So I am officially back in action. I took a little hiatus because I was basically wheezing and coughing just from living. But I'm back. I worked out yesterday and today--doing 75 minutes of cardio and a little weight lifting!! Plus, I no longer need to designate 2+hours of every night to studying!! It is now just being replaced by work--boo!!
However, good news........
Stomach flu for one week= 5 pound weight loss!!
I don't know how this is possible--and I know it sounds dumb, but I have been well now for almost a week, and the weight has not came back!! I am still exactly what I was at POST flu--minus almost another pound!! And I know what you are going to say--and no--I am not dehydrated. I have been eating/drinking/working out normal and have yet to gain it back!!
So I am just going to enjoy it--especially since I hadn't lost a pound for like 2 months........
HOORAY!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
HIATUS
I am on workout hiatus--not "blog reading at work" hiatus. There are numerous reasons for this little break. But let me tell you. I am NOT happy about it. It's just life. I figure to be the most stressed out person when this week ends, because my workouts are the stress relieving part of my day. Oh well. What can you do?
Here are the reasons:
1. I have the flu. The kind where food does not stay in body--I have thrown up like 5 times today already. Correction. I have dry-heaved 5 times because there is nothing in my body.
2. I am taking a grad school entrance exam on Saturday and I must re-read my manual and make last minute changes to how I take it. Yeah right. Like it's gonna work. Anyway, that test is priority number one.
3. I am working like 12-13 hour days this week and frankly until April 15th. A gold star to the person who can guess my profession.
I actually think these are pretty good reasons. Now, I may sneak in a workout or two this week, but 75 minutes of cardio is NOT going to happen 6 days this week.
Tonight, I plan on taking a long nap.
Here are the reasons:
1. I have the flu. The kind where food does not stay in body--I have thrown up like 5 times today already. Correction. I have dry-heaved 5 times because there is nothing in my body.
2. I am taking a grad school entrance exam on Saturday and I must re-read my manual and make last minute changes to how I take it. Yeah right. Like it's gonna work. Anyway, that test is priority number one.
3. I am working like 12-13 hour days this week and frankly until April 15th. A gold star to the person who can guess my profession.
I actually think these are pretty good reasons. Now, I may sneak in a workout or two this week, but 75 minutes of cardio is NOT going to happen 6 days this week.
Tonight, I plan on taking a long nap.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Now we can ALL be winners!!
I am not lucky. Period. I never win anything. But it hasn't stopped me from trying!!
Women's Health Magazine is my absolute FAVORITE health magazine. And their website is full of tons of good information!! This month, they have a contest every day that you can enter to win free stuff!! It's worth a try!!
When I logged on this morning, to sign up for the prize, I thought of Katie and all of her outside/cold/winter/ridiculous running!! BRRRR.....
You wouldn't catch me doing it!! That girl is crazy!!
Anyway, here's the link. Check it out. Try and win!!
http://www.womenshealthmag.com/contests
Women's Health Magazine is my absolute FAVORITE health magazine. And their website is full of tons of good information!! This month, they have a contest every day that you can enter to win free stuff!! It's worth a try!!
When I logged on this morning, to sign up for the prize, I thought of Katie and all of her outside/cold/winter/ridiculous running!! BRRRR.....
You wouldn't catch me doing it!! That girl is crazy!!
Anyway, here's the link. Check it out. Try and win!!
http://www.womenshealthmag.com/contests
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Correction!!
Okay so the other day I said there was a difference between the magazine and the website, but apparently I just can't add.......my ending up being very close to the same thing.
Here is is in the magazine.
**Take your height in inches and multiply it by itself. (I am 65 inches tall so 65*65=4,225)
**Take this number times .031 (4,225*.031=130.98)
**If you have a small frame, take this number times .95--medium frame, keep the number--large frame *1.05 (I call myself medium)
**Add one pound if you have a sibling or parent that is obese. (I don't)
**Add 2 pounds for each decade you are over 20. (I am 25--can I add a pound because I am halfway?? Kidding.)
**Add 5 pounds if you have had children. (That's a negative)
**Subtract pounds for excercise:
1 pound for excercise and weight train once a week
2 pounds for excercise and weight train twice a week
3 pounds for excercise and weight train 5 or more times a week (This is me.)
**Add 4 pounds if you smoked at least a pack a day for a year or more and have quit. (Nope)
**Add 1 pound if you allow yourself a treat now and then. (Well hell yes. I dare you to find me someone who doesn't.)
MY HAPPY WEIGHT: 128.98 LBS!!!
