Cyndi is such an AWESOME mentor!! I will talk more about her later and about why she is awesome but she rocks my face off...
We met with Larsyn today to first talk about goals and then to work out. Sadly Ali wasn't there because she's in the Bahamas and Elice wasn't there because she has a stomach virus :( But only Jane, Mary, Kristen, and I showed up and I was sad that for such an important team workout when we talk about goals that 2 of our other team members didn't come (we have 8 members on our team). Cyndi (the awesome mentor) was there, too. :)
But it was a great meeting - we discussed barriers to our goals and how to meet our goals - Larsyn agreed that mine are realistic and that I'm on the right track! We learned more about each other and how to help each other - it was wonderful! Some of my barriers are that if it's not a team work out, I am less likely to push myself as hard - I really need someone else there to work out with me or I won't do the best I can do in pushing myself. (Kind of already knew that, but was helpful to write it out.) Another barrier is that the weekends are great breaks from work for me but I need to remember to get my cardio in and I'm having trouble making myself go to the gym on Saturdays.
After talking about barriers, goals, and rewards, we did "Larsyn's Top Ten":
10 Burpees
9 Squats
8 Lunges (on each side - so really 16 total)
7 Inchworms with push-ups
6
5 Suicides
4 flights of stairs
3 laps around the track doing indian runs
2 minute wall sits
1 minute push-up holds
I sadly can't remember what 6 is... Oh, well.
We only did 1/2 of a lap of an indian run and then ran the rest by ourselves - I was having trouble - breathing in cooler air and being very aware of my lungs.. I jogged an entire lap then started walking - I only walked maybe 10 yards, when Cyndi came and jogged next to me and explained the importance of continuing to jog, even if it's really slow because it's harder to start jogging after walking than it is to start jogging faster after jogging slowly. Cyndi stayed with me for the next 2 laps and we jogged - she matched my pace and I did 3 laps! 1/2 a mile! (And don't tell anyone - but I think I could've kept going!) She was so encouraging and helpful in helping me pace myself and breathe correctly! I am so appreciative of her being with me during that part of last night's program!!
At the beginning of each team workout, Cyndi and I do a wall-sit together - she always beats me, but maybe I will beat her Friday... Cyndi sadly pulls for the 49er's but it gives us something to trash talk about, anyway. :)
Weigh-in is tonight - and I'm most worried about the fact that Friday I only got 750 calories because I was sleeping all day - and the same with Saturday, but I got in 950 calories. Sunday was a bit more regular - but because of my cough, I didn't work out Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday! So I'm worried about that - but my eating was on track for the most part and I've finally been drinking enough water! So we will see :)
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
My Goals - Getting Specific! :)
So, Barbara asked me what my goals are - I don't know if you checked out the worksheet on my last post, but it's a great worksheet that you can work through and figure out your barriers to working out and your goals. I filled it out... so here are my goals and rewards:
GOALS: MONTH 1
Goal #1 = 30 minutes of cardio (hard - sweat inducing) 3 times a week - outside of team workouts
Goal #2 = Push myself harder in team workouts - jog instead of walking - I know I can do it!!
REWARDS: MONTH 1
1. Mani/Pedi
2. Hair cut
GOALS: MONTHS 2-6
Goal #1 = Lose 2 pounds/week for a total of 30 pounds in 15 weeks
Goal #2 = Train for and do 10K Bridge run/walk (not my fave run because of all the people - but my team is doing it and I support them!)
REWARDS: MONTHS 2-6
1. new mid-way wardrobe
2. massage :)
LONG-TERM GOALS (6+ MONTHS)
Goal #1 = Do a 5K or 8K every other month for a year
Goal #2 = Lose a total of 54 pounds (use starting HCC weight as a starting point)
REWARDS: LONG-TERM GOALS
1. Century Ride with Laura, John, & Tara (when I can keep up with at least Tara & Laura)
2. Life is better! I can do what I love to do already and keep up with everyone and push myself harder!!
GOALS: MONTH 1
Goal #1 = 30 minutes of cardio (hard - sweat inducing) 3 times a week - outside of team workouts
Goal #2 = Push myself harder in team workouts - jog instead of walking - I know I can do it!!
REWARDS: MONTH 1
1. Mani/Pedi
2. Hair cut
GOALS: MONTHS 2-6
Goal #1 = Lose 2 pounds/week for a total of 30 pounds in 15 weeks
Goal #2 = Train for and do 10K Bridge run/walk (not my fave run because of all the people - but my team is doing it and I support them!)
REWARDS: MONTHS 2-6
1. new mid-way wardrobe
2. massage :)
LONG-TERM GOALS (6+ MONTHS)
Goal #1 = Do a 5K or 8K every other month for a year
Goal #2 = Lose a total of 54 pounds (use starting HCC weight as a starting point)
REWARDS: LONG-TERM GOALS
1. Century Ride with Laura, John, & Tara (when I can keep up with at least Tara & Laura)
2. Life is better! I can do what I love to do already and keep up with everyone and push myself harder!!
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Goals
We talked a little about goals at the workout last night - Tyler told us to be thinking about goals because Larsyn would be discussing it with us in more detail on Wednesday night. Last night was difficult because I didn't feel well - or at least I'm not at 100% yet - more around 75-80%. We ran laps (which was easier for me to do than walking, strangely enough), stairs (Tyler is hell bent on doing stairs everytime!), and all together while the one person was walking and doing stairs, we held positions versus doing reps - wall sits, planks, push-up holds, squats, lunges... = burn, baby, burn!!
I don't think I wrote this last week - but last week (Monday) was the first time I'd done 10 push-ups (un-modified!) in a row without stopping! And then after that on both Tuesday and Wednesday, I couldn't stop under 10 - I knew I could do it, so I just made myself go to 10 each time. On Tuesday, we did 10 push-ups, and then a lap on the track and 4 sets of stairways interspersed on that lap, and then 10 push-ups again... I did this for a mile = 6 laps around the track and therefore 60 push-ups!! WOW!! Go me :)
Larsyn emailed us this link to look at and fill in and bring in on Wednesday - I've taken a look at it and it's pretty sweet - so I thought I'd share it with you :)
http://www.girlsgonesporty.com/sites/default/files/in-article-images/worksheet-1.pdf
It's all about setting goals and making those goals!
