Saturday

This is my first holiday while doing this workout. I failed miserably!! I have not kept up with my routine of working out both with weights and cardio. I am kicking myself. But I do have to say, I don't feel like I have done too bad eating wise. Except on Thanksgiving Day. I ate 3 donuts for breakfast and we didn't have dinner til 5pm (normal is 1pm). When we finally ate, I ate a large plate full. My dessert was a slice of pumpkin pie and 2 cookies. I didn't eat anything else for the rest of the night.

Friday: I did walk 2 laps on a level 4 walking trail at the woods. Didn't eat badly, but I did have the same dessert as before.

Saturday: I know I should have worked out but it felt like a lazy day and that is what I treated it. I did not workout but I didn't eat badly either so I feel ok so far but I will be working out tomorrow with wieghts and possibly cardio also.

So you keep moving if I didn't this holiday. I hope to do better at the next holiday, Christmas. Wish me luck.

Yesterday, Cardio

I am discovering that I don't like doing my cardio in the house but I don't like to be in the freezing weather either. so I am going to have to endure the inside. I skip the cardio for this day and not very happy about it. If the weather is a little warmer on Thanksgiving day I will be walking outside. Keep your fingers crossed.

Til Turkey eating
Keep motivated. and portion control.

Late start but still did it. Weights

Went to work and came back home: it is about 730p when i start doing my workout. I was looking forward to this rountine, since it is my favorite. I have increased in reps but not so much on weight, thinking I might have to do that really soon.

Meals:
coffee cream and sugar Dunkin donuts

Lunch:
Marie Callender's turkey dinner frozen

Snack:
handful of baked Lays potatoe chips

Dinner:
2 double cheese burgers (Burger King)
5 onion rings
20 oz diet coke

Damn it I need more water

Music: Twilight soundtrack and TV's Biggest Loser (only 2 more episodes until the finale)

Goal: size 14 jeans to wear to Christmas minus the muffin top.

Keep moving and Smiling


Routine:
Lateral Pull Down:
30lbs 15
30lbs 15 increased
30lbs 14
2 Dumbbell Row
10lbs 15
10lbs 15
10lbs 15
Superman
3 sets of 15 2 second holds funny to do but gets harder as it goes
Alternate Hammer Curls
3 sets of 10lbs 15 each
Incline Dumbbell curls
10lbs 8
10lbs 10
10lbs 10

Sunday Weights

Ok, today seems like a lazy day but in my head i want to do something, even if it means just to move a little. Well, I went to the park and did one lap on a level 4 trail(only one you say, thats because I got spooked being by myself I am always afraid someone will kill me...lol i know). But instead I did the weights like I was suppose too.

Meals:
Coffee cream and sugar
white castle bacon sandwich
hash rounds

Lunch;
spagetti with 2% cheese

Snack
2 fudge ice cream bar
1 slice of pumpkin pie

Dinner:
4 slices of cheese
salad with italian dressing
.30lbs slice of pork


Routine:
Barbell itself 10,8,3 right arm seemed alittle weak, very shaky...???
Incline Dumbbell press 15lbs 10,7,5 declined
Bent over dumbbell 15lbs 15,10,10 increased
Cable push downs 20lbs 10,8,8,
Crunches: 20,15,15

Music: Twilight soundtrack
Goal: I can do it!!


Note: increase water intake and eat more fiber (Kashi will clean you out)

Keep Moving and you will smile all the time.!

Friday Weight Day

Twilight fan! Took today off work to see twilight a second time with the husband. And the we did nothing until I made dinner. I thought I would be skipping this workout because I just didn't feel like doing it. I did it anyway! so glad I did.

Meals
Breakfast
20 oz coffee with cream and sugar

Lunch
Nathan's hot dog
20 oz diet pepsi

snack:
1 serving of hersey almond candy bar

Dinner
1 fake Arby roast beef sandwich

Water for the rest of the night.


Routine:
Rear Lnnge 12.5ibs 15 15 15 increased
lunge 12.5 15 15 15 increased
side lat raised 7.5 10 12 11 increased
Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench 5lbs 10 10 10
seated bumbbell press 5lbs 15 15 15
leg raises 11 9 9 increased

Music: Ghost Whisper and the Mentalist

Goal: finishing the workout and sweating!!! I did it.


