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Friday Fitness Overview

10 May

It’s baaaack! After the honeymoon I became a total blob and stopped working out. My lunch hours were spent in a restaurant eating and reading a book and my evenings were spent on the couch with my new hubby inhaling fresh baked chocolate chip cookies like they were going out of style.

I stayed in blissful ignorance until two weeks ago at a friend’s house when I weighed myself and saw I had gained nine pounds in the two months since the wedding. Well, I think her scale was off, because the gym scale the next day said I was 173 (not 177) but that is still five pounds more than the 168 I had ballooned to two winters ago. So in the past two years, I have put on 18 pounds!!! I blame my husband entirely. He has way too much a of a sweet tooth it’s hard for me to be good.

Thanks to MyFitnessPal app, I am recording my food intake and my exercise. In two weeks, I have already gone from 173 to 169. Now, I know that is pretty much all water weight, but a victory on the scale is still a victory.

Anyway- my current weight is 169 now and my goal weight is 150.

Friday- I was in SLC for my brothers graduation and while I did not get in a formal work out. We spent and about two hours or so walking; around campus at University of Utah and at a cool pioneer village. (291 cal)

Had to wear my little brother's shoes because all that walking in heels was impossible!

Had to wear my little brother’s shoes because all that walking in heels was impossible!

Saturday- Hiked to Fifth Water Hot Springs! And then when we cooled off in the hotel pool I did some aqua jogging for a good 15 minutes or so. (539 cal)

Approaching the hot springs and waterfall. There were a lot of people there that day

Approaching the hot springs and waterfall. There were a lot of people there that day

Sunday- Sat on my butt for 13 hours driving home. Ugh! NOT fun!

Monday- Yoga (128 cal) and a short 10 minute run with the puppy to the ball diamonds to watch a little league game (102 cal)

Tuesday- HIIT @ lunch (230 cal)

Wednesday- Zumba (452) and 18 rounds of golf (1012 cal- which seems high to me but is what find on several calorie calculators)

I just love being outside!

I just love being outside!

Thursday- Softball (385 cal)

We have a TON of girls on our team so there was a lot of sitting. Not to mention I struck out all four times I batted! I was SO frustrated!! I need to step this ball thing up and start really putting some practice hours in.

Total Calories Burned- 2,127

Darn! Not quite enough for a full pound, though I have taken off a pound in the last week. I guess I’m not taking into account the low-cal clean eating I have been sticking to as well. It’s been a good week! :)

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Friday Fitness Overview- Jan. 11

11 Jan

Friday- Nothing

Saturday- Ice skating 2 hours (700 calories)

Say what?!? I have always loved to skate, I took lessons as a kid, but I had no idea that this fun activity burns so many calories! And it’s cold enough that we can skate on open ponds like we did on Saturday for my nephews birthday! I see many skating parties in my near future.

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Sunday- Nothing

Monday- Run on treadmill. 30 min @ 12 min/mile (262 cal.)

Today was the first day of training for the Moonlight Run! I was happy at where my fitness level is compared to when I started training at this time last year!

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Tuesday- Nothing

Wednesday- Ran 39 min @ 12 min/mile mostly (387 calories)

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Cheer class- 2 hours ( 700 cal)

 According to Livetrong, 16-year-old female cheerleader weighing 130 lbs. could burn up to 316 calories during an hour of practice. I am way older than that and heavier so I going to guess 350 which is probably low balling it. 

That’s right. Finally! After years of waiting! I have found a recreational adult cheer class! I have been wanting to get my tumbling back for years and years but could never find a place that worked with my schedule until now. We did stunting (preps, extension, straight up libs, and baskets), we did some tumbling and I got to work on my back handsprings again, I felt like I was in high school all over. We did some jumps and then spent the last half hour doing conditioning. And YIKES! I keep thinking I’m in shape until I really get pushed. My biggest problem is I have such a week core! I always have too. I need to make a point of doing core work on a regular basis and get stronger.

I’m looking forward to more fun classes and to getting my tumbling back! Yeah!

Thursday- I had planned to workout but I was waaaaay too sore from my double workout yesterday to do a thing but stretch.

Total Calories Burned- 2,049

Wow! It was a great calorie burn weekend (consider I had yet to break 1,100 prior to this) and it’s because I did two activities that I love that scorch calories! It doesn’t feel like I worked out at all but I actually did. Hopefully it’s warm enough to go skating again this weekend!

