P90X day 16 Cardio X instead of Plyometrics

I’m not happy I did this workout. I did it because I wanted to see how it is compared to Plyo and I’m not complaining about the workout itself cause I know it’s targeted to people just starting out. I’m just upset that I did it cause as hard as Plyo is I know I could have brought it or atleast keep up with most of it. I say Cardio X overall is good for people JUST starting out and are not used to working out so hard.

Next time I def need to do the Plyometrics.

Day 15 of P90X - Shoulders and arms

It's 4:00pm and I still haven't even started my workout yet. Just wanted to stop by and say that so far I'm really enjoying P90X. I can't wait until I come out of class to get my workout started. It is a hard workout, but it's also what you make of it. My day has been hectic and I really need to make an effort of getting up at atleast 6:00am and doing P90X first before anything else like checking the computer. Damn computer lol, it's a blessing and a curse. So I've been eating a lot healthier since I've been focusing on calorie counting again. Haven't gone over my calories and for that I am happy. I love the cuts that are beginning to form on my arms. I love showing them off to my boyfriend and my mom. I think they are sick of it, but it excites me :D. Okay well I'm going to go I have class soon. I will try to come back after school and write. Sometimes I can't cause my boyfriend needs attention, so I get sidetracked. My mission for today is to come home, change, and workout without anything sidetracking me.

Okay I am back after doing Chest and Back and Ab Ripper X. I did very well today and made an effort to push myself a little past my threshold. It was when Tony mentioned that people usually stop way before their supposed to because they get something in their heads that tells them it hurts. So I pushed my self harder when I got to that point where I thought I could do any more. I'm glad I did because I improved in all the workout except for one. My numbers keep dropping for the Divebomber Push Ups. By the time I get to those it's hard to go from "under the fence" to "over the fence". I also up'd my resistance bands from using the blue (heavy resistance) to using the red (medium resistance) and blue bands combined. So I felt it a lot more in my chest muscles.

I was very sore at the end though, but when I finished I took my protein shake and feel a lot better now. I improved a bit in Ab Ripper X by raising up my hands for the "In and Out" exercise and by folding my legs indian style for the "Crossed Leg/Wide Leg Sit-Up".

Overall I am very proud of myself that I Brought the X in P90X.

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Day 11 of P90X Did Yoga now to do Turbo Jam - Need a new eating game plan

Man this is tough eating by the P90X Nutrition plan. I was doing fine and losing weight before with calorie counting, but I find myself not tracking and gaining weight and over eating with this Plan. I know that it is crucial to follow the P90X plain while doing the program to get the best results, but I honestly thing I'm going back to tracking on Sparkpeople. Plus I haven't been on SP in a while and it's cause I haven't been tracking. So I think I'm just going to eat the way I was before with Sparkpeople but just increase my calorie intake by 200- 300 calories so I'm eating around 1800 calories.

So I've been over eating yesterday and today. I did Turbo Jam yesterday to burn the excess calories. I think that I'm going to do the same right after this blog. I'm going to do the Cardio Party that is 45 mins long. I might even use the weighted gloves to burn more. So yea everyone that is the deal.

Day 6 of P90X Kenpo later tonight

I haven't done Kenpo yet cause my morning is busy and I don't have time for it quite yet. I'm going to my niece's birthday party at the Y and they are having it at the pool. This is great cause I can take my daughter swimming with me and I can get some added resistance/cardio training in the pool. I'm going to have too look up workouts I can do in a swimming pool so I can get some exercise in. So I'm not sure when the last time I wrote was so I will just update on my week so far, sorry if it is a repeat.

So I did yoga on Thursday I believe and that was fun. The hardest part for me was the half moon and twisting moon which is a move where you have to lift you arm and leg at the same time. Crazy right? I know it's just my first week though and my balance and coordination aren't the best to start off with. The next day though my back was sore I figure it's from all the salutations. I didn't expect to get sore from it but it was a nice little surprise. Yesterday I did Legs and Back and Ooo I feel it today. My glutes are sore and my back is feeling it as well. I'm not using the pull up bar nor did I get it because I have no room for it. So I got a door anchor on ebay for 3 bucks (free shipping) and used my Gold's Gym Resistance Tubing. I didn't think I would have gotten a great workout because it seemed a bit easy, but today proved me wrong. I first thought of stepping up the resistance on the tubings, but know I don't think that is necessary.

So like I said earlier tonight I'm doing Kenpo X so I'll try to remember to post an update. I just hope I won't be so tired I don't blog. So I have to go wash my hair now and get ready. Take care everyone. Also if you are interested in getting P90X please visit my site at http://www.beachbodycoach.com/jenndelgado

<3 Jenn

Day 2 of P90x Plyometrics

This workout kicked my butt. I finished drenched in sweat. It was far from being cute. If you don't know what Plyometrics is, it's jump training. It's explosive movements where you have to jump A LOT. It was tough but I hung in there. I did like a good 85% percent of the workout. And that doesn't mean I didn't give it my all, just means I took extended breaks, modified my movements, and if I couldn't modify I still moved around (cause some movement is better than no movement). Even in Basic Training I have never had that GREAT of a workout in my life at all. It was good.

Day one of P90X

I know I didn't finish my Clx program but during my two weeks of recovering my arm injury I decided to start P90X. I have been seeing all of those crazy success stories on Youtube for it and I keep telling myself that I want to be that success story. So I did Chest & Back today and it wasn't so tough but I know I'm a feel it tomorrow. So far my eating is on point today, but I think I have a slight headache due to a lack of carbs. So tomorrow is Plyometrics and I'm afraid of it, esp since it's all explosive movements and I hate burpees. That's okay I gotta take it a day at a time and just BRING IT!!! ><

I walked 5 Miles with Walk Away the Pounds

So yea I'm not doing Chalean at the moment because I pulled a muscle in my left shoulder. I decided to do my WATP DvDs instead. I figure I don't want to fall out of the habit of not working out so I'm doing this instead. I had to really force myself cause I haven't worked out in about 3-4 days, and you know how hard it is to get back into it after a few days of stopping. You don't really feel like jumping back in. Well I didn't either but I knew I needed too. I'm afraid of not working out and then not watching my eating either. My eating hasn't been great either. I've been eating within my calorie range but I keep sticking my hands in the the plastic pumpkin baskets if you know what I mean.

So while doing the workouts I tried limiting my arm movement and making them shorter. At the end though I just stopped moving my arms cause I could feel it starting to affect my shoulder. Anyways I got a good workout except my HR monitor said I burned like 900 calories. That can't be right you know cause that's like A LOT but I tracked it in my fitness tracker under "High Impact Aerobics" and it calculated a little under 500 cals which seems about right. Anywho I need to shower and head to bed. I feel so great pumping out that workout. Feel accomplished.

