W7D3 / 10wks - HOOOOOOOP TIME!

Monday, March 14, 2011

I MADE HOOPS. :)

I sent the information for the class to the Health and Wellness Coordinator at work and may be able to start as soon as tomorrow - we shall see! I'm excited.

Using the physics diet- yesterday was my splurge meal last night, this morning weight is up, but I fully expect it to head back down this week and I want to make that average go DOWNDOWNDOWN!

That is really all for now. Fun weekend, lots of stuff happened.

Finally got a yoga mat and a thicker mat for doing pilates type stuff on so my tailbone doesn't hurt.

  

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MARLIE13 3/16/2011 10:32PM

Those whoops look like hecka fun! Report Inappropriate Comment

CANDOK1260 3/15/2011 2:10PM

your hoop look great and congrats on your weight lost Report Inappropriate Comment

SEEHOLZ 3/15/2011 1:33PM

cool hoops- thought of you as my mother-in-law got a hoop for the kids Report Inappropriate Comment

MBSHAZZER 3/14/2011 3:21PM

Love the hoops! So stylish! Report Inappropriate Comment

SWEATONCEADAY 3/14/2011 12:57PM

ooo nice colours! i punched in my numbers since january too on that website. i don't want to punch in mine today though. up 3lbs. bleh. Report Inappropriate Comment

HOPERY 3/14/2011 11:35AM

They are so pretty! How did you make them? Report Inappropriate Comment

W6D7/10wk SBA - Don't let the scale get you down!

Friday, March 11, 2011

I almost let the scale rob me of the positivity I've felt this entire week, but I CHECKED MYSELF before I WRECKED MYSELF.

Ok not really, I had a little mini whine fest this morning and then I got over it, and now I'm not letting it get me down.

The silliest things this morning - first the scale (lots of numbers, I'm going with 186 and thinking maybe I need a new scale cause it's been more and more inconsistent lately within the same calibration and whatnot), and then I went upstairs looking forward to a breakfast of some artisanal sourdough w/ freshly ground dark chocolate peanut butter.... to find my DH eating the last pieces of it. :(

WAHWAHWAHWAHWAH

Ok then I got over myself a bit, got a good hug from the DH, and headed to work and decided to FINALLY look at this site some good new sparkfriends had suggested - PhyicsDiet.com

I entered every weigh-in and date I could remember, and then reviewed my trend chart....



Well lookie there! I AM trending downward. I just need to keep going!

TOM is next week, so I think there are some emotional reactions that were going on this morning that weren't completely UNhormonal if you get what I'm saying, and it's possible the scale is being affected by that situation as well... but we shall see.

PhysicsDiet site actually accepts a daily weighin to make the best use of that information, so I'm going to start really entering it daily to see what is going on over time.

  

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MARLIE13 3/16/2011 10:33PM

That's an interesting looking site. Very cool! Report Inappropriate Comment

ANEPANALIPTI 3/13/2011 3:06PM

lookin good girl! Report Inappropriate Comment

SIMPLE_TAILOR 3/13/2011 10:03AM

Assuming that it is an electronic scale, I would just look at changing the battery. When the battery starts to fail on mine, the numbers get wonky. Report Inappropriate Comment

SEEHOLZ 3/12/2011 2:47PM

Um, between Dan and Danny, I have to hide my piece of whatever, or it'll most definitely be gone-LOL- it must be a universal phenomenon. I know you are doing this scale back team, but I'll tell you, I haven't stepped on the scale in a few months and I am happier than I have been in awhile- bodywise anyways- my clothes fit and my pants feel loose on me today and even DH thinks I might have slimmed down... so you know what? I actually don't care for the time being. As much as it is important not to be in denial over what the scale says, it is even more important to feel good about your body. I think sometimes the daily weigh in can be an awesome tool and sometimes, just a burden, a set up and so forth. For this scale back, I'm sure it's a good thing and I still give you tons of credit for doing so well with the eating. One thing for sure- you always share the cool links- I knew about this site, but never even thought to mention it, since I have never used it, but I can see it being a good tool at some point, so thanks for sharing! Have an awesome rest of the week-end! Report Inappropriate Comment

NOELLIEMAE 3/12/2011 2:34PM

mmmmm dark chocolate PB.... NOW I HAVE A CRAVING! VERY cool site! see you soon ;) Report Inappropriate Comment

SKYFYRE 3/12/2011 4:25AM

Cool Beans.. always like a good website recommendation! Ya! on the overall loss! Report Inappropriate Comment

