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Nothing formal for today. It is Garden day.

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Patty

exercise is NOT AN OPTION

"Muscle is hard to get and easy to lose.
Fat is easy to get and hard to lose."

F54 5'4" 163/150/130

Wow, September already!!

Tuesday - gym day - 50 min treadmill, 15 ex bike, sit ups.

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177/146/140 F 55 8/19/02
Carrie

We'll be talking holidays before we know it...

Tuesday: 20 min HIIT, 7/8 mph = level 10

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Just Do It. DISBELIEF is the biggest obstacle.
We are what we believe is possible for ourselves.

Dec 1, 2006: 275 lbs
Dec 8, 2007: 185 lbs
Jan 1, 2010: 227 lbs


246/167/155

Someone said it is 16 weeks till Christmas. That will raise your heart rate!!!

Teech, I got the schedule of available classes etc from our gym. One thing they offer - for a fee- is HIIT classes. I thought of you.

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Patty

exercise is NOT AN OPTION

"Muscle is hard to get and easy to lose.
Fat is easy to get and hard to lose."

F54 5'4" 163/150/130

Shoort walk today...only went 2 miles.

My walking buddy and I have an appointment with the trainer at the gym on Friday. He is going to design us (for free) a strength/ cardio program that we can use during the winter.

My gym lets you do this every 6 months. I don't think I have had one done in 6 years.

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Patty

exercise is NOT AN OPTION

"Muscle is hard to get and easy to lose.
Fat is easy to get and hard to lose."

F54 5'4" 163/150/130

OMG...no kidding!




Oh, I'm all for that. The more I read now about weight training, the more I'm convinced that I was doing it (weight loss) all wrong all these years. Losing the muscle that was going to keep the fat burned off... Weight training is sooo important. And...I'm not even talking about body building, just plain, simple growing of more muscle tissue that may or may not be visible.

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Just Do It. DISBELIEF is the biggest obstacle.
We are what we believe is possible for ourselves.

Dec 1, 2006: 275 lbs
Dec 8, 2007: 185 lbs
Jan 1, 2010: 227 lbs


246/167/155

Thursday - gym - 50 treadmill, 15 ex bike, some weights (let's see what happens) and sit ups.

Patty, nice benefit to have the trainer on Friday and for free. I'll be interested in hearing about it

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177/146/140 F 55 8/19/02
Carrie

Friday - 4.5 mile run

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177/146/140 F 55 8/19/02
Carrie

Friday: gooood leg workout. O said I set a new precedent. I'm guessing that means I moved up to heavier weights??

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Just Do It. DISBELIEF is the biggest obstacle.
We are what we believe is possible for ourselves.

Dec 1, 2006: 275 lbs
Dec 8, 2007: 185 lbs
Jan 1, 2010: 227 lbs


246/167/155

SOOO ...the trainer.

I thought we were just going to talk with him and then meet with him again next week when he had designed a plan for us.

Nope, we got right into it.

He asked what our thoughts were. WE told him we needed core and upper body strength workouts that we could do on the road, at home or at the gym. We did not want to be tied to having to go to the gym all the time and use machines. We are not concerned with cardio as we figure we can do that on the e-bike, the treadmills, elliptical or just walking...even though I do not feel like my heart rate increases significantly with just walking.

So, he created a plan where we do each exercise for 45 seconds, then switch with each other. We do that twice so we basically do the exercise for 1.5 minutes total.

Example...I started with 45 seconds of doing wall sits using an exercise ball while my buddy did modified push ups using a rail int he gym. Then we switched places with me doing push ups, then swapped back to wall sits and then back to push ups.

We did some quad stuff, a reverse fly, a hamstring thing. some triceps lifts..etc. I get the full list when I go to the gym on Wednesday.

I never lifted more than an 8 pound weight or just used my body for resistance.

It didn't feel too bad until I got into the car to drive home. Man, I wasn't sure I could raise my arms up to turn the steering wheel. Definite muscle fatigue. And that is why I need to do it.

I do think, as I am typing this, that I might slide over to the gym this afternoon and see if he has had time to write it all up and put it into my file there. I would like to play with it while it is still fresh in my brain this weekend.

I asked about cardio and he said 45 minutes 4-5 times a day in addition to the weight work. Not sure how I am going to manage that.

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Patty

exercise is NOT AN OPTION

"Muscle is hard to get and easy to lose.
Fat is easy to get and hard to lose."

F54 5'4" 163/150/130

Sounds good and manageble Patty except for the cardio 4 - 5 times a day for 45 min each time. That sounds like a lot for one day.

I got up to 15 lb weights about two years ago but I couldn't keep that up. I had too many neck problems so now I'm doing very little but using 5 lb weights.

Teech, great job on increasing the weights.

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177/146/140 F 55 8/19/02
Carrie

LOL...that is 4-5 times a week.

I think he was referring to if our cardio is only walking. Personally, I just cannot get my heart reate to stay up with just walking.

Another Friday exercise...DH and I went for a 2 mile walk after he got home from work. He is walking more quicly now so that is a good thing.

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Patty

exercise is NOT AN OPTION

"Muscle is hard to get and easy to lose.
Fat is easy to get and hard to lose."

F54 5'4" 163/150/130

There's nothing like that fatigue, huh...your limbs just feel sooo heavy. I agree...45 mins is a good chunk out of your day, esp when you add that much in another workout for 3 of those days.

Sat: 20 mins, HIIT. Good run.

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Just Do It. DISBELIEF is the biggest obstacle.
We are what we believe is possible for ourselves.

Dec 1, 2006: 275 lbs
Dec 8, 2007: 185 lbs
Jan 1, 2010: 227 lbs


246/167/155

I thought it might be 4 -5 times a week. LOL

Saturday - 5 mile run outside. I did that today and I'm going to try tomorrow to do 5 as well and let Monday be an easy day.

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177/146/140 F 55 8/19/02
Carrie

Sunday - 5 mile run

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177/146/140 F 55 8/19/02
Carrie