I'm injured and Doctor said to rest my arm. Taking a break from CLX

So I went to the doctors and I sprained my left shoulder. So she told me to rest, I asked her if I should just lift lighter and she said to rest. So I am going to rest and resume my workout after the 2 weeks. So I figure since this was suppose to be my last week of CLX I'm going to start Lean phase after my 2 weeks break. I just would hate to have to start ALL over again you know. So I think I might do my walking DVDs and get in some calorie burn. I'm still watching my food so that is good. So I'm just disappointed cause I was getting some muscle building and toning going on. My boyfriend doesn't want me to do my WATP dvds unless my Dr. okays it. I don't think walking is going to aggrevate it but he says the repetitive swinging motion might. I am just waiting for the Dr. to call to okay it. So here we go....

Day 42 of CLX Push Circuit 3

Here I am guys almost halfway done with this program and I'm thinking what to do after this. I was talking it over with my boyfriend and at first I wanted to get the Showcase pack which is 200 bucks but I need to get brakes for the car. He says, "You can stop eating for one day, but one day your car isn't going to break when you need them." He's right. I also need to save money for propane cause this is going to be a cold winter. I need to pay bills and buy food. I also need to find a job so anyone in Connecticut hiring come over my way. I'll do whatever is legal and ethical. Anyways I'm thinking maybe I should get the CLX upgrade and also start implementing Turbo Jam. I know I was going to do that this round but I can't get my big lazy butt up in the morning to get some cardio. I always end up doing CLX at night, the important part tho is that I'm doing it. So maybe that will be my next investment instead of P90x. Plus I don't know I've I'm quite ready yet for P90X and I love that Chalean is just 30-50 mins. I wonder in the long run would I get the same results doing CLX as doing P90X. Anyone know? Well yea the upgrade for CLX is like about 50 bucks with the coach discount. I think that is more reasonable than $200 bucks.

I''m taking a unscheduled day off from Chalean extreme- UGH MY BACK!!!!

Ugh my back hurts and hurts BAD. I stand up it hurts, sit down it hurts, lay down and it still hurts. I don'tknow if it is the workout or the bed or a collection of abuse I've laid on my back, but it hurts like a *expletive*. I will push it up to tomorrow I don't care if it puts me one day behind my goal. This hurts its a dull achyness that won't go away. I'm afraid of taking advil cause I might make it a habit. Thats how bad it is. I'm taking a break.

Week two, push phase, burn intervals

So how have I been doing so far Chalean wise? Great I moved up from 5-8 lbs weights, to 10-12lbs weights. I am really enjoying this Push Phase and love all the moves cause they are challenging and tough. I find I have more energy in my workouts and I'm loving it. I'm halfway done with my workout program but I'm going to do the optional last month called the "Lean-for-Life month which incorporates all the workouts in one month. Talk about breaking a fitness plateau I guess that is why there is no getting tired here. I feel great though cause my arms are looking better and better. I'm constantly checking myself. I've also been taking my Shakeology and I think that is helping a lot to cause I feel like I have more energy for my workouts and I don't wake up sore the next day. As far as eating goes I've been debating the fact of increasing my calories cause I'm a bit more hungry this phase. On the team beachbody club site it tells me I should be eating more than I'm currently, but by quite a bit. I'd hate to increase my intake and then gain weight. You know honestly I want to save up money for that Showcase pack cause it comes with P90X and I've been seriously thinking of doing it. I see the results people have gotten with it and I'm like WOW!!! I don't think I'm going to consider getting the upcoming Brazil Butt Lift workout until I slim down more. That and if I get the Showcase pack it comes with Yoga Booty Ballet and I can lift my butt with that program too saving me money.

Week two of push - The price of having a gym membership

I haven't been blogging in a while and I'm sorry. I've been trying to get people interested in Beachbody. It's been difficult as much as there is a high rate of obesity there is also the fact that people have tight pockets. Some of these people are not looking to spend money on a workout program no matter how great it is. I understand that cause I'm in the same situation currently unemployed. It's sad how we have to choose between our pockets and our health. That's the modern American way perhaps.

The thing is a lot of people end up wanting to do something about their weight, but don't know where to begin. They join a gym and get on a contract that is $10-$39 a month.

• At $10 a month for one year they have spent a total of $120 dollars at the gym
• At $39 a month for one year they have spent a total of $468 dollars at the gym.

Did you know that 60% of new gym members don't go back to the gym after the initial 3 months.

The American Council on Exercise (ACE) asked 1,500 people why they don't go to the gym

• 46 percent of Web site visitors say they don’t go to the gym because it’s too crowded
• 21 percent say they don’t go because they don’t know what they’re doing
• 19 percent feel they’ll be the only one who isn’t “buff” or already in good shape
• 11 percent say rude gym etiquette keeps them from going (i.e., not wiping off a machine after a cardio workout or not letting others work in on a weight machine)
• 3 percent said they’re afraid to ask questions

Did you know that the ACE actually recommended doing Strength Training in your own home or a home workout video?

The average Beachbody workout program (excluding the kids, teen, and older adult videos) starts from about $39-$200 and they are guaranteed results as long as you stick to them. Also if you are a Team Beachbody Club member you save 10% and a Beachbody Coach 25%.

And guess what? NO ONE IS WATCHING YOU, you have online support, and mostly all the workouts come with a guide to guide you in correctly performing your workouts. You get your own personalized coach and you could even be a coach, start your own business, and make yourself some money with your hardwork and dedication.

I started losing weight in July 2009 and I've lost almost 17 lbs so far. There is a great community out there on Team Beachbody and even if you don't want to spend money you can sign up for free and as long as you workout (any workout even running) and enter it on the site you can win $300-$1000 dollars. You even still get your own coach and I can be your coach.

My first blog from my Team Beachbody Site...small bio.

Well this is all nice and fancy! Another place to put my thoughts and opinions about life. I guess I have to watch what I say huh? So if you read my profile you might know a bit about me, but if not I'll talk. So I'm 24 years old and although you might think I'm young I sure don't feel it. Right when I graduated from high school I joined the US Army and was off stationed in Korea. Even though I was in the Army I hated working out. Wait I hated RUNNING and I still don't like running and haven't really tried it since. Maybe that should be a future goal. I sure did like Muscle Strength training otherwise known as M.S. It was way preferred over running. We did it all...squats, lunges, crunches, push ups, sit ups and I got really great at it, except for the running of course. I went to my duty station, got pregnant, and ended up getting out and had my daughter. Right after I had my daughter I was 168 lbs, not bad considering that 160 was my Army weight. But I was swollen and heavy. I knew that if I kept it up and not do anything after that, that I would have surpassed 170 lbs. I was not happy with myself so I joined Weight Watchers with the help of my mother and I got all the way down to 133lbs. I was all happy and confident and felt GREAT. There was a problem though. I got comfortable and stopped going to my meetings, stopped measuring my food, and stopped tracking my workouts. Also while on WW I didn't really workout either. After leaving the military I never wanted to workout again. So I got on it again and started losing again and got down to 148 cause my weight went back up to pregnancy. Then I met the man of my life and I maintained it did well and then we started living together. Lets just say we don't eat healthy and everything he eats looks tasty and delicious and I want it. So I weighed at 165 in January 2009 and June 2009 I was 170 lbs. OMG I LET MYSELF GO and everyday my poor boyfriend would hear is "I hate myself, I'm so fat, how can you love me, will you love me when i'm 200lbs" and yes he loves me but I didn't love myself. He told me to do something about it and he was tired of hearing me. I felt bad cause I was being selfish and he was right I needed to do something about it instead of ranting and downing myself. So I joined a website (not beachbody, if you're interested message me and I'll tell you the site) and started tracking my meals again. Then I bought some walking DVDs and lost about 12 lbs on those. I was talking to a few girls on the website I track my food on and they were talking about the importance of Strength Training and told me about Chalean Extreme. So here I am on Chalean in the 2nd month and so far I have lost about 5 pounds and about 4-5inchs all over. I feel great about the changes currently and the ones I'm going to see with all the effort I'm putting into this. I'm also doing shakeology which helps with the nutrients and getting my eating in line.

