Day 5 Bootcamp

Thursday, January 07, 2010

Your Day 5 workout video for Thursday, January 7, can be found here:
www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness
_articles.asp?id=1087

Also, do 30 minutes cardio of your choice today as well.

Your Bonus Challenge for Thursday (optional) is to also do the Lower Body Stretching Video after your Bootcamp workout. You can do it later on, but you have to make sure your muscles are already warm, so right after your cardio workout would be best! Here's the video link:
www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness
_articles.asp?id=1028
I completed today's BootCamp but I was confused - the Bonus Challenge Stretch was already included in the BootCamp video?

These would be so much easier if there was a BootCamp DVD so I could pause when I have to roll around and also to see what to do next.

Anyway, I have completed Day 5 BootCamp - video, bonus video & cardio!

  

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SOPHIADARE 1/8/2010 1:13PM

Congratulations on your 120.4, too! WooHoo for you! You're always an inspiration! Best wishes! Report Inappropriate Comment

MIKIIO 1/8/2010 6:26AM

Great job, Linda! Report Inappropriate Comment

BARNABABY1 1/7/2010 11:15PM

I wondered the same thing about the extra stretching video....guess they figure we can't get enough stretching. Today's workout went fine but I'll tell ya, my abs and lower back were killing me this morning when I went to get out of bed! I didn't think I had really been able to accomplish much while rolling around on that ball but boy was I wrong!! Ok, now onward to tomorrow!! Let's all keep up the great momentum we've got going. Mary Ann Report Inappropriate Comment

LOPEYP 1/7/2010 9:17PM

Me too! Report Inappropriate Comment

GRALLEN 1/7/2010 5:25PM

Did mine too. Report Inappropriate Comment

MESSENE 1/7/2010 5:15PM

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EMMABE1 1/7/2010 4:34PM

Well done, Keep up the good work!! Report Inappropriate Comment

WALKINGANNIE 1/7/2010 4:34PM

Well done Linda. You're working so hard to get your results. Report Inappropriate Comment

KNITTABLES 1/7/2010 4:29PM

I did it too! Report Inappropriate Comment

Chapter 4 in The Spark & Day 4 SP Bootcamp!

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

I am determined not to rush my way through The Spark. I am amazed at how many ideals I have already been following without knowing it!

When I read the Paragraph Breakthroughs, I knew this was my today's blog.

My Aha Moment - When I realized I could do this! Before I reached my first written goal of 165 lbs, I changed it to 148 and then dared to dream I could reach 135!

My WooHoo Moment - Being a normal weight of 135 for the first time in my memory and realizing I didn't have to stop yet, I could go lower!!

My Breakthrough Point - Knowing I could maintain ANY weight I reached!



Day 4 Bootcamp:
Your Day 4 workout video for Wednesday, January 6, can be found here:
www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness
_artic les.asp?id=1177
Also, do 30 minutes cardio of your choice today as well.

Your Bonus Challenge for Wednesday (optional) is to eat at least 3 servings of fresh, frozen or canned vegetables today. Besides being nutritious, veggies can fill you up on fewer calories so that you're more likely to stick with your healthful eating plan for the day. The Nutrition section under our "Healthy Lifestyle" tab is full of tips to add veggies to your day, so check out the articles there if you need some help.

Done, done, done! But I did have to modify the last plank and just do it on my elbows! I tried with the hands - just too soon for me!

  

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MIKIIO 1/7/2010 1:06PM

Keep up the good work! I can't wait for reaching my Breakthrough Point! Report Inappropriate Comment

ENUFALRDY 1/7/2010 11:47AM

Keep up the great work, you are an inspiration to us all. I am just starting chapter 4...such a great book and as I read it I feel like it is all an Ah-Ha moment. Report Inappropriate Comment

SHUCG1004 1/7/2010 10:56AM

Linda, you are such an inspiration to me and so many others. I just wanted to let you know how much your positive attitude affects me! I've never met you but I sometimes think, "Linda would want me to get some nutritious food instead of the junk I am craving." I remember you told me "one day at a time" or "one moment at a time" when I posted on my blog that I was feeling everything and everyone was against me and that I had no hope. You gave me hope. What a wonderful gift! I'm determined to read through the Spark and take my time, too! I am still in the introduction. Shu Report Inappropriate Comment

ETHEL_MERMAID 1/6/2010 10:20PM

Good for you!! I love the concept of Aha, Woo Hoo, and Breakthrough moments - it's an exciting one, I find! You're my role model :) Report Inappropriate Comment

