Weekly?

Hi Everybody,

So it appears these posts are going to pop up about weekly maybe? I still want to write in here I just don't want my whole life to be about getting on the internet every night before bed because then I never seem to get to sleep I just keep finding things to do. I bought myself the new Nickolas Sparks book, the one thats being made into Miley Cyrus's new movie, The Last Song. I love love love the book, I'm only half way through it but I am starting to realize how much I have not been reading since I got this computer and started my blog and everything. I love to read it is my most favorite thing so I've decided to find a happy medium. Every other night I can be on the computer. Hopefully I can stick to it.


So, the week in exercise. I ended the last post on Wednesday morning And I couldn't even remember what I did last Tuesday so I had to go back and reread my last post just to update myself lol. So, Wednesday night I usually go to the gym after I get done at Bob Evans, but I got off a lot later than I normally do. You see the Oregon Y closes at Ten where as the Perrysburg Y doesn't close till midnight I wish I was always able to go to that one. But anyways Wednesday night I didn't get out of work until almost 9:30 So I wouldn't have had time to drive over there change get a work out in all in a half hour. So I acutally got off work early on Thursday night and headed straight over there and did a little big longer of a workout than I usually have time to do at the Oregon Y. I was really happy with it. I did a full hour on the eliptical again but not only that but I also did intervals which I read you can lose more weight by pushing a workout then recovering over and over while on any aerobic machine rather than just going at a moderate speed the whole time your on your machine. So on Thursday night I pushed myself to go fast at a high incline for 8 minutes straight then recover by doing 12 minutes at a low incline still trying to go kind of fast, all for a total of 1 hour. :) I was very happy with that then because I had been able to get there so early I still had time to do my weight training. I did my arm weights a mixture of 5 pound and 8 pound weights doing bicep curls then I don't know what they're called I kind of feel like I made them up but I start with my arms bent at the elbow then punch up almost like the arm part of a jumping jack. I don't know if thats an accurate description but it's the best I can think of, Then I also do a move that is a little faster and more of an aerobic move I think than a muscle trainer but it could be both like I said I just kind of made some of these up. Anywyas the third and final arm weight movements I do is kind of like a fast robot move you know the robot dance people do. well I just do that really fast while holding my weights. It's fun and I do it in time to my music on my mp3 player. Then unfortunatly that was the end of last weeks workouts. I usually go on Saturday but I had a very very busy day on Saturday and was not able to fit working out into that busy schedule. But I'm going to be back full force this afternoon/evening again. I can't decide what time to go but whatever I do it's going to be an awesome workout. :) I just realized how much my workouts last week really sucked I need to get in there more this week.

One last thing, I have been meaning to tweek the playlist on my mp3 a little. I've been skipping alot of the songs that I thought would be good for working out but that just doesn't seem to be the case. I was at 115 songs when I first put the music on it now I'm down to like 80 some but I don't feel like I hear all the songs anyways so it doesn't really matter how many are on it. Alright well I need to back to my laundry so that I can get it done before I go workout. Oh by the way my "sister" Jenny sent me a card for how well I have been doing on this journey and I was so excited about it I wanted to tell you all about it. Also something kind of funny is that she sent me a Starbucks gift card too. The funny thing about that is that I never used to go to starbucks but latley I've been goin in there alot to relax after work or working out and reading I love it there it doesn't have to be real expensive or real bad for you like I used to think you just have to know how to work the menu so I'm super excited about that. THANKS JEN!!!!!

BYE EVERYBODY :) :) :) :)

sHOpping

Hey Everybody,

So I wanted to make sure to get this post in before I went to work today cause I'm not sure if I'll get time in the next couple of days. So... I have had a great couple of days working out. Monday I was having a pretty bad day, so instead of going out and getting ice cream to make me feel better, or going out for a drink which can be very bad for a diet as well as a wallet. So I knew after I got together with a friend of mine I had to go to the gym. So, I went to walmart to get some 5 hour energy. As I was walking around I saw that they had a huge display set up for a brand called Danskin Now. I had never heard of it but it actually caught my attention because of a big sign for THE BIGGEST LOSER I always look at those in case it's some kind of contest where I could win to meet a contestant or even better.... BOB that would be so awesome. Anyways I went to look at what it was all about. Apperantly Danskin is one of the biggest loser sponsors they make the clothes that the contestants wear. Anyways they had shorts and carpris tank tops and tshirts for super cheap. So I figured, I'd heard never actually experienced, they say retail therapy is quite helpful when your having a bad day. I bought myself a new workout tank top. I was super excited first of all that it fit which I'm thinking probably wouldn't have before. Also I stepped way way out of my comfort zone, I'm not a big fan of my arms so I don't ever like them to show, they're all flabby and have stretch marks all over them... it's gross. So I always where shirts that don't show my upper arms. Anyway I bought this shirt and went to the gym and actually wore it the entire time I was working out and yes I felt extremely uncomfortable but I also kind of like wearing it. I'm not sure I can explain it. Anyways I walked a whole hour on the tredmill of course thats because I was watching The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Then I couldn't miss my other show so I was on the eliptical for an hour while I watched Make it or Break it. The best of both woulds right there (no Hannah Montana Reference intended) I don't miss out on my workout or my favorite shows. So towards the end of my workout I convince myself that I really don't think I looked good in that shirt with my flabby arms and did I mention that this tank top was pretty tight? Ugh lol BUT I told myself I'm going to keep wearing it to keep me motivated hopefully it won't take long for the shirt to not be so tight anymore maybe instead I can get my arms to be tight that would be pretty cool. :)

Then yesterday (Tuesday) I went to the gym after I got off work and wasn't able to get right on a machine right away like I normally do so I worked on my hips (which need alot of work) on the adductor and abductor machines. Then I was able to get on the eliptical but I really wasn't feeling it so I was going kind of slow but I just considered that a warm up cause then I went down to the other workout room where it wasn't quite so busy and did another half hour on the elipitcal and that workout was a ton better. I did a new thing where I go really fast and push myself for 5 minutes then recover for 3 minutes it worked out really well and instead of doing 2 miles in 30 minutes I was able to go almost 2 and 1/4 miles in the 30 minutes cut off about 2 1/2 minutes. I felt great then came home and watched the biggest loser it was a great day.

