Well I am in the middle of week two and found the diet going very well! I am still anxious to eat and try new recipes. Monday night I had a taco salad recipe given to me by Kelly, it was great!
My classes have ended for a week and a half which means I have to get to the gym, which like other people it is hard to get me to get the motivation to go. But since I didn't have a class today I knew I had to make an attempt. I wanted to try to make it there twice since I would be working out two times today if I had classes but that didn't work out, literally!! Haha!! Anyways, at the gym today I did my interval program I usually put people on during personal training. It consists of a ten minute job followed by a set of upper or lower body with weights for 15 to 20 reps, then back to the treadmill for another jog, then back to another weight set. I did this 3 times and was there for 55 minutes.
What I found interesting were my calories burned. I would usually burn about 550 calories during an hour class or even 500 calories in a 45 minute Zumba class. But today I only burned 418 calories, which don't get me wrong is still good, but just shocking! I tried to make sure to keep my heart rate in my training zone so to burn the most amount of calories. But this goes to show how beneficial our classes are and can be in just a short fun hour!! I can't wait to get back to classes!!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
1 Week Down!! Lots to go!
Hey there! Well I know that it has been a few days since writing so I will try to update without boring you!
Throughout the weekend it is extremely hard for me to get online because I am always at work. I found my schedule is going to be rough to add more workouts in but I will figure out a way.
As far as the new healthy eating part of the challenge I found I did struggle a little bit when I got to work on Thursday. Eating at home was super easy and exciting. I found myself excited to wake up the next morning to see what healthy food I was going to eat that day! But going to work I didn't prepare myself very well. For those of you who don't know, I work as a bartender at a local restaurant, Duke's of Highland. Thursday, before going to work I ate lunch and didn't bring any snacks with me. Therefore, this made it really hard to not pick. I would pick at everything I could such as the soups and salads. I know that it isn't necessarily bad items but it is unnecessary picking. So the next day I went into work I brought 2 healthy snacks with me which really helped to keep me from picking and to keep me satisfied before and after dinner.
All in all the weekend went well, I am exhausted because we were super busy and short staffed so I was working harder than usual. Just to give you an idea this is what my weekend typically looks like; Thursday work 3pm-11pm/12am, Friday is usually the same as Thursday but later and busier, Saturday teach a class at 10:45am-11:30am then work from 12pm-12am which is usually another busy day so I am constantly running around then followed by Sunday with another class in the morning from 10-11am then work 11:30am-10pm. So the weekends are long and tiresome but as long as I keep eating healthy they will start to not feel as long!
As far as an updated weight, I have lost 5 pounds in this last week. I know weigh 139. This is pretty exciting for me since I thought I ate well before but it goes to show that if you really buckle down and try hard, it will pay off!!
I am going to try some of the recipes Kelly gave me last week, I can't wait to eat!! Yum Yum!!
I am also going to add four one hour workouts into my schedule this week. I will keep an update as to what I do so those of you that want to follow in my challenge will be able to get some more workout tips from me! See you tomorrow!
Final Thought: Eat an Apple today, they are so satisfying to your taste buds and body!
Throughout the weekend it is extremely hard for me to get online because I am always at work. I found my schedule is going to be rough to add more workouts in but I will figure out a way.
As far as the new healthy eating part of the challenge I found I did struggle a little bit when I got to work on Thursday. Eating at home was super easy and exciting. I found myself excited to wake up the next morning to see what healthy food I was going to eat that day! But going to work I didn't prepare myself very well. For those of you who don't know, I work as a bartender at a local restaurant, Duke's of Highland. Thursday, before going to work I ate lunch and didn't bring any snacks with me. Therefore, this made it really hard to not pick. I would pick at everything I could such as the soups and salads. I know that it isn't necessarily bad items but it is unnecessary picking. So the next day I went into work I brought 2 healthy snacks with me which really helped to keep me from picking and to keep me satisfied before and after dinner.
