It's the end of Week 4, and my exercise this week is extremely easy to count... I'll give you a hint... it's a nice, round number... :) Dee kept it up quite nicely, though:
Sunday 1/23/2011 [day off]
10:00 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 5 (27 min)
Monday 1/24/2011 [work day]
8:55 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 6 (27 min)
Tuesday 1/25/2011 [work day]
7:20 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 7 (27 min)
Wednesday 1/26/2011 [work day]
7:30 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 8 (27 min)
Thursday 1/27/2011 [work day]
8:15 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 9 (27 min)
Friday 1/28/2011 [day off]
9:15 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 10! (27 min)
Saturday 1/29/2011 [day off]
8:25 am - Dee - Shred Level 2, Day 1 (27 min)
6:50 pm - Dee - Gazelle Level 1 (30 min, 2.0 miles)
Dee hurt her back muscles pretty badly after that first Level 2 Shred, and wasn't very mobile all day Sunday. I had to leave for a music practice at the church, and while I was gone, she decided to get up and Gazelle for half an hour! Apparently, it felt good to exercise, but when she was done again... not so much. Poor, broken Dee!
She did get in over 3 1/2 hours of exercise this week. Oy...
--Jay :)
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Shredded
Dee has officially completed the tenth and last day of Shred Level 1! She had a happy, emotional moment, because it was such an amazing feeling to have stuck with this thing and accomplished a huge goal. She kicked this thing for 10 solid mornings in a row, no breaks, no wimping out! Tomorrow is her first day of Level 2, and we're sitting here watching it right now, just to see what she's in for. :)
I've been extraordinarily slack on the exercise front this week, mostly due to the fact that we slept in late on Monday after being at the party the night before, then I was cooking a pot of chicken barley soup for our lunch on Tuesday morning this week, and the other mornings I was most likely just being lazy. Ah, laziness. :-D
Dee's scale results have started swinging back in a good direction, so we think her body is getting adjusted to the new exercise routine. Hopefully, kicking it into Level 2 tomorrow doesn't scare the crap out of her muscles again! I'm down about 3.5 pounds for the week thus far, and should fall squarely on my goal of 4 pounds per week. Awesomeness.
Rock it!
--Jay :)
I've been extraordinarily slack on the exercise front this week, mostly due to the fact that we slept in late on Monday after being at the party the night before, then I was cooking a pot of chicken barley soup for our lunch on Tuesday morning this week, and the other mornings I was most likely just being lazy. Ah, laziness. :-D
Dee's scale results have started swinging back in a good direction, so we think her body is getting adjusted to the new exercise routine. Hopefully, kicking it into Level 2 tomorrow doesn't scare the crap out of her muscles again! I'm down about 3.5 pounds for the week thus far, and should fall squarely on my goal of 4 pounds per week. Awesomeness.
Rock it!
--Jay :)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Motivation
We survived the annual office New Year party, rocked some karaoke, chose some pretty healthy options and portion sizes for dinner, and drank only water. Sweetness!
Dee has been doing more research and came across something that said you may gain some weight when you first start working out, due to the fact that your muscles will try to hold onto some of your water intake to stay healthy and hydrated. After a few weeks, everything should balance out. Silly muscles, making our weigh-in numbers look less than stellar! :)
Dee has been re-motivated by the fact that she can tell her clothes are fitting better, and she received a compliment out of the blue yesterday that her face and neck are looking skinnier! After struggling through her post-party Monday workout yesterday, she was right back on it in full force this morning for Day 7 of the Shred.
Whoop whoop!
--Jay :)
Dee has been doing more research and came across something that said you may gain some weight when you first start working out, due to the fact that your muscles will try to hold onto some of your water intake to stay healthy and hydrated. After a few weeks, everything should balance out. Silly muscles, making our weigh-in numbers look less than stellar! :)
Dee has been re-motivated by the fact that she can tell her clothes are fitting better, and she received a compliment out of the blue yesterday that her face and neck are looking skinnier! After struggling through her post-party Monday workout yesterday, she was right back on it in full force this morning for Day 7 of the Shred.
Whoop whoop!
