April - OUTSIDE Workouts! :)

Revere Beach, Boston MA

the whole stretch of Beach behind me I jogged/walked!

Walked along the Charles River with my Roommate in Boston

Jacksonville, FL Gym

Its a dark picture, but a great gym!

Working Out at work!

Anything out doors makes me happy, and thanks to our mildest winter EVER Ive been able to do a ton of walking outside in and around Boston, hiking with Chris & Cody AND even managed to get back to LA Fitness for a great workout with the B.Fit founder herself, Ethel!!! (All of course, weren't recorded by my own stupidity) Above are some pictures with Captions as to all my most recent activities!

Gain an Inch. Loose a mile.

Hey everyone!

I feel awful not being able to write about my progress the last 2 weeks. Like I said in the beginning, the hardest thing for me is time.... When I can buy myself time to work out its hard for me to find time to blog about it after. I have however been texting myself my workouts. Ive pretty much accomplished my first months goals with flying colors and have become a cardio Queen! This month I will be focusing more on weight training coupled with some cardio! So here is a quick Up-to-Date version of whats been going on! :)

March 11

Treadmill - 2.51 miles. 272 calories. 55 mins.

March 14, Jacksonville FL.

Treadmill - 1.78 miles. 264 calories. 33 mins.

March 16, CRUNCH - Wayne, NJ (went to gym with Jenny!)

Hip Adductor - Inner 4 sets of 15 @ 30lbs

- Outter 3 sets of 15 @ 50lbs

30 Burpies.

Lifting - Curls & Bench press 3 sets of 15 @ 5 lbs

Lat Pull Down & Reverse Lat Pull Down 3 sets of 10

Leg Lifts, Scissor Crunches

Side Mt. Climbers.

Bike - 15 mins. 100 cals. 2.65 miles.

(I WAS SOOOO SORE!!!) :)

March 19

Treadmill - 30 mins. 215. cals. 1.71 miles.

March 23, Fort Myers, FL

20 Burpies.

Lifting - Curls & Bench Press 3 sets of 15 @ 5 lbs.

Abs - Sit-ups on Ball 10 each side ,10 in middle (30 in total)

Treadmill - 15 mins. 1.03 miles

(FORCED myself to run for as long as possible/speed walk at steep incline)

Text to self: Didn't have much time today... Still squeezed in a workout though!

March 29

Treadmill - 30 mins. 230 Cals. 1.88 miles.

Houston, TX

Layover: Houston, TX

Ok, so... Im about to update you on my misfortune of 2 days and nights in a row of terrible hotel gyms! The first time I was in New Orleans where I woke up extra early (even a long day of flying ahead of me.. to go to the gym) The gym was locked and no one could seem to find a key to open it or figure out how it got locked. By the time I sat around waiting for eveyone at the hotel to realize it, it was already too late to work out and I had to be getting ready to leave for the airport soon anyway. UGH! The day after I had met my boyfriend, Chris, just outside the Boston area so I could see him while we were both away for work but in the same city for once! While he went to work in the morning I located the gym, stretched, got on the treadmill to find some sort of ERROR reading across the treadmill computer. Typical.

My gym and workout schedule FINALLY got back on schedule yesterday in Houston, TX. Again its so hard to work out on the road to begin with and than when the hotel gyms are crappy and broken it is very discouraging... However, at least new hotels = new change of scenery for the hotels with nice gyms. So that way it is a bit of a switch up and your not always on the same machine twice!

Yesterdays work out via treadmill:

(Brought to you by B.Fit owner Ethel B)

The treadmill was set to end every 20mins (again hotel required)

1 mile warm up. 20 mins. 141 cals. Increased incline every 30 secs at walking pace of 3.4 til I reached level 10. Walked at level 10 for 2 full mins brought back down to .5 still walking at 3.4.

Jogged for 3 mins at 5.4 and than walked for 2 mins at 3.4. I was dripping! .7 mils with 83 cals burned.

Cooldown 5 mins. 20 cals. at .2 miles

I will be doing this workout again today! Cant wait to hit the gym. Later!

Pittsburgh, PA

Layover: Pittsburgh, PA

I'm not gonna lie, I really didn't give it my all today, which I am ashamed to admit! However I will say that the hotel that we stay in Pittsburgh has one of the nicest hotel gyms I've seen in a very long time.. If not.. EVER!

Stretching - Ive notice that my flexibility has gotten better when I stretch before and after a workout!

Elliptical - 2.08 miles. 220 cals. 26 mins.

Bike - 4.45 miles. 200 cals. 30 mins.

I didn't lift any weights today. I will lift tomorrow morning and plan to do abs tomorrow!

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Food Log: (Even though its mid-day)

Breakfast- Granola Nut Bar & Apple.

Lunch - Cream of Mushroom Soup & 1/2 Steak Salad.

Dinner - I plan to eat the other 1/2 of the Steak Salad.

*Ill be flying all night.

Back Tracking... My days off!

This post is gonna be a short back track of my 5 days off. I unfortunately didn't get a chance to log on and post my progress. Womp Womp!

So Flew back late Sunday Night...

Monday I went to the gym and did a combo of weights and cardio. Then I went skiing at Mt. Creek (and although its Mt. Creek, I still got an extra workout in skiing!)

Tuesday I did a bunch of running around, couldn't get to the gym, however I did make it up to Mt. Creek for skiing again!

Wednesday/Thursday I went and saw my grandma and than went to my cousins Confirmation. I was only able to get 20 mins. of walking the dog in each day... ughhh.. NOTHING INTENSE.. :(

Friday I went back to the gym before heading to the airport to Commute to Boston.. I tried to make up for Wed./Thurs. by doing an almost full hour of cardio! I have noticed that by all the cardio Ive been doing I'm less short of breath doing easier tasks. For example; walking up and down 2 flts of stairs with my suite case to the crew lounge in Boston. I used to huff and puff (like everyone else) and now it barely fazes me! Yay me!

I texted myself the workout I did on Friday, so I could remember when I blogged:

Elliptical - 2.30 miles. 30 mins. 251 cals.

Bike - 4.30 miles. 25 mins. 150 cals.

Ill have to find a way to keep better track of what I am eating.

For Lent I have given up potatoes/french fries/ chips. HARDEST THING EVER! lol!

I slacked off a little when I saw my grandma/family but I still made healthy choices. Rice/ veggies instead of Fries. Teriyaki Strip Steak.

Which leads me back to yesterday and today.

Yesterday I moved from one room in my crashpad to another room.. All that heavy lifting and moving made me break a sweat. I moved all by myself... No help... But now my back is feeling it. Than I had a late report with work and didn't get in to Pittsburgh until midnight.

I am headed to the hotel gym the second im done with this post so I can get a good workout in before flying out later today!

Video Workouts In Boston

Back to Base: Boston, MA

Yesterday I had a lengthy 3 leg day... LONGEST DAY EVER!

I wasn't able to get to the hotel gym, we got in so late and had to be up so early. So, needless to say, yesterday was a rest day from working out. I got back into the swing of things though by completing 2 workout videos tonight! Unfortunately, I don't have access to a gym in Boston so the workout videos were great!

I am officially started the INSANITY with Shaun T! I completed and recorded my first Fitness Test (30 min workout) than followed that with a fun Hula Dancing Cardio Workout (Killer on the Thighs and Hips!) Below are my recordings for my Fitness Test.

Switch Kicks: 45 in 1 min
Power Jacks: 40 in 1 min
Power Knees: 70 in 1 min on each side
Power Jumps: 20 in 1 min
Globe Jumps: 7 in 1 min
(BURPEES) Suicide Jumps: 15 in 1 min
Push-Up Jacks: 7 in 1 min
Low Plank Oblique: 25 in 1 min

Hopefully in 2 weeks from now I can see my recorded progress! Cant wait!
Flying home to NJ tomorrow after a Fort Myers, FL day turn! Hopefully I'll have enough time to get to the gym before dinner! LOL!
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Food Log:

Breakfast: 2 egg whites, 1 egg over easy, glass of OJ, few pieces of melon, 3 stripes of bacon (CANT RESIST THE BACON!)

Lunch: Chicken, Cheese, and Rice only Water

Post Workout: Banana

Dinner: Greek Yogurt with Fresh Blueberries and Strawberries! :)

LaGaurdia, NY

Back to a Layover: LaGuardia (La Garbage), NY

Back to work after a day off.. I got to the hotel and went directly down to the gym (after a quick happy birthday call to my dad!)

As usual I started with a stretch excercise followed by 30 mins. on the Treadmill. Mixing it up with high incline/fast paced walking with some running... obviously forced myself to run every so often... Tried to run 1 min every 5 mins of the half hour.

15 mins. on elliptical. 1.11 miles in 15 mins.. the elliptical may have to be my new calling.. screw the treadmill at this point! I can get twice the work out on the elliptical for half the time!

I rotated between different sets of leg lifts, leg extentions, my Diamond Squat Walks, Back extensions with 5lbs weght, obliques drop lifts with 5 lbs weight.

Also managed to puch myself through 10 pushups.

Today is the first time I have noticed a change in my body since my healthy eating and exercise has started... I have noticed that instead of my face i have managed to loose my first bit of weight around my mid-section which most people would be thrilled with... which I also am HOWEVER.... It has only made my butt look waaaaaaaaaaaaay bigger than it already is! wtf!