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Blog 81574

A blog by LeighaMason in General

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1 year ago today...

I was banded one year ago today. I can only think of 1 other year in my life in which everything changed so much and that was the year I was pregnant with my son, the year my weight yo-yo began.   This time last year, I had to hold my breath when I bent over, I was getting too big for all my (big) clothes again, never exercised and I was always physically hungry.   Now I am a size 4, I can run 3 miles without stopping, I can do 100 sit ups and 100 push ups in a 30 min period and the best p

Day 23 of 27

Whew! Today was something else. It is only 77 degrees but the humidity is killer.   Today I was suppose to:   Run/Walk with a purpose for 40 minutes with 20 squats every 5 minutes.   Here is what I did:   Since it was a 40 min run, I started at the house and ran to the park, then kept running for 18 min (only stopping to do the squats) walked 2 min and then turned around and ran back, and walked some too. I went 3.2 miles and did 160 squats.   When I got home I was beat, my face wa

Day 22 of 27

It was overcast this morning so even though it was only 77 degrees it was 96% humidity. The last couple of days I almost wish summer was back, at least the sweat would evaporate and cool you off some.   Here is what I was suppose to do: 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5 reps of push ups and sit ups, with a 2 minute run/walk with a purpose between each round.     Here is what I did: Slept too long to ride my bike to the park, sat around drinking coffee until I had to go and then did my workout in th

Day 21 of 27

Fall is here. I was able to sit around until 8 am drinking coffee before I went to work out. Usually I have to get out as soon as possible to beat the heat, I wasn't even as sweaty when I was finished.   Here is what I was suppose to do:   As many rounds as you can do for 30 minutes: 6 minute run/walk with purpose 100 jump ropes 15 push ups 15 sit ups Here is what I did: Rode my bike to the park 1 mile I ran for 24:25 min, 2.03 miles 400 jump ropes 60 push ups 60 sit ups Ro

Day 20 of 27

I was suppose to work out on Tuesday but I pushed it to Wednesday. It was only 77 degrees but the humidity was 95%! Come on fall!   Here is what I was suppose to do:   As many rounds as you can do for 30 minutes: 8 minute run/walk with purpose 15 body rows 15 tuck jumps 5 plank holds for :45 seconds 30 squats Here is what I did:   Rode my bike to the park 1.49 miles I ran 17:31 min for 1.47 miles 30 body rows 30 tuck jumps 10 :20 sec plank holds (huge improvement from my

Day 19 of 27

I am behind on posting, Sunday was day 19, it had cooled off and was so much easier. I slept in and didn't start until 8:30.   Here is what I was suppose to do:   As many rounds as you can do for 30 minutes: 4 minute run/walk with a purpose 15 push ups 30 squats 25 sit ups Here is what I did: Rode my bike to the park 1:09 miles Ran a total of 16 min. 1.51 miles 60 push ups 120 squats 100 sit ups and rode my bike home   I was able to run the 1.51 miles in 14 min which mea

Day 18 of 27

The heat wave finally broke here in East Texas, today it was a lovely 77 degrees with only 45% humidity when I went to work out. You would not believe the difference 10 degrees makes.   Here is what I was suppose to do:   Today you will be doing the following: 30 push ups 30 sit ups 30 squats 30 body rows Run/walk with purpose for 15 minutes Here is what I did: Got up late, sat around drinking coffee too long. Rode my bike to the park 1.59 miles 30 push ups (without stoppin

Day 17 of 27

I can jump rope for 5 min! I can't believe how strong I am getting with this program, only 10 workouts left. When I went to the shoe store the guy said I should stop my cross training and just train for the half marathon that I am going to do but I just can't stand to quit anything so I will finish this and then train for the half and then after the half I will start the intermediate cross training program.   Here is what I was suppose to do:   Jump rope for 5 minutes, then run/walk with pu

Day 15 & 16 of 27

For those of you paying close attention, yep I skipped day 15! On Tuesday I was suppose to get up and work out and I just laid in bed and didn't do it, I told myself I will go tomorrow. HA! I didn't go Wednesday either! Major case of lazy ass. Oh well. Here was what I was suppose to do: As many rounds as you can do for 30 minutes: 8 push ups 10 sit ups Jump rope for 3 minutes Here is what I did: Lay in bed. :biggrin:   OK so on to day 16, here is what I was suppose to do: 20 second

Day 14 of 27-Hump day!

