton. There's not a lot of calories in a bite or two.
Today, as of noon, I've already been to the gym to do my 20 minute all body lift session. For some reason, I am not keeping records of my lifting, which will make it difficult to remember what I've done. Let's see if I can remember.
chest press=17 lb db/11 reps
shoulder lateral lift=15 lb db/9 reps
lat pull=90 lbson machine/11 reps
bicep curls=17 lb db/8 reps
tricep push=30 lb db/11 reps
quad extension=210 lbs machine/11 reps
calf raises=225 lbs machine/12 reps
lying leg curl=70 lbs machine/11 reps
I plan on doing at least 45 minutes of TK BOV4. I am finding that I have to take off at least one day a week from everything, so I try to keep it to a day that is cardio only. My muscles and bones just get too tired and sore with all the effort that it makes it difficult to get up out of bed some days. Maybe I am over training. I don't know.
Betsey
Today, as of noon, I've already been to the gym to do my 20 minute all body lift session. For some reason, I am not keeping records of my lifting, which will make it difficult to remember what I've done. Let's see if I can remember.
chest press=17 lb db/11 reps
shoulder lateral lift=15 lb db/9 reps
lat pull=90 lbson machine/11 reps
bicep curls=17 lb db/8 reps
tricep push=30 lb db/11 reps
quad extension=210 lbs machine/11 reps
calf raises=225 lbs machine/12 reps
lying leg curl=70 lbs machine/11 reps
I plan on doing at least 45 minutes of TK BOV4. I am finding that I have to take off at least one day a week from everything, so I try to keep it to a day that is cardio only. My muscles and bones just get too tired and sore with all the effort that it makes it difficult to get up out of bed some days. Maybe I am over training. I don't know.
Betsey
Sunday, December 16, 2007
12/16/2007
Yesterday was cardio & strength. Got to do strength in the afternoon during Tuck's nap. Cardio was after everyone was in bed. It was BOV4.
Today was cardio only and I did R25. Kicked my own butt and burned about 600 cals. Very cool. Was not able to meet with my trainer this weekend. We were scheduled for yesterday, but I never heard from him to set up a time. Guess he was busy this weekend or couldn't make it out here on a weekend.
I am tired. Will be going to bed as soon as the laundry is complete.
Betsey
Today was cardio only and I did R25. Kicked my own butt and burned about 600 cals. Very cool. Was not able to meet with my trainer this weekend. We were scheduled for yesterday, but I never heard from him to set up a time. Guess he was busy this weekend or couldn't make it out here on a weekend.
I am tired. Will be going to bed as soon as the laundry is complete.
Betsey
Friday, December 14, 2007
12/14/2007
Today was cardio only and I did Round 15 for the first time. I previewed it yesteday and it didn't look as well choreographed as what I am accustomed to, so I was prepared to not like it.
I loved it! I felt very uncoordinated because I am so muscle memory on R25 and even BOV4 (since it is so heavy in R25). It was a blast. Will have to venture out and do more new to me rounds. I felt so like I wasn't moving and trying to catch up and keep up. I was amazed when I looked at my bugg...a whopping 400 cals burned in the 45 minutes. Way cool.
Tomorrow is a photo shoot in the AM of two children in SF and meeting with my trainer. Tomorrow is strength and cardio.
Betsey
I loved it! I felt very uncoordinated because I am so muscle memory on R25 and even BOV4 (since it is so heavy in R25). It was a blast. Will have to venture out and do more new to me rounds. I felt so like I wasn't moving and trying to catch up and keep up. I was amazed when I looked at my bugg...a whopping 400 cals burned in the 45 minutes. Way cool.
Tomorrow is a photo shoot in the AM of two children in SF and meeting with my trainer. Tomorrow is strength and cardio.
Betsey
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Where'd that go?
Hmmm, that is the second time I've lost a days blog. Not cool.
Will try to remember what I said.
Hmmm. Yeah, tired. That's what I am. Stayed out well after my bedtime last night working our last competitive cheer/dance photo shoot. Ugh, then of course, Tuck decided to wake for the day at 5:30. Starting to feel sickish, like some head cold is coming on. That always seems to happen to me when I am getting into the groove of working out.
So, I didn't do cardio today. So shoot me. I seem to take a day off from cardio every week and today was the day to skip it. I just never seemed to have the time or energy to muster it today. There's always tomorrow. I was able to somehow muster the energy for my strength training though I didn't go "all out" and push myself. I just didn't feel up to it.
Going to bed to finally catch some zzzz's. Well, if Tuck stays asleep tonight, maybe I will gather myself a whole paragraph of them...
Betsey
Oh, yeah, down to 227 as of this AM. Six lbs down since Thanksgiving and an increase of LBM of about 7 lbs, so I guess that means I lost about 13 lbs of fat in about 2 weeks. Way cool.
B
Will try to remember what I said.
Hmmm. Yeah, tired. That's what I am. Stayed out well after my bedtime last night working our last competitive cheer/dance photo shoot. Ugh, then of course, Tuck decided to wake for the day at 5:30. Starting to feel sickish, like some head cold is coming on. That always seems to happen to me when I am getting into the groove of working out.
So, I didn't do cardio today. So shoot me. I seem to take a day off from cardio every week and today was the day to skip it. I just never seemed to have the time or energy to muster it today. There's always tomorrow. I was able to somehow muster the energy for my strength training though I didn't go "all out" and push myself. I just didn't feel up to it.
Going to bed to finally catch some zzzz's. Well, if Tuck stays asleep tonight, maybe I will gather myself a whole paragraph of them...
