Jax_BabyJeep

Dang it! Forgot my workout stats! Ok so... combining Session A and B unless exercises were different for the list below (aka not posting double chin-ups) Starting Workout: 04/11/11 Push Ups: x8, x5, x4, x3 = 20 reps total Chin Ups: x3, x3, x3, x3 = 12 reps total Squats: x30, x20, x15, x15 = 80 reps total Side Planks: 10 seconds x2, each side = 40 seconds total Close hand Push Ups: x3, x3, x3, x3 = 12 reps total Lunges: x10, x10, x8, x6 = 34 reps total Planks: 30 seconds, 22 seconds , 20 seconds = 72 seconds total Ending Workout: 05/23/11 Push Ups: x9, x7, x7, x7 = 30 reps total Chin Ups: x12, x12, x12, x12 = 48 reps total Squats: x35, x25, x20, x20 = 100 reps total Side Planks: 25 seconds x2, each side = 100 seconds total Close hand Push Ups: x7, x7, x7, x7 = 28 reps total Lunges: x12, x12, x12, x12 = 48 reps total Planks: 50 seconds, 50 seconds , 50 seconds = 150 seconds total % of increase, or % close to: Push Ups: 50% increase Chin Ups: 300% Squats: 25% Side Planks: 150% Close hand Push Ups: 134% Lunges: 40% Planks: 108%

Total of 6 weeks working out and eating mostly Paleo does a Jax_BabyJeep good!!! Starting Weight on 4/11/11: 212.5 Ending Weight on 05/23/11: 199 Total weight loss: 13.5 lbs Measurements on 4/11/11 (in inches): Bust: Under 41 1/4 Over 47 1/4 Waist: 43 1/2 Hips: 51 R Thigh: 23 3/4 L Thigh: 25 R Bicep: 14 3/4 L Bicep: 15 3/4 R Calf: 16 3/4 L Calf: 17 1/2 Measurements on 5/23/11 (in inches): Bust: Under 38 1/2 Over 44 1/4 Waist: 41 1/2 Hips: 48 R Thigh: 23 1/2 L Thigh: 25 R Bicep: 14 1/4 L Bicep: 14 1/2 R Calf: 16 1/4 L Calf: 16 1/2 Total inches loss: 11.5 Now to start my email to Steve along with the before and after photos. So excited for everyone this past 6 weeks. Lots of people making TONS of awesome progress. Good luck everyone!!! <3

Week 6 update: Brief overview of goals: 1. BW portion of the Rebel Strength Guide, 3x a week - D, only 1 as I was sick for most of the week =( 2. Do Yoga, Walking or Biking, 2x a week - B, got some misc small amounts in and one good day of walking at the beach 3. Continue to track daily food & water intake, exercise and BP - check! A 4. Under 200lbs. - GOAL ACHIEVED!!!! 5. Life Goal: Working a new job - three weeks down - the only thing constant is change and this job is definately going to keep me on my feet thinking. Two more weeks of side-by-side learning to go! 6. Life Goal: Read Yoga for Divers - A, completed reading it this week!!! 7. Bonus Workout Goal: 1 pull up - unassisted: Not yet Overview of 6 week goals set on 4/11/11: Brief overview of goals: 1. BW portion of the Rebel Strength Guide, 3x a week: A-, Completed all but 2 BW workouts in 6th week - I really dislike colds! 2. Do Yoga, Walking or Biking, 2x a week: A-, I think I did pretty good but wish I had gotten in some more bike riding 3. Continue to track daily food & water intake, exercise and BP: A 4. Under 200lbs. - A, 199 as of 5/23! 5. Life Goal: Working a new job: A, Three weeks in and doing great - lots to learn! 6. Life Goal: Read Yoga for Divers - A, completed reading it this week!!! 7. Bonus Workout Goal: 1 pull up - unassisted: Not yet

