LA Weight Loss - Exercise Yard_January 2007

Monday, January 1, 2007
35 minutes on the treadmill;

Signed up for Fun Run 10K on February 10th!

Goal is 1500 minutes of exercise for the month of January, which averages about 60 minutes a day, 6 days a week. Aggressive. YES. But Hawaii awaits me in 7 weeks!
:strong: :swim: :beach:

60 minutes on the treadmill (just shy of 4 miles)
A few minutes of stretching.

I want to do the couch to 5K program but it is hard living in MN to do it...

I will do 30 minutes of elliptical, 10 minutes on the excercise ball doing abs, and 10 minutes on the punching bag when I get home today. This is my standard workout when I work out.

Guess I'll move this over here--didn't realize we had 2 areas.

Beachbody Power 90 (P90)--cardio. First time back in too long!

Last night did my girls DanceDanceRevolution--geez--that thing is a LOT harder than it looks!! Definitely got my heart rate up.

Doing a one hour walk today with DH to get back on the wagon!

Bumping up
Kristin - love your new picture!

I have 20 minutes planned on the treadmill and 100 crunches for this afternoon!! :carrot:

Tonight - 20 min Pilates, 20 min weight training, 1 min static leg press( I hope I make it that long!) and 20 min treadmill. Then a lot of advil, heating pad and water!

Completed today (Jan 3)
20 minutes bike at target heart rate
Free weights - arms, shoulders and biceps
Core - crunches on ball, toe taps and stomach curls

60 min step class. Hope I can raise my arms above chest level - they are killing me right now. The biceps are not happy with the weight training!

01/03/07 - 16 times around the arena tracks - was told that makes 2 miles. But I need something more for upper body....

ok thanks everyone...just read through these posts and I am on my way to a 45 min. walk...see you later...nance

just got back from the walk...felt good..thanks..nance

Did 31 minutes on the treadmill; covered a little over 2 miles.
I did a crazy thing and signed up for Boot Camp starting next week. We meet from 5:15 AM to 6:15 AM three mornings a week. I signed up for 4 weeks, 3 days a week. I can't wait to post about this experience. It looks like there are only about 7 ladies signed up so the camp could get pretty intense.

Joni - sounds cool. I've seen segments on TV about it. Good Luck!

Today is a day off from Working out. Phew!

Hey! I did my regular 2 mile walk and snuck in 2 extra laps! I'm able to finish my 2 mile in less time, so I thought: might as well... maybe eventually I can do 2.5 miles or even 3 miles during my lunch break!!

Jan 3 - 30 min walk
Jan 4 - 30 min stationary bike

Did a 60 minute class at the gym and I hurt all over (lots of squats and lunges which I absolutely cannot stand, but need those the most!). I tried to stick around and do some Mat Pilates, but my mind/body said "are you nuts?" so I went by the grocery; got some good eats and picked up TBL magazine to read tonight (or on the bike/treadmill/elliptical tomorrow if I can walk!).

20 min pilates, 30 min weight training, 20 min treadmill

Tomorrow AM - Body Pump class at gym

Sun - 30 min treadmill

My current excuse for not hitting the gym is "Well.. it's raining out" so I'm going to kick my excuse in the butt and do one of those "Walk away the pounds" videos.

30 minute WATP video (I really like these; great for beginners!)
60 minute step class at the gym

I'm going to do my newly found (5 y/o mind you) LAWL exercise video. It's only 20 minutes and does not seem high intensity but it's a start. Who knows, maybe I'll do it twice? ;)

30 minutes on treadmill (big whip, but it's something)

Joni--it is a big deal--any time on the treadmill seems like an eternity to me!

Okay girls...tomorrow starts my 20 minutes a day Elliptical workout. I have been putting it off because I've been in a funk and after getting caught up on all the posts I am newly revived and motivated.

This week I am going for 5 days @ 20 minutes a pop.

WE CAN DO IT!