Keep moving, its healthy!!

Twilight excuse

Sorry, I missed another day but I am off friday and I don't plan on missing it.

Went to the Twilight premeire at 12:01a. Read my review on Bus Ride Reads blog.

Til Friday

Capture Cincinnati

Ok today the book Capture Cincinnati came out. I have a picture on the DVD and my name is in the book. So, I am happy. but sad! I did not have time to workout today. As soon as I got home we left for the book store to get the book. It was really quick, in and out...no joke. Then my husband and I went to Don Pablo's for dinner to celebrate. I didn't eat awful but I had too much cards. I will be doing extra cardio to make up for today. Sorry, this is my first miss.

Til Tomorrow
Keep Moving and Exercise

Weights, this routine is my favorite.

OK went to work and now I am back. Today is a weight day, never really wanting to do weights but I like doing this workout. I like the dumbbell curls, it feels like I am working the hell out of them and I better have some good looking arms after this. Word of advice: always check the equipment before using. Example that just happened to me. I am about to do the incline dumbbell press after I adjust the bench. I adjusted the bench and sat down with the dumbbells at shoulder height and I proceeded to lean back onto the bench. Well, then bench decided it was not going to stay in place and me, the dumbbells and the bench fell backwards. Instead of letting the bells go I held on to them with all my might. Luck for me everything is fine!!

Meals:
Breakfast
3/4 bagel with cream cheese
20 oz coffee with cream and sugar

Lunch:
Claim Jumpers fried chicken and mash potato & corn of cob
20 oz diet coke

Snack:
Chocolate pudding sugar free
1/2 cherry jello sugar free


Dinner:
1.2 lb steak
2 servings of green beans (frozen)
2oz ham
1.75 baked beans

a bit of a brownie

Routine:
Lateral Pull Down:
20lbs 15
30lbs 15 increased
30lbs 15
2 Dumbbell Row
10lbs 15
10lbs 10 decreased
10lbs 10 decreased
Superman
3 sets of 15 2 second holds funny to do but gets harder as it goes
Alternate Hammer Curls
3 sets of 10lbs 15 each
Incline Dumbbell curls
10lbs 8
10lbs 10
10lbs 10
ADD
Cardio: stationary bike 20 minutes this morning.

Music: Twilight Soundtrack

Goals: Party tomorrow but unfortunately I will not be able to attend. Spent too much money and now I can't buy the book. One of my pictures has been choosen to be in either the book itself or the dvd it has with it. Wishing for the book but don't have my hopes up. I will get the book next week and will see if I made the book.

Til next week.
Keep Moving!!!

Cardio today

Woke up this fine really cold monday having to go to work. Finally get off the bus at 605 and I had to wait for my husband to pick me up at a local book store. I sat there reading and sipping a diet coke.

Today's meals:
Breakfast
20 oz of coffee cream and sugar (need to change since I am a diebetic)

Lunch:
Claim Jumper chicken alfredo with noodles (not very good tasting)
4 oz of diet coke

Dinner:
1 lb of steak
1 serving of garlic bread with butter and parsley
16 oz of diet coke
1 serving of chocolate pudding with lite whip cream.

Routine:
Stationary bike 20 min

Motivation: watched Heroes

Goals: Party in 3 days, I tried on a white pair of pants and just a few more inches and I will fit these pants. I also tried on this shirt I bought a while ago and it fit loosely compared to it being tight (not extremely tight but tight none the less)

Note: I did the cardio while I had a headache. I woke up with an annoying pain this morning, it just never went away.

Til Tomorrow

Goal: The Little Black Dress

This is what I want to fit into within a year, if not sooner.

Sunday 2nd Week begins

I made it through the first week!! I took off saturday but I didn't go overboard on my eating, the worst I did was 3 servings sizes of an Almond Hersey Bar and a cup of Fruity Pebbles. I just finished doing weights and I am so happy I finished. I tied to do more but I failed to do as many the first time on a couple of them. My muscles (wow never thought I would use that word pertaining to ME..LOL) seemed a little weaker but hopefully will strengthen up in the coming weeks.

Meals:
Breakfast
2 eggs
4o ham
3 peppers and onion
1/4 of 2% cheese
coffee with cream and sugar (dunkin donuts, and NO donuts!!)

