ICKA_2's SparkPeople Blog

Stairs

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:29:41 EST

Tried running stairs this evening. It was SO HARD! I chose the Whitemud stairs which meant 261 steps. I went up only 3 times, and the last time I was just walking but I could still feel my quads burn! I've decided to do them at least twice a week and one day I'll be able to run all the way up without stopping!

So today: 261 X 3 = 783 going up, 783 going down, = Total of 1,566 steps.

I think I did it in about 25 or 30 minutes but next time I'll time myself. I think I'll...

No new progress yet

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:38:19 EST

I'm not too bummed out about having no progress just yet, I know these things take time. I went for a run outside on Saturday (since I've just been doing the treadmill at lunch), and I wanted to see if I could do a 5k yet. Nope, not yet but I know I'll get there eventually. I have the Color Me Rad run in July so I still have three weeks to train and try and finish in 30min.

I'm lifting about 3-4X a week doing an Anterior/Posterior kind of split. I'm hoping the lunges and squats he...

Where did the time go?

Mon, 27 May 2013 13:24:09 EST

The last couple months have gone by in a blur! School was hard, but I pulled off my 4.0 GPA so I'm super proud of myself and happy to have the next couple months off! Sadly, with school I kind of let myself get off track with eating and working out. I'm back at 155 lbs, although it's a different 155 than my starting weight. I still have more muscle but also my jeans are getting pretty tight. =( Not happy! I've almost completely given up running and that really makes me sad. I used to be so go...

To accomplish this summer:

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:54:42 EST

Reach 140lbs
Get arm tattoo
Go to Vegas
House sit for a friend downtown
Go to Shambhala
Go to Ontario with my cousin
Save for next years tuition
Save for next years snowboarding trip to Montana
Run a half marathon
Plan graduation party in Thailand
Plan for trip to Ireland
..... I think that's it so far. haha

Rarely tracking food and hardly exercising

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:17:56 EST

School has taken over my LIFE! Between studying, friends, family and the boyfriend, I have like zero time to be on Spark people anymore. Its kinda sad! I miss talking to everyone!

I'm proud to say though that even though I haven't been tracking my food or making it to the gym regularly I've still been watching what I eat and I'm at 151lbs still. (Yay!) It means I'm still doing something right!

I quit my gym yesterday. I don't have time to go to that one anymore, it's to...

Progress Pics for August

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:44:36 EST

I weighed myself at the gym today and I'm at 151 !!! WOOO! This is exciting! Only ten more pounds to go! I've hardly done any cardio except maybe 20 minutes once a week on the treadmill or a 5 minute warm up. I've been focusing mainly on strength and eating properly. I've toned up quite a bit! When I was at my lowest last year at around 142 ish, I still wasn't happy with my body and I started to gain weight back. Cardio helped me lose weight but strength training has helped me get the body I'...

Summer is wrapping up

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:04:54 EST

I had the most AMAZING time at Shambahla in Salmo, BC two weeks ago! It's this giant outdoor rave/music festival that goes on for 4 days and it was just such a fun, new experience! I'm definitely going next year.

Since I got back I've been going to the gym, still doing my workout splits between legs and upper body. Today was Back, Biceps, and Shoulders. I'm trying to get that nice muscle line that runs down the shoulder and across the upper arm. I think it looks sexy! So doing lot...

Everything's coming together =)

Wed, 1 Aug 2012 11:46:48 EST

So last Thursday Harley and I went on a date to get our palms read and to try the food festival that was going on. The initial plan was to try the deep fried pickles but once we got there, there were soooo many choices and we completely forgot haha. The green onion cake was sooo yummy though, and I got him to try the vegan "chicken" strips, which were also really good. Because the palm reading place and the event were both downtown, we walked the couple blocks in between. Honestly, it was the...

Let Myself Induldge

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:19:58 EST

Well, last weekend was fun! I didn't think about tracking calories at all, I just let myself enjoy the fair and all the fun yummy foods that come with it. But let's start with Friday night. I went long boarding with Mark for two hours, and we pretty much talked the entire time. Even when we took a short break to sit in the park, we just never ran out of things to say. It was actually really nice, I enjoyed it a lot. It's too bad that he's gone to BC for two weeks now and when he gets back I'l...

Dating, Weight, & Weights

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:47:34 EST

I've been going to the gym pretty much every lunch hour and doing my weight training, but cardio has seriously taken a hit. I hardly do it at all anymore. It started with me giving my leg time to heal from running and I think I just fell out of habit with it. So I'm trying to work that back in. Not that cutting out cardio has been THAT detrimental. I'm still around 155 and my clothes are fitting the same. Strength training has been pretty effective! I think this lunch hour I'm going to try bi...

This crazy heat!

