Can you believe after all that pep talk, I forgot to pack my external hard drive??!! So there went all my good plans to work out with Power90 while on vacation in Vegas. Figures.
I did drink my Shakeology most of the time, I think I missed 2 days as I was out in Death Valley and didn't have the water to mix with it. I was with friends so it made it very difficult to keep it up.
I know I could have gone to the gym at the hotel but it became a whirlwind of a trip and I couldn't and well just didn't take the time to work out. I did eat fairly well at first, chicken ceasar salad, kept up my snacks and tried to drink as much water as I could. I did stay away from soda for the most part. I had iced tea and tried to keep my portions under control.
Of course alot was very bad tho'...McDonald's....bad....fried stuff...bad. Margaritaville which for lunch was good but dinner was not and so I got alternately smacked and then did good with the Shakeology.
Anyway....I weighed in yesterday morning at 202! YIKES! But this morning was back down to 198. I had had pizza on Sunday night which was completely bad along with a root beer, another smack.
I knew I had goofed on the trip and so I just added insult to injury.
Yesterday, I ate exactly how I should and drank lots of water and I also began to work out. Luckily, I did not get sick during this trip and I have noticed that drinking Shakeology really helps and prevents me from getting sick, even if I don't eat 100% well. So I worked out last night and this morning and I feel really good for having done so! I figure February will be the yellow disk and then March and April will be the blue one.
I was really worried about this trip but despite me gaining a bit, I lost it right back off again. So now I am at the same weight as I was before I left. Now, to get below and keep on going! Nothing to stop me at this point, no trips!
I will be altering my eating as well over the next week or two and starting to cut out breads and pasta more and more. Eat healthier and start to have my Shakeology in the mornings for breakfast so that I can have a salad at lunch.
I am looking forward to watching the numbers go down! I still have not taken measurements but will try to do so tonight to get an idea as to where I am starting at. Started to set the alarm clock now for 6 am so that I can be up early to work out and be done for the day. I really didn't want to wake this morning but I knew I had to go out to Dallas early and so I went ahead and got things done.
I'll reward myself with clothes as I lose the weight and inches! Inches are what will really matter the most!
Wow it already feels like spring here with these temperatures in Texas! I am loving it! Makes you feel like getting out there and taking a nice long walk. I don't want to hurt or bring back my plantars fascitis so I will be careful but I know once I get into a bit better shape, I'll want to become more active!
It's exciting! Here we go!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
So Far So Good!
Well, despite the threat of my cycle trying to peek through, I have been able to exercise as scheduled since last Tuesday!! I am so proud of myself for the first week is usually the hardest. I feel really good and determined!
Now comes another hard challenge. A trip.
That has to be one of the hardest for me aside from a bad cycle.
I will of course take my Shakeology with me, so that will definitely help. I'll take the Power90 cd, the stretch cord and workout clothes. I am determined to exercise while there AND to eat right! I think I may be able to do it this time.
I heard someone say the other day that the trick to losing weight is 80% what you eat and 20% exercise. I really am not so sure that is so. At least, not for me. I proved that with Nutrisystem. Well, you might be able to lose weight with just Nutrisystem, so maybe they are correct, it is 80% what you eat. BUT!
And that is a HUGE BUT!! The weight you lose is so fast, it's not where or -how- you'd like! Please see my other blog posts on that! If you do it that way, you will deflate and your skin will hang. If you do not replace that fat with muscle and let your body slowly adjust in a more gradual way, that's what happens, you deflate like a tire. It is so very tempting to order Nutrisystem but there is no way I want my breasts to deflate. I know I will not let that happen like that again. I thought about working out still, continuing with Power90 and do the Nutrisystem but I still feel I would deflate too fast. I would not be able to build up the muscle fast enough to replace that fat.
I NEED to learn to eat better. That's more important than the quick fix. I just finished off the rest of the cereal I was eating, a hearty whole grain with raisins and dates. Tomorrow, I'll start to do Shakeology in the mornings. Then I am going to try to cut out the breads and pasta. Stick to salads and steamed veggies and fish for lunch and dinner. I feel like I am still at a standstill but I know I can't go by the weight. Still at 198. I waver to 197.5 but it's not moving much. So time to be a bit more strict and to take measurements which I haven't done yet for a while. I need to do so and log it in today. Start to take the measurements each week so that I can get encouragement there.
It was nice to see two people 'like' my post of going to workout. :) It gave me a lil pat on the back for doing so and for doing so, so late in the day. That has to end as well. I did look at the pre-set schedule on WOWY for Power90 and it looks like they have you move to the blue disk after the 4th week of the yellow one! That's good! I have always wondered when exactly to move over although I figured it would be when you felt you had mastered the yellow one. So, that means, after today, I have exactly 3 weeks to go before the blue disk!!! That's exciting! A good goal and something to look forward to.
