Way to go EZMONEY :D :carrot:

Last 30 minutes cardio is fini :D

Total =

1 hour cardio
30 minutes lower body (squats, kicks, lunges oh my :o)

MY UPDATE: is we found the bike! I stole it back. lol. what a day!

Yay Jennifer!!

Thanks, I figured I might as well as use the monster, since it is so close to my house. I still have not brought myself to ride the bike up it....pretty daunting...

I HAVE ridden on my roller skates down it and crashed. That was a funny sight. I'M GLAD I DIDN'T DIE. My son has had quite a few skate board crashes from going down on it sitting on his skateboard. I would never allow him to stand up and skateboard down that hill.

Exercise Plan for today -

None! I am taking today and tomorrow off :p :D :rofl:

July 20th

cardio on empty

rollerskating with the boys
up the hill -omg-5 min
walking with the skates on down the hill--omg-2 min
easy skating mini hills-25 min
skating on level ground 5 mins

TOO POOPED FOR STRENGTH TRAINING

yay for break days!

Way to go, Jennifer!! :D :D

oh chic.! Thanks so much . You too! I am so sad today because of the SCALE. It is registering I am 3 lbs up. HTH? I know it's impossible....I'm just going to go rollerskate. And hopefully that will make me feel better.

My clothes are still just as loose as when I weighed 176 so I am not going to let this beat me down! I will exercise despite it!

July 21st

moderate to high intensity roller skating
breaks with marching in place with skates on =30 min

Combo MOVES!!!

Squat with overhead press
Step up with bicep curls
Bent over row with dead lift
lunge with lateral raise
one legged squat with triceps kickback
dumbell fly with ab crunch
modified push ups
ab roll ins
plank with kicks
superman with hands clasped behind back.

Jennifer -

Kudos for not letting the scale defeat you! I am very proud of you :D :hug:

Thank you chic! You are my inspiration too!

Aww Jennifer, that means a lot to me, thank you :D :hug::hug:

16--Went for a run, around 6K/40 min
17--Went for a horrible crappy run in the heat. Did I mention it was crappy? About 35 min (but I had been aiming for 40 min. Crappy!).
18--About 60 min walking
19--About 20 min walking (came back from camping and then went to dinner and a movie)
20--60-min aerobics class
21--Nada (flew back from Calgary)

Awesome nakedmango!


Goals for today -

1 hour cardio
30 minutes upper body

1. 30 minutes cardio- check ! :D

2. 30 minutes upper body (with 5 pound weights) - check!

3. 30 minutes cardio (2nd set) - check!


All done for today - 1 hour cardio, 30 minutes upper body :carrot:

My goal for July is 900 minutes

July 1 Aquacize class 50 minutes, Walked 15 minutes
July 2
July 3
July 4
July 5
July 6
July 7
July 8 Aquacize class 55 minutes
July 9 Treadmill 20 minutes, Stationary bike 20 minutes, Eliptical 15 minutes
July 10
July 11
July 12 Aquacize 33 minutes, Stationary bike 21 minutes, Eliptical 16 minutes, Treadmill 13 minutes
July 13 Aquacize class 55 minutes
July 14
July 15 Aquacize class 55 minutes
July 16 Babyboomer Fit class 47 minutes
July 17
July 18
July 19 Treadmill 33 minutes, Stationary bike 22 minutes
July 20 Aquacize class 55 minutes
July 21 Stationary bike 23 minutes, Eliptical 17 minutes, Treadmill 10 minutes
July 22 Aquacize class 55 minutes

dustcatcher

Very nice, dustcatcher!

July 22nd

cardio: NOT ON EMPTY today
walking 45 min (busy day)

weights

LEGS

Side lunge with weights
squat with weights (toes out, toes 45 angle, toes straight foward)

ARMS & chest

Triceps extensions
Biceps curl
push ups (modified)
chest cross

BUTT & BACK

dead lift
back extension (hands clasped)
bent over raise
double row

ABS

weighted crunch regular
weighted crunch quarter
Ab twist
planks with kick (30 kicks)
hold plank for 30 seconds

Way to go, Jennifer, you are rocking the exercise :D :carrot:

22--Bike to work and back, about 40 min; 45-min stability ball class

Goals for today -

1 hour cardio

30 minutes cardio done and over with :carrot:

oh yay chic! You are too!

nakedmango you are a powerhouse! wow. I want to go hiking soooo BAD...

here's stats for today:

July 23rd

CARDIO ON EMPTY

walk/run (4 min total jogging)=20 min hot! humid! ugh!
Free Dance =10 min

I keep wondering what "cardio on empty" is. Can you elaborate?

sure. It means I have not eaten yet when I do my cardio. I'm on this plan fast-5, I don't start eating until 2-3 pm. So I am testing the "cardio on empty" burns fat better theory. it's a body builder technique and supposed to be good for someone with a high bf% such as me. 34-35% right now.

it's controversial--but I don't care.

Here is a study about it..just one little one:

"A study carried out at Kansas State University (Wilcox, Harford & Wedel Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise, 17:2, 1985), indicates that a kilogram of fat will be oxidized sooner when exercising in the fasted condition in the morning than when doing the same exercise in the afternoon. By measuring respiratory gas exchange, caloric expenditure, and carbohydrate and fatty acid metabolism, these researchers showed that the mass of fat burned during aerobic exercise amounts to 67% of the total energy expenditure achieved when the same exercise is done later in the day or in the fed state."

Wow jendiet! That sounds really hard. I don't think I could do cardio without eating. Or much of anything if I wasn't eating until 2 pm. That sounds like a hard plan to me. How long have you been doing it? I'll take my WW any day over a plan that doesn't allow me to eat when I wake up!

It's actually not that hard. I've been doing it since June 16, 2009 and I have lost 12 lbs. Most of all I have really lost fat! from 37% to 34% in a month. so I am pleased with it.

The fast 5 doesn't require the cardio on empty--I just threw it into my routine.

2nd 30 minute cardio finished

Total today = 1 hour cardio


Congrats Jennifer :D

woohoo chic! wow!

:hug::hug:

A machine? A powerhouse?!? Thanks guys! :o I know I would exercise less without this thread holding me accountable. :)

22--Bike to work and back, about 40 min; 45-min stability ball class

You're welcome! We only speak (in a sense) the truth :D :hug:

Plans today -

1 hour cardio
30 minutes strength - lower body

30 minutes cardio finished :boxing::rofl:

July 23rd

CARDIO ON EMPTY

walk/run (4 min total jogging)=20 min
Free Dance =10 min

strength training

LIGHT

push ups
tricep dips
leg lifts (outer)
leg lifts (inner)
plank with kicks (20)
hold plank for 30 sec
butt lifts
crunches
quarter crunches
donkey kicks

July 24th

CARDIO ON EMPTY

30 mins incumbent varying resistance with using arms with tubing! yeah buddy!

exercise, smarter, harder, NOT longer.

STRENGTH TRAINING rest (except arms) too many things sore!

30 minutes My Fitness Coach, lower body = finished :carrot: