Personal Training Session and Rebounding Class

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Hi Spark Friends,
Don't have much time to chat tonight, but wanted to do a quick blog about my recent trip to the gym. Yesterday, I went to a rebounding class which was a lot of fun. There were about 10-12 people in the class and everyone had a mini trampoline. The instructor took us through a series of exercises to fun upbeat music and brought our heart rate right up to the proper range without exhaustion. We did 45 minutes on the rebounder and then finished up with 10 minutes of strength and core exercises. Core is definately an area I need to work on.

Then today, I had a session with a personal trainer which was very enlightening. I have a problem with my right knee and she pointed out that my knee is bothered by certain exercises as my form isn't correct! She pointed out what I was doing wrong and made the corrections and "viola!" I was able to do squats and lunges without triggering the nagging knee pain. I am absolutely amazed by that. She mentioned it is a very common problem. She then helped me with "pre-pushup" muscle strengthening exercises and some crunches. I have also been doing crunches wrong. Go figure. I like her method. Lastly, she did a body fat analysis and I came in at 31... should be 27-28% for my age so still some work to do on that.

All in all, it has been a fun experience at the gym here in NYC. I told my DH that the gym at home is like Motel 6 and the gym here is like the Waldorf Astoria LOL. Here is a link to Club H if you want to take a peek.

www.clubhw55.com/

Wishing all my Spark Friends a wonderful Thanksgiving. Have a great day and don't eat too much!

Hugs,
Rhonda

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Made some progress today

Monday, November 23, 2009

Got a decent nights sleep last night so woke up feeling ready for the day. It is hard to sleep in a strange place as noises, temperature and such is all different. Probably the biggest factor for me is my DB is SMOKING again. Arrrrggh. This is a small 1 BD apt and you just can't get away from the smoke and it gives me a constant low grade headache. I don't want to be bitchy as this is HIS home and HIS life, but I'm really hoping that we can get that turned around. With all his health issues smoking isn't something he should be doing. Today, we got a lot of things accomplished so that was good. I was able to get over to the gym and let me tell you it is a beautiful classy place. I took a spinning class tonight and wouldn't you know it... the "she devil" has spawned! There is another one here! I got a great work-out and really left feeling I had taken it to my max. I spoke with DB about going to the gym and he said he would do it. He isn't sure how much he can do but we will start with a little cardio. My sister mentioned to me that when she was here he told her "no way! ~ and if Rhonda thinks she is going to get me working out when she is here she has another thing coming." Hee Heee..... he is changing his tune. Tonight I told him my goal was to have him in spinning by the time I leave in 3 weeks. That may be a bit aggressive but what the heck... I'm shooting for it.

That's my story for today. Take care my spark friends.
Hugs,
Rhonda

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It's been a loooonnnnngggg day

Sunday, November 22, 2009

This has been one long day. After working around the house all day yesterday, getting laundry finished and packing my husband then drove me to the airport after dinner. It is about a 2 hour drive from our house and my flight to JFK was leaving at midnight. He got me to the airport around 9:30pm as we wanted him to get back home before midnight so he could get a decent nights sleep. Flew all night (I was in a middle seat ~ arrrrgghh) and probably dozed off a few times and that is about it for sleep. Got to my brothers place here in Manhattan at 10:30am and then lugged all my luggage up 3 flights of stairs. We visited for awhile then I made some breakfast for us and got unpacked. The rest of the day we pretty much just relaxed other than a trip to the grocerty store for food and supplies. Tomorrow we have a full schedule with a few appointments but I'm thinking I should be able to fit in some sparking. I'm feeling a little guilty that I didn't get in much exercise today ~ but on the other hand my rationale mind tells me that is a ridiculous thought to have under the circumstances.

I'm going to try and get to bed now. Wishing you all a good week ahead. Hugs, Rhonda

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Getting ready for trip tomorrow

Friday, November 20, 2009

I have been bustling around packing and getting ready to leave for NYC tomorrow. I have let the food in our refrigerator get down to bare bones so I told my DH he may be eating pancakes for dinner tomorrow! Still have some laundry and housework to do before I leave but most of the packing is done. I'm taking a full 50 pounds in my suitcase that gets checked (JetBlue lets you check one bag for free up to 50 pounds... yeah!) I'm taking as much food and supplies as possible as I can buy cheaper here than in Manhattan. I spoke with my sister on the phone today and she is on her way back after spending 3 weeks with my brother. She found few bargains however mentioned she is bringing back SF Jello. It is $1 per box here and she found it at Walgreens there 3 for $1... go figure! Anyway, for those of you who have been following the situation, my brother is improving. He was at the doctor a few days ago and the doctor was SHOCKED at the amount of improvement that has been made. Thank you so much for your prayers... they work! He is gaining weight and strength and is showing some of his old spark. I think the plan my sister and I worked out to get him back on his feet and to work just may fly. I'll blog more about his progress and the situation over the next few weeks. I'm going to miss having Thanksgiving here in Oregon with my family here but will do my best to have some fun in the Big Apple. If any of my Sparkfriends are going to be in Manhattan over the next 3 weeks, please consider sending me SparkMail as I would love to meet for a cup of coffee... or for a Pinkberry! I am addicted to Pinkberry... if you haven't had one they are OMG good and low calorie too.... sort of like low fat frozen yogurt. Everything is super fresh and yummy and they are only a block away over from my bros apartment.

Thanks for stopping by and especially thank you for all your postive comments , prayers and support. Have a wonderful week-end.

Hugs,
Rhonda

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

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Have a wonderful day dear Spark Friends,
Hugs,
Rhonda

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