Thanks Teri!

5 miles on the elliptical in 69 minutes.

Cardio/Lower Body - Workout 12 - Halfway through 6 week challenge!

Today's Workout:

Intensity - Medium
Projected Calorie Burn - 208.0
Calories Burned - 218.7
Workout Time - 27 min 25 sec
Exercises - 15/15

Warm Up Station : Hip Circles (8 reps), Shoulder Rotations (4 forward, 4 backward), Windmills (8 reps), Split Squat & Reach (4 reps each side)
Skipping (reps 120)
Squat with Side Leg Lifts (reps 12)
Alternating Crossover Lunges (reps 20)
Water Skiing (31 of 34 flags)
Reverse Lunge with High Knee Jumps (reps 10 each side)
Follow the Leader - Moderate
Squat and Reaches (reps 10)
Squash (Beginner) (41 of 40 hits)
Squat with Side Leg Lifts (reps 12)
Stride Jumps (reps 90)
Island Outrun (Short) (passed 5 of 5 runners)
Squat to Knee Raises (reps 10)
Curl Ups (reps 16)
Cool Down Station: Leg Over (20 sec each side), Figure 4 (20 sec each leg), Leg Up (20 sec each leg), Chest Opener (20 sec)


Squats killed me today, but I pushed through them.

Upper Body - Workout 11 of EA Active 6 Week Challenge

This Morning's Workout:

Intensity - Medium
Projected Calorie Burn - 240.0
Calories Burned - 244.5
Workout Time - 31 min 20 sec
Exercises - 15/15

Warm Up Station : Hip Circles (8 reps), Shoulder Rotations (4 forward, 4 backward), Windmills (8 reps), Split Squat & Reach (4 reps each side)
Wii Balance Board - Sparring & Combo Station (reps 36 & 46)
Single Arm Rows (reps 10 each arm)
One Arm Reverse Flys (reps 10 each arm)
Wii Balance Board - Paddle Surfing (18 of 18 gates)
Straight Arm Triceps Extensions (reps 12)
Double Bicep Curls (reps 16)
Wii Balance Board - Step Aerobics Normal Tempo 1
Short Obstacle Course
One Arm Reverse Flys (reps 10 each arm)
Straight Arm Triceps Extensions (reps 12)
Double Biceps Curls (reps 16)
Crunch with Punches (reps 16)
Leg Raises (reps 15)
Cool Down Station: Leg Over (20 sec each side), Figure 4 (20 sec each leg), Leg Up (20 sec each leg), Chest Opener (20 sec)

Plan for the Week

Woohoo! 9 miles!

I had a fantastic workout. I averaged 6 11 minute 9 second miles followed by 3 more miles - for a total of nine miles in 110 minutes! I feel fantastic. This means that this weekend's 12k should go just fine

I did better with my food today.

Breakfast:
Bowl of Kix with banana and 1%milk

Lunch:
Mac & cheese (made with half the butter and 1% milk)
Steamed broccoli and cauliflower
1% milk

Snack:
Strawberry shortcake with whip cream (I love fresh strawberries)

Dinner:
Roast
Corn
Pears
Steamed broccoli and cauliflower
Roll
1% milk

Dessert:
Brownie (which I had avoided earlier with the shortcake, but caved in for after dinner)


Thank you Teri! I need to be reminded that I can miss a day of exercise now and again. I think the reason I am so harsh on myself when I miss is because I'm afraid if I'm not it will become 2 days, then 3, then 4, then half a month or more as it has been in the past. I will take a look at the website you linked. Thank you for passing on the information.

Plan for this last week:
Tuesday: Workout 7 of 6 week challenge and 30+ minutes on the elliptical
Wed: 30 minutes on the elliptical + make up workout 8 of 6 week challenge + make up weigh in
Thursday: Workout 9 of 6 week challenge
Friday: Workout 10 of 6 week challenge
Sat: 30 minutes on elliptical or 30 minutes step aerobics & boxing
Sun: 1 hour flagging
Monday: Workout 11 of 6 week challenge
Tuesday: Workout 12 of 6 week challenge and 30+ minutes on the elliptical and weigh in

Actual Last Week
Tues: Workout 7 of 6 week challenge, 40 minutes on elliptical - 3 miles + 8 minutes continuous alternating bicep curls while on walking on the elliptical, forgot to weigh in this morning. I'll need to weigh in tomorrow morning.
Wed: Workout 8 of 6 week challenge + 4 miles in 45 minutes on elliptical
Thurs: Workout 9 of 6 week challenge
Fri: Elliptical for 1 hour - 4 miles (swapped today's workout with tomorrow's so that I didn't have 4 days of strength training in a row and to stay on track with half-marathon training plan I started)
Sat: Workout 10 of 6 week challenge
Sun: 1.5 hours of flagging
Mon: Skipped
Tues: 9 miles on elliptical in 110 minutes.