Lunch:
Jumper Jack frozen Pot Roast dinner (YuK)

Dinner:
spagetti with garlic bread.
water

Weight Routine: (Pounds and how many each set)
Chest
Barbell:
45ib barbell itself: 10, 7, 5
Incline bench press
dumbbells 15lbs: 10, 8, 8
Bent-Arm Dumbbell pullover
dumbbell 15 lbs: 10, 8, 8

Triceps
Cable push downs
20lb 7, 5, 4
Bench Dips
No attempt

Upper Abdominal
Crunches 15, 15, 15

Music: Twilight Soundtrack

Goal: Making it through this week of training!!

Wish me lots of luck!

1st Week complete, 7th day Cardio

Hey

Woke up today feeling pretty good and not sore for once this week. I did wake with a headache that lasted all day, so I didn't really feel like doing anythink except veg. Well, that didn't happen.

Meals
Biscuit gravy
4 strips of bacon
12 oz coffee cream and sugar (need to lessen that)

Lunch:
6" tuna sub on wheat
Gatorade fruit punch

Dinner:
1 almond hersey bar (I know not good but menstrating needing chocolate)
1 string cheese
1 hot dog
6oz of ham
1 serving of sweet potatoe fries
20 oz diet coke

NEED TO INCREASE WATER INTAKE

Routine:

18 minutes on stationary bike.

I have to say, the gym is in my bedroom. So when I was watching TV, I kept thinking I really need to do the bike so I can put something up on this blogger. I am determine to write in this blogger everyday of what my exercise and meals are. I wish myself luck.

Music: Actually, I watched Ghost Whisper

I am very proud that I did some type of exercise.

Goals: To ride a horse when I am fitter, so I don't feel like I am weighing the horse down. Nancy said she would take me on one of her horses. Something to work towards.

Keep moving and exercising.

Later

6th day Wieghts

Today is hard, Woke up sore as hell all over. Not really wanting to workout but I need to. I ate dinner and just went upstairs to the gym and worked out, didn't give myself enough time to change my mind. Working out while menstrating really sucks but one thing I have not craved for was salt and chocolate. Actually pretty proud of that and I am glad I did work out too. Patting myself on the back again.

7 more days til "Twilight" comes out at the theatre. My goal is to feel good next to the bunch of skinny little teens who are going to be standing in line with me for this movie.

Music: Twilight soundtrack blastingly loud.

Meals:
Breakfast:
muffin top of coffee muffin
8 oz coffee

Lunch
1 serving of 3 way chili
1 hot dog
10 oz diet coke

Dinner:
15 fries
2 jr whopper burgers

20 diet coke

Routine:
Rear Lnnge 12.5ibs 10 10 15
lunge 12.5 10 10 8
side lat raised 7.5 12 10 8
Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Raise With Head On Bench 5lbs 10 10 10
seated bumbbell press 5lbs 15 15 15
leg raises 8 7 5

I feel great that I worked out!!!

Til tomorrow, its a cardio day

5th day, Cardio

Today I almost took off. I really didn't want to do anything except sit, like my old ways lazy! Well, once we were done with grocery shopping for tonight's dinner I actually got on the treadmill. I did a great job after all. I did it for 25 minutes. The best part it for the last 3-4 minutes I turned off the machine and powered it up myself. I moved the thread with my 2 feet. Never thought I could do anything like that. When I was done and couldn't go any further, I stopped. I was pouring down with sweat. I never sweat like that before. LOVE IT. I am still patting myself on the back!! YEAH ME!!!

Meals:
Breakfast:
1/2 a plain bagel with cream cheese
oz coffee with cream and sugar

Lunch:
Wendy's grilled chicken sandwich
20 oz Diet coke bottle

Snack
1/2 Mandrain Chicken salad from Wendy's
1 package of asian dressing

Dinner:
1 cup spagetti
1/4 Skyline chili
1/4 2% Cheese
2 hot dogs
20 oz diet coke


Music: Twilight Soundtrack nothing slow all fast. Favorite: Spotlight

Goals: Today I didn't think of any but still working towards those jeans.

Weights tomorrow
Til then
Later

4th Day Weights

Weights today. My exercise doesn't start til I come home which is about 645pm. I still have to figure out my eating schedule but I will work on that next week. I wanted to get exercising and I have to say I am liking it. I have never felt like this. I believe I will be fitting into that LITTLE BLACK DRESS! Today I was thinking of the up coming party I will be attending on the 19th. I want to lose enough to feel good for this party. wish me luck! Today I kept holding my stomach in also.

