Day 31 in the Gym

Quote for the Day:

I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing. ~Marsha Doble

I have had ANOTHER set back. As I have mentioned in previous posts my knees have been really bothering me. My right knee in particular. In fact I was in so much pain over the weekend, the perscription ibuprofen wasn't working so I decided to go to the ER on Sunday morning. They took X-rays and determined I had torn ligaments. I was sent home with pain meds, told to ice it and given a knee brace. I was pretty much in pain all day. The first thing my husband and oldest son say is: "how are you going to exercise?" "what about your training?" I called Andy and gave him the heads up. This morning I went to the gym and while the other chicks worked legs i rode the bike and then i joined them for lower back, abs and triceps.

I weighed myself when i got to Training Effects and it looks like I am down another pound from Friday. I think the low carb diet is working for me.

Over the weekend, I got my hair colored - went more blonde and today I fit into a dress shirt I haven't fit into for a very very long time. I am getting pumped up. I just wish my knee was okay.

Day 30 in the Gym....

What a dreary day very gray and rainy. The kind of day that you don't want to get out of bed especially at 4AM. It is also pretty humid out. Today we worked out backs, abs, triceps and calfs. Knee is still really really sore.

I lost 2 pounds this week - yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Down 9 pounds now. I had two people at work ask if I was losing weight today - double yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looking forward to a relaxing weekend filled with hockey games.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

Day 29 in the Gym

It is a rainy dreary day today. No Andy today so i got to sleep until 6:30AM!!! I was so excited! My knees are really bothering me today. I am still eating low carbs and feeling pretty good again. I guess we will see how three days of low carbs is when i step on the scale tomorrow. Did I mention I do not like the scales and for the most part they don't like me. On an upbeat my clothes are fitting different and that makes me happy. I wore a blouse today that was really really tight before and now it fits nicely. I had even intended on returning the blouse originally but never got around to it - glad I didn't because now it fits.

Getting my hair done tomorrow and I am feeling like going more blonde. I am in the mood to change it up some. Well tomorrow is Friday and day 3 of training with Andy. I am going to try no to whine tomorrow when he tells me to do lunges or something else I don't like but I can't promise I won't.

Day 28 in the Gym....

I think the cartoon says it all, especially for women. I just don't understand the "SCALES" I mean one day you weigh one thing and that night you have gained 3 pounds and the next morning you are down 2 and so on and so on. It just drives me crazy. I feel like my weight is all over the place. This morning I was down 2 pounds from yesterday morning. I guess water plays a big part of the number that shows up.

So yesterday I really watched my carbs and ate lots of veggies and lean meat - feeling pretty good today. My knees are really bothering me and I assume it is from running. I will need to change up the cardio for now. Andy has been doing a type of circuit with us so now we just aren't sore say on arms we are sore on arms, legs etc. Today was pretty tough.

Thank you Andy for all you do! I know you don't hear it enough (due to the whinning or sighing) I do appreciate everything you have done for me.

Day 27 in the Gym.....

Quote for Day:

"Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality". Ralph Marston

Success is not a race, be patient.

Success leads to success.

Success is always a work in progress.

Success doesn't come to you--you go to it.

Success is a journey, not a destination.

Focus on the process.

Some people dream about success... while others wake up and work hard at it.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try-and keep trying.

Everyday is a good day to SUCCEED!

If at first you don't succeed-try, try again

I have been reading a really good book and I am going to try to deplete my carbs for 7 days and then work them back into my diet. I started today. I am eating allot of protein and veggies and "good" fats. It is funny as I look at my log from yesterday and what it will be today my fat and carbs are pretty much the same number switched - my calories are going to be around 1500 today.

We worked our arms and some legs today. I feel like I am getting stronger - I can't believe I can do the pushups I am doing. When I started I could barely do 10. Still not "loving" the lunges but getting better at it and I am not whining as much (right Andy?)

Day 26 in the Gym

Today we have cardio on our own. After work I am heading to the gym to run. I haven't been real hungry today and I am feeling pretty good. Not as tired. My legs have been really achy lately I think from the running. I am pretty sure Andy will be working our legs tomorrow- ouchy!

Weekend - November 1st & 2nd

With the biggest "health" scare in my life happening on Friday the weekend ended up being nice. We had hockey and Scott and I went to a fund raiser for another hockey team with Earl and Deb and watched 4 comedians and had a nice dinner. It was a nice night out. We slept in on Sunday and I LOVED turning the clock back. I went to the gym and ran for 30 minutes and did some situps. Later that day I went to Barnes and Noble and bought a book called: Crack The Fat Loss Code - i started reading it and an hour and half later I was still in Barnes and Noble. I ended up buying the book and read some more when i got home. That's about it for the weekend - nothing too exciting - just the way I like it.