Well, I have officially stopped working out over at LA Fitness. I am now moving to the beat of my own drum. I admit that it has been lonely and difficult being self motivated. I am not a quitter or a wimp. I am resourceful and a problem solver, so I am applying a new schedule. Here it is:
MONDAY: 10 am YOGA
TUESDAY: 10am PILATES and 1pm AQUA THERAPY with Stephen
WEDNESDAY: 11am SPIN CYCLE
THURSDAY: 11am KICKBOXING and 1pm SWIM with Stephen
FRIDAY: 10am ZUMBA
SATURDAY: 10am STEP & SCULPT
I am very excited about this plan because I have everything I want out of it. The times are perfect, it is an appointment, so I will make sure I am on time, it's on base and free, and I will get to meet lots of new people. All while I will be getting in shape and having fun. I am even scheduling quality time with Stephen.
He just got his results back from Inherent Health! We are so excited to get serious together about getting healthy. His percentages are similar to mine, so it will be easy to make meals for us and not have to worry about 2 different diets. Also, I am excited that we will be able to spread out the meat we buy throughout the month since we both need more carbs than protein. I don't know about you, but it makes me happy to have a stocked fridge, freezer, and pantry at all times. When you go through it quickly, like we have been, it makes me sad to see it bare. Haha. We are planning our meals for the week and planning ahead for our calories. We want to do what it takes to look our best and feel our best!
I am sad to say that I haven't lost anymore weight, due to my lack of discipline. I am happy to say, however, that I have not gained any! Yay me? :/ lol.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
I'm still here.
It has been a while since I posted last, I know. I'm sorry. I feel like I need something amazing and new to say each time, but an update is an update. So, since my last entry I have continued to work out with the Fab 4 out in Laveen at LA Fitness. Chelle and Dani have amped it up a bit, so the routine has become more intense and more interesting. I haven't lost anymore weight as of yet due to the wonderful inconvenient holidays and recent travelling we've done. When I am home and on an even keel I do really well with my eating, calorie counting, and calorie burning. When I have any "special" reason to eat whatever I want, I go WAY overboard. Today we just got back from Lake Havasu City and I couldn't wait to get back on track with things at home. I can't wait to go to the gym in the morning!
Sad thing is that my last day with the Fab 4 is June 10th. Remember the original plan? I was only supposed to work out over there to get training. I feel as though I am ready to do this on my own, especially by then, but I am sad to not have my girls with me. :(
To make it less sad, Stephen and I have been working out together on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the lap pool. I only go to Laveen 3 days a week now, so I am transitioning.
Stephen is Superman! A couple weeks ago Stephen began his SCUBA certification. The news was there and everything! I went with him and started the process as well. We both enjoyed it, so we decided that was our new thing. We have been going to the pool and working on stamina and he swam 500 meters last time. That's right...500! I will post pics when we get them from the instructor. Now we just have a couple more sessions to do and then we will be official SCUBA Divers. I am a little nervous though. We haven't gone out into the ocean yet. I am so afraid of the ocean. BLAH! It'll be like therapy, right?
Our plan now is to dive at ALL of the premo diving spots all over the world before we die.
My focus now, is to really get disciplined with my eating. I allow myself too much wiggle room with special occasions. When I work out I burn plenty of calories to eat a good amount for that day. If I miss, I freak out about 1035 calories. I think I will die or something and mess up my meals with snacking. Before I know it, I have consumed all 1000 before 4pm. NOT GOOD. I figure I have screwed up already, might as well go all out. I need to change my thinking, or make a point to burn at least 600 calories a day, every day. I also feel that after June 10th, it will be easier for me because I will be fitting it in to our schedule. I am a guest in Chelle's schedule and appreciate it immensely, but it is not my ideal time frame to workout. I need prayer and someone to smack my hand throughout the day. Stephen is good at that, but sometimes I don't want that coming from my husband. I need to do it myself, so to speak, the smacking I mean. I will take all the prayer in the world! :) Well, that's it really. Soon I will be posting about my garden. I am fascinated with growing my own food, but I am still learning. I also want to post about some research that I have done about food allergies. I would love as many comments about these topics as possible and questions, too. We can all learn together!
Sad thing is that my last day with the Fab 4 is June 10th. Remember the original plan? I was only supposed to work out over there to get training. I feel as though I am ready to do this on my own, especially by then, but I am sad to not have my girls with me. :(
To make it less sad, Stephen and I have been working out together on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the lap pool. I only go to Laveen 3 days a week now, so I am transitioning.
Stephen is Superman! A couple weeks ago Stephen began his SCUBA certification. The news was there and everything! I went with him and started the process as well. We both enjoyed it, so we decided that was our new thing. We have been going to the pool and working on stamina and he swam 500 meters last time. That's right...500! I will post pics when we get them from the instructor. Now we just have a couple more sessions to do and then we will be official SCUBA Divers. I am a little nervous though. We haven't gone out into the ocean yet. I am so afraid of the ocean. BLAH! It'll be like therapy, right?
Our plan now is to dive at ALL of the premo diving spots all over the world before we die.