I did feel really good about completing the workout yesterday as I took a shower, I kept thinking to myself, "You are doing it Wanda!!" Yesterday, I saw an ad on Craigslist for a woman in my area who said she is a 6 star diamond type of coach for BeachBody and she was offering for anyone to be a coach and how you make money and all that. It sounds interesting, I'd prefer to be my own coach!
She talked of P90X however. Oh boy...I am not ready for that one yet. I need to finish Power90 first. So I am thinking perhaps, after I do so, I'll go ahead and jump to P90X and become a coach! It will be a good reward for completing Power90!!....aside from new clothes!
Yes! New clothes!! I need them and to get out of the frump that was in my closet! I have taken out most of my old things and made room and have to get thru the other clothes on the floor. Finish sorting thru everything and close my eyes and toss more stuff. As I lose weight, I know I'll be able to fit into nicer clothes too and I am excited about that!
First thing is first however, get past these two hurdles that I am facing right now, the trip and an oncoming cycle!
I really want to do this....how many times I've said that...how many times I've fallen by the wayside. I feel this is the crucial moment however, down to the last few months I really can. For I know I will soon have to go see my doc and get retested for the cholesterol. Oh man, I am so not looking forward to that. So I HAVE to lose this weight. I HAVE to get into better shape. I keep thinking in my mind of how much happier I will be and oh to walk in the sunshine with a wind blowing some frilly or fluttery skirt...I keep picturing myself like that. Silly maybe, but I do. I want to be trim and I know I'd feel so much lighter.
I know that making better food choices and exercising, is really the best thing for me. It would mean a lifestyle change and there would be nothing to transition from food wise. I would already be doing it. So end of the cereal, even if it is 'good for you' type. I think I need to find something different than that yogurt too. I do like the nuts and half an apple for the other snack tho'. I'll keep that one.
I'll look on the suggested items for Shakeology's list of snacks and see if I can find something better.
I want to get away from dairy and from the breads, cereals and pasta and also the red meat, as much as I possibly can. I want to stick with chicken and fish, fresh fruit and veggies. I really think that is the way to go and I need to look out for the portion control.
Those are my food goals.
Once I get those two in order, food and exercise, everything else should fall into place! :)
Wish me luck!
Now comes another hard challenge. A trip.
That has to be one of the hardest for me aside from a bad cycle.
I will of course take my Shakeology with me, so that will definitely help. I'll take the Power90 cd, the stretch cord and workout clothes. I am determined to exercise while there AND to eat right! I think I may be able to do it this time.
I heard someone say the other day that the trick to losing weight is 80% what you eat and 20% exercise. I really am not so sure that is so. At least, not for me. I proved that with Nutrisystem. Well, you might be able to lose weight with just Nutrisystem, so maybe they are correct, it is 80% what you eat. BUT!
And that is a HUGE BUT!! The weight you lose is so fast, it's not where or -how- you'd like! Please see my other blog posts on that! If you do it that way, you will deflate and your skin will hang. If you do not replace that fat with muscle and let your body slowly adjust in a more gradual way, that's what happens, you deflate like a tire. It is so very tempting to order Nutrisystem but there is no way I want my breasts to deflate. I know I will not let that happen like that again. I thought about working out still, continuing with Power90 and do the Nutrisystem but I still feel I would deflate too fast. I would not be able to build up the muscle fast enough to replace that fat.
I NEED to learn to eat better. That's more important than the quick fix. I just finished off the rest of the cereal I was eating, a hearty whole grain with raisins and dates. Tomorrow, I'll start to do Shakeology in the mornings. Then I am going to try to cut out the breads and pasta. Stick to salads and steamed veggies and fish for lunch and dinner. I feel like I am still at a standstill but I know I can't go by the weight. Still at 198. I waver to 197.5 but it's not moving much. So time to be a bit more strict and to take measurements which I haven't done yet for a while. I need to do so and log it in today. Start to take the measurements each week so that I can get encouragement there.
It was nice to see two people 'like' my post of going to workout. :) It gave me a lil pat on the back for doing so and for doing so, so late in the day. That has to end as well. I did look at the pre-set schedule on WOWY for Power90 and it looks like they have you move to the blue disk after the 4th week of the yellow one! That's good! I have always wondered when exactly to move over although I figured it would be when you felt you had mastered the yellow one. So, that means, after today, I have exactly 3 weeks to go before the blue disk!!! That's exciting! A good goal and something to look forward to.
I did feel really good about completing the workout yesterday as I took a shower, I kept thinking to myself, "You are doing it Wanda!!" Yesterday, I saw an ad on Craigslist for a woman in my area who said she is a 6 star diamond type of coach for BeachBody and she was offering for anyone to be a coach and how you make money and all that. It sounds interesting, I'd prefer to be my own coach!
