Hey guys!!!
I have another prayer request. My wonderful friend, Susan, from Rhode Island just had surgery on her knee. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers as well as her father. He had a stroke and is in the hospital. This was very sad news for me to hear as I have a great deal of respect and fondness for him. It just breaks my heart to hear it. He is such a kind and wonderful person- Susan takes after him! Thank you for keeping them and John in your thoughts and prayers.
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I think my PT is tryin to kill me- of course I am joking but my goodness!!! What a workout. To look at it on paper you would think awww that’s NOTHING… you big wuss. But trust me it was tough. When we first started talking about the gym and how often I wanted to go I told him 3 days a week… he said great. I was like cool. So I walk in last night and he hands me a workout schedule with FOUR days at the gym- uggg. Along with the workout he wants me to do 45 minutes of cardio, ab work and start conditioning for the Marathon. I don’t know if I can do this for real but I will give it my best shot.
Exercise Wednesday:
Elliptical – 25 minutes on weight loss program (increased speed because of time crunch)
PT Workout:
Techno Gym Press- 65 lbs 3 sets of 10
Dumbbell flies- 20 lbs 3 sets of 10
~~Bosu Squat, Curl, Press- 10 lb weights in each hand, balance on the flat side of the Bosu ball and squat, raise the weights in to a curl and then lift them high over your head (ug) THEN
~~Relays- Run a 10 lb weight a given length, switch out weight with another 10 lb weight, run back and do it over again six times (3 up, 3 down)
Repeat the above 2 more times….. and have heart failure!
Kickbacks- 10 lbs 2 sets of 10 and in between each set do 25 crunches
Bosu Ball Push- Craziest thing I have ever done. Put the Bosu ball down on the floor flat side down. Bend over and put your hands on the ball and stretch forward. Then run with the flippin thing for a specified length and then back to start- repeat 2 more times and repeat above instructions for heart failure (lol)
See I told you that it doesn’t look like much! I was sweating in places I didn’t know you could sweat. I just can’t wait until I try to do the Hyperflex (sarcastic) – Last time I had anything hyper was a hyperextension of my calf muscle and it was NOT fun! So that exercise does not sound fun or safe for that matter.
Food could have, as always, been better. I don’t know what it is gonna take to get me on the right track with food. It is very hard mentally and emotionally. Everything is bad for you, it’s confusing and it will get you down real quick.
Food:
Breakfast- 2 eggs, 2 pieces of toast- water to drink
Snack- nothing
Water
Lunch- Walked to Lonnie’s and had a baby beef sandwich, fries and pink lemonade to drink then walked back to work.
Supper- White Castles – 6 plain, Fries and Big Red to drink
Snack at night- nothing
Need to eat snacks to keep metabolism going and to keep me from being so hungry. Need to also try to eat before gym (protein and carb) and after (protein) to help build muscle as I lose fat… or that is what they say anyway- grins.
Ok.. closing for now. Love you guys!
Love and Hugs,Christy
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Sunday, Monday & Tuesday
Hey guys! Below you will find all three days work and such. I would like for everyone in my little circle to keep a wonderful friend of mine in their thoughts and prayers please. His name is John and he has to have a quadruple bypass sometime soon. He was displaying no symptoms and was scheduled to have back surgery. The Anesthesiologist, though horrible in her approach, cancelled the surgery because of the results of a stress test conducted in January. They promptly did a heart cath and found that he would have to have surgery and there is also something in his kidneys- creotin?- or something that will have to be cleared before he can have the bypass. He is very sick and no one knew including him. Thank you for keeping him in your thoughts and prayers- Love and Hugs all around.
Sunday:
Exercise: Walked 3 ½ miles at Bernheim
Food:
Peanut butter sandwich for breakfast with ½ banana and water
Snack- Trail mix and water
Water = 64 oz by lunch
Lunch: Marks Feed Store: ½ Roasted Chicken, BBQ sandwich, potato salad and water
Supper: Bowl of Chili, shredded cheese, oyster crackers and a diet soda
Monday:
Exercise: Walked 2 ½ miles at work (once to get mail, once to take mail and once to Starbucks and to bank). Didn’t get to go to gym today because car was broke down and my sis and bro had to take me home- thank God for their help.
