Hi, stopped in to see if you had posted in here... guess not I am so glad you are doing this exercise thing! I wanted to say though, it would be an encouragement to me even if you were not doing the same program as I am. Just the fact that you are doing it is the motivator for me! Keep up the good work! I want to succeed! LOL I want you to succeed as well

Well...it's Tuesday and I was able to get a lower body workout in. I did just one set of 10 of the lower body workouts which included:

Squats
Side Leg Lifts
Leg curls
Lunges
Standing Butt Squeeze
Back Leg extensions
Straight-leg kick ups
Bent knee kick ups
Concentrated butt Lift
Crunches
Ceiling Lift
Knee Raised Crunch
Seated straight toe raise
Seated angled out toe Raise
Standing Strait toe raise
Standing angles-in toe raise

On Sunday I worked my upper body and was in too much pain to do anything yesterday. Worked past the dizziness today. I've been feeling that way all morning...but, I still just worked at balancing and supporting my body. Each exercise was done slow with a 15 second rest after completion.

Ooops double post...

WOW!! that was quite a workout you did!! Amazing!!



Marlaine

Wonderfull job Cher! Keep it up!

Oh wow...it's been so long. Did a mini workout today.

20 minutes on the exercise bike - very low level
35 minutes of an upper body workout with 2 pound weights.

I'm taking this vey slow but I was so inspired by Doreen's "back" progress that I just have to do something.

20 minute lower body workout complete...

Congrats on your weight loss. That is great progress. How long have you been doing atkins? Great work, you must feel so good about yourself and your body.

20 Minute Exercise Bike ( Cardio)

Upper Body Workout - 1 set of 10 of each exercise, 2 pound weights.

Chest
Flat Press
Incline Press
Incline Flye
Cross-bench pullover

Shoulders
Side Lateral Raise
Front Lateral Raise
Alternate Shoulder Press
Bent Lateral Raise

Biceps
Alternate Curl
Simultaneous Curl
altenate Hammer Curl
Concentration Curl

Triceps
Overhead Press
kickback
One arm overhead Extension
Cross-Face Extension

Back
Upright row
One arm dombbell row
Double-arm reverse row
Seated Back lateral

How long did the workout take you, Cher? And are you taking any supplements post workout? Anti-oxidants (Vit C & E, gree tea) and glutamine will help with the repair and the soreness the next day, FYI.

Nat

Nat,

Thanks for visiting my little gym log....lol.

You've changed your avatar again and it's another pretty picture. You're inspiring me to figure out how to use our digital camera

The upper body workout took about 35 minutes and the cardio was 20 minutes. I've been taking this really, really slow. I try to rest at least 15 seconds before moving onto the next exercise. I took all my supplements prior to working out - is there an advantage to taking the antioxidants post workout?

Doreen just mentioned the L-glutamine powder too. I'm going to look for that hopefully tomorrow. Is it better to take the L-glutamine post workout also?

I can't believe I didn't post this yesterday cause I was so proud of myself. But, I was able to get a 20 minute lower body workkout in and 20 minutes on the exercise bike. I probably won't combine the loweer body with the exercise bike in the future - ouch. It's a lot easier to do the upper body with the bike or treadmill or stairmaster.

That means I got 4 days of weight training in and 3 cardio sessions in this week I'm so excited!

Lower body workout included one set of 10 of each exercise with a 15 second rest between each exercise.:

Squats
Side Leg Lifts
Leg curls
Lunges
Standing Butt Squeeze
Back Leg extensions
Straight-leg kick ups
Bent knee kick ups
Concentrated butt Lift
Crunches
Ceiling Lift
Knee Raised Crunch
Seated straight toe raise
Seated angled out toe Raise
Standing Strait toe raise
Standing angles-in toe raise

Oh My Gosh Cher! Way to go! You are doing it! I'll be checking in more often... and maybe you just gave me the motivation to start again... You'll make it Cher, and hopefully it will help the Fibro as well... I wish you success!

Measurement Progress:

OK, this is really embarrassing listing my measurements… but, this way I’ll always have a record of it. I decided to almost place my 10/16/2001 measurements so I could see the difference. I wish I had started taking measurements back in august of 2001…that way I’d have a better account of my progress. I lost something like 25 pounds between those dates. I’m sure that was a significant difference in my measurements. I was unhappy with some of the results today…and, it just stressed the need to keep exercising while I’m on this WOE.


10/16/2001 / 02/09/2003

Chest 39"/ 35"
Bust 45"/ 38.5"
L Arm 15.5"/ 12 3/4"
R.Arm 15.5"/ 12 3/4"
*Stomach 39.5" / 28.5"
Hips 44.5"/ 39"
L Thigh 26.5"/ 23 1/8"
R. Thigh 26.5"/ 23"
Calves 14.25"/ 13"
Shoulder to Bust 14.25"/ 13"
Weight 205/ 158.5 pounds

Gosh, I wish my stomach was smaller. My stomach has been swollen all week because of TOM and adding so much additional fiber…so, maybe the news will be better next month. Arms and waist are just killing me. I really hope I can keep up the exercise and change these. Overall, I’ve made a lot of progress… I’m just being picky me.

Thanks Linda