Well- my head hurts today but not as bad now as it has been. I took my contacts out and that relieved some of the pressure. Maybe if I start talking about yesterday it will feel better- LOL. Yesterday was great. The girls and I hit the gym at about 9:30. The two youngest ones had to go in the “big kid’s playroom”. I thought it was going to be too little for them so I had them bring their books to read. But they said they had a playroom for the smaller ones and their playroom had two stationary bikes and a basketball court. So this was great for them. Terri got to exercise with me because she is 14 now. I think 13-15 can work out with their parents/guardians but when they turn 16 you have to start paying for them.
It was really fun. She is a great motivator. The ZUMBA class didn’t start until 11:15/11:30 so we had plenty of time to warm up. Warm up???? We did a full workout! First we hit the treadmill. I told her to set it at 15 minutes. I enjoy doing 15 minutes because I can up the speed on it and stay focused on the workout. It also allows me time to do other things. So my goals are going to change for this week. Technically the goals should have started yesterday- but I am going to up the goal for the treadmill so I didn’t meet it yesterday. Anyway….. Miss Terri started out RUNNING on the treadmill- I looked over at her and she was just booking it… I said put your thing on!!! So she is running trying to hook the safety on- LMAO. I could just see her tripping and then flying off the thing. But she got it on. I started mine on 2 mph… then quickly went up to 3 mph. I did most of the workout in between 3 and 3.5. I also ran on 4.5 for a minute straight and 4.8 for a minute and then 5.0 for about 30 seconds. When you are at 5.0….. going down to 3.5 seems great. So after running I stayed at 3.5. At the very end I went running again at 4.8 and then started the cool down phase. When I pushed cool down it went to 3.5 and then 2.8 and then 1.5. It was a great 15 minutes on it. After that we went around the track once and I showed her the rest of the gym from the track. She liked the pool!
We then went to the elliptical machine. So she starts out on this thing and is like OMG… and she actually said “O” ... “M”… “G” this is hard. LOL. But guess what I did! I did FIVE whole minutes on the thing. I was sweating more on that thing after five minutes than 15 on the treadmill. I was going in between 60 and 89 strides per minute. After that we went downstairs for the machines. I introduced her to the ABS SOLO and it is official- we both hate it! (grins) But we did it. Both of us did 20 reps of that evil thing. She plays basketball so as soon as she was sitting up straight from her sit up I noticed her turning her hands like she was shooting a basket. I tried to tell her that she had to go straight up with it- but we both had difficulty doing that because the balls are weighted. I bend my elbows too. She LOVED the Machine that I told you guys about the other day where the padded part of it rolls up and down your back. We both did a bunch of reps on that one. Then I took her to various other machines- we would try to beat each other at reps or weight… it was really fun. The last one we did was the leg press. She kept putting more and more weight on until she was pressing 130 with her legs! So was I. We kept out doing each other on the reps until we got up to 80 each – it ended in a tie!!! She did kick my butt on one of the machines. Not in weight but in reps. It was a machine that you sit down on and pull a weighted set of handles toward you and your whole body raises up and scrunches together. As you bring the handles back toward you … you turn them 90 degrees. Sort of like those push up things you see where you turn your hands as you go up and down. And it resembles a punch when you go forward. She beat me by 20 reps. Couldn’t do anymore my arms were burning!
By then it was almost time for the ZUMBA class. So we waited for the other class to get out so we could go in. I had a blast doing the class and also watching her! We were cracking up at some of the moves. I had a new instructor this week too and her moves were totally different. Very few of the moves were the same. She wore me out! So I had a very full morning. From 9:45 to 12:15 I exercised!!! My abs are still killing me! But it is worth it. My pants fit differently. I haven’t lost that much in my belt line- but above my belt line I can tell a difference in my shirts – the way they fit. They aren’t tight when they get to that part. And my butt area has lost some to and I can tell that loss in my pants.