So I'll be at the other gym for the next couple of nights. These workouts usually seem to be a little shorter since the Oregon gym closes earlier than the Perrysburg one. BUt they also seem to be a little more intense. So it all works out alright well as much as it pains me I have to go to work now. I'll talk to all of you later... probably a few days. BYE

Great workouts this week!!!!

Hello Everybody,

So Today is.... Thursday, yes I have to think about things like this lol. My week workout week started on Monday because thats as far back as I can remember :) So I know I said I had a great workout and was really tired but now I'm actually awake enough to elaborate on that. So I've been thinking about joining a class at the Y and the program that they have there is that if you pay I think it's $16 to sign up for a class then you can attend any of long list of "core" classes for free. So I've been trying out a bunch of classes that I'm interested in to see which one I am the most interested in to sign up for. Unfortunatly my schedule limits me to certain classes.

As you all already read I tried Zumba last week and after trying two more on Monday that still seems to be my favorite. On Monday I did the Turbo kick class and it was a great workout but kind of hard to follow. I think this might be one of the classes I occasionally attend for an extra boost in my workout but not the one I actually sign up for to attend every week. after that hour class I still felt like I wanted to do my regular workout up in the gym so I went and did a half hour on the eliptical then my arm weights that I do every time I'm there. I then decided to do a water aerobics class I've been interested in. Now this is kind of big for me because anybody who knows me knows that I love to watch tv and there are certain shows that I don't ever want to miss. Monday night is a big tv night for me. I watch The Secret life of the American Teenager, and Make it or Break it. I love these shows and I have them set up to DVR but that doesn't always work because neither of my parents like to watch these shows so they're always skipping them so they don't record which is what happened this week so it might sound stupid but it's a big hurdle for me to skip my shows to workout so I'm proud of myself for that. So I did the Aqua Jog class. It was ok but not a class I'll probably attend on a regular basis this is because I learned what I wanted to learn which was good exercises to do in the pool and I did learn alot it was very interesting I had never done a class like this before. At the end of the class though the instructor did try something she said was new which was water yoga. One of the classes I've been wanting to try is yoga but I'm kind of nervous about it because as far as I know it has alot to do with balance and flexibility neither of which I am any good at. HOWEVER, I LOVED LOVED LOVED the water Yoga. I told the instructor they should make that into a class of it's own and I would most definently take it on a regular basis. She said that she's been trying to talk the Y into doing just that but they haven't agreed to it yet. So that is why I was so extremely exhausted on Monday night.

Tuesday was another story. I did go and workout which I was proud of myself for but it was only a half hour which back in the day would be a normal workout for me which I'm happy to say has now changed into a very very bad workout I had just gotten my heartrate up when I had to stop. I had a very hard day at work on Tuesday I don't remember why but I've been getting pretty irritated very easily this week. I do know I was there really late and I'm positive that staying a half hour over at work was not good for my busy night I already had or the irritation I already had either. After I got off work I had to go grab some dinner before going to the gym because after the gym I was going to a Mary Kay party which was actually alot of fun I always like going to those things. So I had dinner then a short workout at the gym then I was able to get my measurements taken....finally. But no better results were received. Although I have decided I'm going to get a different person to take my measurements because I'm not totally convinced that the lady who has done mine the last two times completley knows what she is doing. Therefore I'm not comfortable with the results she got. But I'm determined not to let the lack of results get me down. I'm on this bandwagon for the duration. As long as I'm getting to the gym and doing great workouts like I have been and feeling better, nothing is going to stop me.

Yesterday was Wednesday and I worked both jobs then proceded (sp?) to go to the gym to workout even though I was really really tired and did not want to. But I am very very glad I did because I had a great workout, and felt GREAT afterward. I do have a mystery I've been trying to figure out though. I seem to have better eliptical workouts at the Oregon Y after I get off work at Bob EvaNS than I do at the Perrysburg Y any other time. I have thought this could be because I'm already a little more energized after working at Bob's I'm not sure. It doesn't make much sense either because the Perrysburg Y is so much nicer and more state of the art type of place. Which to me I always like. The machines all seem to be exactly the same. The perrysburg Y has tv's attached to their elipticals sometimes I use them sometimes I don't. I'm going to leave it there and see if anybody out there has any ideas. I do want to pitch in though that the only time I have ever done a full hour on the eliptical WITHOUT STOPPING was in Oregon. And last night I made a record for myself I usually do 2 miles in exactly 30 minutes on the eliptical but last night I cut off 3 minutes!!!!!!!!! 2 miles in 27 minutes and if they hadn't been closing I know I could have done more. I was just listening to my music and watching the olympics on the big tv on the wall. I was very proud of myself for that. So I'm back at bob's again tonight and going to do the same thing as last night. :)

Alrighty then well I have to get off to work now. So I hope I have comments when I get home.... helpt me figure out my mystery. HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!