Betsey
Oh, yeah, down to 227 as of this AM. Six lbs down since Thanksgiving and an increase of LBM of about 7 lbs, so I guess that means I lost about 13 lbs of fat in about 2 weeks. Way cool.
B
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Exercise 12/11/2007
I did my strength training early in the afternoon, about 1:30ish and my TK R25 @ 9 after I put the kiddos to bed. Another great burn day. As of 10:30, I am at 2770.
Oddly enough, I seem to be burning less calories by about 300 cals a day, no matter what. Is my body getting used to my workouts? Is something wrong with my bugg? You'd think the extra muscle would help me burn MORE cals. I did notice that my milk supply is down after multiple days of pumping over the weekends, perhaps that is the reason for the less burn. Not sure.
Doing okay with eating. Not logging though. I am eating 5 smaller meals, most are 400 cals, although sometimes only 250.
Signing off for today.
Betsey
Oddly enough, I seem to be burning less calories by about 300 cals a day, no matter what. Is my body getting used to my workouts? Is something wrong with my bugg? You'd think the extra muscle would help me burn MORE cals. I did notice that my milk supply is down after multiple days of pumping over the weekends, perhaps that is the reason for the less burn. Not sure.
Doing okay with eating. Not logging though. I am eating 5 smaller meals, most are 400 cals, although sometimes only 250.
Signing off for today.
Betsey
Saturday, December 8, 2007
low calorie burn today! Ugh!
We had the major photo shoot for cheer today. I sat last week and barely burnedc a thing. Today, I stood all day...from 9 am through 5 and burned a little more, but not much for my achy feet. At 10:30, calorie burn is at 2260. Yesterday, I burned 3250...a thousand more...
Anyway, I did do my full 55 minutes of TK Round 25 through finesse. Tomorrow is cardio & strength. I will try to do strength before the last weekend cheer shoot. Cardio will again have to wait for the kids to go for bed.
Betsey
Anyway, I did do my full 55 minutes of TK Round 25 through finesse. Tomorrow is cardio & strength. I will try to do strength before the last weekend cheer shoot. Cardio will again have to wait for the kids to go for bed.
Betsey
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Short cardio, longer strength
I only did 30 mins of cardio today...three sections of TK Round 25. Very fun. Even though it's the one I seem to focus on the most, it's still a blast for me. The better I get at it the more fun it is becuase I spend less time scrambling to get the next move. A lot less frustrating. Though, muscles get used to the same movements, I should really work on some other rounds. I did do BOV4 and that was fun also, but it was heavy in Round 26 & 25, both of which I am fairly familiar with.
Strength training was fun today. I went through my nine exercises with my trainer and got some serious pointers. It's amazing to me how proper technique and form can make everything harder. I bet I am a bit sore tomorrow. Ah, but it's just a turbo day tomorrow. Well, it's about time for bed. All the kids are there, so I guess I should join in the sleep fest.
I've been in an amazingly munchy mood today. Not good. Perhaps it was the stress of the 2.5 hour morning commute (that is usually an hour). Not fun at all.
Betsey
Strength training was fun today. I went through my nine exercises with my trainer and got some serious pointers. It's amazing to me how proper technique and form can make everything harder. I bet I am a bit sore tomorrow. Ah, but it's just a turbo day tomorrow. Well, it's about time for bed. All the kids are there, so I guess I should join in the sleep fest.
I've been in an amazingly munchy mood today. Not good. Perhaps it was the stress of the 2.5 hour morning commute (that is usually an hour). Not fun at all.
Betsey
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Feeling a bit crappy today
So, I feel a little worn down today. Was two TKs too much yesterday? Probably! Today was a cardio only day. I did about 30 minutes of TK BOV4 at work. Not sure how much I burned becaue my bodybugg has been strange today. It's been about 20% off for the past two days from the display, so I did the suggested firmware upgrade and it's been worse. I actually lost all my data from this morning and yesterday, which really sucks because I have two turbos in there. Oh, well!
Tomorrow is cardio & strength. Must.get.rest.
Betsey
Tomorrow is cardio & strength. Must.get.rest.
Betsey
Monday, December 3, 2007
Workout Schedule 12/3/07
I've been keeping track of my workouts in a spreadsheet and decided that this is a perfect place to post what I am doing each day for moving. Also, I have an updated BF% (33%) and weight (229).
Today is a strength and cardio day on my BFFM beginner workout program.
Pasting a table from Excel looks like crap. Looks like I need to figure out the html on the table myself. Crap. Wasn't planning on doing that today.
Anyway, I did the following strength training workout:
1. barbell chest press: 40 lbs, 13 reps, 1 set
2. side lateral raise: 12 lbs, 9 reps, 1 set
3. lat pull down: 80 lbs, 12 reps, 1 set
4. cable overhead tricep pull: 40 lbs, 15 reps, 1 set
5. bicep curl: 40 lbs, 6 reps, 1 set
6. leg extension: 70 lbs, 9 reps, 1 set
7. standing calf raises: 135 lbs, 18 reps, 1 set
8. lying leg curl: 70 lbs, 9 reps, 1 set
9. crunches on stability ball: 15 center & 15 on each side
Cardio program will include 40 minutes of Turko Kick Round 25 @ 4:45 PM & 60 minutes of TK BOV4 @ 9 PM
Today is a strength and cardio day on my BFFM beginner workout program.
Pasting a table from Excel looks like crap. Looks like I need to figure out the html on the table myself. Crap. Wasn't planning on doing that today.