:drill:
Bootcamp (60 minutes - 5:15 AM to 6:15 AM consisted of a lot of running, upper body weights, situps, more running, jumping rope....and it takes place outside....chilly but invigorating!)
15 minutes on the elliptical at the gym

Go Nikki and Deb!! LeaAnn - are you back to Power90??

Joni - how was it?

OK, yesterday I did 20 min on treadmill and a Bowflex workout. I think I did something to my wrist, though, it's killing me.

Today - nothing. I have a meeting tonight so I'm missing my Body Pump class. Boo.

Bootcamp was good - but not challenging enough. I'm sure she'll pick it up next class. Kim, hope your wrist gets better; have you iced it? If you haven't injured yourself, try some of these great wrist exercises.

http://ergocise.com/wrists.html

JOni--sadly, no. Thought seriously about it though! I can't seem to drag my butt outta bed anymore.

Thanks for the site, Joni - I did a few of those stretches and it feels better. I think that I aggravated it doing push-ups. It's a lotta weight to put on those itty bitty joints!

Maybe the boot camp instructor was just easing you into it?

Lea Ann - I'm telling you....that's exactly why I joined this Boot Camp...just to get me back in the groove of getting up and working out. I used to fly out of bed at 5 AM and head for the gym. It had been MONTHS since I did it. Find a Boot Camp in TX; better yet, start one up in your neighborhood. I think this would be easy to start up... All this gal really did for us was
(1) run a few laps around a small parking lot
(2) some easy stretches for warm up
(3) another lap around the parking lot
(4) 10 push ups
(5) bunch of knee taps
(6) couple more laps around the parking lot
(7) using 5-8 lb weights, upper body stuff (lateral raises, front raises, military press)
(8) more laps and jumped roap
(9) using a partner we did sit ups (hold down partner's ankles) and these leg raise things where you lay down head to head, grasp arms and then raise your legs until your toes touch each others; and the third one was me laying face down, holding her ankles and swinging my legs and fat arse up and then when it got to the top she pushes them down and I just keep doing it (for a minute - each one)
(10) more upper body using 5-8 lb weights, upper body stuff (lateral raises, front raises, military press)
(11) more laps
(11) stretching - go home

Kim - glad those helped. I actually found myself going through those wrist exercises, and my wrists are fine....at least for today they are!

I'd still be facedown in the parking lot....

Liz and I finally pulled out the old "total gym" knock-off machine last night.. Boy are my arms tired!! I meant to walk the dog after the kiddos went to bed, but I was so tired I crashed.. Missed the last part of the football game, darn it!!

45 minutes on the treadmill (with a chest cold brewing!!)

Dan - don't forget, puppy dog needs his/her exercise too!! :-)

Joni - LOL, depends on the dogster! I try to take Dodger for a walk and by the time we are one house away, he wants me to carry him! (wimp that thinks he's a rottie)

Today - weight training, 20 min treadmill

Joni - You motivated me, I got on the treadmill both yesterday and today..............:carrot:

:drill: Boot Camp - 5:15 AM to 6:15 AM (I need some camo sweats!!)
10 minutes upper body weights at the gym

Go Lori, GO!!!!

:workout: :ebike: :woops: :strong: Joni, you fiend!

Do any of you go to "Curves"? There's a new shop opening up near our house and Liz has been thinking of going... There's a Curves-type place for guys in Albuquerque, but it's WAY across town.. Bummer for me...

I had signed up for the 3 month thing a few years ago. It was OK. Not terribly challenging, but it did get me there 3x/week for 3 months. It was good for consistency, and not feeling like you were the biggest whale next to a size 0 spandex queen.

I had signed up for the 3 month thing a few years ago. It was OK. Not terribly challenging, but it did get me there 3x/week for 3 months. It was good for consistency, and not feeling like you were the biggest whale next to a size 0 spandex queen.


