Hello everyone!!!!
I hope everyone had a fun New Year's Eve! I was less than good dietwise. I ended up having some cheese pizza to ring in the new year.
New Year's Day- Today I just kind of relaxed and didn't do much, and indulged a little again. This time I had some Burger King. (I know, I know.) I took my "before" weight and measurements and was pleasantly surprised when I compared these befores to other befores. It seems I lost a couple inches in the bust and waist. Not bad.
Also I did do SOME physical movement. I did what I will be doing every Sunday- X Stretch from P90X which is an hour long of stretches. And boy did it feel good.
Tomorrow I will start my Abcentric meta along with better eating. :)
Happy New Year!!!
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Saturday, August 13, 2011
New plan- short version!
Hello everyone!
I have come up with a system to get myself in fighting shape for Tracy. I really am starting to think that it's not QUITE what I need to lose this massive amount of weight I'm carrying. I am breaking this down into 2 phases.
Phase 1:
Weight watchers
Walking/Jogging
Chalean Extreme
Why Chalean Extreme? Yes, I am afraid of bulky muscles. However at this point, building more muscle will help get the majority of my excess fat off so that I can do TAM more effectively.
Phase 2: Metamorphosis by Tracy, continuity, etc. to burn off lard and slim down any bulky muscles I may have built with Chalene. When I am lighter I will be able to do the workout a lot better, and not be too heavy for dance cardio.
I plan on getting back to TAM when I hit around 200 pounds. Chalean Extreme is a 90 day program also.
I am really excited to be starting this. I will take new before pics (I do look different, at least I think so) and measurements.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Hello everyone!
Been having more second thoughts about my dieting. I am thinking about just plain eating clean rather than taking any extreme measure. I had a talk with my friend about my dieting and I also remember a comment someone left a while back about my jumping into things too quickly. It has been suggested to me by not just my friend but also my doctor (which I will get to in a moment) that rather than go to extremes, I should reduce my calories and do my best to just eat clean as much as I can. No giving up animal products, however not eating too much of them either.
My diet these past couple of days more reflects these principles than veganism.
Tuesday July 26-
Breakfast:
Coffee and oatmeal
Lunch: 6 pieces of falafel with a salad on the side
Dinner: Kept it light again, didn't feel a huge appetite so I had pita chips and hummus again with a bottle of Vita Coco coconut water. Later on I ended up going to a middle eastern restaurant with a friend and ended up having a few bites of her meat.
Wednesday July 27-
Breakfast:
Coffee and oatmeal
Lunch: Veggie burger with a diet pepsi
Dinner: Ramen noodles (soup drained off) with a bunch of added mushrooms and some chopped onion.
As for exercise, Tuesday I went for a walk for about a half an hour, last night I did fall asleep early but woke up at about 10 pm and got my MS done.
My water consumption these past two days has been good. 8 glasses on Tuesday, 10 yesterday.
Monday, July 11, 2011
A little change of pace...
Hello everyone-
If you haven’t seen it, I posted on one of my other blog, www.roxyloveskorea.blogspot.com about some Korean workout DVDs. I was able to watch them and after doing so, realized that I would like to try them out and give them a review (since there aren’t any in English that I can find.). The name of the workout is Figurerobics by Jung Dayeon.
She created this workout system after once being overweight herself. (Much like Tracy Anderson)
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Before….
And after!
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And she's in her 40s.
Another reason I want to give her videos a whirl is because I think TA might be a little much for me right now at my current weight. I don’t feel like I am getting the most out of it, to be honest. Being too heavy makes the DC (probably the more CRUCIAL component) difficult. I am going to try the figurerobics videos (there are 8- 4 are regular aerobics/strength, the other 4 are using a balance ball) and walk for 30-60 minutes. Since there are 4 videos that I have, I am going to rotate them out. Still kind of thinking about how to do it, thinking of doing a different one every day and repeat. Walking I will do 7 days a week and keep to a more Asian-like, low calorie diet (about 1200 calories a day)
Will I go back to TAM? Of course. I just want to try something different.
I hope you guys have a great Monday!