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Friday Fitness Overiew- December 28th

31 Dec

Friday- Cycle class. 40 min. (About 260 cal)

Saturday- Rest Day

Sunday-  1.6km walk in -14 weather :) (90 cal)

Nothing like a walk in -14 degree weather to make you feel alive

Nothing like a walk in -14 degree weather to make you feel alive

Nike Training Club Workout 45 min. (393 cal)

The Nike workout KILLED me today. I don’t know if it’s because I went for a long walk in the freezing cold or I didn’t have enough to eat that day or what. But it really killed.

Monday- Run 30 min. (300 cal)

Satisfied with my Christmas run.

Satisfied with my Christmas run.

Merry Christmas! I had to work so I went to the gym at lunch as usual and hit the treadmill since yoga was cancelled. This was my first run since the Clause Cause in November so I was expecting to huff and puff through 30 minutes. Imagine my happy surprise when I didn’t need to take a walk break until 15 minutes in, and even then, I walked for a minute and a half and jogged for another 14! The last two minutes I ran up an incline because I have to train for that darn hill at the end of the Moonlight Run.

It wasn’t a super fast time or anything, but I did a lot better than I though I would which is nice.

Tuesday- Nothing

Wednesday- Nothing

Thursday- Nothing

I was doing so well at the beginning of the week but those darn holidays did me in! I was having way too much fun hanging out with my family to care about working out.

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Friday Fitness Overview

21 Dec

This week was not nearly as good as last week! Not in the slightest! I got sick on Monday and didn’t feel like myself again until today!

Friday- Snow shoeing! 1 hour. (About 500 cal.)

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Saturday- Nike Fitness workout 30 min. (262 cal)

Sunday- Rest Day.

Monday- Sick.

Tuesday- Sick.

Wednesday- Recovering still. Maybe it’s an excuse but when I don’t feel good, I don’t work out!

Thursday- BodySculpt 40 min. (231 cal)

This was a test of my dedication! I got to the gym and the zipper on my skirt was broken. I could not get the skirt off. As I saw it I had two options, I could leave, not work out and cut it off when I got home or I could cut it off at the gym, work out and quickly buy a cheap skirt to replace it after. So I went to the front desk, borrowed a pair of scissors and cut off the skirt! Ha ha! And it was worth it, because my glutes have NEVER burned as much as they did in today’s class!

Total Calories Burned- 993

I’m not gonna stress too much about this bad week, when you’re sick- you’re sick!

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My First Time Curling

13 Dec

I was super stoked when my buds from Waterton Keirstyn said she was in Magrath last night curling. I popped in to see her and visit and she kindly offered to switch me out with her so I could try curling.

Even though I was raised in Canada, I was not exposed to curling until the Vancouver 2010 Olympics when my friend Stacey and I went to a curling round robin to watch Canada curl. I’ll admit right now I had a hard time focusing on the game, when team Canada curler John Morris was so fine. Ha ha ha!

Olympic curling 2010

Olympic curling 2010

Ryan and I wanted to put in a curling team this year in Magrath but the coed nights were the same nights I coach cheerleading. Hopefully we can next year.

Anyway, I was completely unprepared to try it myself (hence the big winter boots) but I still had a blast and hanging with Keir was icing on the cake. I have to try this again!

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3 Foods You Should Never Eat (According to Gabby Reece)

10 Dec

I am always looking for short, strict, easy to to remember tips for health so I loved these tips I saw on Gabby Reece’s blog.

You can read the full article here.

3 Foods You Should Never Eat

Breakfast Cereal: Breakfast cereals are high on the glycemic index (GI). For many people, a dose of high-glycemic carbs in the morning is the prescription for building excess body fat.

The GI of an average piece of chocolate cake is between 31 and 38, a Snickers bar is about 43, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes are  132!

French Fries: Possibly the worst foods you can eat. First off, potatoes are high-glycemic and not good for you in any form. But when you take potatoes and deep-fry them in trans fatty oil, you have a recipe for sickness and disease.

Bagels and Breads: Don’t fall for the “whole-grain goodness” trap. When it comes to the glycemic index, it matters very little whether breads are made from whole grain or not. Grains spike your blood sugar, and you know what that means. You should avoid grains at least until you get as lean as you want to be.

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Friday Fitness Overview

7 Dec

This week was not half bad, meaning I worked out half the week. Lol! This was a very heavy cheer coaching week with a tournament Fri/Sat, a game Wednesday and practice Thursday. It did cut into what would have been work out time but that’s okay, the joy I get from coaching is worth it.

Friday- Abs. 15 minutes (40 cal).  Coached

Saturday-Nothing. Coached

Sunday- Nothing.

Monday- Yoga (105 cal). Abs 15 minutes (40 cal). Weights 15 minutes. (65 cal)

Tuesday- Nothing.