Well, I think that's just what Liz needs.. Some consistancy.. We've found that with even just a little extra exercise, the weight comes off faster, so I think that's just what she needs... Neither of us likes to work out alone (schedules and children make it hard for us to do it together except at home), but she has a couple of friends down the street who want to start working out too, so we'll see how it goes...

I wanta join in!

walking 2 miles/day done 1/8, 1/9/07

Kayla - glad to have the company!! I feel soooooooo good when I get my exercise in!

35 minutes on treamill. Chose random setting and it was fun. I ran 3/4 of the time! 10 minutes weights

Have any of you seen the infomercial for the Fluidity bar? Well, I got it about a month ago. It's supposed to give you a "dancer's body". I have to say that I just LOVE it!!!! And that's not a usual thing for me to love exercise:) I'm still on the Beginner DVD...it's tough!

Anyway, did that last night and treadmill this morning.

Last night- Body Pump class, 60 min Kickboxing class, 60 min.

Today - day off! Love Thursdays!

I have tendonitis on in my right wrist, down the pinkie side. There are some weight moves I can't do, but I am still doing the others, by golly!

Thursday - 30 minutes treadmill

Friday, Jan 12 Boot Camp - 5:15 AM to 6:15 AM
10 minutes upper body

Emmysmom - I had not heard of the Fluidity Bar so I checked out their website. Pretty cool. I'd have to find someone selling it cheap, though, if I want to add to my growing collection of home gym products. Looks like it costs $200 on their site. Keep on dancin!!

Kim - hope your wrist is feeling better. Tendonitis isn't fun.

20 min Pilates, 30 min weights, 20 min treadmill

Joni - thanks, I've got a brace on it and it feels pretty good today. Who says exercise is good for you!?!

45 minutes/3 miles on the treadmill.
upper body - 8 minute arms tape

pilates 20 min
weight training 45 min
treadmill 30 min

wrist feels 80%, so I'm still not doing anything major with it.

Joni -what was the consensus on Boot Camp?

53 min on the exercise bike.
I just found a neat site -www. fitpod.com (http://www. fitpod.com)that has exercise tracks set to beats per minute. It really makes a difference for me when I am riding the bike.:bike2:

Boot Camp - 5:15 AM to 6:15 AM
5 minute warm up run
6 circuit moves using bands, jump ropes, stretch bands, curb, squats
2 laps
Circuit moves
5 minute run
sit ups - push downs, toe taps, crunches
stretch

45 minutes on the treadmill at some point today (gotta catch up with either Grey's Anatomy or Desperate Housewives!

Barb - thanks for the fitpod link...very interesting and it's free???

Because of the snow that we got today I did not go in early to work to workout. I ended up driving to work instead :( Tomorrow I will workout. I am going to get a workout today when I go home and shovel :)

Yes fitpod is free! My son had me checking out podcasts then we stumbled upon fitpod. I have a mp3 player and didn't realize I could make folders for my workout sections. I am now going to go through my own music and check out the beats per minute and make workout sessions with my own music too!!!

HI Guys, I think I will post here since my focus right now is on exercise. I have put the scale away and I am going by how I feel and look in my clothes.
I just got back from a new class at my gym called core commotion- it was very tough.
My butt has been so sore this last week, everytime I bend over I feel like my pelvis is going to pop through the back.
I am contemplating going back tonight for yoga

Lisa - yeah....company! I, too, needed to focus on something other than food, so this thread helps me out. Never heard of core commotion....what did they do that made your butt hurt so bad??? I keep saying I'm going to go do yoga, but haven't made it yet.

Didn't get to gym yesterday - ice, boo! Of course, I could have compensated by getting on my treadmill... oh well, it's a new day!

Tonight -

20min Pilates
30 min weight training
30 min treadmill

sleep....

Fluidity bar seat and thigh workout...my legs felt like rubber bands!

45 minutes on the treadmill
15 minutes stretch

Tina - I keep looking at the fluidity bar....it's still over $200 on ebay...so no go for me! I may have to rent a DVD on the Bar Method (hey, Juliemarie, Netflix has one New York Bar Ballet workout or something like that!).

