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Shawn, actually the sit ups were an afterthought and they neither went up or down. I’ve never done sit ups on the decline bench before. My husband had just done some, so I thought I’d try them. I definitely could have done more of them but he was waiting for me. Do they work on the abs differently compared to the wide-legged ones with one arm in the air and then touching my opposite toe that I usually do? . . . .Seems like that’s a question for my trainer next week.
I am definitely getting frustrated with my inability to lose weight. I’m back to 152 AGAIN. I have now gone almost two weeks with nothing alcoholic to drink (I like a glass of dry red wine with dinner) and with no sweets (except some unsweetened applesauce and I don’t count that). I’m working out most days of the week and the scale doesn’t budge. UGH!
Today I did the 5K program on the treadmill. I set it at level 4 and that was too high for me so I had to keep altering it. It had me up to 7.5 mph and I can go that fast only for a minute and a half.
Anyway I did the 5K in 34:45 and then I walked until the timer said 55 minutes.
The HR monitor says 440 calories, 30% fat. I think the HR numbers are off. I did hit 170 at one point.
Oh and I did make my upper body sore from yesterday’s workout which shows I was working.
I am definitely getting frustrated with my inability to lose weight. I’m back to 152 AGAIN. I have now gone almost two weeks with nothing alcoholic to drink (I like a glass of dry red wine with dinner) and with no sweets (except some unsweetened applesauce and I don’t count that). I’m working out most days of the week and the scale doesn’t budge. UGH!
Are you eating enough Joan? Sometimes this can happen if you’re not getting enough calories in and your working too many off. Do you journal your food? If not, start. See if there is a pattern after a couple of weeks. Don’t give up Joan. The scale will budge in time.
Time to bust out the sledge hammer, try a little extra high intensity exercise(4 to 5 minutes in the morning or whenever you don’t exercise), or like Emmi said,caloric deficit or to many calories.
Thanks for the encouragement Emmi & Shawn. I think I’m eating enough. I’m eating healthy snacks throughout the day and my meal portions aren’t large. I’ll have to start a journal again. Also, I did kick the exercise intensity up this week but haven’t seen any results yet.
I realize it’s contradictory since I’m complaining about not losing weight now that I’m actually trying to lose, but this afternoon I decided to take today off from exercising. The results of this week’s exercises were as follows: Tuesday--sore glutes & upper back, Wed--same, Thursday--sore chest & triceps, Friday--same, plus sore shins. I will exercise tomorrow but I thought that maybe I ought to give my body a rest today.
Thanks, Paula. Actually I ate a little less today and then checked the calories out on Fit Day and I am just under my bmr for today (1300 calories) but my intestinal discomfort is back so I wasn’t particularly hungry. I went back to the chiropractor today and besides needing an alignment again, I also am back out of balance internally. I guess I stopped the supplements too soon after seeming to be clear. So I’ll try again.
I had some difficulty at the gym today in that I didn’t have much endurance or balance (see above) but it wasn’t a total waste.
11 minutes on the treadmill, half at 3.5 mph and half at 4.0
55 wide-legged sit ups !!!! (previous best was 40)
3 sets of 10 push ups from my knees (this was pathetic; last time I tried I did 30 in a row)
7 walk outs on the exercise ball with leg raises while extended; 3 without the leg raises (I could do 10 last week with the raises)
table position on exercise ball: 25 chest presses with 15# in each hand
5 movements from the plank position to a side plank with arm extended towards ceiling, to the plank, to the other side (last week I did 10 of these)
2 sets of 15 rows with 20#
overhead tricep extension: 10 with 20#, 2 sets of 10 with 15#
In the a.m. I got a call from our MD that my mother was calling saying she had chest pains. Long story short the EMT checked her out, said she looked ok, and I drove her to the hospital. Results were inconclusive--nothing acute--so I drove her home and she has an appointment with the MD tomorrow. I didn’t get home until almost 5 so obviously I didn’t get to my Monday 1 o’clock training session. Now that will be on Wednesday.
When I finally got to the gym, I did 30 minutes on the elliptical and I did push the speed. That’s it. I’m pooped even though I sat around all day.
Thanks Shawn & Emmi. MD thinks the pain was coming from mom’s esophagus so he’s taken her off some meds. I’m concerned about one of them and also need to check in with him. But it is overall good news.
