Mar 162011
Breakfast
1/2c oatmeal w/1c milk, 1 apple, cinnamon, sunflower butter (out of granola) =9Lyn
If you have questions, comment or suggestions, feel free to contact me at lyn@lifelynstyle.com.
My about page was originally added in January. I’m having some database problems with my extra pages, so I am moving this content into a post so that it will be accessible to new readers by looking at the category options. I’ve also made a couple of updates.
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Hi, I’m Lyn. I’m a thirty something (for a few more weeks) year old stay at home mom. I have a 3 year old son and a 15 month old daughter. I am overweight and am working hard to be more healthy and fit. At this point in my journey, I have over 100 pounds to lose. I am a Weight Watcher member and believe in moderation and variety in what I eat.
I live in North East Ohio with my husband and kids. My son is almost 3 and my daughter is 1. I want to raise them to eat well balanced meals, be active and enjoy the parks and museums that the area has to offer.
This blog will talk about my food log, workouts, recipes, favorite eats, eating locally and other interests as the need arises. I’m starting the blog with food/workouts and will add other topics as I get my feet wet. I’d like to get a consistent base with regular posts established first.
Hopefully, I will be more accountable by sharing. If I can help a few people out along the way, that would be great too.
I hope you enjoy Life Lyn Style.
Lyn
I found out today that a couple of links on my blog are broken. The contact me and the about Lyn pages are producing errors. My IT guy (hubby) is working on it.
Today, I scheduled a trainer workout with Jen. Chelsea was out of town. I used to workout with Jen. It’s been about a year. She definitely did not let me down and gave me a great workout. I really enjoyed the “same but different” theme throughout the workout.
First, I warmed up on the elliptical for 20 min.
Then w/Jen:
I’m going to be sore tomorrow. It’s a good sore.
Next up: cardio. I’m thinking about trying the new Zumba class. There’s a new instructor for the 9:30am class in the morning.
Today, was Beth’s spin class. It was great as usual and I think there were only 2 empty bikes. It’s such a great workout.
I warmed up in the fitness center with abs (3 sets of 35 at 120 pounds) and back extensions (3 sets of 15 holding a 10lb plate). I also practiced planks.
Next up: trainer workout with Jen (substitute trainer)
So, I’ve been raising the intensity on the elliptical machine. Today, I spent more than 50% of my time at or above 11. Before, I usually spent all of my time at 10 or below. It feels good to raise the bar. I’m looking forward to most of my time at 15 or above and coming down to 10 for active recovery.
Today: 45 min on the elliptical.
Next up: Monday morning spin with Beth.
Today started out well with breakfast and lunch… the cookies were rather unplanned and truth be told, I have no idea how many I had. 
Dinner out was not 100% planned, but my salad was scrumptious.
Morning SnackToday was an off day for exercise. I did take a well needed nap for over 3 hours. It felt great!
I’d like to take a minute to talk about the FitBloggin’ Conference. This conference is coming up in May and will be held in Baltimore. Basically, it’s a 2 day conference for men and women with blogs about being or becoming healthy. I first found the website when I was getting ready to start my blog in January. I was looking for other fitness type blogs so I could gather up some ideas about format and topics. I came across this list in one of my searches. It was on this list that I first met Kath Younger, Roni Noone (organizer), and other fit/food bloggers that I now follow daily.
Here are the main reasons that I want to attend the conference:
1) Meet Kath Younger and other bloggers that I follow
2) Network with new fitness and food bloggers – meet new friends
3) Learn about blogging
3) Stop and visit my sister who lives near BWI
4) Stop and visit my friend Erin who writes Anything You Lose, I Can Lose Better.
5) See the Inner Harbor
6) Spend a couple of days without the kids
7) Relax and rejuvenate
Originally, I didn’t think that I would try to go to this conference since my blog is so new, but they are having a ticket giveaway. My entry to the giveaway is this blog post to help with the promotion of the conference. 
They are giving away 5 tickets, so the odds are reasonable.
Next exercise: cardio workout and plank practice at the JCC in the morning.