11/19/12 : Month 1 Results

November 19th marked the end of my first 4 weeks of my workout program. My short-term goal was to lose 7 lbs & to tone up a little. I am proud to say that I SURPASSED my short term goal!!! Well, only by half a pound... but still!!! Ha. So I lost 7.5 lbs in the first month and boy was it HARD WORK! Finding the time and the energy to workout is not as easy as it used to be.
Also, I'm giving up my beloved Turbo Fire cardio workouts for a while. I was beginning to get kind of burnt out. I've just been doing these workouts for so long! I'm gonna mix it up with some Insanity instead, but still doing the Turbo Fire HIIT workouts as well as the Chalean Extreme workouts.
Here are my result photos for month one shown below my "before" pic for comparison. I see a small difference, but nothing major...and that's okay! It's only been one month. I know it's not gonna happen overnight. I'm willing to continue putting in the work.

 Month 1: 7.5 lbs lost

Previous Short Term Goal Met?: Yes!! Beat it by half a pound and feeling great about that. Wasn't sure I was gonna make it.

Short Term Goal (for month 2): Lose 4.5 lbs and continue to firm up. Stick to my workouts and clean diet.
Long Term Goal: With month 1's loss, my new long term weight loss goal is 24.5 lbs.

Weeks 3-5 : Accountability

I've been majorly slacking off on my blog accountability, but I HAVE been keeping up with my workouts. For the most part. Weeks 3 & 4 went pretty well, but the second half of Week 5 was a little on the horrendous side. Thanksgiving. Ugh. Lol. Anyway, I'm in Week 6 now and am determined to stay on track!!

Week 3: (I lost my image for this week)
Monday 11/05: Rest Day
Tuesday 11/06: Turbo Fire:Fire30 & Chalean Extreme:Burn Circuit 3 (calorie burn: 734)
Wednesday 11/07: Turbo Fire:Fire 60 (calorie burn: 714)
Thursday 11/08: Long walk with the kids, one in the stroller & one in a baby carrier (calorie burn: 303)
Friday 11/09: Turbo Fire:Fire45EZ&Core20 (calorie burn: 631)
Saturday 11/10: Rest/Missed
Sunday 11/11: Turbo Fire:HIIT15, Abs10 & Fire45 Chalean Extreme:Push Circuit 1 (calorie burn: 1,145) had to double up.

Week 4:
Monday 11/12: Chalean Extreme:Burn Intervals & Turbo Fire:HIIT20 (calorie burn: 771)
Tuesday 11/13: Turbo Fire:Fire45EZ & Chalean Extreme:Ab Burner (calorie burn: 550)
Wednesday 11/14: Chalean Extreme:Push Circuit 1 (calorie burn: 296)
Thursday 11/15: Turbo Fire:Fire30 & 20 minute run (calorie burn: 669)
Friday 11/16: Rest
Saturday 11/17: Turbo Fire:HIIT15 & Chalean Extreme:Push Circuit 2 (calorie burn: 700)
Sunday 11/18: Rest

 Week 5:
Didn't do TERRIBLY on missing workouts but went way overboard on my caloric intake on Thanksgiving, and the two days after! 
Monday 11/19: Turbo Fire:Fire 30 (calorie burn: 327)
Tuesday 11/20: Chalean Extreme:Push Circuit 2, dvd started skipping before I got to the end of the workout, grrrr!!!! (calorie burn: 260)
Wednesday 11/21: 25 minute run & Chalean Extreme:Push Circuit 3 (calorie burn: 685)
Thursday 11/22 THANKSGIVING!:3 mile walk with kids, one in stroller and one in the baby carrier (calorie burn: 481)
Friday 11/23: Rest/Skipped
Saturday 11/24: Rest/Skipped
Sunday 11/25: Turbo Fire:HIIT15 & Abs10, Insanity:Fit Test & an evening walk with the family, pushing the double stroller (calorie burn: 1,202)

Week 2 : Accountability

So week number 2 went well. No missed workouts. Ate clean I'd say 90% of the time. Good job, me (pats back). I will say that I have had some of my daughter's Halloween candy... but not much. Just a few. I could have sat there and seriously woofed it all down... but thank the love-handle shrinking gods... I did not. Phew. There's still some left over though, I better get my husband to hide it from me... I mean my daughter. ;)

Monday 10/29: Turbo Fire: HIIT20 & Chalean Extreme: Burn Intervals (calorie burn: 843)
Tuesday 10/30: Turbo Fire: Fire45EZ & Chalean Extreme: Extreme Abs (calorie burn: 704)
Wednesday 10/31: Chalean Extreme: Burn Circuit 2 & Turbo Fire: Stretch 10 (calorie burn: 437)
Thursday 11/01: Turbo Fire: Fire 30 & 20 minute run (calorie burn: 421)
Friday 11/02: Rest Day
Saturday 11/03: Turbo Fire: HIIT 15 & Chalean Extreme: Burn Circuit 2 (calorie burn: 694)
Sunday 11/04: Turbo Fire: Fire55EZ & Chalean Extreme: Ab Burner (calorie burn: 640)