PALESEPT 1/6/2010 8:32PM

Great job on getting all of the challenges in for the bootcamp! I think I got all of them done, and I didn't even know it:) I have to check out the team page in more depth. Looking forward to the rest of the week. Good luck to you! Pale Comment edited on: 1/6/2010 8:33:27 PM Report Inappropriate Comment

KNITTABLES 1/6/2010 8:27PM

Great moments, I too did all my challenges for bootcamp. Here to doing day 5, have a great night and keep up with the great work. UhUH moments can be real eyeopener. Report Inappropriate Comment

Day 3 Bootcamp Video Challenge

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Today was a breeze for me! The hardest part was walking back to a sitting position on the ball!

I Like this video!!

Did the Bonus Challenge of 2 sets of Close Arm Wall Pushups too!

  

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MSMAKEOVER 1/6/2010 4:32PM

I enjoyed that workout and did the bonus too. WTG Linda.... Report Inappropriate Comment

USARUNNERGIRL 1/6/2010 2:17PM

WTG. Spark on my dear friend. Report Inappropriate Comment

SHUCG1004 1/6/2010 8:54AM

Good job, Linda! Report Inappropriate Comment

CATHEITE 1/6/2010 8:38AM

I love that these videos also challenge your balance. Report Inappropriate Comment

MIKIIO 1/6/2010 1:49AM

Great job! I also like this video -I'm easy to pleased when it involves the stability ball that I love. Report Inappropriate Comment

BARNABABY1 1/5/2010 10:49PM

Me too....me too.....We are awesome!!! Mary Ann Report Inappropriate Comment

KNITTABLES 1/5/2010 10:45PM

Great job, I too enjoyed this one and I did all the orther stuff as well. here's to day 4, we can do this. Report Inappropriate Comment

SUZYMOBILE 1/5/2010 8:04PM

Great work!! I can only look on from the sidelines, because I don't have the video setup, but I admire you! Report Inappropriate Comment

ETHEL_MERMAID 1/5/2010 7:49PM

Bless your heart - literally AND figuratively, Linda! Well DONE!! Report Inappropriate Comment

GRALLEN 1/5/2010 6:14PM

I really enjoyed today's video too. Report Inappropriate Comment

CUPCAKE_LIL 1/5/2010 6:08PM

Good for you! I've only done the cardio challenge of it so far. Report Inappropriate Comment

Why I am eating bread again!

Monday, January 04, 2010

Like most "dieters" I pretty much had quit eating bread unless I had no choice (when I donate blood I bring a sandwich because I am not home for lunch).

Back in June I noticed my hair was starting to thin

I started doing some research and found I was very low in Zinc and Magnesium - the Zinc did help as the hair at my temples started returning - but I still had some thin/balding spots in the back! More research and I asked my co-leader from At Goal & Maintaining and she recommended I start taking Hair, Skin & Nails. Well, there is more than one H S & N on the market - one is vitamins, the other is the herb Horsetail which I have learned is silica. I was taking the Zinc, H S & N (both kinds) and after my last haircut and asking the hairdresser I am also taking a Magnesium tablet daily. Yes! Thankfully the hair is regrowing, everywhere!

Back to the bread. I am tracking nutrients that I seem to be having difficulty consuming and lately I noticed that Bread seems to have a little of everything! Has to be the wheat flour!! (No, I do not use Whole Wheat Flour - my DH doesn't like it.) But it has reminded me that "Bread is the staff of life" in the Bible!

And this is why I am eating bread again! I eat a slice of my own rather fattening bread every day now. It is giving me all sorts of trace minerals and vitamins!

Maybe flour is so fattening because it is so full of nutrients?!

**edit:
Monday Challenge was lower body video - did pretty darn good but had to use the walker to balance for the single leg stuff.
Ate my fruits for the bonus challenge!

  

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CATHEITE 1/6/2010 9:10AM

Wow, this is all new to me so I found it hugely interesting. I'm a carboholic and have never given up my bread - not for anything. I tried the Arnold Sandwich Thins in rye this week... OMG! Heaven! I'm so glad you found the answer you needed, Linda. Report Inappropriate Comment

EMILYBEMENT 1/5/2010 6:26PM

Linda, you are one smart chick, you have an issue you search out a solution. This is why you are such a great success. I can not wait for the day I can maintain and get bring back in moderation a few things I have always loved. But bread is my weakness and until I get my poo together it will still be off limits. I am working on my inner strength as much as I am working on my outer. Hugs, Em Report Inappropriate Comment