Week one of Push phase so far...

Well I have been doing okay so far I'm really enjoying push phase. I don't think I'm lifting heavy enough but I won't increase the weight until next week. I don't want to rush it cause I don't want to injure myself. So far I started a little heavier than what I did on Burn phase but now I think I'm going to move up to 10 and 12 pounds. As far as eating goes I had my first shakeology today after 2-3 days of not drinking it. I was a bit busy so I didn't have time to make it. I didn't do so bad though with my eating. I have to still do Burn It Off and I'm happy cause I get to see my favorite workout buddies which are Mike Saure and Leili. I love working out with them cause Skip annoys me with his overexaggeration and his side comments. I've stop doing the Recharge my workout cause everytime I do it I feel lightheaded. I know stretching is important but passing on the floor is not something I want to do. I know I haven't blogged in a while and I am sorry.

Day 28 of Chalean Extreme my rest day

Today is my rest day I'm suppose to do my measurements on day 30 and tomorrow is suppose to be another burn it off day. I'm going to track my measurements today and take pictures.

These Following Pictures where taken on August 19th, so it's a little bit More than 30 Days in these pictures. I took these pictures the first time I did Chalean Extreme but then I injured myself so took a week off and restarted my program.

My Measurements were

Waist: 33.5

Hips: 39.2

Abductors: 37.1

Thight: 22.5

Chest: 36

Right arm: 12

Left arm: 12

Weight:152.8

Body Fat: approx. 20%

Todays Measurements are:
Waist: 32

Hips: 37.5

Abductors: 35.75

Thigh: 21 3/8

Chest: 37

Right arm:11 5/8

Left arm: 12 1/8

Body fat 19 %

Why I do what I do to lose weight

I remember there was a girl on sparkpeople.com that used to motivate me a lot she lost like about 100 lbs I think. Then she wrote a blog entry about how happier she was when she was 100lbs heavier because she fretted less, had to worry about calories less, and wasn't as obsessed as she was with it. And then I never saw her again on sparkpeople. She was gone I think she deleted her profile.

She INSPIRED me and I thought to myself if She could do it so could I.

While driving in my car it I was thinking why am I doing this and this is why...

It's my new obsession but in a good way. I used to come home and all I would do is play World of Warcraft for hours on end. Now I blog, go on sparkpeople, and facebook. Yes it's still an internet addiction but I still find ways to better myself and better others. I mean today *Courtneydey* told me that I inspire her. I inspired someone today. Do you know how that feels? That feels great you know what a confidence booster. When I hear people say that and when I try to help someone that feels down about their weigh gains, setbacks, problems what ever it feels good. You know I've had setbacks and people are there for me and I know how hard it gets to lose weight. It adds a bit of responsibility for me. Not only do I have to do it for myself, but for other people so I can inspire or motivate them to change their lives. So they can tell me if Jenn can do it so can I.

I have more confidence in myself then I ever had before when I'm taking care of myself. I feel prettier and my self esteem is lifted. I don't think it's so much because of the weight loss, it helps but it's knowing that I am taking care of myself. I'm trying to dress better, be more positive with positive thinking and self talk, and I even try to be more sexy for my boyfriend lol. I feel great naked. I can say that and you know what I have my belly fat, I have my stretch marks and I have bumps and lumps BUT I FEEL GOOD. Cause I see the changes in my body and I know I'm making the effort and even though I could never wear a bikini cause of my stretch marks I will be able to wear the sexiest looking one piece out there.

I do it because my father has diabetes, his father has diabetes, his mother died from diabetes and breast cancer, his grandmother died from diabetes, and some of my brothers have diabetes. It DOESN'T SKIP GENERATIONS. Last time I had blood work I had HIGH cholesterol and I was 23 and 169 lbs. NO NO NO NO NO I will not have that crap, be result of my lifestyle. If I get diabetes let it be genetics NOT because I didn't try to prevent it. If I have a heart disease let it be genetic and NOT because I didn't make an effort of caring for myself. I am 24 years old I do NOT need to have high cholesterol. I have control and I need to learn to use it and utilize it.

I am setting an example not just for my daughter but for my step daughter who sees me workout EVERYTIME she comes over. EVERYTIME she sees me exercising and she asks questions and wants to know why I'm doing it. Or why I'm eating this or not eating that. I have to set the example for our kids at least so if they don't learn it all they can learn some of it.

I want to grow old and live a long life with my boyfriend and my kids. I know it's not hard and I might fail, but I might not. I have to stick with it and this is why I write this. So when I feel like that girl I can go back to this and tell myself WHY I AM DOING THIS. DON'T GIVE UP JENNIFER DELGADO!!!! DON'T YOU GIVE UP EITHER WHOEVER READS THIS!!! And I don't care if your goal is not weight loss and it's something else...DON'T GIVE UP!!! It's okay to have setbacks and *eff* up but don't let it get the best of you. If you fall get your *** back up and keep walking!!! Every setback is a lesson that will make you stronger. Setbacks are just scars and toughen up your skin to help you keep on going and to remind you of how you got there and what to do the next time you reach that point. I don't want this to be temporary and am glad of all the support I have to keep me going.

Thank you,

Jennifer Delgado

Day 23 - I had my first Shakeology

Day 23 of my 90 day Chalean Extreme Program. So far I'm doing well with my workouts and I think with knowing that I'm moving to a new phase next week I'm working out with more momentum. I'm still using 5-8 lbs cause don't want to buy new weights. Now I know I have my dumbbell set that I can make either 8 lbs or 12, but if I wanted to use them together I'd need another bar. Bummer. I've been spending a lot of money and I hate to have to spend more money on dumbbells. I might look on craigslist.

I tried my first Shakeology today and man is it CHOCOLATEY. Like not like milk chocolate either. It's like a DARK chocolate straight from the cocoa leaf itself. It's chocolatey. So I have gotten various Shakeology recipes. If you have any or can suggest some please let me know. I'm going to try some tomorrow. I chugged it down real fast though cause I didn't want to waste it. It has some good stuff in it and I love how it has 17grams of protein in it without milk added to it. That appeals to me cause I really want to work at upping my proteins.

So I am glad that I have finally gotten my food in check *knock on wood*. I got this neat little thing at CVS for like 8 bucks. It's a container that is as big as one of those Dunkin Donut coffee mugs and it holds your veggies/fruits in it and any dip you want to dip it in. I figure it would be a great way to get me to eat healthy on the go cause it also has a little ice pack in it. So it would keep your food cold for like 2-3 hours.


