My BodyMedia Fit Weight loss Journey: April 2011

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Rocking the Gym... I'm Back!!!

Good Evening My Friends!!!
I have been working hard and hitting the gym. The other day I told you about my Saturday workout and here are the stats from Saturday!!

BodyMedia FIT data for April 2, 2011
Calories Burned - 4190 | Calories Consumed - 2348 | Total Activity - 2:37 | Moderate Activity - 0:57 | Vigorous Activity - 1:40 | Steps Taken - 20884 | Sleep Duration - 8:21 | Lying Down - 9:26 | Sleep Efficiency - 89%

I did take Sunday off to rest after my first two days at the gym. I woke up Sunday with a migraine so I slept in and took it easy most of the day. It turned out to be a nice relaxing day and time to prepare for the week.

BodyMedia FIT data for April 3, 2011
Calories Burned - 2511 | Calories Consumed - 2343 | Total Activity - 0:02 | Moderate Activity - 0:02 | Vigorous Activity - 0:00 | Steps Taken - 1738 | Sleep Duration - 8:16 | Lying Down - 9:18 | Sleep Efficiency - 89%

Monday morning and I was stoked to hit the gym. I went in there with one thing in mind and that was to ROCK the gym and I did just that. I was at the gym by 8:30 AM and didn't leave until just before 11AM. The rest of my exercise came from brisk walking throughout the day.

My workout was:
Treadmill: 30min @ 3.8
Recumbent Cross-trainer: 1 hr @ 7
UBE - arm bike: 15min
Elliptical: 30 @ 2 resistance and 2 incline
Walking laps in gym

Check out what I did on my third day working out at the gym...yes I did... I had a 5000 calorie burn day!! Holy Cow!! It was getting late in the evening and I looked down at my display and Iwas about 200 calories from making 5000 so here I was just before midnight jogging in place in my room...lol.
AWESOME!!!!

BodyMedia FIT data for April 4, 2011
Calories Burned - 5032 | Calories Consumed - 2590 | Total Activity - 3:33 | Moderate Activity - 1:47 | Vigorous Activity - 1:46 | Steps Taken - 24916 | Sleep Duration - 4:26 | Lying Down - 5:55 | Sleep Efficiency - 75%

Tuesday I decided to take it a little easy after pushing so hard on Monday and burning over 5000 calories for the day. Okay well I tried to take it easy...lol It was another very good day with yet again over 4000 calories burned!!

My Workout:
Treadmill :30 min @ 3.8
Recumbent Cross-trainer- 45min @ 10
Elliptical: 30 @ 2 In & 2 Res

BodyMedia FIT data for April 5, 2011
Calories Burned - 4264 | Calories Consumed - 2112 | Total Activity - 2:34 | Moderate Activity - 1:41 | Vigorous Activity - 0:53 | Steps Taken - 14618 | Sleep Duration - 5:08 | Lying Down - 5:29 | Sleep Efficiency - 94%

So this morning I woke up and feeling rather tired. I haven't been pushing my body this hard in a while. I had every intention of going to the gym but wasn't sure how well I was going to do but I managed to pull off a pretty good workout. I changed up my order a little and away I went. I am just trying to get my stamina up before I start doing Zumba again. I plan to start more of the weight machines in the next few days as well but this was how I started the first time around so I knew what I was comfy with. What has amazed me is that even though I haven't done much the last 3 or 4 months I didn't lose nearly as much muscle as I thought I had. I am still able to push myself at a decent pace. Today was great my exercise buddy came in and I hadn't seen him since I started back. He is an older man who does the cross-trainer with me and tells me he is going to bring me donuts to keep me coming to the gym. lol. When we saw each other I have to say our faces both lit up... he made my day by giving me a hug. It was great seeing old faces this week. I see all the Zumba girls heading to the back room and want to join but I really need a couple weeks or so under my belt again before hitting that class... Amy would tear me up...lol!!! I put in a good hour and a half at the gym today and then have done extra walking. Stay tuned for stats for today. Over all I'm off to a great start with each day going to the gym has been over 4000 calories burned in a day. My food choices are getting better and I am feeling great!! I am happy and excited and ready to see some change in the scales soon. After work today I got my hair cut and colored... a new woman is headed your way so watch out!!!

Funny:
GOOD NEWS: CHEESECAKE IS NOT FATTENING (provided you get sufficient physical exercise)....LIKE RUNNING A MARATHON!

Saturday, April 2, 2011

First two days back at the gym...

Here are the numbers from day #1 back at the gym... and yes I was running on a little over 2 1/2 hours of sleep...lol

BodyMedia FIT data for April 1, 2011

Hello Everyone... as you can see I had a pretty good first day back at the gym. I was running on very little sleep and managed to make it through the day. Between all of the appointments, training at work and the one hour at the gym I managed to pull off an almost 4000 calorie burn day. That's a great start!

I promised to post an updated photo and my weight. I will post a photo tomorrow as I would like to be presentable for the photo so its comparable to the previous photos. I did weigh in yesterday and I am ashamed to admit it but from Thanksgiving to April 1st I gained 18lbs. I am currently weighing 265lbs. when before I was at 247lbs. This is exactly why I need to be at the gym and working hard on a regular basis... if not I get depressed and take on a "I don't care " attitude and just eat, sit and exist. I have to regain control of my body instead of my body being in control of me. This is going to be a life long battle for me and if I plan to win I need to stay in control and make better decisions.

Today was awesome for me. Please keep in mind that I have trouble on the weekends making any goals because I don't have a specific schedule and there for before I didn't make it to the gym on the weekend as much as I should have. I went to the gym this morning at 9am and put in 2 1/2 hrs of workout. Yes I rocked the gym today and pushed myself hard. I wanted to meet my targets and I wanted to take a stand and I did both. Had I just done my hour and come home then I doubt I would have met very many of my targets.

Here is what I did at the gym today:

Treadmill : 30 min @ speed 3.8

Recumbent Cross Trainer 1 hr @ resistance 7

Elliptical Cross trainer 30 min @ incline 2 and resistance 2

Walking laps in the gym in between and afterwords...

2.5 hrs at the gym = 46 min moderate and 1hr 39 min vigorous exercise 17857 steps and 1873 calories burned

I look forward to sharing my complete numbers with you tomorrow. My eating today started out good and then went downhill this evening but I did still manage to have at least a 1500 calorie deficit so woohoo on that. Something I thought about today while I was at the gym was how even when I am there alone when I stand next to someone who is moving quickly I tend to push harder than if I am next to someone going at an average to slower pace. So what I do is always make sure I am close to that skinny gal or buff guy who is running to soles off their shoes or pushing hard on the machines...keeps me motivated to move. Another thing is if I am upset for some reason when I get to the gym or while there I take it out on the machines and push through the frustration and it makes me stronger because I don't let things get to me as much. Another must for me is upbeat high energy music that helps keep my pace up as well. Well over all a very very good first two days back at the gym and I am very proud of myself. I hope you all have been having a great weekend so far and I look forward to hearing from you. Feel free to add me as a friend or follow my blog.

Until next time..hugs to all of you!!

"Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess the baggage, the shorter the trip."
- Arnold H. Glasgow