ONMYWAYTOGOAL 1/5/2010 11:40AM

I love bread too....it would be hard to give it up completely. I treat myself to an Arnold's Sandwich Thin most days. They come in multi grain, wheat and white. I love 'em. High in fiber and low in cal (about 100). Yum! Report Inappropriate Comment

BITTYGIRL51 1/5/2010 7:55AM

Great blog. I am not a "dieter"...but am a Weight Watcher....that's why I love the program so much. It's doeable! There isn't any food I have to deprive myself of...I have just switched from white flour to whole wheat flour/ white bread to whole wheat bread, pasta, tortillas etc; I also limit my intake of bread/carbs...but for what it's worth - I lead a normal healthy lifestyle by enjoying all my favorite foods in moderation. Extremes just don't work for me. Thanks for confirming what I already knew. You are on the right track. Report Inappropriate Comment

KNITTABLES 1/4/2010 10:58PM

Interesting to know, I take cal/mag but not zinc. I will check it out, I do eat 12 grain bread now. Hope your hair grows back nice and thick. Report Inappropriate Comment

WALKINGANNIE 1/4/2010 4:49PM

Interesting blog Linda, and helpful as usual. My hair also fell out at an alarming rate last year as a reaction to medical trauma. I had it cropped short and my hairdresser advised me to eat wholemeal bread as well as Brazil nuts and small bananas (1 of each a day). My hair has thickened up again but I've kept it short. I would never have had the nerve to cut it so short if it hadn't fallen out but everyone says it's taken years off me so it's part of my new look these days. Oddly it was straight before it fell out but has come back with a wave it it and a much better texture. Report Inappropriate Comment

ETHEL_MERMAID 1/4/2010 3:13PM

Oh, I'm so glad abut your hair, Linda! I know what it's like to have one's "crowning glory" become less so, having had my hair periodically thin from general anesthesia. So glad this mix of minerals plus the silica are helping! Plus, the extra zinc should enhance your immunity, and magnesia helps our bods absorb calcium...so And that flour is enriched...cereal's the same, so when I eat my cereal, I see my nutrient numbers go up :) All the best, Susan Report Inappropriate Comment

ASTORRES1 1/4/2010 11:45AM

I do bread in moderation......as with everything....alittle is ok...alot not so much....lol amy Report Inappropriate Comment

SHUCG1004 1/4/2010 11:23AM

Good for you, Linda, for doing what is right for you. Do you have a breadmaker? I am seriously considering getting one! Shu Report Inappropriate Comment

MESSENE 1/4/2010 11:06AM

I have noticed my hair getting a bit thinner too. I have been trying the calcium magnesium w/zinc too. I wonder if the weather has something to do with this, since we normally have tons of hair in our family. Bread sounds like a idea! Have a wonderful day! Report Inappropriate Comment

JUDYK17 1/4/2010 10:21AM

I love bread! That is one thing that I will not give up on. But all in moderation. Could that be why my hair is thick and full? As my daughter the hairdresser complains about when she is cutting my hair! Report Inappropriate Comment

GRALLEN 1/4/2010 10:09AM

I don't know but I love bread. There are just some things I refuse to give up. Maybe that's why it's taking so long to lose the weight. Report Inappropriate Comment

JILLTBNAGART 1/4/2010 9:52AM

Everything in moderation right? Hope the hair makes a complete come back. Report Inappropriate Comment

The Spark!

Sunday, January 03, 2010

I received my copy early - it was shipped Priority Mail, and no, I didn't request that or pay for it so it must be another present from SparkGuy!

Several months back I was asked to sign a waiver so they could use something I had written - you know I printed and signed the waiver and mailed it in!

But I told no one because I knew that things change and it was not a guarantee that I would be in the book.

It is quite an honor to be included in a paragraph in a book this size and considering how many members there are here at SparkPeople. So when KENNYWHEELS contacted me yesterday that he found me in The Spark, you know I was elated! I hadn't yet found me on my own. KENNYWHEELS even told me what page, page 39!

I had to trust SparkPeople - I had to let go of my antiquated ideas and trust that SP knew better than me - anyone that has ever taken part in a 12-Step Program will recognize, "I had to let go and let Spark show me the way."

I do not believe I am allowed to put what is in the book here - they do own it now. So just let me say, SparkPeople works!

Sometimes you must take a giant leap of faith to follow the program but SparkPeople works!!

I can't say it enough, SparkPeople works!!! Start today with Stage One of the Spark Program and you too can realize your dreams.

Dreams really can come true! SparkPeople Works!

