Workout 1-12-09 (Gym) / warm-up & lower body (cut short)
Today was the first meeting with my personal trainer, in which we were actually training instead of doing paperwork. Unfortunately, the workout was cut short because I was going to pass out, faint, whatever you want to call it. I’ve always been told to have more of a snack before working out, not a full meal, because it might make you sick. I discovered today that an actual meal is a must before serious training, or you WILL get sick!
So, this is what I did before cutting everything off.
Dumbbell Squats – 7.5lbs in each hand @ 1×20
Dumbbell Swing – 12.5lbs @ 1×20
Dumbbell Squats – 7.5lbs in each hand @ 1×12
Dumbbell Swing – 12.5lbs @ 1×12
So, I’ll be meeting with my trainer again tomorrow, but will definitely have breakfast, first, then see how the rest of the workout goes.
A Quiet Day
Working from home today with a lot to do, but focusing is hard to do. Trying to listen to hard rock/industrial to keep my pace up.
9:00am: Total Raisin Bran with Skim Milk
1:20pm: leftover Tortellini with Peas & Prosciutto in a Creamy sauce (Weight Watchers recipe) and Green Giant Healthy Vision Vegetable Mix
Workout 1-5-09 (Gym) / cardio & lower body
30 min treadmill-3.2 avg
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hip adduction-2×15 @ 30lbs (need to add more weight next time)
hip abduction-2×15 @ 30lbs (need to add more weight next time)
leg extension-2×15 @ 20lbs (quads)
leg curl-2×15 @ 30lbs (hamstrings; need to add more weight next time)
seated leg press-2×15 @ 50lbs (quads, hamstrings, calves and glutes; added 20 lbs since last time and had to work harder, but doable)
Woohoo!! First Short-Term Goal Achieved
I was quite excited when I weighed in this morning, my first short-term goal of 182.2 lbs has been achieved and passed.
WI: 181.1 lbs
9:40am: Brown Cow Bluberry Nonfat Yogurt, Vita Coco Coconut Water with Peach & Mango, Honest Tea Pearfect White Tea
12:15pm: Organic Bistro Spiced Chicken Morocco While Life Meal and a bottle of sparkling water
3:05pm: 10 baby carrots & cup of herbal tea
6:00pm: 6″ Subway Turkey Breast on Honey Oat, no cheese, with oil &vinegar dressing and veggies, most of a bag of Baked Lays, and a bottle of water
9:00pm: Gym
10:00pm: PowerBar Performance in Chocolate
The Discovery Channel National Body Challenge is starting again and I’m signing up for that to see how their workout and recipes are. And next week my office’s version of The Biggest Loser starts, so I’ve joined that as incentive to keep losing weight.
Workout 1-2-09 (15 minute) / upper body
After taking about a week off, due to the holidays, it’s time to get some workouts back in.
Wall Pushups – 2×15 (Chest, Triceps, Shoulders)
Boxer – 2×15 (Upper back, shoulders)
Bent-Over Lat Row – 2×15 with a medium resistance band, instead of dumbbells, which I couldn’t find (middle and upper back, rear shoulders, biceps)
A New Year
Wow, what a crazy week it has been! I haven’t had time to update my blog, but I’ll work a little bit on it all day to keep things going.
Work has been insane with the end of quarter, lots of budget issues, getting invoices in, etc. Plus the rebranding work, of course, trying to get that through.
NYE was a crazy night of too much alcohol, extremely sexy men and hot women! Susan arranged a Pajama Party and those men (yes, only some of the men didn’t “dress up”) who didn’t wear pajamas were seized and we attempted to strip them to put them into other pajamas. But, I think we were too drunk by the time we attempted that, so we only got a few shirts half off. Way too much alcohol that night left me extremely hungover, enough so that I plan on avoiding any alcohol for a while.
My goal for today: Get in at least a 15 minute workout.
My goal for at least the next 2 weeks, if not longer: No alcohol!!!!
WI: 183.8
I didn’t make my short-term goal by New Year’s Day, due to way too much eating out the week between Christmas and New Years, but I at least maintained that week.
