(originally written January 31, 2010) Three weeks! Wow... I can't believe I made it this far. I feel good. I'm making some pretty decent progress. I've taken my measurements and it's not so bad. I'll divulge those: 42-36-47. Yeah.. So today was a cardio day. I did about an hour of treadmill walking (on incline) and a smidge of ab work since I had my roommie with me. I'm loving the shape my body is taking and I promise I will post a pic soon. Promise.
I'm sorry I haven't been blogging daily, like I planned, but I'm usually beat after a gym session or a little busy. I do other things besides hit the gym... Not much else, but there are other things. lol. I'll talk more laters.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Day 20
Day 20... Day 20... Sigh. Can I say I'm getting a little tired? I need a massage. I'm sleeping a bit more lately and feeling the need to eat a bit more too. I guess I need the calories to support my exercising. I was good to have an active rest day yesterday. Doing the Pilates really showed me how out of touch I was with my body lately. Same for the belly dancing.
Today, I actually hit the gym and decided to use the treadmill. I wad a good interval/incline walk for about 45 minutes (15 and 30 minute segments). I also superset legs and back to get the most out of my time.
Butt Blaster (3 x 12)
Lat Pulldowns (3 x 15)
Seated Cable Rows (3 x 20; One Arm 2 x 6 (heavy))
Wide Legs Squats with Plate (3 x 12)
Rear Flyes (3 x 15)
Leg Press (on assisted pull up machine) (3-12/per leg)
Ab work -
incline crunches with ball (3 x 12)
Oblique crunches (3 x 15)
Today is also my cheat meal day. I did it big today.. I had chinese food (which wasn't all that great) and Baskin Robbins Butter Pecan Ice cream. Now THAT was hella good... Well, I need to see about this massage and get some rest. See ya tomorrow...
Today, I actually hit the gym and decided to use the treadmill. I wad a good interval/incline walk for about 45 minutes (15 and 30 minute segments). I also superset legs and back to get the most out of my time.
Butt Blaster (3 x 12)
Lat Pulldowns (3 x 15)
Seated Cable Rows (3 x 20; One Arm 2 x 6 (heavy))
Wide Legs Squats with Plate (3 x 12)
Rear Flyes (3 x 15)
Leg Press (on assisted pull up machine) (3-12/per leg)
Ab work -
incline crunches with ball (3 x 12)
Oblique crunches (3 x 15)
Today is also my cheat meal day. I did it big today.. I had chinese food (which wasn't all that great) and Baskin Robbins Butter Pecan Ice cream. Now THAT was hella good... Well, I need to see about this massage and get some rest. See ya tomorrow...
Friday, January 29, 2010
Day 19
Today is an active resting day. I'm still getting my workout on, but at a much slowed pace. Today is concentration on the little parts, the flexibility, core strength. An hour of Mari Windsor Pilates. I hadn't done it in a while and it was harder than I remember :-(. I've eaten three times so far and I'm starving still. I'm about to get on some yogurt.
I'm going to do a half hour of Rodney Yee Yoga at 3:30, then tuning to FitTV for the "Shimmy" (belly dancing).
That the active plan for today. I'm also keeping track of my food on my iPod with this app called "Lose It". I'm supposed to have about 1883 calories per day, and I'm not really hitting it with the amount of working out I'm doing. I'm trying to eat my quality foods to hit that mark. I also need to get more sleep.. Hopefully tonight I'll get a full 8 hours...
I'm going to do a half hour of Rodney Yee Yoga at 3:30, then tuning to FitTV for the "Shimmy" (belly dancing).
That the active plan for today. I'm also keeping track of my food on my iPod with this app called "Lose It". I'm supposed to have about 1883 calories per day, and I'm not really hitting it with the amount of working out I'm doing. I'm trying to eat my quality foods to hit that mark. I also need to get more sleep.. Hopefully tonight I'll get a full 8 hours...
Day 17 and Day 18 (and the lesson of Muscle Memory)
Hello Folks!
I'm SO sorry for lagging behind in the posts, but I've been super tired after the gym and having had the energy to sit at the computer and talk about the gym. So, here's the recap....
Day 17
Wednesday, January 27 was Day 17. I finally got around to doing legs. Legs is always a hard day, because I GO IN. I decided to focus on my hamstrings, since I have such strong quads. I was going to go heavy, but I forgot my darn weight belt at home. Oh well. The plan:
Standing leg curl
Superset 1:
Front Squat
Walking lunges ( and walking rear lunges)
One Leg Deadlift
Cable Squat
One leg extensions
Superset 2:
Exercise ball leg curls
One leg glute raise on a BOSU
Lying leg extensions
It wasn't actually that difficult, but the added cardio made it a bit difficult. I actually could have done more, but didn't wat to overdo it. I love my legs, but I'd like to get a bit more size on them.
Day 18:
Thursday, January 27 was Day 18. I originally planned just cardio and abs, but I was over taken with the urge to bench. So, I wrangled up one of my friends to give me a spot. I wound up doing flat, incline and decline bench all at the same weight. My bench max is about 195, but I hadn't benches in forever. I wound up benching about 165. Not too shabby. I was SO sure that I wouldn't be able to lift. I guess my muscles remembered the drill and fell into place. I learned a nice lesson about muscle memory.
