Vacation

We are leaving on Friday for vacation, yes, I call a trip back home vacation. I know that I won't get any workouts in, so my hope is that the scale just stays the same. I have been having really good hour long workouts since the beginning of the month. One day I will run/walk the next day I will elliptical. I have been changing the resistance and incline every minute on the elliptical when I get bored. It seems to keep me on track, but it is hard. Have you ever tried doing a minute on a 15 incline and 15 resistance? Hard, but hard work pays off. I have also been trying to do weights each night when I go. I may only do 3 sets on 3 machines but that is a start!! I just want the pounds to continue to come off. I am no where near the rate of those on the Biggest Loser but slow and steady will keep it off longer, if not forever.

Still on track!!

This week I am still on track to attain the goal of going to the gym 5 times and eating good. On Monday after I posted the neighbor did show up and we went for a 4 mile walk. Prior to her coming I had been boxing, I did that for about 45 minutes!! That was a "workout" day I will say!! Tuesday I did not go to the gym I worked until 8pm. Wednesday I went and I did 65 minutes on the elliptical. I started at incline 10 and resistance 5 and worked my way up to resistance 15!!! That was a very hard workout!! Lots of calories burned there. I did a little bit of strength training as well. Tonight I did 5.5 miles on the treadmill in 60 minutes!! Not bad for not doing that many miles in a long time. I ran the 1st two non-stop then I would alternate between running and walking at an incline. My heart rate stayed between 160-180. I got home and felt like I was going to throw up. I think that happens because I can't drink water when I workout so when I am done I tend to drink it way to fast!! I will have to work on that!!

Time to kick it in high gear!!

Summer rolls around and I am not ready, my shorts are still to tight!! Time to get busy and get myself movin'. I went to the gym today with the intention of just running, however I saw the sign that said they were having body pump at 10:15. I ran for 2 miles straight with out stopping in 21 minutes!!! Then hit the studio. It was a good workout. I had not been to body pump in a very LONG time, so we will see what tomorrow brings. Sore body parts I am sure. I was suppose to go walking with the neighbor who is training for the Breast Cancer 3 Day, she said 5 or 5:30 and it is almost 7, so I think something might have come up for her. Next time!!! Jackie wants me to run a half marathon in Bismarck Sept 18th. If I start training now I would be able to do it, or at least the training plan says I should be able to it!!!!!! Still tossing the idea around. It is a huge commitment!! Plus you train 7 days a week, with summer here that could be a little hard. I will see what I can do!!!!!! Since the new Month is starting, I will shoot for a week of good eating and getting to the gym at least 5 times!!!!!

No gym, yet weight loss.

Ok I haven't been good about posting on here for the past 2 weeks. Along with that I have not been good at going to the gym. I went for the 1st time last week on Saturday and the first time this week was today. I somehow managed to lose 2 lbs!! Which brings me to a total of 7 I think. I will move my tape and find out! I have a dr appointment tomorrow and I am hoping that she has some in site as to why I am not losing more weight. I hardly eat anymore, usually one meal a day. It doesn't lead to weight loss but it does give me a horrible headache. I am just not hungry. I am interested to see tomorrow what the Cortisol (not sure if that is how you spell it) test results show. That is what causes you to gain weight in the stomach area. My luck it will be normal, which would be good but not explain things. I am hoping to get back into a gym routine next week starting Wednesday. I am off Monday but have to do 16 hours on Tuesday so the "good" routine will have to start Wednesday!!!

My Week one of the Detox

I had a pretty good week, I am down 3.5lbs, I will take that number, anything that goes down is now a very good friend of mine. I ate regular food this weekend because Skyler and Mona were here. I did try to limit the carbs and control the portions. I was doing well until today when my friends told me at the last minute that we were going to go to Applebee's to meet up with one of our co-workers who is out sick, with Lupus and possible cancer. How can I pass up seeing her. I can't however I could have passed up the two beers and chicken wings that I had. Honestly I didn't really want the wings but hey they were half price so why not. Turns out mine were not half price. 17.02 for 2 beers and wings!!! Bet that 3.5lbs finds it's way back!! It is my own fault I do stupid shit like that. I will get back on track tomorrow and not dwell on it. I had a really good first week. Now if I can just remember how to move my ticker!!!!

