Training day #2

My husband and I are having a personal trainer come into our home three days a week. She works us till failure and it feels good. My first day was okay, but I puked after she had left. Today was alot better. I had eaten about an hour before she arrived. That helped me alot. I didn't feel so light headed and had more stamina and better endurance. Because she is strength training us I need to make sure on the off days that I am doing some sort of cardio/yoga.

She also makes sure we do a good warm up before and lots of stretching after.

She has us on a strict eating plan and I am finding I follow it better if I am organinzed and have my meals planned out the day before.

Training begins

My personal trainer came by this morning and brought all sorts of gadgets. I could tell she meant business. Oh my! It's gonna be painful and humiliating and I will probably feel like I want to crawl in a hole and hide.

The workout felt great, but with all the motion and so forth I got sick. We worked out for about 30 minutes and I had to stop as I was feeling like I wanted to puke. I had flashbacks of morning sickness and it wasn't pretty. She had me stretch and then after she left I went and puked. Luckily I only had water in my tummy, but because I absolutely hate puking I was fighting it- well afterwards I am not sure if I felt better or not. I went and layed down on my bed. I had a nice siesta. I feel a little better, but still feel a little nauseated.

I ate 4 eggwhites, 2 slices ww bread, a smidge of mayo only on the first piece of bread, and an hour later I had an appple.

It begins- time to measure up.....

Measurements (before starting exercise program)

Upper Arm- 11 3/4"
Chest- 43"
Waist- 37 1/4"
Abd- 41 1/2"
Hips- 40 3/4"
Thigh- 23 1/2"
Calf- 16"
Weight- 182.8 (yikes!)

Today was my consultation and now the work begins. I have to journal everything I put into my mouth plus follow a strict eating plan, which at first will seem like I am starving to death. I have to eat every 2-3 hours and for this to work I need to make sure I have my meals planned out in advance. Here's to the next few months.

Summer is over

Well it begins again. Routine, Routine, Routine.......
Early morning seminary, make lunches x5, homemade cookies, oatmeal and cream of wheat for breakfast, french toast, waffles, crepes on Sunday, no t.v. during the week, computer time limited, yummy homemade meals, Friday night movie night, Sunday afternoon naps, early morning walks, laundry, dishes, sweeping, vacuuming, cleaning toilets, washing windows, cleaning the fridge and so forth.

Looking forward to the next few months.

Summer is here

It is the last day of June, and I haven't kept track of my healthy lifestyle. I will make a plan today for the next 9 weeks of summer vacation.

My summer goals for me are:

1)Lose 10 lbs in 9 weeks.
2)Sugar free for the summer. I will allow myself my 1 tablespoon of Maple Syrup a day.
3)Walk everyday with a friend.
4)To follow some sort of exercise program daily- tae-bo, bowflex and katie's bootcamp.
5)To eat a good breakfast and drink lots of water throughout the day.
6)To take my vitamins daily.
7) Ab workout daily

My summer goals for the home are;

1) texture kitchen/diningroom ceiling (done July 13)
2) prime/paint kitchen/diningroom ceiling
3) paint livingrooom
4) paint kitchen/diningroom
5) move deepfreeze downstairs
6) build kitchen pantry
7) lino installed
8) kitchen cupboards built
9) kitchen completed by end of summer 2010
10) pictures back on walls

It's been a great week!

I have walked everyday this week. My walks have been on a minimum one hour, so anything overthat is a bonus for me. I have walked daily anywhere from 5k to 12k. It has been wonderful to get out and walk again on a daily basis. I have found a new walking partner and she hustles, so we are good for each other.

I haven't been following my own advice on eating healthy- I have all the knowledge, the food- just too darn lazy to make it happen, so here it is another week gone and I am putting on the lbs. daily. It is amazinig what the wrong foods can do to your body.

New goals for the upcoming week. No eating after 8 p.m., in bed by 11:00 p.m., walk daily and get my butt out of bed to start bootcamp plus stick to watching my calories to make sure I don't go over and that I am eating foods to fuel my body.

Goal Re-cap:
No eating after 8 p.m.
Bedtime 11 p.m.
Arise 5-6 a.m.
Daily walks- 1 hour minimum
Kate's bootcamp M-W-F
Follow healthy eating plan by counting calories
Track my food daily

Here I go again

It's the start of a new week and the beginning of a new month. Before bed last night I made some goals for the upcoming week, and so I begin with a great exercise plan and healthy eating.

Exercise- A.M.
1 hour walk- first half hour was on a flat surface the second half hour backtracked my steps, but then detoured to do hill training. My goal was to make it back in one hour. I was getting nervous towards the end as I had 4 minutes to make it back to my starting point. I made it back with 30 seconds to spare. That was close.

Breakfast-
1 cup cooked oatmeal w/fresh blueberries, yogurt and 1 T. maple syrup. I wasn't that hungry to add in the eggs. I should have- as I find myself snacking.

I will post my afternoon exercise later. I will be doing a one hour bootcamp in the late afternoon.

Keep moving!