http://www.35andshrinking.com Follow me as I try to undo 35 years of unhealthy choices... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:26:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This will be a short post because as the title implies, I am SORE and very tired. I mean, sore like I've never experienced before. My legs are so sore that when I went to workout on the treadmill today, I literally couldn't. My knees kept buckling and every few ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/18/day-1-on-weight-watchers-a-new-definition-of-sore/ Today was such a whirlwind, I hardly know where to start. I showed up at the gym this morning with my list of exercises from my workout pledge ready to go. My sister was there to join me but what I didn't know was that Michelle, the owner of the ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/17/workout-recap-and-some-exciting-news/ So, here's my final tally for tomorrow's workout pledge: 13.5 minutes of running at 4.5 mph 1 minute walking at 3.5 mph 8 minutes on elliptical 40 crunches 80 squats 20 reps on weight machine 6 minutes on exercise bike 9 minutes on stairmaster I will also do a circuit of all of them (a minute of each) at ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/16/final-tally-for-tomorrow/ If you missed my workout pledge, you can participate by clicking here. You can help determine my workout on Wednesday! So far, if I've tallied correctly, my routine is as follows: 100 squats 3 minutes stairmaster 40 crunches 4.5 minutes running (4.5 mph) 1 minute walking (3.5 mph) 1 minute elliptical 20 reps on weight machines 3 minutes ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/15/week-24-weigh-in/ This Wednesday (March 17th), I have the day off so I'm making it GYM day - "Biggest Loser last chance workout" style...but here's the catch, the workouts I do will be chosen by YOU! This is called a Workout Pledge and I got the idea from Tyler over at 344 ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/13/workout-pledge/ Image by Pippa! Today marks the 100th day of the year, and as such the Perfect 10 challenge has come to an end. Here is my final Perfect 10 Update: Walk 100 miles over the course of the 10 weeks. This will help keep me on track to reach 500 for ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/12/final-perfect-10-update-week-10/ Calories burned? 532 Time spent on treadmill? 1 Hour, 45 minutes Total distance? 6.01 miles (Farthest EVER for me at once!) Leaving the gym looking like this: and this: PRICELESS!!! Oh hell yes! What an awesome workout! My face gets SOOO red, doesn't it? :-P So, now I'm less than 5 miles from reaching ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/11/have-you-ever-seen-a-face-so-red/ Before I get to today’s post, if you haven’t read Craig’s latest blog yet, you should. Really, it’s refreshingly honest and touching. I know I can relate and I’m sure most of you can too. At first, he debated even posting it and several readers encouraged him to, including me. ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/10/progress-pictures/ I weighed in this morning at 212.6 lbs which is a .4 lb loss for the week. This brings my total weight loss so far to 43.4 pounds. Nothing to write home about, eh? I’m still trending downwards, though, which is awesomely awesome. :-) I’ll take a .4 loss over ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/08/week-23-%e2%80%93-weigh-in-and-weekend-warrior-update/ I've been meaning to tell this story now for a few days, but have been otherwise preoccupied, so here goes. Thursday night we went to the fair. Now, I have to tell you I was SO looking forward to going to the fair this year being 43 lbs lighter. In years ... http://www.35andshrinking.com/2010/03/07/speed/