Starting off good!!

I like Gym Girl am trying to follow the 4 week detox plan. I did really well the first day and only added 3 wasa crackers, a piece of sting cheese and a laughing cow wedge. I did have a small and I am talking small piece of Sydney's birthday cake as well. Yesterday I deviated from the plan, I ended up working 16 hours so I was not prepared for the night meal. I had a very little bit of Spanish rice with a very small amount of refried beans mixed in. All together it probably wasn't even a cup. I have weighed myself daily as that is what I have always done, I will post my total results for the week on Monday. Along with this detox plan, now known to be as healthy choices I am taking a prescription weight loss med called phentrimine, I think that is how you spell it. It seems to help and I am not hungry so that it good. Unfortunately for me I started the pill on Sunday and the detox on Monday so not sure how I will gauge which one made me lose the weight. Hey, wait a minute I don't give a crap which one did it I am just glad it is starting to come off!!!!! I worked out today. I had to have a blood draw for the Cushing's Disease at 9am, I took my pill in the car on the way to the gym. I knew I needed to eat something before I worked out so I had a 50 calorie piece of string cheese. I did 65 minutes on the elliptical, which was 5.45 miles and 715 calories!! I have a hot stone massage at 5:30 today, time to relax from all that hard work!!! Actually I am a little nervous about the hot stone as to how it will feel. I have heard that they can hurt from the heat. It is also 90 minutes!!! I really need to get back on track with this blog!!! Sorry!!

Tough times!

After reading Gym Girls post I better kick my workouts in gear. I may never move up to dancing however!!! I have an appointment next week (Tuesday, get to use a sick day for work, yes) with an Endocrinologist!! Let's see if my hormones are my problem!! We are also going to Gold's Gym on Friday for a tour, I was there today to check it out and liked what I saw. We will go on Friday for Pat to check it out. It has some advantages over the Y. NO KIDS!! They do have a kids center but it isn't "family orientated" like the Y. They also have an all women's weight room, the Les Mills classes, which is what Body Pump is and they have a boxing one! They also have better hours!! Of course they try to sell you on personal training, so I might have myself a new trainer for a month or so!! Maybe changing gyms and getting a trainer is just the change I need. Oh and at Gold's Sydney would be able to use the equipment. At the Y you have to be 15 to use the treadmills and elliptical. For the grand finale it is CHEAPER!!! So we will see. I also talked to Joy today she is the body pump instructor at the Y, one of them anyway. She is also the coach of the Momsontherun.com for Woodbury. She was super excited that I was interested in it and after talking to her I would really like to do it!! She said that everyone starts out walking and you work your way up to running by interval training!!! She did confirm to me that running on the treadmill is nothing like running outside!! Glad to hear as I thought I was crazy because I could do one and not the other!! I am looking forward to Saturday when I along with Gym Girl and my friend Bea attend the weight lifting class at one of the other gyms here in Woodbury!!! Where can you get and hour and a half of information for 15 bucks!!! I am sure we will be able to take some sort of information away from there!!!
Ok I said I learned my lesson on weight loss supplements (being sick and throwing up the whole day) but of course today when I took the dreaded DREN back I found something else I wanted to try. It is a natural appetite suppressant!! There is only like 3 ingredients in it if I remember correctly, one is pine nuts!! They had to order it but the guy seemed to think that it would be a good one!!! Honestly I think he was being serious and not just trying to sell me something!! I will defiantly try it on my day off when I get it. It was only $21 something. (I know I am a sucker). I really need these things to be the changes that shake things up for me and put me on the path to weight loss. I unlike Gym girl, almost cry every time I have to look in my closet and find something to wear!! ( This includes my work uniform) As an inspiration for myself I did buy a couple of new workout shirts today!!!! I wanted some capri workout pants for the class on Saturday but I am to short for those, they look DUMB!!! Be looking for big changes to come from this girl!!!!