Wednesday Sept 24th Workout
Ab Lounge bwx30, bwx50
Leg Ext (1 leg) 35x15, 60x15, 60x15
Standing Leg Curls 25x12, 35x12, 40x12
1 leg calf raises 25x20, 25x15
Pulldowns 80x12, 110x12
1 arm DB Row 45x12, 85x12
BB Curls 75x12, 95x10, 65x12
Wrist Curls 45x20, 55x20
Stability Ball Crunches 3 sets of 20 reps

Treadmill - 3.1 miles, 73 minutes

I had a nice workout this morning with my dad and since I abhor rush hour traffic after my class I decided to go to the school gym and hit the treadmill. The treadmill has a 5k program button so I figured I'll do that for a while and work on reducing my time.

Hi Everyone!

I did not mean to drop off the face of the Blog panet. My daughter, who you might have read about previously is undergoing chemotherapy for kidney cancer, suffered a bowel obstruction as a result of the surgery she had this last May removing her tumor. We were ambulanced to a hopital 2 1/2 hours away from home and she received a bowel resection because part of her small intestine lost blood supply and was necrotic (basically dead tissue). She recovered ok, but just 2 days after getting home she began vomiting and we had to go back to the same hopsital. We are home now, and she is doing much better. We have been away from home for almost 3 weeks and are really glad to be back. I expect it will take a little while to get back on track because now I have a nasty cold or bronchitis. But it has to go up from here, and I can't wait to get back in the gym.

20 min. on treadmill @ 10% incline & speed of 3.0--TotalGym did 5 exerc.@ incline 3, 2 sets of 15 reps.-Incline Chest Press-Decline Chest Fly-Incline Biceps Curl-Reverse Grip Preacher Curl-Reverse Grip Triceps Press Down--Meal#1 1/2c.Lite-N-Fit yogurt,banana,TBL wheat-germ,1/4c. All-Bran & 1/4c.Go-Lean Crunch(cal.300)-Meal#2 1/4 pancake w/ 2 TEASP. apple topping & 3 lg. decaf(cal.500)-Meal#3 lettuce w/ 1/2c. cottage cheese,fresh fruit & 1/2 apple muffin & 3 lg. decaf(cal.600)-Meal#4 salad,zucchini,tomato,onion,hard boiled egg,1 TBL soy nuts & balsamic vinegar w/ 1 slice cheese pizza(cal.250)-Meal#5 bowl mixed veggies & protein freeze(cal.200) TOTAL CALORIES=1850 This is usually the day I get carried away, soo I think this is pretty reasonable.

Thursday, Sept 25th Workout
Treadmill 3.1 miles, 60m55s, 493kcal

My disdain for rush hour traffic is proving to be very beneficial to my health because I cranked out another 5k after class today! :)

I even shaved 13 minutes of my current best and completed the 3.1 miles in 61 minutes! ;)
(no walking backwards at 0.5 mph today)

Maybe next week I'll break that one hour barrier ;)

I think one of the best parts about the walk was my behavior afterwards.

I haven't been getting meals in during the mornings before class so by the time I was done with my walk I was really hungry. For some reason - good quantities of exercise helps me crave healthy type foods so I bought two vegetable trays and some protein bars on the way home. (I know Julia likes the carbs & proteins mixed) :)