Love it

I cannot talk this heart rate monitor up enough. It makes me feel like I'm actually doing something! I can do the Wii Fit Plus and know realistically how many calories I am burning, my target heart rate, average during the workout, max during the workout. Seriously best purchase in a while.

I did this new thing on Wii Fit Plus where you can plan your routines and combine them. I made a combination 53 minute workout including a cool-down and did a 7 minute warm up on Wii Fit Plus prior. With button pushing and down time it was a total of 1 hour 20 minutes. I didn't stop my heart rate monitor this time.

I burned 341 calories. Averaged 113. Maxed 166.
It's supposed to be between 130 and 160. I think. So that's not too bad.

We have plans to go to a wine and cheese tasting at the neighbor's so I wanted to make sure I worked out before that!!!!

Weight + Wii = SUCK ASS

I did Wii because I was in a good mood and felt like working out even though I was sore from yesterday. So I did two rounds of advanced step and felt sweaty and kept going and did a six minute round of super hula that I was hurting through and then kept going and did rhytmic boxing and kept going and did 30 rep jack knife and then did a minute cool down. Feeling good about myself I decided eh what they hey I'll weigh myself I probably still weigh the same and am just out of shape. Knowing that my last weigh in was a while ago and that I was super unhappy with that weight.... oh I GAINED 10.2 pounds. So now I am fatter than what I already thought was fat. And now I feel like shit about myself. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ian made fajitas for dinner. I want chicken and rice and tortillas :(
Maybe I'll just have chicken and veggies and a gallon of water.

day 32 - Tuesday - May 12

It is my 32nd day since I started my I should really get back into shape and lose weight program on April 10, 2009.

It is my 24th consecutive day since I have been actively pursuing it - MINUS this weekend because my grandma was in the hospital and I was worried and overeating.

On April 10, 2009 - I weighed in at 181 pounds.
Today, May 12, 2009 - I weighed in at 177.5 pounds.

Which means that since I started dieting and exercising again (basically 3 weeks give or take) I have lost 3.5 pounds!

An average of MORE THAN a pound a week! Which for me is very impressive and it has been steadily decreasing.

April 10 - 181.0
April 24 - 178.4
April 27 - 179.5
April 29 - 178.1
May 2 - 178.4
May 4 - 178.1
May 12 - 177.5

Here is my diary entry today from www.thedailyplate.com (where I log my food daily)
110p I am confused because I just felt REALLY shaky but my eating patterns have been normal today. I ate, drank water, haven't had a lot of sugar. And caff. never effects me shaky-wise and I have the same thing everyday. Weird.

730p Just weighed in pre-workout and gained .4 pounds, weighed in post-workout and lost 1.1 pounds. I don't know and I don't care. I'm down to 177. 5 with a two-week goal of 176.6.

My Wii Routine Wiirkout tonight:
Generator: 30 mins/Weight Loss/Medium/Legs focus
33 minutes total
Sideways Leg Lift - 3m
Basic Step - 3m
Tricep Extension - 3m
Super Hulu - 3m
Boxing - 12m
Balance 4m
Torso Twist 2m
Tricep Extension - 3m

Yoga Yoga

I did yoga tonight. Basically just because my back hurt from the stupid stilettos.
I did

• bridge (3)
  
• cobra (2)
  
• downward facing dog (1)
• shoulder stand (1)
• spinal twist (4)
• deep breathing (1)
• jackknife (4)
• arm and leg lift (1/2)

It was nice. Then I (still on the Wii) did the globe weather thing and I found it very relaxing.

Day 19 since start/Day 9 consecutive

Hello lovelies that stop by to read my blog. I'm not getting many comments but I hope some of you are stopping by. Even if you aren't, the idea that you might is enough to keep me accountable.

I have made it to Wednesday. Yesterday was hellish. I was so annoyed and stressed and tired. Today, I woke up with a much better attitude on life and everything. I have only had 359 calories today (including lunch) and am a little hungry but yet happy that I'm training my stomach. Once you get past the restrictions, I find it gets a lot easier. I am already on my second 24-oz glass of water too!

I came in early today to work so I am working 8:15 to 4:15. I was going to go for my 30-minute walk tonight but it's raining so I will probably try out Wii circuits hopefully tonight.

Honestly, they look so scary and complicated that I haven't done them yet. I def. need to work out though tonight. I am not doing as well on the work out scale as I am on the diet scale. And being thinner and healthy isn't just based on diet alone or exercise only. It's a healthy and consistent combination of both.