Kim - I like how you threw in sleep after exercise!

The fluidity bar is expensive, Joni, but I really do love it. They have a payment plan if you buy it direct. It's like $40/month. The really neat thing is that my 3-year-old does it with me. She goes to gymnastics so I guess the bar makes her feel like she's doing her gymnastics. My husband says he could see my hips and thighs thinning out, so it must be working!

Joni - since I've started working out, I can barely stay awake past 9:30! I haven;t slept this good in years!

Joni- I am sore from doing Turbo kick over the weekend. Core commotion is lots of squats and lunges while doing upper body work with hand weights, all while keepeng your core engaged. It was an hour long and she pushed us the entire time- only about 2 minutes of stretching at the end.
I never made it to yoga last night, it was snowing and I just felt like curling up under a blanket.
I am back in the groove of working out because today is my day off from the gym and I have the urge to go. I get nervous that a day off will turn in to another and another and before you know it it has been a week. But I need to recover, I am so sore.

Boot Camp - 5:15 AM to 6:15 AM (it was about 30 degrees outside)
3 sets of 15 jumping jacks
5 minute warm up run
2 sets each: bicep curls, tricep kickbacks, chest flies, military press (w/weights)
5 minute run
2 sets each: bicep curls, tricep kickbacks, chest flies, military press (w/weights)
5 minute run
high school sit ups, crunches, plank hold
stretch

30 minutes (2 miles) on treadmill at the gym; good incline; slower pace, reading magazine. ahhhhhh......feel soooooooooooo good!

I'm such a spaz, I can't read on the treadmill! It would make it go so much faster, though.

this evening...

60 min STEP class
45 min Sculpt class

25 minutes running on treadmill, 10 minutes weights, 100 crunches

Day off! yay! (I suppose I shouldn't be so happy about it... but I cannot lie)

Jan 17- 30 minutes at Curves
Today - 30 min treadmill or elliptical:tread: (planned)

I am going to clean out the garage so I can get at my heavybag I think I will try some boxing workouts with it.:boxing:

30 minutes on treadmill. Beginner video for Fluidity Bar. The good thing is that when I started the beginner video, it was a killer. Last night it wasn't so hard so I may move to intermediate next week.

Great job ladies! I need to try a boxing class at the gym some day.

45 minutes on treadmill - finally watched Grey's Anatomy from last Thursday. Great episode. I was sort of dragging (head cold just won't go away), but I did it!

Boot Camp - 5:15 AM to 6:15 AM
(really good workout today; we did something called the Indian Run; there are 5 girls jogging and we stay close together in line. The last person in the line has to sprint to the front of the line; when she gets to the front, the last person in line sprints to the front, and you keep going and going. We did a mile, but doing those mini sprints really kept the pace going strong and forced me to go at a much quicker pace).. After our 1 mile run it was lots of squats, push ups, jumping rope, jumping jacks, etc.
30 minute (2 mile) walk on treadmill at gym

I think all this working out is finally helping! Down another lb this morning.

Off to the gym for a Body Works class and 20 minutes on the treadmill.
Gotta leave the class a little early for an appointment. Total exercise should be about an hour.

Biggest loser DVD workout #1

Jan 20
5 km walk- first 2.5k walk second lap walk for 3 min ran for 1 min (the whole way around) :running:
did the first lap in 26 min 2nd lap in 17.5 min

60 min body pump class
45 min treadmill

I'm wiped! I downloaded one of the Cardio Coach workouts to my MP3 and did it on Saturday. At first I hated it, but by the end I really liked it. I never would have pushed myself as hard as that on my own.

Boot Camp - 5:15 AM to 6:15 AM (in the drizzling misty rain..what fun)
LOTS of jumping rope, 5 minute runs, circuit, sit ups...the hour goes by quickly! 15 minutes at the gym concentrated on leg stuff.