I started with 30 minutes on the bike. Did my abs, like a good gym rat, chest then finished up with 30 mins of intervals on the treadmill.
Once I got home, I was so beat. I had the best veggie omelette:
Added 1/4 cup each of Spinach, broccoli, onions, grape tomatoes (sauteed) and a few pieces of green pepper to a mixture of 1 whole egg, 1/2 yolk and 2 egg whites, 2 ounces of skim mozz cheese, a few oz of skim milk, salt, pepper, and garlic. It was great! I had that with wheat toast and veggie sausages. I was stuffed. Two hours later, I had protein powder mixed with milk.
So ended day Day 18.
I'm SO sorry for lagging behind in the posts, but I've been super tired after the gym and having had the energy to sit at the computer and talk about the gym. So, here's the recap....
Day 17
Wednesday, January 27 was Day 17. I finally got around to doing legs. Legs is always a hard day, because I GO IN. I decided to focus on my hamstrings, since I have such strong quads. I was going to go heavy, but I forgot my darn weight belt at home. Oh well. The plan:
Standing leg curl
Superset 1:
Front Squat
Walking lunges ( and walking rear lunges)
One Leg Deadlift
Cable Squat
One leg extensions
Superset 2:
Exercise ball leg curls
One leg glute raise on a BOSU
Lying leg extensions
It wasn't actually that difficult, but the added cardio made it a bit difficult. I actually could have done more, but didn't wat to overdo it. I love my legs, but I'd like to get a bit more size on them.
Day 18:
Thursday, January 27 was Day 18. I originally planned just cardio and abs, but I was over taken with the urge to bench. So, I wrangled up one of my friends to give me a spot. I wound up doing flat, incline and decline bench all at the same weight. My bench max is about 195, but I hadn't benches in forever. I wound up benching about 165. Not too shabby. I was SO sure that I wouldn't be able to lift. I guess my muscles remembered the drill and fell into place. I learned a nice lesson about muscle memory.
I started with 30 minutes on the bike. Did my abs, like a good gym rat, chest then finished up with 30 mins of intervals on the treadmill.
Once I got home, I was so beat. I had the best veggie omelette:
Added 1/4 cup each of Spinach, broccoli, onions, grape tomatoes (sauteed) and a few pieces of green pepper to a mixture of 1 whole egg, 1/2 yolk and 2 egg whites, 2 ounces of skim mozz cheese, a few oz of skim milk, salt, pepper, and garlic. It was great! I had that with wheat toast and veggie sausages. I was stuffed. Two hours later, I had protein powder mixed with milk.
So ended day Day 18.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Day 16
Today was supposed to go a lot different than it was. I did go to the gym, but it was a shortened day. I got in my 30 mins of cardio (biking) and weights (shoulders). Originally, it was leg day. However, I had an incident that put me in a really bad mood, started a headache and just made today all round sucky... Ugh... I have some soreness.. But I'll be fine.
Today I actually met my calorie requirements. I'm supposed to have about 1900 calories a day, but I hardly ever hit it. I need to try harder. I dropped down some pounds.. About 5 since my last weigh in yesterday. Since I'm going to discuss it, I might as well put out my weight... Nah... Not today. G'night..
Today I actually met my calorie requirements. I'm supposed to have about 1900 calories a day, but I hardly ever hit it. I need to try harder. I dropped down some pounds.. About 5 since my last weigh in yesterday. Since I'm going to discuss it, I might as well put out my weight... Nah... Not today. G'night..
Monday, January 25, 2010
Day 15
Today is day 15 of the 365 day effort. I focused on back, chest, abs and cardio. I did a lovely (I use that term loosely) interval run for about 20 minutes. Then it was on to pull ups, push ups and weights. Then came the fun times with abs. I'm doing this abdominal workout I found in Oxygen Magazine...
Reverse crunches
V-ups on a bosu ball
oblique crunches
Core twist with a resistance band
crunches on a bosu ball with a resistance band
3 sets, 15-20 reps each. my sides hurt, but not very badly. I know I'll feel it tomorrow. Nothing else hurts though. Well.. my back hurts and my tushie and legs are feeling the run. Oh well.. It'll be okay. Tomorrow is another day..
Reverse crunches
V-ups on a bosu ball
oblique crunches
Core twist with a resistance band
crunches on a bosu ball with a resistance band
3 sets, 15-20 reps each. my sides hurt, but not very badly. I know I'll feel it tomorrow. Nothing else hurts though. Well.. my back hurts and my tushie and legs are feeling the run. Oh well.. It'll be okay. Tomorrow is another day..
Days 12, 13, and 14
Oy... It has been a busy weekend. I tried to blog, but each time I either had to be someplace or I fell asleep or was just too dang tired to boot up the computer. But... Let's get back to the blogging.
Day 12:
Friday, january 22 was day 12. I actually spent the entire day outside, running around downtown Brooklyn. I wasn't able to get to the gym, but... I was able to get in 30 minutes of walking during the lunch hour. I was very vigorous but it was a workout nonetheless. I even attempted to get in a little more exercising once I got home around 11, but no dice.