**Edit for the Bonus Challenge for the SP Spark Your Body BootCamp:
My goal is to tone up more now that I have reached goal weight.
weight 122.4
neck 12.25
chest 35.5
waist 26.5
hips 35
thighs 18.75
calves 14.5
arm

I had to greatly modify the video challenge - just can't hop around so spryly on these old knees. But I purchased some foam interlocking mats yesterday and I'm ready to try again next Sunday!

  

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SIMPLELIFE4REAL 1/6/2010 6:35PM

I have those mats too. They help a lot. I use them when I do WATP too. Congratulations on being in the book! Report Inappropriate Comment

MSMAKEOVER 1/5/2010 4:53PM

That's just fabulous and so are you. Congrats on all of your accomplishments.....wishing you the best in Bootcamp....I'm there with you. WTG Linda!!!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

LAURAANN821 1/4/2010 8:18AM

I'm totally impressed, but not at all surprised. You have a fantastic way with words and have demonstrated that Spark really does work! Oh to have a 26.5" waistline!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

MIKIIO 1/4/2010 2:52AM

That's awesome! I'm not surprised that Sparkpeople contacted you, you are a gem here: reached your goal, maintaining it and keep on sparkling and helping others wherever you go. I couldn't wait to receive my copy, but now I'm very excited to get it and find you through the pages. Report Inappropriate Comment

GRALLEN 1/3/2010 8:02PM

Woohoo, I'm excited Linda! I have the book since last week but haven't even had a chance to look at it yet. I can't wait to get to your part. Heck, I may just cheat and read that page first. Report Inappropriate Comment

MESSENE 1/3/2010 5:00PM

I read chapter 3 and seen your writing in it I was so happy You made into the spark pages! Have a wonderful day! Report Inappropriate Comment

KNITTABLES 1/3/2010 1:36PM

Wow, great going, now I am going to look you up, Yep their you are. Excellant, Here to more Great things that Sparks has to offer. Enjoy your day. And Report Inappropriate Comment

BETRME100 1/3/2010 1:21PM

I found you in the book too...even before reading your blog!! You're truly an inspiration to so many of us!! And yes, SparkPeople works!! Report Inappropriate Comment

FINDINGREALME 1/3/2010 12:24PM

LOL I just finished reading that section and was like "Wow! I know someone in the book!" How cool was that. Kudos to you on the recognition of being the success that you are!! Beth Report Inappropriate Comment

WALKINGANNIE 1/3/2010 11:47AM

Well done you! Report Inappropriate Comment

ETHEL_MERMAID 1/3/2010 11:41AM

Just picked up my brand spankin' new copy and found you there! Your words there really inspired me, too - "One day at a time, one pound at a time!" Those are great watchwords, Linda! Report Inappropriate Comment

UNIQUELADY42 1/3/2010 11:28AM

WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT!!! I TOO HAVE THE BOOK BUT HAVE NOT REACHED PAGE 39. BUT WHEN I DO I WILL BE THINKING OF YOU...GREAT JOB Report Inappropriate Comment

MARTY19 1/3/2010 11:03AM

I found you in the book too. You not only talk the talk, but you have walked the walk and been successful. I am so proud of you. Love you, Marty Report Inappropriate Comment

ASTORRES1 1/3/2010 10:40AM

WOOHOO linda Report Inappropriate Comment

THREEWHALES 1/3/2010 10:21AM

I know someone famous! You are so inspiring. Thanks for being my friend here at SP and WT. Report Inappropriate Comment

SOPHIADARE 1/3/2010 10:14AM

Way to go, Linda! Report Inappropriate Comment

LOPEYP 1/3/2010 9:51AM

Linda. I haven't gotten to page 39 yet but I might take a peek ahead to check out your quote! Report Inappropriate Comment

MEADSBAY 1/3/2010 9:49AM

Now there will be even MORE Sparkies in your fan club! xoxoxo your #1 fan elizabeth Report Inappropriate Comment

PALESEPT 1/3/2010 9:46AM

Hi! I'm so proud of you! You're in a book! You know, I was proud be mentioned in a book a long, long time ago:) It was a vampire website directory *giggles*! Yes, way back in the day, I had an extremely popular vampire website... it was a bulletin board type thing. Anyway, they mentioned my website addy in a book and talked about it as well. It was a massive book too! I'm sure this all means nothing to you, but I just wanted you to know that I know how you feel and that I am very proud of you! I wish that I could get the spark book so that I could see that page 39:) Pale Report Inappropriate Comment