Anyway, I did the following strength training workout:
1. barbell chest press: 40 lbs, 13 reps, 1 set
2. side lateral raise: 12 lbs, 9 reps, 1 set
3. lat pull down: 80 lbs, 12 reps, 1 set
4. cable overhead tricep pull: 40 lbs, 15 reps, 1 set
5. bicep curl: 40 lbs, 6 reps, 1 set
6. leg extension: 70 lbs, 9 reps, 1 set
7. standing calf raises: 135 lbs, 18 reps, 1 set
8. lying leg curl: 70 lbs, 9 reps, 1 set
9. crunches on stability ball: 15 center & 15 on each side
Cardio program will include 40 minutes of Turko Kick Round 25 @ 4:45 PM & 60 minutes of TK BOV4 @ 9 PM
Monday, November 26, 2007
What did I do today?
Not bad. My meals seemed a little small so I got a bit hungry at night. Got my cardio in early. Burned 2686 as of 9 PM. Not too bad.
Betsey
Betsey
My Daily Affirmations & Goals
Current State:
233 lbs
Size 20
Body fat% 37.2
Waist measurement 42”
Ultimate goals:
lose 58 lbs in 12 mos
Be a size 6 by New Years Eve 2008
I want to go from 37% fat down to 16%
I want to weigh 175 lbs
I would like a 26” waist measurement again
Three month goals:
Lose 15 lbs
Be a size 18
I want to be 29% body fat
I want to weigh 218
I would like a 40” waist
Weekly goals
Lose 1.25 lb of fat
Keep my lean muscle mass
Daily goals
Eat three meals with 3 snacks per day
Drink half my weight in ounces of water
Move everyday
Reasons
I want to be a healthy weight so I can keep up with my kids and be a better example of health for them.
I want to get rid of diabetes.
I want to prove to myself that I can take it off and keep it off.
I want to slip on a pair of size 6 jeans and have them fit perfectly.
I want to shop at the normal sized people racks.
Affirmations
I am so happy that I am 16% body fat!
I am losing body fat and reaching my goal of 175 lbs and 16% body fat by December 31, 2008.
I am fitting into those size 6 jeans by early December 2008 and looking really good in them.
I can walk into any store and wear anything and look amazing in all of it!
I will celebrate New Years 2009 with visible abs!
I deserve to be super fit and healthy.
I am grateful and proud of how I look today.
I eat six small meals a day.
I keep my body hydrated all day long.
I am developing clean eating habits that are so ingrained in my lifestyle that they will stay with me for the rest of my life.
I workout everyday: yoga, walking, cardio or strength training.
I strive to maintain my body and optimize my genetic potential.
90 Day Goal Affirmations
I workout everyday: yoga, walking, cardio or strength training
I eat small meals a day and keep myself hydrated.
I slip into my size 16 jeans and they fit perfectly.
I am proud that I am 29% body fat.
I am now leaner than I was 45 minutes ago.
I feel great at 218!
I am proud of myself for living a healthy lifestyle.
Daily Affirmations
I do 30+ minutes of cardio everyday: walking, high-intensity treadmill or cardio kickbox.
I drink half my weight in ounces of water everyday.
I avoid refined sugar and saturated/trans fats.
I eat fewer calories than I burn everyday.
I eat 50% of my calories from carbohydrates, 30% from protein and 20% from fat every day.
I eat six balanced meals everyday.
I eat natural foods.
I eat Omega 3 and Omega 6 fats.
I eat foods that send me forward.
233 lbs
Size 20
Body fat% 37.2
Waist measurement 42”
Ultimate goals:
lose 58 lbs in 12 mos
Be a size 6 by New Years Eve 2008
I want to go from 37% fat down to 16%
I want to weigh 175 lbs
I would like a 26” waist measurement again
Three month goals:
Lose 15 lbs
Be a size 18
I want to be 29% body fat
I want to weigh 218
I would like a 40” waist
Weekly goals
Lose 1.25 lb of fat
Keep my lean muscle mass
Daily goals
Eat three meals with 3 snacks per day
Drink half my weight in ounces of water
Move everyday
Reasons
I want to be a healthy weight so I can keep up with my kids and be a better example of health for them.
I want to get rid of diabetes.
I want to prove to myself that I can take it off and keep it off.
I want to slip on a pair of size 6 jeans and have them fit perfectly.
I want to shop at the normal sized people racks.
Affirmations
I am so happy that I am 16% body fat!
I am losing body fat and reaching my goal of 175 lbs and 16% body fat by December 31, 2008.
I am fitting into those size 6 jeans by early December 2008 and looking really good in them.
I can walk into any store and wear anything and look amazing in all of it!
I will celebrate New Years 2009 with visible abs!
I deserve to be super fit and healthy.
I am grateful and proud of how I look today.
I eat six small meals a day.
I keep my body hydrated all day long.
I am developing clean eating habits that are so ingrained in my lifestyle that they will stay with me for the rest of my life.
I workout everyday: yoga, walking, cardio or strength training.
I strive to maintain my body and optimize my genetic potential.
90 Day Goal Affirmations
I workout everyday: yoga, walking, cardio or strength training
I eat small meals a day and keep myself hydrated.
I slip into my size 16 jeans and they fit perfectly.
I am proud that I am 29% body fat.
I am now leaner than I was 45 minutes ago.
I feel great at 218!
I am proud of myself for living a healthy lifestyle.
Daily Affirmations
I do 30+ minutes of cardio everyday: walking, high-intensity treadmill or cardio kickbox.
I drink half my weight in ounces of water everyday.
I avoid refined sugar and saturated/trans fats.
I eat fewer calories than I burn everyday.
I eat 50% of my calories from carbohydrates, 30% from protein and 20% from fat every day.
I eat six balanced meals everyday.
I eat natural foods.
I eat Omega 3 and Omega 6 fats.