What do you think about this??
Here is is in the magazine.
**Take your height in inches and multiply it by itself. (I am 65 inches tall so 65*65=4,225)
**Take this number times .031 (4,225*.031=130.98)
**If you have a small frame, take this number times .95--medium frame, keep the number--large frame *1.05 (I call myself medium)
**Add one pound if you have a sibling or parent that is obese. (I don't)
**Add 2 pounds for each decade you are over 20. (I am 25--can I add a pound because I am halfway?? Kidding.)
**Add 5 pounds if you have had children. (That's a negative)
**Subtract pounds for excercise:
1 pound for excercise and weight train once a week
2 pounds for excercise and weight train twice a week
3 pounds for excercise and weight train 5 or more times a week (This is me.)
**Add 4 pounds if you smoked at least a pack a day for a year or more and have quit. (Nope)
**Add 1 pound if you allow yourself a treat now and then. (Well hell yes. I dare you to find me someone who doesn't.)
MY HAPPY WEIGHT: 128.98 LBS!!!
What do you think about this??
Monday, January 21, 2008
Happy Weight
Self magazine has this thing this month called "Happy Weight" asking women what their happy weight is compared to their current weight. Well of course, I want to find out my happy weight!! Who doesn't??
Go here for it: http://www.self.com/fitness/nutrition/calculators/happyWeight
What do you think?? Is this what would make you happy?
The website has my happy weight at 130.0 even, however when I used the magazine with all of the complicated formulas and such, it had my "happy weight" at 122??!!
What is the difference in the two formulas? Maybe when I get home from work, I will post the formula from the magazine........
Leave comments if you choose!!
Go here for it: http://www.self.com/fitness/nutrition/calculators/happyWeight
What do you think?? Is this what would make you happy?
The website has my happy weight at 130.0 even, however when I used the magazine with all of the complicated formulas and such, it had my "happy weight" at 122??!!
What is the difference in the two formulas? Maybe when I get home from work, I will post the formula from the magazine........
Leave comments if you choose!!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Weekend Workouts
Hey there! So this weekend I have been very good at my workouts AND my eating!!
Saturday: Cardio of 90 minutes--mixture of walking/running for 75 minutes and then 15 minutes on that damn crazy bike thing (see below)--when walking and running, I walked 10 minutes at 4 incline and 4.0 mph, then ran 2 miles at 6 mph, then would do run 5 minutes/walk three minutes, and then towards the end, changed my incline from 2-8 every 4 minutes to finish up to 75 minutes. And then that crazy mountain bike thing. Basically sooo sweaty!! I gauge my workouts by how much I sweat!!
Food intake Saturday:
Breakfast--Oatmeal--I eat this every morning with a dash of skim milk, cinnamon, and Splenda
Mid-morning snack: a banana
Lunch: Open faced turkey sandwhich on whole grain bread with avocado, tomato, ane lettuce
Post-workout snack: Berry Protein smoothie
Dinner: Salad with tomato, reduced fat cheese, salsa, black olives, 1/2 chicken breast, and onion
Evening snack: Tangerine
I added up all of the calories for the day: 1,300
SUNDAY!!
Workout: 75 mins of cardio basically mirroring the above workout, without the crazy bike thing that makes my butt muscles hurt. I did the treadmill for an hour, and then rode the normal bike for 15 minutes.
MEALS
Breakfast: Duh--oatmeal
Mid-morning snack: Banana and Starbucks regular roast with a little skim milk
Lunch: Open faced turkey sandwhich--basically the same thing as yesterday, except yesterday I ate it at a restaurant
Post-workout snack: Banana-peach protein smoothie
The rest of my meals will be updated shortly--when I eat them. I think it's funny because I didn't realize how redundant my meals have been the past two days!! I had the same lunch, except one was yesterday at work, and the other was today at home!! And I don't usually eat that many bananas, I just don't want them to go bad!!
Crazy! Writing it down makes you feel like you eat so much. But when I discussed with Corrine my calorie intake for weight loss for how much cardio I do, she suggested 1,750 calories on the days I workout! Thats about 450 extra calories I should have eaten yesterday, but I wasn't ever hungry!!
Holy cow--this losing weight thing is tough to figure out!! Thank god for the internet!!