Day 43: The final day of the Greatest Contest in the History of the World!!! Today went off without a hitch. Managed to kick my colds butt for the most part and knock out my AM workout and ate great all day. At the new job I've already friended with several guys that do the protein thing and hit the gym regularly - even have a gym invite! So this 6 weeks has been awesome but more on that next post - or the post after.. Something like that. Thanks to Kain last week unearthing yummy things that Spezzy makes I made a DELICIOUS dinner tonight and also this week discovered I LOVE dates! As in the food - but going on 'dates' is cool too So I think that's about it for today. Hmmm... yeah. Thanks for tuning in for 43 days of fun! This has been 6 weeks of learning to workout, learning to cook and TONS of reflection into where I can go next! Breakfast: protein shake Snack: orange and almonds Lunch: tuna and spinach salad with string beans, carrots, green peppers and raspberry dressing Snack: protein bar Dinner: jalapeno stuffed - bacon wrapped chicken bites and broccoli... (THANK YOU SPEZZY!!!!!!) Beverage(s): 115 ounces of water Workout: Warm Up: 2 min jump rope 25 jumping jacks 20 squats 5 lunges, each side 10 hip extensions 5 side step overs, each leg 10 straight leg swings, each leg 10 side leg swings, each leg 5 push ups 10 spider man steps, each leg (modified: on knees) Workout: Push Ups: Max Reps 4 sets x9, x7, x7, x7 Chin Ups: Max Reps 4 sets (chair assisted) x12, x12, x12, x12 Squats: Max Reps 4 sets x35, x25, x20, x20 Side Planks: Max Time 2 sets, alternating sides L 25 seconds R 25 seconds (modified: from knee) L 25 seconds R 25 seconds (modified: from knee) Cooldown: Lying knee tuck, 5 each side Lying leg tuck, 5 each side Lying straight leg, 5 each side Legs wide, side stretches, 5 each side Butterfly stretch, hold for 5, 5 total (Assisted) Straight Splits, side splits, both sides, 3 times Shoulder Stretch, 5 each side Knee sit almost to child pose but with arms extended out Divebomb to hyperflex

Last week I spent a couple of days sick - BUT I still ate good - just wasn't able to workout Hmm... Sunday was good for me and today is the last day of our 6 weeks of awesomeness challenge! Hope everyone remembers to email Steve!!! and thanks for grabbing WOTD VB

So ok - two things.. 1: Your workouts kickass! 2: Tonight I made jalapeno stuffed - bacon wrapped chicken bites - and now I officially <3 you haha (not the crazy stalker type - but did have to share that I was just THAT happy over my dinner tonight!!) so Thanks Spezzy!!!

Spezzy = Queen of deadlifts! Congratz!!!

Day 42: Felt TONS better today! Thank goodness - today was beach day with my Jeep friends. A much needed beach day. Went on a little walk and swam in the ocean a bit too. So freaking gorgeous out - top down all day - and a little bit of a sunburn to prove it. Today I also took my measurements seeing as how tomorrow is the last day for the Greatest Contest and all. Let me tell you - I feel quite accomplished! Even with 4 days out of it having been sick - I'm looking forward to the beginning of the rest of my life. This has been a fantastic experience and just wanted to thank everyone! <3 Breakfast: protein shake Lunch: tuna and spinach salad with string beans and raspberry dressing (it's a good quick pack lunch for eating on the beach!) Dinner: steak & chicken (Mom made only a small steak so she also cooked up some chicken for me, I'm talking like 6 bites of steak..) 1/2 tomato and some corn (not the best but better than canned spinach and rice that she made for her and Dad) Beverage(s): 98 ounces of water Workout: 1.25 mile beach walk and a little bit of swimming - and oh boy was that soft sand a booty kicker!