I don't think I wrote this last week - but last week (Monday) was the first time I'd done 10 push-ups (un-modified!) in a row without stopping! And then after that on both Tuesday and Wednesday, I couldn't stop under 10 - I knew I could do it, so I just made myself go to 10 each time. On Tuesday, we did 10 push-ups, and then a lap on the track and 4 sets of stairways interspersed on that lap, and then 10 push-ups again... I did this for a mile = 6 laps around the track and therefore 60 push-ups!! WOW!! Go me :)
Larsyn emailed us this link to look at and fill in and bring in on Wednesday - I've taken a look at it and it's pretty sweet - so I thought I'd share it with you :)
http://www.girlsgonesporty.com/sites/default/files/in-article-images/worksheet-1.pdf
It's all about setting goals and making those goals!
Monday, January 28, 2013
Information from Last Thursday's meeting
The guest speakers were a chef, whose name I don't remember (oops) and his partner, Jim Martin, who is the owner of a CSA called "Compost in my Shoe." They talked about what comes in the CSA box and the chef talked about how to fix it. Apparently, mustard is really great for a vinaigrette because it keeps the oil and vinegar together and keeps it from separating! They were energetic and shared A LOT of great information! Jim even let us try sugar snap pea tendrils and they were awesome and sweet! (Vegetable candy is what he called it). They are going to partner with MUSC HCC and set-up a share for us (we have to still pay, of course) that we can pick up at our meetings on Thursday nights! How awesome is that!!?? I will feel like I'm cheating on Ambrose Farms... but if they can make me a better deal, it would make more sense to switch... And I would still be supporting local!! :)
The website for compost in my shoe is: http://compostinmyshoe.com/
Other facts from the meeting via Judith the Dr. Nutritionist:
- Cholesterol is only in animals with a liver
- You should only have 2300 mg of Sodium per day - but once over 55, only 1500 mg!
- There are 2 servings per 1 can of soup (I knew that... BUT:) the "healty request" can is the same soup but with more servings per can!! They = 2.5 servings per can - so you're supposed to just eat less of it! Tricky, Tricky!!
- Potassium lowers your blood pressure
- You burn 7 calories for every 1 gram of fiber you eat and that goes into your toilet
- The only place you (or really I) should get our sugar from is fructose (fruit) and lactose (milk/dairy)
- Don't use Stevia or Truvia!! They haven't gotten the green light from the Mayo clinic yet!
- NO AGAVE - the same process is used to get the syrup from the agave/tequila plant as is used to get HFCS from corn!!
- I need to aim for 30 grams of protein/meal; 3-4 oz of meat = 30 grams; going over 30 grams per meal = FAT!
- Belly Fat = visceral fat = heart disease, heart attack, and diabetes
- Dark chocolate is awesome! Just watch portions and don't drink with milk!! Milk blocks the good stuff!!
Our team was in last place this past week :( We ALL need to get back on the wagon!!
The website for compost in my shoe is: http://compostinmyshoe.com/
Other facts from the meeting via Judith the Dr. Nutritionist:
- Cholesterol is only in animals with a liver
- You should only have 2300 mg of Sodium per day - but once over 55, only 1500 mg!
- There are 2 servings per 1 can of soup (I knew that... BUT:) the "healty request" can is the same soup but with more servings per can!! They = 2.5 servings per can - so you're supposed to just eat less of it! Tricky, Tricky!!
- Potassium lowers your blood pressure
- You burn 7 calories for every 1 gram of fiber you eat and that goes into your toilet
- The only place you (or really I) should get our sugar from is fructose (fruit) and lactose (milk/dairy)
- Don't use Stevia or Truvia!! They haven't gotten the green light from the Mayo clinic yet!
- NO AGAVE - the same process is used to get the syrup from the agave/tequila plant as is used to get HFCS from corn!!
- I need to aim for 30 grams of protein/meal; 3-4 oz of meat = 30 grams; going over 30 grams per meal = FAT!
- Belly Fat = visceral fat = heart disease, heart attack, and diabetes
- Dark chocolate is awesome! Just watch portions and don't drink with milk!! Milk blocks the good stuff!!
Our team was in last place this past week :( We ALL need to get back on the wagon!!
Sorry! MIA!!
I've clearly been M.I.A. for awhile - sorry! I got sick last week and blogging my workouts was the least of my concerns! I woke up with a sore throat on Wednesday morning and should have taken it easy in the workout department, but wanted to make up for weekend mistakes in the food log. I did Taebo with Ali from 5-6 and then team workout with Larsyn (one of the trainers :) ) from 6:30-7:30 - WHEW!!
Then I was coughing on Thursday :( but the Dr. wouldn't see me because I wasn't sick yet (seriously?). Then I weighed-in at the meeting on Thursday last week and lost 1.3 pounds!! So total over 2 weeks is 5.8 - not too shabby!!
I called the Doctor on Friday and lo and behold, I'm sick. So I'm now on antibiotics and steroids for a sinus and chest infection. Yay for Mom and Dad who brought me groceries, flowers (tulips), and treats (strawberries and kale!) (that's Mom) and a humidifier and mucinex (that's Dad)!!! Love them and am glad they were ready to drop things off since I was taking (and am still taking but not during the day) the meds that you don't 'operate machinery' while taking.
Unfortunately, you gain weight if you don't make your 1200 calories/day and Friday & Saturday, I slept all day in an effort to feel better and only averaged around 950 calories/day - ugh. Sunday, I did better and last night I even had salmon and roasted kale chips for dinner (thanks, Mom for the Kale!!).
Some of you have asked what kinds of things I eat... here's food schedule for this week (it stays the same day-by-day each week, but then I change it weekly so I won't get too bored :) :
Breakfast @ 6:45AM = chobani plain fat free yogurt with 1/2 cup of strawberries, 1/8 cup of chopped walnuts, and 1/3 serving of dark chocolate shavings and bits
Snack @ 10:15AM = hard boiled egg white
Lunch @ 12:30 = 1/2 cup quinoa; 4 oz of grilled maple mustard chicken; 2 cups of mixed salad greens and 1/2 cup of grape tomatoes with home-made dressing (EVOO, white balsamic vinegar and mustard)
Snack at 3:30 = 1 cup of celery sticks & 1 TBS of sabra artichoke and spinach hummus
Snack at 5:15 - prior to workout: 1/2 an orange (or 1/2 a banana or apple)
Workout 6:15-7:15
Dinner at 7:45 = 1 cup of lentil kale soup
Technically, you are then supposed to go to bed 3 hours after you eat, but my exhausted body can't do that... so sometimes, the end of the day looks like this:
Snack at 3:30 - see above
Dinner at 5 = see above
Workout = see above
Come home, shower, and collapse in bed
Then I was coughing on Thursday :( but the Dr. wouldn't see me because I wasn't sick yet (seriously?). Then I weighed-in at the meeting on Thursday last week and lost 1.3 pounds!! So total over 2 weeks is 5.8 - not too shabby!!
