Assessment and the newest Andover Clown

I had my assessment this week. All went well - yeah! I am down 23 pounds, as of today. Down about 6 more inches, and my body fat decreased a bunch, as well. I don't know all the specifics this time around, but down is good.

Cheryl and I plan to really work hard this last month - 5 weeks, really. Yikes - can't believe the end is in sight. Scary, but exciting! This means I'll be getting my hair done soon, for which I am SUPER excited. And can't wait to meet with Dresscode - I hope that's coming up soon, as well. I love the outfits in their storefront windows right now.

On Saturday, there is a photographer coming to take photos during my training session. Maybe I'll break out the hairbrush before I head over for a change. =) That'd be different.

I feel that I am really getting the nutrition right now, and that there is a steady decline in weight. The cardio is strong this week, so overall, I'm feeling good. The only thing I'm not feeling great about is the state of my hair (but as I mentioned before, that'll change soon!) and the fact that I have no pants that fit me. And I'm not willing to invest in new ones until I've lost my final 10-15 pounds (that's my goal, at least). So until then, I will look like a new clown around town - frizzy hair and baggy pants. That's me!

Clock Disaster

So I woke as usual this morning at 5:40AM to meet Anna at 6 for our workout. However, upon my entrance to the kitchen to grab my shoes, those clocks were reading an hour ahead. Yes, that's right, my bedroom clock was an hour behind. So I totally missed my entire training session.

I immediately called Anna and feel SO HORRIBLE. I know she was not too pleased, and this IS NOT the way I intended to begin the week. We rescheduled, but I still feel horrible for getting her up and out this early and missing. Please forgive me, Anna! I'll work extra extra hard for you.

Plugging Along

We are plugging along - getting so that I can say the end is in sight. And that's SCARY! We have a fitness assessment this week. I am very curious to see how that goes. Not sure - the weight loss last week was up and down - I essentially haven't lost at all, overall. We'll see tomorrow morning what this weekend brought.

I plan to try to ramp up my cardio a bit this week, as I feel that it was a little low last week. I'll start at 6:45 (after my workout with Anna!) tomorrow morning with some HIIT training. That should be a great way to start.

I am excited for the date for the Reveal to be finalized so I can schedule my hair appointments. My hair is pretty crazy right now, as I haven't had it cut since May!!! (Indra wants me to not mess with it until they do - which won't be until 3 weeks before the Reveal.) So it's frizzy and long right now. Not a good looking combo.

Off to eat some more protein. Fun stuff! I'll post once we assess later this week and let you know how it goes.

I'm back!

I'm back and still going at it. It was not nearly as hard as I thought to maintain this fitness/nutrition lifestyle in Florida. Especially when for my cardio I could take walks in the perfectly sunny 85 degree days, or swim laps in the pool. Ah, the life! Before I even got to my sister's place, we stopped at the grocery store and I picked up protein shakes, cottage cheese, etc. - staples in my diet. Good stuff!

I got home around midnight on Sunday and was at the gym six short hours later working my chest and biceps! That is one of the beauties of personal training - I'd never in a million years have lugged myself out of bed in the 30 degree weather to go to the gym.

I had my teeth shaped today by Dr Nahata - before Cheryl had her fabulous turn there. They look much better - who knew what 30 minutes could do for your smile. =) Thanks so much!

OK - well, the kiddos are crazy today. Gotta run!

Vacation

Early tomorrow morning I'll be heading to Florida for a long weekend to visit my sister and her new baby. It'll be great fun, but challenging in the nutrition area. I am sure exercise won't be an issue, but I'm going to be very careful about what I eat. I already told her I'm going to buy protein when I get there! Because of the trip, I've been craming in my FT sessions - so in the last 10 days I've been 8 times! Yikes, crazy me. But now I have four days off of training (just cardio). It'll feel weird, I imagine.

I had another facial tonight at Indra. A peel. My skin feels really soft! I hope it lasts.

I'll let you know how the weekend goes!

Another week down

In speaking with my husband tonight, it struck me really just how soon this fabulous makeover will be done. I feel like Cheryl and I have made great progress, but I feel that I still have so far to go! I am actually enjoying the cardio intervals we've been doing - it really makes my cardio sessions fly by each day.

The first half of this week I lost two pounds, and the second half none. We'll see what happened over the weekend in the morning when I weigh in. Hopefully it's good news!

I have another facial this week, which I really looking forward to. Also, I am going away for a few days to visit my sister, so I'm already talking to her about my nutrition 'needs' and my cardio time. I've added a training session last week and this week so that I don't miss out on one. So it's been extra busy!

I plan to talk to Dr Nahata's office this week about whether to go ahead and cap my front cracked tooth. I thinking I will but still haven't completely settled on that. I also feel like the whiteness from my teeth is fading away. I don't know if I'm more used to it, or if they are yellowing already! I hope they'll compare the color to what it was when I left my whitening treatment. I hope I haven't given up coffee for nothing!

So that's my news for the week. Have a good one!

Very Carefully

So Lisa informed me that despite what I thought, my nutrition has not been following the guidelines. So I've begun to email her my mealplan for the following day, so she can check it out before I eat it, rather than after. We hope to regulate my food intake so as to see how my body reacts to eating this way.

We began new cardio workouts this week (45 minutes 6 days per week, 4 of 3-minute intervals and 2 of steady state). I did my first 3-minute intervals today. It really does make time fly by! Much more so than steady state. We also have changed our weight workouts this week to high weight, low reps. Good stuff!

I have to decide tomorrow what to do about my teeth to cap/veneer or not, that is the question...I'll let you know what I decide. That's where we stand now. Waiting to hear about the Reveal date, as that will get the ball rolling at Indra with my hair. Cannot wait - as it is way too long and driving me crazy. I'll keep you posted!