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Today, I had my trainer workout with Chelsea.  I’m really liking my workouts with her.  I’m debating making some of them an hour.  I think I could handle it, but I’m sure I would really be beat after I was done.

I warmed up on the elliptical for 5 min.

Then,

Woodchops (up&down): 10 lb ball – one set of 20 and one set of 30

Lunges: 10 lb dumbbells – down the room and back (two sets)

Back Extension: 25 lb weight plate (2 sets)

Abdominal Machine: 120 lbs (3 sets of 30, one at 115 and the others at 120)

Plank: 37 seconds! (a second plank at 15 sec – my goal is still 2 min!)

Push Ups: use smith machine (3 sets of 10 – this was a pretty hard angle for me)

Horizontal Leg Press: 120 lbs (2 sets of 15)

Rear Delt: 60 lbs (2 sets)

Pec Fly: 75 lbs (2 sets)

Bicep Curl: 20-30 lbs (2 sets, one at 20 and one at 30)

Tricep Press: 70 lbs (2 sets – need to remember to relax the shoulder and use the triceps)

After the workout, I did about 15 more min on the elliptical.  I had some paperwork to tend to at the service desk and was aprehensive about picking up the kids.  My son had a major meltdown yesterday, so I wasn’t sure how he’d be today.  He was normal.  I was happy.

I didn’t hear any rumblings of results for the contest today.  I know they were cranking numbers throughout the day Monday, but I don’t know when they are expected to announce results.  Hopefully, we’ll hear something soon.

Next up:  Some kind of cardio tomorrow (either spinning, elliptical or cardio dance)

Today was the final weigh in and measurements for the Biggest Loser contest.  I ended up down 4.02%, 8.5 inches and .8% body fat.  Since others are still being assessed this evening, I won’t know results until at least tomorrow.  Without any interim reports, I have no idea if these are good numbers or not.  I suspect that out of 69 participants, only about 1/2 will participate in the final weigh ins.  Time will tell.

I was happy with the inches lost.  I was indifferent about the pounds since I knew how I was tracking there.  I was not happy with the % body fat change.

I know that the Ormon machine has lots of error variance etc, but I thought I would have lost more body fat.  My number is really high and hasn’t changed much after a ton of cardio and strength training.  I clearly need to take a better look at my diet and get a handle on this.

Generally, my exercise/activity is good, so I mostly need to look at my diet and make sure that I’m not over training.  Also, I haven’t been getting enough sleep (mostly due to our 15 month old) and that causes things to go out of whack as well.  I’m looking forward to summer produce and more local/fresh items to help with the diet end as well.

Today was supposed to be Monday spin with Beth.  After all of our storms last night, her house was flooded so Lori filled in.  She is the instructor on Wednesdays, so I have been to her class a few times.  He CD mix was “old” rock and it was fun music.

Next up – training with Chelsea tomorrow.

Today was filled with lots of anticipation for the Biggest Loser final weigh in/measurements tomorrow at the JCC.  I’m pretty sure that I gained this week.  I just couldn’t get into it.  I had such high hopes at the beginning of the contest.  Then, the hopes were just gone.  I still think I could place depending on the numbers, how many do the final (required) weigh in, etc.  But, I don’t feel like I did my best every week.  I will also be very glad it’s over.  It was much more pressure than I had expected.  Once people start to notice that you are looking good… it’s extra hard.  It’s also even harder to explain.

I need to relax, eat better, workout a bit less and enjoy each day a bit more.  I’m hoping some nice weather and an attitude adjustment will propel me into some great weeks ahead.  The contest was just 8 weeks.  It will take many weeks to get to my long term weight goal.

I ended up staying home today.  No workout to discuss.

Next up: hopefully my hip will allow spinning in the morning.  I’m already packed up. 

Today was a planned day off.  Since I worked out every day this week, I needed a rest day.  I also managed to injure my hip.  I tripped in my kitchen.  It’s been really sore all day.  It’s kind of a hip-joint pain.  An injury would be the last thing I need right now.

I’m going to see how it feels tomorrow and maybe I can make a trip to the pool and do some extra stretching.  I’m hopeful this is a minor and temporary.