Food:
Breakfast- 2 pieces of whole wheat double fiber bread and three eggs, water to drink
Snack- Trail mix and 1 peanut MM, water
Lunch- Wendy’s: Double burger ketchup only, baked potato, shredded cheese (2%), butter on potato and water to drink
Supper- Pizza at Bearnos and diet soda
Today- Tuesday
Exercise:
Walked to bank and half way to the post office before it came a downpour. Then we walked to lunch and to the pie kitchen for the cone and then back to work. Total miles today were over 2 but not exactly 3.
Went to gym and did the following exercises:
Treadmill- 5 minutes on 10 incline at 2.0 mph; 5 min on 5 incline at 2.5 mph; 5 min on 1 incline at 2.5 mph
Elliptical- 30 minutes on the weight loss program settings (4 and 1; 10 and 8)
Workout station- did the following:
25 Bench Squats
25 Curles on Bosu Ball w/weighted bar
25 Squats on Bosu Ball
2 sets of 15 bending with 25 lb weight
4 sets of 10 on the V-Crunch Lifts from Precor (www.precor.com to see it) This is the same thing I said were lateral lifts for Saturday
Lower Body today!! Did the following:
Three machines on the back wall of gym they can’t remember the names but I will try to describe them:
1. The machine that you put your shoulders under the pads and lift up with your legs (works calf muscle)- did on 70 lbs – 2 sets of 15
2. The Glute machine- you lay on your tummy and put your foot on the bar and push straight out with your foot- did 70 lbs – 2 sets of 15
3. Did the hip adductor and hip inductor – or whatever it is- lol.. all I know is you have the pads on the inside of your thighs for one set and you push in … then the next set you have the pads on the outside of your thighs and you push out- did 70 lbs – 2 sets of 15
Then I did the Hoist Leg Press because the other one was taken ( I also skipped two of the machines on back wall because they were being used by a group taking turns). I did the leg press on 83 lbs- level 4- did 3 sets of 15 one set was just on toes.
Tonight was a good workout! Worked up a good sweat J
Food:
Breakfast- 2 slices of whole wheat double fiber bread, 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, banana and water to drink
Snack- trail mix and water
Lunch- Japanese – Salad with ginger dressing, Fried Rice, and steak with stir fried veggies- yumm, water to drink and a ½ of an orange they gave us for desert
Snack- Single dip cone of ice cream
Supper- Chili, oyster crackers, double hamburger plain, cole slaw and diet soda to drink
Good day over all.. still need to work on food issues!
Love and hugs everyone,
Christy
Sunday:
Exercise: Walked 3 ½ miles at Bernheim
Food:
Peanut butter sandwich for breakfast with ½ banana and water
Snack- Trail mix and water
Water = 64 oz by lunch
Lunch: Marks Feed Store: ½ Roasted Chicken, BBQ sandwich, potato salad and water
Supper: Bowl of Chili, shredded cheese, oyster crackers and a diet soda
Monday:
Exercise: Walked 2 ½ miles at work (once to get mail, once to take mail and once to Starbucks and to bank). Didn’t get to go to gym today because car was broke down and my sis and bro had to take me home- thank God for their help.
Food:
Breakfast- 2 pieces of whole wheat double fiber bread and three eggs, water to drink
Snack- Trail mix and 1 peanut MM, water
Lunch- Wendy’s: Double burger ketchup only, baked potato, shredded cheese (2%), butter on potato and water to drink
Supper- Pizza at Bearnos and diet soda
Today- Tuesday
Exercise:
Walked to bank and half way to the post office before it came a downpour. Then we walked to lunch and to the pie kitchen for the cone and then back to work. Total miles today were over 2 but not exactly 3.