I eat foods that send me forward.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Lot's of walking today
Not a bad thing. Today is cardio day, but my walking doesn't count because it "shopping walking", which isn't cardio challenging. As of 5 PM, I burned 1987 calories, about 1000 short of my daily allotment. As of 9:30 PM, I have not done my 30 mins of cardio. Still planning on trying to get that in, or perhaps I will make today my "day off". I've been working out solidly for 4 days everyday and a break is okay.
Tomorrow is cardio & strength day again. Will try to get there early, during Tuck's first nap and while Ryan is at church with Grandma.
I made some okay choices today. Didn't eat as many meals as I am supposed to, though. I ate an awesome breakfast of a protein bar & protein shake, about 400 cals, ate out for lunch at the salad bar type place. Lot's of veggies and only tiny muffins for dessert. Muffins must have just about wrecked my sugar, though, because it was high when I was home and making me sleepy. I think it's the waiting too long between breakfast (8:30 AM) and lunch (1:30 PM), a whopping 5 hours between meals. Now, it's 9:30 PM and I have not eaten since lunch. Also, I haven't been drinking my water goals.
Ah, must post my daily affirmations here so I can look at them from anywhere...
Betsey
Tomorrow is cardio & strength day again. Will try to get there early, during Tuck's first nap and while Ryan is at church with Grandma.
I made some okay choices today. Didn't eat as many meals as I am supposed to, though. I ate an awesome breakfast of a protein bar & protein shake, about 400 cals, ate out for lunch at the salad bar type place. Lot's of veggies and only tiny muffins for dessert. Muffins must have just about wrecked my sugar, though, because it was high when I was home and making me sleepy. I think it's the waiting too long between breakfast (8:30 AM) and lunch (1:30 PM), a whopping 5 hours between meals. Now, it's 9:30 PM and I have not eaten since lunch. Also, I haven't been drinking my water goals.
Ah, must post my daily affirmations here so I can look at them from anywhere...
Betsey
Friday, November 23, 2007
Thanksgiving
I am very proud of myself. I did really well on Thanksgiving...this countries biggest excuse to gorge out/pig out. I ate mostly turkey, quarter cup size of mashed potatoes and a tiny bit of gravy on it. I had a tiny sliver of pumpkin pie.
I did eat two meals prior to T-day dinner (at 1PM), but none after, so I could have done better in that respect. As for exercise, it was cardio only day on my BFFM plan and I did an hour of Turbo Kick (cardio kick box) and walked pushing a stroller for three sets of 15 minutes each, one time pushing 21 lbs of a 9 month old and twice pushing my 32 lb 3.5 year old and his 9 month old brother. That was a workout! All three walks showed up on my activities for yesterday on body bugg and Turbo clocked in at 10.5 calories a minute for burn.
Today was cardio & strength day. So, at 11, after the kids went down for their naps, I went to our local 24Fitness and did my strength training. Wow, it was packed! All kinds of people on the exercise punishment pony. All kinds of muscleheads too. I am used to the gym that is close to work and it's much smaller and easier to find everything. Our local 24 is a supersport and it's hard to find everything. I even had to ask another exerciser where the barbells were. And so many were missing and misplaced (the heavier ones were higher and nothing was in order like I am accustomed to). I have yet to do my 30 mins of cardio today.
Did I say that I lost 0.2 lbs yesterday according to my Tanita? Wahoo, weight loss on Turkey day! On the downside, I gained about 6 lbs since the last post I posted my weight being stuck at 227.2. I hit 233.6 last Saturday and am now 231.0. My usual weigh day is Saturday. Let's see what tomorrow brings.
Getting ready to eat some yummy chicken, wild rice & aspargus for dinner.
Betsey
I did eat two meals prior to T-day dinner (at 1PM), but none after, so I could have done better in that respect. As for exercise, it was cardio only day on my BFFM plan and I did an hour of Turbo Kick (cardio kick box) and walked pushing a stroller for three sets of 15 minutes each, one time pushing 21 lbs of a 9 month old and twice pushing my 32 lb 3.5 year old and his 9 month old brother. That was a workout! All three walks showed up on my activities for yesterday on body bugg and Turbo clocked in at 10.5 calories a minute for burn.
Today was cardio & strength day. So, at 11, after the kids went down for their naps, I went to our local 24Fitness and did my strength training. Wow, it was packed! All kinds of people on the exercise punishment pony. All kinds of muscleheads too. I am used to the gym that is close to work and it's much smaller and easier to find everything. Our local 24 is a supersport and it's hard to find everything. I even had to ask another exerciser where the barbells were. And so many were missing and misplaced (the heavier ones were higher and nothing was in order like I am accustomed to). I have yet to do my 30 mins of cardio today.
Did I say that I lost 0.2 lbs yesterday according to my Tanita? Wahoo, weight loss on Turkey day! On the downside, I gained about 6 lbs since the last post I posted my weight being stuck at 227.2. I hit 233.6 last Saturday and am now 231.0. My usual weigh day is Saturday. Let's see what tomorrow brings.
Getting ready to eat some yummy chicken, wild rice & aspargus for dinner.
Betsey
Catch Up Time #2
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Wow, has it really been since 10/28 that I blogged?