Kim - where do you download the Cardio Coach stuff and tell me what it is exactly....Katie - do you like TBL DVD??? Kicker - great job on that walk/run!

NSV for me- Today TOM came and I had the perfect excuse to skip my workout, but since I have not been able to in a week due to working extra I knew I needed to go and get back in the groove. I did 30 min on the ellipitical and a few sets of upper arm work. Not much but better than nothing!

Good for you, Lisa!

I, thankfully, have 2 days off from WO due to other committments. Everything hurts, and has for a while!

Joni - cardiocoach.com - it is a coached workout for spin bikes, or ellipicals or treadmills. I used it on my tread, but I think it would have been easier to change incline/resistance/speed on a bike or ellip. I was pushing a lot of buttons for the first couple of challenges.

There are different volumes you can purchase, the one I used was #1 - 40 minutes long and included a warm up, 5 hill climbs with 30 second recoveries, then 3 sprints with short recoveries, then a 2 minute recovery with a 3 minute run and 40second speed burst. You determine your speeds and incline levels. The coach (guy - great voice!) gives you little motivational talks, and there are 10 second count-ups and downs for any speed changes. The music is .... OK, this one was tribal, survivor-y music and was more or less the same through the whole thing.

For me it was good, because I am competitive as hell, but I would not have pushed myself as hard as this did.

5:15 AM to 6:15 AM - Boot camp
About 10 minutes on the elliptical at the gym
In a real funk over my sick pup, but I knew I had to work out to help with the funk. It helps while I'm doing it, but when I'm done, I'm still in a funk.

Kim - thanks for the cardiocoach info...I'll have to check into that when I'm not online looking for vet information!

Great NSV Lisa!

Monday- BL #3
Tuesday- BL #1
Wednesday- BL #3

Ok.. I went and joined QuickGym, the "10-minute" workout place.. My skepticism was ended by the end of my first workout.. Damn!! The machine forces you to use muscles you never knew you had..

For it to work you have to go all out.. It give you a target setting based on weight and height and you have to stay above it.. At first I was doing really well and stayed well above, but by the end, I was sucking wind..

It's basically 4 minutes on the "rowing" portion of the machine and then another 4 minutes on the attached stairmaster-esque portion.. The 2 minutes extra are there if you want to do a little more, or just take a break between exercises..

They recommend a combined workout three times a week, or doing one portion one day and then the other the next.. They do not recommend doing the combined exercise two days in a row.. I'll see how I do with the combined for a week and then maybe split it up.. However, I did like the heart rate boost I got from the combined last night. I could tell, even a half hour later that my heart rate was still elevated, which is the point..

We'll see in a month if my BMI is lower..

Dan - sounds really cool - I've never heard of this.

Warning - your muscles really start to hurt 24 hours after a workout. Like, almost to the minute!

So far so good.. The only pain I've really had has been some of my stomach muscles... I'm dreading tomorrow a bit, as I'll be doing my BMI test.. but I'm all paid up there, so I'd better damn well "get 'er done!"...

Today, BL #1

Today BL #3

Hi all I'm behind on my posting!
Tues - 1 hr walking
Wed - 1 hour Walking
Thurs. 1 hour walking

Sunday - 45 minutes on the treadmill (3.06 miles)

Monday, Boot Camp (it was 9 degrees outside today! This is the last week for boot camp and I'm actually bummed!) - 5:15A to 6:15A
30 minutes treadmill (2 miles).

Katie - which is your favorite BL tape (or do they come with more than one in the box??)

Tuesday - 40 minutes on the treadmill! 2.5 miles. Now I'm all caught up with Gray's Anatomy.

Today - Step class, 60 min
Sculpt class, 60 min

I did it...got in 1500 minutes of exercise for the month of January. In order to get there this morning I had to work out ... a lot!

Boot Camp - 5:15 AM to 6:15 AM (60 minutes)
Treadmill (45 minutes; 3.10 miles)
Upper body weights: 20 minutes

YAY Joni!