Excitement!

The "girls only" side of the gym received a whole line of brand new treadmills and I....definitely tested one out!

It was an easier workout but included the usual....20 minutes on the elliptical, a hard ab workout and then a good "leg" workout....to end off with 10 minutes on the brand new (I swear I could smell the "newness" being worked in) tread mill!

I'm looking forward to the pain in my legs tomorrow!

I know...I have issues.

Gone and done it

I've done something to the area around the inside of my right elbow...it felt fine yesterday but I woke up during the night in excruciating pain and now....am unable to fully extend my arm. See....this is what "working out" does to ya! I've been suffering with "tennis elbow" in the other arm since last June!! It either means, I'm too old for this, don't know how to "curl" or should just give up and turn myself into a "Babooshka" (slang for "old European grandma").

Week #4

It would've taken a heart beat for me to change my mind about going to the gym today. Unfortunately...or perhaps more importantly..."thankfully"....I had an inner voice telling me to kick myself in the ass. I went. And quite frankly....feel more pumped up after going, then ever! I think I'm a little inspired by the fact that my sister is back up and running again (she had injured her foot) and the whole reality of Boston is coming up fast and furious. So yeah....I'm inspired to work that much harder, get myself into that much better shape...I realize that I won't be in as good of shape as I was 4 (already?) years ago but...hey...one can hope!?!?

Anyways....I did my usual 20 minute elliptical (upping the speed a bit since my heartbeat seemed pretty "normal"...for one with high-blood pressure and major stress issues)...and then it was my "ab" routine (upping the intensity a bit on that too) and then finally...my upper body workout (upping the weights on that as well). I trembled and shook a bit after the workout but....it was all good.

Shoulder press at 45
Chest press at 60
Row at 60
Tri press at 75
Bicep curl (free weights) at 10

A few days off....

...between driving kids to ortho, appointments, school to write exams and cooking, and busting my butt to get my clients' work up to date...it's year-end/GST time and it's been crazy!! By next week things should settle down and I'll be back in my routine. I'm hoping to get back to the gym tomorrow or Thursday morning. Wish me luck!

Pain is a good

There really is some truth to the saying "no pain, no gain". My legs are still incredibly sore from the squats and workout I gave them the other day, but.....at the same time....I'm feeling a whole lot stronger than I did a couple of months ago. Things are tightening up and the fact the my jeans are tightening up around my legs...is a good thing as well.

I'm feeling very guilty though to have had those "fried wings" but *oh* they were so, so good!!! And you are allowed one "cheat meal" per week, right?

The end of week 3

I kind of missed out writing about the first three weeks of my "return to constant pain". But I have been progressing and "regularly" watching what I eat....that's not to say that I'm going hyper crazy...nada...I love food wayyyy too much to be eating low fat cottage cheese and baby bok choy every day.

I have managed however, to add 5 lbs to my weights each week...which is promising.

It's amazing just how quickly the heart recovers from being an incredibly lazy ass! I went from a stomping 158 beats per minute, barely pushing myself on the elliptical to 134 and having to pump a little harder only three weeks later! It's a good feeling, especially considering my heart was rated at a 55 year old level only 6 months ago...pretty sad huh? Yup....that's what doing nothing will do to ya!

Anyways...my last workout (on Thursday) was a good 20 minutes on the elliptical, abs and emphasis on my legs. Um hello....my legs are not alive. Well apparently they're keeping me upright but.....they're in a mighty bit of pain...and I didn't even push myself!

I did watch what I ate today though....breakfast was a yogurt, then a small handful of almonds. Lunch was a piece of "tilapia" fish and a salad. I had a snack of a couple of slices of Hungarian salami (I told you) and dinner was a bit of my own version of "hamburger helper" (wayyy healthier than the boxed crap) and a side salad.

I am having a glass (or two) of wine now, but hey....I deserve it!

New Years' Resolution

Yup....trying to add a "workout" blog to my regular story...