Oops, there goes my daily promise to myself. At least doing this blog does inspire and motivate me to move, which is wonderful. That's the whole point, right, to be accountable? Even though I have not been posting, I have been exercising.Tonight, I did my cardio kick box in two sets, repeating a section and moving on when I returned home. As of 10:45, I burned 3167 calories today, walked 16, 418 steps. I did not log my calories, but I know dinner was 360, b'fast was about 400 with 2, 200 calorie snacks an lunch was about 480 calories, which is about 1640 cals about. So I ate about half the calories I burned today. I know this is not the best way to eat and I should eat more, but sometimes it's so hard to get all my calories in. I am not losing weight. I weighed in this AM at 227.2, exactly where I was when I started this blog a week ago. I know I need to eat more and get strength training in.Betsey
Friday, November 2, 2007
Another day another workout, strength today
I worked out with my trainer James today. I told him it had been awhile since I'd done strength training and all the daily cardio I've been doing hasn't dropped a tenth of a pound in the last two weeks. Major bummer. I do love doing Turbo. I can feel that it tightens my muscles, but it hasn't helped me lose weight this month. You'd think with the number of calories I burn coupled with what I eat that I would be dropping the pounds, but it just ain't happenin'.Stats for today are: calories burned as of 9:30: 2741steps taken: 11, 349calories in: ??Betsey
Posted by Not Just Another Journey at 9:32 PM
2 comments:
Cornelius said...
Keep it up. I've been on the bugg for a few weeks and already credit it with getting past my biggest weightloss plateau. By best piece of advice would be to curb your breakfast (i.e. a few egg whites, yogurtand a banana is a great meal) to bank some calories for the rest of the day. Also, try to systematically overestimate the calories you claim to be eating.
November 5, 2007 11:52 PM
Not Just Another Journey said...
Thanks for the advice, Cornellius! I've had the bugg for a couple of months and credit it with a 2% reduction in BF% and 13 lb weight loss. I am a new mom and am having a tough time staying healthy enough to go to the gym as often as needed.
November 16, 2007 9:40 PM
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Positives for today
Ok, I didn't work out. I didn't eat clean. I did actually read a lot of the Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle eBook I bought. Wow, it's an eye opener. For years, I've been shooting to weigh 145. It's based on BMI, which I know is useless. When I was on Weight Watchers, I did the math for what 26 BMI would be ad 145 was it for my height. Actually, when you set a weight goal, WW requires that the maximum be 26 BMI for women. Now that I know BMI is complete crap that tells you no more than the scale, I see the error of my thinking. I've read through chapter four of the BFFM book and it really resonates with me.So from where I am now, still sitting at 227, I was shooting for an 82 lb weight loss. Now, I can see that would be unreasonable. My current skinfold reading is 33% body fat at 227 and 5'5". Doing the math, my fat lbs are 75 (74.91) and my lean body weight is 152. My bones, water and muscle are more weight than my old goal weight. See, that IS unreasonable.So now, my goal is not based on weight or BMI, it's based on body composition. I am currently at 33% body fat. My 12-month goal is 16% body fat. Wow, that sounds really lean to me. If I feed the muscle and burn the fat (concept of the book...keep the muscle or lean body mass, and burn fat through exercise), I would be at 16% body fat at 180 lbs. Wow, that's very different from 145.So, here's the daily goals: drink half my body weight in ounces in water everyday, eat six small meals each day (b'fast, lunch & dinner a bit bigger at around 400 cals & snacks around 200, which would put me around 1800 cals). Hmm, maybe that's not enough calories though, since I burn anywhere between 2400-3000 cals a day. Will have to try that to see if I can actually lose any weight. It might be too agressive of a calorie deficit.Betsey
Friday, November 16, 2007
Sidelined...again
Put me on the DL for this week. Well, not disabled really, but really sick. I ended up with 102.3 fever this week and have not made it into the gym at all or done any cardio for my break at the office. I hope to feel better next week.B
November 21, 2007
New Goals
I have finally finsished BFFM! What an undertaking that was. 300+ pages, all of them vital information, for sure.So, I figured out my calories burned, my heart rate during exercise and calories in. Calories in is set at about 2300 and since my average calorie burn over the last month was 2853, I decided 2850 has a nice round ring to it.I was measured by a different trainer today since mine was out. Wow, eithe I am up 3.5% BF or they measure very differently. Today's trainer didn't seem to pinch the calipers too tightly.I was pretty good today. I ate mostly clean at 2000 cals, did both strength training, beginner workout from BFFM and 55 minutes of cardio today. Yeah. Gearing up for the food festivities tomorrow.Tired, must.get.sleep.or.I.will.passout.Betsey
There's all of previous posts from November...
Wow, has it really been since 10/28 that I blogged?
Oops, there goes my daily promise to myself. At least doing this blog does inspire and motivate me to move, which is wonderful. That's the whole point, right, to be accountable? Even though I have not been posting, I have been exercising.Tonight, I did my cardio kick box in two sets, repeating a section and moving on when I returned home. As of 10:45, I burned 3167 calories today, walked 16, 418 steps. I did not log my calories, but I know dinner was 360, b'fast was about 400 with 2, 200 calorie snacks an lunch was about 480 calories, which is about 1640 cals about. So I ate about half the calories I burned today. I know this is not the best way to eat and I should eat more, but sometimes it's so hard to get all my calories in. I am not losing weight. I weighed in this AM at 227.2, exactly where I was when I started this blog a week ago. I know I need to eat more and get strength training in.Betsey
Friday, November 2, 2007
Another day another workout, strength today
I worked out with my trainer James today. I told him it had been awhile since I'd done strength training and all the daily cardio I've been doing hasn't dropped a tenth of a pound in the last two weeks. Major bummer. I do love doing Turbo. I can feel that it tightens my muscles, but it hasn't helped me lose weight this month. You'd think with the number of calories I burn coupled with what I eat that I would be dropping the pounds, but it just ain't happenin'.Stats for today are: calories burned as of 9:30: 2741steps taken: 11, 349calories in: ??Betsey
Posted by Not Just Another Journey at 9:32 PM
2 comments:
Cornelius said...