She talked of P90X however. Oh boy...I am not ready for that one yet. I need to finish Power90 first. So I am thinking perhaps, after I do so, I'll go ahead and jump to P90X and become a coach! It will be a good reward for completing Power90!!....aside from new clothes!
Yes! New clothes!! I need them and to get out of the frump that was in my closet! I have taken out most of my old things and made room and have to get thru the other clothes on the floor. Finish sorting thru everything and close my eyes and toss more stuff. As I lose weight, I know I'll be able to fit into nicer clothes too and I am excited about that!
First thing is first however, get past these two hurdles that I am facing right now, the trip and an oncoming cycle!
I really want to do this....how many times I've said that...how many times I've fallen by the wayside. I feel this is the crucial moment however, down to the last few months I really can. For I know I will soon have to go see my doc and get retested for the cholesterol. Oh man, I am so not looking forward to that. So I HAVE to lose this weight. I HAVE to get into better shape. I keep thinking in my mind of how much happier I will be and oh to walk in the sunshine with a wind blowing some frilly or fluttery skirt...I keep picturing myself like that. Silly maybe, but I do. I want to be trim and I know I'd feel so much lighter.
I know that making better food choices and exercising, is really the best thing for me. It would mean a lifestyle change and there would be nothing to transition from food wise. I would already be doing it. So end of the cereal, even if it is 'good for you' type. I think I need to find something different than that yogurt too. I do like the nuts and half an apple for the other snack tho'. I'll keep that one.
I'll look on the suggested items for Shakeology's list of snacks and see if I can find something better.
I want to get away from dairy and from the breads, cereals and pasta and also the red meat, as much as I possibly can. I want to stick with chicken and fish, fresh fruit and veggies. I really think that is the way to go and I need to look out for the portion control.
Those are my food goals.
Once I get those two in order, food and exercise, everything else should fall into place! :)
Wish me luck!
Friday, January 20, 2012
Sharing A Pink Ribbon Story
My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was in her 40s. She was very heavy, overweight and large breasted. I am uncertain as to why she let the lump go in her breast as long as she had but she did. Could be fear or not wanting to know or face it, I have no idea. My father found the lump and it was the size of a golf ball. My mother had very large, long breasts. After having four girls and already being a bit of a big woman coupled with her sweet tooth and lack of exercise and perhaps genetics, she became overweight.
I remember my father often challenging her to lose her weight by offering trips or a cruise and she would make an effort but eventually gave up. She would huff and puff just going up the street as she was so out of shape.
Unfortunately, the cancer, once found and diagnosed, had gotten into her lymph node under her arm and so they had to remove her right breast. I remember how devastated she was and how ugly she felt. Losing a breast of that size, threw off her sense of balance as well and then the chemo thinned her hair. She wore wigs until it grew in a bit more. She always had thin hair to begin with and the chemotherapy did not help. I remember her getting radiation treatments and how tan her upper chest got from it.
I remember the trouble she had in finding a fake breast to put into her bra. It was hard to find one the right size. Either she found one that was similiar in size but it had a lil pocket in it and so it would make this flop noise as it hit against her chest when she walked or it was a silicone gel type that was just too small and she was lopsided. It was a nasty scar too from what I remember.
Beyond the aesthetics, this took a toll on my mother's self esteem and I won't forget the anguish and pain she felt and how awful she felt about herself after the surgery.
She was alright health wise afterwards for about a year or so and then cancer reappeared in her legs as bone cancer. We were told, that it was only a matter of time and all they could do about the bone cancer was to try to slow it down and make her as comfortable as possible.
I remember the many visits to the doctors and hospitals for her. I remember her limping and using a cane or walker and she felt so limited as it hurt for her to walk. My mother was always so strong and always was doing things, keeping busy, but now, she could not and barely could get out of bed to go to the bathroom. We put a port-a-potty into the room for her and her bed was moved downstairs into the living room as she could not take the stairs.
She had seen a chiropractor for the pain and I remember being shown how to push my elbow into certain places on her legs and her buttocks, on pressure points, to try to help alleviate the pain. My mother would scream out there in bed when I did this and I hated it. It was awful. I always felt I was just causing her more pain instead of lessening it.
The cancer moved up from the bones in her legs and travelled up her spine and eventually got to her brain and she was placed into the hospital and then had tumors form on her skull.
I was 17, in Earth Science class when the call came. Before the teacher could tell me what it was or who it was for, I turned to my best friend Penny and told her, "That's for me, to tell me that my mother died."
I just knew.
I felt rather numb at the time. I was prepared for it as she was in the hospital and I had gotten to see her a day or two before. I was able to tell her I loved her and I remember she could not talk much with all the tubes.
It was very hard to watch my mother die like that. Waste away from cancer. To go from a woman who was always so strong to her body becoming so weak. Cancer is such a horrible disease and so hard on the body and mind with how debilitating it is, not to mention how hard it is on the loved ones to watch their family or friends die like that.
