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Progress – Day 4

Lee — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:53:05 +0000

Today is the second day I went to the gym and got my ass kicked by my friend J (a personal trainer). She was showing me some different exercises so that I could run off on my own and do them without actually having to fork over the cash for regular sessions. It was rough. I am very sore. Yesterday we did legs. Today shoulders. It was a full workout, and I’m exhausted.

Blood Pressure yesterday wasn’t as horrible as I’d have expected since I haven’t been monitoring my food nearly as well as I had been.

I haven’t checked weight, though I meant to today.

Today’s workout was:

7 minutes of cardio warm-up (elliptical)
15 minutes of weights working on shoulders and arms (I will have to work up to doing much more than that)
21 minutes of additional cardio on the ellitpical
10-ish minutes doing abs and lower back

I’m tired. It hurts to do everything from sitting in a chair to picking something up. I asked J how long before I would start to see some kind of results and she responded with 2 months. It’s going to take 2 months before all of this work will start to show something. I think tomorrow I will go grocery shopping for some food that is not packed with sodium. Though I should make a list.

The Workout – Day 2

Lee — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:20:24 +0000

I managed to get myself motivated to go to the gym in under and hour today. Not to mention it wasn’t at 10pm. I have gone, done my workout and am now home. Waiting for my heart rate to come down just a bit before hoping in the shower.

I will indulge in some lovely Lush soap once in said shower.

Heard back from the HR company that does the screening process for a job I applied for. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for this one, because it will mean a million doors will open for me, and I will be lucky enough to move onto the next chapter of my life.

Today’s Workout consisted of:
Cardio: Elliptical: 23.5 minutes (I was dying and there was some nasty squid show on one of the televisions that was grossing me out)
Abs: 3 sets of 20
Lower back: 2 sets of 20

Weight: who knows I didn’t bother this morning. Nor did I bother with the blood pressure either. Damn. I had ample opportunity too. *sigh*

In other news, I’ve realized my inner voice officially speaks to me in 140 characters. My life is a constant status update.

Progress – June 8, 2009

Lee — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:36:58 +0000

In an effort to be more accountable for my choices, I’ve decided to blog the weight loss, get in shape progress. Mostly because if there’s even one comment cheering me on, or telling me I made a poor choice in eating the ENTIRE bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs, then I might actually feel guilty for having done so (and I did not yet eat the entire bag of Mini Eggs, tyvm!).

And so, tonight, at 11:30 pm, I decided I’d head to the gym. I nearly talked myself out of it, and distracted myself for a good hour+ before deciding that I would just go.

Today’s Weight (in the morning): 180 pounds

Cardio: 25 minutes on the eliptical machine; starting at resistance 5 and coming down to 2 at the end.

Toning: Abs

Will check blood pressure in the morning at work.

Goal: To be able to do 30 minutes without slowing on the eliptical. Work up to more weight training. Eat better.