So that is pretty cool I think. Now I don't have an excuse. Also I've bought miniature raisin boxes to eat in my car. I figure they are a good car food cause they don't spoil and don't need to be refrigerated.

So that is my update I'm doing okay so far this Saturday is Weigh in and pictures I don't know if their would be much change but at least I feel great!!!

Day 19 of Chalean Extreme and 71 days more to go

Well so far my goal has been getting myself on track. I've been doing okay and thinking of what I should be eating first before putting it in my mouth. I've been focusing on staying within my calorie ranges and working with my protein/fat/carb ratio. It's getting there, my boyfriend is trying to watch his eating too. I think I'll ask him if he's serious enough to try tracking his calories on sparkpeople to start off with. I don't want to shove him into this, because I know it's a step one has to make for themselves and not so much for others.

One way I'm going to try to improve is to focus more on getting sparkpoints so that way I can read the health articles, track my fitness, goals, and put myself in the game again.

I wasn't tracking my CLX fitness cause I wasn't sure what to track it as. I am going to place the strength workouts individually under my favorites on sparkpeople so it is easier to track. I'm also going to track Chalene's Cardio like the Burn it off and Burn Intervals as High Impact aerobics. Honestly I'm just tracking it for the points so that way I can have a record of me actually doing physical fitness.

I also noticed I have to be a better sparkfriend. I've been busy and I apologize. I really need to check up on how they are doing, cause so many of them are awesome and help me when I'm doing crappy. I know that as much as I love people being there for me I need to be their for them. I'll try as much as I can to see how you are doing, but if I get busy stop by my page and say hi I love to know how your progress is going.

I ordered my chocolate shakeology as well which I am happy. It's going to act as a meal replacement but it's a lot more than that. It has many essential vitamins and minerals and lots of very healthy stuff. If you haven't checked it out...




So yea it's not JUST a meal replacement it's a lot more. So I'm excited not only is it going to improve my help but replacing my meal is going to help me balance my nutrition tracking.

I'm frickin EXCITED!!!

Oh yea I have to burn a copy of Chalene's Extreme motivation CD to listen to in the car. I think it's very important so that I can keep my mindframe right. Anyways I'll see you later.

Day 18 of Chalean Extreme - My Confessional

Okay I posted on sparkpeople my confessional now I'm going to copy paste that here cause I've been eating like crap
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This was written Sept 26.2009

I'm been eating like Utter CRAP. I tried today to eat healthy and I was having a great day but then I got dinner with my boyfriend and I tried something he got. It was french fries with cheese and gravy. Yea I know it sounds like crap for you body and it is. This week I tried to eat healthy at wendy's cause my boyfriend wanted nuggets so I got a wrap and I figure I'd have only half and it couldn't have been that big. This thing was monsterous with bbq chik'n nuggets, bacon, crispy onion, aged cheddar, 7 kinds of lettuce in a sun dried tomato wrap. I mean DUDE really it was fricken Delicious. Yesterday we had italian and I didn't get myself anything but I had a little bit of everyone's food. I mean I understand that I need to control myself. It's not an emotional thing like I get depressed and sad and want to eat. No it's Frickin delicious. It's like a drug right, cause you do really GREAT without it and then you try one thing that throws you off and then you want to try everything and then you go on a crazy binge. It's loving the taste of food. And I know I shouldn't man cause I look and feel great right now about myself. But I know that if I keep this up I will be un-doing all my progress. That sucks. I need to stop eating like a fricken pig. I mean like today all I was going to order was a steak grinder with lettuce, tomato, steak, and onions. No Cheese cause I know that cheese is not that great for you so for saltiness I got pickles. I ordered a small....IT WAS NOT SMALL it was like a foot long at fricken subway. FOOD I hate you because you are delicious when you cause me harm. I hate you because you are greasy, but crunchy. I need to cut the crap seriously, but it's soooo hard right now. If this is hard I can't imagine how it is for ppl to stop smoking. I think I'm addicted to food :(. Screw you CHEESE FRIES WITH GRAVY...YOU SUCK!!!! Bah I'm pissed with myself. I feel like I cheated on myself. I guess tomorrow's another day....
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So there you go I've been eating horribly. Yesterday I did better than the rest of the days. I went over my fats and under my proteins, but I met my calories. Yea it's still not great but atleast I'm taking small steps again. Oh yea I ordered Shakeology and because I'm a coach it didn't cost me as much. I figured that it's going to be the best thing for me to be able to replace my meals and keep my calories and ranges at bay. If you are interested in shakeology come here. So I just have to wait until the end of the week to get shakeology. Besides that I'm eating my yogurt so that I can get my breakfast instead of skipping it. So right now I'm just waiting to digest it and start my workout. I went to bed at 11:35pm and got up at 8:00am to get about 8 hours of sleep. I figure it would help me lose weight if I get 8 hours of sleep. I figure I'd get up early and get my workout....look I'm on the internet. But I'll digest my yogurt and kick some butt.

Day 8 I'm So tired from the Concert yesterday....

So I went to see a couple bands (Cold and Taproot) last night with my boyfriend and a couple of our friends. We didn't go to bed until 12 or 1 idk when but I'm so fricken exhausted I don't think I'm going to workout right away. I've also had this cold and I feel so run down. I know I have to workout and I've been slacking a bit with my eating....Careless eating since I've gotten my cold, but I know it is no excuse. I need to get back on track I haven't even been tracking all my food. But today is a new day, gees my body feels so tired it feels numb. I'll drag my butt up eventually....

Day 6 CLX Burn It off and going to do Recharge!!! Tomorrow is Rest day YAY!!!

Wow I just finished off my Burn it off workout and as much as it kicks my butt, it always reminds me that tomorrow is a rest day and a new week starts all over again. Right now I'm waiting until my body cools down a bit so I can do my Recharge workout. Last time I did my Recharge workout right ater Burn it off I felt sick and like I was going to pass out. So now I'm just waiting to calm my heart and breathing down so that I can do it. So I can start seeing a bit more definition in my arms. That is always a good thing. My weight hasn't left the 150s yet, but I'm sure pretty soon my weight will go down to the 140ville!!! YaY I haven't been that much since I first started dating my boyfriend. So I'm going to go off and do Recharge.

Oh yea and I'm going to have to start liking Chalene's crazy cardio if I ever want to grow a pair and can do Insanity.

Week 1 Day 3 CLX & TJ

Wow I'm so happy I fit my workout in. I was trying to combine 20 min TJ with Ab Jam, but when I came home from school my boyfriend was cleaning my daughter up cause she got sick all over the kitchen floor. So I still didn't want to skip my workout so I cleaned her up, took her a quick shower and put her to bed.

So I was Listening to the Chalean extreme audio CD and I figure there are three things I have to start doing:
-Start eating small every 3 hours.
-not eat 3 hours before bed time
-And instead of going straight to the Computer in the morning I need to do my workout before doing anything else.

So this is something I have to work on.