My mother died in 1982. She was 49 years old.
I am now 46 and I was told by my father and I can see for myself in the pictures of her, that I am built just like my mother.
I have had many mammograms and been getting them yearly now since I was in my 30s. I keep a close watch on my breasts and it's hard to check them for I have fibercystic breasts so I have to have the doc check them once a year as well as myself. I know that I am in much better shape than she was as I am more active, yet I do worry about getting cancer like she did. It used to be a theory of mine that the cancer fed on the fat in her body, although I do know that skinny people do get cancer too so that theory went out the window. But still, it is another driving point for me to keep up the fight with the battle of the bulge, just in case that has anything to do with it and also I believe if I am more fit and stronger, that my body might be able to keep it away or fight it better.
I do have a cyst in my right breast although it is not cancer, thank goodness. I've had scares but so far, so good.
It was my father's belief that my mother always wore bras that were too small and did not fit her properly and I try to be mindful of that as well, even if that sounds far fetched.
I also know my mother ate a lot of fish from rivers where there could have been mercury or poisoning within them that could have caused the cancer. No idea. We'll never know.
On top of this, my aunt, no blood relation, but was married to my father's younger brother, got the same type of cancer as my mother and she went through the exact same thing. She was built similiar to my mother as well and often we all went camping and fishing together as a family. My aunt died about 20 some years ago herself as the cancer ravaged her body and I think she had it even worse.
I can only hope that I will not get cancer or if I do, it will be caught soon enough so that it may just get removed and I will be ok and can be a cancer survivor. I used to always say as a kid that if I ever got breast cancer, after the grieving process of losing my breasts, I would then turn around and get several different sizes of breasts. One day, I could be the size 34A and wear the skimpy sexy outfits I never could and then the next day, I'd be a nice 38D and wear the hot outfits for larger breasted women too. My way of coping with the fear of it happening to me.
I know all I can do is to take good care of myself, get check ups with the doc regularly and encourage my daughter to do the same as she also, is built like me.
The whole experience with my mother, who never got to see me have kids, never saw me get married and I never got to talk to her about her pregnancies, her life, or other women things that I would have loved to have talked to her of now that I am a grown woman...all of that, made me wish to share of all the knowledge I can and have with my daughter before she goes out into the world. I know I can't give her experience as that is for her to live her life and do, but I can share all the knowledge and wisdom I can with her that I do have. For life is fleeting and sometimes you never know what may happen the next day. So many things I wish I could turn and talk to my mom about. To sit down with her and have a good conversation and ask her of her life. She was a very closed person, sadly. So there is a lot that I do not know and did not get to share with her.
I was never close to my mother when I was a young girl. But I am extremely close with my daughter now and I am all the more blessed for that and grateful. In a way, I like to think that my mother is watching and smiling to see me have this special bond with my daughter for it is what I wished we could have had, my mother and I. But I know she would be proud of my girl and that we are taking better care of ourselves.
This is why I have the penguin with the pink ribbon on this site in support of breast cancer awareness.
I also purchase pink things now and then in support of it and think of my mother.
I miss you mom.
I remember my father often challenging her to lose her weight by offering trips or a cruise and she would make an effort but eventually gave up. She would huff and puff just going up the street as she was so out of shape.
Unfortunately, the cancer, once found and diagnosed, had gotten into her lymph node under her arm and so they had to remove her right breast. I remember how devastated she was and how ugly she felt. Losing a breast of that size, threw off her sense of balance as well and then the chemo thinned her hair. She wore wigs until it grew in a bit more. She always had thin hair to begin with and the chemotherapy did not help. I remember her getting radiation treatments and how tan her upper chest got from it.
I remember the trouble she had in finding a fake breast to put into her bra. It was hard to find one the right size. Either she found one that was similiar in size but it had a lil pocket in it and so it would make this flop noise as it hit against her chest when she walked or it was a silicone gel type that was just too small and she was lopsided. It was a nasty scar too from what I remember.
Beyond the aesthetics, this took a toll on my mother's self esteem and I won't forget the anguish and pain she felt and how awful she felt about herself after the surgery.
She was alright health wise afterwards for about a year or so and then cancer reappeared in her legs as bone cancer. We were told, that it was only a matter of time and all they could do about the bone cancer was to try to slow it down and make her as comfortable as possible.
I remember the many visits to the doctors and hospitals for her. I remember her limping and using a cane or walker and she felt so limited as it hurt for her to walk. My mother was always so strong and always was doing things, keeping busy, but now, she could not and barely could get out of bed to go to the bathroom. We put a port-a-potty into the room for her and her bed was moved downstairs into the living room as she could not take the stairs.