Plan for this week:
Tuesday: 30+ minutes on the elliptical
Wed: Workout 11 of 6 week challenge and 30 minutes on the elliptical (goal: 4 miles)
Thursday: Workout 12 of 6 week challenge
Friday: 30 minutes on the elliptical (goal: 4 miles)
Sat: Workout 13 of 6 week challenge or 30 minutes flagging
Sun: Bloomsday - 12 K race (walking in costume with a friend)
Monday: Workout 14 of 6 week challenge and weigh in
Tuesday: Workout 15 of 6 week challenge and 30+ minutes on the elliptical

Actual Week (will edit as week goes on)
Tues: 9 miles in 110 minutes! 1 hour of mudding ceiling joints.
Wed: Workout 11 of 6 week challenge
Thurs: Workout 12 of 6 week challenge
Fri: 5 miles in 69 minutes. Bonus: 1.5 hours walking around Bloomsday number pick-up booths
Sat:
Sun:
Mon:
Tues:

Start of Tough Love Challenge

Re-posted from Tough Love Journal:

Starting Weight: 267.6 (weighed in at 11 pm which is not my normal weigh-in time. I'm so used to weighing in on Tuesdays that I spaced today's.)

So, I'd really love to sit here and start my thread on a good foot, but today was a bad day exercise wise for me. I didn't do my workout. I have no excuse. I chose to stay in bed this morning instead of doing it. I opted to empty out a china hutch and move it along with my elliptical during my lunch break. When I got home from work at 7:45 pm I ate dinner and then sat down on the couch to put my little brother to sleep. I had 25 minutes of free time before I needed to pick up my husband, but decided to watch a bit of Lost and play with my cat. When I got home I decided to pop on here and realized I needed to weigh in. I could do the workout now, but I just don't feel motivated. I'm gonna turn in.

So please give me a kick in the right direction. I plan on making tomorrow a better day regardless of whether I "feel" like it.

Breakfast:
Milk 1%
Bowl of Cheerios
Banana

Lunch:
Milk 1%
Macaroni & Cheese
Applesauce
2 peanut butter cookies

Snack:
G2 Gatorade grape
2 peanut butter cookies

Dinner:
Milk 1%
2 tacos

Dessert:
Fresh strawberry shortcake with whip cream

So unless I can be convinced otherwise, I won't be counting calories (it bores me and I usually abandon it within days). But I think it will do me some good to at least have to type what I eat. I think breakfast was the only meal I felt good while typing out.

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SW: 259.7
WK1: 258.8 (-0.9 lbs)
WK2: 257.9 (-0.9 lbs)
WK3: 257.3 (-0.6 lbs)
WK4: 260.8 (+3.5 lbs)
WK5: 259.7 (-1.1 lbs)
WK6: 258.0 (-1.7 lbs)
WK7: 258.0 (0 lbs)
WK8: 258.0 (0 lbs)
WK9: 258.0 (0 lbs)
Wk 10: 258.3 (+0.3 lbs)
Wk 11: missed
Wk 12: missed
Wk 13: 268 lbs (+9.7 lbs)
Wk 14: 263.5 lbs (-4.5 lbs)
Wk 15: 263.2 lbs (-0.3 lbs)
Wk 16: 264.6 lbs (+1.4 lbs)

Challenge TWL: +4.9 lbs

Not so hot this week. Great on the exercise everyday, but yesterday. Food was my weakness this last week.

Lower Body / Cardio - Workout 10 of EA Active 6 week challenge

Thanks Teri! I don't think I'll show everyone up, but I will definitely surpass my personal best time for a half-marathon race which is my time from the only one I've done - 4:39:35. I know I can do it.

Thanks ketchuplover!

Today's Workout:

Intensity - Medium
Projected Calorie Burn - 189.6
Calories Burned - 192.5
Workout Time - 26 min 39 sec
Exercises - 15/15

Warm Up Station : Hip Circles (8 reps), Shoulder Rotations (4 forward, 4 backward), Windmills (8 reps), Split Squat & Reach (4 reps each side)
Alternating Crossover Lunges (20 reps)
Stride Jumps (90 jumps)
Wii Balance Board - Paddle Surfing (18)
Double Shoulder Presses (10 reps)
Single Arm Lateral Raises (reps 10 each side)
Wii Balance Board - Push Ups (12 reps)
Follow the Leader - Moderate (running, slow knee highs, running, slow kick ups, running, fast kick ups)
Alternating Crossover Lunges (20 reps)
Forward/Backward Ankle Hops (15 reps)
Wii Balance Board - Water Skiing (43 of 45 flags)
Double Shoulder Presses (10 reps)
Wii Balance Board - Push Ups (12 reps)
Reverses Crunches (15 reps)
Cool Down Station: Leg Over (20 sec each side), Figure 4 (20 sec each leg), Leg Up (20 sec each leg), Chest Opener (20 sec)

4 miles - Half-Marathon Training Schedule on Track

Nothing feels better than betting a personal best Debbie! You can do it!

You can do it Scott! Just get moving and in no time you will be excited to see how far you've come.

I switched today's workout with tomorrow's because my body needed a rest from the strength training of the EA Workouts. So I did 4 miles in 60 minutes. Keeping in line with the half-marathon training I found. It'll end up changing next weeks plan around a bit to incorporate that half-marathon training plan.