Regular Rants

So today was a busy day good thing it was my rest day. I don't know how I'm going to fit two workouts tomorrow. I'm going to have to do one in the AM like really early and one when I come back to school. Oh yea that is why I'm really busy I'm going to school to be a phlebotomy tech and there is like A LOT OF homework and studying and a lot of crazy crap. Not crap, it's very essential but you know what I mean, *stuff*. Anyways I'm just gonna feel bombarded and I can't do it before I go to class cause I have to get my daughter, take her to my mom's, my mother will hold me up cause we'll have a convo about something, and then I have to go to class. So I get out of class at 9:00pm so by the time I come home it'll be 9:30pm on a good day. Then in the winter time it will be later, gah. It's okay if I can't do Turbo Jam then I can't do it, maybe I'll do a mile of Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds which is like 15 minutes-ish.

Oh so around dinner time our class gave us a dinner break so and there was a Burger King outside. Let me tell you Burger King is one of the WORST PLACES EVER to go when you are trying to eat healthy. Do you want to know how many Calories are in their veggie burger....wait let me pull it up...

K from Nutritiondata.com is Burger King's Veggie Burger
Cals: 340
Total fat: 10g
Sat fat: 2g
Sodium: 950mg....so if you are consuming 2000 cals that's 40% of your DV. My Cals are 1200-1500
Carbs: 47g....which I don't mind carbs cause some carbs are okay for you

You know what I had though? A side salad w/ half the packet of Lite Italian Dressing, Apple Fries with Caramel and water.

Cals: 155
Fat: 6
Carbs: 6
Sodium: 220mg.

I can't say that I did good all day though, because I am ashamed to say that I went to Subway and had their Chicken Parmesan Sandwich which is tasty but is crap with about 1500mg of salt and 560 cals. But that is my own fault I knew it was too good to be true I'm a sucker for crappy foods and I know I shouldn't be. It's live and learn, but I'm glad that Burger King at least had their Nutritional Info posted up so I could save myself from eating their veggie burger.

Anyways that is my ranting, I am glad I decided to monitor my salt intake I wasn't before and I figure that I'm a big salt eater so if anything I can monitor myself better.

Week 1 day 2 CLX & Turbo jam- Day of rest

So i'm using today as my day of rest. Yesterday I did my Turbo Jam 20 minute work out, nothing too fancy. I almost was about to go over my calories, because I only had 130ish left but I really wanted ice cream. I told myself that it was okay cause I was going to work out anyways. I stopped myself though, cause I don't want to go down that spiral you know. Thinking just because I exercise means I can overeat. I think that's a bad habit I learned from weight watchers. I believe it's counterproductive, cause your never really working out for you, just for what you are going to put in your mouth. Then you end up with the wrong idea about exercise. So I made an appointment with my doctor so that I can get a physical for school. I'm going to school for phlebotomy, which I hope I can get a job in it cause I really think that working as a CNA would break my back.

But I'm going to go to the doctor and ask if I can get some blood drawn so I can check my cholesterol, cause last time I was there it was a bit high. My total cholesteral was 221 (norm, range is 125-200) and Triglycerides was 151(suppose to be less than 150).
You know I'm just 24 I can't go having high cholesterol, cause keeping that up like that is calling for trouble in the future. I really hope it has gotten better.

I asked my boyfriend if he has noticed any obvious changes to my body (cause he's very honest with things like that), and he said no that it only seems like i've slimmed down. He says not to be so impatient cause I really just started Chalean extreme like 2 weeks ago and I stopped it for 1 week. So i'm determined to make some physical differences

CLX again Week 1, Day 1

This time i did it with the dumbbells and omg what a difference. It is a GREAT DIFFERENCE than the bands. It feels So much better oh my. Like it felt so much better today than before I loved it. I just think that I might be a bit limited during my workout cause I don't have a great set of dumbbells that I'm working with I only have 5, 8, 12, and 20 lbs. Like that is really a big jump in weights and it is only I got myself this at Dicks:

Cap Barbell 40lb. Black Cast Set with Dumbbell Handles in Plastic Case









So I'm probably going to either have to make due with what I have or scrounge in the the future for some in between weights...which I don't want to do.

Chalean Extreme Fit Test

Okay so right now I'm doing my fit test instead of posting it in my guide book I'm going to on here because I don't want to write in my book. So off to my 5 minute warm up....Going on Sparkpeople to look at their workout videos brb......

Okay so I jumped around for like 5 minutes my heart rate is pumping so now to Push ups

Push Ups: 11 regular push ups...that hurt my arm a bit I think next time during my workout i'll take it to my toes so it will hurt less.

Crunches:28

Squats: 26

forward arm plank: 32.62 seconds

Overhead Shoulder Press: I am going with 5 lbs. I know it's light, but I'm taking baby steps. I'm not hurting myself again. So 5 lbs with 12 reps

Bicep Curl: I did it with 5lbs it felt good but I think I could've went a bit heavier. So 5 lbs and 12 reps could've went a bit heavier.

Sit and reach: I'm going to guess an inch and a half...I have no one here to check for me right now.

Okay so now for the Measurements (inches):
I got a new tape measure so it isn't the same one as the last which the last one was made out of paper.
Waist: 33.5
Hips: 39.2
Abductors: 37.1
Chest: 36....but I'm wearing a sports bra so it's pushing the girls together.
Right arm: about 12...Might be inaccurate cause I'm doing it solo
Left arm: about 12 as well.
Weight:152.8 Which is more than before, but it's okay cause I ate breakfast. Whatever I'm watching what I eat so I'm not too worried about it
Body Fat: approx. 20%

So THERE are my starting measurements

Today I'm going to start Chalean Extreme...this Afternoon I'm going to do Turbo Jam

I haven't started it yet but I'm going to do it this morning it is still 9 in the morning so I have time. I'm going to start with the dumbbells I still have to do my fit test and my workout. I'm going to continue doing Turbo Jam during the afternoon/evening. I'm excited and stubborn. Stubborn because I told myself I'd wait a while until I redid Chalean extreme, but I'm just getting jealous of everyone's awesome workout results and I'm like I WANT THAT TOO. Even though I don't think my results will be that awesome cause I'm going a bit lighter on weights. I'm just afraid of injuring myself again so I think I'll just be safer being careful and listening to my body.

I'm also aware that I can't only do Strength Training because as much as muscle burns fat, if I still have fat you can't see my muscle. What is the best way to burn muscle? Cardio. That and monitoring my food. I've been monitoring my food with sparkpeople, but I realize I need to not just worry about the quantity of my food but the quality. I also have to drink more water. I'll work on it though I'm not worried slowly but surely.

Day 6 Turbo Jam - Still day of rest...

So today is the first time I went to Wendy's in a while. I went to get something quick for me and my kid. I only had one small Crispy Chicken Sandwich and I feel gross. Like my whole mouth feels very greasy. I wish I didn't go there. Usually if I get fast food I go to taco bell and get their fresco tacos. I know it's still fast food but 150 cals for one crunchy fresco taco is okay. I've been trying to eat more at home though and snack throughout the day. Well I def don't think that the crispy sandwich was the way to go. I was going to have a baked potato but they ran out of potatoes :(. Well next time I'll just go home. Tonight I'm making chicken parmesan with noodles. Yum

Day 5 of Turbo Jam- Day of rest

So today tomorrow and Sunday are my days of rest. Unfortunately I don't have much to say. I should try to squeeze in some workouts. OMG it's so cold this morning. It's like last week was beautiful and this week everyone is in sweaters and long pants.