She had seen a chiropractor for the pain and I remember being shown how to push my elbow into certain places on her legs and her buttocks, on pressure points, to try to help alleviate the pain. My mother would scream out there in bed when I did this and I hated it. It was awful. I always felt I was just causing her more pain instead of lessening it.
The cancer moved up from the bones in her legs and travelled up her spine and eventually got to her brain and she was placed into the hospital and then had tumors form on her skull.
I was 17, in Earth Science class when the call came. Before the teacher could tell me what it was or who it was for, I turned to my best friend Penny and told her, "That's for me, to tell me that my mother died."
I just knew.
I felt rather numb at the time. I was prepared for it as she was in the hospital and I had gotten to see her a day or two before. I was able to tell her I loved her and I remember she could not talk much with all the tubes.
It was very hard to watch my mother die like that. Waste away from cancer. To go from a woman who was always so strong to her body becoming so weak. Cancer is such a horrible disease and so hard on the body and mind with how debilitating it is, not to mention how hard it is on the loved ones to watch their family or friends die like that.
My mother died in 1982. She was 49 years old.
I am now 46 and I was told by my father and I can see for myself in the pictures of her, that I am built just like my mother.
I have had many mammograms and been getting them yearly now since I was in my 30s. I keep a close watch on my breasts and it's hard to check them for I have fibercystic breasts so I have to have the doc check them once a year as well as myself. I know that I am in much better shape than she was as I am more active, yet I do worry about getting cancer like she did. It used to be a theory of mine that the cancer fed on the fat in her body, although I do know that skinny people do get cancer too so that theory went out the window. But still, it is another driving point for me to keep up the fight with the battle of the bulge, just in case that has anything to do with it and also I believe if I am more fit and stronger, that my body might be able to keep it away or fight it better.
I do have a cyst in my right breast although it is not cancer, thank goodness. I've had scares but so far, so good.
It was my father's belief that my mother always wore bras that were too small and did not fit her properly and I try to be mindful of that as well, even if that sounds far fetched.
I also know my mother ate a lot of fish from rivers where there could have been mercury or poisoning within them that could have caused the cancer. No idea. We'll never know.
On top of this, my aunt, no blood relation, but was married to my father's younger brother, got the same type of cancer as my mother and she went through the exact same thing. She was built similiar to my mother as well and often we all went camping and fishing together as a family. My aunt died about 20 some years ago herself as the cancer ravaged her body and I think she had it even worse.
I can only hope that I will not get cancer or if I do, it will be caught soon enough so that it may just get removed and I will be ok and can be a cancer survivor. I used to always say as a kid that if I ever got breast cancer, after the grieving process of losing my breasts, I would then turn around and get several different sizes of breasts. One day, I could be the size 34A and wear the skimpy sexy outfits I never could and then the next day, I'd be a nice 38D and wear the hot outfits for larger breasted women too. My way of coping with the fear of it happening to me.
I know all I can do is to take good care of myself, get check ups with the doc regularly and encourage my daughter to do the same as she also, is built like me.
The whole experience with my mother, who never got to see me have kids, never saw me get married and I never got to talk to her about her pregnancies, her life, or other women things that I would have loved to have talked to her of now that I am a grown woman...all of that, made me wish to share of all the knowledge I can and have with my daughter before she goes out into the world. I know I can't give her experience as that is for her to live her life and do, but I can share all the knowledge and wisdom I can with her that I do have. For life is fleeting and sometimes you never know what may happen the next day. So many things I wish I could turn and talk to my mom about. To sit down with her and have a good conversation and ask her of her life. She was a very closed person, sadly. So there is a lot that I do not know and did not get to share with her.
I was never close to my mother when I was a young girl. But I am extremely close with my daughter now and I am all the more blessed for that and grateful. In a way, I like to think that my mother is watching and smiling to see me have this special bond with my daughter for it is what I wished we could have had, my mother and I. But I know she would be proud of my girl and that we are taking better care of ourselves.
This is why I have the penguin with the pink ribbon on this site in support of breast cancer awareness.
I also purchase pink things now and then in support of it and think of my mother.
I miss you mom.
Another day down!
Or should I say UP!? I finished working out earlier and just got out of the shower. I almost didn't go up there and was going to put it off but then, I was like NOPE! I saw a Beachbody post about Insanity, one of their new programs and a young girl's results. I love to look at the before and afters! They really do give a lot of great inspiration to keep pushing play!
Eating is still not optimal, but I am getting there. It's one of those slow processes for me. I am nearly there however and it's exciting! This feeling of being on the verge of starting again and already, almost a full week of working out!! YAY! That is a big accomplishment. So many times I would wake in the morning and you just don't feel like doing it. Other times, I would wake up and bounce out of bed, just ready to go!
