Last week while jumping, I hurt my ankle.  I didn't even realize it until my ankle started feeling tight.  Of course now that I've taken another week off, I'm not eating well either...I need help. 

Maddi and I exercised on Tuesday as well.  We ended up only doing 3 circuits because Maddi was worn out, but we did exercise.  Wednesday is a day off, so tonight we'll be back at it. 

 

The alarm went off an hour too early this morning, it's too bad that it was the time I had to get up. I pushed the snooze alarm...then it went off too fast...I crawled out of bed, brushed my teeth , had a glass of water and went to wake the sleeping teenager in the next room Maddi had told me that she would come with me.  I waited to try until I was dressed.  She still told me that she was too sore to go.  She promises she'll come tomorrow.


Today was an odd day diet and exercise wise.  I did the exercise, but I didn't "diet".  I didn't eat too much for breakfast and lunch, but for dinner I ate a second piece of garlic bread, it was just SO tasty and then I had dessert, someone made it special and twisted my arm, I promise. 

I am listing below the exercises that I did today, just to give you an idea of what I am doing, I won't be posting what I did each day, that would be a boring read.

Ok, here's what I was supposed to do in my workout today and what I actually was able to do for reps follows:

5 Min Cardio Warm Up

Circuit one

Pushups-          3 sets of 15       I did- 1 set of 15 girl ups (my knees down), 2 sets of 8 girl ups

Squats-            3 sets of 15                 3 sets of 15

Circuit 2
Dumbbell chest flys-     3 sets of 15 (at whatever weight you could keep your form) - I did- 3 sets of 15 with 5lbs in each hand.

Sumo Squats-  3 sets of 15           I did- 3 sets of 15 (yes these do look quite funny, actually a lot like a sumo wrestler stance)

Circuit 3

Bench dips- 3 sets of 15- I did sets of 15/6/7  (yep my triceps and shoulders are a bit weak)
Leg extensions- 3 sets of 15-  I did at 20 lbs- 9, then I changed to 10 lbs and did 2 sets of 6

Circuit 4

Lateral raises - 3 sets of 15-   I did these with 3lb weights in each hand and did sets of 15/8/9
Jumping jacks for 1 minute-  I did it!
Basic Crunches- 3 sets of 15-  I did this too..I'm getting better...

Circuit 5

Tricep extensions- 3 sets of 15, I did sets of 15/15/10 with 5lb weights in each hand
Jump rope 1 minute-  I did this, but without a jump rope, though I figure I looked a little silly without the rope.

5 minutes cool down-  Then 45 minutes minimum of cardio at 85% of heartrate

What I did... 5 minute cool down...  Yep that's it. 

I weighed today, I was 210.08.   I won't weigh again until next week, but I'll be giving you my measurements in the next couple of days.  Really you don't want to see those numbers...

I have taken the last 6 weeks or so off of exercising.  I have realized that I just don't feel as good without exercising, so I'm opting to feel awful for a couple of weeks while my muscles adjust to exercising again. 

Since I am such a big fan of the "Biggest Loser" shows, I decided to read Jillian Michael's book, "Winning by Losing".  I have an exercise program to follow for the next twelve weeks.  My goal is to weigh and measure only once a week, and then post what those numbers are as well as how often I exercised that week.  If I get really wild and crazy, I'll post what I do each day, but since I am a habitual non-blogger, it may be difficult for me to do.

Thank you for keeping my spirits up while holding me to task, I need someone to answer to.  Please feel free to comment.

I am going to give Blogger a try since it comes so highly recommended.  So far I prefer Bravenet, I can do more customization.

I posted there.

the site is http://girlwithoutarearviewmirror.blogspot.com/

Come and take a look.

see you in awhile