Hey ya'll! I haven't posted in a while and for all 5 of my readers, I apologize! Life has been busy with a 9 1/2 month old that I can barely take my eyes off of or he is climbing on something about to get hurt! (But I wouldn't have it any other way!) He is my little explorer!!
I have been using My Fitness Pal "religiously" for 25 days and I am loving it! It really makes me more aware of what I am eating and how many calories certain foods are. I currently weigh 197.8 (eeeek)....I can't believe I just posted that for all the world to see ,but to be honest, I am pretty dang proud of it! I weighed like 235-240 when I delivered my crazy bundle of joy, so I think that is quite a loss! Since I have really been keeping track though, I am only down 19.2 lbs (so stinkin' close to the 20 lb. mark) and 1.8 lbs to my first goal (buy a new book or cookbook). So, if y'all aren't tracking calories, I suggest you try! It works! And if you need the extra accountability, add me--Suzanne_Cere. I have also strated using an app called WaterLogged that allows me to set a goal for the day of how many ounces of water I should drank and then I can put it in and it keeps track of it and gives you a little "Successful" message when you've reached your goal! I love all the cool apps they are coming out with!!
5K training is fully underway in the Hamilton household. Thomas and I are about to finish our 2nd week up (as long as our treadmill doesn't poop out on us). And we have several people who are willing to run with us in some 5Ks once we get there!! We have also been looking into some half marathons! Eeeekkk!!! (I have to get through this 5k stuff first!!) The only issues I have been having are with my right leg. My shin, calf, knee, and sometimes my ankle have been bothering me. I have been stretching properly. I have the correct running shoes for my feet. So I think the next step is going to be investing in some compression socks/sleeves to help with the shin/calf pain. I really want to complete this and succeed at it! (I don't think I have ever completed anything in my life!!!)
I hope y'all are continuing to plug away at any New Year's resolutions you've made. I didn't make any, on purpose....read above....I usually give up about half way through!
Happy Saturday! Stay warm!
Suzanne
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Just for fun!
I took my measurements on November 28, 2012 and decided that, just for fun, (yeah I lead a boring life if taking my measurements is fun!!!) I would retake them. My hips, bust, and waist haven't changed (this will probably be the last place I lose), but I have lost a total of 7.25 inches from my neck, biceps, thighs, and calves!! I will take it!!! :)
I am getting slightly discouraged at my calorie burn differences from working out at a "box" (Crossfit gym) and working out at home. I burned about double the calories when I was working out at PFC than I am working out at home and it is extremely frustrating!!! Guess I just need to up my game and start doing two-a-days to make up for the difference!
Hope y'all are having a fabulous day!! Happy Wednesday!
Suzanne
I am getting slightly discouraged at my calorie burn differences from working out at a "box" (Crossfit gym) and working out at home. I burned about double the calories when I was working out at PFC than I am working out at home and it is extremely frustrating!!! Guess I just need to up my game and start doing two-a-days to make up for the difference!
Hope y'all are having a fabulous day!! Happy Wednesday!
Suzanne
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Update Schmupdate!!!
I really don't have anything to update about but it has been a hot minute since I've written a blog post! We are home now from Kansas, where I, if I do say so myself, had a blast!!! Our trip was extended an extra day and a half due to snow (Thanks, God!!). But the day we were supposed to leave, Thomas got hit with some awful stomach bug so he was up and down on the plane....:/ Then, as soon as we landed in Raleigh, Camden projectile vomited all over me, the seat, himself, and a little on daddy. Then I started dry heaving because of the horrid smell. We thought it was just where his bottle got jostled up in his tum-tum, but then when we got home, the next 2 days he was still throwing up. Now he has a snotty nose and lingering cough that causes him to gag and throw up. Oy vey!!!! Thomas still isn't back 100% but he is making it. Now we think he has a sinus infection and then Thursday/Friday I had the awful stomach bug!!!! Bleck! Sickness, get outta my house!!!!
