HI all!!! Post your exercise here if you want!!!

September 1st

a.m. 32 miles bike

p.m. 3 miles roller blading

Ok ready for this? An all time record for me,

Sunday 16th.................80laps! 25yrd pool

Monday 17th.................50laps.

SO far i have not missed an exercise day since Labor Day.

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Monday 17th

a.m. Bowflex strength training. Whole body

Sunday 20 minutes treadmill...15 minutes eleptical...50 crunches.

I got to the Y late and the day care was closing. All I could fit in..

Tonight I'll be going again. I'm gonna see about a step class tonight and see how packed it is. I hate being on top of each other. I just feel like I get more out of classes. Also I'm worried I'm gonna get really bored soon.

thanks jmcabra.

Tomorrow is going to be my first fill. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

I cant wait. I might check with the doc if a little weight lifting is ok now.

gO Areellady and Dibaby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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thanks jmcabra.

Tomorrow is going to be my first fill. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

I cant wait. I might check with the doc if a little weight lifting is ok now.

gO Areellady and Dibaby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hehe..thanks..u go too!!

Hey whos, I've been strength training for a couple of weeks now and I hired a personal trainer. She told me if you want to melt fat and make your muscles look really cut, you just have to burn them out. 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 the 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, then 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.

jmcambra-- heyt thanks thats good advice! I will probably use that info when i get started. I got to say though that the swimming is dropping the pounds off me so maybe i should stick to whats working.

I dont know yet, id like to do 4 swims a week and 2-3 weight lifting.

o i forgot.... Tues 18th 50 laps of pool.

That's awesome whos, definately keep swimming in the routine because its totally working. And the trainer did say that the weight loss would slow because your increasing muscle, but you do want the muscle to be there once the weight is gone...

Tuesday 18th

p.m. Started week 4 AGAIN of the program. I did it this time. It sucks though.

Starts with 5 min. warm up walk.

3 min. jogging

90 sec. walking

5 min. jogging

2 1/2 min. walking

3 min. jogging

90 sec. walking

5 min jogging

That really really sucks. I am wondering tonight why I started doing this in the first place??? I still am wondering.

You all are doing fabulous. Whos you have lost soooo much weight. You are on fire!!!

Oh yeah and rode to the park to jog and rode home. 2 miles.

Okay 20 minutes on eleptical 20 minutes on weight machines. My trainer left me a little note that I haven't been meeting my weight training goals..lol. Also did 50 crunches on the floor..i swear the old fashioned way works the best for crunches. and I LOVEEEE the way my abs are sore.

Wednesday is day off..which is good cause my kid is getting a bit tired of the ymca. yikes..I need to keep her excited about it or I'm in trouble.

60min Spin last night.

areelady- Thanks so much for the encouragement! You keep it up too! Your doing awesome! Week 4 looks like its gona hurt for a while but you keep going ya hear me! :whoo:

Dibaby----AWESOME!!! Love those sore abs!!! You keep on keeping on!

jmcambra-- i took your advice and started doing a little weights today,arm,chest, shoulders. Used a lower weight and did 25-30 reps, 3 sets per area with about a 20 second rest between. Took 30mins as i wanted to break in slow, i used to lift weights alot in my teens, early 20's and i know the first few times you got to break in slow. Then i swam for 45 mins and o boy was that weird. My arms felt so light i dont think i could go in a straight line.

Had my first fill yesterday...2cc in my VG band. Then i actualy had a little trouble getting Water down after so i must have a good restriction already. Didnt eat. This morning i made my usual 1/2cup egg beaters for breakie at work and i could only eat half of it and i feel like i just had thanksgiving dinner... I know it will ease off over the next couple of days but it sure is nice for now.

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!