All in all the weekend went well, I am exhausted because we were super busy and short staffed so I was working harder than usual. Just to give you an idea this is what my weekend typically looks like; Thursday work 3pm-11pm/12am, Friday is usually the same as Thursday but later and busier, Saturday teach a class at 10:45am-11:30am then work from 12pm-12am which is usually another busy day so I am constantly running around then followed by Sunday with another class in the morning from 10-11am then work 11:30am-10pm. So the weekends are long and tiresome but as long as I keep eating healthy they will start to not feel as long!
As far as an updated weight, I have lost 5 pounds in this last week. I know weigh 139. This is pretty exciting for me since I thought I ate well before but it goes to show that if you really buckle down and try hard, it will pay off!!
I am going to try some of the recipes Kelly gave me last week, I can't wait to eat!! Yum Yum!!
I am also going to add four one hour workouts into my schedule this week. I will keep an update as to what I do so those of you that want to follow in my challenge will be able to get some more workout tips from me! See you tomorrow!
Final Thought: Eat an Apple today, they are so satisfying to your taste buds and body!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Day 2ish and 3!!
Since I wrote my blog yesterday afternoon, before all my classes, I am going to write a little bit about how my classes went yesterday and my diet!
Tuesdays are my longer days! I have an Extreme Abs class for 25 minutes then Zumba for 45 minutes, followed by another Zumba for 1 hour! So it makes for a long night but well worth it because I feel so good when it is over! I burnt about 1119 calories!! Not bad for 2.5 hours of working out! Then after all my classes I made dinner! I know it was late but if I ate dinner before classes it would be way too early and I can't teach on a somewhat full stomach! For dinner I made a fresh veggie and chicken stir fry! It was amazing!! I couldn't stop moaning when I was eating it! I have made it before and it was never this good, unless I was that hungry anything would have tasted that exceptional! By the end of the night I had calculated that I had eaten about 700 calories throughout the day! Now let me explain this number! I know that 700 is not a lot at all, actually it is not enough for as much as I worked out but you also have to consider all the fresh veggies don't add up to many calories. Therefore, when I went to bed I felt very satisfied and not hungry! Which trust me, if I felt hungry I would eat!! So don't worry, I am eating enough!!
As far as today went, I woke up with a headache and no motivation to do anything (I think I need a new bed, ugh!) but none the less got by butt in gear and cleaned my house! Then went to class! In class we did Endurance Training! I thought it went really well, a little quiet but good! Dinner was left over stir fry, yum!
So here is a little reflection on my whole challenge! I want everyone to understand I am not doing this to lose weight!!! I am happy with my body and the way I look! 144 pounds does not scare me when I step on the scale, that is why I told you how much it was! I have many reasons for doing this challenge and throughout the way I will explain all of those to you! But please know this is not for any superficial reasons!
Thanks and see you tomorrow!! By the way, thanks Kelly for the recipes! I can't wait to try them! Yummy, I love food!! Night Night!!
Tuesdays are my longer days! I have an Extreme Abs class for 25 minutes then Zumba for 45 minutes, followed by another Zumba for 1 hour! So it makes for a long night but well worth it because I feel so good when it is over! I burnt about 1119 calories!! Not bad for 2.5 hours of working out! Then after all my classes I made dinner! I know it was late but if I ate dinner before classes it would be way too early and I can't teach on a somewhat full stomach! For dinner I made a fresh veggie and chicken stir fry! It was amazing!! I couldn't stop moaning when I was eating it! I have made it before and it was never this good, unless I was that hungry anything would have tasted that exceptional! By the end of the night I had calculated that I had eaten about 700 calories throughout the day! Now let me explain this number! I know that 700 is not a lot at all, actually it is not enough for as much as I worked out but you also have to consider all the fresh veggies don't add up to many calories. Therefore, when I went to bed I felt very satisfied and not hungry! Which trust me, if I felt hungry I would eat!! So don't worry, I am eating enough!!
As far as today went, I woke up with a headache and no motivation to do anything (I think I need a new bed, ugh!) but none the less got by butt in gear and cleaned my house! Then went to class! In class we did Endurance Training! I thought it went really well, a little quiet but good! Dinner was left over stir fry, yum!