My focus now, is to really get disciplined with my eating. I allow myself too much wiggle room with special occasions. When I work out I burn plenty of calories to eat a good amount for that day. If I miss, I freak out about 1035 calories. I think I will die or something and mess up my meals with snacking. Before I know it, I have consumed all 1000 before 4pm. NOT GOOD. I figure I have screwed up already, might as well go all out. I need to change my thinking, or make a point to burn at least 600 calories a day, every day. I also feel that after June 10th, it will be easier for me because I will be fitting it in to our schedule. I am a guest in Chelle's schedule and appreciate it immensely, but it is not my ideal time frame to workout. I need prayer and someone to smack my hand throughout the day. Stephen is good at that, but sometimes I don't want that coming from my husband. I need to do it myself, so to speak, the smacking I mean. I will take all the prayer in the world! :) Well, that's it really. Soon I will be posting about my garden. I am fascinated with growing my own food, but I am still learning. I also want to post about some research that I have done about food allergies. I would love as many comments about these topics as possible and questions, too. We can all learn together!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Our Bodies are God's Temple. Let's get in shape!
Thank you everyone who donated to Sergey's Fund Raiser. It was an absolute act of God! They were able to raise over $17,000.00 in that short amount of time. Praise God! Thank you for being willing to be used for God's will. They are still almost $10,000.00 short, but we have faith that it will be a piece of cake for God to make this happen in His perfect timing. You can still donate if you didn't get a chance to at Danielle's blog http://www.farleykids.blogspot.com/ . You just won't be entered into the raffle since the winners were announced yesterday. Again THANK YOU to all of you who gave when it might not be an abundant financial time in your life. Trust me when I say that God will bless you for your selflessness and your faithfulness. God is sooooo good!
On a health note, since this blog is about my health, spiritual health is just as, if not MORE, important than your physical health. There are things that are beneficial for my spiritual health that I need to do daily just like a work out. I will be honest and confess that I am not as disciplined in that area either as I would like to be. I try to read my daily devotional book by Joyce Meyers every morning along with my Bible. I need to make more of an effort to make time for that since I make time for other things like working out, my business, school, house work, and rest. I also take time every day to read 15 minutes, at least, of a book that focuses on my personal growth. Right now I am reading The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie O'Martian. I can't explain the results that I have noticed from it, but I can say that I have noticed them! It is so amazing! Stephen and I have a pretty good relationship, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't prepare ourselves or prevent problems from arising in the future. I credit a lot of our communication skills to these amazing books: The Bible, The 5 Love Languages, Power of a Praying Wife, How to Win Friends and Influence People, As a Man Thinketh, and Everyone Communicates, Few Connect. I recommend EVERYONE to get these books and read them asap. They help in so many areas of life, especially your closest relationships.
So, my plan is to group my Biblical reading with my personal growth reading and make it a 30 minute window instead of (2)15 minute windows. Before bed seems to be the best time. Also, prayer is the most powerful thing we can do for our spiritual health. It's like water to the body. Without water our bodies will perish. Praying is the social network to God, you should update your status frequently! Reading is like vitamins and supplements. What we put into our minds and our hearts eventually comes out of our mouths. It is true that what a person thinks, so is he. Let's put good stuff in, so good stuff goes out. Church is your scale. This is where we can evaluate where we are in our spiritual health and what we need to do to improve. Finally the world is your gym. As a Christian I believe that I am constantly exercising what it is I believe. I need to be an example of what a Christian is supposed to be; loving, forgiving, positive, encouraging, gracious, helpful, honest, etc. Basically, Christ-like. That's the ultimate goal, isn't it? There are a lot of times I fail, but I need to keep looking up and seeking God's help to help me back up and keep moving. It's kind of funny to think of this in this way, but if you want to lose all the weight you are carrying around in sin, guilt, fear, hate, loneliness, regret, depression, etc, you can in an instant just by asking. Ask God to remove it from your heart and soul and trust in Him to do just that, then He will. If you didn't know already, but that is what Easter was all about. We can have spiritual liposuction the second we ask for it with no payment plan. Jesus already paid it in advance, an early Christmas present, if you will. If you want to talk more about this one on one I am more than able to do that. I know I spoke of this very serious matter in a light hearted way, but sometimes making it fun and simple can make it stick better. Love You!
On a health note, since this blog is about my health, spiritual health is just as, if not MORE, important than your physical health. There are things that are beneficial for my spiritual health that I need to do daily just like a work out. I will be honest and confess that I am not as disciplined in that area either as I would like to be. I try to read my daily devotional book by Joyce Meyers every morning along with my Bible. I need to make more of an effort to make time for that since I make time for other things like working out, my business, school, house work, and rest. I also take time every day to read 15 minutes, at least, of a book that focuses on my personal growth. Right now I am reading The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie O'Martian. I can't explain the results that I have noticed from it, but I can say that I have noticed them! It is so amazing! Stephen and I have a pretty good relationship, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't prepare ourselves or prevent problems from arising in the future. I credit a lot of our communication skills to these amazing books: The Bible, The 5 Love Languages, Power of a Praying Wife, How to Win Friends and Influence People, As a Man Thinketh, and Everyone Communicates, Few Connect. I recommend EVERYONE to get these books and read them asap. They help in so many areas of life, especially your closest relationships.