Anyway back to work. Just wanted to drop in to track my progress.

day 14

Well it's day 14 since I came up with this brilliant idea. And consecutive day 5 that I've stuck with it! I weighed in tonight and found that I have lost 2.6 pounds! I'm not stupid so I will congratulate myself but keep in mind realistically that it's probably water weight. Regardless though I have to pat myself on the back because I lost weight! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh.my.god.pain.

I'm not going to lie, I am in pain right now from the workout last night. It hurts to even lean forward at my desk and sit. My abs feel activated when I am completely still. I feel like my whole body is one giant muscle cramp. I cannot get comfortable. Trying to remind myself to visualize myself doing it and completing my next workout and not continuing my negative self talk. I can do it, I will do it. I am not weak. The muscles will never be strong enough to do anything without consistency. Must make it 28 days to habit land. Winces at the thought of working out again. I wish I still saw Amber so I could do arms. I wonder if I have an arms video. I could do arms. I really really want to do Wii circuits though. Maybe I'll try to push through Wii circuits - it's only a half hour and tomorrow is walk day. So I get a semi-rest tomorrow. And like yesterday, I'll feel much better if I workout. I am just sore now. I'll stretch before tonight's workout. I'll be fine. No pain, no gain. I'm not going to lose any weight or get any toner skipping workouts because of little pain. Pain = thin. Plus, with a workout and dinner - I've only had a few hundred cals today because I skipped my sandwich (I didn't eat lunch again until 3p). So I've had triple con panna and 1pkg oatmeal and Venti water like yesterday. Then today I just had the cheese mini rice cakes and the 100-calorie S'mores granola bar and more water. So I will def. have to lose something - at least water weight by now LOL

Motivation Fit Girl


Ya I know it's Ashlee Simpson and she's probably heavily airbrushed but it really doesn't take that much effort to be skinny enough that you can see your ribs and get a barely there six-pack like she as here.

Mood: Tired, trying to motivate self, bored, sore
Song playing on iPod: Offspring - Pretty Fly for a White Guy

Googled motivational quote of the day:
Heraclitus
There is nothing permanent except change.

Post-Workout day 1

I worked out! WOO go me! It's my birthday. (not really I'm just a big nerd.)

So I got off my couch, put in my contacts, threw on a sports bra, turned on some hip hop/dance music (some thanks to Miz Julie) and Wiirked (trademarked by Miz Julie as far as I know).

My workout:
3x regular hula hoop
1 min a piece counted
highest score like 52.
I have hips trust me, I just can't use them to hula. LOL I could never hula as a kid ever. but i love Hulu.com :) does that count?

6 mins of free run
Pretty much just consisted of me running around my house like a dumbass (okay it was pretty funny and confused the cats) and the occasional dancing. What can I say? Pitbull makes me go Krazy!

Then I did the Chair 2x (the pose not the lounger) and I did Rowing Squat 1x (for the combo!). I pretty much suck ass at Rowing Squat. Even though Amber made me do them everyday when I trained. I have realized I am not very good working what my Mama gave me.
So that counted for like I dunno 4 minutes or something.

After chair/squat I did free step for 10 minutes = 963 steps. I think the goal is 800 for 10 minutes so that's good I guess. It was really hard to find the beat to the music (since I had the Wii on mute and the music turned up). I had to keep finding 4 count songs or adapt other ones and even with the faster pace on the Wii Fit it's still hard. But I did it and I was super sweaty when done and I wanted to give up but had 6 more minutes until 30.

So I did my favorite Wii Fit activity (seriously) the Jack-knife Challenge. I have the trainer guy that kind of looks like Keanu back when he was in Bill and Ted. So I call him Keanu. And I like to kick Keanu's ass at Jack-knives. It gets my competitive spirit going beating even an animated trainer. So usually I can go for a long time but today I could only do 23 reps (gasp! I know usually I do like at least 30, I think my top was like 56 and I felt like I was going to hurl) but regardless I did them and I worked out and I'm proud of myself!

YAY!

I know I was hard on myself in the first blog but that is just what motivates me -- being hard on myself. It's like when trying to pump up myself I don't believe the lame motivational speeches or the 'You can do it!' but I hear it loud and clear when I tell myself the truth in the most harsh blunt way possible. So I don't really like hate myself. I just know I need to lose weight for health (okay and clothing) purposes. Really any motivation is appreciated.

One day done! WOO.