Day 7: Another Day, Another Ass-Kicking

Robert Training Session: Mostly lunges, core strengthening and working my glutes.  In other words, complete ass-kicking workout.

Cool down -
Treadmill: 15 minutes, 3/4 mile.

Day 6: Arms and Chest

Kathy Workout

Treadmill: 10 minutes
Pec Fly Rear Delt: 30 lbs, 15 reps, 40 lbs, 2 x 15 reps
Chest Press: 40 lbs, 3 x 15 reps
Vertical Chest: 35 lbs, 15 reps, 40 lbs, 2 x 15 reps
Freelance Chest Press: 10 lbs (each side), 3 x 15 reps
Incline Press: 30 lbs, 3 x 15 reps
Torso Twist, 50 lbs, 3 x 15 reps (each direction)

Day 5: Real Training

Robert Training Session: Lunges and a whole lot of ass kicking - 1 hour 10 minutes
Treadmill: 20 minutes, 1 mile
Hip Adduction: 85 lbs, 3 x 20 reps
Hip Abduction: 85 lbs, 3 x 20 reps

Day 4 (Reboot): Takin' it Easy

Brass Tacks tomorrow with Robert, so only did 35 minutes today:

Treadmill, 20 minutes (1 mile)
Hip Adduction, 85 lbs, 3 x 20 reps
Hip Abduction, 85 lbs, 3 x 20 reps
Torso Rotation, 20 lbs, 3 x 20 reps

Day 3 (Reboot): Signed Up with the Trainer!!

Workout with Kathy - ARMS!
Arm curls: 10 lbs, 15 reps; 20 lbs, 2 x 15 reps
Biceps, 15 lbs, 3 x 12 reps
Biceps curls, 15 lbs, 3 x 12 reps
Triceps extensions, 25 lbs, 3 x 20 reps
Nitro plus Triceps extensions, 20 lbs, 3 x 20 reps
Triceps Press, 30 lbs, 20 reps; 50 lbs, 2 x 20 reps

Signed up for 3 months of a personal trainer starting next week!  We have set a goal of 50-60 lbs off by Spring.  Here we go!

Day 2 (Reboot): Workout Buddy Kicks My Butt

Workout with Kathy:
Treadmill for 30 minutes avg 2.5 MPH
Hip Abduction 55 lbs, 3 x 20 reps
Hip Adduction 55 lbs, 3 x 20 reps
Torso Rotation 20 lbs, 3 x 20 reps
Total Abdominal Crunches 30 lbs, 3 x 20 reps
Abdominal Crunches 30 lbs, 3 x 20 reps

My hips, glutes, ans quads are killing me and Kathy is a slave driver.  I love it all!

Day 1 (2012): Back to the beginning

Here I go again, but with a whole new attitude and routine. New gym, a personal trainer, a motivator/workout buddy, a best bud who is my cheerleader and a mission.

So it begins...

Physical assessment by Robert
70 minute torture session (which really wasn't that bad)
Glutes ache and I feel great!

Major problem: Do I sign up for the Personal Trainer full time?  Lifetime Fitness requires a 12-week commitment.  2 sessions per week, 1 hour each, 8 per month, 3 months.  Yikes that's a lot of money for someone unemployed.

Decisions, decisions...

Day 88 (Phase II): More of Me Gone

Total Pounds Lost: 24
Wii Fit Age: 38!
EA Sports Active Day: 10 of 30-Day Challenge

So another pound plus has melted away - hooray! It hasn't been that hard lately, except that working out has proven to be a bit of a challenge. My knees and back have good days and bad...on the bad I can only do Wii Fit (like today).

I am feeling lighter for the first time - which feels amazing. I am trying not to let the depression of a lack of job and income cause me to backslide...so fingers crossed and nothing but good thoughts for me and my struggle, I hope.

Hopefully, I will be able to do EASA tomorrow.

Day 83 (Phase II): Back on Track

Total Pounds Lost: 22.6
Wii Fit Age: 21
EA Sports Active Day: 8 of 30-Day Challenge

Apparently, the EASA is finally paying off (or beginning to). Today was a big boxing day and it was a lot of fun - but my left punches don't seem to be as strong as my right. As Heather says, I'll do better.