So here is a little reflection on my whole challenge! I want everyone to understand I am not doing this to lose weight!!! I am happy with my body and the way I look! 144 pounds does not scare me when I step on the scale, that is why I told you how much it was! I have many reasons for doing this challenge and throughout the way I will explain all of those to you! But please know this is not for any superficial reasons!
Thanks and see you tomorrow!! By the way, thanks Kelly for the recipes! I can't wait to try them! Yummy, I love food!! Night Night!!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Day 2!!!!
Well here is my first official blog, although it is day 2! So I have decided to ease myself into this challenge so I don't get myself burnt out or overworked! Yesterday started with a trip to the grocery store! My husband and I bought a ton of veggies and fruits! I plan on trying different healthy recipes throughout this challenge, but it was hard to find some that looked good and easy. So if anyone has any recipes you want to share that would be great!
As far as my diet yesterday, well I did OK! For lunch I had a turkey wrap in a whole wheat tortilla. It was so yummy, I thoroughly enjoyed it! For dinner, however, we had guest over late (my husband went snowboarding for the first time, that is a whole other blog. haha!!) and we were all pretty tired from our nights activities so we had pizza. BUT, my husband bought me a spinach, mushrooms garlic pizza which is slightly better for me then the normal stuff! So all in all not a bad start.
My workout yesterday just consisted of my scheduled class, ZBox! It was fun, I was a little out of it from being tired but still burned 545 Calories! Through this next week I am planning on adding a couple more half hour cardio workouts for me to ease myself into working out more than my usual 8 classes!
So now to the gritty stuff!! My measurements!!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHA!!!
I bought my first scale the other day! I have not weighed myself outside the doctors office in 7 years! Which I am proud of! So weighing myself for this challenge is only going to be a base amount for me. I am not going to look at the number and think anything other than it is a number to keep track of. So when I weighed myself Thursday, February 25, I weight 144 pounds. My body fat percentage is 19.7% which is in the athletic range. I realize this is in the higher end to the athletic range so now I have found my final goal!
Drum Roll Please...........~~~~~~~~~~~.........~~~~~~~~~~
My goal is to have my Body Fat Percentage to be between 13%-14%! This is between Essential Fat and Athletic Range! This means I will have to lose about 12-15mms of fat throughout my body. I am not sure what my weight should be at that point but I will try to calculate it so we can have a base to go by instead of checking my body fat ever week.
Well wish me luck and please help me stay motivated!!
As far as my diet yesterday, well I did OK! For lunch I had a turkey wrap in a whole wheat tortilla. It was so yummy, I thoroughly enjoyed it! For dinner, however, we had guest over late (my husband went snowboarding for the first time, that is a whole other blog. haha!!) and we were all pretty tired from our nights activities so we had pizza. BUT, my husband bought me a spinach, mushrooms garlic pizza which is slightly better for me then the normal stuff! So all in all not a bad start.
My workout yesterday just consisted of my scheduled class, ZBox! It was fun, I was a little out of it from being tired but still burned 545 Calories! Through this next week I am planning on adding a couple more half hour cardio workouts for me to ease myself into working out more than my usual 8 classes!
So now to the gritty stuff!! My measurements!!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHA!!!
I bought my first scale the other day! I have not weighed myself outside the doctors office in 7 years! Which I am proud of! So weighing myself for this challenge is only going to be a base amount for me. I am not going to look at the number and think anything other than it is a number to keep track of. So when I weighed myself Thursday, February 25, I weight 144 pounds. My body fat percentage is 19.7% which is in the athletic range. I realize this is in the higher end to the athletic range so now I have found my final goal!
Drum Roll Please...........~~~~~~~~~~~.........~~~~~~~~~~
My goal is to have my Body Fat Percentage to be between 13%-14%! This is between Essential Fat and Athletic Range! This means I will have to lose about 12-15mms of fat throughout my body. I am not sure what my weight should be at that point but I will try to calculate it so we can have a base to go by instead of checking my body fat ever week.
Well wish me luck and please help me stay motivated!!
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