I keep hearing everyone talking about Chalean Extreme and I want to really start right away. I see everyone's successes and I really want that. I'm still gonna rest up maybe if I feel okay I'll think of redoing it next week.

Day 4 of Turbo Jam 20 min turbo jam

So i did my 20 turbo jam video and I feel great. My abs feel tight and it's like the more I do it the more I'm enjoying it. It gets easier and I see why ppl enjoy it so much. So I was checking out the special features on the videos and I was watching Chalene's version of Punk'd, but instead it's called Jam'd. It was funny she wears her Turbo hate which looks like Aston Kutcher's Von Dutch hat and punks ppl on her videos. It's cute.

So I'm here having my strawberry chobani yogurt. I know I bashed it earlier but I bought like 8 of them so I have to eat it. I have to say though the strawberry tastes better than the vanilla. Like you don't taste the bitter sour taste afterward in this one. I also put my Bear Naked Fit granola on it because it just taste better that way and figure get some extra carbs in.

Oh I almost for got to post my latest measurements.

These are from the fit test I took before Chalean extreme which was on Aug 26, 2009

• Waist - 35.5 in.
• Hips - 40 in
• Abductors- 37.5 in.
• Chest - 39.5
• R. Arm - 13 in.
• L. Arm - 12.5 in
• Weight - 156 lbs.
• Body Fat % - 21%

Sept 10,2009
Now these measurements are from sparkpeople so they are a bit different. They are my right side extremities.

Waist - 31
Hips - 38.5
thigh - 21.5
Arm- 12
neck - 12.5
calf - 14
Weight - 151.8
Body Fat % - 20%

I'm still on day 3 of Turbo Jam but here is my progress video so far.

If you are going to be mean and hateful don't comment here. This is my video I don't like it much, but this is what I'm trying to change. Lower Your Volume before playing the music is a bit loud

Day 3 of turbo jam: 20 minute workout - That was good

So today I did the 20 minute workout and I made it.  It wasn't too bad though, compared to Chalene's Burn intervals workouts in Chalene Extreme.  But I measured my cal burn with a HR watch and in 19:28 min i burned 314 calories.  That is very good for a under 20 min workout.  It was quite enjoyable  I can't wait to see how I look like in one month after I'm done with these workouts.  Prob won't be much but it is something and something is better than nothing.  What I need to focus on is how I feel physically, how I look and not what the scale looks like, and my endurance levels while working out.  I still feel that when I don't eat breakfast I always fall below my calorie levels.  Oh and I went to the store and I bought some Greek Yogurts cause they have been getting a sorts of good reviews...but I tried the Chobani Yogurts and ugh I don't like em...I'm a give it a try I tried the vanilla one if I don't like it i'm a add a tablespoon of honey.   I tried adding some granola to it and I still didn't like it bleh.

Day 2- Turbo Jam Learn and Burn

So today I didn't do the Learn part cause I did it previously I did the burn part which is only 16 minutes.  It was still good don't think it wasn't.  I mean I need to use a heart rate monitor to monitor how much calories i'm burning through my workout.  Well my arm feels A Lot Better, but I'm not over doing it.  I mean I'm doing my month of Turbo Jam and then going to do Chalean Extreme again.  Back to Turbo jam though it is fun I can see how it has a big fan club behind it.  I was looking at Chalene's website www.Turbokick.com and they have some cool hip hop and other dance workouts.  They looked good, but I am not going to spend anymore money on workout products for a while.  I need to do my Turbo Jams and Chalean workouts that way I get the most out of my money.  So that is about it for now.

If you are interested on any of the beachbody products go here and if you want to go to Chalene's site where she has some cool clothes, workouts, and a lot of other cool things come here to www.turbokick.com

Jenn

Day 1 of Turbo jam: Learn and Burn - Okay here we go again

So I didn't finish Chalean extreme...it's ok cause I rather do Turbo jam for a month and recuperate my arm than Chalean extreme injure myself and never be able to lift again.  That being said today was my first day of Learn and Burn and it was pretty good.  I'm suppose to be doing this again for the next 2 days so it isn't going to be anything new.  I am thinking of adding my walk away the pounds hand weights because they are a pound each.  I heard you burn more calories adding the weights and that is what I want to do.  I'm thinking of getting a heart rate monitor but I'm not sure I want to spend the money for it. 

As far as my arm goes it really hurts when I move it in certain directions I really hope I didn't hurt it too bad.  I don't know if I should see the doctor about it, cause I had an appointment before and I totally blew it off.  I just hope it can return to it's regular Range of motion.  I really want to get back to Chalean extreme so that I can burn this body fat off and gain some muscle.  I love the fact that I was starting to tone up.  I know with Turbo Jam I will slim down and tone a little so I'm not too worried about it.  I know I have to watch my fat intake and focus on protein but it's all about balance.  Oh by the way I bought my Turbo Jam DVD off of ebay so it only came with the DvD and that is it.  I don't have the meal plan or manuals or calendars or any of that.  I found the workout calender online while Googling it.  So like I was doing with Chalean extreme I'm not following the meal plan and only balancing my meals using Sparkpeople.com.  I'm not going crazy about it either and restricting myself from certain foods just focusing on healthier options, fat/protein/ carb balance, and portion control.  Also replacing beverages with water unless I'm in a situation where I don't trust the water I'm drinking and then I'll drink diet coke but that is very RARE.

Day 11 Chalean Extreme I think I am going to have to stop Chalean Extreme and postpone it for a bit

My arm still hurts and I'm afraid I am aggrevating it.  I feel bad because I know that Chalene Johnson is always like go heavy and bla bla bla but I think I went too heavy and now my right arm hurts.  I feel bad cause now I'm going to have to restart this blog. I think I will do it with Turbo jam though and work my way  up to Chalean after that.  It sucks I didn't workout today.  I mean I have been getting awesome results with Chalean and it's only been 11 days.  Maybe I'll do Turbo jam to burn some of my fat and get a little bit more strength and when I restart Chalean I will go lighter.  I'm sure I won't get as awesome results as I would going heavy but then if I injure myself what is the point right I'd just have to postpone Again.  So keep in mind in the future for Chalean extreme.  Sorry if I let anyone down.

Day 10 Chalean extreme - Burn Circuit 2

So today was my workout and it is getting easier and but I'm still enjoying it.  My arms are starting to get more definition.  Yesterday was a food cheat day w/o me wanting it to be.  We took the kids to friendly's yesterday and well I only got a bottle of water, one half of a grilled chicken wrap and a side of corn.  I didn't get any ice cream instead I went home and had a skinny cow chocolate and peanut butter ice cream sandwich.  Later that evening I ended up going to my dad's 60th birthday party at a Colombian restaurant so I only had like a cup of rice, beans, and a deck size piece of steak.  I mean I made sure that I measured it all and had a diet pepsi.  I mean I know I shouldn't have had soda but it was those occasions where you don't trust the water in those restaurants so I was better off having the diet soda.  So there you go thats my day 10.

