I was reading everyone's logs and decided to start one myself to keep me motivated.

I have been to the gym every day this week and will probably take weekends off because I work midnights on the weekend.

I am a member at Energy Fitness. I do the "Strive" weight training which works all upper and lower body areas and takes about 30 min. I then move on to the Crossramp by Precor and do the weight loss course which takes about 35 minutes.

Next week, I will up my weights on each machine by 5 pounds. I will also starting doing my pilates video and ab video at home each day.

ummm. how do you get a gym log? please assist. thanks.
i think that will help me make sure i get my excercise in.

You can start your own in this forum. You already found the gym logs. You can start your own and then post to it whenever you want to.

I plan to post every day during the week. Probably won't on the weekends because that is when I work.

Good Luck!!

I didn't get a chance to post Friday or Saturday so I am going to post now.

I worked minights Thursday night so I slept Friday morning until noon. I then got up and ate lunch and then hit the gym with my son around 1:45.

Weight Training for 30 min. and Crossramp for 35 min.

I didn't have to go in to work on Friday night but my husband wanted to get up and do some things outside before it got extremely hot. I didn't make it to the gym until 12:15

Weight Training for 30 min. which is getting easier so I will probably add 5 pounds to my weights this week. Crossramp for 35 min. which was not as difficult as it was at the beginning of the week.

The other amazing thing was that I keep trying on a particular pair of jeans that last week I could not even button or zip up. Today I was able to button and zip them up and didn't even feel or look stuffed in them. Yeah!!!

Fabulous, and I'll check back here every few days just to make sure you do


Sounds fantastic! I work shifts too so I know how difficult scheduling anything regular can be, but you're making great moves. Well done! And those jeans ... amazing progress. Yay!

e

I am having so much energy it is unbelievable!

I stepped on the scales at the gym this morning and had lost another pound from Saturday.

I did as I had planned and added 5 pounds to each of the weight machines that I use today. Boy, by the time I got to the 5th or 6th rep I was struggling but I did all 10 reps on each machine. Each machine has 3 settings for different muscles so I am actually doing 3 sets of 10 reps each.

I then did 35 minutes on the crossramp machine which I have decided I LOVE. 35 minutes burns 350 calories and is 2.62 miles. It was a little easier today than last week. On Saturday, I had to stop a couple of times to catch my breath and let my legs rest for a few seconds. I was very happy to today when I did not have to stop at all. I just kept plugging away!! I think by the time I do that the rest of this week. I will be able to up the crossramp from 4 (which I do now) to 5.

I hope everyone is doing as well as I am. Today is my official first 2 weeks on Atkins and have a total weight loss of 11 pounds! I am going to stay on Induction for a while longer. I know the DANDR book says to stay on it until within 10 pounds of your goal weight. I think I am going to try to do that so I will be on Induction for a while. That would mean I need to lose 20 more pounds before starting OWL.

Hey how's pilates working? i may have to get it. i want to do it for my morning work out.

I have used Pilates before with working out and had great success with it. It really lengths and tones the thighs and stomach. It uses the core muscles. The video I have is really a pilates/yoga mix. It is mainly Pilates but there are a few yoga poses as well for your back.

I haven't gotten around to it today. I want to start incorporating it this week.

The tape I have is by Denise Austin and is good if you don't mind her "perkiness". Some people don't like her but I do.

I hope that information helps you! Let me know if you give it a try.

I was at the gym bright and early again today.

I did my strive circuit for 30 min.

I did the crossramp for 35 min. which today was 2.65 miles and burned 330 calories.

I also added the weight machines for hip abduction, hip adduction and squats.

Unfortunately, I probably won't get to Pilates today because I am scheduled in an hour to go to the Red Cross to donate platelets for cancer patients. No heavy lifting or strenous exercise for the rest of the day.

Cheryl

Thanks for stoppin by, girl. I just started my gym log as well. It does seem to help me keep track of what I'm doing and what/where my goals are.

Congrats on your success so far. Keep up the good work.

Tonight was the first night I worked out in the evening after already working out in the morning. I wasn't able to donate platelets today at Red Cross because my iron was 2 points to low.

Anyway, I finally got around to doing my Pilates tape which was about 20 minutes. I then did my Ab workout video by Joyce Vedral which was about 25 minutes. Then I did the fat-melting video by Joyce Vedral which was another 25 minutes.

The kids were gone and I had so much energy, and I didn't want to just sit and watch television so I decided to exercise.

When I can fit in the evening workouts I will. I really like these particular tapes. I also have some Tae-Bo which I haven't done in a while but I don't think I am ready to drag those out just yet.

Wow fantastic work!!

I'm very impressed about the day you were meant to work, so had resigned yourself to not doing any exercise, then did some when work was cancelled. Now THAT'S the attitude I need!! hehehe I'm one of those people that once my mind is made up, it's made, and it doesn't matter what happens around me it's done.

Have you ever been like that? If so, how did you go about changing it?

As for the scales, have you used them properly yet? If they don't read the same as the other ones you were using, I wouldn't worry about it too much. It's the comparison of how much you've lost rather than an arbitrary number in the sky. Just take your new starting figure on the new scales and try and beat it next week

Anyways, looking forward to reading more updates. Very very proud of your activity!!!

e

Ericka,

Thanks for the encouragement. Yes, the night I didn't work and workout out even though I had planned not to was really not me. Most of the time, if I have already decided then I don't do it. I talked myself into going ahead and doing it because I knew I would feel better for it.

As far as the scales go, I am one of those people that tend to want to weigh every day and that is very BAD. I am going to make myself not weight but once a week which will be on Monday mornings. My weight has always fluctated between 3-5 pounds each day so it drives me crazy if I am weighing every day. One day I will weigh 168.5 and the next day 173. So, I am going to go with whatever it says on Monday from now on. Do you have this problem?

I know I really should just not worry about what the scale says because my clothes are fitting much better. In fact, my uniform pants for work had been an extra large and today I tried on some old ones I had which are larges and I can fit in them and they are not even tight! woo hoo! That is more worth it than what the scale says.

Cheryl

Hit the gym again early this morning.

Weights - 40 minutes

Crossramp - 33 minutes, 2.83 miles, calories 370

I will do Pilates and Abs video later this evening.

I did my Pilates and Abs video last night before going to work. Worked from 11p-7a this morning and had not slept yesterday (26 hours with no sleep). Got home and crashed into bed and didn't get up until around 1:00 p.m. Son has football game, had to wash clothes and pack for our getaway this weekend.

Won't be getting to the gym today, Saturday or Sunday. Will be doing plenty of walking Saturday and Sunday since we are going to the State Fair one day and the Zoo in the next.

I'll be back on Monday.