Routine: I think I did really good on this rountine, I enjoyed doing, totally pumped!!!
Lateral Pull Down:
20lbs 15
20lbs 15
30lbs 15
2 Dumbbell Row
10lbs 12
10lbs 15
10lbs 15
Superman
3 sets of 15 2 second holds funny to do but gets harder as it goes
Alternate Hammer Curls
3 sets of 10lbs 15 each
Incline Dumbbell curls
10lbs 8
10lbs 10
10lbs 10
ADD
Cardio: 6 minutes on treadmill speeds between 2.5 and 3

Meals
1/2 biscuit with sausage gravy (Bakes's)
20 oz diet fountain coke

Lunch:
Michael Calendar frozed Terikye Chicken Dinner
20 oz Deit Coke bottle

Snack:
peanut butter cracker (packaged)
figbars (packaged)

Dinner:
Romaine salad (prepackaged)
chicken bits (prepackaged)
egg hard boiled
Italian dressing

32 oz Gatorade Fruit

Late/After workout: 6-8 oz of ham (tried to stay away from the late night carbs)

Music: Twilight soundtrack this made me really pumped!!!!

Goal: Party on the 19th. I have a pair of jeans I want to wear along with a cute shirt I bought from the junior department. I am hoping to fit.

This weekend I will be uploading a picture of me. YUK for now. Plus, my measurements another YUK for now....LOL

My 3rd Day Cardio

Today is a cardio day! but unfortunately I didn't do too well. I hit the stationary bike. I thought ok, I can do this. Well, I was able to do 13 minutes. My knee was hurting so I quit. I should have kept going on in a different way but I was not feeling it.

I was thrown off track today early too: Woke up thinking the dryer was broken. Had to find a 24 hour laundry mat to dry everyones clothes. That is where my breakfast came from.

Meals
Breakfast:
McDonald's Bacon,egg, cheese biscuit.
8 oz coffee with cream and sugar

Lunch:
Michael Calendar frozen dinner
chicken Noodle Cassarole
8 oz diet coke

Snack:
peanut butter crackers (packaged kind)
8 oz water

Snack:
small square piece of yellow cake with icing

Dinner:
roman salad (prepackaged)
chicken bits (prepackaged)
egg (hardboiled)

Routine:
Stationar Bike 13 minutes (not good)

Music: Twilight Soundtrack by headphones

Goals: Little Black Dress


Later Folks

Second Day

Today is a weight day. Today I woke up with my legs a bit sore and weak, but I still walked for 20 minutes. I went to a near by park and did to laps. It was 40 degrees outside and I needed gloves in order to stay warm. I didn't warm up until the beginning of the 2nd lap.

Breakfast:
3 eggs (including yolk)
1 cup of peppers and onion
1 tbl of extra virgin olive oil
1/4 of 2% cheese
3 bread toasted with butter

lunch
1 small square of cake

dinner
5/8 Tony's Supreme Pizza
16 oz Diet Coke

2 cups water

Weight Routine: (Pounds and how many each set)
Chest
Barbell:
45ib barbell itself: 12, 10, 5
Incline bench press
dumbbells 15lbs: 10, 8, 7
Bent-Arm Dumbbell pullover
dumbbell 15 lbs: 6, 5, no attempt

Triceps
Cable push downs
20lb 7, 6, 5
Bench Dips
No attempt

Upper Abdominal
Crunches 15, 15, 15

This was a great workout, my arms were numb afterwards and I imagine I will be paying for it heavily tomorrow if not the next day.

Till tomorrow

The first day

Well, let me tell you this is a log of my weight loss. November 8th is my first day and I went out to the woods (a level 4 trail) and lapped it 3 times. I did this in 40 minutes. It was a bit windy and cold.

I plan to list the following:
1. Weight beginning (then again on the weekends)
2. Mesxurements (once a month)
3. Routine (weights or cardio)
4. Meals and how much
5. How I feel before and after workouts
6. Music listened to during
7. Goals

Wish me lots of luck! I just may need it.

Keep me on track. I will post photo of me as I progress.

Later