Hello you all! Hope you're having a great sunday! Mine has been a blast so far :)
I started the day by sleeping in (which I almost never do) and getting a healthy start of the day by blending myself a smoothie and cooking up some oatmeal with maple syrup, cinnamon and a shredded apple. Nothing better than oatmeal in winter time, yum!
In the spirit of healthyness, I then went to the gym and did 30 minutes on the treadmill, followed by an hour and a half of yoga. My legs felt like noodles afterwards, but it's all for the best, right?
I'm still keeping on track with my diet and fitness regime, and I'm so impressed with myself! But I'm also getting annoyed with the gym because it's January! Meaning that there are TONS of people now! Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I get a little antsy when I have to wait in line in order to get on a treadmill and torture myself.... hmmm. Oh well, I guess by mid-February this will all be over, eh?
Happy sunday :)
Showing posts with label Diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diet. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Mission weight loss
I thought I should give you a brief update on my weight loss and fitness mission. Since I need to loose a dress size to fit my bridal gown, I'm very motivated I have to admit! As I told you some time ago, I have started a new workout regime in order to tighten up and loose weight. I have been working out 3-5 times a week, trying to burn 500 calories in each session. I usually achieve this by:
Cardio:
- treadmill: alternating 1 minute of walking with 1 minute of running for 30 minutes (burns 300 calories)
- rowing machine: 10 minutes at fast pace (burns 100 calories)
- crosstrainer: 10 minutes at level 4 (burns 100 calories)
Weight training:
The machines I use vary, but I train my arms especially, my back and my stomach. If there's time, I'll also do leg exercises. (Calories burned: ? I don't know!)
I must admit that I kind of got addicted to running on the treadmill.... It's really strange because I've ALWAYS disliked that.. for obvious reason: 1. it's boring as hell, 2. it's repetitive, and 3. It's sooo boring! But now.... I have no idea what happened to me! Now it's all about running faster and longer.... it's like a small competition going on between me and.. me! But hey I'm not complaining, it's great!
As I told you some time ago, I got addicted to starting my days with a fruit smoothie. And I still am!
I also enjoy adding a hand full of spinach to the smoothie, which makes it even healthier! And now that we're in the middle of orange season, I squeeze a few oranges and add the juice, it's sooo nice!
On the diet front, I already live pretty healthily, with plenty of veggies. I am consciously trying to get more whole grains and legumes in my menus, and avoiding fatty dairy products.
So all in all: I have lost 6 pounds since the beginning of my workout and weight loss endeavors. I'm psyched and simply need to keep it up and it won't be any problem to fit in my gown on my wedding day :)
Any other dieting brides out there? Have you been successful in achieving your weight loss goals up to the big day?
Cardio:
- treadmill: alternating 1 minute of walking with 1 minute of running for 30 minutes (burns 300 calories)
- rowing machine: 10 minutes at fast pace (burns 100 calories)
- crosstrainer: 10 minutes at level 4 (burns 100 calories)
Weight training:
The machines I use vary, but I train my arms especially, my back and my stomach. If there's time, I'll also do leg exercises. (Calories burned: ? I don't know!)
I must admit that I kind of got addicted to running on the treadmill.... It's really strange because I've ALWAYS disliked that.. for obvious reason: 1. it's boring as hell, 2. it's repetitive, and 3. It's sooo boring! But now.... I have no idea what happened to me! Now it's all about running faster and longer.... it's like a small competition going on between me and.. me! But hey I'm not complaining, it's great!
As I told you some time ago, I got addicted to starting my days with a fruit smoothie. And I still am!
Delicious! (source)
I also enjoy adding a hand full of spinach to the smoothie, which makes it even healthier! And now that we're in the middle of orange season, I squeeze a few oranges and add the juice, it's sooo nice!
On the diet front, I already live pretty healthily, with plenty of veggies. I am consciously trying to get more whole grains and legumes in my menus, and avoiding fatty dairy products.
So all in all: I have lost 6 pounds since the beginning of my workout and weight loss endeavors. I'm psyched and simply need to keep it up and it won't be any problem to fit in my gown on my wedding day :)
Any other dieting brides out there? Have you been successful in achieving your weight loss goals up to the big day?
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Breath in, breath out....
I have actually been a very good girl when it comes to my workout regime! I have been running, bicycling, rowing and going to aerobics classes. Today, I felt that I needed to do something a little bit more relaxing, so I took a yoga class together with a good friend of mine.
Now I've been to yoga before, even in real yoga studios where it won't get any more intense than that. But today, man did I not know what was coming! Instead of having a 90 minute long relaxing workout, it was a 90 minute long toughen-up-and-power-through class! After the first 25 minutes, we really felt like leaving, but my friend and I agreed that it would probably be rude to leave in the middle of things.... oh and also, we were quite sure that the instructor would have chased us down the corridor and dragged us back to finish the class, so we decided to stay and work through the pain and the zillions of very awkward positions.
We were pretty wasted when we came out of there, but in the end, pretty darned proud of ourselves that we stayed! We celebrated with a chai-latte - ya know, since it's Christmas and all. But I probably won't go back to this particular yoga class any time soon! I mean I don't mind getting yelled at during my nasty boxing-combat classes (tae-bo), or screaming really bad words during my not-so-relaxing runs on the treadmill, but as far as yoga goes, I'll hang on to my more relaxing sun greetings' classes.
Now I've been to yoga before, even in real yoga studios where it won't get any more intense than that. But today, man did I not know what was coming! Instead of having a 90 minute long relaxing workout, it was a 90 minute long toughen-up-and-power-through class! After the first 25 minutes, we really felt like leaving, but my friend and I agreed that it would probably be rude to leave in the middle of things.... oh and also, we were quite sure that the instructor would have chased us down the corridor and dragged us back to finish the class, so we decided to stay and work through the pain and the zillions of very awkward positions.
We were pretty wasted when we came out of there, but in the end, pretty darned proud of ourselves that we stayed! We celebrated with a chai-latte - ya know, since it's Christmas and all. But I probably won't go back to this particular yoga class any time soon! I mean I don't mind getting yelled at during my nasty boxing-combat classes (tae-bo), or screaming really bad words during my not-so-relaxing runs on the treadmill, but as far as yoga goes, I'll hang on to my more relaxing sun greetings' classes.
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