Weight: 139 pounds (63kg) - a pound on!
Waist: 29" (73.6cm) - half an inch off
Hips: 35.5" (90cm) - half an inch off
Leg: 22" (56cm) - no change
Arm: 11" (27.9cm) - half an inch off
Calf: 14" (36cm) - no change
How the hell does that work, I've put on weight but still lost inches?! Bloody weird. My diet has been shocking the last few days though, far too much sugar. I'm going to give myself this long weekend to go mental and hopefully get it all out of my system, and then back on the straight and narrow on Tuesday.
I've done more weight sessions this week and hardly any cardio, so the weight increase could be down to my muscles getting more dense and thus weighing more. Who knows with these things though! I'll just keep my fingers crossed for it to go back down next week!
I have next week off work, am hoping to do some sort of "boot camp" type thing on myself, and basically train a lot until I fall over. I've been looking over the timetable for classes at the gym, and might see if I can do a different class every day, as well as my normal gym workouts, and maybe even some swimming if the pool's not too crowded. Fingers crossed. Any way I still have to get through this week first, and hopefully lose weight.
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Saturday 29th
Body Pump this morning...
Warm up 7.5kg
Squats 15kg
Chest 7.5kg
Glutes, Back & Hamstrings 12.5kg
Triceps 3kg for kick-backs, 5kg for overhead extensions
Biceps 5kg
Lunges 7.5kg
Abs 5kg
Bit of a wussy session, I could have used heavier weights for some, especially the squats, but I've not done Pump for a few weeks so I thought I'd give myself a rest.
Might do some more yoga and stretching later...
Warm up 7.5kg
Squats 15kg
Chest 7.5kg
Glutes, Back & Hamstrings 12.5kg
Triceps 3kg for kick-backs, 5kg for overhead extensions
Biceps 5kg
Lunges 7.5kg
Abs 5kg
Bit of a wussy session, I could have used heavier weights for some, especially the squats, but I've not done Pump for a few weeks so I thought I'd give myself a rest.
Might do some more yoga and stretching later...
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Thursday 27th
Ok so I just wrote an entire entry and it disappeared on me. Nice.
Gym before work this morning, did my program again - third time in a week! I must be mental...
Overhead squats x 10
Overhead lunges x 10 (each side)
Overhead side lunges x 10 (each side)
Windmills
Ball balance with intermitent hand lifting (when I was feeling brave)
Single leg bench squat 2x8kg x 12 (each side)
Sprint touch back 2x4kg x 20 (each side)
3 sets
Lunge & floor touch with scaption 2x4kg x 12 (each side)
Wall squat shoulder press 2x4kg x 12
3 sets
Press up x 10 (BOSU was in use)
Alternating dead row 2x8kg x 20
3 sets
Plank step ups x 12 (6 each side)
Stability ball crunch with arms up x 12
3 sets
Though I hate to say it, I do think I could stand to increase my weights on most of those exercises now. The only one that really killed was the shoulder press, and I think that's more to do with the scaption lunges in between sets! Perhaps I'll try it next time.
This evening I went back and did Body Balance, it really hurt. There's a pose called frog pose that literally makes me want to cry, and another where you put your legs out in front of you and reach for your toes and every time it makes me feel sick! Oh well, practise makes perfect I'm sure I'll get better. It's bank holiday on Monday so there's no lunch time class, I'll have to try and do some on my own!
Gym before work this morning, did my program again - third time in a week! I must be mental...
Overhead squats x 10
Overhead lunges x 10 (each side)
Overhead side lunges x 10 (each side)
Windmills
Ball balance with intermitent hand lifting (when I was feeling brave)
Single leg bench squat 2x8kg x 12 (each side)
Sprint touch back 2x4kg x 20 (each side)
3 sets
Lunge & floor touch with scaption 2x4kg x 12 (each side)
Wall squat shoulder press 2x4kg x 12
3 sets
Press up x 10 (BOSU was in use)
Alternating dead row 2x8kg x 20
3 sets
Plank step ups x 12 (6 each side)
Stability ball crunch with arms up x 12
3 sets
Though I hate to say it, I do think I could stand to increase my weights on most of those exercises now. The only one that really killed was the shoulder press, and I think that's more to do with the scaption lunges in between sets! Perhaps I'll try it next time.
This evening I went back and did Body Balance, it really hurt. There's a pose called frog pose that literally makes me want to cry, and another where you put your legs out in front of you and reach for your toes and every time it makes me feel sick! Oh well, practise makes perfect I'm sure I'll get better. It's bank holiday on Monday so there's no lunch time class, I'll have to try and do some on my own!
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Wednesday 26th
Gym before work again today - third day in a row! Go me!
Cross Trainer: 1-minute sprint intervals, 8 minutes at level 5
Stepper: interval program, 10 minutes at level 6
Stability ball crunches with arms up x 12
Stability ball plank/toe tap x 12
3 sets
I was expecting to be sore after yesterday, but I wasn't. My legs felt pretty heavy though, and the cross trainer was really tough this morning!
I've been relying on this cardio workout for a while now, I need to change it up a bit. I should probably vary my ab workouts a bit more as well, but it's hard to engage the imagination before 7am!
