New Trainer

In last week's entry I mentioned I was starting in with a new trainer while my regular one is gone for a month.

I worked out with Ryan on Monday & Wednesday and workouts were good. I really like him and he is a very smart guy. He is a kinesiology major in college and will be going in nursing after that. He knows his stuff!!

Monday was legs, and Wednesday was upper body. I did chest press on the bench with 55 pounds (45 pound bar + 10 pounds of extra weight). My right deltoid was hurting pretty bad Wednesday night and most of Thursday, but seems to have improved and today I am just about back to not feeling anything out of the norm. My deltoid pain isn't soreness from lifting, it's soreness as in injury (suspected tear at the attachment site). This week I will be careful not to overdo, since I am leaving for a 6-day convention a week from Tuesday and I really don't want to be having pain while I am there.

Weight Update

I weighed in yesterday (Saturday, July 19) and I lost 2 pounds since last Saturday. I am on a roll, and I"m really happy !!!! I am now only 4 pounds away from what I was last September, and only 9 pounds from my all-time low. I am very excited.

We leave for our cruise in (I think) 27 days and I"d REALLY like to be down at least 5 more pounds before then. More would be better of course, to give me a little cushion to not be completely paranoid about eating on the ship!

What is really helping is NOT SNACKING at night. I can be good all day, and dinner has gotten easier, and if I eat anything at night, it's usually 1/2 cup light ice cream, or a couple fresh pineapple spears.

My exercise has been good, too. Friday night we did approx. 2.5 mile walk and yesterday we did closer to 3 and a lot of it was uphill in the hot sun.

Hoping to have another great week, and i'm shooting for 1-2 pounds again.

Saturday weigh in

Today is Sunday, but yesterday I weighed 1.5 lbs less than I did last Saturday. I'm happy. Wish it was more (don't we all?) but I am happy with any loss. I had some food challenges in that we celebrated our daughter's birthday and I had cake .... 3 large pieces over 3 days and I still lost 1.5 lbs. Next week I want to shoot for 2 pounds minimum. I'm going to work hard to achieve that.

Tomorrow I start in with a new trainer until August 11 while my regular trainer is out of town for a class. She said I might want to stay with the new trainer after she comes back so we'll so how it goes. She encourages the change and says it would be good for me. Wish me luck !!!

Friday workout and weigh-in

Well, this morning I weighed in back at the same point I was on Wednesday morning. Whoo hoo. I"m glad. Now I hope to keep dropping again. I'd really like to lsoe 5 pounds by the time I leave for my convention (2-1/2 weeks from now) and I'd like to be 10 less by the time we go on our cruise next month (August 17).

Today was back workout. After weights, I did some cardio. A little on elliptical (13 minutes) and then I did 1.25 miles on the treadmill probably running over 3/4 of that.

That's it .... nothing else exciting.

I hate the scale

OK, so yesterday I was below my designated 1500 calories, yet I still gained a pound??? What gives??? This is why i hate the scale. It's enough to drive me mad. I need to listen to those that tell me NOT TO WEIGH EVERYDAY!!! But, when I don't weigh everyday, I lose track of what I"m doing and I get into more trouble. I really didn't drink much (32 oz. at the gym, and a glass of iced tea at dinner) so it's possible I am just retaining water since I was dehydrated.

Anyhow, today I've not eaten much. In fact, I am below even 1000 calories. I didn't even eat my cheerios until the afternoon because I woke up to find my kitchen island covered in ants and some other disgusting things I found that I won't even discuss here (eeww). So, this morning I spent quite a bit of time cleaning my kitchen (and searching for ant stragglers). We have a monthly service, but the last couple weeks I've been finding small groups of ants in the kitchen . They are really the first ants we've had in probably the 6 or so years since we began service.

Anyhow, this afternoon I had honey nut cheerios w/non-fat milk. Tonight I had 2 pieces of Dominos pizza (medium pizza, 1 slice = 160 calories). A little while ago I had another bowl of cheerios cuz I was starving. So all in all I am only at 720 calories. That is WAYYYY under my 1500. If I don't lose anything by tomorrow I"m going to rip my hair out and throw the scale out the window LOL.