Chalean Extreme day 9- Rest

Hello day 9 how are you? Good?  That is good.  So I did something I think I might regret, I became a beachbody coach.  I say I might regret it because I think I wasted my money.  I mean I know I have 30 days but I'm a try and hoping I get some profits out of it.

Now I found some great foods that I think will help me with my healthy eating journey.  I just got to say I LOVE those little Laughing Cow Cheese wedges.  I bought the light swiss kind and have been eating them in sandwiches and triscuit crackers.  They are so good and only 35 cal compared to the 110 cal in a slice of american cheese.  Also I got some snacks for the car when I start wanting to munch on junk.  So I got almonds, but not just any almonds I got Cinnamon and Brown Sugar Almonds and they are tasty :D yum.  They have just a hint of sweet flavor.

So yesterday I went under my calories.  After trying to meet my protein and not going over my fat I ended up ok with my fat and under my protein.  You know sometimes it feels like its tough trying to meet my calories sometimes either I get it or I go under.  But then I don't want to eat too much cause I don't want to go over my fat and it's always in the back of my mind that I don't want to eat too much cause I don't want to go over.

Another thing I noticed and I don't know if it is only me but I find that when I do my Walk Away the Pounds videos (like yesterday I did the 2 mile)  I find my self more sore because I did the CE in the morning.  I feel like I have to work my muscles more.  I wonder why is that.  Do you know?

If you want to check out Chalean extreme or any of the products I'll put my link on it:

http://www.beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/jenndelgado/home

Day 8 Chalean Extreme - Burn Circuit 1 - I'm sore and I LOVE it!!!

So how was my work out? It was pretty good and not as exhausting as before. I find that I have better control of the bands now that I have gotten the hang of them. The only parts that I have trouble with in my workout are the ones that I have to do lunges and then do core rotations at the same time. It's not that it's hard like it's too heavy, but my balance is horrible so I feel like i'm going to fall over. Rather than that I feel Like i have better form now. My arm did start to hurt a little around the beginning of the workout but I used a lighter band and focused more on my left (noninjured) arm, than my right. I just want to keep up with the workouts and not stop even though it still hurts a bit so I'm just lowering the intensity on the other one. And that is about it for now :) I'll see you later!!

Day 7 of Chalean extreme-Rest day ...I might make a vlog

I was on you tube and I noticed that there are quite a few ppl who have vlogs of their weight loss process.  So I'm thinking of posting some of my before pictures, then my before Chalean extreme, and then go week by week on my progress to see my progress on a weekly basis.  Rather than that my rest day is ok.  My power cord is crapping out on me so I took a *walk* down to the comp repair store.  I think it was about a mile there and back.  I'm not sure but I'm going to map it out on my Sparkpeople fitness map.  So that is all...I'm going to go now and work on my vlog and then jot down my walk.  Have a good day!

Day 6 of Chalean Extreme- Burn it off & recharge

So I'm done for the week tomorrow is my rest day.  Today I did Burn it off & recharge and let me tell you that cardio is no joke.  It's like the toughest cardio I have ever done.  That is considering though that before CE I was just doing my Walk Away the pounds videos (WATP).  My thought on recharge though, I honestly didn't finish the whole thing.  IDK but I did it right after Burn it off and honestly I felt light headed doing it.  I hate stretching because everytime I do stretch I feel like I'm going to black out and pass out.  I'm afraid of stretching because of this.  I'm thinking that maybe I'll skip my WATP workout tonight and do the Recharge video again tonight.  Even though it's probably better to do right now when my muscles are warm and plyable, but I would feel safer doing it when my boyfriend is here so if I do pass out he can be there.

Besides that yesterday I did my 4 mile WATP again since the night before that I didn't do my 2 mile walk.  It's cool cause before when I started doing the DVD I was exhausted by the time I finished it.  Now I'm tired but I still feel like I can do more.  I don't even feel sore the next day.  I still enjoy doing the workouts even though I put it on mute I still enjoy Leslie she has a very nice personality.  I would get a 5 mile vid or more but I promised my boyfriend I wouldn't buy anymore workout stuff.

I do notice my weight loss though and I enjoy it.  I notice it more around my oblique area...you know my love handles aren't that big anymore.  I still get disappointed though by my saggy skin.  Unfortunately my tummy looks like I had 3 kids and I only had 1.  And she wasn't even that big she was born 5 lbs 12 oz. I only gained 17 lbs during pregnancy and ate like normal especially knowing that I didn't want to be that girl whole ate the whole pantry because she was pregnant.  But the thing was that my daughter was breeched meaning she was stuck sideways the whole time so everytime she would stretch in my belly she would stretch my skin.  I have my stretch marks going from one hip to the other...I hate it and I know it would never go away but I'm wondering if the saggy skin would get tighter or if my tummy would look a little bit better.  I know in the Chalean extreme before and after pics there where women that had the mommy apron but I didn't see the stretch marks cause they only show the side pics and you can't see the front of the belly in those.  If anyone reads this and has done the program and knows about the stretch marks or saggy skin let me know.

My arm feels a little better good thing I have tomorrow to recover too.  Maybe once I do Recharge tonight again I'll feel better.

ChaLean Extreme Day 5 Burn Circuit 3

So my workout was pretty good the only thing is that I had to go lighter on some of my workouts.  I think I unjured a muscle on my right arm because depending on how I move my arm it hurts like where the tricep muscle is...It's not even like soreness like muscle soreness from working out.  It affects my Range of motion a little.  I'm gonna just have to continue lifting lighter on the workouts that are affected by my injury.

So rather than that today I weighed myself since I've been weighing myself every monday on sparkpeople apart from my Chalean extreme tracking and since 6/22/09 I have lost 10lbs.  I am very proud of myself.  What I have to work on  is my mantra on how this is NOT a diet but a new healthy lifestyle.  I am worried that once I get to my goal weight or where I need to be I will go off track and go into a comfort zone.

I was also invited out to eat with my parents at the buffet.  At first I was a little hesitant about it because...you know it's a buffet.  All you can eat come on that is hard.  But it wasn't  and do you know why?   Because I planned ahead.  I went on the website and looked at the food's nutritional value and I wrote down what I should eat for dinner.  So I had a small salad; turkey with corn, green beans, and steamed carrots; and ended it with no fat soft served ice cream and cheesecake which I shared half of each with my 4 yo daughter.  Over all a great meal I even was able to come home to have a snack of sunchips and pretzels.  I'm pretty proud of myself. 