Working out was fabulous over vacation, however, eating was not. I think I gained like 5-7 lbs but thanks to the stomach bug, I am back down within 2 lbs of my lowest! LOL! Someone on My Fitness Pal commented on my weight loss with, "I am one stomach flu away from my goal weight!" Hilarious! Hey, a loss is a loss folks!! I will take what I can get, although not exactly how I had it planned!!
I am doing well with the working out and eating at home and am back to counting calories to see if it will actually work for me. So, if you have My Fitness Pal, add me!! Suzanne_Cere I will take all the accountability I can get!!! Feel free to rip me a new one if you so please! :)
I wore my fancy shmancy heart rate monitor (Polar FT7) while I was doing CrossFit and was amazed at the calorie burn!!! I don't think I burned less than 500 calories with every workout....fast forward to coming home, while doing CrossFit at home, I am only burning about 300ish.....:/ Bummer!!! Working out at a box has its advantages and I soooooo wish I had the opportunity to do so!!!
So, I did not make any New Year's Resolutions this year, because I always fail miserably!! Speaking of failing miserably, I didn't make my weight for the DietBet Holiday Weight Loss Challenge. Apparently money doesn't motivate me like I thought it would!!! Onto bigger and better things!!! This weight will come off! It didn't get there over night and it isn't going to come off overnight!! As Dolvett from Biggest Loser says, "Hard Work! Dedication!"
Peace y'all!
Suzanne
Working out was fabulous over vacation, however, eating was not. I think I gained like 5-7 lbs but thanks to the stomach bug, I am back down within 2 lbs of my lowest! LOL! Someone on My Fitness Pal commented on my weight loss with, "I am one stomach flu away from my goal weight!" Hilarious! Hey, a loss is a loss folks!! I will take what I can get, although not exactly how I had it planned!!
I am doing well with the working out and eating at home and am back to counting calories to see if it will actually work for me. So, if you have My Fitness Pal, add me!! Suzanne_Cere I will take all the accountability I can get!!! Feel free to rip me a new one if you so please! :)
I wore my fancy shmancy heart rate monitor (Polar FT7) while I was doing CrossFit and was amazed at the calorie burn!!! I don't think I burned less than 500 calories with every workout....fast forward to coming home, while doing CrossFit at home, I am only burning about 300ish.....:/ Bummer!!! Working out at a box has its advantages and I soooooo wish I had the opportunity to do so!!!
So, I did not make any New Year's Resolutions this year, because I always fail miserably!! Speaking of failing miserably, I didn't make my weight for the DietBet Holiday Weight Loss Challenge. Apparently money doesn't motivate me like I thought it would!!! Onto bigger and better things!!! This weight will come off! It didn't get there over night and it isn't going to come off overnight!! As Dolvett from Biggest Loser says, "Hard Work! Dedication!"
Peace y'all!
Suzanne
Friday, December 21, 2012
Reality Check and Weekly Workout Recap
So we are in Kansas for Christmas and I have had a few reality checks just in the few short days we have been here. 1) I am extremely out of shape!!!--I have been working out with my mom at Project Fitness (CrossFit) and it has literally been kicking my butt. I do CrossFit at home, but it is NOWHERE near the same as the benefits you get from an actual CrossFit "box". 2) When we worked out on Wednesday, I asked my mom to do my body fat analysis and all that on the scale. I know it isn't completely accurate but the numbers that I saw were HORRIFYING to say the least!!! I am hoping it is the slap in the face that I need to get my butt back in gear. I will break it down for you. My weight (with clothes on, no shoes) was 203.2--not as bad as I thought it would be. My body mass index was 32.8--pretty sure that I am considered extremely obese by those numbers. This number right here is what is most horrifying to me. My body fat percentage was 49.2%--holy crap!!!! That means almost HALF of my body is FAT!!!!! My muscle percentage was 22.1%. My visceral fat (the fat around your heart) was an 8--not terrible but definitely needs to be down to like a 5 or 6. My body age was 54!!! Folks, I am 28 years old!!!!! My body age is almost half of my REAL age and as old as my mom's real age!!! I also found out that if I were to start counting calories again, just what I need to maintain and stay the same weight I am now is 1,633 calories. So I would need to decrease that number by at least 200-400 calories. Good to know, cause I was eating WAY TOO MUCH when I was counting calories!! And 3) I still have a looooong way to go!! I went shopping with my mom yesterday and everything I tried on made me look like a blimp!!! Mind you, since giving birth to my son, I have lost roughly 35 lbs. Yeah, I have a ways to go!!!!