My balance is significantly improved using the EASA. Just check out my Wii Fit Age. I certainly don't feel 15 years younger than I am. But I will take it!

I decided to make yesterday a day of rest instead of today so that I could go see a movie and not worry about getting in a work-out in the morning...lazy-ass, I know. But today was good. I find doing the exercise in the morning significantly improves my energy for the day.

It feels good to be back losing again. I was a bit discouraged when I hit that plateau, but now I feel energized once again.

Day 78 (Phase II): A Mini-Back Slide

Total Pounds Lost: 20
Wii Fit Age: N/A
EA Sports Active Day: 3 of 30-Day Challenge

So I have finally begun to use the EA Sports Active program on my Wii. Talk about kicking my butt into shape! Luckily, yesterday was a mandated day of rest. I have walked, run, lunged, curled, and tennised (okay, I know that is not a verb).

My backslide was actually just before I left for California for a week. I did a pretty good job losing (or staying) at my weight while I was gone. Now that I have been back for almost a week, I am back on track. So I am hoping by tomorrow or Wednesday, I will be back at my 21 pounds lost mark...maybe even more.

I highly recommend the EASA for a great and organized workout. I am working my way through Bob's 30-day challenge...we'll see how this goes. Thanks to Heather, I got a great workout Saturday after my EASA workout helping paint her dining room...that counts!

Day 57 (Phase II): Another One Bites the Dust

Total Pounds Lost: 21
Wii Fit Age: N/A

I'm happy to say that even with a splurge on Friday, I never lost any steam. I am on track (or at least I think I am).

Things are going well - I am still doing Wii Fit every day no matter what. It helps keep me moving and motivated. Plus, my friends and their motivational pledges help me stay motivated as well.

I'm very lucky to have such supportive and amazing friends.

Tomorrow is another day and I just keep on trekking.

Day 52 (Phase II) : Migraine Madness

Total Pounds Lost: 20
Wii Fit Age: N/A

Another day another pound.

So today I am in migraine hell, so feeling good isn't really an option. I was terribly ill this morning, but it is a Wednesday, so we had errands to run. Running errands is a chore, but it distracted me.

We were out and about and hungry (and at Home Depot), so we went to Sweet Tomatoes for lunch. I was very smart in my food choices - salad with fat free dressing and a low fat soup. I only splurged for a half of a low-fat corn muffin. Dessert is always an option here since they have fat free yogurt. Yummmm. I skipped the chocolate syrup and caramel sauce.

Did the Wii Fit for another 30 minutes today, but my performance was spotty due to my tunnel vision and lack of balance. I still got it done.

Here is hoping the migraine disappears soon and I am back feeling good. It isn't worth it losing the pounds if I don't feel good!

Day 51 (Phase II) : Wii Fitter

Total Pounds Lost: 19.5
Wii Fit Age: 39

So the pounds keep coming off, at least for now. I will continue my current plan of shrinking my stomach and Wii Fitting daily. I even have Mom on the WF every day now.

It has been a tough week as things seem to be progressing in life without Dad. The kitchen is complete (well mostly) but we aren't really cooking in it. I grilled the other day for our first cooked meal using the new counters/cabinets. Grilled steak and corn and world's smallest baked potato. Luckily, not pounds were added (none were lost either).

So the plan is to cook one meal a week for ourselves (yet healthy) and continue with the mostly Lean Cuisine-type dinners. I have a large salad every night filled with veggies and low fat vinaigrette dressings and have low cal snacks whenever I feel too hungry. So far, so good.

My plan is to hit my goal on Wii Fit (5 more pounds) before I leave for my July vacation to SF on the 23rd. Time flies.

Day I Don't Know

Total Pounds Lost: 18
Wii Fit Age: 37

So after a rough year (laid off by EarthLink, re-injuring my back and Dad passing away) I am back at it again. For fear of complete and utter failure, I did not tell anyone I was doing this until I was well on my way. So if you made a pledge, you will be getting an email from me about this and giving you the chance to either a) back out or b) restate your intended pledge.

