hard workout = tired Kelly

Hey Everybody so I actually have half of a post saved in my drafts that I started to write and then never finshed for some weird reason so to keep that from happening again I'm just going to be short and to the point because I'm very tired from my kick ass workout I did this evening..... So it all started with me getting off work and having all evening to do whatever so there's been alot of stuff on my mind lately and alot of things I've been wanting to do one of which is get to the gym more often... in the process of making that happen :) Also I hadn't been to starbucks in what seems like a long time. So I treated myself to a new drink that got me ready and rearin to spend my evening at the gym. But before starbucks I had a healthy and econimical dinner at Max and Ermas. I had the carribean chicken with the salsa on the side because a good friend of mine that works there gave me a heads up that it was a little spicey. Oh my goodness I have never had this meal but it was amazing!!!!! I ordered the smaller portion primarily for the price savings but what I got made me forget that I got the smaller portion :) I received one chicken breast a lot of rice and it normally comes with broccoli but I love they're salads there so I got one of those instead and like I said I got the salsa on the side and even tried a little and it wasn't reallly spicey just had a little kick and was glad I got it on the side so I was able to control how much I had. I had water with my meal which was also a hard choice cause Max and Ermas has a delicious drink that is actually pretty bad for you that I love and I did not get it so that was a milestone kind of. So then after dinner I wanted to get a caffeine fix to help me through my workout also wanted to give my dinner a little time to absorb into my body before starting my workout also like I said wanted to spend some time at starbucks. SO I went :) however I'm strongly watching my pennies these days so I had to deliberate on what to order so I decided to go with a double shot of espresso over ice added my own sweetner and milk like I would to a cup of coffee and spent about a half hour reading and getting caffeinated up :) Then went to the gym by the time I got there it was about 6 or 6;30 I started with my normal half hour on the eliptical but then found a movie I have been seeing advertised called "Revenge of the Bridesmaids" which I loved and didn't want to miss any of so in addition to that first half hour on the eliptical I then moved onto the tredmill where I hung out for almost an hour (I took breaks though to jog the track and refill water and take a potty break so it's not like it was a full hour on the tredmill) Then the movie was almost over but I was sick of the tredmill so I went back to the eliptical for the last half hour but I didn't want to skip my weight training I've been focusing on latley just because I did extra cardio nooooo noo noo I continued on to doing my thigh weight machines jogged another lap on the track then did my two leg push down and lift up machines and did another jog around the track then went to do my arm free weights. I recently started a new free weight routine to try to bump it up a little so this is what I did I started with my 2 10 pound weights and did 15 bicep curls. I then did 15 squats 15 behind the head arm dip thingys then my 15 weights above head to toe touches. thats one set of all those exercises I'm trying to work my way up to three sets of each like I do with my leg exercises I'm only able to do two sets right now but as long as I keep going I should be able to get to three soon. THEN I went to cool off in the pool for a little while. I started in the big (cooler) pool to do my treading then moved into the therapy (warmer) pool to relax my muscles a little. I am in a lot of pain as of right now and can only assume it's going to be 10 times worse tommorow but I just have to remind myself that this is how I get results and if I keep doing it eventually it won't hurt anymore :) ok so now that I've filled you all in on my amazing night i'm going to get some sleep becuase I have to work two jobs tommorow :) GOOD NIGHT xxoo

hi, my name is Kelly..... :)

WEll hello everybody, ......

I know it's been FOREVER.......... since I've posted at least thats how it feels to me like it's been a lifetime. I was starting to feel like I didn't have a blog anymore. It's actually kind of sad, I've missed it and you all of course :) SO, what finally possesed me to post again? I came into the Y today (where I am right now) to do my updated fitness evaluation. I get a free one ever about 5 months with my membership. So I got my first one in January when I started my journey. Well it's officially been 5 months!!!!!!!! It's crazy and I am pretty dissapointed. The first about 3 months went great as everybody knows however this last month to two months has kind of.... decreased in results and it's frankly my own fault. I just haven't had the motivation or determination these last couple of months I need to get back that crazy determined feeling that I had before. I don't know whats going on but I am going to turn things around. Now don't get me wrong I haven't fallen off the wagon at least not in my mind because that would mean (to me) that I had gone back to my old habits but that hasn't happened I still come to the gym I just haven't been putting the work in like I originally was. I think I got a little "down" because I was all excited about joining a class on tuesday nights that I really enjoy but I have found that I needed to pick up some extra hours at work so I am now working Tuesday eveings at Bob's. :( I also have this huge family party at my parents house this weekend that we have every year. Anyways thats other "reason/excuse" for my lack of gym enthusiasm lately. Anyways I still have alot to do for that said party so I'm going to get this post finished so I can get home and get some work done.