So what am I going to do about these numbers and what I saw in the mirror? Really, there is only 1 thing to do and that is let it motivate me!!! I have worked out all but 1 day since I've been home with my mom and gotten some good calorie burns. BUT, my diet is what needs the work and I know this. I crave breads and sweets and all the bad stuff (really, who doesnt?!) But I have to get past the momentary satisfaction of the taste and remember how the crap makes me feel about an hour later. I lack energy throughout the rest of the day. I crave caffeine just to get my through the day or if I don't get the caffeine then I need extra sleep. I have headaches and inflammation and an upset stomach. WHY CAN'T I GET THIS THROUGH MY THICK SKULL!?!?!?!
Anyway, I digress from all the sad, woe is me, stuff.
Onto my weekly workout recap:
12/19/12--For Time with a 20 minute time limit
75 squats
150 double unders or 600 singles
50 pull-ups
100 sit-ups
50 push-ups
150 double unders or 600 singles
75 squats
I modified this a bit and only got 50 of the singles and did a 30 calorie row in place of it. I subbed 50 pull-ups for 50 ring rows and then when the 20 minute mark had hit I only had gotten in 80 sit-ups. Great workout but I was gassed by the end of it!! I think only 1 guy out the three classes RXed it and finished in 18:36!!
12/20/12
Strength: Hang power cleans 1-1-1-1-1-1
Skill: Max calorie row in 5 minutes (I burned 56 calories)
And the WOD was a 10 minute AMRAP of:
5 hang power cleans (max weight from strength workout)--I only used the 25 lb bar and was having huge issues with form!!!
10 chest to bar pull-ups ( did ring rows)
15 push balls--I used a 10 lb ball
Completely 4 rounds
12/21/12
"12 days of Christmas"
1 power snatch (I just used a PVC pipe working on form)
2 ring dips (did these off a box)
3 burpees
4 ring rows (did these off a bar)
5 toes to bar (just worked on form--can't even get knees to elbows)
6 push-ups (off a bar)
7 squats
8 jumping lunges (L/R=1)--stationary lunges for part and walking lunges for part
9 box jumps (did step-ups off of 3 45 lb plates)
10 wall balls (10 lb ball)
11 KB swings
12 thrusters
The way the workout works is like the song. You do 1 power snatch. Then you do 2 rings dips + 1 power snatch. Then 3 burpees + 2 ring dips + 1 power snatch, etc. All the way up to 12 and back down.
My mom and I got to 10 wall balls and then on our way back down only made it to 6 push-ups. We were fatigued but it was a wonderfully awful or awfully wonderful (however you want to look at it!!!) workout!!!!
Hope you lovelies are having a great week and enjoy your time celebrating Christmas (hopefully with those you love!!)
~Suzanne~
So what am I going to do about these numbers and what I saw in the mirror? Really, there is only 1 thing to do and that is let it motivate me!!! I have worked out all but 1 day since I've been home with my mom and gotten some good calorie burns. BUT, my diet is what needs the work and I know this. I crave breads and sweets and all the bad stuff (really, who doesnt?!) But I have to get past the momentary satisfaction of the taste and remember how the crap makes me feel about an hour later. I lack energy throughout the rest of the day. I crave caffeine just to get my through the day or if I don't get the caffeine then I need extra sleep. I have headaches and inflammation and an upset stomach. WHY CAN'T I GET THIS THROUGH MY THICK SKULL!?!?!?!
Anyway, I digress from all the sad, woe is me, stuff.