Sunday's WOTD: accomplished

Day 41: I woke up today - bonus - I'm still here. Did a few errands as I was feeling a little better today. No double vision or aches. Went to Petsmart for flea meds for the pup, hit up Walgreens for a prescription for me and then decided I'd see if I could find lunch at Moe's. Cleaned up the room a tiny bit and then was tired so took a lovely lil nap. The cat and pup both thought this a swell idea. Waited for 6pm.. (j/k) - and yup, 6pm came and went and I'm still here - and apparently all of my friends and family are too so it's all good. Fantastic! I still have LOADS of time for more diving since the rapture didn't happen. Best news all day Oh and went out to Publix for groceries right before dinner. Going to try to make it to the beach tomorrow to see Jeep friends.. hoping the feeling good thing lasts and continues to improve =) oh yeah, and HURRAY! I was actually hungry at dinner time =) Breakfast: protein shake Lunch: chicken, lettuce, pico de gallo, onions, peppers, mushrooms and some guacamole Snack: protein shake Dinner: shrimp, string beans and 5 dates Beverage(s): still drinking water Workout: walked a few stores doing errands and groceries - was going to attempt yoga tonight but anything downward isn't cool quite yet...

Saturday's WOTD because you KNOW I just had to rapture

Gratz! =) Nice job!

Day 40: Still feeling like poop pretty much for most of the day. Did manage to get in walking up two flights of stairs instead of taking elevator today. Figure had to get in a little something. My only desire at this point is to get to feeling better. I really really dislike being sick. Messing up my food eatings and workouts is NOT cool!!! Woke up again not hungry so again with the protein shake. Took what was supposed to be dinner last night (ground turkey in green peppers) for lunch but by lunch time it didn't smell good to me and I wanted nothing to do with it. Decided to try it again at dinner and went out with coworkers for a quick lunch. By the time I left work again energy level had dropped and was feeling droopy by the time I arrived home. Took an hour nap and when I woke was still meh, not hungry and definately not up to doing a workout. Slight body aches today... hope those go away. Booo. Heated up the ground turkey for dinner and took a bite... yeah, ok I'll be honest. It was nasty. I made lots of faces while chewing said bite, tossed the rest in trash and ate the green pepper, drank a protein shake and then 1/2 avocado. I plan on going to bed early and sleeping lots tonight. Crossing fingers that tomorrow will be a feel better day. Breakfast: protein shake Snack: blueberries, raspberries and almonds Lunch: blacken chicken salad with tomatoes with an avocado dressing from Tijuana Flats, didn't eat the shell Snack: protein bar Beverage(s): one black coffee and 98 ounces of water Workout: walked up two flights of stairs (I take stairs down everytime but usually take elevator for going up) no BW thanks to nasty cold Dinner: protein shake, 1 whole green pepper and 1/2 avocado

Friday's word of the day: desire

Day 39: Ok - Why oh WHY couldn't this freaking cold have waited one more dang week?! I was kicking some @$$ on Monday.. Grr!!! So yes, today is yet ANOTHER recovery day Woke up again at 5:30 to attempt workout, took pup outside and by the time I came in was out of energy and feeling cruddy. So back to bed I went until 7:15. Sleep is good. Got up late but still wasn't hungry. Yup, another protein shake. Started feeling better towards around 11am through about 5pm and then the down slope again. By the time I got home tonight after sitting in traffic for an hour thanks to non-drivers and 3 wrecks I wanted to crawl into bed and call it a night. Managed to stay up and I did cook but took one bite and decided that stuff peppers with turkey didn't sound or taste good and I wasn't hungry. So drank protein shake for dinner and well on the positive side at least now I have lunch for tomorrow ready to go? yes, that sounds good... Makes me grr at myself that I can't workout right now but I suppose listening to my body and getting rest isn't too bad of an idea. Guess we all need downtime, just wish it was one more week from today. I'll try again tomorrow, tomorrow evening, saturday morning, saturday evening etc and hopefully be able to get 2 more BW workouts in but thinking it might be only 1 more. We'll see. And as always I'll post my progress or lack thereof.. stupid stupid cold :/ Breakfast: protein shake Snack: blueberries, raspberries and almonds Lunch: tuna and spinach salad with carrots, tomatoes, snap peas and raspberry dressing Snack: protein bar Dinner: protein shake Beverage(s): 98 ounces of water Workout: Day of rest... bed early again - on a another positive note - at least I'm staying hydrated =)

