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May 2011 Goals

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Grand Daughter of Winston Churchill, Arabella Spencer Churchill, Jouncing on Bathroom Scale

Weighed in at the gym yesterday (Saturday April 30th) and in the last 2 weeks I have lost 6 lbs.  I forgot to check in last week and hopefully I’ll remember to do it every week now.  I am not stressing over the pounds but I do have a goal to be at my goal weight by April 2012.  Currently I weigh 259 and my goal weight is 175 so I have 84 lbs that I am looking to lose.  I’ll be using the scale at the gym so that it stays consistent.  The reason I’m posting this is for accountability. I really need the push to get back on track in a major way!  That’s all!

My new Polar watch came last weekend so I was able to use it all week.  I’m excited to have a heart rate monitor back.  I know I work much harder when I wear one.  I got the woman’s FT60 and it’s a beautiful watch. When I saw the watch online it looked like it had pink swirls and I’m just not into pink but I was happy to see that it’s a peach color instead.  The Polar flow link makes it so easy to upload all my workouts to polarpersonaltrainer.com.  This weeks workouts were really good. Not great but I feel happy about all I accomplished.

Monday-

*Elliptical
Time: 20 min.
Miles: 1.45

*Pilates class
Time: 1 hr

Tuesday- Sick day

Wednesday-

*Turbo Jam Cardio Party Mix 2 (DVD workout)
Time: 45 min.

So I was wondering the last few days why in the world my calorie burn was so low. We figured out that I had an incorrect setting on my new Polar HR monitor so I should be good to go.

Thursday-

*Walk Away the Pounds Big Burn (DVD workout)
Time: 31 min.
Miles: 2
Calories burned: 486

Friday-

*Turbo Jam 20 Minute Workout (DVD)
Time: 20 min.
Calories burned: 291

Really didn’t feel like working out today but knew that I needed to at least do something so I picked this workout. Glad I did it.  All of a sudden though my right foot felt like it expanded 10x and hurt so bad but I kept on doing what I could.  After a while it felt fine.  I think I need new shoes. Still wearing my running shoes that I had for the half marathon.  Bad me!

Saturday-

*Spin class
Time: 1:08
Calories burned: 1159

The calorie burn will probably be lower next week, setting was a bit off on my Polar but not by much I don’t think. We’ll see.  Still it was anywhere between 850-1000.  Not bad!

I did not accomplish all the April goals I set for myself. Hopefully May will be better.

My healthy living goals for May:

Exercise 5 days a week!

Do weights/strength 3x week (at home and/or gym)

Do not eat after 9 PM (except for on late gym nights)

What are your May goals?

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  1. Tishia - No More Plus Size says

    May 4, 2011 at 9:48 am

    Congrats on the loss Angie! It threw me for a loop seeing you post about the numbers on the scale – I’m not used to that coming from you! LOL

    If anyone can make their goal a reality it’s you. You’re such an inspiration 🙂

    Reply
    • Angie says

      May 9, 2011 at 8:21 am

      Thank you for your kind words Tishia! I don’t like to focus on the scale but right now I need to keep an eye on it because it’s not moving at all. I know I workout all the time but it’s the food I need to get in check now. Been falling back on BAD behaviors and need to change that now.

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      • Tishia - No More Plus Size says

        May 9, 2011 at 9:12 am

        It stinks when we start falling back into old habits/behavior when it comes to food. But you’re doing the right thing and taking a step in the right direction by admitting it and starting to do something about it 🙂

        Reply
  2. Satu says

    May 7, 2011 at 10:27 am

    I don’t have a special goal for May, I just try to keep up my current pace.

    Cool to hear you have a heart rate monitor too. I have an army green Suunto t3c. It was real *fun* learning to use it again after a long break. 🙂

    Reply
    • Angie says

      May 9, 2011 at 8:22 am

      Yep the heart rate monitors sure make a difference (for me anyway). Have a great month, Satu.

      Reply
  3. Megan says

    May 8, 2011 at 9:33 am

    Great job!!! I’m rooting for you!

    Reply
    • Angie says

      May 9, 2011 at 8:19 am

      Thanks so much, Megan! Hope you’re doing well.

      Reply
  4. Val-Mom Chats says

    May 9, 2011 at 3:01 am

    with the great weight you are losing, I say keep changing up the routine and trick it past the plateau.

    Reply
    • Angie says

      May 9, 2011 at 8:18 am

      Thanks Val, I am definitely changing it up lately so hopefully that will do the trick. Plus I know that eating a better diet will also make a huge difference.

      Reply

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