Onto my weekly workout recap:
12/19/12--For Time with a 20 minute time limit
75 squats
150 double unders or 600 singles
50 pull-ups
100 sit-ups
50 push-ups
150 double unders or 600 singles
75 squats
I modified this a bit and only got 50 of the singles and did a 30 calorie row in place of it. I subbed 50 pull-ups for 50 ring rows and then when the 20 minute mark had hit I only had gotten in 80 sit-ups. Great workout but I was gassed by the end of it!! I think only 1 guy out the three classes RXed it and finished in 18:36!!
12/20/12
Strength: Hang power cleans 1-1-1-1-1-1
Skill: Max calorie row in 5 minutes (I burned 56 calories)
And the WOD was a 10 minute AMRAP of:
5 hang power cleans (max weight from strength workout)--I only used the 25 lb bar and was having huge issues with form!!!
10 chest to bar pull-ups ( did ring rows)
15 push balls--I used a 10 lb ball
Completely 4 rounds
12/21/12
"12 days of Christmas"
1 power snatch (I just used a PVC pipe working on form)
2 ring dips (did these off a box)
3 burpees
4 ring rows (did these off a bar)
5 toes to bar (just worked on form--can't even get knees to elbows)
6 push-ups (off a bar)
7 squats
8 jumping lunges (L/R=1)--stationary lunges for part and walking lunges for part
9 box jumps (did step-ups off of 3 45 lb plates)
10 wall balls (10 lb ball)
11 KB swings
12 thrusters
The way the workout works is like the song. You do 1 power snatch. Then you do 2 rings dips + 1 power snatch. Then 3 burpees + 2 ring dips + 1 power snatch, etc. All the way up to 12 and back down.
My mom and I got to 10 wall balls and then on our way back down only made it to 6 push-ups. We were fatigued but it was a wonderfully awful or awfully wonderful (however you want to look at it!!!) workout!!!!
Hope you lovelies are having a great week and enjoy your time celebrating Christmas (hopefully with those you love!!)
~Suzanne~
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Out of Commission
Last Thursday evening as I was going through my routine getting ready for bed I noticed my throat starting to hurt. I took some Zicam and all my other night time medicine and as I was crawling into bed, my entire body started aching. Low and behold, on Saturday morning Thomas took me to the doctor and I tested positive for the flu. Have you ever had a flu test? I wanted to punch the nurse in throat, it hurt so bad!!! My head already felt like it was going to explode and then the nurse came in and had to basically stick what was long q-tips all the way up my nose. She stuck them so far up there I am pretty sure she reached my brain. I immediately starting crying because it hurt so bad.....yes, I am a 28 year old woman, and I still cry sometimes at the doctor's office....sue me!!! But the nurse actually kinda started laughing at me!!! Seriously?!?!?!
After a prescription for Tamiflu, alternating between Coricidin HBP Maximum Flu (yes I have high blood pressure too) and NyQuil for the evenings, I am somewhat starting to feel normal again (whatever that is). I still sound like a man when I talk and I'm hacking up all kinds of nasty green things...blech. But I haven't worked out since Thursday and it is killing me not to do anything but my lungs just can't handle it right now.
I did just attempt the 12-12-12 WOD from CrossFit Mamas and only made it through 1 round before I was hacking. So now I am extremely behind on my squat challenge and my plank challenge. So you know what I'm gonna be doing the rest of the week? Playing catch up!!! I have LOTS of squats to do to get back on track! UGH!
On a much much happier note, the flu has done some good! Haha! I saw THIS on the scale yesterday!!!
After a prescription for Tamiflu, alternating between Coricidin HBP Maximum Flu (yes I have high blood pressure too) and NyQuil for the evenings, I am somewhat starting to feel normal again (whatever that is). I still sound like a man when I talk and I'm hacking up all kinds of nasty green things...blech. But I haven't worked out since Thursday and it is killing me not to do anything but my lungs just can't handle it right now.
