September 07 Exercise!!!!

[jmarruda 22]

areellady - just think about how fab you are going to feel and look when your done with the program! I really would like to try it, but I am really intimidated by running. I tried a couple of weeks ago and I only lasted 60 seconds at 4.5 mph. Then I walked at 3.0 mph for 5 minutes, then I had to quit! I'm hoping I can start couch to 5k within the next few months though!

[areellady 1]

Wednesday

a.m. strenth training bowflex

[areellady 1]

jm, I am sooooo ready to quit. I am sooooo hating it. I love it afterwards but hate every single second of doing it. I guess I will just take it one day at a time and see what happens.

[jmarruda 22]

Keep going D, it'll be so worth it. I am so envious that you are running! I keep watching what your up to and trying to get up the nerve to start up the program!!! I'm gonna give myself at least a few more weeks.

[blahblahblah 4]

Tuesday: 4.5 miles with my girls...BOUGHT a jogging stroller....SO MUCH EASIER!!!

Wednesday: 5 miles with my girls...dh came too with our third...family fitness!

This is fun!

Rain

[jmarruda 22]

Awesome Rain - Keep it up!!!

Wednesday night - 15min on treadmill, 60min personal trainer (arms), 15min on stairclimber, and 30min yoga dvd.

I'm tired...

[blahblahblah 4]

jcambra...

holy smokes!! what are you doing for your arms? I'm so afraid I will wind up with bat wings...The HORROR!!!!

Thanks!

Rainer

[whosyadaddy 0]

Back to the pool this morning

54x25yrs laps. MY fill is working just fantastic right now.

I ate 700 cals yesterday and i felt guilty when i went to bed as i was so full i felt like i had overeatern.

[jmarruda 22]

Hey Rainer, I've been strength training for a couple of weeks now and I ended up hiring a personal trainer because I didn't have a clue as to what I was doing...

She told me if you want to melt fat and make your muscles look really cut, you just have to burn them out, to the point where you can't even move your arm (or leg, or back, or abs, or whatever muscle you are working on).

I was doing your typical 3 sets of 12 of all kinds of exercises and she said no no no! I'm now using much lighter weights (5lbs for upper body, 30-50lb for lower body) and doing 50 or so reps and 2 sets with no breaks in between.

I'm not telling you that you should do this, but my trainer was telling me that your better off (me personally) working out this way for now, while you still have over 50+lbs to lose. Once you've lost all the weight that you want to, and want to build muscle you can slowly increase weight and decrease on reps.

And she makes me do pushups. The real ones, not the girl ones. I couldn't do one on our first session together, I was basically just holding myself up. She told me to work up to 20 the first week by trying to do them every single day. I did 1 pushup every 1/2 hr the first week. That was 3 weeks ago. Last night I did 5 sets of 15 pushups (I had to take a break in between the pushups!); I felt so strong.

I only see her twice a week, but I feel like it has made such a huge difference. We do a combination of free weights, and the gym machines, and she wants me doing one hour of cardio five days a week, and the days that I see her she wants me doing 1/2 hour of cardio. I'm still working on that, its hard for me to get to the gym every single day, but now I'm working most days, 5-6. I need at least 1 day off!

[jmarruda 22]

Wednesday-60min spin class

[whosyadaddy 0]

Swam--34laps, o my aching muscles (Friday)

[jmarruda 22]

I hear ya whos...I'm super sore today!!!

[jmarruda 22]

Sat morn - 15min stationary bike, 60min personal trainer (legs and abs, OUCH), 15min stationary bike.

OY!

[Dibaby 0]

30 minutes in my strength training class today...oh it was upper body today..then I did 12 minutes on eleptical. My ankle is hurting me..><

Anyone else when they are stressed have body parts that start to hurt? It's really annoying and I knowwww it's stress.

[jmarruda 22]

Di - I've noticed that when I'm really stressed I can't eat. My band just freezes up and nothing but liquids goes down. But it only last a couple of hours, so its not that big of a deal. My knee was hurting after spin last thursday, but I was fine the next day. I just hope that it won't be a repeat thing. Sorry about your ankle. Hope it feels better...

Sun morn - 60min spin class.