I notice however that if I don't do it first thing, then the excuses start to come. Then the day bears down on me and I get busy with work and all and then....here they come...excuse...excuse...and granted, some of them are valid! LOL
But some are not! :(
Good for me tho' in pushin play TODAY! It's gorgeous outside, an unseasonably 78! WOW! In the middle of January no less! That's Texas for you!
Just drinking down my Shakeology drink right now before taking my son to his dental appointment.
I feel so......FREE! So alive right now!! I love this high!!
I hope you all who read this, have a grand day!
Eating is still not optimal, but I am getting there. It's one of those slow processes for me. I am nearly there however and it's exciting! This feeling of being on the verge of starting again and already, almost a full week of working out!! YAY! That is a big accomplishment. So many times I would wake in the morning and you just don't feel like doing it. Other times, I would wake up and bounce out of bed, just ready to go!
I notice however that if I don't do it first thing, then the excuses start to come. Then the day bears down on me and I get busy with work and all and then....here they come...excuse...excuse...and granted, some of them are valid! LOL
But some are not! :(
Good for me tho' in pushin play TODAY! It's gorgeous outside, an unseasonably 78! WOW! In the middle of January no less! That's Texas for you!
Just drinking down my Shakeology drink right now before taking my son to his dental appointment.
I feel so......FREE! So alive right now!! I love this high!!
I hope you all who read this, have a grand day!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
I know it's too soon for this...
But....
2.5 lbs gone total! That means just 7.5 to go to reach the first small goal of 10 lbs off! Eating close to the Shakeology suggested menu (with one big cheat LOL Oops) but a lot of water and working out too. I am about to go up and work out again, today is the Sculpt 1-2 part of Power90.
What is weird is that I always thought you started with the Sweat and then the 2nd day, the Sculpt. Not like it should really matter which one tho', but when I went to schedule the Power90 program on WOWY last month or so, it started me with Sculpt. Interesting. Matters nil to me either way of course, so I am doing it that way, just missed Monday. I feel a lil sleepy this morning, as I didn't go to sleep at 10 like I was hoping but it was an hour later and I was up around 6:30 this morning. But! I got dressed to work out right away and thought to peek on the scale. I need to do measurements again tho' tonight to make sure I record them. I do have them from a few weeks ago so they should not be much different.
After I worked out on WOWY yesterday, I saw in my mailbox I got a Buddy request from someone on BeachBody, a coach.
I just removed my rant about this, as I think I ranted about it before on my blog here. Buddies are always welcome, but I do not want a coach.
So friend? YES! Most certainly! Always can use a new friend. Coach? No thanks.
I am my own coach right now.
For now, as ol' blue eyes sang....
I'm doing it...'my way'. :)
2.5 lbs gone total! That means just 7.5 to go to reach the first small goal of 10 lbs off! Eating close to the Shakeology suggested menu (with one big cheat LOL Oops) but a lot of water and working out too. I am about to go up and work out again, today is the Sculpt 1-2 part of Power90.
What is weird is that I always thought you started with the Sweat and then the 2nd day, the Sculpt. Not like it should really matter which one tho', but when I went to schedule the Power90 program on WOWY last month or so, it started me with Sculpt. Interesting. Matters nil to me either way of course, so I am doing it that way, just missed Monday. I feel a lil sleepy this morning, as I didn't go to sleep at 10 like I was hoping but it was an hour later and I was up around 6:30 this morning. But! I got dressed to work out right away and thought to peek on the scale. I need to do measurements again tho' tonight to make sure I record them. I do have them from a few weeks ago so they should not be much different.
After I worked out on WOWY yesterday, I saw in my mailbox I got a Buddy request from someone on BeachBody, a coach.
I just removed my rant about this, as I think I ranted about it before on my blog here. Buddies are always welcome, but I do not want a coach.
So friend? YES! Most certainly! Always can use a new friend. Coach? No thanks.
I am my own coach right now.
For now, as ol' blue eyes sang....
I'm doing it...'my way'. :)
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Here we are...
Startin' again! I wanted to begin to work out yesterday, even got dressed but you know how if you don't do it right away that the day gets away from you and you keep putting it off...didn't make it in the morning...ok so before lunch. No, ok how about in the afternoon...well just before dinner? Dang...how about just after in the evening, could relax then after a nice hot shower....oops. Where did the day go? No sense now as I am about to get up in the morning and workout in a few hours!!
Well I had good intentions....but they all went out the window.
Ok, so a new day!
Today, I began. I went to WOWY at the BeachBody site and logged in. Set it up and I got up at a decent time too so I was fairly well rested although went to sleep late but not too bad. I was dressed to work out and had breakfast and knew I could better time it all with my daughter going to school. The schedule was already there, I just had to plug myself into it. So I did!
Just finished working out at 8, shower done just after 9 and dressed now. I always feel a charge of energy after working out. I feel more productive and awake. My body almost tingles and says whooaaaa what did you do Wanda? Again?!