Saturday: Cardio of 90 minutes--mixture of walking/running for 75 minutes and then 15 minutes on that damn crazy bike thing (see below)--when walking and running, I walked 10 minutes at 4 incline and 4.0 mph, then ran 2 miles at 6 mph, then would do run 5 minutes/walk three minutes, and then towards the end, changed my incline from 2-8 every 4 minutes to finish up to 75 minutes. And then that crazy mountain bike thing. Basically sooo sweaty!! I gauge my workouts by how much I sweat!!
Food intake Saturday:
Breakfast--Oatmeal--I eat this every morning with a dash of skim milk, cinnamon, and Splenda
Mid-morning snack: a banana
Lunch: Open faced turkey sandwhich on whole grain bread with avocado, tomato, ane lettuce
Post-workout snack: Berry Protein smoothie
Dinner: Salad with tomato, reduced fat cheese, salsa, black olives, 1/2 chicken breast, and onion
Evening snack: Tangerine
I added up all of the calories for the day: 1,300
SUNDAY!!
Workout: 75 mins of cardio basically mirroring the above workout, without the crazy bike thing that makes my butt muscles hurt. I did the treadmill for an hour, and then rode the normal bike for 15 minutes.
MEALS
Breakfast: Duh--oatmeal
Mid-morning snack: Banana and Starbucks regular roast with a little skim milk
Lunch: Open faced turkey sandwhich--basically the same thing as yesterday, except yesterday I ate it at a restaurant
Post-workout snack: Banana-peach protein smoothie
The rest of my meals will be updated shortly--when I eat them. I think it's funny because I didn't realize how redundant my meals have been the past two days!! I had the same lunch, except one was yesterday at work, and the other was today at home!! And I don't usually eat that many bananas, I just don't want them to go bad!!
Crazy! Writing it down makes you feel like you eat so much. But when I discussed with Corrine my calorie intake for weight loss for how much cardio I do, she suggested 1,750 calories on the days I workout! Thats about 450 extra calories I should have eaten yesterday, but I wasn't ever hungry!!
Holy cow--this losing weight thing is tough to figure out!! Thank god for the internet!!
Friday, January 18, 2008
The Results of the Past Week
Quickly I am going to post my workouts for the past week--I decided to do the "Crazy Cardio" schedule that Robin talked about on her blog!!
I wish I could post what I have done for each workout, and my food log, but I just haven't had time this week!! It has been a crazy work week!! I know excuses are a dime a dozen, but it really has just been a weird week!! Anyway, I am supposed to do this crazy cardio 5-6 times a week, and I did miss two this week becauses I worked a 17 hour day on Thursday, and I had a previous committment Monday night! Other than that, I have been good!!
Friday 90 mins cardio
Saturday 75 mins cardio/15 mins weight lifting
Sunday 75 mins cardio
Monday nothing
Tuesday 75 mins cardio
Wednesday 90 mins cardio
Thursday nothing!!
Friday 60 mins cardio (This is today)
Hopefully next week I will have enough time to be able to post specifics on the exact workouts that I have been doing. I have basically been walking for 10 mins at 4.0 mph and 4% incline, and then running anywhere from 1-2.5 miles at 6.0 and then walking/running and changing the speed and incline and just switching it up. Then I have been doing this new bike thing that has a screen. I have doing the mountain one, and I swear to god, 15 minutes on that thing, and I am absolutely dying!!!
Good luck to everyone else!! Hopefully next week I get better at posting!!
I wish I could post what I have done for each workout, and my food log, but I just haven't had time this week!! It has been a crazy work week!! I know excuses are a dime a dozen, but it really has just been a weird week!! Anyway, I am supposed to do this crazy cardio 5-6 times a week, and I did miss two this week becauses I worked a 17 hour day on Thursday, and I had a previous committment Monday night! Other than that, I have been good!!
Friday 90 mins cardio
Saturday 75 mins cardio/15 mins weight lifting
Sunday 75 mins cardio
Monday nothing
Tuesday 75 mins cardio
Wednesday 90 mins cardio
Thursday nothing!!
Friday 60 mins cardio (This is today)
Hopefully next week I will have enough time to be able to post specifics on the exact workouts that I have been doing. I have basically been walking for 10 mins at 4.0 mph and 4% incline, and then running anywhere from 1-2.5 miles at 6.0 and then walking/running and changing the speed and incline and just switching it up. Then I have been doing this new bike thing that has a screen. I have doing the mountain one, and I swear to god, 15 minutes on that thing, and I am absolutely dying!!!
Good luck to everyone else!! Hopefully next week I get better at posting!!
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