--Jay :)
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Exercise Recap: Week 3
All righty, we've reached the end of the exercise for Week 3 (technically Week 1 of officially exercising, but Week 3 of the healthy lifestyle do-over). Here's what we did:
Sunday 1/16/2011 [day off]
11:00 am - Dee - Gazelle Level 1 (30 min, 2.0 miles)
11:30 am - Jay - Gazelle Level 1 (15 min, 0.9 miles)
11:30 am - Dee - Core Rhythms Full Workout (38.5 min)
Monday 1/17/2011 [work day]
6:40 am - Jay - Gazelle Level 1 (11 min, 0.5 miles)
6:40 am - Dee - Core Rhythms Partial Workout (20 min)
Tuesday 1/18/2011 [work day]
6:10 am - Dee - Gazelle Level 1 (20 min, 1.4 miles)
6:10 am - Jay - laid on the couch, keeping the cat company
Wednesday 1/19/2011 [work day]
6:10 am - Jay - Gazelle Level 1 (11 min, 0.6 miles)
6:10 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 1 (27 min)
Thursday 1/20/2011 [work day]
6:40 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 2 (27 min)
Friday 1/21/2011 [day off]
7:50 am - Jay - Gazelle Level 1 (11.5 min, 0.6 miles)
7:50 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 3 (27 min)
1:45 pm - Jay & Dee - Zumba Express Workout (20 min)
Saturday 1/22/2011 [day off]
9:00 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 4 (27 min)
2:15 pm - Jay & Dee - Zumba Express Workout (20 min)
On Shred Day 4, Dee started using the proper 3 pound hand weights, and finally tossed my ghetto soup & tomato sauce can idea to the curb.
Whew!!! I tried to do something productive at least every other day, and worked in a total of about 1 1/2 hours of exercise for the week. Dee went the "every single day" approach, and got in just over 4 1/4 hours of exercise this week!
Weigh in tomorrow morning!
--Jay :)
Sunday 1/16/2011 [day off]
11:00 am - Dee - Gazelle Level 1 (30 min, 2.0 miles)
11:30 am - Jay - Gazelle Level 1 (15 min, 0.9 miles)
11:30 am - Dee - Core Rhythms Full Workout (38.5 min)
Monday 1/17/2011 [work day]
6:40 am - Jay - Gazelle Level 1 (11 min, 0.5 miles)
6:40 am - Dee - Core Rhythms Partial Workout (20 min)
Tuesday 1/18/2011 [work day]
6:10 am - Dee - Gazelle Level 1 (20 min, 1.4 miles)
6:10 am - Jay - laid on the couch, keeping the cat company
Wednesday 1/19/2011 [work day]
6:10 am - Jay - Gazelle Level 1 (11 min, 0.6 miles)
6:10 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 1 (27 min)
Thursday 1/20/2011 [work day]
6:40 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 2 (27 min)
Friday 1/21/2011 [day off]
7:50 am - Jay - Gazelle Level 1 (11.5 min, 0.6 miles)
7:50 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 3 (27 min)
1:45 pm - Jay & Dee - Zumba Express Workout (20 min)
Saturday 1/22/2011 [day off]
9:00 am - Dee - Shred Level 1, Day 4 (27 min)
2:15 pm - Jay & Dee - Zumba Express Workout (20 min)
On Shred Day 4, Dee started using the proper 3 pound hand weights, and finally tossed my ghetto soup & tomato sauce can idea to the curb.
Whew!!! I tried to do something productive at least every other day, and worked in a total of about 1 1/2 hours of exercise for the week. Dee went the "every single day" approach, and got in just over 4 1/4 hours of exercise this week!
Weigh in tomorrow morning!
--Jay :)
Weight A Minute...
Well, we did it. We broke bad yesterday, made the trip to our nearest "city", and plopped down six whole bucks for a pair of 3-pound hand weights. Oh yeah! Dee was feeling the pain, using those bad boys for Day 4 of Shred this morning. They don't feel all that heavy until you do multiple reps of multiple exercises...
Now, all we have to do is saunter over to my aunt's house, as she has graciously offered up a yoga mat for us to use in this whole adventure. Once we procure that, we'll have a veritable home gym over here. :)
We've just finished a late lunch and are about to hit up some Zumba again... another 20 minute "express" Latin dance session, and we should be pretty good on exercise for today.
Tomorrow is weigh day, and we'll see how things turn out for the week!
--Jay :)
Now, all we have to do is saunter over to my aunt's house, as she has graciously offered up a yoga mat for us to use in this whole adventure. Once we procure that, we'll have a veritable home gym over here. :)
We've just finished a late lunch and are about to hit up some Zumba again... another 20 minute "express" Latin dance session, and we should be pretty good on exercise for today.
Tomorrow is weigh day, and we'll see how things turn out for the week!
--Jay :)
Friday, January 21, 2011
Can You Love Her & Hate Her Simultaneously?
Jillian Michaels.