I called the Doctor on Friday and lo and behold, I'm sick. So I'm now on antibiotics and steroids for a sinus and chest infection. Yay for Mom and Dad who brought me groceries, flowers (tulips), and treats (strawberries and kale!) (that's Mom) and a humidifier and mucinex (that's Dad)!!! Love them and am glad they were ready to drop things off since I was taking (and am still taking but not during the day) the meds that you don't 'operate machinery' while taking.
Unfortunately, you gain weight if you don't make your 1200 calories/day and Friday & Saturday, I slept all day in an effort to feel better and only averaged around 950 calories/day - ugh. Sunday, I did better and last night I even had salmon and roasted kale chips for dinner (thanks, Mom for the Kale!!).
Some of you have asked what kinds of things I eat... here's food schedule for this week (it stays the same day-by-day each week, but then I change it weekly so I won't get too bored :) :
Breakfast @ 6:45AM = chobani plain fat free yogurt with 1/2 cup of strawberries, 1/8 cup of chopped walnuts, and 1/3 serving of dark chocolate shavings and bits
Snack @ 10:15AM = hard boiled egg white
Lunch @ 12:30 = 1/2 cup quinoa; 4 oz of grilled maple mustard chicken; 2 cups of mixed salad greens and 1/2 cup of grape tomatoes with home-made dressing (EVOO, white balsamic vinegar and mustard)
Snack at 3:30 = 1 cup of celery sticks & 1 TBS of sabra artichoke and spinach hummus
Snack at 5:15 - prior to workout: 1/2 an orange (or 1/2 a banana or apple)
Workout 6:15-7:15
Dinner at 7:45 = 1 cup of lentil kale soup
Technically, you are then supposed to go to bed 3 hours after you eat, but my exhausted body can't do that... so sometimes, the end of the day looks like this:
Snack at 3:30 - see above
Dinner at 5 = see above
Workout = see above
Come home, shower, and collapse in bed
Friday, January 18, 2013
One more post for today... GOOD FOOD!!!
Last night one of the mentors, who is also a sponsor, made salad and soup for everyone in these cute little single-servings cups... The soup was lentil soup and it was great - but the salad was even better, and I think it had to be the dressing! I have said no to creamy dressings for so long - but this one was made with yogurt and good spices and was delish!!
Her name is Wendy Wenzel Gleim and she is a chef who participated in a past HCC and she works for the Wickliffe House and they are a sponsor of one of the teams! She has a blog, "Clean, Green, & Bold" and she puts her recipes up on this blog. I'm following her blog now and you should check it out:
http://cleangreenandbold.com/
Her name is Wendy Wenzel Gleim and she is a chef who participated in a past HCC and she works for the Wickliffe House and they are a sponsor of one of the teams! She has a blog, "Clean, Green, & Bold" and she puts her recipes up on this blog. I'm following her blog now and you should check it out:
http://cleangreenandbold.com/
HCC Before pix
I wasn't sure if I wanted to put a before picture... but I guess in order to do this, I should be "all-in" and I'm not telling you my weight, so this is all you get :) And then I get to show you my after pix :)
HCC - 2nd Meeting Info :)
I forgot to share with you the cool stuff I learned last night at the meeting!
The above was actually in the newsletter - but I liked it a lot. So I'm putting it here to remind me to MOTIVATE!! :)
We learned more about mitochondria - and Janis used the same pix I did when I taught my class last week about mitochondria! Love me some mitochondria!! Mitochondria account for up to 60% of the volume in muscle cells and 40% of the heart cells!! More mitochondria lessens the risk of insulin resistance. And during workouts, mitochondria are efficient at burning fat!! They also do a lot more, but Janis was talking too fast for me to get it all down - and I can always research that later!
Judith Herrin (Head Nutritionist) broke down the food label for us - serving size is the most important! Other tips:
- if you don't hit at least 1200 calories per day, YOU'RE GOING TO GAIN WEIGHT!! (ack!)
- Unsaturated fat = evoo and good healthy oils and Vitamins A, D, E, & K are fat soluble vitamins - so you need evoo to break those down so your body can absorb them!
- Unsaturated fat = total fat (on nutrition label) minus saturated fat and trans fat
- Partially hydrogenated _____ oil = Trans fat!! So if it says it's trans fat free and it has the partially hydrogenated stuff, it's being clever (and lying!!)
- If a food item never goes bad, don't eat it because it contains trans fat (and who wants to eat something that will never go bad...??)
- Less than 0.5g of fat = "fat free" and that could be trans fat!!
- PAM = BAD... it's 'fat free' and it's trans fat... and 1 serving is 1/4 second of spraying time... WHO ACTUALLY SPRAYS for only 1/4 second???
- You don't want to have more than 3 grams of saturated fat a day - this is what effects your cholesterol! If you are staying less than 3 grams of saturated fat/day, then you are keeping your cholesterol under control!
- But some fats are GREAT!! Like your unsaturated fats!! 30% of your calories should come from fat and more calories should come from fat than from protein!!
- Don't pay attention to Daily % on the nutrition label - it's based on a 2,000 calorie diet!!
- There are 3500 calories in 1 gram of fat
Weight loss for entire HCC last night was 393 pounds!!
Our team (Mt. Pleasant Dermatology) was 7th place out of 11 teams! Not too shabby!! But we need to kick it in gear and get 1st place!!
The above was actually in the newsletter - but I liked it a lot. So I'm putting it here to remind me to MOTIVATE!! :)
We learned more about mitochondria - and Janis used the same pix I did when I taught my class last week about mitochondria! Love me some mitochondria!! Mitochondria account for up to 60% of the volume in muscle cells and 40% of the heart cells!! More mitochondria lessens the risk of insulin resistance. And during workouts, mitochondria are efficient at burning fat!! They also do a lot more, but Janis was talking too fast for me to get it all down - and I can always research that later!
Judith Herrin (Head Nutritionist) broke down the food label for us - serving size is the most important! Other tips:
- if you don't hit at least 1200 calories per day, YOU'RE GOING TO GAIN WEIGHT!! (ack!)