Day 13:
Saturday, January 23 was day 13. Another very busy day. I woke up, ate and headed straight out to the gym. From 11:30-2, I was sweating it out at the gym. 35 mins of cardio, 25 mins of abs and an hour + of weights. It was also my cheat meal day. Double cheeseburger with bacon, cheese fries, 2 cinnamon apple pies from checkers and a diet pepsi ( don't you just love the irony?). I also went out with a few friends that evening, and I'm so lucky the soreness didn't hit until....
Day 14:
Sunday, January 24 was day 14. the day after a night out is always hinky. I woke up sore and a bit out of it. Nonetheless, I got my tush up and headed to the gym. 20 minutes of cycling, 10 minutes of the stairmaster and 30 minutes of running. My body started to crash after about a half hour after I left the gym. Working out on 5 hours sleep is not the business. I got home and took a long nap.... And when I woke up, my legs were so sore. Legs and back. But it's been a good 2 weeks of working out. Today is day 15 and also time for the Monday weigh in. I'll blog later about it. Toodles!
Day 12:
Friday, january 22 was day 12. I actually spent the entire day outside, running around downtown Brooklyn. I wasn't able to get to the gym, but... I was able to get in 30 minutes of walking during the lunch hour. I was very vigorous but it was a workout nonetheless. I even attempted to get in a little more exercising once I got home around 11, but no dice.
Day 13:
Saturday, January 23 was day 13. Another very busy day. I woke up, ate and headed straight out to the gym. From 11:30-2, I was sweating it out at the gym. 35 mins of cardio, 25 mins of abs and an hour + of weights. It was also my cheat meal day. Double cheeseburger with bacon, cheese fries, 2 cinnamon apple pies from checkers and a diet pepsi ( don't you just love the irony?). I also went out with a few friends that evening, and I'm so lucky the soreness didn't hit until....
Day 14:
Sunday, January 24 was day 14. the day after a night out is always hinky. I woke up sore and a bit out of it. Nonetheless, I got my tush up and headed to the gym. 20 minutes of cycling, 10 minutes of the stairmaster and 30 minutes of running. My body started to crash after about a half hour after I left the gym. Working out on 5 hours sleep is not the business. I got home and took a long nap.... And when I woke up, my legs were so sore. Legs and back. But it's been a good 2 weeks of working out. Today is day 15 and also time for the Monday weigh in. I'll blog later about it. Toodles!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Day 11
Well, today was a difficult one. My body is a bit tired... Plus I'm dealing with cramps. I don't usually workout with cramps, but I was feeling inspired today. It was a short workout though. 35 minutes of bile riding. Arms. Yeah... Maybe next week. I'll detail further what I actually DO at the gym.. Exercises, weights, reps, etc... But not tonight. Tonight I need some rest and relief from these cramps. Tomorrow is a new day....
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Day 10
Okay... Blogging from the iPod, while eating dinner (rice and beans, spinach and tilapia).
So, today was day 10. Cardio. Plus some upper body. Abs. My legs are still sore from monday's plyo and weight session, but otherwise I feel ok. Still have a nagging back ache. Ugh.. I think my subconscious hates me. I dream about being sore. I feel soreness while I sleep. Man.. I have no idea when it will stop. I'm looking forward to Friday. No gym on Friday but I will get my exercise on. Well... There isn't much for today. Tomorrow is almost here....
So, today was day 10. Cardio. Plus some upper body. Abs. My legs are still sore from monday's plyo and weight session, but otherwise I feel ok. Still have a nagging back ache. Ugh.. I think my subconscious hates me. I dream about being sore. I feel soreness while I sleep. Man.. I have no idea when it will stop. I'm looking forward to Friday. No gym on Friday but I will get my exercise on. Well... There isn't much for today. Tomorrow is almost here....
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Day 9 (blog day 1)
(this is basically what I look like now)
Oy... Today I decided to hit the gym everyday for an ENTIRE YEAR. OK, hold on... Let me rephrase that. The plan is to EXERCISE each day, for an entire year. I will hit the gym most days, but on days when I don't make it, I will do yoga, pilates or whatever is playing on FitTV, for at least an hour. Everyday.. an hour... Sorry I'm starting the blog on day 9. If it makes you feel better, days 1-8 weren't all that exciting...
Here are my stats:
Age: 30
Height: 5'8"
Weight: *yeesh* I'll just give a plus or minus for any weight gained or lost (smile)
To be fair, I didn't start this ON the first of the year, but on Monday, January 11, making today DAY 9.
I'll update on what exercise I've done and how I feel...
Today's post:
Went to the gym. Today was a cardio only day. 30 minutes on the bike, 20 minutes (intervals) on the stairmaster. My legs are SORE! It was hard to even make it there, since yesterday I did some Olympic lifts, plyometrics and abdominal work, plus cardio. My body is a bit tired, but I'll live. All that exercise was followed up by a great dinner.. half a baked sweet potato, grilled flounder and broccoli. My back is starting to ache a bit, so it is time to rest.
Day 9 down.
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