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:57:27 EST

It is almost eleven at night and the low for tonight is 20 degrees celsius. Even my open window does little to cool me down! It was about 37 all day, I thought I was going to melt. Don't take this as complaining, I love this kind of weather! I much rather this than our minus 40 winters!

Anyway, enough about that, I want to make a quick progress blog. I've been sticking to my weight training during the week, I go every lunch hour. I usually split my days between back and chest, leg...

Progress?? & Life

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:48:09 EST

Did a shoulders/biceps/triceps workout at lunch today. I can barely open doors now lol. I went to the bank afterwards and could barely hand the deposit book over to the teller without my arms shaking.

Bicep curl 15X20lb, 6X25lb, 10X20lb
Triceps dips 3X15reps
Hammer curl 10X17lb, 10X15lb, 10X15lb
Overhead triceps extension 10X20lb, 10X20lb, 10X20lb
Triceps kickback 8X10lb
Shoulder press 10X15lb, 10X15lb, 10X15lb
Front shoulder raise 10X10lb, 10X10lb, 10...

Lifting Stats

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:37:37 EST

Just gunna jot down some of my lifting stats so that in a month or two from now I'll be able to see my progress. These can be considered my starting points, even though I didn't actually start here. Waaaaay back when I was using 5 and 10 lbs to get to where I am today. But anyway, these are my weights for 2-3 sets of 12-15reps.

Bicep Curl - 20lb
Tricep extension - 20lb
Chest press - 15lb dumbbell, 35lb bar
Lateral/Front raises - 10lb
Shoulder press - 15/20 lb <...

Underwear Affair Pics

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:12:16 EST

This year was my second time doing the underwear affair! I had a goal to beat my last years race time, but then my teammate ended up messing his ankle up in soccer and was told he could walk the 10k, but not run it. So I wasn't going to leave him behind so I decided to walk with him. It was so nice out, such a nice way to spend the evening! We even got dressed up in animal print. Here's some pics:

I ran for 30 minutes at lunch today, and af...

All calmed down haha

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:34:42 EST

Gotta love those initial freak outs when you're starting something new ;P Thank you to my spark friends who gave me some solid advice and helped me out!! 247

Last nights date went really well. I mean, there was some awkwardness, but not as much as I was expecting and my nerves finally calmed down. We ended up going to see the Avengers since it was a week night and I'd eaten supper. I think the next time we hang out I'm going to suggest a few ideas that you all gave me th...

Maybe some judgement free advice??

Tue, 29 May 2012 13:27:32 EST

So, putting fitness aside for a moment, I need to write about some personal stuff. I've got too many thoughts flying around my brain, keeping me up at night. So I'm going to try and sort it all out here...

Where to start? Well, It's been about a month since Tynan and I broke up. I haven't really thought about any one else, or really put myself out there because honestly, I don't want to date at all right now. I spent over 4 years in a relationship, I'm quite happy being single. And...

This is what 160 lbs looks like:

Sun, 27 May 2012 21:43:34 EST

I raise my middle finger to that stupid scale!

Focusing on strength since I can't run

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:53:10 EST

So since I have shin splints, I've been focusing on strength training. I also couldn't help but to try out my new longboard this weekend, which didn't exactly help the shin splints but I was too excited not to do it! I've been icing my leg a lot though and I think it's helping. I also have an acupuncture appointment on Friday for my calves. Acupuncture helped my IT band sooo much, I'm eager to finally be rid of my tight calf muscles.

So I was following Courtney Prathers fitness pl...

It always goes so well....then BAM! OBSTACLE!

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:46:48 EST

So I'm pretty freakin discouraged right now. I'm not looking for sympathy, I just need to express myself because I feel like I could punch a wall right now. It always seems that every time I'm making progress, or gains or doing well in my running/fitness/weight loss journey, there's some twist of fate and all of a sudden I'm a few hundred steps behind again.

I have shin splints. This isn't the first time, but it's certainly come at an inconvenient time. I honestly don't know If I...

game plan

Thu, 10 May 2012 16:08:21 EST

Making a list of changes I want to implement for the rest of the week/next few weeks and see if I notice any changes in my weight loss. I think I'll make the end date the 31st.

189 Replace breakfast & 1 snack with protein shake

189 Do not eat out/order in

189 Strength train 2X a week (no more trouble zones)

189 Follow running plan for marathon training

189 10 cups of water a day
...

A much brighter blog

Tue, 8 May 2012 10:32:32 EST

Going to focus on the positive today! Starting with yesterday....

My friend (who also used to be my boss lol) now owns a boxing club in town. It's really awesome, because I can tell she's sooo much happier leading boxing and fitness classes than when she managed Bootlegger and Le Chateau. I've worked for her at both places, that's how we became friends. Anyway, I've taken her Get Fit not Hit classes, which is ladies boxing/kickboxing. Recently she asked me if I would run with her o...