If you haven’t seen it, I posted on one of my other blog, www.roxyloveskorea.blogspot.com about some Korean workout DVDs. I was able to watch them and after doing so, realized that I would like to try them out and give them a review (since there aren’t any in English that I can find.). The name of the workout is Figurerobics by Jung Dayeon.
She created this workout system after once being overweight herself. (Much like Tracy Anderson)
Before….
And after!
And she's in her 40s.
Another reason I want to give her videos a whirl is because I think TA might be a little much for me right now at my current weight. I don’t feel like I am getting the most out of it, to be honest. Being too heavy makes the DC (probably the more CRUCIAL component) difficult. I am going to try the figurerobics videos (there are 8- 4 are regular aerobics/strength, the other 4 are using a balance ball) and walk for 30-60 minutes. Since there are 4 videos that I have, I am going to rotate them out. Still kind of thinking about how to do it, thinking of doing a different one every day and repeat. Walking I will do 7 days a week and keep to a more Asian-like, low calorie diet (about 1200 calories a day)
Will I go back to TAM? Of course. I just want to try something different.
I hope you guys have a great Monday!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Making the switch
I have no idea why but over this weekend I totally fell off my wagon. I haven’t exercised OR dieted all weekend and there really was no excuse for it this time.
The good news: I ordered the Abcentric metamorphosis AND the Abcentric continuity. While I am eagerly awaiting it in the mail, I am not following the dynamic eating plan until my new metamorphosis arrives. Instead I will be eating up the frozen vegetables and other surprisingly healthy stuff I have in the fridge that hasn’t gone bad yet. Less waste that way and I’m not doing damage since it’s healthy stuff.
As for working out I will not be completely inactive. Tonight I am going to try giving Beginner DC a run through. The choreographed stuff is more interesting to me since it doesn’t always really require a whole lot of jumping, and if you don’t jump around then there’s only a limited amount of cardio to do with meta. But that’s just me. My main weakness with working out is cardio endurance. And unfortunately the only way to improve that is to do more cardio.
Also, as I said before (correct me if I’m wrong)- I am thinking of doing both the abcentric and the omnicentric metas together. I am wondering if this will be too much, or if I should just focus on Abcentric and work more on getting my cardio up to speed. Or should I do both of those things- both metas and cardio.
I hope you all had a great weekend and have a happy Monday!
The good news: I ordered the Abcentric metamorphosis AND the Abcentric continuity. While I am eagerly awaiting it in the mail, I am not following the dynamic eating plan until my new metamorphosis arrives. Instead I will be eating up the frozen vegetables and other surprisingly healthy stuff I have in the fridge that hasn’t gone bad yet. Less waste that way and I’m not doing damage since it’s healthy stuff.
As for working out I will not be completely inactive. Tonight I am going to try giving Beginner DC a run through. The choreographed stuff is more interesting to me since it doesn’t always really require a whole lot of jumping, and if you don’t jump around then there’s only a limited amount of cardio to do with meta. But that’s just me. My main weakness with working out is cardio endurance. And unfortunately the only way to improve that is to do more cardio.
Also, as I said before (correct me if I’m wrong)- I am thinking of doing both the abcentric and the omnicentric metas together. I am wondering if this will be too much, or if I should just focus on Abcentric and work more on getting my cardio up to speed. Or should I do both of those things- both metas and cardio.
I hope you all had a great weekend and have a happy Monday!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Metamorphosis Day 7
Hello everyone!
After the past less-than-stellar weekend, I am happy to say I am back on track!
I did my MS (25 reps, may up to 30 on day 8) and 30 minutes cardio. I also kept to the metamorphosis diet for week 2-
Breakfast: 2 hardboiled eggs, 1 cup vanilla almond milk blended with 1 cup of blueberries (I didn't blend them today, I just mixed it and ate it like it was a bowl of cereal)
Lunch: Lemon Cream Pie Think Thin bar- They do taste a TINY bit artificial but they are nice and moist, (much better than brownie crunch or crunchy peanut butter) and I love lemon so it works out.