- Unsaturated fat = evoo and good healthy oils and Vitamins A, D, E, & K are fat soluble vitamins - so you need evoo to break those down so your body can absorb them!
- Unsaturated fat = total fat (on nutrition label) minus saturated fat and trans fat
- Partially hydrogenated _____ oil = Trans fat!! So if it says it's trans fat free and it has the partially hydrogenated stuff, it's being clever (and lying!!)
- If a food item never goes bad, don't eat it because it contains trans fat (and who wants to eat something that will never go bad...??)
- Less than 0.5g of fat = "fat free" and that could be trans fat!!
- PAM = BAD... it's 'fat free' and it's trans fat... and 1 serving is 1/4 second of spraying time... WHO ACTUALLY SPRAYS for only 1/4 second???
- You don't want to have more than 3 grams of saturated fat a day - this is what effects your cholesterol! If you are staying less than 3 grams of saturated fat/day, then you are keeping your cholesterol under control!
- But some fats are GREAT!! Like your unsaturated fats!! 30% of your calories should come from fat and more calories should come from fat than from protein!!
- Don't pay attention to Daily % on the nutrition label - it's based on a 2,000 calorie diet!!
- There are 3500 calories in 1 gram of fat
Weight loss for entire HCC last night was 393 pounds!!
Our team (Mt. Pleasant Dermatology) was 7th place out of 11 teams! Not too shabby!! But we need to kick it in gear and get 1st place!!
First HCC Weigh-In!! :)
So, I was actually expecting the worst - as you may have been able to tell from the end of my last post - but I am impressed with my first weigh-in.
I lost 4.5 pounds! When they told me last night I lost 5 pounds, I was ecstatic!! But then I did the math this morning and realized they didn't do the math right... but 4.5 is still pretty awesome!!
If I am remembering correctly, the combined weight lost on our team was: 30 pounds - and Kristen is still sick so she didn't come to weigh-in - but everyone who came lost!
I didn't work out yesterday - I went straight from work, to doctor's appointment to HCC meeting - I should've gotten up early on Thursday to work out before work.
So that that doesn't happen again, I got up at 5:15 this morning and did the 6AM spinning class with Katie B. (who is crazy). She's great and you get a great and impressive workout, but she is crazy - she does crazy stuff on the bike that I just can't do and I'm okay with that. If I can't do something, I just add resistance and spin it out until she moves onto something doable (for me). I'm sure I will improve - it's been 2 years since I've done spinning!
Nothing much else today besides school work and working at Theatre 99 tonight for Comedy Festival. If I can manage it, I'm going to do spinning again tomorrow morning - it will all depend on how late I'm working for T99. If no spinning, I will do the Aqua Action with my team! (And I may do both - you just never know!)
I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!!
I lost 4.5 pounds! When they told me last night I lost 5 pounds, I was ecstatic!! But then I did the math this morning and realized they didn't do the math right... but 4.5 is still pretty awesome!!
If I am remembering correctly, the combined weight lost on our team was: 30 pounds - and Kristen is still sick so she didn't come to weigh-in - but everyone who came lost!
I didn't work out yesterday - I went straight from work, to doctor's appointment to HCC meeting - I should've gotten up early on Thursday to work out before work.
So that that doesn't happen again, I got up at 5:15 this morning and did the 6AM spinning class with Katie B. (who is crazy). She's great and you get a great and impressive workout, but she is crazy - she does crazy stuff on the bike that I just can't do and I'm okay with that. If I can't do something, I just add resistance and spin it out until she moves onto something doable (for me). I'm sure I will improve - it's been 2 years since I've done spinning!
Nothing much else today besides school work and working at Theatre 99 tonight for Comedy Festival. If I can manage it, I'm going to do spinning again tomorrow morning - it will all depend on how late I'm working for T99. If no spinning, I will do the Aqua Action with my team! (And I may do both - you just never know!)
I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!!
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Weight Management Tips
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I of course needed to share this with all of my cheerleaders! :) Our whole team is doing it :)
www.bit.ly/WMC_cell-U-lite
I of course needed to share this with all of my cheerleaders! :) Our whole team is doing it :)
Best Team EVER
I have a WONDERFUL team filled with people who cheer me on (and I, them) and we have fun getting our butts kicked!!
We had our fitness test - we will have it again 1/2 way through the program and again at the end of the program... We first did 3 laps on the track - which is 1/2 a mile. We could run it, jog it, walk it, or some combination of the 3. I ran the first lap, walked the second lap with Elice and then togther we decided to run the last 1/2 of the last lap. We pushed each other on and it was really great!!
Then we did planks - timed for as long as we could do them - it turns out that I have a lot of room for improvement in this! I didn't stay up in a plank very long at all!! But it hurt... Then push-ups - as many as you can do in a minute. I was only able to do 22 in a minute, however, I did them the normal way - not the modified way with your knees down - the trainer said you had to do it the same way for this test, the mid-test and the last test and that doing it the 'real' way would help me improve more or be healthier for me or something like that. Elice said she'd do the 'real' way since I was because that's our thing. Love her! And Ally was my partner counting my push-ups and she was great about encouraging when I stopped and pushing me to do 2 more in the last 2 seconds - love her, too!!
Then we did sit-ups and I rocked out with 60 in a minute - 1 per second - and I was feeling great about this, until Ally did more than 60 and Elice did 92 - GO ELICE AND ALLY!! I am still proud of mine, though :) Then we did wall sits - and we did them for as long as we could do them...I wish we had done this right after we ran with our quads still warmed up. I did a wall-sit for 17 seconds - but as I told the trainer - this just leaves plenty of room for improvement.
We had 3 minutes left after the test, so we did an indian run for a lap around the track - one of my faves from my soccer days :) But harder than it was 10 years ago. For everyone who doesn't know what these are: you run in a single file line and the person at the front of the line sets the pace and the person in the back of the line sprints to the front and then becomes the new leader. I don't pace myself well - I'm good at sprinting and then walking because of my lack of pacing skills. I was the first sprinter and was feeling great until I was back to the pace of leading the run. The best thing about our group doing the indian run? We all cheered each other on and it was wonderful!! I felt like a rockstar and I thank my team for that! At the end of the run, I was hurting and breathing really hard - and Mary was so great about coming over and telling me I did wonderfully and asking if I was okay! As did Jane and Larsyn! I'm telling you - I LOVE my team!! Annette was a real rockstar last night - she had been out sick for 2 days and came anyway and for being sick, she did SO well in the test, the runs, etc. Go Annette!! Lynda worked hard with our mentor Cyndi and unfortunately, Kristen was sick. Stay away sickness and get these ladies better soon!!