I did some yoga when I got home this evening, but not really enough that you could count it as an exercise session. I just went through some of the moves from Body Balance, trying to improve my flexibility a bit. Am looking forward to the class tomorrow evening!
Am concerned as my weight seems to have gone up a bit. I only record my weight on Sundays, but most mornings I have a little hop on the scales and have a look. The last few mornings it's been higher than I would like. I know I've had a bad couple of weeks, I'll be really annoyed if it's waited until now to catch up with me!
Cross Trainer: 1-minute sprint intervals, 8 minutes at level 5
Stepper: interval program, 10 minutes at level 6
Stability ball crunches with arms up x 12
Stability ball plank/toe tap x 12
3 sets
I was expecting to be sore after yesterday, but I wasn't. My legs felt pretty heavy though, and the cross trainer was really tough this morning!
I've been relying on this cardio workout for a while now, I need to change it up a bit. I should probably vary my ab workouts a bit more as well, but it's hard to engage the imagination before 7am!
I did some yoga when I got home this evening, but not really enough that you could count it as an exercise session. I just went through some of the moves from Body Balance, trying to improve my flexibility a bit. Am looking forward to the class tomorrow evening!
Am concerned as my weight seems to have gone up a bit. I only record my weight on Sundays, but most mornings I have a little hop on the scales and have a look. The last few mornings it's been higher than I would like. I know I've had a bad couple of weeks, I'll be really annoyed if it's waited until now to catch up with me!
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Tuesday 25th
I didn't start work til 9 this morning, so I decided to go to the gym and do my program first thing.
Overhead squats x 10
Overhead lunges x 10 (each side)
Overhead side lunges x 10 (each side)
Windmills
Ball balance with intermitent hand lifting (when I was feeling brave)
Plank march x 20
Single leg bench squat 2x8kg x 12 (each side)
Sprint touch back 2x4kg x 20 (each side)
3 sets
Lunge & floor touch with scaption 2x4kg x 12 (each side)
Wall squat shoulder press 2x4kg x 12
3 sets
Reverse BOSU press up x 12
Alternating dead row 2x8kg x 20
3 sets
Plank step ups x 12 (6 each side)
Stability ball crunch with arms up x 12
3 sets
All this took me much less time than it had on Sunday, so with the spare time I had left I did a little cardio...
Stepper - Interval program, 10 minutes level 6
This evening I was hoping to do the Legs Bums and Tums class at the gym, but it was fully booked when I called up to book in at 9am! I decided to give myself a bit of a night off, and came home instead. I've done a little yoga this evening but nothing major so I won't really count it as exercise.
Overhead squats x 10
Overhead lunges x 10 (each side)
Overhead side lunges x 10 (each side)
Windmills
Ball balance with intermitent hand lifting (when I was feeling brave)
Plank march x 20
Single leg bench squat 2x8kg x 12 (each side)
Sprint touch back 2x4kg x 20 (each side)
3 sets
Lunge & floor touch with scaption 2x4kg x 12 (each side)
Wall squat shoulder press 2x4kg x 12
3 sets
Reverse BOSU press up x 12
Alternating dead row 2x8kg x 20
3 sets
Plank step ups x 12 (6 each side)
Stability ball crunch with arms up x 12
3 sets
All this took me much less time than it had on Sunday, so with the spare time I had left I did a little cardio...
Stepper - Interval program, 10 minutes level 6
This evening I was hoping to do the Legs Bums and Tums class at the gym, but it was fully booked when I called up to book in at 9am! I decided to give myself a bit of a night off, and came home instead. I've done a little yoga this evening but nothing major so I won't really count it as exercise.
Monday, 24 August 2009
Monday 24th
I knew in advance (for once) that I wouldn't be able to make Body Pump tonight, so I got up early and went to the gym before work instead.
Cross Trainer - 1-minute sprint intervals, 10 minutes level 5
Stepper - Interval program, 7 minutes level 7
Stability ball crunches with arms up x 12
2 sets
Stability ball side raises x 12 each side
1 set (ran out of time!)
I also went back to the gym at lunch for Body Balance. We did a track today we've not done for a while - to do with stretching out the backs of the legs. Man alive, did it ever hurt! I was rubbish at it, when the instructor was telling us to sit on the floor and bend forward to reach our toes I was reaching forwards and managing to touch the air about a foot above my toes! Must work on my flexibility!
Cross Trainer - 1-minute sprint intervals, 10 minutes level 5
Stepper - Interval program, 7 minutes level 7
Stability ball crunches with arms up x 12
2 sets
Stability ball side raises x 12 each side
1 set (ran out of time!)
I also went back to the gym at lunch for Body Balance. We did a track today we've not done for a while - to do with stretching out the backs of the legs. Man alive, did it ever hurt! I was rubbish at it, when the instructor was telling us to sit on the floor and bend forward to reach our toes I was reaching forwards and managing to touch the air about a foot above my toes! Must work on my flexibility!
Sunday, 23 August 2009
This week's food
I seem to have gotten into the habit of posting pictures of my food so i figured i may as well continue! These will be my lunches for the coming week. The suspicious pink stuff is my breakfast for tmrw... Which I've just remembered i did not put spinach into! Oops!
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