GRACEFULIFE 3/11/2011 8:37PM

Not only are you generally trending downward, but that graph definitely makes it look like you have whooshes. It'll be interesting to see what is shown by daily data. Just make sure to NOT consider those daily readings to be weight! They are data, and indicator to your weight. Sometimes it has taken a lot of willpower to not stress over small weight changes and keep it in perspective this way, I'll admit. Report Inappropriate Comment

KSGROTHE 3/11/2011 5:19PM

Glad to hear that you CHECKED YOURSELF before you WRECKED YOURSELF (after your little mini-meltdown, of course)! I might have to check out that physicsdiet.com website. Keep up the good work! - Karen Report Inappropriate Comment

MBSHAZZER 3/11/2011 2:05PM

Dana, I was LOL at your mini-meltdown. I can't tell you how many times I was so excited to eat something only to find the BF had eaten it already! And that PB sounds like total crack! :D Report Inappropriate Comment

WAVEDANCER7 3/11/2011 1:53PM

PS- isn't it a good thing that hubby was eating bread that involves peanut butter and chocolate?! I think i would be greateful someone would keep that away from me. Albeit delicious, doesn't sound conducive to making the scale move downward.... Report Inappropriate Comment

SWEATONCEADAY 3/11/2011 1:27PM

i will check it out. since i weigh daily i might as well do something with it. lol Report Inappropriate Comment

KASHMIR 3/11/2011 12:37PM

I'm going to have to check it out too, since I am a daily weigher. I love seeing trends! Off to see if the site isn't blocked here at work! thanks for sharing. Report Inappropriate Comment

NATURALLY FIT GIRL! W6D6/10 Wk Scale Back

Thursday, March 10, 2011

I have started a NEW blog!

naturallyfitgirl.wordpress.com/

I love my sparkPeople blog, I will always keep blogging here - but this one will be different. I intend for it to be a bit more... professional? Whereas this is where my brain spills out. HAHAHA :) We'll see how the other one goes. That is my intention with it. I wanna be one of those cool blogger chicks. So please check out my new location.

As for the day to day ramble, I tweaked my right trap doing some crazy twisting yoga yesterday during lunch - DOH! - but not too bad, it feels almost 100% normal today, but at the moment it was hurting yesterday and got better throughout thed ay. Anyway - I did my aquajogging yesterday, a good ladder workout for 37 minutes, then band (which was great!), and then home to cook some awesome pork chops + veggies + make rice+ some sausages for today's lunch.

Well I forgot my lunch this morning, so I went to subway. HAHA. I got a footlong VEGGIE DELIGHT. No anything except veggies. I put a bit of hummus on it when I got it back to work (what was left in my little hummus container, which wasn't much) and it was DELICIOUS. I bought some apple slices and yogurt for 2nd break, so I don't pass out during zumba later. At least I have lunch all ready for tomorrow!

After dinner and while waiting for the last 5 minutes on my rice to cook, I did a mini intense core session. Back to back sets of crunches+plank+crunches+plank. Mini plank. From the knees. But also from the forearms, so a more difficult angle to hold.... but I didn't want to involve my achilles or my shoulder as much due to the earlier tweaking. My abs were on FIRE after that.

So I'm feeling really positive and on track right now, I did go a bit over on my calories total yesterday, but I felt very satisfied with all of my choices, including the chocolate I ate. It was very good chocolate!

Today and tomorrow are lighter days for me - in that I'm not doing 2 major things in a day. (Monday - aquajogging+knitting circle, Tuesday - Zumba + aquajogging, Wed - aquajogging + big band) - Thursday is just Zumba. And some lower body ST. Friday is just aquajogging, and some upper body ST (which I may try to knock out at work again, during the day this time).

Other cool news, I've been given the go-ahead from our Health & Wellness committee at work to add a beginner hula hooping class to our offerings. I'm heading out with a friend of mine this weekend to try to find some supplies for making our own hoops, and then I intend to make extras to have available at class. I'm basically copying my hula hoop teacher, only I'm not getting paid for it so I figure the plagiarism is probably less bad because I'm not profiting from it. Basically how I feel about my Zumba class - I'm calling it Zumba, but I'm not certified.... but I'm not getting paid. HAHHAHA. You know? I fully intend to obtain more training and become certified in Zumba if I'm ever going to actually teach a Zumba class and get paid for it, just like I want to have the proper training and certification before I have personal training clients.