Went to gym and did the following exercises:
Treadmill- 5 minutes on 10 incline at 2.0 mph; 5 min on 5 incline at 2.5 mph; 5 min on 1 incline at 2.5 mph
Elliptical- 30 minutes on the weight loss program settings (4 and 1; 10 and 8)
Workout station- did the following:
25 Bench Squats
25 Curles on Bosu Ball w/weighted bar
25 Squats on Bosu Ball
2 sets of 15 bending with 25 lb weight
4 sets of 10 on the V-Crunch Lifts from Precor (www.precor.com to see it) This is the same thing I said were lateral lifts for Saturday
Lower Body today!! Did the following:
Three machines on the back wall of gym they can’t remember the names but I will try to describe them:
1. The machine that you put your shoulders under the pads and lift up with your legs (works calf muscle)- did on 70 lbs – 2 sets of 15
2. The Glute machine- you lay on your tummy and put your foot on the bar and push straight out with your foot- did 70 lbs – 2 sets of 15
3. Did the hip adductor and hip inductor – or whatever it is- lol.. all I know is you have the pads on the inside of your thighs for one set and you push in … then the next set you have the pads on the outside of your thighs and you push out- did 70 lbs – 2 sets of 15
Then I did the Hoist Leg Press because the other one was taken ( I also skipped two of the machines on back wall because they were being used by a group taking turns). I did the leg press on 83 lbs- level 4- did 3 sets of 15 one set was just on toes.
Tonight was a good workout! Worked up a good sweat J
Food:
Breakfast- 2 slices of whole wheat double fiber bread, 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, banana and water to drink
Snack- trail mix and water
Lunch- Japanese – Salad with ginger dressing, Fried Rice, and steak with stir fried veggies- yumm, water to drink and a ½ of an orange they gave us for desert
Snack- Single dip cone of ice cream
Supper- Chili, oyster crackers, double hamburger plain, cole slaw and diet soda to drink
Good day over all.. still need to work on food issues!
Love and hugs everyone,
Christy
Saturday, June 13, 2009
HMM
Hey guys,
Weighed this morning and was only down point 2 lbs... 2/10ths of a lb. I am weighing in the morning because that is when I usually weigh- Sunday morning. But I wanted to try to start my weeks on Sunday- but in actuality I suppose I should be weighing and taking measurements on that day? Now I am confused.. that is NOT hard.. LMAO. Well I will just post what was going on in my world today and we will worry about the rest tomorrow.
Exercise:
This was a rest day really. The only exercise I got was out shopping with my sis.
Food:
Food was horrible today. I need to work hard for a better food plan for the weekends.
Breakfast: Hardees- Bacon, Egg and Cheese- Diet soda
Snack: Pumpkin seeds, Cashews and sunflower seeds- Strawberry Frap
Water (16 oz)
Lunch: ½ banana, rotisserie chicken- Diet Big Red
Supper: 2 small pork chops fried, 2 teaspoons of pinto beans (they were nasty), ½ piece of cornbread with butter, blackberry cobbler- Diet Coke
Snack: Steven had to bring me home an apple empanada – at least it was fruit. I love you my man *smiles*. – Water
And I am very hungry at 11:24 at night because supper didn’t have enough protein in it, nor did my snack! UGG.
Tomorrow is a new day! Opportunities abound.
Love and Hugs everyone,
Christy
Weighed this morning and was only down point 2 lbs... 2/10ths of a lb. I am weighing in the morning because that is when I usually weigh- Sunday morning. But I wanted to try to start my weeks on Sunday- but in actuality I suppose I should be weighing and taking measurements on that day? Now I am confused.. that is NOT hard.. LMAO. Well I will just post what was going on in my world today and we will worry about the rest tomorrow.
Exercise:
This was a rest day really. The only exercise I got was out shopping with my sis.
Food:
Food was horrible today. I need to work hard for a better food plan for the weekends.