Today marks the half way point of my cross training. I have improved my ability to do push ups, sit ups, and squats. I could barely do 10 when I started and now I am doing 100. But my running has not improved, I am a little disappointed by that. I am considering hiring a running coach for a few pointers.   Here is what I was suppose to do: Run/Walk with a purpose for 40 minutes, with 5 push ups every 5 minutes.   Rode my bike to the park. .97 mi Ran 5 min, 6 times 30 min 2.24 mi 30 push

Day 13 of 27

Today was really great! Here is what I was suppose to do:   25, 15, 10, 5 reps of push ups and sit ups, with a 2 minute run/walk with a purpose between each round.   It usually says to do as many as possible for 30 min but it didn't say that this time but it only took 15 min to do so I did it twice.   So I rode my bike to the park .97 mi. Did a total of 110 Push ups 110 sit ups Ran 16 min. for 1.38 miles And rode home   That is an average of 11:38 min per mile so I am improving

Day 12 of 27

Yesterday was day 12 of my new cross training program, yep, 4 weeks are done! You should see my arms, well wait a minute, I will go take some pics in the bathroom mirror with my phone. (Please ignore the fact that I have no makeup on and my hair in a ponytail, I am going to get my hair done in an hour)   [ATTACH]374[/ATTACH]   How about that for a 40 year old woman? (41 next month!) I took measurements when I started this but I am waiting until next Sunday to measure again that will be exac

Day 11 of 27

Well what a difference a day makes, well actually 2 days. I was prepared for day 11 and I did so much better. I ate properly the day before and had my usual Greek yogurt 30 min before and I did really well.   Here is what I was suppose to do:   As many rounds as you can do for 30 minutes: 8 minute run/walk with purpose 10 body rows 10 tuck jumps 5 plank holds for :30 seconds 20 squats Here is what I did:   Rode to the park where the body row bars are 1.43 miles 3-9 min runs

Day 10 of 27

Day 10 really sucked. I ate the last of the cottage cheese last night and I was already out of Greek yogurt so this morning I had the idea that I should have a bagel thin with peanut butter for breakfast. BAD DECISION! Then I had an argument with my husband (stress really tightens my stomach) then I got on my bike my food started swelling in my stomach and I started sliming, when I got to the park I had to throw up slime. So its hotter than hell, humid like you wont believe and I am throwing up

Day 9 of 27

The end of week 3, and I have to say, I am glad that I have 2 rest days coming up. However, (drum roll please!) I did manage to lose another pound! Now I am 7 to go!   Here is what I was suppose to do this morning:   25 push ups, 25 sit ups, 25 squats, 25 body rows, run/walk with purpose for 10 minutes.   Here is what I did:   Rode my bike to the park 1.44 miles. Did a total of 50 push ups 50 sit ups 50 squats 50 body rolls 20 min. of running Ride my bike home 1.44 miles.  

Day 8 of 27

This morning I was suppose to:   Jump rope for 5 minutes, then run/walk with purpose for 5 minutes. Repeat for 30 minutes.   Here is what I did:   Rode bike to park .99 miles Jumped rope 5 min./ ran 5 min. repeated four times for a total of: 20 min running, 1.55 miles 20 min jump roping (If you call jumping 20-30 times, hitting myself with the rope or landing on top of it and having to start again jumping rope for 5 min. :closedeyes: Then rode home .99 mi.   Now for the crazy part

Day 7 of 27

Day 7,   This is what I was suppose to do:   20 seconds "on", 10 seconds "off" for 8 rounds. 1 minute rest between 8 round sets: Push ups Squats Sit ups Tuck jumps This is what I did: Ride bike to park .99 mi 5-8 round sets of 15 each so a total of   150 push ups 150 squats 150 sit ups 150 tuck jumps   Ride bike home .99 mi finished in an hour.   I just wish I could jump more than 12" off the ground, I am glad I cant see how dumb I look doing the tuck jumps. See ther