Tonight is the weigh-in. Since I don't have internet at my house right now, you'll have to wait until tomorrow to get the news! No matter what the news is, I'm proud of myself making it through the workouts, drinking the water (which is strangely difficult for me this time around) and making better food choices - which hasn't been the case every day this week, but has been the case the majority of the days this week! I even ate my oatmeal without honey this morning :)
We had our fitness test - we will have it again 1/2 way through the program and again at the end of the program... We first did 3 laps on the track - which is 1/2 a mile. We could run it, jog it, walk it, or some combination of the 3. I ran the first lap, walked the second lap with Elice and then togther we decided to run the last 1/2 of the last lap. We pushed each other on and it was really great!!
Then we did planks - timed for as long as we could do them - it turns out that I have a lot of room for improvement in this! I didn't stay up in a plank very long at all!! But it hurt... Then push-ups - as many as you can do in a minute. I was only able to do 22 in a minute, however, I did them the normal way - not the modified way with your knees down - the trainer said you had to do it the same way for this test, the mid-test and the last test and that doing it the 'real' way would help me improve more or be healthier for me or something like that. Elice said she'd do the 'real' way since I was because that's our thing. Love her! And Ally was my partner counting my push-ups and she was great about encouraging when I stopped and pushing me to do 2 more in the last 2 seconds - love her, too!!
Then we did sit-ups and I rocked out with 60 in a minute - 1 per second - and I was feeling great about this, until Ally did more than 60 and Elice did 92 - GO ELICE AND ALLY!! I am still proud of mine, though :) Then we did wall sits - and we did them for as long as we could do them...I wish we had done this right after we ran with our quads still warmed up. I did a wall-sit for 17 seconds - but as I told the trainer - this just leaves plenty of room for improvement.
We had 3 minutes left after the test, so we did an indian run for a lap around the track - one of my faves from my soccer days :) But harder than it was 10 years ago. For everyone who doesn't know what these are: you run in a single file line and the person at the front of the line sets the pace and the person in the back of the line sprints to the front and then becomes the new leader. I don't pace myself well - I'm good at sprinting and then walking because of my lack of pacing skills. I was the first sprinter and was feeling great until I was back to the pace of leading the run. The best thing about our group doing the indian run? We all cheered each other on and it was wonderful!! I felt like a rockstar and I thank my team for that! At the end of the run, I was hurting and breathing really hard - and Mary was so great about coming over and telling me I did wonderfully and asking if I was okay! As did Jane and Larsyn! I'm telling you - I LOVE my team!! Annette was a real rockstar last night - she had been out sick for 2 days and came anyway and for being sick, she did SO well in the test, the runs, etc. Go Annette!! Lynda worked hard with our mentor Cyndi and unfortunately, Kristen was sick. Stay away sickness and get these ladies better soon!!
Tonight is the weigh-in. Since I don't have internet at my house right now, you'll have to wait until tomorrow to get the news! No matter what the news is, I'm proud of myself making it through the workouts, drinking the water (which is strangely difficult for me this time around) and making better food choices - which hasn't been the case every day this week, but has been the case the majority of the days this week! I even ate my oatmeal without honey this morning :)
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Second Team Workout with Tyler
Last night we worked our quads AGAIN - along with some other stuff... I am praying that Larsyn isn't going to have us doing quad stuff tonight, or walking is going to be more of a challenge! (And I will sleep downstairs if we do more stair stuff tonight!!)
We did a circuit - station 1 = stairs (aaaaaa) - we were on the second floor of the Wellness Center and during this station, we went downstairs to the basement and then walked up the stairs; station 2 - backward lunges; station 3 - I don't know how to describe these... side lunges - but they looked and felt more like slalom skiing...; station 4 - push-ups; station 5 - plank (aaaaaa); station 6 - bridge (my fave!) = when you lay down on your back, with your feet close to your rear end and you lift your rear end off the floor and hold it until that station is done... harder than it seems, but I like it, too; station 7 - used a band and the bar on the railing to do squats interspersed with arm thingys (don't know how to explain this either); station 8 - squats against the wall, with an exercise ball between you and the wall.
We were at each station for as long as it took the person doing the stairs to leave, do the stairs, and come back again - I lucked out and had push-ups when one of the mentors was doing the stairs and the time went by pretty quickly!!
So, we did one round of a circuit, then we went half-way around the track, 1/4 of the way doing side lunges on 1 side and then 1/4 of the way doing side lunges on the other side, then water break, then round 2 of circuit. Then I thought we'd just stretch out and be good to go, because that all took 45 minutes... No dice.
Next we went downstairs to the cardio room and we each got on a treadmill and started at incline 5, we chose the speed, and for 10 minutes we increased to the next level of incline for each minute until we were at 15 (I swear I thought I was going to fall backwards!!) Then we put it back on 1 incline for 1 minute. Finally, we stretched.
We weren't supposed to hold onto the rails for the inclines - but I did when we got to the higher inclines because I was so sure I was going to fall or collapse - this was much harder than you'd think!! And for the first time, it hurt to breathe - but I wasn't as panicky as I probably should've been and I didn't have my inhaler with me (I know, bad, bad, bad...). But I told Tyler I would tell him if it was really bad, so I guess I was fine :)
We were DRENCHED in sweat afterwards - so that's my new caveat - REALLY sore the next day = great workout... and drenched in sweat after workout = great workout!!
We did a circuit - station 1 = stairs (aaaaaa) - we were on the second floor of the Wellness Center and during this station, we went downstairs to the basement and then walked up the stairs; station 2 - backward lunges; station 3 - I don't know how to describe these... side lunges - but they looked and felt more like slalom skiing...; station 4 - push-ups; station 5 - plank (aaaaaa); station 6 - bridge (my fave!) = when you lay down on your back, with your feet close to your rear end and you lift your rear end off the floor and hold it until that station is done... harder than it seems, but I like it, too; station 7 - used a band and the bar on the railing to do squats interspersed with arm thingys (don't know how to explain this either); station 8 - squats against the wall, with an exercise ball between you and the wall.
We were at each station for as long as it took the person doing the stairs to leave, do the stairs, and come back again - I lucked out and had push-ups when one of the mentors was doing the stairs and the time went by pretty quickly!!