Thanks to everyone :)

Day 110 - Fit Me

Total Pounds Lost: 14
Wii Fit Age: 37

More progress despite injury - go me! After another attempted murder at work (some illiterate co-worker can't read the signs saying NO SEAFOOD), but clearly I survived. Someone tried their best to finish me off today, but thanks to Paul thinking on his feet and looking out for me, I was spared the humiliation of blowing up like a balloon and being carted out by paramedics.

I am getting pretty good at the Wii - since playing with it the first day, I have lost 5.7 pounds. I'm on day 7 of 8 in a row and it is really helping. It is amazing how great it feels to work out plus have fun. Between hula hoops, walking tightropes, head butting soccer balls and dressing as a penguin and catching fish (luckily, fake cartoony ones, not ones that can kill me), I am enjoying working out and getting Wii Fit. Here is a review you can read about it.

I'm getting back into a good routine and doing well...let's hope I can keep it up and improve despite the crappy knee!

Day Still Unknown - Wii I'm Getting Fit

Total Pounds Lost: 12

YES! Victory. A couple of days back to my routine (somewhat, anyway) and the pounds start to shed off once again. Yippie!

Adding to my routine, I finally have my Wii Fit after 5 weeks of waiting. I should have had it last week, but was vested by stupid Best Buy computers.

Even though I am having knee pain and should be sitting down, I cracked that thing open and gave it a try yesterday evening. The Wii told me I am 48 years old - nice, huh? Who cares...this tool is cool and is going to help me more and more as I heal up!

Yay, me!

Day Unknown - My Triumphant Return

Total Pounds Lost: 10

So here I am - back again. This will be a very brief post as I am at work and need to be working on my current project, but I feel terrible that I haven't posted any progress and you all probably thought I had given up completely.

Not true! I had some road blocks (car accident, dad in the hospital, my own knee issues, etc.) that I don't want to use as excuses, but they really helped to side-track me and I put a few pounds back on (EEK!).

I am finally back on plan and have figured out how to try and keep these things from hindering my ultimate goal. Unfortunately, my time line has slowly ticked away and I am in the same place I was a couple of months ago. I received my "rewards" for my first two goals (thanks to Delia, Jason and Kyle), and today I feel I have earned them once again.

That's all for now - I promise to start posting regularly once again!

Days 28 through 34

Total Pounds Lost: 11

Sorry for the long absence. My plan was to blog while in San Francisco, but I was just so relaxed and enjoying my time that I barely cracked open my laptop the whole time.

After 5 plus days in the Bay Area, I really had no confidence when I weighed in this morning, but can you believe I hit another goal!? Amazing. Maybe it was running around after an almost 3 year-old for 2 days or the fact that both kids kept me in a constant state of motion...who knows.

So it is time for my boss to pay up! After stewing over what charity to donate to, it looks like something closest to my heart is the way to go - The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network. After the way my year began and finding that my food allergies have gotten more intense, this seemed like the perfect option for me.

2 goals down, 26 to go!

Day 27

Total Pounds Lost: 9.5

It has been a very hectic 24 hours trying to get packed up and ready to fly out tonight, so this will be quick.

I didn't weigh this morning as it would have been on a foreign scale and I had no idea how it would compare to my new one. I made a management decision and chose not to start my trip off on a potentially bad foot. Starting tomorrow I will be checking my weight on my brother's scale - not sure how that will go, but I will give it a shot.

I have a few work things to finish up before I head to the airport, so that's all for now my friends.

Day 26

Total Pounds Lost: 9.5

Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn. Sooooooo close!

I was really hoping I would hit the 10 mark before heading to San Francisco at the end of the day tomorrow. I wanted to savor telling my boss in person it was his turn to pay up :D

Only half a pound to go - not too bad really, but it is just annoying to come so close and just miss it. On the brightside, maybe tomorrow will work out for me and as my last hurrah before I slide out early from work is to swing by the boss' office to let him know I did it (moreso for the big smile and congrats I think I will get versus the actually money).

And tomorrow night I will be with the kids. I will still be blogging from the Bay Area - I'm nervous about a whole new scale though...hopefully it won't be too too disappointing for me!