Dinner: Grilled tofu with a handful of chopped bell peppers
Doesn't sound like much but I didn't feel too hungry throughout the day. I also drank about 80 ounces of water. The plus side is this week I have protein at every meal, different than last week (which could also explain why I am not that hungry)
Back on the subject of cardio- being obese, I actually have heard from someone that I should be doing 300 minutes of cardio a week to really burn off the fat. That equates to 50 minutes a day, 6 days a week. I think I will give 50 minutes a try starting day 8. That includes the Metamorphosis cardio and both combinations of the book DVD. It all depends on how my body feels. If I feel dead after 30 minutes, then I will end at that. If not, then 40, etc.
Have a wonderful day and get your workout done!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Metamorphosis Days 5 and 6
Hello everyone!
A little heads up on what’s been going on- my computer has died over the weekend, so I was unable to post. (I borrowed a laptop that I am using now)
Day 5- Friday
Everything went well today, I did my workout with 25 reps of MS per leg and my cardio ended up getting done. I did cheat on my diet a little (all week I have been! I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I think the time of the month is on the way). One thing I have yet to cheat on is diet soda. I have had none since June 1 and I don’t mind so much.
Day 6- Sunday
I chose Saturday to be my rest day because I just simply felt plain old lazy. Sunday also ended up being a no go for the working out but I hadn’t planned on it. Being father’s day, it ended up being an emotional rollercoaster of a day. I lost my father back in 2003, and from then on every father’s day has been hard. I totally forgot about it on Saturday or I would have pushed to do my workout then. Even though I didn’t work out today, I am going to continue on Monday as day 7, my weight is still going down so missing one day of level 1 shouldn’t hurt.
I hope everyone had a better weekend than me (with the computer and the emotional moments), let’s start the new week off better!
A little heads up on what’s been going on- my computer has died over the weekend, so I was unable to post. (I borrowed a laptop that I am using now)
Day 5- Friday
Everything went well today, I did my workout with 25 reps of MS per leg and my cardio ended up getting done. I did cheat on my diet a little (all week I have been! I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I think the time of the month is on the way). One thing I have yet to cheat on is diet soda. I have had none since June 1 and I don’t mind so much.
Day 6- Sunday
I chose Saturday to be my rest day because I just simply felt plain old lazy. Sunday also ended up being a no go for the working out but I hadn’t planned on it. Being father’s day, it ended up being an emotional rollercoaster of a day. I lost my father back in 2003, and from then on every father’s day has been hard. I totally forgot about it on Saturday or I would have pushed to do my workout then. Even though I didn’t work out today, I am going to continue on Monday as day 7, my weight is still going down so missing one day of level 1 shouldn’t hurt.
I hope everyone had a better weekend than me (with the computer and the emotional moments), let’s start the new week off better!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Day 8 and a change of plan
Hello everyone,
I have come to a conclusion lately concerning my working out. I am really thinking of this weekend being my last Boot Camp weekend. Why? After having tried both Boot Camp and Metamophosis, I find Metamorphosis to be much better suited to my needs.
1.I have found that although my weight on the scale has gone down, I attrtibute that much more to the diet than the boot camp workout. When I was on Metamorphosis before, I was seeing amazing changes to how I looked/measured as well as my weight. With boot camp, the looked/measured part is fairly minimal in comparison.
2.Time. I don't mind spending time cooking for myself, but 2 and a half hours of exercising is just a DRAG for me right now. Meta got me great results in an hour a day. Work days are VERY challenging for doing the boot camp workout.
3.I find the moves in boot camp to be a little much for me (sequences 2 and 3) because of my weight (extra body fat does not allow for easy movement!) , and lack of flexibility, the workouts involving the chair are really awkward and weird for my body. Perhaps when I slim down I can come back to them, but right now it would be just plain insanity. (I have tried them out of curiosity. Hilarity ensued). Meta is on all fours, no chair, and I can focus on form and blast the lard off of me.
I will still be doing boot camp until Saturday, then I will start Omni Metamorphosis level 1 and I of course, will be following the diet.
That said, since I am still on Boot Camp until Saturday, here's Day 8!
