Monday's workout

Nothing much going on in my boring life at the moment. I am quite happy with this though, I feel like I am focusing on my health.

Today's workout: shoulder and arms (biceps)

Warm up
-walking on the treadmill 3mph, incline 5 for 0.5mils
-running on the treadmill 4.5mph for 0.5 miles

- squat with the weight bar on my shoulders - 15 reps, then 30 walking lunges(3 sets)
-barbell 65 lbs 15 reps then pull downs 15 reps (3 sets)
-sitting barbell lifts - 15 reps then rowing maching 15 reps (3 sets)
-arm machine ( wish I knew what this was called - fly maybe) started off with heavy weigh and 15 reps(I cried doing this) then the weight came down and the #reps came down - This was fricken beyond hard, especially since my arms and shoulders were already tired from all the weights)
- 20, 20 20 20 cycle of sit ups.
- ab work on the swiss ball
-finally leg work(imagine a dog on all fours lifting its leg to pee on a hydrant - lol

I can honestly say the last 4 days I have pushed my body to the max with regard to working out, but I feel great..... This morning I had an osteopath appointment and a lovely accupuncture session. Ahhhhhhh I feel wonderful now....

Note: starting clothing size was 22 or some 24. My size 18 capris are falling off today, I am pretty solidly in a size 16 now. It feels great :)

That day has finally come

"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever" Lance Armstrong

I woke up this morning jumped out of bed and began my usual morning ritual... all of a sudden it hit me like a ton of brinks. No pain! No pain at all in my back, and even more exciting, absolutely no pain in my knee. FINALLY, I was feeling strong, my legs didn't ache, nor did my shoulders and I could not feel any inflamation in my knee.

Now this didn't last the entire day, but I am feeling so much better then I have been. It has been months since I have felt this strong. Kudo's to my personal trainer for not only helping to make me strong physically, but also for pointing me in the right direction when I needed extra help..... he has been working with me at the gym doing physio cycles and along with the osteopath, I am feeling great.

On a side note, I have been eating pretty much Gluten free for a few weeks now and I am feeling so much more energetic.... Still not 100% on track, but things are changing for the better.......

Happy Easter everyone!

Found a wetsuit.

I am trying to find out information on doing a triathlon.... I follow a few blogs of triathletes who inspire me and also give me ideas on things to think about. So I do know that I will require a wetsuit when do I my try a tri in June, I am assuming the water on the lake will be very cold. I have been thinking about what I will wear and quite honestly the wet suit part is the most worrysome, just because the womens suits only go up to a size 12 or 14 and that might not fit me by June. So I found a web site with awesome plus size wet suits and well, I feel relieved. It is actually quite nice too. Here is a pic:


Anyway, not much else going on..... still suffering with back and knee issues, which I am working out with osteo visits..... still plugging away at this whole getting healthy thing.... both physically and emotionally.

Absolute Fatigue = Absolute pain!

So yesterday morning my trainer introduced me to a weight cycle called absolute fatigue. I basically lifted weights (targeting different muscles in my arms and shoulders) until I was tired, then was encouraged to lift them 5 more times, wow what a struggle. Once done, rather than enter into a recovery/rest phase, I had to do another exercise which basically drained the last drop of strength from my muscles. The purpose of this exercise is to stimulate muscle growth (I think). Anyway, it felt great yesterday but this morning I am feeling quite sore. I love learning new things and always feel the need to know why I'm doing something.... When I know the why's it makes it easier for me to push to make sure I am do it correctly.

This morning I have an appointment with an osteopath. Now from what I know, they use massage therapy, chiropractic therapy and accupuncture in their treatment. After years of not looking after myself physically it is time to get things moving. I don't think I even realize how uncomfortable I am sometimes, just because I have lived with my back issues for so many years and just tried to compensate for it, which of course caused more long term problems. Anyway, this is the newest addition to my journey. I will write about it more later.

NOTE: I am opening up my Blog(and myself) to my personal trainer. I have not let anybody that I know in real life read my blog yet, but I think some of the stuff I write about will give him a good insight into how *F* up I really am (haha).

Personal trainer(who shall remain nameless) if you are here, welcome!