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May 6, 2011

July 10, 2011

July 10, 2011

July 10, 2011

I have not run for quite some time because my foot has been murderously hurting and I wanted to save it for my first love, Zumba.  My beloved Zumba goddess, Karen, has been at the Zumba Convention in Orlando.  The last Zumba class I attended was Wednesday night.  I have been doing a sit up/push up challenege (100 of each every day), but my cardio has been slacking.  She has been getting her groove on and will return, I am sure, ready to work out butts off.  So tonight, when the sun goes down a bit more, Ignatius and I will do a 2-mile jog.  I took some pics of me as of today and have included my pic right before Race for the Cure.  Here's the latest measurement update:

June 12:

Chest (sports bra on) 39 7/8"
Right arm 14 1/2"
Left arm 14 1/4"
Waist  33 7/8"
Hips 42 1/2"
Right Thigh 27 1/4"
Left Thigh 27"
Weight: 194.6 lbs (yeah, I posted it)

July 10:

Chest 39 1/4"

Right arm 13 1/4"

Left arm 14"

Waist 33"

Hips 42 1/2"

Right Thigh 26 1/2"

Left Thigh 26 1/2"

Weight: 195.6 lbs

So, my weight has hovered, which makes total sense, as my eating habits are not great, and I have not been tracking.  But my measurements have changed, except for my hips, which includes my lovely butt/butt area.  I can definitely feel a change in my arms and thighs.  The push ups have assisted with that immensely.  With the situps, I am hoping to work my lower ab area as well as upper.

For the next month, I will try less crap, more good: veggies, fruits etc. more than (not instead of) candy and such.  I will not be "giving up" things, just expanding my circle of eating to include more of what it should.  I have been good about water intake, which is usually the case in the summer months for me.

I also want to find workouts that will target my lower ab/hip/butt areas as well as the part of the back right behind the arms and in the bra area.  It seems everything around these parts is toning, but these parts are not, so I am missing something for sure.  Probably where the weight is that won't shake off.

I should return to 10-Minute Trainer.  I left it when I had some severe foot pain and I had to pare down.  It was a great set of workouts.  This week, I will add it back in.

Until August!

Horton Hears a Holla!

Hard to believe a week has gone by since I have invested 14 minutes a day to 10 Minute Trainer.  I have to say, I appreciate how short it is.  That is what got me doing anything tonight.  Apparently, today, there was not enough refined sugar ON THE PLANET to assuage my binge.  Hot fudge sundae... check.  Lemonheads...check.  Peanut butter toast...check. (No, not the, "I-love-Mother-Nature-organic" crap...Jif, baby!)  So, at around 9:45 tonight, I had talked myself in to and out of working out.  Then, I came to the realization: How lame would it be, JoLynn, if you cannot even do 10 minutes of something?  And so, I sit here, waiting for my sweat factor to die down before I can try to go to bed.

Sweat? (you say incredulously)  How can you possibly be sweating?  Well, you have to recall two things: (1) I am a walking hormone.  I have had issues with body temperature since my early 30s, thanks to a lovely little condition called PCOS.  So, putting on socks makes me sweat.  (2) It's Tony Horton.  Have you done any of his workouts?  The man does not mess.

To summarize this week:
Monday: Warm up---Cardio---Cool Down (14 minutes)
Tuesday: Warm up---Total Body---Cool Down (14 minutes); Zumba (60 minutes)
Wednesday: Zumba (60 minutes); Fine Toning Express (30 minutes); No Tony Horton...are ya kidding me?  Why did I need it?
Thursday: Zumba (60 minutes); fatigue setting in; no 10 Minute Trainer
Friday: Warm up---Yoga Flex (12 minutes)
Saturday: Warm up---Total Body---Cool Down (14 minutes)
Sunday: Warm up---Cardio---Cool Down (14 minutes)

Foodwise, I have hovered between the same two-pound range.  Depends on the day.  If I had eaten and not worked out, I would have definitely gained.  No question.  Too much convenience eating.  At least when I was in school, I was in control of lunch (which was usually an Uncrustable).  This week was sad for me AND my kids.  We will be correcting that next week.  My complexion and my attitude will thank me.  But that sundae was awfully good. :)

10 Minute Trainer Day 2

Max and I worked hard for 10 minutes this afternoon. We participated in the Total Body workout. Holy smokes. This is no joke.

Tony Horton Abridged

The same information gurus who snagged me into buying P90X have succeeded again.  They succeeded mainly because I love Tony Horton.  I loved P90X, and, if I did nothing related to working or raising kids, I would have no problem doing P90X.  It just fatigued me after 45 days to the point of being nonfunctioning.

So, having consistently completed Zumba for a couple years and inconsistently running for the past 6 months, I decided to indulge in Tony's newest endeavor: 10 Minute Trainer.  Here are the tiers, according to JoLynn:

Tier 1: Complete a 2-minute warm up, a 10-minute activity, and a 2-minute cool down every day.
Tier 1.1: Complete a 2-minute warm up, 2 or 3 10-minute activities, and a 2-minute cool down every day.
Tier 2: Tier 1 plus Tony's eating suggestions (which include Shakeology...which literally made me sick to my stomach...)
Tier 3: Tier 2 plus add another 10-minute workout or two

Many things come with the program, but I will warn you: the salespeople on the phone are barracudas.  They try to sell you everything under the sun.  I hung up one time (and they called me back!) because they were so pushy.  I was nice and said I was hanging up, but she was ruthless, this gal.  Well trained at the art of the Beachbody sell.  But no means no, man.

With the informercial's offer, you get:

• Cardio
• Yoga Flex
• Total Body
• Lower Body
• Abs
• a tape measure
• an exercise band (I got the 20 lb one as I have many varieties of lighter bands at home)
• a cardio belt door set-up
• the 2-day jump start (Shakeology recommended... expensive and really gross...sorry Tony)
• a 4-week workout schedule
• Rapid Results Guide Book
• Measurement Tracker
• the Lean Jean plan (lose 1 jean size in 10 days claimed; eating plan + 2 workouts a day)
• Tony Horton's 10-Minute meals

Since I am still doing Zumba 3 to 4 times a week, I am starting with just a 10-Minute workout a day with warm up and cool down.  After the first 4 weeks, I will add another workout, if I feel it's necessary.

On Day 1, Tony recommends taking some photos.  I did, and they are locked in Al Capone's vault.  He also suggests measurements.  So, here goes blogland--->
Chest (sports bra on) 39 7/8"
Right arm 14 1/2"
Left arm 14 1/4"
Waist  33 7/8"
Hips 42 1/2"
Right Thigh 27 1/4"
Left Thigh 27"
Weight: 194.6 lbs (yeah, I posted it)

Tonight I did the Cardio workout with the Cardio Band.  Whew.  I was definitely sweating.  Is was not too hard or too easy.  And it really was just 10 minutes.  He has you do moves that work more than 1 muscle group at once, so you are maximizing the workout you are doing.  Could definitely feel Zumba helping with this one.  I felt pretty good about my ability to do the exercises.

I might try some of the recipes he offers, but food plan wise, I think I will just stick to what seems to work for me: a modified version of Weight Watchers. 

Onward!