So as far as the results for the evaluation goes..... we started with my weight which to me is the most dissapointing because I have also been watching my weight at home and that scale says that I have been fluctuating between a 12-15 pound loss. Which isn't nearly as great as I would like for it to be but it is a milestone. However when i got weight at the gym today (on the same scale I started on 5 months ago) I had only lost 9 pounds which is just plain unacceptable to me at this point. I am going to attack this journey with a kind of intesity I've never seen before starting June 21st you heard it here first. :) Anyways moving on, we checked my heart rate which I'm not totally sure what it shoudl be but I'm told this is good at 65 BPM and a blood pressure of 122/70. Then after walking (very quickly) on the track for a mile my ending hear rate was 106 BPM when for my age the max heartrate would be 197. I'm told my 106 is good but I personally feel it should be higher. Just in case your wondering my first quarter mile took me 4 min 36 sec. second quarter mile took 4 minutes 24 sec. 3rd quarter mile took 4 minutes 26 sec. 4th quarter mile took 5 minutes 3 sec. for a total of 18 minutes 6 seconds which i'm told is a full minute off my January mile. I'm not sure if thats good or bad considering how much more working out I've done in the last 5 months. I'm just saying it's good cause I don't usually walk the track. We also compared my pushups and sit ups I did 5 more situps than I was able to do in January and I still wasn't able to do traditional pushups however the trainer (Andrea) did show me how to do wall pushups which I did very well and was able to do 16. She also said if I were to do wall pushups more often it will get me in better condition to do the traditional pushups better. we also took my measurements again but I'm not going to post those right now I would rather wait to compare those to the numbers i have at home. Soooooo I finally posted now i need to get home and get something to eat so I can get some house work done. Oh joy lol. Talk to you soon.... BYE

BUSY!!!!!!!!

Hey Everybody,

So I realize it's actually been a REALLY long time since I've posted. I apologize but honestly it's been crazy busy around here. So I want to start off with saying how bummed I am that I haven't been able to post my pictures from my Biggest Loser experience but two days before I went to that I went to a birthday party at a bar and accidently left my camera case and it had my cord to upload my pictures from my camera to my computer I haunted the employees for two weeks after about where the heck my stuff was and of course nobody knew. I am completely furious because obviously somebody took it. We know what happened to it that night at closing we know who had it and where he put it but then of course the next day when the next person came in it wasn't there anymore HOW RUDE!!!! So anyways I need to find a new one which might take some time. :(

Next the kind of interesting thing going on in my life right now is that my mom and I are experimenting with being vegetarians. It has been a very interesting experience I have learned alot of new recipes that are delicious and learning a new way to eat. This IN NO way is a life change I don't think I could EVER completely give up my meat eating habits I love so much. :) In the meanwhile I'm having a lot of fun cooking new things.

I was doing great at the gym getting in good workouts also had a GREAT experience at Zumba and then a horrible experience at zumba of course the second was so bad because it was a different teacher than I normally go to but then Of course I was offered another day to work at Bob evans which of course I took and now can't go to the Zumba class that I was normally going to so I'm going to see what my other day and time options are that the same teacher leads. Maybe/hopefully I'll have some luck. This week I've been a little off the ball my schedule is all messed up in weird ways so I'm off tommorow during the day so I think I'm going to get up early and get there before I come home and do laundry then go to Bob's.

Also My mom and I started the being vegetarians on May 19th which was the 4 month anniversary of my weightloss journey. We decided to take over my measuring at home so that we can be sure everything is getting measured correctly and we just went with the orignal numbers that I started with in January and the numbers are amazing. At some point I would love to figure out how to make some type of line chart on here to track my weightloss and measurments but for now I'm just going to give you a little synopsis plus I don't have the numbers right in front of me right now so I'm just going to let you know I'm actually measuring in centimeters instead of inches I know it's weird but it's what the people at the gym used so to get the most accurate measurements we decided to stick with that. As far as I can remember I lost the least amount in my legs and possibly my arms which sounds kind of weird since I've really been focusing on my arms but like I said i'm not positive but the biggest changes was in my chest stomach and hips where all three places I lost multiple as in 5-6 cm.

Alright well I gotta get ready for work I just wanted to fill you all in on what was happening and why it had been so long since I'd posted. Hopefully it won't take so long to get on here again. Have a great day. :)

BYES