I had multiple appointments myself today so I didn’t get to the gym until after 5:30. I have learned one thing--I am much better off exercising in the morning or in the early afternoon. I don’t have much energy after 5.
My heart health indicators have always been good, but my blood work this year shows that they have continued to get even better. What’s supposed to be low is low and what’s supposed to be high is high thanks to all the exercising.
Unfortunately I’m not sure my training session will happen at all this week. The trainer forgot that he had another appointment at 1 tomorrow. If enough people cancel because of the weather tomorrow, he can take me before that. Of course, if it’s too bad, I won’t be able to get off this hill that I live on. . . .
Today: 45 minutes on the treadmill (25 minutes at 5 degrees and 4.0)
Another semi-wimpy day at the gym. I lost my steam at the end of last week and then not having my training session on Monday meant I didn’t get recharged. I have to wait until next Monday.
Today:
15 minute walk at 4.0 on the treadmill
break (had appointments to keep & had gotten to the gym late)
15 minute walk at 4.0 on treadmill
20 stepups onto the bench with 10# in each hand, standing on one foot and curling while raising the other foot so my thigh was parallel to the floor
20 more step ups using the other leg, still 10# in each hand etc except doing presses with the weights
I tried to bench press 60# on the smith machine. Did maybe one with full range of motion. Finally did 5 reps at 45#. I’ve definitely lost ground with this compared to last year.
10 walkouts on the exercise ball with lifting each leg off the ball before returning to the beginning position
Chest press machine at 60#: 1 set of 10 reps, 1 of 5, 1 of 10 reps
ABD, ADD machine 2 sets of 15 of each at 75#
15 step back lunges with 15# in each hand
30 leg swings over the stool
3 sets full curls with 10#, 1 set full curls with 15#
Joan- Did some catching up on your thread. You are doing very well with your workouts. Your idea of a semi-wimpy workout makes my workout look like I am extra- wimpy. 5K on the treadmill is tremendous. You definitely put in some awesome time in the gym and it looks like its paying off. Keep on moving!
Thanks, Mike. Are you in Rochester NY or Rochester, MN or another Rochester?
Today I worked just a little harder at the gym.
12 minutes on the treadmill at increasing speeds and incline (a fitness test)
4 sets of 4 “steps” up and back on sliders ( in a plank position with hands on the floor and feet on sliders, pull myself forward 4 times with my hands while my feet slide, then back up 4 times, then repeat)
2 sets of 20 movements over the aerobic step with 2 risers (in plank position start with hands on floor, then put one hand and then the other on the step, then move hands to the floor on the other side of the end of the aerobic step and repeat)
30 “hikes” over the aerobic step (stay low with one hand and foot on the step, hop so that hand and foot are on the floor and the other hand and foot are on the step making sure my knee stays bent and I stay low)
flies on the bench--1 set of 12 @ 12.5#, 2 sets of 12 @ 15#
tricep lifts from behind me to over my head: 5 @ 20# (that was just too heavy), 2 sets of 10 @ 15#
2 sets of 12 bobbing birds on each foot, deadlifting 15#
Mike, you could be the closest MTM member to me. I’m in Owego, southeast of Cayuga Lake. We live near the top of a hill so it’s cold here too.
I don’t follow any particular routine; I wish I did. What I do do is normally on Monday I have a one-hour training session. I do the best I can to do whatever the trainer tells me to do. He incorporates balance, cardio, and strength training in different proportions. For example, recently he’s been pushing the cardio more and using weights less. Then normally on Tuesday I just walk on the treadmill or spend 30 minutes on the elliptical because my body needs to recover. The rest of the week I do a combination of cardio and practicing the kinds of things the trainer has me do on Monday. I try to hit various body parts. What I discovered recently is that I need to spend more time on some of the machines. As my weight has gone down, the exercises that use my body weight aren’t as rigorous because my body weighs less.
Today: 50 minutes on the treadmill including 32:30 for a 5 K. That’s 2 minutes, 15 seconds better than my attempt last week. I’m hoping by the time I run a 5K outside again that I can do it in 30 minutes. Today the muscles cramped a bit in my left leg after a mile so I had to slow down fairly frequently.