Wednesday-  Nothing. Coached

Thursday- BodySculpt (231 cal). Abs 25 minutes (70 cal) Coached- Got to throw a girl in the air a few times

Total Calories Burned- 551 

Ouch!! I honestly thought I had done a lot better this week than that! It helps so much to write out what you actually do each week!

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Results of My Fitness Assessment

5 Dec

A few weeks back I did a free fitness assessment at the college with a Kiniseology student. I was hoping for a full body fat test as well as fitness but this was just a fitness. He did a few skin fold tests and said that I had very lean triceps. :)

Anyway, these results are based on the standards that Health Canada has set for Canadians.

  • Body Composition Rating: Very Good
  • Aerobic Fitness Score: Very Good
  • Musculoskeletal Fitness and Healthy Back Fitness Score: Good

“Through our tests it was obvious that you had plenty of strength in in your arms and legs (legs in particular) but lacked in your core.”

Interesting that I have a lot of strength in my arms and legs but not my core eh? It’s always been like that too! I was always the weakest at planks in track, and even now the older ladies in my fitness classes can beat me at planks.

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December Fit Friend of the Month- Jessica

3 Dec

I want to start doing a monthly blog post where I feature a friend of mine who is dedicated to fitness. For my first post, it had to be my old college room mate and track & field team mate Jessica! This girl and I shared an obsession for working out and Gilmore Girls and have remained good friends ever since.  She has managed to hold onto that fit body from college track that I said goodbye to a LONG time ago!

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What motivates you to stay fit?

My motivation to stay fit is all of the activities that I do, wakeboarding, hiking, skiing and paddle boarding. Staying in shape makes doing all of these activities easier and helps me become better at them.

How often do you work out each week on average?

On average I work out 5 days a week, I love having my weekends free to sleep.

What is your favourite type of workout?

My favorite work out right now is spin class with a hard lift session after. Kettle bells are also a big thing for me right now. I love switching up how I lift weights because I’m normally not that into lifting. I feel like it’s a good version of interval training as well, cardio with a little bit of lifting.

What is your go-to healthy snack?

My go to snack is a handful of almonds and pink lady apples.

GREAT back Jess!

GREAT back Jess!

What is your favourite brand of runners?

My favorite brand of running shoes is Asics because I pronate when I run and they have so much stability.

How do you motivate yourself to get out and be active on dark, cold, rainy Seattle days?

On cold, rainy days and most of winter in Seattle I load up on classes at my gym, spinning is my favorite but I really want to try the kickboxing class. Having a variety of classes and ways to work out help me not get bored during the winter.

Having a work out buddy also helps on the cold days, so I can’t just go home curl up under the covers. Another motivation is that the summers here are really warm and I figure that winter is a great time to get a head start on looking good.

What is the most physically challenging thing you have ever done? 

The most physically challenging thing I’ve ever done is college track and doing two a days. Having to stay in top shape for so many months is always hard and challenging.

Any other fit tips you would like to share?

The best tip I’ve ever gotten is not to weigh yourself every day, it’s only a number. The best thing to do to is to take measurements of key areas, like thighs, hips, chest and arms. Also take a bunch of pictures along the way, pictures never lie. Always do a little bit of lifting, I hate it but it works.

I have to do what she's doing! Check out those abs!!

I have to do what she’s doing! Check out those abs!!

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Friday Fitness Overview (I suck!)

30 Nov

Oh man…. this is not going to be pretty. Before I write my weekly workouts I would like to state that I was super sick on Sunday and Monday, and not feeling good Tuesday. Ahem. That’s my lame excuse and I’m sticking to it.

Friday- Nothing

Saturday- Jogged to my grandparents house. Took me 5 minutes. Rode waterslides, so had to go up stairs a few times. And danced for about two hours.

Sunday- Nothing

Monday- Nothing

Tuesday- Nothing

Wednesday- Nothing (seeing a pattern)

Thursday- Nothing

That’s right ladies and gentlemen, I pretty much did nothing and I am so pissed at myself! Yes I was sick for half the week, but I still could have done something Wednesday and Thursday.  In my defence  I did go to the pool on Wednesday only to be told I had the schedule mixed up and they were closed.  But still- I’m not too stoked about this! I’m going to have to work my butt off next week to make up for this.

On a side note, I realized yesterday after seeing a video of myself that I am getting wider!!I thought that I was doing okay as my belly or butt hasn’t gotten any bigger, my clothes still fit but my butt and my hips are getting wider, softer and rounder! And love handle are easy to overlook because jeans fit under them! I really am starting to freak out a little. If I can’t get my weight under control at 27 with nor kids, how am I going to get it under control in my 30s after babies? AH!!!

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