Yes...again. And I will keep on with the 'agains' as much as possible!
I am glad to finally be able to breathe ok and not be coughing like crazy and to have healed from that procedure I endured. That was the hardest part.
I looked through the dvds I had and found some of the old literature from Power90. The old booklet and even the invoice was there. I didn't see the poster however that I thought I had but I found where I had first attempted the Power90 program and where I had circled what I did, day by day. I am going to look through it again and see just when to move over to the blue disk of Power90. Part of me wants to go ahead and scheduled this whole program on WOWY to help keep me accountable.
I read over on Tony Horton's facebook about an article he wrote about people being lazy. Oh boy! Isn't that just dead on since I was feeling lazy yesterday! I hear you Tony! I hear you. It's very true. I think it goes beyond just being lazy however. I do think you are right, people are not stupid, we know what to do, it's just a matter of doing it. Lazy? I don't know. I don't know if it is that so much as just lacking motivation. Lacking the 'oomph' to get up and do so. Some are just tired or their days are so busy, it's hard to work it in. Many are creatures of habit and schedules and to introduce something new, is definitely not easy. It was hard to get started again. Thoughts of just saying the heck with it and hearing friends say, "you've been battling this for years Wanda"...and I can hear them trying to tell me to just accept me for me. Thing is, I do accept me for me, but this fatter version is just not healthy for me. Already, the doc wants to put me on cholesterol meds and there just is no way I wanna do that!
I heard a commercial today of a guy saying how he was put on cholesterol meds cause eating right and exercising wasn't enough to lower it so he got put on the meds and then now, his cholesterol is lower and he's been eating right and exercising more. Ummm then why wasn't he doing that exercising and eating right to begin with ...'more'?
I am afraid if I don't get these indepth numbers down, that I'll be stuck on those meds forever. Many who go on them, never go off them.
I don't want to be one of those people. I really don't. My regular cholesterol numbers are decent and not high risk at all but it's when you look at those indepth numbers, the ones where they dig deep and look at genetics and whatnot that my numbers are bad. That is a lot of motivation for me to get my butt in gear and working out. Then, as you can see in the past posts, something hits me. Getting sick...bad cycles....trips....blah blah. Ok the trips are in my control. I do take Shakeology with me at the very least and I try to make better food choices while out.
I just need to take Power90 with me.
I have a trip coming to go to NV next week so I am going to definitely take my disks with me and workout clothes and I intend on working out while I am there. I am going to try really hard to keep to the schedule.
That will be the biggest hurdle for me. I have 2 1/2 months to trim up before the Ren Faire begins. Not too much time but I will do my best and hopefully, I can lose about 10 lbs before then at the very least.
1 lb is already gone from eating fairly well the past day or so.
Time to melt away and burn off the fat!!
Thank you Tony Horton!! We are gonna do this darlin'!
Well I had good intentions....but they all went out the window.
Ok, so a new day!
Today, I began. I went to WOWY at the BeachBody site and logged in. Set it up and I got up at a decent time too so I was fairly well rested although went to sleep late but not too bad. I was dressed to work out and had breakfast and knew I could better time it all with my daughter going to school. The schedule was already there, I just had to plug myself into it. So I did!
Just finished working out at 8, shower done just after 9 and dressed now. I always feel a charge of energy after working out. I feel more productive and awake. My body almost tingles and says whooaaaa what did you do Wanda? Again?!
Yes...again. And I will keep on with the 'agains' as much as possible!
I am glad to finally be able to breathe ok and not be coughing like crazy and to have healed from that procedure I endured. That was the hardest part.
I looked through the dvds I had and found some of the old literature from Power90. The old booklet and even the invoice was there. I didn't see the poster however that I thought I had but I found where I had first attempted the Power90 program and where I had circled what I did, day by day. I am going to look through it again and see just when to move over to the blue disk of Power90. Part of me wants to go ahead and scheduled this whole program on WOWY to help keep me accountable.
I read over on Tony Horton's facebook about an article he wrote about people being lazy. Oh boy! Isn't that just dead on since I was feeling lazy yesterday! I hear you Tony! I hear you. It's very true. I think it goes beyond just being lazy however. I do think you are right, people are not stupid, we know what to do, it's just a matter of doing it. Lazy? I don't know. I don't know if it is that so much as just lacking motivation. Lacking the 'oomph' to get up and do so. Some are just tired or their days are so busy, it's hard to work it in. Many are creatures of habit and schedules and to introduce something new, is definitely not easy. It was hard to get started again. Thoughts of just saying the heck with it and hearing friends say, "you've been battling this for years Wanda"...and I can hear them trying to tell me to just accept me for me. Thing is, I do accept me for me, but this fatter version is just not healthy for me. Already, the doc wants to put me on cholesterol meds and there just is no way I wanna do that!