Day 6 of 27

Well life got in the way of day 6, actually my work did. I had to go to Shreveport and buy a truck and be back to open the store so we had to go early. I told myself I would workout when I got home but that didn't happen so I did it this morning instead.   Here is what I was suppose to do (yesterday):   As many rounds as you can do for 30 minutes: 5 push ups 5 sit ups jump rope for 2 minutes Here is what I did:   I did 10 rounds of the jump rope/ push up/ sit up combos. However,

Day 5 of 27

Yesterday I did day 5, I didn't get up as early as I should have so I didn't get to the park until around 8 am and it was already 85 degrees. But it was an unusually easy workout.   Here is what I was suppose to do: Run/Walk with a purpose for 30 minutes, with 5 push ups every 5 minutes.   Here is what I did: Rode my bike to the park .97 mi. 6.23 min. Ran the 5 min with 5 push ups 5 times and then walked back to where my bike was 3.11 miles, 49.24 min. Then rode my bike home a differe

Day 4 of 27

What a difference 2 days of rest makes! WOW. My last workout was Tuesday so I had 2 days to overcome the soreness and my workout seemed much easier today. My pulse stayed in the 160's instead of the 180's like it had been.   Here is what I was suppose to do today:   Today you're going to do as many rounds as you can do for 30 minutes: 15,12,10,7,5 reps of push ups and sit ups, with a 2 minute run/walk with a purpose between each round.   I am not sure what this meant so I interpreted i

Day 3 of 27

The only good thing I can say about today is that I am thrilled to have 2 days off before I have to do this again on Friday!   Here is what I was suppose to do:   As many rounds as you can do for 30 minutes: 6 minute run/walk with purpose 50 jump ropes 10 push ups 10 sit ups Here is what I did:   Rode my bike to park (1.1 mile and 8.26 min) 2-6 min runs and 2-run/walks (2 min run, 2 min walk, 2 min run) for a total of 20 min running and 4 min walking for 1.82 miles. 200 jum

Day 2 of 27

I can't believe they call this a beginners plan! Whew! If I had not done C25K before, there is no way I could do this. I am having to modify the moves as it is. So yesterday, when I did day 2 here is what I was suppose to do:   As many rounds as you can do for 30 minutes: 4 minute run/walk with purpose 5 body rows 5 tuck jumps 5 plank holds for :15 seconds 10 squats Here is what I did: Rode my bike to the park 2.04 miles, 15 min.   I did 5 rounds of the exercises and covered 1

My new 9 week cross training

I am going to blog my new cross training, that I started yesterday. Here is what I was suppose to do:     Today you're going to do as many rounds as you can do for 30 minutes: 2 minute run/walk with a purpose 5 push ups 10 squats 10 sit ups So here is what I did:   I walked to our local park, then did the 2 min run, 5 push ups (on my knees), 10 squats, 10 sit ups (really more like crunches since I was on the grass) X 10 so a grand total of:   20 min. running 50 push ups 100

Couch to 5K process applied to lapband....(No running required)

This is a cut and paste from the C25K website, I have adapted it for the band lifestyle by just changing the words running to banding.   "Too many people have been turned off of banding simply by trying to start off too fast. Their bodies rebel, and they wind up miserable, wondering why anyone would possibly want to do this to themselves. You should ease into your banding program gradually.   It's easy to get impatient, and you may feel tempted to skip ahead in the program, but hold yours

What I eat...

I see a lot of questions about what people eat, so I thought I would post my usual menu selections.   Breakfast is usually 1 of 3 things. 1) 1 egg and 1 piece of bacon 2) EAS low carb Protein Shake 3) Jachut's Green Smoothie (1 cup water, 1 cup fresh spinach, 1/2 banana, 1/2 apple, 1 scoop Unjury unflavored protein powder pureed in blender)   Snack, If I am hungry I have either 1) 1 Cheese stick string cheese 2) Laughing cow light cheese wedge with 6 crackers 3) Greek yogurt 4) E

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