We didn’t go to the gym today because we were all sick- my headache and Steven is sick and in bed with the stomach flu or something. Hopefully I will feel well enough to go again tomorrow. I hope he feels better tomorrow too. I don’t like going alone. I have posted the new charts above!!! CLICK on them to make them bigger. Slow weight loss. Sticking to my healthy eating will help that I am sure. But the inches are encouraging to me!!! That motivates me to keep going.
Love and Hugs,
Christy
It was really fun. She is a great motivator. The ZUMBA class didn’t start until 11:15/11:30 so we had plenty of time to warm up. Warm up???? We did a full workout! First we hit the treadmill. I told her to set it at 15 minutes. I enjoy doing 15 minutes because I can up the speed on it and stay focused on the workout. It also allows me time to do other things. So my goals are going to change for this week. Technically the goals should have started yesterday- but I am going to up the goal for the treadmill so I didn’t meet it yesterday. Anyway….. Miss Terri started out RUNNING on the treadmill- I looked over at her and she was just booking it… I said put your thing on!!! So she is running trying to hook the safety on- LMAO. I could just see her tripping and then flying off the thing. But she got it on. I started mine on 2 mph… then quickly went up to 3 mph. I did most of the workout in between 3 and 3.5. I also ran on 4.5 for a minute straight and 4.8 for a minute and then 5.0 for about 30 seconds. When you are at 5.0….. going down to 3.5 seems great. So after running I stayed at 3.5. At the very end I went running again at 4.8 and then started the cool down phase. When I pushed cool down it went to 3.5 and then 2.8 and then 1.5. It was a great 15 minutes on it. After that we went around the track once and I showed her the rest of the gym from the track. She liked the pool!
We then went to the elliptical machine. So she starts out on this thing and is like OMG… and she actually said “O” ... “M”… “G” this is hard. LOL. But guess what I did! I did FIVE whole minutes on the thing. I was sweating more on that thing after five minutes than 15 on the treadmill. I was going in between 60 and 89 strides per minute. After that we went downstairs for the machines. I introduced her to the ABS SOLO and it is official- we both hate it! (grins) But we did it. Both of us did 20 reps of that evil thing. She plays basketball so as soon as she was sitting up straight from her sit up I noticed her turning her hands like she was shooting a basket. I tried to tell her that she had to go straight up with it- but we both had difficulty doing that because the balls are weighted. I bend my elbows too. She LOVED the Machine that I told you guys about the other day where the padded part of it rolls up and down your back. We both did a bunch of reps on that one. Then I took her to various other machines- we would try to beat each other at reps or weight… it was really fun. The last one we did was the leg press. She kept putting more and more weight on until she was pressing 130 with her legs! So was I. We kept out doing each other on the reps until we got up to 80 each – it ended in a tie!!! She did kick my butt on one of the machines. Not in weight but in reps. It was a machine that you sit down on and pull a weighted set of handles toward you and your whole body raises up and scrunches together. As you bring the handles back toward you … you turn them 90 degrees. Sort of like those push up things you see where you turn your hands as you go up and down. And it resembles a punch when you go forward. She beat me by 20 reps. Couldn’t do anymore my arms were burning!
By then it was almost time for the ZUMBA class. So we waited for the other class to get out so we could go in. I had a blast doing the class and also watching her! We were cracking up at some of the moves. I had a new instructor this week too and her moves were totally different. Very few of the moves were the same. She wore me out! So I had a very full morning. From 9:45 to 12:15 I exercised!!! My abs are still killing me! But it is worth it. My pants fit differently. I haven’t lost that much in my belt line- but above my belt line I can tell a difference in my shirts – the way they fit. They aren’t tight when they get to that part. And my butt area has lost some to and I can tell that loss in my pants.
We didn’t go to the gym today because we were all sick- my headache and Steven is sick and in bed with the stomach flu or something. Hopefully I will feel well enough to go again tomorrow. I hope he feels better tomorrow too. I don’t like going alone. I have posted the new charts above!!! CLICK on them to make them bigger. Slow weight loss. Sticking to my healthy eating will help that I am sure. But the inches are encouraging to me!!! That motivates me to keep going.
Love and Hugs,
Christy
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