Diary of MNexercisegirl

Good luck with the weigh-in...fingers crossed for you. And, gotta add, I'm with Steve on the cardio - the thought of 75 mins. cardio makes me shudder. I like to run, just cause I like the feeling of running...all other forms of cardio bore me to death after about 10 mins (or less). But if you can stick with a 75 min spin class....good 'on ya!
 
Good luck with the weigh in. They have got to be the most nerve racking things ever. But you'll do great. You've been busting your butt so all the hardwork is going to payoff.
 
cym said:
Good luck with the weigh-in...fingers crossed for you. And, gotta add, I'm with Steve on the cardio - the thought of 75 mins. cardio makes me shudder. I like to run, just cause I like the feeling of running...all other forms of cardio bore me to death after about 10 mins (or less). But if you can stick with a 75 min spin class....good 'on ya!
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Thanks...I think:p
One of the reasons why I love that spinning class is because of the hot instructor with the accent. So yummy!:D

I guess I'm so used to all the cardio because I used to run marathons about 3 years ago. So 75 minutes to me is pretty normal. Doing 30 minutes of Interval training seems like not enough for me, but it's something that I have to get my mind to start thinking, "it's ok and it'll benefit me".
 
No weigh in today

Didn't get a chance to get to the gym today. Work is busy and I'm so unorganized. I'll have to wait til tomorrow, but will get in my HIIT tonight on the treadmill.

I've got to get to the grocery store today too. I have a craving for some roasted yams.
 
So I got my HIIT in after work on the treadmill. I had to improvise the last 15 minutes. Instead of going 6mph 30 sec, 8mph 30 sec, and then 3mph 30 sec, I had to add in 7mph between 6mph and 8mph. It was all good, because I got my HR to 171. :D

Tomorrow, I'm lifting and I'm supposed to weigh in today, but I'm going to weigh and do all my measurements Thursday, since that's when I did it last week.

Dinner tonight was 1 cup of white rice, 4 oz of sirloin steak, 1 cup of cooked zucchini with vitiamin water and desert was 24 grapes.

My fitday says I'm about 1500. I'm supposed to get in 1800. I'll probably have some yogurt after the kids are asleep.
 
mnexercisegirl said:
So I got my HIIT in after work on the treadmill. I had to improvise the last 15 minutes. Instead of going 6mph 30 sec, 8mph 30 sec, and then 3mph 30 sec, I had to add in 7mph between 6mph and 8mph. It was all good, because I got my HR to 171. :D

Tomorrow, I'm lifting and I'm supposed to weigh in today, but I'm going to weigh and do all my measurements Thursday, since that's when I did it last week.

Dinner tonight was 1 cup of white rice, 4 oz of sirloin steak, 1 cup of cooked zucchini with vitiamin water and desert was 24 grapes.

My fitday says I'm about 1500. I'm supposed to get in 1800. I'll probably have some yogurt after the kids are asleep.
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HIIT should only last 15 minutes or thereabouts.
 
mnexercisegirl said:
What happens if I do more? My sessions have been about 30 minutes long with a 5 minute warmup and 2 minute cool down. so about 23 minutes of HIIT really.
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That's OK. I like to really push myself during HIIT.... so going beyond 15 minutes is next to impossible.

But you should be fine with what you are doing.
 
Steve said:
That's OK. I like to really push myself during HIIT.... so going beyond 15 minutes is next to impossible.

But you should be fine with what you are doing.
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Hmmm, maybe I'm not pushing myself at 8mph. I'll try 9mph and see how long I can last. thanks Steve!
 
Got some lifting in last night. I woke up with a little soreness in my hamstrings, but nothing totally brutal. Dinner last night was salmon with some roasted yams. I was full, but when I went in to Fitday to log it in, I was at 1300 cal. So later on, I got some yogurt covered pretzels and some grapes just to get up to 1600. I'm seeing that if I really watch what I eat and get in my fruits and vegetables, it's hard to get to 1800 calories. I'm also seeing that I'm not getting enough protein in either. Things to keep in the back of my head when I'm making my lunch and dinner. I think breakfast is the one meal where I'm not getting enough protein. I've gotta start boiling some eggs...:D
 
mnexercisegirl said:
Got some lifting in last night. I woke up with a little soreness in my hamstrings, but nothing totally brutal. Dinner last night was salmon with some roasted yams. I was full, but when I went in to Fitday to log it in, I was at 1300 cal. So later on, I got some yogurt covered pretzels and some grapes just to get up to 1600. I'm seeing that if I really watch what I eat and get in my fruits and vegetables, it's hard to get to 1800 calories. I'm also seeing that I'm not getting enough protein in either. Things to keep in the back of my head when I'm making my lunch and dinner. I think breakfast is the one meal where I'm not getting enough protein. I've gotta start boiling some eggs...:D
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I had 6 egg whites and 2 whole eggs for breakfast today. Also 1 cup of oatmeal and 1 cup of blueberries. :D
 
Steve said:
I actually eat egg beaters as my egg whites. The egg whites that come in a carton.
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There's actually egg whites in a carton? What else can we get for convenience?

Anyhow, I'm contemplating on taking pictures tonight for my before and sending them to the body challenge thing. My goal is to be smoking hot and totally in shape for a summer volleyball and soccer tournament the end of June and the challenge has the same ending time. Still contemplating...

I've been really motivated lately. Not just with working with Steve's advice, but summer volleyball season starts in about 2 months and I've decided to play soccer this year too. I'm a fairly competitive person when it comes to volleyball mostly because the younger girls that play now are extremely good, but not very healthy. These girls are in their mid 20's and they should be in the best shape of their lives. They will go up for 1-2 hits and then get tired. They can't last a 2-3 minute volley without heavy breathing. I'm one of the "older" girls that are still playing and I remember the days that when I was their age, I played volleyball for 2-3 hours and then head over to the lake and get a run in before bed. Gawd, I used to coach these girls! The natural metabolism of a 20-year old. I know that I can still be a threat to these girls, so I'm working hard and lifting those weights and running those intervals. I'm going to step onto that court with muscles rippling...:D
 
My goals...

I haven't really thought of this yet and I'm still thinking of what I want to accomplish. Most of the times that I start getting a groove in with working out my goal has always been the J4 tournament. Then as soon as that's done, Metrodome tournament or Green Bay or the 10 miler. I guess having events like this helps, right? But I've never really had any specific goals written down. Just lose the weight, but then that doesn't even work because if it did, I wouldn't be here.:p

So I've got to think about what I really want. what do I want to achieve...

To be continued...
 
My weight: 135.1
I was hoping for more loss, but it's ok. It's not a gain and I'm thrilled! only 0.5 loss, but I have my monthly visitor and so I'm retaining water like crazy. I'll check the scales again next week and if it's still the same, I've got nothing to blame but myself. I'll be doing my measurements tonight...
 
A loss is a loss. You don't have all that much weight to lose. As the amount of weight you have to lose diminishes, expect your weekly or bi-weekly weight losses to be less and less. Be happy with it.
 
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