Keep it up. I've been on the bugg for a few weeks and already credit it with getting past my biggest weightloss plateau. By best piece of advice would be to curb your breakfast (i.e. a few egg whites, yogurtand a banana is a great meal) to bank some calories for the rest of the day. Also, try to systematically overestimate the calories you claim to be eating.
November 5, 2007 11:52 PM
Not Just Another Journey said...
Thanks for the advice, Cornellius! I've had the bugg for a couple of months and credit it with a 2% reduction in BF% and 13 lb weight loss. I am a new mom and am having a tough time staying healthy enough to go to the gym as often as needed.
November 16, 2007 9:40 PM
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Positives for today
Ok, I didn't work out. I didn't eat clean. I did actually read a lot of the Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle eBook I bought. Wow, it's an eye opener. For years, I've been shooting to weigh 145. It's based on BMI, which I know is useless. When I was on Weight Watchers, I did the math for what 26 BMI would be ad 145 was it for my height. Actually, when you set a weight goal, WW requires that the maximum be 26 BMI for women. Now that I know BMI is complete crap that tells you no more than the scale, I see the error of my thinking. I've read through chapter four of the BFFM book and it really resonates with me.So from where I am now, still sitting at 227, I was shooting for an 82 lb weight loss. Now, I can see that would be unreasonable. My current skinfold reading is 33% body fat at 227 and 5'5". Doing the math, my fat lbs are 75 (74.91) and my lean body weight is 152. My bones, water and muscle are more weight than my old goal weight. See, that IS unreasonable.So now, my goal is not based on weight or BMI, it's based on body composition. I am currently at 33% body fat. My 12-month goal is 16% body fat. Wow, that sounds really lean to me. If I feed the muscle and burn the fat (concept of the book...keep the muscle or lean body mass, and burn fat through exercise), I would be at 16% body fat at 180 lbs. Wow, that's very different from 145.So, here's the daily goals: drink half my body weight in ounces in water everyday, eat six small meals each day (b'fast, lunch & dinner a bit bigger at around 400 cals & snacks around 200, which would put me around 1800 cals). Hmm, maybe that's not enough calories though, since I burn anywhere between 2400-3000 cals a day. Will have to try that to see if I can actually lose any weight. It might be too agressive of a calorie deficit.Betsey
Friday, November 16, 2007
Sidelined...again
Put me on the DL for this week. Well, not disabled really, but really sick. I ended up with 102.3 fever this week and have not made it into the gym at all or done any cardio for my break at the office. I hope to feel better next week.B
November 21, 2007
New Goals
I have finally finsished BFFM! What an undertaking that was. 300+ pages, all of them vital information, for sure.So, I figured out my calories burned, my heart rate during exercise and calories in. Calories in is set at about 2300 and since my average calorie burn over the last month was 2853, I decided 2850 has a nice round ring to it.I was measured by a different trainer today since mine was out. Wow, eithe I am up 3.5% BF or they measure very differently. Today's trainer didn't seem to pinch the calipers too tightly.I was pretty good today. I ate mostly clean at 2000 cals, did both strength training, beginner workout from BFFM and 55 minutes of cardio today. Yeah. Gearing up for the food festivities tomorrow.Tired, must.get.sleep.or.I.will.passout.Betsey
There's all of previous posts from November...
Catch Up Time
My other blogspot everydaysuccesses can't be reactivated so, I thought I'd repost my blogs here and continue on.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Wow, Day 0 on my body transformation!
I plan on using this space to document my journey to health. I need to figure out how to post pictures, well I need to take some also. No recent pics.Current stats: weight is 227 and my body fat % is 32 when it was last checked.My goal for the next 12 weeks is to bring my body fat down to 30%I have a bodybugg and regularly check my calorie burn through out the day. When I exercise, I burn about 3000 calories and when I do not, I burn about 2500. I am a nursing mom and I need to make sure I eat enough calories to produce milk for my son yet not so much that I keep weight on. I try to go to the gym 4x a week.I've been losing some here and there since I got my bodybugg, but haven't been really consistent at the gym due to illness in the family, including my own 3 week bout with a sinus infection. I hope this blog keeps me more motivated to stick to my program. I need to be better about journaling my food. I tend to eat so much cleaner when I write it all down.Tomorrow's plan is to do a JDRF walk-a-thon which is a 2 mile walk in San Francisco. The whole family is going on the walk. I am just elated that my husband a couch potato wants to do the walk. I hope it to be a fun day.
Betsey
October 20, 2007
The Walk - Day 1!
Well Geez, I feel like such a dork. I love my bodybugg and wear it ALL THE TIME. I do this big walk to cure diabetes thing and I forgot to put it back on after my shower this morning. I know I walked at least 4 miles today. We had a hard time figuring out exactly where the walk was, so we parked about half a mile away. We shared pulling the boys behind us in the wagon, which added about another 120 lbs to the whole exercise. The walk itself wasn't too long, about 45 minutes to walk, but I wouldn't call it a workout because I lost count of how many times we had to stop and go back for our 3 year old Ryan. The 2.5 mile walk was fun, so many people on the trail, it was great!DH has some pictures to upload and I will include that here once we get it on the internet.I need to make a correction: my starting weight is 227. Kind of funny, before I lost 62 lbs before I got pregnant with Tucker (8 mos), 230 was my set/plateau point and 250 was my absolute, "must go on diet" weight. Now, my comfort level has changed and I don't feel good at 227. I made it down to 191 and I want to get there and beyond.Although a specific weight is not my goal, my intention is to burn unwanted fat. My fat % is about 32 right now and my goal in the next 12 weeks is to get to 30%.More tomorrow!
Betsey
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Wow, what did I do today toward my goal...