Breakfast: Hardees- Bacon, Egg and Cheese- Diet soda
Snack: Pumpkin seeds, Cashews and sunflower seeds- Strawberry Frap
Water (16 oz)
Lunch: ½ banana, rotisserie chicken- Diet Big Red
Supper: 2 small pork chops fried, 2 teaspoons of pinto beans (they were nasty), ½ piece of cornbread with butter, blackberry cobbler- Diet Coke
Snack: Steven had to bring me home an apple empanada – at least it was fruit. I love you my man *smiles*. – Water
And I am very hungry at 11:24 at night because supper didn’t have enough protein in it, nor did my snack! UGG.
Tomorrow is a new day! Opportunities abound.
Love and Hugs everyone,
Christy
Friday, June 12, 2009
Exercise today without PT....
Hey guys,Today was my first gym exercise without Russ. It went pretty well. I was able to do the stuff I needed to do but it was extremely difficult to keep going. I wanted to quit so many times. I felt motivated to do the elliptical but after that it was a chore to keep going. But I did it. Hopefully my attitude about it changes some. I want to love what I am doing. It is just so hard right now that I lose motivation easy. It was much easier when a coach is telling you what you have to do- you just do it. It’s harder to keep yourself honest when you are by yourself … LOL. I don’t know if I wrote it in the other posts but on days that I don't workout without Russ he told me to do Cardio, part of our workout and then upper body one day- the other day I do Cardio, part of our workout and then lower body. I did upper body today. This is what I did:
Cardio:
Elliptical – 35 minutes on weight loss program, went 2.09 miles
“Dynamic” Workout:
I created a little workout station combining all the tools I needed to do the workout he had me do the other day and did the following:
25- Bench Squats
15- 25lb weight waist bends
30 Seconds shuffle step aerobics platform
25- Squats w/body bar (green- 15lbs)
25- Squatting arm curls on Bosu Ball (half ball/half platform)
20- Ab/Crunch- leg lifts on the exercise platform station from hell
After that was over- I repeated the whole workout. So that is half of what he had me do the other day.
Upper Body Workout:
Hoist Machines:
Seated Dip- Level 4 (75lbs)- 2 sets of 15 (Charlie horse in arm)
Bicep Curl- Level 4 (54lbs)- 2 sets of 15
Shoulder Press- Level 4 (62 lbs)- 2 sets of 15
Chest Press- Level 3 (75 lbs)- 2 sets of 15
Mid Row- Level 4 (102 lbs)- 2 sets of 15 (could go higher weight)
Lat Pull Down- Level 4 (72 lbs)- 2 sets of 15
The machines were hard except for the mid row. I am not sure what weight I am supposed to have but I will ask Russ on Wednesday.
Food for today:
Breakfast: Strawberry Frap
Snack: Handful of sunflower kernels on the way to gym and a full 16 oz of water
GYM: 2- 16 oz of water
After gym on way home: about ¼ cup of sunflower kernels- water
Lunch: Marks Feedstore- Had half of chicken (roasted) and about 3 oz of pulled pork, a hamburger bun and about 1½ cups of potato salad (it had eggs in it as well/protein), Diet soda
Supper: ½ bowl of chili, shredded cheese and two bags of oyster crackers, Diet Big Red
After supper water intake: on second 16 oz of water
Pretty good day! Love and Hugs everyone and thanks for all the support you guys have been giving- It helps SO much!!!
Cardio:
Elliptical – 35 minutes on weight loss program, went 2.09 miles
“Dynamic” Workout:
I created a little workout station combining all the tools I needed to do the workout he had me do the other day and did the following:
25- Bench Squats
15- 25lb weight waist bends
30 Seconds shuffle step aerobics platform
25- Squats w/body bar (green- 15lbs)
25- Squatting arm curls on Bosu Ball (half ball/half platform)
20- Ab/Crunch- leg lifts on the exercise platform station from hell
After that was over- I repeated the whole workout. So that is half of what he had me do the other day.