I did just attempt the 12-12-12 WOD from CrossFit Mamas and only made it through 1 round before I was hacking. So now I am extremely behind on my squat challenge and my plank challenge. So you know what I'm gonna be doing the rest of the week? Playing catch up!!! I have LOTS of squats to do to get back on track! UGH!
On a much much happier note, the flu has done some good! Haha! I saw THIS on the scale yesterday!!!
And then I got dressed......blah. But I'm there!!! Also, Christmas came early for me! Hubby got me a:
Polar FT7 Heart Rate Monitor! Merry Christmas to me!!!! Wooohooo!!!! :) So stinkin' excited!!! Anyway, I hope y'all are having a fabulous week! Just wanted to give a little update. I am so bad about writing new blogs but don't want to bore y'all with the same ol' same ol' so I don't update unless it's important to me and worth updating! Latez y'all! :)
Suzanne
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
December Goals
First of all, I can't believe it is already December!!! 13 days until I get to go to Kansas for Christmas and spend a fantastic 2 weeks with my mom, dad, and brother. It has been a long time since we've all been together for Christmas and I am so stinkin' excited!!!
Secondly, are my December goals. Currently, I am doing a plank and squat challenge and also I entered a contest on DietBet called Holiday Weight Loss Challenge that all I have to do is lose 4% of my weight and everyone that does gets to split the pot! The pot as of right now, is up to $5000! I am so excited! If I do lose my 4%, I will finally be in ONEDERLAND!!! Woohoo!!!
I have also stumbled across Crossfit Mamas that I am absolutely LOVING and it is really challenging me and, I know, making me stronger. My workout tonight was ridiculous and I had to stop a few times because I thought I might throw up! I had to do "Tabata Fight Gone Bad". You do 8 intervals of 4 different exercises with 20 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest. By round 6 I was about done but kept going. I had to take a longer break than 10 seconds on a few of the workouts but I completed it! My goal for December is to do CrossFit everyday and keep up with my plank and squat challenges.
I think I can, I think I can! Wait, what am I talking about?! I KNOW I can!!!
Secondly, are my December goals. Currently, I am doing a plank and squat challenge and also I entered a contest on DietBet called Holiday Weight Loss Challenge that all I have to do is lose 4% of my weight and everyone that does gets to split the pot! The pot as of right now, is up to $5000! I am so excited! If I do lose my 4%, I will finally be in ONEDERLAND!!! Woohoo!!!
I have also stumbled across Crossfit Mamas that I am absolutely LOVING and it is really challenging me and, I know, making me stronger. My workout tonight was ridiculous and I had to stop a few times because I thought I might throw up! I had to do "Tabata Fight Gone Bad". You do 8 intervals of 4 different exercises with 20 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest. By round 6 I was about done but kept going. I had to take a longer break than 10 seconds on a few of the workouts but I completed it! My goal for December is to do CrossFit everyday and keep up with my plank and squat challenges.
I think I can, I think I can! Wait, what am I talking about?! I KNOW I can!!!
Monday, December 3, 2012
A Journey in Pictures
Join me on this journey through pictures as I remind myself where I was at my heaviest, where I was when I was happy, and how I CAN get back there with a lot of hard work and dedication!
June 14, 2008 at my heaviest of 215. This is when I knew I needed to do something and make a change.
September 28, 2008
November 8, 2008
January 16, 2009
April 24, 2009
June 26, 2009
September 5, 2009--165ish. This is the lowest that I got until life got in the way. I HAD to fit in this dress for my best friend's wedding. I did it and then sort of lost motivation. I sure did look good that day though!
February 16, 2010--I was so skinny! I KNOW I can get back there. I look at these pictures as motivation and remind myself that I did it once and I CAN do it again!
This was the weekend before I gave birth. I think I weighed around 235 (Eeeekkk!).
And FINALLY, here I am today with my sweet baby boy. Weighing in at about 206 (minus the baby! Hehe!!)
We can do this y'all! I am hoping to get back to where I was, but have to take it 1 day at a time, and not beat myself up over it. I had a baby for goodness sake! I got this! :)
-Suzanne-
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