Day 8 was not the best day. After I got home from work, my apartment lost power (as did my whole block at least) because a big tree branch fell, downed a power line and landed (and damaged) someone's car. Not helping the fact that it was in the 90s, no power = no air conditioning/DVD player/etc. I ended up not doing my workout.
My diet went well, at least until dinner. I had eaten all of the food I was supposed to eat, but then dinner came and I caved. I ended up eating 2 taquito roll ups from 7-11 and a diet iced tea. Ok, the tea isn't so bad but the roll ups are what I feel guilty about. However, this act deterred me from doing such things again because I ended up paying for it later by feeling run down and with a bit of a stomach ache.
I will continue to eat the boot camp way and do some exercise until Saturday, then I will do my shopping for week 1 of meta and doing my pureeing (I am going to make my week 1 food in batches since its the same thing every day) on Sunday. Very excited!
I have come to a conclusion lately concerning my working out. I am really thinking of this weekend being my last Boot Camp weekend. Why? After having tried both Boot Camp and Metamophosis, I find Metamorphosis to be much better suited to my needs.
1.I have found that although my weight on the scale has gone down, I attrtibute that much more to the diet than the boot camp workout. When I was on Metamorphosis before, I was seeing amazing changes to how I looked/measured as well as my weight. With boot camp, the looked/measured part is fairly minimal in comparison.
2.Time. I don't mind spending time cooking for myself, but 2 and a half hours of exercising is just a DRAG for me right now. Meta got me great results in an hour a day. Work days are VERY challenging for doing the boot camp workout.
3.I find the moves in boot camp to be a little much for me (sequences 2 and 3) because of my weight (extra body fat does not allow for easy movement!) , and lack of flexibility, the workouts involving the chair are really awkward and weird for my body. Perhaps when I slim down I can come back to them, but right now it would be just plain insanity. (I have tried them out of curiosity. Hilarity ensued). Meta is on all fours, no chair, and I can focus on form and blast the lard off of me.
I will still be doing boot camp until Saturday, then I will start Omni Metamorphosis level 1 and I of course, will be following the diet.
That said, since I am still on Boot Camp until Saturday, here's Day 8!
Day 8 was not the best day. After I got home from work, my apartment lost power (as did my whole block at least) because a big tree branch fell, downed a power line and landed (and damaged) someone's car. Not helping the fact that it was in the 90s, no power = no air conditioning/DVD player/etc. I ended up not doing my workout.
My diet went well, at least until dinner. I had eaten all of the food I was supposed to eat, but then dinner came and I caved. I ended up eating 2 taquito roll ups from 7-11 and a diet iced tea. Ok, the tea isn't so bad but the roll ups are what I feel guilty about. However, this act deterred me from doing such things again because I ended up paying for it later by feeling run down and with a bit of a stomach ache.
I will continue to eat the boot camp way and do some exercise until Saturday, then I will do my shopping for week 1 of meta and doing my pureeing (I am going to make my week 1 food in batches since its the same thing every day) on Sunday. Very excited!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Day 2 of Boot Camp!
Hello everyone!
Day 2 is complete!!! (just so you know, blogs will be posted about the previous day usually)
So how'd it go? Tiring, VERY tiring. I woke up feeling like I got run over by a train from day 1 and I only did 15 reps on day 1. I went to the mall to run some errands and my friend I was with told me I was falling asleep. This is true. I was also walking around for a couple hours, so didn't do my dance cardio. However, I did do my MS for day 2, still 15 reps and it was a hellish struggle. When I was done I could barely raise my arms up enough to wash my hair. Went to sleep at 12 am and woke up at 11 am today! In the book she mentions flu like symptoms, exhaustion, and feeling like a ton of bricks. Check, check, checkaroo!
I hear it will get better and easier the more I do it. Let's hope!!!!
Also- I ordered a 20 pack of ThinkThin bars that Tracy recommends- I will be using these as an on the go meal (or when I am at school or work and need a bite).
To get them as cheap as I did (about 20 dollars shipped) choose to have them autodelivered (this can be canceled any time) and Amazon is having a sale on ThinkThins- an additional 15% off- I saved about 10 dollars doing this. I hope they're good! I should be getting them today.
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