Upper Body Workout:
Hoist Machines:
Seated Dip- Level 4 (75lbs)- 2 sets of 15 (Charlie horse in arm)
Bicep Curl- Level 4 (54lbs)- 2 sets of 15
Shoulder Press- Level 4 (62 lbs)- 2 sets of 15
Chest Press- Level 3 (75 lbs)- 2 sets of 15
Mid Row- Level 4 (102 lbs)- 2 sets of 15 (could go higher weight)
Lat Pull Down- Level 4 (72 lbs)- 2 sets of 15
The machines were hard except for the mid row. I am not sure what weight I am supposed to have but I will ask Russ on Wednesday.
Food for today:
Breakfast: Strawberry Frap
Snack: Handful of sunflower kernels on the way to gym and a full 16 oz of water
GYM: 2- 16 oz of water
After gym on way home: about ¼ cup of sunflower kernels- water
Lunch: Marks Feedstore- Had half of chicken (roasted) and about 3 oz of pulled pork, a hamburger bun and about 1½ cups of potato salad (it had eggs in it as well/protein), Diet soda
Supper: ½ bowl of chili, shredded cheese and two bags of oyster crackers, Diet Big Red
After supper water intake: on second 16 oz of water
Pretty good day! Love and Hugs everyone and thanks for all the support you guys have been giving- It helps SO much!!!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Food and Exercise today
Hey guys- two posts today :-). Remember if you want out of my little loop just let me know- it wont hurt my feelings at all. But I will be posting a lot (hopefully) and keeping everyone informed of my progress. I am excited about all the changes (for now :-D).
Exercise:
Walked twice around the campus- Around the campus is 9/10ths of a mile so I walked almost two miles today.
Food:
Strawberry Frapp for breakfast (i found a recipe for these and might be able to make them healthier than starbucks- but they are full of good things regardless, dairy, fruit and antioxidents)
Snack: had a small square piece of pizza (meat and cheese- lite sauce- thin crust)- water to drink
Lunch: OMW.. I finally got my rotisserie chicken- My sis went in got it for me at Kroger. I am quite sure that if she wasnt pregnant and didnt understand the craving thing she may not of obliged me the favor ... LOL I had that and water to drink. YUM
Snack: Birthday cake- yeah yeah.. I know.. shoot me - water to drink
Supper: Went to Penn Station had a kids meal. That is a lite sandwich, 1/2 a small fry and a kids drink and a lollipop..... HEYYYY they didnt give me my lollipop!!!!!!! Anyway... I ate about 3/4 of the 1/2 small fry and I dont know what was wrong but only took 3 bites of the sandwich. Drank 2 glasses of diet soda though.
Snack: Havent had a snack yet-- but I might get one.
VIACTIV vitamin taken and bp med taken.
YAAAA.. Love and Hugs everyone.
Exercise:
Walked twice around the campus- Around the campus is 9/10ths of a mile so I walked almost two miles today.
Food:
Strawberry Frapp for breakfast (i found a recipe for these and might be able to make them healthier than starbucks- but they are full of good things regardless, dairy, fruit and antioxidents)
Snack: had a small square piece of pizza (meat and cheese- lite sauce- thin crust)- water to drink
Lunch: OMW.. I finally got my rotisserie chicken- My sis went in got it for me at Kroger. I am quite sure that if she wasnt pregnant and didnt understand the craving thing she may not of obliged me the favor ... LOL I had that and water to drink. YUM
Snack: Birthday cake- yeah yeah.. I know.. shoot me - water to drink
Supper: Went to Penn Station had a kids meal. That is a lite sandwich, 1/2 a small fry and a kids drink and a lollipop..... HEYYYY they didnt give me my lollipop!!!!!!! Anyway... I ate about 3/4 of the 1/2 small fry and I dont know what was wrong but only took 3 bites of the sandwich. Drank 2 glasses of diet soda though.
Snack: Havent had a snack yet-- but I might get one.
VIACTIV vitamin taken and bp med taken.
YAAAA.. Love and Hugs everyone.
Ok-- I am SO-- what is the word........
Hey guys!
Hey guys!
I finally did it. I went for it. I got a Personal Trainer (PT). I finally decided that I needed guidance and motivation for my workouts. I was getting all my information off the dang internet and you really don't know what is fact and what is someone’s opinion. The up and down weight loss is frustrating and motivation really suffers when the weight goes up. So I needed something. It took me a while to decide because it is very expensive- $100 a month for a year. Yes- there are two plans for lower amounts of money but they really didn't fit what I wanted to accomplish. One was $50 a month and it was once a week for a month then 11 months it was 1 time a month. The $75 a month was once a week for 2 months, twice a week for 3 months and then the rest was once a month. This plan is once a week for 5 months, twice a week for 5 months and then once a month for the last two. I felt I needed more than the other two plans gave. You can get more than what I get. I think $300 a month gets you three times a week for 5 months and so on. No way can I afford that. Russ is my PT so anytime I refer to Russ you will know who I am talking about.
Our first meeting was Saturday the 6th however we did no training that day. We went over all the exercises I have been doing and all the charts that I have shown you guys in the past. We also did measurements and a weigh in. He said I was very organized and determined. I about fell off the seat- me organized…. LMAO you guys KNOW better than that! We went over the long time goal I have of doing the Derby Marathon. He said he could get me there! Awesome.
So yesterday was my first “real” visit. I was to do cardio before I saw him. I got there too early because I had an hour before the session and I usually do ½ hour of cardio. So I got on the elliptical and did ½ hour on the weight loss program which does an incline of 4 on level 1 part of the time and then does an incline of 10 on level 8 part of the time. And I did it at a good pace. With ½ an hour left before the training I hit the track. I walked the length and then ran the end caps for ½ hour. He was watching me as he trained another person… I felt paranoid.. LOL. He told me in training that I was doing awesome on the track.
So our session- I had just done an hour of cardio.. right? So… our session. I still don’t know what the word is to describe it. Difficult comes to mind. I am so out of shape it is pathetic. How I could do an hour of cardio and not do what I am about to tell you we did is beyond me. This was the “dynamic” workout he had me do: 25 sitting squats (where you go down till your bottom almost touches the bench and then back up), then he gave me a 25 lb weight and told me to bend at the waist and touch the floor and then bring it back up- 15 times, next he got the step aerobics bench with 3 risers and had me do the shuffle step for 30 seconds- you straddle the bench and then step up with one foot then the other… then you step down with one foot then the other and repeat for 30 seconds… then you pass out. After that he handed me the weighted bar (I have no idea how much it weighed- it was not bad so probably 10 to 15 lbs) and had me squat and swing the bar above my head at the same time. I had to do 25 of those. After that we got the half ball and he had me stand on the flat side and balance myself (which I am accustomed to) and squat. While I was squatted (is that a word???) he handed me the weighted bar and told me to do 20 arm curls with it. Then he told me to get on this contraption- let me see if I can explain it so you get a picture of it in your head- upper body torture chamber device??? Probably not the right picture, huh? Well I found the correct name. It is a Vertical Leg Raise. Look it up. The only difference is mine has a bar underneath that you stand on and you raise it up with your legs while holding on for dear life with your upper body. So what you do is put your back flat against a platform, bend your arms at the elbow and put them on a pad on each side of you and hold on to the bars…. Support your weight and then lift your legs straight out in front of you. Yeah. 20 of those! I was about dead after that….. Then we repeated it three more times!!!!! With a two minute break in there somewhere that I don’t remember- I just remember him saying 45 seconds left of rest.
I was seriously thinking afterward can I really do a year of this stuff? What was I thinking? I am not in good enough shape for a PT! What is wrong with me!? And I am sore today- so I am still thinking all that LOL. But I am committed for a year now. I don’t think it will get easier and I don’t think- all joking aside, I want it to. The reason why I paid for a PT was to push me to my limits and give me the workout that will work for me. Now if I could just get this food thing worked out I may reach my goals. I have a year to get myself healthy- change my eating habits- change the way I think about activity and exercise- change my life! Wish me luck- or better yet- start the journey with me!!
Love and Hugs,
Christy
Hey guys!