Week 1:Accountability

The first week of my Chalean Extrme/Turbo Fire hybrid went well. I found this hybrid schedule after browsing online. It seemed more difficult than the one shown in the Turbo Fire book and I really wanted to try and challenge myself. Just jump right back in there. My muscles were pretty achy for the better part of the week. So not used to lifting heavy weights anymore ("heavy"... haha... my poor flabby triceps are so weak now!). Feels good though to build my strength back up. Baby doesn't sleep for long enough stretches for me to get a workout in/shower when it's just me at home... so I can't workout unless hubby's schedule permits. He's on graveyard and had a couple doubles and also got called in to work the tsunami warning evacuation so this week is a little jumbled up and I was unable to make up part of one of my days' workouts. It's okay though, maybe I can make it up this coming week some time. Even if I can't, part of one day missed? I'd say that's not too bad considering my life right now! Here's what I did this week. I've also been taking pictures to help keep myself accountable.

Monday, 10/22: Skipped (used as rest day since hubby had a double shift)
Tuesday, 10/23: Turbo Fire: Fire45EZ (calorie burn: 526)
Wednesday, 10/24: Chalean Extreme: Burn Circuit 1 & Turbo Fire: Fire30 (calorie burn: 836)
Thursday, 10/25: Turbo Fire: Fire 45EZ (calorie burn: 580)
Friday, 10/26: Chalean Extreme: Burn Circuit 1 & Turbo Fire: Core 20 (calorie burn: 645)
Saturday, 10/27: Skipped (hubby got called in to work the tsunami warning)
Sunday, 10/28: Supposed to be rest day... Chalean Extreme: Burn Circuit 2 & Ab Burner...  Turbo Fire: HIIT 15. I would have needed to do Fire45 as well to be completely caught up, but it just didn't happen. (calorie burn: 812)

Day 1 (12 week TF/CLX hybrid)... Go Time

Now that I have been given a clean bill of health and the green light to resume more hard-core workouts after baby, it's time to lose some poundage and gain some muscle tone (bleh, talk about loosey-goosey). My weekly posts will show which workouts I did for accountability. My monthly posts will show my progression pics and stats.

My goal is to lose all my baby weight and an additional 25 lbs. via diet and exercise. Yesterday (I like starting on Mondays) was Day 1 of a 12 week Turbo Fire/Chalean Extreme hybrid workout I've chosen to do for my first round post-baby. I'm having issues getting motivated. All I wanna do is cuddle with my baby boy, but hubby helps watch him so I can get it done. Hoping to stay committed!! Wish me luck!!!

For reference, here's what I looked like right before I popped. 

17 lbs. gained

"BEFORE"

Day 1: 9 lbs. lost since delivery

Short Term Goal (for month 1): Make time to get my workouts in. If at all possible, no skipping (I won't make this iron-clad cuz lets face it, baby's schedule trumps all). Get back in the habit of making healthier diet choices... food for fuel. Lose the 7 lbs. I have left to be at pre-pregnancy weight.Tone up the now-empty tummy.

Long Term Goal: Feel great. Lose a total of 32 lbs. to get to goal weight. Firm up, build muscle. Get in bikini shape by the summer. Maintain...keep it off. 

Project Get Fit, Prenatal

When I discovered that I was pregnant again, the hubby and I were ecstatic! However, I knew that I wanted this pregnancy to be different than my last. I just got way out of control with my diet & lack of exercise the first time around and packed 40 lbs. onto an already 50 lb. overweight body. So, one of the first things I did when I found out I was pregnant was research and find out what my recommended weight gain should be according to my BMI (bmi calculator). I made a note of it in my oh-so-smart-phone, set a goal for myself to remain within those guidelines and committed to eating (mostly, but not always) clean and staying active throughout my pregnancy.

PRE-PREGNANCY STATS:

Weight: 25 lbs. above "goal weight"

BMI: overweight range

Recommended weight gain: 15-25 lbs.

Goal: stay within recommended weight gain & eat nutritiously.

FIRST TRIMESTER(weeks 0-13) STATS:

8 weeks pregnant. 
Weight Gain: 0 lbs.
Workout Routine: Jogged throughout first trimester, low-impact modified turbofire (mix&match/not following a schedule). Average: 4-6 times a week. Stayed on track until around 10 weeks when morning sickness really set in. My workouts were not as frequent (maybe only 1-3 times a week) for a while and jogging stopped altogether.

SECOND TRIMESTER (weeks 14-26) STATS:

26 weeks pregnant.
Weight Gain: 10.5 lbs.
Workout Routine: Back on track at around 16 weeks when the morning sickness finally settled. Low-impact modified turbofire (mix & match/not following a schedule, substituting prenatal pilates for TF stretch40). Average: 4-6 times a week.

THIRD TRIMESTER (weeks 26-40) STATS:

 

39 weeks pregnant.

Total Weight Gained: 17 lbs.(delivered at 40w3d)

Workout Routine: Low-impact modified turbofire (beginning week 26, followed the TF schedule for months 3-5 in reverse which called for 6 days on, 1 day off. however, I did take additional rest days whenever I felt my body needed them. This modified round of TF will finish into my 38th week of pregnancy and then I will continue to walk & supplement with TF, turbojam & prenatal pilates as desired). Average: 4-6 times a week.