Dee popped Day 2 of the Shred yesterday, and Day 3 this morning. Sometimes I think she'd like to run up and plant a fist into the television at points during the workout. Of course, Jillian has usually drained all her energy by then, so it's not even physically possible. Good thing. I like our TV. A lot. :)
On a serious note, Dee has been rocking her way through. I joined the exercise fun on the Gazelle both Wednesday and today, stifling the urge to yell "You can doooo it!" like Tony Little on the commercials.
We're both feeling remarkably good. I remember this happening last time we started exercising too, but it's so easy to forget that sometimes, getting your fitness level headed in the right direction... feels good. Dee has been less winded during workouts and theatre rehearsals, and she's been having more energy, which is a surprise. You'd normally think you'd feel worn out, beat down, smashed in the mud. Surprisingly not.
So, Jillian Michaels. Sometimes you want to rip her face off. But then, you realize that good things are happening. (Plus, you'd probably get arrested, or have to pay a fine or something. Pick up trash on the side of the highway in an orange jumpsuit.) We're not losing a ton of weight this week so far, but we're attributing that to the fact that maybe... just MAYBE... the exercise might be building some muscle. Who knows if it works that quickly?
Keep it up!
--Jay :)
Dee popped Day 2 of the Shred yesterday, and Day 3 this morning. Sometimes I think she'd like to run up and plant a fist into the television at points during the workout. Of course, Jillian has usually drained all her energy by then, so it's not even physically possible. Good thing. I like our TV. A lot. :)
On a serious note, Dee has been rocking her way through. I joined the exercise fun on the Gazelle both Wednesday and today, stifling the urge to yell "You can doooo it!" like Tony Little on the commercials.
We're both feeling remarkably good. I remember this happening last time we started exercising too, but it's so easy to forget that sometimes, getting your fitness level headed in the right direction... feels good. Dee has been less winded during workouts and theatre rehearsals, and she's been having more energy, which is a surprise. You'd normally think you'd feel worn out, beat down, smashed in the mud. Surprisingly not.
So, Jillian Michaels. Sometimes you want to rip her face off. But then, you realize that good things are happening. (Plus, you'd probably get arrested, or have to pay a fine or something. Pick up trash on the side of the highway in an orange jumpsuit.) We're not losing a ton of weight this week so far, but we're attributing that to the fact that maybe... just MAYBE... the exercise might be building some muscle. Who knows if it works that quickly?
Keep it up!
--Jay :)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Crunch Time
Well... she survived. Jillian Michael's 30-Day Shred Level 1, Day 1, that is. :)
27 minutes of pain that looks oh so easy from the outside, where I happily stand at the moment... looks can be deceiving.
Dee has learned that crunches are evil. But she has also learned that she can stick to this thing. Maybe not EVERY day, like they suggest... we should be throwing some Zumba and Core Rhythms in there too.
We have to head to the store soon to pick up some 3 lb. hand weights and a nice, thick yoga mat. We were lying in bed last night, discussing plans for this morning, and she brought that up to me. I believe my response was, "Suck it up! You can use two cans of beans and a folded up blanket. It's like ghetto exercise!" (No offense to those living in ghettos. I was tired, and it seemed funny at the time.) That was good for a laugh before we passed out, happily oblivious to the outside world.
Sadly, we were out of beans, but substituted with a 15.5 oz. can of tomato sauce and a 10.75 oz. can of cream of mushroom soup. That's even funnier, somehow. :)
Breakfast time!
--Jay :)
27 minutes of pain that looks oh so easy from the outside, where I happily stand at the moment... looks can be deceiving.
Dee has learned that crunches are evil. But she has also learned that she can stick to this thing. Maybe not EVERY day, like they suggest... we should be throwing some Zumba and Core Rhythms in there too.
We have to head to the store soon to pick up some 3 lb. hand weights and a nice, thick yoga mat. We were lying in bed last night, discussing plans for this morning, and she brought that up to me. I believe my response was, "Suck it up! You can use two cans of beans and a folded up blanket. It's like ghetto exercise!" (No offense to those living in ghettos. I was tired, and it seemed funny at the time.) That was good for a laugh before we passed out, happily oblivious to the outside world.
Sadly, we were out of beans, but substituted with a 15.5 oz. can of tomato sauce and a 10.75 oz. can of cream of mushroom soup. That's even funnier, somehow. :)
Breakfast time!
--Jay :)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Shred This!
Oh my... we've also added the Jillian Michaels' 30-Day Shred vid to our arsenal of pain. Dee has committed to torture herself with that bad boy tomorrow morning...
Feel the burn!
--Jay :)
Feel the burn!
--Jay :)
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