5-2-12

30 MR 737 cal

I don't know why I'm not burning more calories. Anything above 700 is good (in my book) but still, I'd like to be above 750 everyday (except for the days I'm only on for 15 minutes so I can have time for circuit and abs.)

Maybe tomorrow will be better, but it is Thursday and I have a hard time going on Thursday. We'll see...

4-30-12

I'm not really sure why I didn't do as well this morning. Maybe it's because I went to bed late last night. Maybe it's because I haven't gone Since Friday. Maybe it's because I didn't eat the best through the weekend. I don't know. I just hope tomorrow is better.

30 MR 688 Cal
4-29-12 Sunday, I did't go
4-28-12 Saturday, I didn't go
4-27-12 15 MR 373 Cal, C,A
4-26-12 Thursday, I did't go

4-25-12

Today I had a GREAT day! I PR'd (hit a personal record)
30 MR 804 Calories

4-24-12
15 M R 353 Cal, Circuit (weights), Abs (weights)

4-23-12
30 M R 703 Cal

I usually don't go to the gym on Thursdays but I'm sure if I went (and I might) I won't have near as good of day (800 calories) as I did today. That's the way it goes. I can't have 2 super good days in a row. And then on Friday, I'll be doing circuit and abs so the time I spend on the Arc will only be 15-20 minutes. Maybe Saturday I can have a super day!
Friday is also weigh in day. YUCK. I never look forward to that. I am trying to do better with my eating. Hopefully it will pay off...

4/18/12

Went to the gym about 9:30 this morning and I stayed on the Arc for 5 extra minutes - which was hard because I was beat. I really pushed this morning. The first 8 minutes on was really difficult and I wasn't sure i could go for very long. My legs felt so stiff and heavy. But I continued and at about 10 minutes they were loose and I was able to really push myself and finish big.

35 MR 886 calories! - After 30 minutes I was at 780 calories so I stayed on for 5 more minutes and burned 106 more calories. This is the best I've ever done. Of course I won't be able to even come close tomorrow, but I'll take it anyway!

4/17/12

I went to the gym EARLY this morning.

30 M R 637 cal - it could have been 673 cal - I'm not sure.But I'm pretty sure it was 637. It's amaizng to me that I can have a really good day like yesterday (733 cal) and then today, not as great. But anyway, I'll keep plugging along.

I've had several comments that I'm looking better and I might see it, but the scale doesn't reflect it. I say I might see it because I'm not really sure. I don't think my clothes fit differently and I don't know if I see a difference in the mirror or if I'm just really hopeful I'll see a difference.

04-16-12

I went to the gym this morning and:
 30 m R
burned 733 calories :)

I've been messing around with my incline and resistance on the Arc and I've been burning more calories which makes me happy!

Since I haven't posted in a while, here is my list for the past couple weeks:
4/11/12 30 m R 700 CAL
4/08/12 30 M R 652 CAL
4/07/12 20 M R 434 CAL
4/06/12 40 M R 667 CAL
4/04/12 42 M R 800 CAL
4/03/12 35 M R 535 CAL
4/02/12 30 M R 560 CAL - I also worked on abs
3/31/12 30 M R 535 CAL
3/30/12 30 M R 587 CAL
3/28/12 30 M R 530 CAL
3/27/12 30 M R 474 CAL
3/26/12 30 M R 442 CAL
3/24/12 30 M R 485 CAL
3/23/12 45 M R 654 CAL

3/21/12

30 m R, 460 cal
180 lbs 11:00, nude
Breakfast - Costco weight loss shake - chocolate
Lunch - Pizza
Dinner - Weight Loss shake, 1 tsp Pero, 2 Tbsp Coconut creamer, 1 C milk, ice
Water - 64 oz.

The lady next to me finished her workout when I had about 12 minutes left on mine. I looked over and she had burned 1445 calories in 60 minutes. I was floored! I asked her how she did that. She said she just messed around with the incline and resistance. So that's what I did. I lowered the resistance from 17 to 12 and raised the incline from 5 to 9. And I could see a difference in my calories burned. Usually in a 30 m workout, I burn around 400 calories. But today, at less than half way to go, I changed things a bit and I burned 460 calories. I've never burned that much in 30 minutes. So I'm going to try this "increase incline, lower resistance" thing for a while and see if I can burn more calories without killing myself.

First Post

This is a story of a girl trying to lose weight. That girl is me. I am going to post about my exercising, weight and maybe some of what I eat.
I am 5' 2", 35 years old. I have 3 kids - ages 11, 9 and 6. I've also had 2 miscarriages after my youngest child was born.

In November 2011, I joined a gym and started working out. And it actually not as bad as I thought it would be. I didn't take a picture of me then, but I have one of me today. However, not much, if anything, has changed. You'll see why when you keep reading.

I've keep track of my weight (sort of)
On 11-16-11 I weighed 183.5 lbs - weighed in the afternoon
On 11-22-11 I weighed 183.0 lbs - weighed at noon, nude
On 11-28-11 I weighed 182.5 lbs - 9:15 AM nude
On 03-09-12 1 weighed 175.5 lbs - 9:00 with clothes
On 03-21-12 I weighed 180.0 lbs - 11:00 nude

I also keep track of the days that I work out, how long I work out and how many calories the machine says I've burned. But instead of going back to November, I'll just start with the first of March.
Key: M = Minutes, Cal = Calories, TM = Treadmill, E = Elliptical, R = Arc, B = Bike, C = Weight Circuit, A = Abs (weight)
3/20/12 -  45 m R, 630 cal
3/19/12 - 30 m R, 419 cal
3/17/12 - 00000
3/16/12 - 30 m R, 420 cal
3/15/12 - 00000
3/14/12 - 30 m R, 419 cal
3/13/12 - 40 m R, 630 cal
3/12/12 - 45 m R, 612 cal
3/10/12 - 0000
3/09/12 - 45 m R, 613 cal
3/08/12 - 00000
3/07/12 - 00000
3/06/12 - 45 m R, 519 cal
03/05/12 - 30 m R, 361 cal
3/03/12 - sick
3/02/12 - sick
3/01/12 - sick
In February, I worked out 12 days. In January I worked out 20 days.