Week 2 (6/22-6/28)
M: None
T: None
W: 45 min spin class
T: 45 min arc trainer strength mode (500 cals burned)
F: 20 min walk/run in neighborhood
S: None
S: 45 min walk/run in neighborhood

Walking again and it feels great!
 

Okay I went walking yesterday afternoon. I wasn't planning on it nor did I feel like it but my neighbor took all the surrounding kids to the park so I said what the heck I will go to and I am so happy that I did. It felt so good and my neighbor was getting kind of tired after a couple of laps but I wanted to keep going but didn't want to be rude. I am going to see if I can go today again. We'll see.

Week 1 (6/22-6/28)
06.22 ..... NONE
06.23 ..... NONE
06.24 ..... NONE
06.25 ..... 40 minutes walking in park
06.26 .....
06.27 .....
06.28 ....

Making Room for Excercise Ticker
 

Excuse me for this posting. I want to put up another ticker to record my excercise but a message keeps coming up that says my signature is too long. I want to have two tickers along with the information below but it will not let me. So in the meantime I needed to copy and paste the information somewhere. Thanks guys. :dizzy:

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POUND FOR POUND PROGRESS:
Highest weight ever 237 lbs. back in 8/2008
02.24.09 ........ 230
02.28.09 ........ 225
03.17.09 ........ 220
03.28.09 ........ 214
04.22.09 ........ 204
04.29.09 ........ 206
05.01.09 ........ 206
05.20.09 ........ 200
06.07.09 ........ 196
06.18.09 ........ 192
07.18.09 ........ xxx
08.18.09 ........ xxx

Week 2 (6/29-7/5)
M:10 min cardio, 20 min walk
T:30 min cardio
W:OFF
T:25 Cardio
F:25 Cardio
S:OFF
S:25 Cardio

Sorry I did not post this past week. i have been on vacation and we had some severe weather and were without internet service for several days. I did not eat that well this week and did not get in my water everyday but I thrived in the exercise department. I exercised every day this week and did several major household task that felt like a work out. We cleaned out the garage, painted two rooms and a hallway, cleaned the windows inside and out, pulled weeds at our house and my Great Aunts, and stayed busy most of the week. So I think that helped with my bad eating habits.

I am glad that everyone has started exercising and I hope everyone continues this trend. I am trying to make exercise a habit but some days I do dread it. But it is getting easier. It does however realieve some stress for me so that is a plus.

We are going camping this weekend so I am so dreading that. I am already planning my menu I am so close to being under 200 that I am so motivated to stay on plan!!!

Hope everyone has a great start to the week!!!

Week 3 (6/29-7/5)
M: 35 min walk in neighborhood & 30 min elliptical
T: 50 min upper body w/trainer & 30 min elliptical
W:
T: 50 min lower body w/trainer
F:
S:
S:

feeling the pain!

Here's to a better week for me!!

M: 3 Reps of Jumping Jax, Crunches, Leg Lifts
1 Mile walk
T: 2.2 mile walk
W: 6 laps swimming at pool, 30 minute Metabolism Booster Video (Jillian Michaels)
R: Resting!
F:Tennis for 2 hours.
S:None
S:None

I am going home to NJ this weekend, but I am taking my workout gear so I won't slack!!

Congratulations Amy on your exercise success. I wish we still had the on demand options so I could find some new programs but great job on using all your resources!!!

I also wanted to let you all know that I go to a website called Dailyplate.com and it allows you to add in your foods and track how many calories you are consuming. It also allows you to track your exercise and calories burned. It has a data base that has most foods including LA weightloss products. It is free and an excelled weight loss tool. It has helped me with food journaling as well as realizing how many calories i should consume and how many I am consuming. It also breaks down proteins,carbs,sugars and fiber. I dont know if I have posted this or not but I thought it might help someone else as much as it has helped me. I am almost done with my LA contact so I am counting on this to be my virtual counselor. It also has almost any exercise you can imagine and it estimates how many calories you burned and you can add in any amount of time. It has walking, walking with a stroller it is pretty specific.

Did not exercise yesterday. I felt so tired. TOM hit me pretty hard this time around and all I have wanted to do is eat chocolate. I knew this was coming as I have been pregnant and breast feeding seems like forever do I guess everything is trying to catch up. Anyway I am going to do my best to get some cardio and walking in this weekend and try not to over do it on the 4th.

hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July and I hope all the Canadians had a great Canada DAy!!!

Week 3 (7/6-7/12)
M:20 minute walk and arm weights
T:20 minute walk
W:off
T:off
F:15 minutes cardio
S:Off
S:25 minute walk/jog

Ok seems like the exercise thread is moving very slowly. I have not been doing well with getting in all my foods and water and then being very hungry at night. This week I will be doing take off Tuesday and Wednesday. Hopefully this will get me off to a good start. I was off work for 11 days and that really messed me up, so this is my first full week of work and will put me back on track. I am 21.8 pounds away from my original goal. I was hoping to have it off by September but that is quite an ambitious goal, so I am just going to loose as much as I can until then. August,September and October are busy months with football and 4 kids playing and my oldest is now on the middle school team so we will be pulled in so many directions and I am worried about the eating habits we developed last year. So I will have to prepare a lot of picnics I guess.

Anyway I hope everyone is doing well and staying on plan and getting Exercise!!!!!

i worked out 4x's last week! :) yay!
i tried to get up this morning at 5am to workout, but just couldn't drag myself out of bed..TOM came yesterday and has been dragging me down. i'm in pain and soooo tired. plus i slept like crap last night too. so i'm going to do some ab/arm workout today at some point.
but DH and i have been great motivators for each other, so that's good! :)

here's to another great workout week!

M: 8 Laps at pool; water aerobics at pool; 30 min TBL BootCamp (on Demand)
T: None (Rest Day) 8 Laps while at pool
W:8 Laps at pool; 30 Minute Cardio Dance Workout; 1 Mile with Leslie; Tennis
R: 30 Minute Dance Cardio Workout; 1 Mile with Leslie
F: None
S: 1.5 mile walk. (Pretty much all I could muster up.)
S: 30 Day Shred Day #1. (Jillian Michaels On Demand)- OMG, thought I was going to die!!

Hope everyone is doing well!!! This has been a slow thread this time around!

I have been updating my original post. Exercising my butt off and waiting for it to show on the scale!

Week 4 (7/6-7/12)
M: 50 min upper body w/trainer
T: 20 min (actual) swimming - 2 hours in pool playing :)
W: 50 min lower body w/trainer
T:
F:
S:
S:

This is from Jillian Michaels Website about exercise:Regular exercise leads to better health, more energy, a lower risk of heart disease and diabetes, and a longer life. But it isn't just the physical benefits of exercise that push me — it's what it does for my mental health.

The mental-health benefits start right after you exercise. Have you ever noticed how good you feel when you complete a workout? That you feel relaxed, or even euphoric? That mood lift, often called "runner's high," comes courtesy of natural morphine-like chemicals called endorphins. Exercise floods the brain with endorphins, which help to relieve pain, enhance your mood, and relieve stress. But the feel-good effects don't stop after the endorphin rush subsides. Over time, exercise provides a major boost to your confidence. As you start working out and getting stronger, your sense of strength in other aspects of your life will naturally flourish as well. To put it another way, if you can survive my workouts, you can do anything — and when you feel that sense of empowerment, nothing will be able to stand between you and the life you want to live.