So, we did one round of a circuit, then we went half-way around the track, 1/4 of the way doing side lunges on 1 side and then 1/4 of the way doing side lunges on the other side, then water break, then round 2 of circuit. Then I thought we'd just stretch out and be good to go, because that all took 45 minutes... No dice.
Next we went downstairs to the cardio room and we each got on a treadmill and started at incline 5, we chose the speed, and for 10 minutes we increased to the next level of incline for each minute until we were at 15 (I swear I thought I was going to fall backwards!!) Then we put it back on 1 incline for 1 minute. Finally, we stretched.
We weren't supposed to hold onto the rails for the inclines - but I did when we got to the higher inclines because I was so sure I was going to fall or collapse - this was much harder than you'd think!! And for the first time, it hurt to breathe - but I wasn't as panicky as I probably should've been and I didn't have my inhaler with me (I know, bad, bad, bad...). But I told Tyler I would tell him if it was really bad, so I guess I was fine :)
We were DRENCHED in sweat afterwards - so that's my new caveat - REALLY sore the next day = great workout... and drenched in sweat after workout = great workout!!
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Monday - First Team Workout!
SO - our first team work out was a KILLER. Tyler said it would be simple but not easy... huh. It was simple, but I think it's safe to say that EVERYONE was hurting afterwards!! We walked over to the Bee Street garage, which apparently has 8 flights of stairs. The goal of the activity was endurance not speed... so how long can you continually climb up 8 flights of stairs? How many times can you do it? And since walking back down stairs is jolting on your joints, especially your knees, we rode the elevator down and climbed up the stairs once more... over and over.
Tyler said that in 20 minutes, we should be able to climb 3 rounds of 8 flights! (24 flights of stairs!!) When I had completed 3, he said we had 15 more minutes to go... when I completed 4, he said we had 15 more minutes to go... So I'm not entirely sure how long we went - approximately 30 minutes? And I did 6 rounds! Last night I climbed 48 flights of stairs. Whew!! My quads & glutes are SORE - but that's the point, right?
I have a flight of stairs in my house - and when I got home last night AND this morning, I made sure I had everything I needed before going up (or down) stairs so that more than one trip wasn't needed!! Sore, sore, sore, and more sore - but again, as I said in a previous post, I've decided that if you're not sore after a workout, it's not the best workout you could've done!
We have another team work out with Tyler tonight and on Wednesday = team workout with Larsyn (other trainer).
Other fun things? Sunday and Monday were all about preparing for the week with food so that I no longer make poor choices! Sunday I made a big batch of steel cut oats and divided it into 6 servings for Monday-Saturday. I also made a large batch of quinoa and divided into 5 servings for lunches and I have some left over to add to my yogurt or other needs... I wonder how long quinoa lasts? I've been making lunch for work the night before - and lunches this week = some combination of quinoa, roasted root veggies (sweet potato, yellow beet and turnip), salmon or smoked turkey (NOT deli meat), and salads... YUM.
Snacks this week = 1/2 banana with 1 tbs of almond butter or 1 hard boiled egg (or egg white if I've already had a whole egg that day) or 1 piece of ezekiel bread toast with plain yogurt and an egg white and S&P and dill (kind of like an egg salad on top of toasted bread). For those of you who don't know, ezekiel bread = sprouted whole grain and is one of the best choices for bread out there for those trying to be healthy!!
I'll report in tomorrow after the workout tonight - I am hoping for an arm workout since my legs hate me :)
Tyler said that in 20 minutes, we should be able to climb 3 rounds of 8 flights! (24 flights of stairs!!) When I had completed 3, he said we had 15 more minutes to go... when I completed 4, he said we had 15 more minutes to go... So I'm not entirely sure how long we went - approximately 30 minutes? And I did 6 rounds! Last night I climbed 48 flights of stairs. Whew!! My quads & glutes are SORE - but that's the point, right?
I have a flight of stairs in my house - and when I got home last night AND this morning, I made sure I had everything I needed before going up (or down) stairs so that more than one trip wasn't needed!! Sore, sore, sore, and more sore - but again, as I said in a previous post, I've decided that if you're not sore after a workout, it's not the best workout you could've done!
We have another team work out with Tyler tonight and on Wednesday = team workout with Larsyn (other trainer).
Other fun things? Sunday and Monday were all about preparing for the week with food so that I no longer make poor choices! Sunday I made a big batch of steel cut oats and divided it into 6 servings for Monday-Saturday. I also made a large batch of quinoa and divided into 5 servings for lunches and I have some left over to add to my yogurt or other needs... I wonder how long quinoa lasts? I've been making lunch for work the night before - and lunches this week = some combination of quinoa, roasted root veggies (sweet potato, yellow beet and turnip), salmon or smoked turkey (NOT deli meat), and salads... YUM.
Snacks this week = 1/2 banana with 1 tbs of almond butter or 1 hard boiled egg (or egg white if I've already had a whole egg that day) or 1 piece of ezekiel bread toast with plain yogurt and an egg white and S&P and dill (kind of like an egg salad on top of toasted bread). For those of you who don't know, ezekiel bread = sprouted whole grain and is one of the best choices for bread out there for those trying to be healthy!!
I'll report in tomorrow after the workout tonight - I am hoping for an arm workout since my legs hate me :)
Monday, January 14, 2013
Sunday Funday!
I participated in the HCC group workout (meaning it's open to anyone currently doing HCC), so there were a lot of people there!! It was an instructional-type workout - where you learn the correct form for doing lunges (and did several on each side), squats (I seem to have trouble doing these the right way and it hurts my knees... I learned you are supposed to have your weight on your heels and you feel like you are going to topple over backwards). We also did side lunges, planks, side planks, and lots of arm weight stuff... Also, we did my least favorite, push ups. We didn't do sit ups which I love... so I did some yesterday afternoon when I got home ;)
The instructor was this super-fit trainer, Alicia, who has arms that I want and she led us while other trainers walked around and made sure our form was up to par and that we weren't hurting our knees, back, etc. We were to raise our hand every time we had a question or wanted to make sure we were doing it correctly or if something hurt - I, of course, had my hand raised the whole session. They ended up stationing a trainer next to me... I wasn't a bit ashamed though (1 - I have zero shame, 2 - how else do you learn?)... I wanted to make sure I was doing it correctly then while someone could tell me versus later when no one is around - or (horrors) when I'm in a normal class where they don't stop every 2 minutes to show us how to do something!!
I was unfortunately not sore from Saturday's water aerobics class - I tend to rate effectiveness of workouts by how sore I am the next day... no soreness? not a reliable class for hard work out. Maybe that's not fair, but that's how I judge it. So this Saturday, when all of my team wants to do the water aerobics class, I'm going to go to a spinning class first or go to an hour of cardio on the elliptical before joining them.
{Today? (Monday) SUPER SORE from Sunday - so I feel good about that :)}
The instructor was this super-fit trainer, Alicia, who has arms that I want and she led us while other trainers walked around and made sure our form was up to par and that we weren't hurting our knees, back, etc. We were to raise our hand every time we had a question or wanted to make sure we were doing it correctly or if something hurt - I, of course, had my hand raised the whole session. They ended up stationing a trainer next to me... I wasn't a bit ashamed though (1 - I have zero shame, 2 - how else do you learn?)... I wanted to make sure I was doing it correctly then while someone could tell me versus later when no one is around - or (horrors) when I'm in a normal class where they don't stop every 2 minutes to show us how to do something!!
I was unfortunately not sore from Saturday's water aerobics class - I tend to rate effectiveness of workouts by how sore I am the next day... no soreness? not a reliable class for hard work out. Maybe that's not fair, but that's how I judge it. So this Saturday, when all of my team wants to do the water aerobics class, I'm going to go to a spinning class first or go to an hour of cardio on the elliptical before joining them.
{Today? (Monday) SUPER SORE from Sunday - so I feel good about that :)}
Saturday, January 12, 2013
HCC - Saturday
I slept in today until 8:30!! No migraine!!! (Thank the good Lord because that was a 3-day stint of migraines!)
I ate 1/2 an apple and almond butter for breakfast and went and worked out with water aerobics and some of my team. As it turns out, 1/2 an apple and almond butter are great as a snack, but not as breakfast or fuel before a big workout! I was hungry early on...
Water aerobics... sounds easy? NOT. It was difficult - maybe because of my low lung capacity, maybe because I'm out of shape, maybe because I wasn't ready - or some combo of the 3, but it worked me out hard and I loved it :)
Sign of a great work out: when you lift your hands/arms to suds up your hair with shampoo and your arms are quivering in protest... of course I used the heaviest dumb bells in the class... and I pushed it extra hard to make up for missing yesterday. But I feel GREAT.
Why does everyone work out all the time? Because it gives you a great high-on-life feeling :)
Lunch = home-made chili soup type thing with no salt added and it was tasty... and I went to the grocery store to stock up on bananas, almond butter, eggs, and plain low fat greek yogurt :) Good to go for week!
I ate 1/2 an apple and almond butter for breakfast and went and worked out with water aerobics and some of my team. As it turns out, 1/2 an apple and almond butter are great as a snack, but not as breakfast or fuel before a big workout! I was hungry early on...
Water aerobics... sounds easy? NOT. It was difficult - maybe because of my low lung capacity, maybe because I'm out of shape, maybe because I wasn't ready - or some combo of the 3, but it worked me out hard and I loved it :)
Sign of a great work out: when you lift your hands/arms to suds up your hair with shampoo and your arms are quivering in protest... of course I used the heaviest dumb bells in the class... and I pushed it extra hard to make up for missing yesterday. But I feel GREAT.
Why does everyone work out all the time? Because it gives you a great high-on-life feeling :)
Lunch = home-made chili soup type thing with no salt added and it was tasty... and I went to the grocery store to stock up on bananas, almond butter, eggs, and plain low fat greek yogurt :) Good to go for week!
HCC - Friday (day after meeting)
Well, this day didn't go as planned... I started off with a strange breakfast, but to be quite honest - I didn't go to the store Thursday eve because we got done so late and I wanted to go to bed! SO, though strange, it isn't the worst meal ever - just not one you'd normally have for breakfast... I had grape tomatoes with 4 tbs of humus. Protein? yes. Fiber? yes. Strange? hell yes. Will I do it again? no. It wasn't enough - I was still hungry afterwards - I diligently drank my water to keep from feeling hungry, but no dice... then for snack, I had blackbean and corn salsa with chips (again, not what I would normally have, but am trying to finish off foods before I eat others)... and it wasn't my normal snack of "fruit snacks" (fake fruit chewy things... tasty, but probably no fruit)... Lunch was spicy shrimp BROWN RICE sushi from HT and snack was a whole apple with almond butter - not too shabby... but then I went home from work with a migraine and I can't remember what was eaten or not, but I def fell off the wagon... I need to stock up on emergency foods for sick situations when I don't want to make anything wholesome...But not a horrible day. I didn't exercise :( but I slept my migraine off and felt better today!
More notes/thoughts shared from Thursday's meeting:
Janis gave us these fun facts of what will happen in our body after being on this program...
- In 6 weeks, the amount of mitochondria in our cells will double... More mitochondria in our cells will make our bodies more efficient at burning fat, will fine-tune energy metabolism, and reduce age-related health issues! (and being the biology teacher, this was super interesting to me!!)
- More nitric oxide will be released by the endothelial cells... endothelial cells make up the lining of the arterial cells
And Janis always includes great quotes in her presentations:
"Walk by faith, not sight."
"Forget your past successes and forget your past failures - live for today!"
Our Team workouts (with our trainers) = M, Tues, & Wed evenings at 6:30PM
On Saturdays, as many as possible will be at the water aerobics at 10
On Sundays, the whole team will join the other teams for workouts at 2:30
All other days, we are on our own - but can work out with other team mates if we wish, or mentors... BUT WE MUST WORK OUT EVERYDAY!!
More notes/thoughts shared from Thursday's meeting:
Janis gave us these fun facts of what will happen in our body after being on this program...
- In 6 weeks, the amount of mitochondria in our cells will double... More mitochondria in our cells will make our bodies more efficient at burning fat, will fine-tune energy metabolism, and reduce age-related health issues! (and being the biology teacher, this was super interesting to me!!)
- More nitric oxide will be released by the endothelial cells... endothelial cells make up the lining of the arterial cells
And Janis always includes great quotes in her presentations:
"Walk by faith, not sight."
"Forget your past successes and forget your past failures - live for today!"
Our Team workouts (with our trainers) = M, Tues, & Wed evenings at 6:30PM
On Saturdays, as many as possible will be at the water aerobics at 10
On Sundays, the whole team will join the other teams for workouts at 2:30
All other days, we are on our own - but can work out with other team mates if we wish, or mentors... BUT WE MUST WORK OUT EVERYDAY!!
