Friday, April 17, 2015

Meet a Member - Melissa T. - Week #53

Stay Strong…Eat Healthy
March 17, 2015
    Thoughts for the Week…

Awww, spring break! A week of sleeping in and no schedules. Although I look forward to it every year, it’s difficult to get through without just letting go and saying, “I’m on vacation, I can eat ____.” I spent the first 3 days at home cleaning. I maintained my work-schedule-eating-times as best I could. Later in the week my children and I went to visit my grandma for a couple of days. She’s 94 years old and still lives at home. She no longer drives, so whenever we come to visit she wants to go out! And I don’t mean to go shopping…it’s to eat! She’s got her favorite fast food places that she always wants to go to. I oblige, put on my warrior hat and make good food choices! Is it easy? NO, but I do it. I ended the week pretty balanced (3 stars, 1 smiley, and 3 frowny faces). Being out of town I was only able to get in 2 workouts for the week. Even after all that, I was down a whole pound! I certainly wasn’t expecting it. I had a MUCH better week prior to this week and only lost 0.4. Sometimes I feel like my body takes a week to figure out what’s going on and then I see the results of the week. When we set goals tonight for the upcoming week I mentioned that I was going out of town for 5 WHOLE DAYS with my BFF. I’m so excited for this trip with her! We’ve gone back home together before many times, but never anywhere else. I’m not concerned at all about overindulging in food when I’m with her, but, alcohol? Maybe!
         
Get Moving!
·      Round 1:
o   160 jump ropes
o   80 air squats
o   40 situps
o   20 hand-release pushups
·      Round 2:
o   120 jump ropes
o   60 air squats
o   30 sit-ups
o   15 hand-release pushups
·      Round 3:
o   80 jump ropes
o   40 air squats
o   20 sit-ups
o   10 hand-release pushups
·      Round 4:
o   40 Reps of Jump ropes
o   20 air squats
o   10 sit-ups

o   5 hand-release pushups

Meet a Member - Melissa T - Week #52

Now What?
March 10, 2015
Thoughts for the Week…
Same story, different week…I had a great week (4 star days, 3 smiley days, 6 workouts) and only down 4 tenths of a pound. My lowest day of protein grams was 83, which isn’t too terribly far below my daily goal of 95 grams. Cottage cheese has become my best friend at breakfast. I usually don’t buy it because it’s expensive and it doesn’t last very long in my house. Some grocery store had it on sale this last week and I stocked up! One half cup serving of the 1% only has 80 calories, but with a whopping 13 grams of protein! I have found that if I don’t get a good bit of protein in at breakfast, I don’t make the best food choices later in the afternoon/evening. There’s probably some science behind that, I’m sure!
I feel like since I’ve hit my weight goal, although I’m teetering above it and below it regularly, that goal has been accomplished and I need to move on. But to what? Marty asked me what my new goal was and I told him to maintain, but from his facial expression I could tell a maintaining goal wasn’t going to cut it. My previous fitness goal was to be able to do the taller box jump. I’ve mastered the 18” box jump, so I feel pretty good about that. So…now what?
         
Get Moving!
·      Superset 1
o   2 minute run (for maximum distance)
o   3 sets of the following exercises:
§  20 Push-ups
§  50 Bodyweight Squats
§  50 Weighted Crunches
§  20 Alternating Lunges (each leg = 1)

·      Rest 1 minute

·      Superset 2
o   Repeat the 2 minute run (for maximum distance)
o   2 sets of the following exercises:
§  1 minute Plank
§  20 Jump Squats
§  50 Bicycle Crunches (opposite knee to elbow = 1)
§  1 minute of Walking Lunges

·      Rest 1 minute

·      Repeat 2-minute run - make it your best one yet!


Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Meet a Member - Melissa T., Week 51


Keep Fighting

March 3, 2015

 

Thoughts for the Week…

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My accountability coach said this week, “Our bodies are like a science experiment.” No doubt! Although I had a great week of staying in my calorie range and 7 workouts for the week, I am up 1.2 pounds. I felt good about the week too…definitely not expecting a gain, especially more than a pound! Maybe I ate more sodium this week…maybe I didn’t drink enough water…maybe, maybe, maybe. We just never really know how our body will react to anything we do. To me, that’s what makes losing weight disappointing. I’m thinking I had a great week, then BAM…I gained over a pound. What do I revert to thinking then? That I’m a failure. Even though over the course of more than a year I’ve had so many successes to get me to where I am, my old mindset sneaks back in and whispers, “I knew you couldn’t stay there.” Just as fat cells only shrink and are starving to grab onto anything BAD I put in my body, my old habits of thinking have only gotten smaller and are starving to grab onto anything that makes this journey difficult for me and hang onto it. Sometimes we think, “If only I was skinny, all my problems would go away.” NOT TRUE! Yesterday at Train-Your-Brain we went around the room and shared a moment of positive from the week. I had nothing. When I look down at my body I still see the old me. Will that ever go away? My seed of doubt has definitely gotten smaller over the past year, but will it ever go away or will I have to continue to fight it for the rest of my life?

          

Get Moving!

Part 1: 15-20 minutes

  • Super Sets - 3 sets of 15 reps
    • Tuck Jumps
    • Push ups
    • Mountain Climbers
    • In and Out Planks
    • Squats
    • Lunges – both legs = 1
    • Sit-Ups
    • Supermans

 

Part 2: 8-16 minutes

  • 2 Times thru
    • 50 Jumping jacks followed by a 1 minute plank
    • 50 Dips followed by a 1 minute plank
    • 50 hop squats followed by a 1 minute plank