'Roos Posted August 27, 2011 Report Posted August 27, 2011 *waves* Go you! If you're planning on not sleeping much (which it looks like) while exercising you might start doing some interphasic sleep - 20 minute naps at set times throughout the day - to make sure you don't collapse. I never had it in me to deal with 90 days of Mr. Tim, but I've heard great results from folks I know. Quote
NekoLuvr85 Posted August 28, 2011 Report Posted August 28, 2011 Blech. My food day sucked today. My gross calories was 2,056. I did take the kids to the beach today, so I was swimming a bit, and at one point I was crawling through the water with each of my kids on my back (not at the same time.) I'm sure that burned *some* calories, but not nearly enough to make up fo today. I blew it all at dinner... My parents made spaghetti (with sauce, of course) plus salad (with ranch dressing) and garlic bread (Texas toast kind.) Well, that will be my cheat meal for this week. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted August 29, 2011 Report Posted August 29, 2011 Sunday: gross calories 1,463 Posting my current weight and measurements so that I have a staring point. I will be taking my "Day 1" pictures in the morning, but I will not be posting them until I have lost some inches. Current stats as of 8/28: Weight: 164.0 Chest: 33inches Waist: 37inches Hips: 44inches ETA: Goals: 130-135-ish pounds waist: 28 inches (I don't have a goal for my chest for hips, because ideally I'd like them to stay the same! ) The 130-135 pounds is my goal weight including muscle mass. I was stuck at 120 (naturally) up until I had my son, and I don't want to be that small again. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted August 29, 2011 Report Posted August 29, 2011 Day 1, Chest and Back; Ab Ripper X: Done! It was so hard to keep going though... we recently got some kittens (brothers) and I think they may be irritating my allergies. I'm fine when I'm away, but within 20 minutes of getting home each night, I start sneezing and feeling sinus pressure and my nose starts running. >_< I'm gonna have to call my allergist and see what she can give me... because I can't live like that. lol Gross calories for today: 1,617 Calories burned: 722 ETA: I just wanted to add that I walked to work today (22 minutes) and I also did 1 set of 25 squats, and 1 set per leg of lunges (15 each leg.) I filled out my calendar this morning with which workout I need to do each day (and even my rest days) so that I don't have to think about it. Plus, it will help my husband to keep me accountable, too. I was also looking back over my P90X booklet over the weekend... According to that, for my current weight, I should be eating 1800-2200 gross calories per day. I think for at least this first month, I will still try to keep my gross calorie allotment at 1500, but I just won't beat myself up so much if I go over a little. (Unless I went over because I ate something not overly healthy, like cake or chocolate or soda.) Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted August 30, 2011 Report Posted August 30, 2011 Day 2: Plyometrics, done. I wasn't able to get through the whole disc this morning. I wasted too much time cooking/eating breakfast, and I had a dentist appointment this morning, so I didn't do maybe the last 20 minutes of the workouts. (I still did the cool down though.) I can try again next week when things hopefully won't be so hectic. Gross Calories: 1,678 Estimated calories burned: 443 My chest and lower abs were sore all day to day, not too much, but enough that I can feel it. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 1, 2011 Report Posted September 1, 2011 Day 3: Shoulders and Arms; Ab Ripper X, Done. Gross Calories: 1,428 Estimated calories burned: 590 Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 2, 2011 Report Posted September 2, 2011 Day 4: Fail. Did not complete. I'm coming down with a cold, and that combined with my son's first day of school today, I slept like crap last night. Went to bed around 12:30, first fell asleep after 1:15. Woke up around 4am for some random reason, and couldn't get back to sleep. (I literally laid in bed trying to fall back to sleep for an hour.) 5am, I got up, made myself breakfast, and started my son on his school day. Finally was able to go back to sleep from 8:30am-11:30am, and I've been up since then. Because of that, I wasn't feeling up to my workout today. Although, I was just supposed to to X-Stretch, so I could trade today for my rest day and do my stretching on Sunday instead. I did walk to work today though, so at least that's better than nothing. I noticed I walked a little bit faster than I did the other day though... Made it in 17 minutes instead of 22 minutes I did Monday. Maybe I'm already starting to see some effects? Especially since I swore I was walking more slowly. My current gross calories for today: 1,402 Estimated calories burned: 95 Gross calories for the day is assuming I actually finish my dinner. Since I'm not feeling well, my appetite isn't like normal. I only rationed out half the vegetables I took for myself to eat, and I'm not even sure if I want to eat that much either... I'm sure by the time I'm feeling better I'll have lost some weight, but I doubt its the kind I actually *want* to lose. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 2, 2011 Report Posted September 2, 2011 Day 5: Legs and Back; Ab Ripper X - Uhm... I tried. I'm still feeling the effects of my cold today. I did a little over half of the legs and back disc, and then I had to stop because I felt my body was getting too hot. (Just after I turned it off I started feeling a little dizzy.) I didn't even attempt the Ab Ripper X today because of how I was feeling. I showed up and I did what I could do, though. :-/ Gross calories for the day: 1,526 Estimated calories burned: 295 Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 5, 2011 Report Posted September 5, 2011 Saturday, day 6: Miss Calories for the day: 1,414 Estimated calories burned: 0 Sunday, day 7: Cardio-X, X-Stretch Sundays are supposed to be my rest day, but since I missed stretching on Thursday, and then my cardio workout yesterday, I did them both today. Current stats: 163.4lbs Chest: 32.5 in Waist: 35.5in Hips 43.25in Also, I seem to be over my cold now, so I'm ready to go HAM again! Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 6, 2011 Report Posted September 6, 2011 Day 8: Chest and Back; Ab Ripper X - completed! And even better, I still felt great, even though I did more reps than I did last week. (Wait... Is that really better? o_O) Gross calories for today: 2,095 Estimated calories burned: 833 Even taking into account that today was a holiday here, that's still a fail for calories... Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Posted September 7, 2011 Day 9: Plyometrics - completed! I stuck through the entire main portion of the dvd, but I skipped the bonus round... I've always hated the plyo disc, but not so much that I'll refuse to do it. I hate it because it's hard, and I know it's only hard because I'm not fit or athletic, so it's a love-hate. Gross calories for today: 1,540 Estimated calories burned: 588 Since it decided to get colder this week, I'm wearing a shirt that I haven't worn all summer. It was a lil snug before summer. Not so much that I looked gross in it, I just *felt* gross in it. Now, its almost like it's too big... I had a feeling this would happen. All of the "fat clothes" that I've bought myself the last two years, particularly shirts, will no longer fit me by the time I reach my goals. Almost seems like a double win... I'll be able to fit into smaller sizes, and therfore I'll need to go shopping. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 8, 2011 Report Posted September 8, 2011 Day 10: Shoulders and Arms; Ab Ripper X - completed! Gross calories for today: 1381 Estimated calories burned: 588 I should really make a point of investing in a heart rate monitor to wear during my workouts... it would probably be able to give me a more accurate idea of my calories burned each day. Woot for the day: First the first time in... IDK... Maybe ever? I had my sodium intake below 1800mg! 1800mg is the max amount of sodium I should have in my diet on a daily basis. Since I started paying attention and tracking my foods, this is the first day that it hasn't been in the red. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 11, 2011 Report Posted September 11, 2011 Thursday, 9/8: No workout... Too tired, and then I said "eff it." Gross calories: 1,418 Friday, 9/9: Slept horrible, maybe 4.5-5 hours total, plus had a lot of errands to run before work. No workout. Gross calories: 2479 - Potluck at work. Ugh, blech Saturday, 9/10: Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X (Friday's workout) Completed Gross calories: 1,865 Calories burned: 784 Sunday, 9/11: Cardio -x (Saturday's workout) and X-Stretch (Thursday's workout) Completed (Will update calories later.) Stats as if today: Weight: 162.4 Chest: 33 Waist: 34 Hips: 43 Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Posted September 13, 2011 Yesterday's gross calorie count: 1710 (I did pretty good, then I went to the store and bought some chips, and that killed it.) Estimated calories burned: 626 Today: Chest and Back; Ab Ripper X Completed chest and back, didn't do ab ripper x. My mom told me she was going to need me to take her to work today (and I'd have gotten back right before I would've needed to leave for my own job,) so I skipped the ab ripper and took my nap a little bit early... When I was ready to take her, she had already left. Blah. Gross calories: 1441 Calories burned: 585 I noticed when I went to lay down that my arms were feeling a little sore. When I get to a part with pushups in it that I can't do yet (such as the "dive bomber" pushups, I've been just going into plank position and holding for as long as I can. Last week I could only do 5-10 seconds at a time. Today I was able to hold it for 20 seconds each time (I did it about 3 or 4 times.) I figure when I'm strong enough to hold it throughout the entire time given to do the actual move (a minute? Minute and a half?) I should be ready to do *real* pushups, instead of just the girly ones! I also used the 10 lb weights for each exercise where weight was used (not pullups/pushups.) I could only do 8-10 reps of the back fly, but I was able to do 15 of each lawn mowers and heavy pants. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Posted September 13, 2011 Day 16: Plyometrics - completed! Gross calories: 1556 Calories burned: 487 Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 17, 2011 Report Posted September 17, 2011 Wednesday, Day 17: Shoulders and Arms; Ab Ripper X - completed Gross Calories: 1676 Estimated calories burned: 682 Thursday, Day 18: Rest day Gross Calories: 1175 No calories burned Friday, Day 19: Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X - Legs and back complete, ab ripper x will attempt before bed. Gross calories: 1525 Estimated calories burned: 438 (Will update again if I do Ab Ripper X) I've been kind of *almost* running into an issue lately where I feel I may not be getting in enough calories. I know that 1200 is the absolute minimum recommended amount of calories you need to take in, and I personally don't feel comfortable being below 1350. My base calories on Wednesday was around 1260-something, and because of that I went home after work and made myself a cheeseburger... just for the calories. Yesterday my calories would've been higher, but I only ate half of what I brought for dinner, because I just wasn't hungry anymore after that. I'm sure having a low calorie count once or twice will probably not do any damage, but I'm worried about it unintentionally becoming a habit. Good news: I wore my favorite blazer today -- and I was able to button it up! Last time I wore it, at the end of July, I couldn't do that! Really, I haven't been able to button it up without it looking like it was gonna burst and feeling uncomfortable since I got it, but it still fit my arms, so I'd just wear it open. I could button it comfortably today though! It still stretches a little bit when I do, but not irritatingly so. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 18, 2011 Report Posted September 18, 2011 Saturday, Day 20: no workout Gross Calories: 1732 Sunday, Day 21: No workout Gross calories: 1673 (estimated, since I wasn't sure of the exact serving size of anything I took to eat, and I only ate about half of what I took.) Current Stats as of today Weight: 161.6lbs Chest: 32inches Natural waist: 34.5 Lower Waist: 37.5 Hips: 43 (I decided to start tracking my lower waist as well. On Wednesday, it measured 40 inches. ) Tomorrow starts week 4. This marks the start of where I will probably need the most support. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 19, 2011 Report Posted September 19, 2011 Updated post from 9/13 Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 20, 2011 Report Posted September 20, 2011 Day 22: X-Stretch - completed Gross calories for today: 1496 Estimated calories burned: 122 I'm mixing up my week 4 a little bit, as I do not currently have the strength (or, more importantly the patience) to do the yoga disc yet. To be honest, I hate that disc, and every time I try it I end up just wanting to burn it.... It's so repetitive it makes my head hurt. >_< Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Posted September 21, 2011 Day 23: Core Synergistics - Was short on time, so I did Ab Ripper X disc instead Gross Calories: 1408 Estimated calories burned: 122 I may not fit in my workout tomorrow... I was supposed to go yesterday to pick up more WIC checks, but between catching up on sleep, working out, and eating, I've been really short on time for much of anything else. I told myself the last to days "Just go after your workout, just go after your workout" By that time, it's time for me to get ready for work, and then I'd have maybe 15 minutes to myself, which is the amount of time it'd take for me to go one-way to WIC. I'm going to go tomorrow before I do my workout, and if I have time when I get back, then I'll complete it. If not, then I'll try to do it a different day. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 26, 2011 Report Posted September 26, 2011 I haven't done any workouts since Tuesday. combination of genuinely being busy with errands and laziness. I set my alarm for after I take a nap to go off at 10:30am, so I can eat right away and start my workout by 11-11:15. Most days, I don't get up until 11, and then am really slow going with everything. Friday, I didn't even take a nap because after I got my son off to school. I got my daughter up, gave her a bath and did her hair (which took two hours) and by the time I was ready to go run the errand I needed to do, my husband had left with the car. Same deal on Saturday, but for a different reason. Intended to do two workouts today, to try and make up for some time lost, and ended up doing none. Hopefully this week will be better now that strength training is back into the routine. Gross calories: Wednesday, day 24: 1466 (No real workout, but I walked around the office for two hours assisting with a snack cart we had going around for United Way. Estimated calories burned: 367) Thursday, day 25: 1550 Friday, day 26: 1362 Saturday, day 27: 1511 (Didn't actually eat a dinner, but wasn't hungry the whole night anyways.) Sunday, day 28: 1520 Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 29, 2011 Report Posted September 29, 2011 Monday, Day 29: Chest, shoulders, triceps (It was hard!) Gross calories: 1385 Estimated cals burned: 580 Tuesday, Day 30: Core Synergistics Gross calories: 1547 Estimated cals burned: 484 Wednesday, Day 31: Back and biceps, Ab Ripper X Gross calories: 1835 Estimated calories burned: 725 Did most exercises today with the 10lb hand weights. Did 8-15 reps for each exercise I used them for. Most of the exercises from the first part were 12-15, and most of the exercises from the second part were 8-10... getting tired. I was thinking of upping my gross calories to 1800, so that my net calories don't go below 1200. I'm currently burning around 580-ish calories per day, so I this that would be a good goal to have. I've also been considering changing my workout schedule to only 3 days a week. Combining strength training and cardio into one day, so that I'm not working out so many days in the week, but am still working out for the same amount of time weekly. Not really sure how that would workout though, since 580 x 2 = 1160. I would have to eat a lot of food on workout days in order to keep my net cals above 1200.... Honestly, more than I really think I could. Reason for wanting to do this, is so that I could open up a few extra days during the week for other stuff... or nothing... either way. I am planning to start making regular weekly visits to my son's class though. He's been acting a fool and think that its okay -- its not. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted September 29, 2011 Report Posted September 29, 2011 Day 32: Cardio-x Gross calories: 1882 Estimated net calories: 435 I've decided to stop following the "Classic" routine exactly and use it more as a guideline, which is bascially strength/cardio/strength/cardio/strength/ cardio/rest or stretch. I also started using a GNC 7-day fast lost kit. Didn't buy it for myself, actually bought it for hubby. That was months ago now though, and he's barely used any of it, besides the weight loss pills. When I looked, there were 12 lean shake packets, 3 total cleanse bottles, and 1 diet pak pills left. I figure we bought it, and it might as well get used. Shakes 2 times a day for 6 days, with one of the total cleanse drinks every other day and see what happens. Not going ot be too disappointed if there's no major change, since I'm really just using it so it doesn't go to waste. I've found that if I mix it with chocolate milk instead of water and blend ice cubes into it, it tastes more like an ice cream shake and less like cake batter. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Posted October 2, 2011 Friday, Day 33: Legs and Back Gross calories: 2604 Estimated calories burned: 744 Net: 1860 Changed my gross calorie goal to 1800. Also, started stair climbing at work. For 15 minutes every Friday, myself and a few other people walk up and down 4 flights of stairs. Seriously, I could feel the burn. Saturday, Day 34; gross calories: 1290, no workout Sunday, Day 35; Gross calories: 1565. Finally got up to 1500 calories... like, right before I went to bed. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
NekoLuvr85 Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 Monday, Day 36: Shoulders and arms. Gross calories: 1819 Estimated calories burned: 513 I was short on time and knew I had to walk to work today, so I only did 45 minutes of the dvd. Did the first 40 minutes, then skipped to the cool down. I left for work about 10 minutes later than I should have for walking (Around the same time I normally leave when driving) so I made sure to walk as fast as I could... got there in about 13 minutes! Last time I walked to work, when I took my time, it took 17 minutes. So that almost made up for the time I missed on my P90x for today. Quote Deedlit Battle Log LiveStrong Profile "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
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