First HCC Meeting - Thursday, January 10th
So the HCC (Healthy Charleston Challenge) has started!! I just met my team (Thursday eve) and am getting to know them and I'm looking forward to working out with this great bunch of people! Our team is sponsored by Mt. Pleasant Dermatology and our Trainers are Tyler and Larsyn. We have some great mentors, too (people who have been through the HCC program): Cindy & Edward :) I haven't met Edward, yet, but Cindy was very positive and very helpful. We also have a dietetic intern - Hannah - we bonded, she's great :)
One of the big differences between HCC last time and HCC this time is that we are required to log in our calories, etc. on www.myfitnesspal.com - I was nervous about this - I haven't had the best luck with these sites in the past, but this one is VERY user-friendly! We all fill out our food logs and email them to Hannah on Tuesday... who will hopefully not ream me out when she sees my downfalls today... but it's harder to get started on this than you think!!
Tips they gave us on Thursday night:
- Aim for 1200-1500 calories/day
- Only drink water
- Eat every 3 hours (or so)
- Drink at least 6 glasses of water/day
- Aim for food with less than 5 ingredients and if there is an ingredient you can't pronounce, don't eat it!
- No diet foods
- Should eat 3 meals a day and 2 snacks
- MUST EAT BREAKFAST
- Do not eat food out of a container (instead: open container, divide food into individual servings, and throw away big food container)
- Do not drink any beverage with calories except for milk
- No honey, no agave syrup
- Eat a high fiber, high protein breakfast everyday
- Fiber goals = 30+ / day, with majority coming from veggies
- Carbs = Whole grain sources only - no sugar, no flour
- Eat 2 servings of fruit/day and 1/2 cup = 1 serving (1/2 banana = 1 serving!!)
- Exercise for a minimum of 30 mins/day for 7 days/week
- Don't get discouraged!!
- EXERCISE!!
- Be strong mentally and physically each day!
Janis (Director of HCC and my hero) told us we should picture her face every morning when we woke up and it will help us stay on track (she acts like she's scary, but I don't think so... though I wouldn't want to make her mad, so I will stay on track!!)
I was (and am still) a little worried about my chocolate 'attacks,' but this is what they shared on that:
- The first 3 days without your food vice is really hard, expect headaches and not feeling well
- 12 days without food vice? Still cravings but keep going
- 21 days without food vice? You have changed your taste buds (!!) and will no longer have intense cravings
They told us A LOT more, but I'm going to break it into smaller blogs... though since I'm doing it all at once right now, it will still seem like a lot!
One of the big differences between HCC last time and HCC this time is that we are required to log in our calories, etc. on www.myfitnesspal.com - I was nervous about this - I haven't had the best luck with these sites in the past, but this one is VERY user-friendly! We all fill out our food logs and email them to Hannah on Tuesday... who will hopefully not ream me out when she sees my downfalls today... but it's harder to get started on this than you think!!
Tips they gave us on Thursday night:
- Aim for 1200-1500 calories/day
- Only drink water
- Eat every 3 hours (or so)
- Drink at least 6 glasses of water/day
- Aim for food with less than 5 ingredients and if there is an ingredient you can't pronounce, don't eat it!
- No diet foods
- Should eat 3 meals a day and 2 snacks
- MUST EAT BREAKFAST
- Do not eat food out of a container (instead: open container, divide food into individual servings, and throw away big food container)
- Do not drink any beverage with calories except for milk
- No honey, no agave syrup
- Eat a high fiber, high protein breakfast everyday
- Fiber goals = 30+ / day, with majority coming from veggies
- Carbs = Whole grain sources only - no sugar, no flour
- Eat 2 servings of fruit/day and 1/2 cup = 1 serving (1/2 banana = 1 serving!!)
- Exercise for a minimum of 30 mins/day for 7 days/week
- Don't get discouraged!!
- EXERCISE!!
- Be strong mentally and physically each day!
Janis (Director of HCC and my hero) told us we should picture her face every morning when we woke up and it will help us stay on track (she acts like she's scary, but I don't think so... though I wouldn't want to make her mad, so I will stay on track!!)
I was (and am still) a little worried about my chocolate 'attacks,' but this is what they shared on that:
- The first 3 days without your food vice is really hard, expect headaches and not feeling well
- 12 days without food vice? Still cravings but keep going
- 21 days without food vice? You have changed your taste buds (!!) and will no longer have intense cravings
They told us A LOT more, but I'm going to break it into smaller blogs... though since I'm doing it all at once right now, it will still seem like a lot!
Friday, January 11, 2013
Back to Normal? (Who wants normal???) And moving on with HCC, round 2!!
Hello all! It has been awhile, but that's because things are GREAT!! I'm not on coumadin anymore, which means no more struggling with INR and no more cutting out my favorite veggies... I give myself shots daily in my tummy, but I've gotten really good at it - not as many bruises this time around :)
I may even be taking a new drug soon that is a pill that you don't have to check INR levels with and there's no chance of bleeding out when injured... good things all around!!
I got into the HCC - Healthy Charleston Challenge - my second go of it :) I started last night and am going to continue to use this blog to share my journey... for a number of reasons: 1) I had a blog last time I did it and it helped me tremendously, 2) how i do in HCC directly affects the lung/pulmonary situation, and 3) I really don't want to use the old blog I did for the last one because it's a new attempt with new teams and new people - except for Catherine O'Sullivan - my cheerleader this round - who is a trainer and was a trainer the last time I went through - LOVE her!!
So from here on out, the blog will focus on what I learn in HCC and my progress :) Stay tuned for fun information!! And thanks for being my support system - I love you all!!
I may even be taking a new drug soon that is a pill that you don't have to check INR levels with and there's no chance of bleeding out when injured... good things all around!!
I got into the HCC - Healthy Charleston Challenge - my second go of it :) I started last night and am going to continue to use this blog to share my journey... for a number of reasons: 1) I had a blog last time I did it and it helped me tremendously, 2) how i do in HCC directly affects the lung/pulmonary situation, and 3) I really don't want to use the old blog I did for the last one because it's a new attempt with new teams and new people - except for Catherine O'Sullivan - my cheerleader this round - who is a trainer and was a trainer the last time I went through - LOVE her!!
So from here on out, the blog will focus on what I learn in HCC and my progress :) Stay tuned for fun information!! And thanks for being my support system - I love you all!!
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