  

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MARLIE13 3/16/2011 10:31PM

Love it!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

NOELLIEMAE 3/11/2011 3:47AM

:) AWESOME! I'll check out your blog when I head back to my room this evening :) Report Inappropriate Comment

SKYFYRE 3/11/2011 2:09AM

Woohoo! A Pro Blogger! I wish you lots of success! I have been thinking about doing the same thing, love you blog name! Way to go Dana! Report Inappropriate Comment

SWEATONCEADAY 3/11/2011 12:02AM

hula hoop teacher ! oh yeah! subway veggie delites are my go to too. however, i do get cheese on them and a bit of mayo. Report Inappropriate Comment

MDTWEETY 3/10/2011 6:37PM

Congrats on the new blog! Have fun with it! I've signed up to get it by email. :) Report Inappropriate Comment

KSGROTHE 3/10/2011 4:53PM

How cool that you've started a NEW blog! I like the picture of the shoes, but maybe the font on "naturallyfitgirl" should be a different color to make it stand out more. I think it's that you're so pumped to teach Zumba and hooping to your coworkers! It seems fitting that you'd share your enthusiasm in a NEW blog as well. Keep up the good work! You rock! - Karen Report Inappropriate Comment

MBSHAZZER 3/10/2011 4:51PM

Yoga = root of all evil! LOL! I love the Subway footlong veggie delights! And at the subway across the street from my office, they are only $5! Bargain! Report Inappropriate Comment

W6D5/10wk SBA - KICKED OUT OF THE POOL!

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

No I wasn't violating any pool laws, not even with my MP3 player balanced on my head.

But did you know that the indoor pool closes when it's lightning outside? What's up with that? I was very disgruntled because I was only 5 min past my 5 min warmup. My poor HRM read 11 min for the workout, 93 calories. Good thing for me I also taught zumba - for a ROCKIN AMAZING 534 calories in 34 min. My HR average was 179 and max 192 for that class! And smiling almost the whole time. Love Zumba! :)

Prior to zumba I did some upper body stuff w/ my kettlebell at my desk - tri extensions, shoulder presses, concentration curls. KB is onle 10lbs, but I usually do tri extensions w/ a 20lber with both hands together, and the instability made it a bit of an extra challenge. Shoulder presses were too easy, but concentration curls were actually pretty good with it, I'm assuming because the bicep was really isolated so it did not have any helper muscles assisting.

Then I moved over to the other builing where zumba class is held and headed to the empty break room. After last week I had some achilles/PF feelings of unhappiness after my lower body bonanza - Thursday I tried walking lunges instead and did more of the split squats - so today I toned that down. Static Lunges ONLY prior to zumba - 1 set squats w/ a 3 count down 1 count up pattern, 1 set same w/ sumo squats and 1 period of a held sumo squat w/ heel taps DURING zumba so I didn't want to totally overdo it like maybe I did last week - and I also did some wall pushups to try to get at my chest a little bit.

Zumba was killer - during the last song one of my students was like, IS THIS THE LAST SONG!?! And I was like - yeah I think so... hahaha and it was. After cooldown I looked at my watch and only 30min had passed. I was like - guys that was only just 30min! :) They did great. I stopped my HRM after my heartrate had really gotten down to the 120's at least - hence the extra 4 min. :P I wasn't holding still during that time - turning off stuff in the room, walking to my car, etc., but still.

Also hit the grocery store last night - very pleased with my shopping for the week! :) I think it's gonna be a good one. I've tracked everything I plan to eat for the day and have a little wiggle room if necessary as well, so that's good. Sliced up some bell peppers this morning for a nice hummus snack later, too.

Today the scale gave me a few different numbers again, none as low as the new low I saw Saturday morning, but I think I might get to see that number or lower again by Friday. The trend is moving DOWN overall and that is what I need to concern myself with - especially since I ate dinner late and we had BLT's so some good sodium content there, and I didn't get as much sleep. Tonight will be the same because of band probably, but tomorrow I should get a good amount of sleep before Friday's weighin - AND I have planned my dinners so I will have a nice lower sodium dinner tonight and tomorrow.

