My Journey to Lose 120 Pounds
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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 seconds I felt like I [...]
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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 Jody’s recommendation.
Thanks to everyone [...]
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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 on the exercise bike
1 Circuit [...]
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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 Pounds. They seem like a [...]
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Well, the big news today is that I actually jogged last night! Yep, I started out with my 5 minutes on the elliptical and then hopped on the treadmill to get my walking in. My sister (who works at the gym) was there and I told her that I wanted to start jogging [...]
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I had an intense (for me) workout in the gym last night. I walked 2.5 miles at 3.0 mph, sometimes upping it to 3.5 mph. I also did 5 minutes on the Spawn of Satan and some hand weight exercises. Here’s where I need to jump in with an arm update.
You may or may [...]
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Another week and another loss. I weighed in at 232.9, which is a .7 pound loss for the week. This brings my total weight loss since 9/28 to 23.1 pounds. See the rest of my progress by clicking here. I will update my progress pictures tonight.
So, I’m thinking a few things at the close of [...]
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As I previously mentioned, I’m not “officially” part of this challenge, because I got in too late, so this is just for fun.
My goals for last week were:
No carbonated beverages. period. Sucess!
Complete Week 1 Days 1-3 of C25K training. Still haven’t started.
Walk at least 5 miles for the week. Walked 1.
No more Halloween Candy. Sucess!
Bring [...]
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As I previously mentioned, I’m not “officially” part of this challenge, because I got in too late, so this is just for fun.
My goals for last week were:
No carbonated beverages. period. Success!
Minimum of 5 hours of gym per week. Only got 40 minutes this week
Walk at least 13 miles for the week. Only walked 1.5 [...]
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9 Minutes.
That’s 540 seconds.
That’s .15 of an hour.
A lot can happen in 9 Minutes.
Such as………………..
dun…Dun…DUN…..
ME being on the Spawn of Satan for NINE WHOLE MINUTES! I couldn’t believe it!
Normally, my routine is treadmill first, and then I get on the elliptical and go as long as I can (which before tonight [...]
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