I finally did it. I went for it. I got a Personal Trainer (PT). I finally decided that I needed guidance and motivation for my workouts. I was getting all my information off the dang internet and you really don't know what is fact and what is someone’s opinion. The up and down weight loss is frustrating and motivation really suffers when the weight goes up. So I needed something. It took me a while to decide because it is very expensive- $100 a month for a year. Yes- there are two plans for lower amounts of money but they really didn't fit what I wanted to accomplish. One was $50 a month and it was once a week for a month then 11 months it was 1 time a month. The $75 a month was once a week for 2 months, twice a week for 3 months and then the rest was once a month. This plan is once a week for 5 months, twice a week for 5 months and then once a month for the last two. I felt I needed more than the other two plans gave. You can get more than what I get. I think $300 a month gets you three times a week for 5 months and so on. No way can I afford that. Russ is my PT so anytime I refer to Russ you will know who I am talking about.
Our first meeting was Saturday the 6th however we did no training that day. We went over all the exercises I have been doing and all the charts that I have shown you guys in the past. We also did measurements and a weigh in. He said I was very organized and determined. I about fell off the seat- me organized…. LMAO you guys KNOW better than that! We went over the long time goal I have of doing the Derby Marathon. He said he could get me there! Awesome.
So yesterday was my first “real” visit. I was to do cardio before I saw him. I got there too early because I had an hour before the session and I usually do ½ hour of cardio. So I got on the elliptical and did ½ hour on the weight loss program which does an incline of 4 on level 1 part of the time and then does an incline of 10 on level 8 part of the time. And I did it at a good pace. With ½ an hour left before the training I hit the track. I walked the length and then ran the end caps for ½ hour. He was watching me as he trained another person… I felt paranoid.. LOL. He told me in training that I was doing awesome on the track.
So our session- I had just done an hour of cardio.. right? So… our session. I still don’t know what the word is to describe it. Difficult comes to mind. I am so out of shape it is pathetic. How I could do an hour of cardio and not do what I am about to tell you we did is beyond me. This was the “dynamic” workout he had me do: 25 sitting squats (where you go down till your bottom almost touches the bench and then back up), then he gave me a 25 lb weight and told me to bend at the waist and touch the floor and then bring it back up- 15 times, next he got the step aerobics bench with 3 risers and had me do the shuffle step for 30 seconds- you straddle the bench and then step up with one foot then the other… then you step down with one foot then the other and repeat for 30 seconds… then you pass out. After that he handed me the weighted bar (I have no idea how much it weighed- it was not bad so probably 10 to 15 lbs) and had me squat and swing the bar above my head at the same time. I had to do 25 of those. After that we got the half ball and he had me stand on the flat side and balance myself (which I am accustomed to) and squat. While I was squatted (is that a word???) he handed me the weighted bar and told me to do 20 arm curls with it. Then he told me to get on this contraption- let me see if I can explain it so you get a picture of it in your head- upper body torture chamber device??? Probably not the right picture, huh? Well I found the correct name. It is a Vertical Leg Raise. Look it up. The only difference is mine has a bar underneath that you stand on and you raise it up with your legs while holding on for dear life with your upper body. So what you do is put your back flat against a platform, bend your arms at the elbow and put them on a pad on each side of you and hold on to the bars…. Support your weight and then lift your legs straight out in front of you. Yeah. 20 of those! I was about dead after that….. Then we repeated it three more times!!!!! With a two minute break in there somewhere that I don’t remember- I just remember him saying 45 seconds left of rest.
I was seriously thinking afterward can I really do a year of this stuff? What was I thinking? I am not in good enough shape for a PT! What is wrong with me!? And I am sore today- so I am still thinking all that LOL. But I am committed for a year now. I don’t think it will get easier and I don’t think- all joking aside, I want it to. The reason why I paid for a PT was to push me to my limits and give me the workout that will work for me. Now if I could just get this food thing worked out I may reach my goals. I have a year to get myself healthy- change my eating habits- change the way I think about activity and exercise- change my life! Wish me luck- or better yet- start the journey with me!!
Love and Hugs,
Christy