No gym today, but I have my regular training session tomorrow morning at 9:00. I think it's back/bicep day.

Chest/Tricep/Abs

First off, here's a picture of me on the elliptical today. My daughter took it with her cell phone so that's why it's blurry. I love the elliptical. I love how it makes me really sweaty. Check out the sweat on my arms.

Beginning on MOnday I will have a new trainer until August 12. My trainer Elizabeth will be away on business so I will be trained by Ryan. Hope he doesn't kill me! haahahha.


Back/Tricep
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ISO Incline Press 3 sets of 15 (no additional weight)
ISO Decline Press 20# x 3 sets of 20
ISO Bench Press (bar is 45 lbs) 3 sets of 15
Dumbbell kickbacks 7.5# in each hand. 3 sets of 20
Cable Rope Tri Overhead 40# x 3 sets of 15
Dumbbell flys on mat 7.5# in each hand x 3 sets of 20
Skull Crushers on mat 5# in each hand x 3 sets of 20

Abs
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Bicycles - 2 sets of 40
Reverse Crunches - 2 sets of 15
Straight Leg Lift - 2 sets of 15
Elbow to knee reach - 2 sets of 15 on each side
Situps with DB - 7.5# set of 15
Side Plank lifts 15 on each side
Plank 25 seconds

Precor Elliptical - 30 minutes, 356 calories

Tonight we went to dinner at Olive Garden. I was very conscientious about what I ate. I started with a bowl of Minestrone (only 164 calories and 1 g. of fat) and I only ate maybe 1/2 to 1/3 of it (too many tomatoes). I did have 1-1/2 breadsticks. They are 120 each (and 1.5 g. fat) so 180 cals for that. My main dish was Capellini Pomodoro (skinny spagetti noodles with diced roma tomatoes, basil, garlic, and olive oil) which was totally gross. It had a tomato explosion on top and was kind of tart. I didn't eat even half of it. It was hard to even get down what I did! On the menu it had the little olive branch symbol next to it indicating a low-fat option, but it still had over 600 calories when I looked it up at home. I had looked up food options before we left and had chosen a grilled chicken entree, but it was not on the menu when we got there (I was upset, too, cuz it was only like 260 calories).

My day up until Olive Garden was low in cals, too. Breakfast was a Glucerna bar before my workout (only 70 cals), then had some leftover turkey breast taco meat when I got home, then had a salad for lunch with more ground turkey BREAST with 4 tortilla chips. Yum. Taco salad. Even with Olive Garden, I'm far below my 1500 allowable calories.

Oh, and today I dipped back down into a new 10's group on the scale. I won't say what ten's ... but let's just say it's the lowest I've been since last year. hehehehe. I'm happy :-)

Workout Tues. 7/8

Today was leg day, and my regular joint workout with my gym friend. WE merge our 2 sessions together so we get an hour with our trainer instead of individual 30-minute sessions.

Seated Leg Curl 75#/20 x 3 sets
Cybex Iso Leg Press 90#/20, then 2 sets of 110#/20
Hip Abduction 70#/15 x 3 sets
Hip Adduction 70#/20 x 3 sets
Butt Blaster 50#/15 x 3 sets (on each leg)
Walking Lunges 15# dumbbell 2 lengths of gym
Side Lunges 15# dumbbell 2 lengths of gym
Bench Crunches 3 sets of 30
FULL PUSHUPS !!! 45 (3 sets of 15)
Situps w/7.5# dumbbell - 15
Straight Leg Lift - 15
Elbow to Knee reach 15 on each side
Bicycles 2 sets of 40
Reverse Crunches 2 sets of 15
Stretching

No cardio since I had to get somewhere, but after an hour of legs & abs, I was more than ready to go home anyway. I love being totally sweaty after a workout.