Reflection of Self, changes, sad.... mix of things

Wed, 2 May 2012 12:03:47 EST

Last Thursday my boyfriend of over four years, Tynan, and I broke up. For the last week I've felt like a zombie...kind of numb, but mostly I'm just really sad. We started going out when we were barely 18, but we've known each other all our lives. The thing is, when you're 18, you have no clue who you are and you're still growing and learning things about the world, other people, and mostly yourself. Our twenties are a time of discovery and change, where we decide what road we want to take in ...

new program

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:41:52 EST

Found a new program on bodybuilding.com that I'm going to follow for the next 12 weeks. I just did the legs/butt workout today and I'm already so sore! It doesn't help that my throat hurts and I've been stuffed up and coughing like mad. I'm going to chill tonight and drink some neocitrin and go to bed early.

Tomorrow I'm hoping I'll be ready to tackle day two which is a pull day, so it's exercises that use pull motions. I like the program because it's simple, uses supersets, and h...

Photo Shoot Pictures (FINALLY!)

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:46:47 EST

I finally got my CD of pictures from the photo shoot I did like 2 weeks ago! Sooo excited to show you guys! I think what I noticed first were my ARMS...they look so toned, I'm so proud of my arms lol. I'm not very happy with my stomach I think I could have done a better job at getting that more toned/flatter. It was a fun experience though!

So I'm sorry I h...

Got it all worked out

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:01:43 EST

Thanks for the support spark friends! I honestly don't know what I'd do with out you guys, probably become a serious recluse lol. I talked to Kayt and Matt and got my money back for snowboarding! Thank goodness that's all settled, now I can focus on my fitness!

Physio's been going alright. It's quite painful to have a stiff calf muscle massaged but I think it's working. It's not working fast enough however and I'm considering going back to acupuncture since I had such AMAZING resu...

Letting off steam blog...aka rant time!

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:45:58 EST

This is just to get a bunch of thoughts down so I'm not driving myself crazy. Feel free to ignore haha.

So my friends and I are planning a snowboarding trip to Montana in February. We talked about for half the year and up until September NO ONE had taken the initiative to book a hotel room and get money from everyone. (there's 8 of us going). So I finally decided I would call everyone and start gathering money for the trip then once I had everyone's money I would book the hotel. A...

Starting off on the right foot

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 12:43:54 EST

December, holy sh*t! Where did November go?!? Well, at least we can finally say goodbye to the creepy, hairy creatures growing on the upper lips of movember-men everywhere. I don't know about anyone else, my boyfriend's stache was getting out of control! lol!

I've been MAJORLY slacking in making time for the gym, or even just getting myself there when I have time. It's been about two weeks and I've gone a grand total of twice. Yup... I've just been that unmotivated. I keep saying ...

End of Round 3 (Sports Bra Sparkies)

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:48:05 EST

I managed to lose about 1 pound, but I've gained a bit more muscle as well. Overall this round was pretty successful, I think I'm going to keep going with jillian's 6w6p DVD and see where I can get, then maybe I'll move onto something else. The lighting in my room really sucks so sometimes the pics turn out orange-ish. Anyway, here are the progress pics:

The very first week:

Week 6:

Working myself into a Panic

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:35:10 EST

The last week my left calf muscle has been bothering me. It was really tight when I ran so I made sure to stretch it more after my workout. I stopped running and tried biking and the elliptical instead, which was fine, there was no pain from doing those. I thought ok, it might be shin splints, or maybe I need to stretch and warm up/cool down better. I know what shin splints feels like, I've had that. I've also had IT band syndrome. I know what both of those feel like when running and this was...

SBS Week 2 Progress

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:59:46 EST

I made it to 148.8!!!! I reached a small goal, hurray! Thanks everyone for the congrats! Now that I'm out of the 150's I feel sooo much better and more motivated to keep going and lose more weight! (and tone up of course!). This week was actually a REALLY GOOD week. I drank over 8 glasses of water every day and stayed within my calorie range 5/7 days this week. I've been doing the bike for cardio, Jillian's DVDs and some serious strength training. Here are the pics:

LAST WEEK: 149 ...

Squash Fail

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:26:09 EST

So I was really excited this week to try something new for dinner that I've never had before. I looked up a good spaghetti squash recipe on spark and found one that looked delicious! I had all the ingredients except the squash so I decided to make a trip to the grocery store. Well, I've never made anything with squash before so when I was looking at this big box filled with different shapes/colours/sizes of squash I just picked the one that looked most like a squash to me. Hahaha, well little...

Week 1 Progress Pics

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:43:08 EST

As expected, there's really no change this week, although I feel stronger and I've been eating better I knew the pictures wouldn't show much progress this week. NEXT WEEK though, there will be a difference!!! There's only two weeks left until Halloween and I want to look sooo HOT!

Here's the before: 150 lbs

Here are the week one progress pics: 149 lbs