Um...nothing?I didn't eat clean. For any meal. I ate a fried egg in bread (hubby calls it Popeye Eggs, not sure why...) with real maple syrup. No mid-morning snack. Tuna sandwich with mayo, capers and toasted onions for lunch, ohhh and a half a snickerdoodle cookie. Peanut butter honey dipped apple for an afternoon snack. Crepe with swiss cheese, deli ham and a fried egg on top at a French cafe in San Francisco for dinner. With loads of decaf coffee with sugar cubes becuase they didn't have Splenda. Ugh, I hate it that I ate that way today.Did I shred anything? No. I didn't even tear anything! Or nick anything...I did homework and drove around San Francisco all evening. Fun, but not what I'd call active. Out of my 10,000 steps per day goal, I did 5655 as of 9PM. Burned 2533 calories so far.Plan for tomorrow? Go to the gym, at least do a 20 min treadmill interval and maybe some Turbo Training. If I really feel like I have the time, maybe some Piyo (pilates and yoga). Eat better. Of course, that wouldn't take much. Also, will log my food to see what I eat against what I burn. That's why I bought the bugg, right?
Betsey
Monday, October 22, 2007
The good news & bad news
Good news first, of course...I walked 10,160 steps so far today. I ate an okay breakfast, an okay lunch as a so-so dinner. Better than yesterday. I will get in some yoga poses before bed.Bad news, I didn't get the exercise in I had planned. I was just too tired. Exhausted actually. I haven't had regular caffeine in five years and I got slipped some with yesterday's dinner. I was up til 2AM with my mind unable to quiet. Up at 5:30, as usual.Tomorrow won't be a high walk day unless I go to the gym and do my interval treadmill training. I found I like the treadmill best for my intervals. It's a tough workout when you primarily use elevation to create the interval. So far, as of 9:30 PM, my calorie burn is 2341. Not too stellar. Yesterday's was better. Let's see what tomorrow brings. It's bedtime.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Yeah!! I did it!
Even though I had another rough night with the boys deciding that 1AM was a great time to get up this morning, I forced myself to get some cardio in today. It was fun. It was definitely not slow cardio. I do Turbo Kick (actually certified to teach it) and have been trying to learn Round 25. I was able to take it all the way through the anaerobic section. Yeah!Calorie burn so far (as of 9PM) is 2602, steps are 10,189.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Workout 2, complete
I was feeling really crappy today, so I thought that some good old fashioned sweat might help. It did. I did my turbo kick cardio again, this time with the DVD, not just my iPod. It's a fun one. I will see if I can get to the gym tomorrow for a strength workout. Things are finally slowing down at work enough to attempt it. Still need to figure out how to post a darn picture...Heading to bed after another day.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Workout 3
Today was an all around good day. I logged my food and ate pretty well, with calorie in total of 1941 and calories out, as of 8 PM is 2737. No crap, but planned food.Step goal: met; goal is 10K & I did 14,676. Steps are largely due to the Turbo Kick during my morning workout.I did personal training today with James at 24hr for about an hour. We did about 20 minutes of agility, strength work and about 45 minutes of Turbo Kick. He kicked my butt with agility training and I kicked his butt with Turbo. It was great!!No major philosophical work today. Just waiting to go to sleep. I am wiped after a long week of poor sleeping (two children under 4 will do that to ya).
B
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Another workout today, split in two!
Today, I've been pretty good, except for a trip to Costco and little nibbles. How do you put those into your food diary? I am not sure. A bit of beef, a quarter inch square of cupcake. I know it adds up, but how to log it? Not sure.Well, because of the nibbling and a long break between lunch and dinner (lunch at 11:30 & dinner at 9 PM), I did skip two meals: my AM & PM snacks. I will get in my evening snack.So here's my stats for today.Calories burned as of 10:30 PM: 3150Calories logged for day: 1510steps taken: 15,561total physical activity time: 1hr 48 minsNutrition: protein 22%; carbs 58%; fat 20% of days caloriesTomorrow, I will be doing a few hours of walking around a festival with two small children and then working a table for my employer as a volunteer. Hopefully, it will be fun!
B
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Just Walking today...nuttin' else
Lots of walking. Two hours of strolling around a festival. No time to properly exercise between running around, volunteering at the festival and finishing out my homework. I always wait until the last minute to do my homework. I don't know why I have to stress myself out like that...I am bummed because I, yet again, forgot to wear my bugg! For the whole time we were gone at the festival, I have no idea how many calories I expended.More Turbo tomorrow!
Betsey
Well, that's October...
Friday, October 19, 2007
Wow, Day 0 on my body transformation!
I plan on using this space to document my journey to health. I need to figure out how to post pictures, well I need to take some also. No recent pics.Current stats: weight is 227 and my body fat % is 32 when it was last checked.My goal for the next 12 weeks is to bring my body fat down to 30%I have a bodybugg and regularly check my calorie burn through out the day. When I exercise, I burn about 3000 calories and when I do not, I burn about 2500. I am a nursing mom and I need to make sure I eat enough calories to produce milk for my son yet not so much that I keep weight on. I try to go to the gym 4x a week.I've been losing some here and there since I got my bodybugg, but haven't been really consistent at the gym due to illness in the family, including my own 3 week bout with a sinus infection. I hope this blog keeps me more motivated to stick to my program. I need to be better about journaling my food. I tend to eat so much cleaner when I write it all down.Tomorrow's plan is to do a JDRF walk-a-thon which is a 2 mile walk in San Francisco. The whole family is going on the walk. I am just elated that my husband a couch potato wants to do the walk. I hope it to be a fun day.
Betsey
October 20, 2007
The Walk - Day 1!