ChaLean Extreme Day 4 - Burn Intervals and Ab Burner

Wow Burn Intervals was the most intense Cardio workout I have done since I was in the Army.  Jumping  squats, jumping jacks, lunges and an infinity number of bicep curls oh my.  Purpose of this is fat burning and muscular endurance.  Let me tell you it was tough there where times that I couldn't even finish a whole set.  I'm sure I'll get stronger and it will get easier.  The Ab Burner was good as well some of them I really tried giving it my all before reaching Muscle Failure, but the only thing I had the most trouble was the last workout that required balance on all fours...I'm horrible at balancing myself.  But man I was dripping in sweat, it was literally pouring off of me.  I'm glad though cause I know it is burning fat and the less fat I have the more my muscles will show once they are built.  Like Chalene Johnson says Muscle Burns fat so I know that the Burn Circuits and the added cardio I do at night are really going to give me great results...I hope.  Only time and hardwork will tell if this is true.  I'm not following Chalene's meal plan because I am balancing and watching my intake through Sparkpeople.com.  I'm only helping that it is sufficient. I can't wait to weigh and measure myself tomorrow on Sparkpeople.  I know I'm suppose to do it every 30 days for Chalean Extreme but I enjoy doing it ever week it motivates me.

Day 3 of ChaLean extreme - Burn Circuit 2

I'm so glad that I am not sore from yesterdays 4 mile WATP walk.  So I'm doing the workout and I still don't like the bands.  It's a little easier cause the Gold Gym's bands have this black mesh to protect it from breaking from being stepped on but I really effected the flexibility of it so I cut it off.  It's still cumbersome cause I have to pause fix the positioning of my bands then if there isn't enough resistance I have to fix the placement of my footing.  At the end of my workout what should have been a 30 min workout turns into 1hour cause I have to constantly pause to fix my bands. Like I make sure to watch Band Basics which goes over how to do the workouts with the bands before you actually do it.  It's helpful but, idk maybe I'm just being picky I'm still using it though cause I said that I was going to use the bands the whole way through.  Also right now I'm using for my heaviest resistance the Black (Ultra Heavy) and Red (Medium) resistance together.  I'm just concerned that I'm going to out strength my workout and my results won't be as great.  Good thing I'm doing my nightly cardio...tonight is 2 miles of WATP.  I better do it tonight to!!!

Chalean Extreme Day 2...again- 4 Miles of Walk away the pounds

Here I am posting again on the same day.  Well today I decided that I was going to do my Leslie Sansone Walk Away the Pounds Intensity walk: Super Challenge 4 Mile walk.  I was thinking that I think the best way to get some results with my ChaLean workout would be to add some cardio.  I want to do at least 30 min of cardio in the afternoon and think it would prob be better if I did it with Leslie.  After a while I get bored/annoyed by her as much as I love her workouts, but this time was no exception but what I did was I lowered the volume (almost to mute) and played some Nelly Furtado in the background and I did.  My kids even joined me.  I usually hate working out when the kids are around cause they tend to get in my way and distract me (darn ADD can't focus on more than one thing at the same time ) but with Walk away the pounds it's so simple that I don't get off track when they join me.  So I did the 1hour long 4 mile video cause I didn't workout yesterday even though I wanted to.  I figure this way I can make up for my workout that I missed yesterday.  I know doing my cardio workouts are going to help me out a lot.  Especially since cardio helps decrease body fat, burns calories, and increases muscular endurance.  So after that walk I feel more sore.  I hope I don't over work myself, I'd hate to injure myself and then delay my progress. 

Day 2- I'm sore

Wow my arms really hurt and the rest of my body I didn't think that I was going to be so sore because I didn't feel that the resistance bands were really doing their job.  I went out to Sports Authority yesterday and bought myself some 10 lbs dumbells.  I just don't know if I should keep em or take them back if I'm going to continue to use the bands.  My thought was to use the bands from beginning to end, since I've never seen a review or result page with ppl who would ONLY use the bands.  I have a 30 day return window and I kept my reciept plus IDK if 10lbs will be too light since I'm suppose to be getting stronger soon.  My thought would be if I use them and don't need them with in that window maybe I can take it back and get heavier once....maybe I'll go today and take it back.  I mean Dick's Sporting good's had this
Cap Barbell 40lb. Black Cast Set with Dumbbell Handles in Plastic Case - Dick's Sporting Goods

for 64.99 Maybe I can go to the store later and return the dumbells and get that set I mean it's 40lbs and might serve my purpose better.  Or just use the bands until the end of the program see my results and then redo the program with weights.

Day one of ChaLean Extreme done

Done with the ChaLean extreme workout and I honestly enjoyed it.  The only only thing is that I think the resistance bands that I am using are too weak for me.  I'm using the Gold's Gyms Long Series resistance tube Kit.

Resistance Levels

• Red- Medium
• Blue - Heavy
• Black- Ultra heavy

So I'm going through them and honestly I did the black and I didn't even go to muscle failure.  I mean I don't think I'm that strong you now but apparently next time I'm going to have to combine the Red and Black for more resistance.  I'm just worried that when I get stronger this product isn't going to do anything for me which sux because I was hoping to use the bands the whole way through so that I didn't have to go spend money on weights. Well I'm going to have to have breakfast.  Oh yea I'm not following the Food guide since I'm already trying to balance my meals with sparkpeople.com

Free Online Diet Plan at SparkPeople.com

For me it would be difficult to have to stick to a meal plan.  So ok it's time for me to eat breakfast so I'm a go :D

I finally got my Chalean Extreme

Day one starts tomorrow considering that I got my package so late cause apparently UPS doesn't know where my house is and I had to physically wait outside for my order.  All and all I'm happy I can get crackin'. So I already posted my before picture but I'm did my measurements.  And here they are

• Waist     -   35.5 in.
• Hips       -   40 in
• Abductors- 37.5 in.
• Chest     -   39.5
• R. Arm   -  13 in.
• L. Arm   -  12.5 in
• Weight   - 156 lbs.
• Body Fat % - 21% - Which is Ideal on the Chart...I'm surprised that it isn't higher but I'm happy with what it is.

Yup and these are my thighs.  I'm really hoping that I stick this through, cause I want to see major changes to my body and need to.  I will do it....I'm going to read my Muscle Burns fat guidebook I also have to do the fit test so I'll come back and tell you the results of that..:D

Okay Fit test completed....I am using the gold gym's resistance bands and I tried the medium, heavy, and ultra heavy turns out that I max out with the heavy resistance bands...go me right...

 

 

So here are my Fit test results: 

• Push ups: 8
• Crunches: 20 
• Squats: 18
• Forearm Plank: 35:10 secs
• Overhead shoulder press: Ultra Heavy Band
• Bicep Curl: Ultra Heavy Band aswellSit and Reach: 1in past my toes....not very flexible I know

Few more days until I start my Chalean extreme program

So according to my email my order is expected on August 27th. I checked it on the UPS tracking system and it's right now in Pennsylvania and got there at midnight. Yesterday I did the turbo jam learn and burn. Might as well do some exercising until I get my chalean extreme in.

I'm excited though to start my chalean extreme. I really need to get into shape and is hoping that I will help flatten my mommy belly that I have. I'm going to post my before picture.

Not the greatest or flattering but I'm really hoping to stick to this program and eat a healthy meal. My caloric intake is suppose to be 1200-1550 according to sparkpeople.com. I use sparkpeople a lot it is a great website for learning how to live a healthy lifestyle. So I'm a go don't know what else to say I'm very new to this. So buh-bye!

Also Currently my weight in this picture is 158.2 and I will take my measurements and weight when I get my package. :D