So, my plan is to group my Biblical reading with my personal growth reading and make it a 30 minute window instead of (2)15 minute windows. Before bed seems to be the best time. Also, prayer is the most powerful thing we can do for our spiritual health. It's like water to the body. Without water our bodies will perish. Praying is the social network to God, you should update your status frequently! Reading is like vitamins and supplements. What we put into our minds and our hearts eventually comes out of our mouths. It is true that what a person thinks, so is he. Let's put good stuff in, so good stuff goes out. Church is your scale. This is where we can evaluate where we are in our spiritual health and what we need to do to improve. Finally the world is your gym. As a Christian I believe that I am constantly exercising what it is I believe. I need to be an example of what a Christian is supposed to be; loving, forgiving, positive, encouraging, gracious, helpful, honest, etc. Basically, Christ-like. That's the ultimate goal, isn't it? There are a lot of times I fail, but I need to keep looking up and seeking God's help to help me back up and keep moving. It's kind of funny to think of this in this way, but if you want to lose all the weight you are carrying around in sin, guilt, fear, hate, loneliness, regret, depression, etc, you can in an instant just by asking. Ask God to remove it from your heart and soul and trust in Him to do just that, then He will. If you didn't know already, but that is what Easter was all about. We can have spiritual liposuction the second we ask for it with no payment plan. Jesus already paid it in advance, an early Christmas present, if you will. If you want to talk more about this one on one I am more than able to do that. I know I spoke of this very serious matter in a light hearted way, but sometimes making it fun and simple can make it stick better. Love You!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Yoga!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Still plugging along
Well, I am still in the game. It was hard this last week to keep up with a routine. My husband, brother, and I went to Vegas for business and pleasure for 5 days. I got cardio in the first night: I pushed Stephen in his chair up and down the strip for 5 HOURS!!! Yuck. It was freezing, windy, and he couldn't push that well in it, so I had to assist. It became a long night, but fun. My legs hurt so bad when I woke up the next morning. Then the only thing I managed to get in was a 30 minute swim on Friday. I started out good, but then came the food. I was aweful. When I fall off the wagon, I fall hard. So, today was the first day back in the gym. I burned 720 calories! Woowoo! Gotta make up for Vegas. I just realized that I have less than a month to drop 2 dress sizes. I might have to readjust my goals. I have already knocked my calorie consumption to 1065 in order to lose 2 pounds a week. I add back whatever calories I burn for that day, though. I checked to make sure that was what I was supposed to do and it is. I work out to eat, it seems. Haha.
On a different note, I wanted to talk to you about Sergey, my soon to be nephew. He is an orphan from a different country and has Down Syndrome. My sister, Danielle and her family, are working towards adopting him. They are allowing people to donate money or an item to their fund raiser. Please check out the information on the bottom left of this blog to learn more about her family, their heart, and Sergey. We can't wait to bring him home, so please help if you can. Thank you!
Meet Sergey
Meet his parents
His Big Brother
and his 5 Sisters
On a different note, I wanted to talk to you about Sergey, my soon to be nephew. He is an orphan from a different country and has Down Syndrome. My sister, Danielle and her family, are working towards adopting him. They are allowing people to donate money or an item to their fund raiser. Please check out the information on the bottom left of this blog to learn more about her family, their heart, and Sergey. We can't wait to bring him home, so please help if you can. Thank you!
Meet Sergey
Meet his parents
His Big Brother
and his 5 Sisters
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
I finally got the real results!!!
They came in the mail Saturday after my 3rd week of working out. I have lost 5 pounds already, by the way! Yay me! Any ways, the results for my body focus on Better Balancing my diet and doing High Intensity work outs. In order to balance my diet, it needs to be 55% Carbs (Jenn was right about South Beach hurting me more than helping me), 25% Fat, and 20% Protein (again, South Beach is not the way to go for me.) With the Inherent Health test I get to use the website to track my food and exercises. It has been really helpful and super addicting. It helps me see if I am on track with my percentages too. So, I feel as though this is something I can do to control and lose weight. I am having a blast taking care of myself. Now Stepehn is considering ordering a test for himself, too. I totally think he should. It would be fun to do this together.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
I'm Scared!
So, I received my test results from Inherent Health online. I still am waiting to get the hard copy in the mail. Apparently it comes with a booklet to help me understand what it says in detail. They were kind and gave me the gyst in layman's terms to hep me out. It says that my body has no issues with fats or carbs, so that's good. I don't need to limit those, HOWEVER, it says that I need to maintain a strict calorie amount daily and be involved in High Intensity Exercise. Apparently my body type has a hard time using my body fat as fuel, so it takes a lot to burn it off. This will be needed throughout my life in order to keep the weight off. Ugh! I will get more details soon. They show specific geno types that I have no idea what they mean, but I have a free session with a board-certified, licensed Genetic Professional that I need to schedule. I can ask any and all questions I want, so that will be helpful. I will keep you posted on my changes and progress. I have notified Chelle, and I am scared to see what she has in store for me.
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