  

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SWEATONCEADAY 3/10/2011 2:05AM

"what's up with that?" sorry. as soon as you said that i lost focus and got a snl skit in my head. hayden was singing it about 10 mins before i read this. http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=KmaGpRbJe7U&tracker=False< BR>getting kicked out for lightening, never heard of that. good thing you got the zumba in. balancing that mp3 player must be really good for your posture. you need henry to tag along to get a picture or someone. i totally picture you like a finishing school girl with a book on your head. Report Inappropriate Comment

SKYFYRE 3/10/2011 1:36AM

Lightening has a strong affinity for water, but I didn't know it was strong enough to go through walls?! Weird! Way to go on your amazing zumba class! Wahoo! And rocking the control too! Report Inappropriate Comment

WAVEDANCER7 3/9/2011 2:04PM

I'm totally impressed with that mega cal burn for zumba! Gotta love it!! Report Inappropriate Comment

HOPERY 3/9/2011 1:54PM

Kicked out of the indoor pool for lightening? Yup, that's weird. I guess if the building got struck, they don't want you in water. Does that mean I shouldn't take a bath during a storm? Anyway, you are rocking the workouts! P.S. I am doing all my running in my sandals. Report Inappropriate Comment

MBSHAZZER 3/9/2011 1:07PM

How strange they closed the indoor pool for lightning?! I love that you stash weights at your desk for a quick workout! Too funny! Report Inappropriate Comment

KASHMIR 3/9/2011 11:52AM

I remember as a kid having to get out of the pool whenever there was a lightning storm! And it was an indoor pool too. Report Inappropriate Comment

RUNTRILAUGH 3/9/2011 10:09AM

WOW.... I guess it makes sense, but still weird! Glad to see you are going the right direction on the scale, but more importantly, it sounds like you FEEL GOOD! Report Inappropriate Comment

SPARK VIRTUAL 5K! :) W6D4 / 10wk scale back

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

So...........

I registered for the Spark Into Spring Virtual 5K! :) WOOT!

www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/springsp
5k.asp

"SparkPeople will conduct a random drawing of all eligible members who complete a race and enter their time in our April 10-16 Virtual Race! Prizes include:
One randomly selected participant will receive a $100 gift certificate to Zappos.com to buy new workout shoes
10 randomly selected participants will receive a SparkPeople T-shirt."

Plus it doesn't have to be a 5K - there are various options for 1 mile, 5K, and 10K distance - and it doesn't have to be running either! The sign-up lets you register for whichever way you want to do it, and provides options to get a training plan from Sparks to get ready.

SO GO DO IT.

I will be in my 2nd week post 9 week aquajogging rehab program by then, so I hope to be able to complete a 5K running. Week 9 starts me runnnig 10 min at a time on a soft surface, 3 days that week, so I'm hoping building from there I can do a 5K after 2 more weeks. *fingers crossed*

I had a great LONG aquajogging workout last night - 54 minutes total I think, including a total of 20 intervals of 1:30 at a hard effort.

Tonight I think I will do steady state. That workout is longer so I'm gonna trade it so I can do a shorter interval workout tomorrow when I have to get to band afterward.

I did NOT do my upper body ST last night. oops. But I DID bring my KB to work today so that I can do some today at work or with my lower body training before zumba. So I can still stay on track!

  

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NOELLIEMAE 3/9/2011 2:02PM

HA! I can't remember if I signed up for the 5K or the 10K... I'll have to look!!! best of luck girlie! Report Inappropriate Comment

WAVEDANCER7 3/8/2011 8:32PM

Orrrr you could run the 5k in the pool. Just sayin' Report Inappropriate Comment

HOPERY 3/8/2011 8:07PM

Sounds fun! I have a 5k I am wanting to do here in town, but if I don't have the finances I will race you virtually. I think it is so awesome how you stick with things! (like using the aquajogging) You are an awesome athlete! Are you still rowing? Report Inappropriate Comment

MBSHAZZER 3/8/2011 4:43PM

GOOOOOO Dana! Report Inappropriate Comment

JAMIECARDER 3/8/2011 3:52PM

I signed up a couple of weeks ago but haven't been able to start training. We have a 5K trail down the street from where I live so I'm anxious for the time to change this weekend! I am going to do the final race either way, I just may not have a great time. I didn't realize until now that you could also do weekly ones and log your time... definitely going to have to try that one out! Report Inappropriate Comment

SWEATONCEADAY 3/8/2011 3:37PM

i signed up for the 10k. however, because i am Canadian i am not eligible for squat. just to burn 600 calories i guess lol. i am not bitter that i can never win a spark prize. no no! are you still balancing your ipod on your head while in the pool? i think you should try it on the road for fun again? do your upper body st now jelly arms. bwahahahahah! Report Inappropriate Comment