Well Geez, I feel like such a dork. I love my bodybugg and wear it ALL THE TIME. I do this big walk to cure diabetes thing and I forgot to put it back on after my shower this morning. I know I walked at least 4 miles today. We had a hard time figuring out exactly where the walk was, so we parked about half a mile away. We shared pulling the boys behind us in the wagon, which added about another 120 lbs to the whole exercise. The walk itself wasn't too long, about 45 minutes to walk, but I wouldn't call it a workout because I lost count of how many times we had to stop and go back for our 3 year old Ryan. The 2.5 mile walk was fun, so many people on the trail, it was great!DH has some pictures to upload and I will include that here once we get it on the internet.I need to make a correction: my starting weight is 227. Kind of funny, before I lost 62 lbs before I got pregnant with Tucker (8 mos), 230 was my set/plateau point and 250 was my absolute, "must go on diet" weight. Now, my comfort level has changed and I don't feel good at 227. I made it down to 191 and I want to get there and beyond.Although a specific weight is not my goal, my intention is to burn unwanted fat. My fat % is about 32 right now and my goal in the next 12 weeks is to get to 30%.More tomorrow!
Betsey
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Wow, what did I do today toward my goal...
Um...nothing?I didn't eat clean. For any meal. I ate a fried egg in bread (hubby calls it Popeye Eggs, not sure why...) with real maple syrup. No mid-morning snack. Tuna sandwich with mayo, capers and toasted onions for lunch, ohhh and a half a snickerdoodle cookie. Peanut butter honey dipped apple for an afternoon snack. Crepe with swiss cheese, deli ham and a fried egg on top at a French cafe in San Francisco for dinner. With loads of decaf coffee with sugar cubes becuase they didn't have Splenda. Ugh, I hate it that I ate that way today.Did I shred anything? No. I didn't even tear anything! Or nick anything...I did homework and drove around San Francisco all evening. Fun, but not what I'd call active. Out of my 10,000 steps per day goal, I did 5655 as of 9PM. Burned 2533 calories so far.Plan for tomorrow? Go to the gym, at least do a 20 min treadmill interval and maybe some Turbo Training. If I really feel like I have the time, maybe some Piyo (pilates and yoga). Eat better. Of course, that wouldn't take much. Also, will log my food to see what I eat against what I burn. That's why I bought the bugg, right?
Betsey
Monday, October 22, 2007
The good news & bad news
Good news first, of course...I walked 10,160 steps so far today. I ate an okay breakfast, an okay lunch as a so-so dinner. Better than yesterday. I will get in some yoga poses before bed.Bad news, I didn't get the exercise in I had planned. I was just too tired. Exhausted actually. I haven't had regular caffeine in five years and I got slipped some with yesterday's dinner. I was up til 2AM with my mind unable to quiet. Up at 5:30, as usual.Tomorrow won't be a high walk day unless I go to the gym and do my interval treadmill training. I found I like the treadmill best for my intervals. It's a tough workout when you primarily use elevation to create the interval. So far, as of 9:30 PM, my calorie burn is 2341. Not too stellar. Yesterday's was better. Let's see what tomorrow brings. It's bedtime.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Yeah!! I did it!
Even though I had another rough night with the boys deciding that 1AM was a great time to get up this morning, I forced myself to get some cardio in today. It was fun. It was definitely not slow cardio. I do Turbo Kick (actually certified to teach it) and have been trying to learn Round 25. I was able to take it all the way through the anaerobic section. Yeah!Calorie burn so far (as of 9PM) is 2602, steps are 10,189.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Workout 2, complete
I was feeling really crappy today, so I thought that some good old fashioned sweat might help. It did. I did my turbo kick cardio again, this time with the DVD, not just my iPod. It's a fun one. I will see if I can get to the gym tomorrow for a strength workout. Things are finally slowing down at work enough to attempt it. Still need to figure out how to post a darn picture...Heading to bed after another day.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Workout 3
Today was an all around good day. I logged my food and ate pretty well, with calorie in total of 1941 and calories out, as of 8 PM is 2737. No crap, but planned food.Step goal: met; goal is 10K & I did 14,676. Steps are largely due to the Turbo Kick during my morning workout.I did personal training today with James at 24hr for about an hour. We did about 20 minutes of agility, strength work and about 45 minutes of Turbo Kick. He kicked my butt with agility training and I kicked his butt with Turbo. It was great!!No major philosophical work today. Just waiting to go to sleep. I am wiped after a long week of poor sleeping (two children under 4 will do that to ya).
B
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Another workout today, split in two!
Today, I've been pretty good, except for a trip to Costco and little nibbles. How do you put those into your food diary? I am not sure. A bit of beef, a quarter inch square of cupcake. I know it adds up, but how to log it? Not sure.Well, because of the nibbling and a long break between lunch and dinner (lunch at 11:30 & dinner at 9 PM), I did skip two meals: my AM & PM snacks. I will get in my evening snack.So here's my stats for today.Calories burned as of 10:30 PM: 3150Calories logged for day: 1510steps taken: 15,561total physical activity time: 1hr 48 minsNutrition: protein 22%; carbs 58%; fat 20% of days caloriesTomorrow, I will be doing a few hours of walking around a festival with two small children and then working a table for my employer as a volunteer. Hopefully, it will be fun!
B
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Just Walking today...nuttin' else
Lots of walking. Two hours of strolling around a festival. No time to properly exercise between running around, volunteering at the festival and finishing out my homework. I always wait until the last minute to do my homework. I don't know why I have to stress myself out like that...I am bummed because I, yet again, forgot to wear my bugg! For the whole time we were gone at the festival, I have no idea how many calories I expended.More Turbo tomorrow!
Betsey
Well, that's October...
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