I heard a commercial today of a guy saying how he was put on cholesterol meds cause eating right and exercising wasn't enough to lower it so he got put on the meds and then now, his cholesterol is lower and he's been eating right and exercising more. Ummm then why wasn't he doing that exercising and eating right to begin with ...'more'?
I am afraid if I don't get these indepth numbers down, that I'll be stuck on those meds forever. Many who go on them, never go off them.
I don't want to be one of those people. I really don't. My regular cholesterol numbers are decent and not high risk at all but it's when you look at those indepth numbers, the ones where they dig deep and look at genetics and whatnot that my numbers are bad. That is a lot of motivation for me to get my butt in gear and working out. Then, as you can see in the past posts, something hits me. Getting sick...bad cycles....trips....blah blah. Ok the trips are in my control. I do take Shakeology with me at the very least and I try to make better food choices while out.
I just need to take Power90 with me.
I have a trip coming to go to NV next week so I am going to definitely take my disks with me and workout clothes and I intend on working out while I am there. I am going to try really hard to keep to the schedule.
That will be the biggest hurdle for me. I have 2 1/2 months to trim up before the Ren Faire begins. Not too much time but I will do my best and hopefully, I can lose about 10 lbs before then at the very least.
1 lb is already gone from eating fairly well the past day or so.
Time to melt away and burn off the fat!!
Thank you Tony Horton!! We are gonna do this darlin'!
Friday, January 6, 2012
Bad Past Week
It's been a really bad past week. Just when I thought I was well and starting to workout, I had a gyn appt and had a copolscopy and did not realize the after-affects which have kept me resting as much as possible and put a huge snafu into my exercise routine. It was enough to where I had to cancel out the program set up I had scheduled with WOWY. :(
It was darn scary and I had to find me the Purple Elephant Always just to get me thru it. It was and has been that bad. I have had this same procedure before but did not remember what you have to put up with afterwards. My hat is off to those who have gone thru this often as I never felt so fortunate that this went on during the holidays and I was off from work and never felt so fortunate and darn right lucky that I have the job that I do and can work at home!! I won't go into details but suffice it to say that I am A-ok!! *whew*
No cancer!! YAY!
That was very scary tho' and now that I am starting to heal and everything is easing up, I am starting to get my strength back and feeling more like my old self! Coupled with the 70 degree temp today, I was nearly on air and actually feeling THIN! Hahahaha...I know I am not, but it sure felt grand to get out and about for a few today and enjoy the beauty of the day.
I figure it will take another week and I should be 100% and can get back to those workouts and exercising again. :) I am excited and can't wait to start getting healthy again and I've already started to eat better as well.
The good news is that I did receive my new computer and I about have it all set up to where I want it to be! So that is very exciting to get to it. There is so much I want to do with it, it's hard to know where to start!! LOL But I will be working on things this weekend and making a go of it all, but keeping in mind that I will still take it easy as much as I can stand to do so.
I did have to put off my cardio appointment when they called today for a reminder. I'll have to call and talk to them on Monday and get it rescheduled for more like February or so.
With all these warm temperatures, it's gotten me excited for the coming spring and wanting to wear some long flirty skirts and strappy sandals and some cute tops...:) Itching to go shopping but first things are first, and that's to get in better shape!!
For now, I hope everyone has a great weekend!
It was darn scary and I had to find me the Purple Elephant Always just to get me thru it. It was and has been that bad. I have had this same procedure before but did not remember what you have to put up with afterwards. My hat is off to those who have gone thru this often as I never felt so fortunate that this went on during the holidays and I was off from work and never felt so fortunate and darn right lucky that I have the job that I do and can work at home!! I won't go into details but suffice it to say that I am A-ok!! *whew*
No cancer!! YAY!
That was very scary tho' and now that I am starting to heal and everything is easing up, I am starting to get my strength back and feeling more like my old self! Coupled with the 70 degree temp today, I was nearly on air and actually feeling THIN! Hahahaha...I know I am not, but it sure felt grand to get out and about for a few today and enjoy the beauty of the day.
I figure it will take another week and I should be 100% and can get back to those workouts and exercising again. :) I am excited and can't wait to start getting healthy again and I've already started to eat better as well.
The good news is that I did receive my new computer and I about have it all set up to where I want it to be! So that is very exciting to get to it. There is so much I want to do with it, it's hard to know where to start!! LOL But I will be working on things this weekend and making a go of it all, but keeping in mind that I will still take it easy as much as I can stand to do so.
I did have to put off my cardio appointment when they called today for a reminder. I'll have to call and talk to them on Monday and get it rescheduled for more like February or so.
With all these warm temperatures, it's gotten me excited for the coming spring and wanting to wear some long flirty skirts and strappy sandals and some cute tops...:) Itching to go shopping but first things are first, and that's to get in better shape!!
For now, I hope everyone has a great weekend!
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