Saturday 7/5 weigh-in

Yipeeeeee!!!! Today I weighed in and I lost 4 pounds this week !!! Weeee!, I'm happy. I am hoping for a 2-pound loss this week. I am feeling good, and in control.

Friday 7/4 Workout

Friday I had a good back/ab workout. I was tired, but felt great afterward. I'm so happy my deltoids continue to be virtually pain free (sometimes I have a little pain in the middle of the night).

Pull-downs 90#/15 x 3 sets
Smith Dead Lift 40#/15 x 3 sets
Wide Row 45#/20 x 3 sets
Cable Row 30#/20 x 3 sets (on each arm)

Bench crunches 3 sets of 20
Sit-ups holding dumbbell 7.5#/15
Bicycles 50
Reverse Crunches 20
Side crunches 30
Side Plank pushups 15 on each side
Planks hold 35 seconds
Pushups (REAL ONES!!) 3 sets of 15 !! Whoa yah baby ... 45 of them!!!

Precor Elliptical ... 17 minutes only. I was tired.

Another pound gone!

Since Monday I've lost 2.2 pounds. Not bad for 3 days :-). I'm down 6.6 pounds in the last 3 weeks. In those 3 weeks I lost a couple, then gained them back, then lost them again. Yep, that's my life ... I am a constant yoyo-er when it comes to my weight. It's very frustrating.

I've really been trying lately, and i guess whatever it is I'm doing is working so I'm going to do my best to keep it going. I had a little roadbump today as it's our daughter's 15th birthday today and we went to the movies to see Get Smart. I brought my own snack (dry roasted soybeans, and soy crisps) but my son got popcorn and I stole some .... WITH BUTTER! Ugh, why do I do that? I didn't have a lot, but I told myself I wouldn't have any and I still did. Tonight we are going to dinner at California Pizza Kitchen so I"ll do my best to order wisely.

(taking break for dinner)

OK, we are home from California Pizza Kitchen. I didn't do that good, but could have been MUCH worse. I ordered the Thai Crunch Salad. Salads are so deceiving. They sound healthy, but there are so many hidden calories and fat grams. I only ate half of the salad and will have the rest tomorrow. If not for the fried wonton strips and spicy peanut dressing, it would have been healthy ROFL.

I'm hoping I have maintained my weight when I step on the scale tomorrow. I will post my workout later. I need to get my log book out of the car. Today was chest/shoulders and I had a good workout.

Leg Day

Today was leg day at the gym. It was an hour session today, since I join up with a gym friend on Tuesdays and we do our sessions back to back and share our times, so we get 60 instead of 30.

Walking lunges - 2 sets of 60 (2 basketball court lengths)
Side lunges - 2 sets of 60 (2 basketball court lengths)
Squat Holds - 7.5lb DB, 3 sets of 10
Stair calf raises - 3 sets of 30 (feet forward, toes in, toes out)
Hip abduction - 65lb / 3 sets of 15
Squat Holds - holding on to bar, 3 sets of 15
hip adduction - 65 lb / 3 sets of 15
Leg Press - 110 lb/15, 120 lb/15, 130 lb/15
Butt Blaster - 50 lb / 3 sets of 10 on each leg
Leg Extension - 45 lb / 20 (3 sets); 30 lb / 10 (3 sets on each leg)

Abs:
Bench crunches - 3 sets of 20
Bicycles - 2 sets of 40
Straight leg lift - 3 sets of 15
Elbow to knee (cross over crunches) 2 sets of 15 on each leg
Reverse Crunches - 2 sets of 15
Side reaches to shoe - set of 30


I'm tired. I didn't do any cardio since I had to get out of the gym and get to an appointment. I workout in the monring. It's shoulder/chest day.

food was good over the weekend, and I took a 4.6 mile walk on Saturday. I'm down 2 pounds since Friday :-) yaaayyy!!! I'm feeling very into my diet mojo. Once I get going and I do well, I can stay with it. One slip, and it's all over. I'm doing my best to stay on track.