Week ?

ok ok ..so i suck at this .. .but im trying to not be hard on myself ..and realize this is a lifestyle change ..not just a diet for 2 months .. .

so here is what i have "accomplished" and yes i do use this word ever so lightly

1. no more coffee - offically complete i believe
2. drinking more water (although even more could be better)
3. gym has been a hit 3-4 times a week ..
4. i am eating less starches at dinner ..but its hit and miss ...


so on to the new stuff .. im quitting soda .. .oh i hate saying it!!!i hate it!! i definetly love diet soda . .. diet coke ..is my crack .. and diet dr. pepper is my heroin .. .i can't help it .. HOWEVER .. .

the goals for this week are set:

1. Soda 2 times a week ... (im sorry i can't go cold turkey..its just to hard - im weak)
2. gym 4x this week .. ..i have an occasional gym buddie emily ..so this should help
3. continue with the rest of the goals ...

what do i think? hmmm i think these is definetely a step in the right direction ..and yes i seem to be taking my sweet time about this .. however. ..life changes ..not temp changes ... here is looking till next week :)

Goals for Week 2

Alright so week 1 did not go so well .. however its ok .. i got a little un-motivated .. i think for 2 reasons .. 1. i saw my weight ..ouch 166 lbs .. and 2. my goal seemed so far off

so to fix this .. i am going to have a smaller goal .. (a short term one) my long term goal will still be the same ..but that way i can have a bit more confidence and not think "its impossible"

so my goal is to lose 10 lbs in 1 month ..that is 09/10/2009. Ok it is stated .. . now here are my weekly goals

1. eat breakfast every day!
2. drink water (no more coffee)
3. eat 5 meals a day
4. no starches/carbs for dinner

Also I would like to go to the gym 4 days this week. I am also going to set up a workout plan (roberts plans and mine are a bit different and i think i need something more structured.) However, I did learn a good lesson from him. i need to definetly be lifting more than I am.

wish me luck!

Day 2/3

Alright so this is the reason for the blog ..so i can figure out what i need to improve on ..

easily done after looking at the last 2 days ...so it was tondra's birthday and we went to chinese ..and then had ice cream cake ..so the day did not go so well ...and i was so tired .. that i forgot to grab breakfast ..or even do my sits up in the morning ..

so resolution

1) Need to make a better plan that is visible so I know what is going on
2) Need to post a sign for me to remember to do the morning warm-up ..i keep forgetting about that

alright so i now .. lets see where we are at

plans:

- going to eat a healthy lunch (tuna sandwhich)
- going to get my shots, go to the gym, and go grocery shopping

DAY 2

Ok ...well first off i think more creative blog title names will be in need once i am done with week 1 .. but anyway ...

started off my morning with this:

25 situps
25 crunches
25 pushups ...

this is supposedly so my body gets a pumpin and moving ..and hopefully that works .. not sure if i should do more or not .. do i need to be working up a sweat or??? better ask the "trainer"

also breakfast

1 cup of coffee (with cream and sugar) - i plan to remove this from my diet week 2 .. .no more coffee ..so sad
had a fiber breakfast bar ... 35% of my daily fiber 130 calories saturated fat is 2.5g or 13% ...

I do have to mention that I will not have a great dinner as we are doing a farewell dinner for reuben (my cousin) at chin wah (chinese resteraunt) ...

i wonder if i get a cheat meal a week? hmmm

Week 1: Workout 1

Alright so the first work out went so so .. .

I did a 5 min warm up on the bike
10 minutes running (alternate speeds, each for a minute)
10 minutes on the eliptical (random setting)
10 minutes on the stair stepper (alternated between 2 different settings)

then i went to the machines ...

leg press at 115 lbs
hamstring at 50 lbs
unable to find the v squat .. nobody had heard of it ..so i did the opposite of the leg press (forgive my ignorance) and i forget what weight i did it at ..opps

I then did 25 crunches ..and thats it (this is where i kind of faltered) .. however in my defense when we went jet skiing this weekend i did something to my neck and it hurts to turn it in either direction ..the crunches were not helping

i then went home ..and took the dogs on a 30 minute walk

so .. like i said so so ..lets see what robert has to say .. .

Week 1: Eating

ok ..well .. i have been so busy (I know i know make time for yourself .. .blah!) so i have not set up an exact schedule yet .. half the time I forget to grab breakfast ..my bad . . .

however I will try to do a food diary ..we will start with today and dinner

Dinner:

1 bowl of turkey chilli
- black beans
- kidney beans
- tomatoes
- corn
- onion & spices
-non fat cheese and non fat sour cream

-hmmm not horrible . .not amaxing ..its the cheese that throws it off .. .but not bad for throwing stuff together when i didn't want to go shopping ..

Week 1: Workout Plan

Alright so this is the workout plan that robert created for me for week one:

30 minutes cardio (10 minutes on stair stepper)
--- i assume he is not going to let me cheat and do the stair glider things ..or the eliptical :(

Leg Press - 3 sets of 10 -push weight with hells and squeeze butt as u push
V- Squat 3 sets of 10
Hamstring curl - 3 sets of 10

More crunches and situps -using decline crunch bench

Then he writes .. this is pretty much just a warm up ..lunges, obliques, lowerback, hips and more lunges? huh ..im lost .. hmm well first day at the gym .. so i will test this out ..

--- i do this 3x the first week ..
---go to the gym 4x a week
--- every morning i do crunches and situps


So far my personal trainer needs to be a bit more clear ..on the warm up ..and crunches part ...