and it's now Thursday... so how about recovery

Hurray and Congratz! and welcome back to Paleo

Day 38: Not a fan of today to be perfectly honest. Woke up this morning and wasn't hungry one single iota. This is NOT my norm... So yes, drank a protein shake and headed to work. By lunch I knew what the culprit was. I've apparently contracted cooties from someone(s) at work. Yes, I'm sick Feeling overall kinda crappy with a lovely cough developing. Lunch took me almost 45 minutes to eat.. again not my normal. After work stopped by Native Sun and picked up some Sinusalia and Oscillococcinum so hopefully after a few doses I'll feel better and won't have to get regular meds from a doctor. Crossing fingers! Filled up the Jeep with gas - stopped at the grocery store with the intentions of picking up the rest of what I needed for the ground turkey stuffed peppers for tonights dinner. By the time I got home I was feeling worse and wasn't hungry AGAIN even one single iota. Opted for a dinner of just a protein shake. It's 8:45pm and I can tell you now I'll probably be in bed by 9:30. Bleh, hope I feel better in the morning - it's a workout day :/ Breakfast: muscle milk protein shake Snack: almonds and an orange Lunch: tuna and spinach salad with carrots, tomatoes, snap peas and raspberry dressing Snack: apple and walnuts Dinner: muscle milk protein shake Beverage(s): 98 ounces of water Workout: Day of rest... bed early

Hmmm.. how about... WOTD for Wednesday: Iota

Day 37: Errr... so tired. Need a bit of extra sleep this morning which meant workout when I got home. So got that done and then cooked dinner and made a mostly bad thing to take to tomorrow's potluck at work. I'll be bringing lunch vs. eating other's food - but I'm totally cool with that. I made fat free brownies (but they aren't sugar free so = bad. They have the brownie mix in them and then it is mixed with yogurt.) Oh yeah and I might have eaten one... Today went by quickly at work for the most part. Though I might need to work on humility a bit more as I appear to be catching on quickly imo and sometimes answer the question of the person I am sitting with (job shadowing) faster than the other person also sitting with us. Today was myself and Ryan (also new) sitting with Bill and then later Jill. But maybe in this case I can just keeping doing my thing? Thanks VB for making me try to work Humility into a post haha! Breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 bacon, few slices of tomato Lunch: blacken chicken salad with tomatoes with an avocado dressing from Tijuana Flats, didn't eat the shell Snack: protein bar Dinner: salmon and snap peas Snack: 1 brownie bite, literally a bite. I made them in a mini muffin pan. Someone had to test them - Beverage(s): 94 ounces of water Workout: Warm Up: 2 min jump rope 25 jumping jacks 20 squats 5 lunges, each side 10 hip extensions 5 side step overs, each leg 10 straight leg swings, each leg 10 side leg swings, each leg 5 push ups 10 spider man steps, each leg (modified: on knees) Workout: - done in 4 circuits, 2 min rest between circuits Chin Ups: Max Reps 4 sets (chair assisted) x12, x12, x12, x12 Close hand Push Ups: Max Reps 4 sets x7, x7, x7, x7 Lunges: Max Reps 4 sets x12, x12, x12, x12 Planks: Max Time 3 sets x50, x50, x50 Cooldown: Lying knee tuck, 5 each side Lying leg tuck, 5 each side Lying straight leg, 5 each side Legs wide, side stretches, 5 each side Butterfly stretch, hold for 5, 5 total (Assisted) Straight Splits, side splits, both sides, 3 times Shoulder Stretch, 5 each side Knee sit / child pose arms extended out then divebomb to hyperflex, 3 times

Day 36: Holy potatoes! Where in the HECK did my night go?! I need to be in bed so I can get up early and I am clearly not yet tired. Bummer. On the bright side - I slept so freaking fabulously last night it was ridiculious. My hip was pretty sore after Saturday and Sunday so when my alarm went off at 5:30am today I decided it was better to get it a day of rest. Workouts will be Tues, Thur and Sat this week. Work was great today. Got to sit out on the floor with one of my SMEs (Subject Matter Expert) who went over basically what I'll be doing soon-ish and during the 2nd file he let me drive and work all the buttons, programs & figures. Really excited to work with great people and have a nice manager to boot! So I didn't exactly accomplish everything I wanted to do this evening. Was DISTRACTED by dinner out with the roommates then stopped at the grocery store and then came home with intentions of updating NF but instead managed to spend an hour on Facebook reviewing pictures and video from Jeep Beach. I seriously had a blast this weekend. So I've got A LOT of updating to day tomorrow. Tomorrow will probably be paleo meals but maybe non-cooking paleo meals - I haven't gotten anything prepped. My bad Breakfast: Muscle Milk (I was running late ) Snack: orange and almonds Lunch: 1/2 bison burger with green peppers, onions and mushrooms, no bun with sweet potato Snack: protein bar Dinner: a few bites of crab and cream cheese tempura from roommate (I know, totally cheating and not paleo but yummy - sorry), small salad with ginger dressing, 7 piece (tuna, whitefish & salmon) sashimi and a spicy tuna naruto roll (no rice! it's wrapped in cucumber with spicy tuna and avocado). No rice!!!! Hurray go me Beverage(s): 89 ounces of water Workout: Day of rest

Week 5 update: Brief overview of goals: 1. BW portion of the Rebel Strength Guide, 3x a week - check! A+ 2. Do Yoga, Walking or Biking, 2x a week - A, LOTS of walking this weekend! 3. Continue to track daily food & water intake, exercise and BP - check! B, weekend got a little sloppy recording things but was out of town and on a %^@$#(& laptop 4. Under 200lbs. - weight went down again! Almost to goal... Will be close 5. Life Goal: Working a new job - two weeks down of job - both weeks spent in classroom training - A for meeting lots of new people and learning a TON! 6. Life Goal: Read Yoga for Divers - D (I looked at it... ) 7. Bonus Workout Goal: 1 pull up - unassisted: Not yet

LOL! Past weekend was kinda sketchy - being in Daytona concentrating on Jeeps all weekend and not so much on logging food. Need to take time tomorrow and update the past few days but thanks lol

Arrrrgh!!! Both of you posted today and noone had a word of the day?! *sigh* you guys are killing me haha How about Monday's WOTD: Distracted Went out to dinner tonight with roommate's to our sushi restaurant - I've been going there about 2 years and I am good friends with the owners and two of the waitress and the sushi chef. Haven't seen the one waitress in about over 2 months because of her schedule vs. mine - and tonight she told me I looked great and looked like I lost a ton of weight since she saw me last. (Last she saw me I was 226.5... start of this 6 weeks 212.5.. and well we'll see where I am next week) On another side note - WOW! this is week 6!!!

Day 35: So home finally from Daytona. Had a BLAST this weekend but boy is it going to be NICE to sleep in my own bed tonight. I'll fix previous days etc tomorrow, tonight's post will be short and sweet. The beach parade of Jeeps today was EPIC! Really awesome weekend! Breakfast: muscle milk and an apple Lunch: chicken salad with carrots, tomatoes and hmm stuff.. I'll have to get back to this one Dinner: 1/2 bison burger no bun with green peppers, onions and mushrooms with a sweet potato Beverage(s): 88 ounces of water Workout: More walking. Goodness gracious I've no idea how much walking I did this weekend... the bed is sooo calling *Zzzzzzz*