New Goals

Goal A: waist below 35"

Goal B: reduce belly fat

Goal C: get off all High Blood pressure pills

Goal D: go hiking and walking more

Overall Goal: enjoy more life

Proof in the belt

Well, the neighbor's neice had invited me to her Quinceañera. So I had to go cowgirl style and I jave a rhinestone belt I haven't worn in 2 yrs. I was surprised! I had to go 3 more holes over!

There are no more holes left on the belt but there is room to put another hole when needed!

Oh! And where you see my finger is the original hole I have used.

Progress!! So Excited as Goal is getting nearer

So I had another blood test as I thought I had a UTI but all they saw was sugar in my urine. That was due to the fact that I had treated myself to a real Cherry Dr Pepper at Hut's in Austin, TX.

The good news that after eating and drinking that soda. My glucose was 93 and my A1C is 5.5, which the Dr said was actually a better number to go by and she liked the numbers!

    Also, I have lost over 11" in 355 days and my weight is below 158!

As it stands, I am seeing results in the way my clothes fit and my glucose is lower and every day, I reduce my risk of necoming pre-diabetic!

1 Goal met!

Well, I have met one of my goals!

My waist is officially under 35".

(By 3/16")

Had a good workout today!

And I predict ny the wnd of tje month that I will either have to take in the waist or give them away!

I am not a Wimp!

So today, Tim told me that he is impressed that a 5ft nothin' can do the weight load I do!

Wow! 

The little sneaky bugger bumped me up 6 lbs to 740 ony legs!

I sneaked a photo of my workout sheet!

The lowest weight is 40 lbs.

Bring It!

So with my new goals changing from back/hip strengthening to reducing my risk of diabetes, i have a new list.

1). Waist size under 35 and continue to get smaller

2). Reduce fasting glucose from 95 to below 85

3). Reduce belly fat

4). Increase my BMR & RMR

( basic and restong metabolic rate)

5). Get my BMI out of the obese down past the overweight range

This week started as an increase to going back to see Timothy Parravano once a week.

His promise to me is that if I come to training and leave everything on the floor, that those goals are doable, promise.

So, today, I blew wvrything out of the water. I went one or two more than he asked and sometimes more. I screamed baked goods by the time I got to the legs ag 734#s. He wanted 6 on each side for the waist twist, I did seven. Last rep on biceps, i growled and did two more. Tbat is how my whole work out went.

I so brought my game! I was shakey for 3 hrs afterwards. The next two days will be painful but it will be worth it.

  Brian will hold me accountable to do a 2 min. horse stance, a 2 min. Traditional plank, a 1 min. horse stance, and finally a 1 min straight arm plank, three times a week.

First week I started with Timothy followed by me today.

Groan!

Well, last week, my workout was rescheduled for Fri.

So I still had enough days to recover before I worked out today.

Today, Tim worked me out hard.

He is taking a 2 week motorcycle trip, so he wanted to make sure I had a good lasting workout.

Mission accomplished.

I feel like every last drop was squeezed out of me.

I'll definitely feel sore next week.

I'm going roller skating tonight and that will be my reward for my workout.

I have been thinking about packing a bathing suit and towel and going to Zilker after work at least once a week to swim in Barton Springs.

New week, smaller me & more energy!

Well except for my thighs & neck, I am approx. 1/4" smaller (biceps, waist, chest/pec, hips)
Tim Parravano increased my weight this week and also tried out a new machine for the upper back. I definitely tried to squeezed to "hold the pencil" in the middle of my back. As I sit in my car typing this entry, I can feel the burn across my shoulder blades. I am very happy with the burn.
I did throw out a bra last week but I am going to wait a few weeks before I go and get fitted for new ones. The sport bras will have to do for now.

Failure Reached!

So the goal is to actually reach Full Muscle Failure. Meaning, that you can't push, pull, resist or move the weight anymore. I have to say that I defiantly reached that goal on all but 2 of the machines this morning.
Tim said that by the 5th-6th workout is when woman start to actually notice changes in their body.
In week 4, I noticed that I have barely any of a roll on my back and have lost a 1/2" from my waist and chest.
I wonder what change I will notice?

A little about me, I was born with what is termed as flexible flat feet.
I did not start walking until I was 1 yrs. old and even then, Dr. Basore was concerend because I was walking on my toes. My mom, instead of putting me in the shoe/leg braces to keep my feet straight, instead had us girls play a game that had us try and walk down our hallway, feet straight with a book on top of the head. The goal of course was to make it all the way down the hall as fast as we could without dropping the book.
I also wore the old baby shoes until I was 6 to prevent me from walking on my toes. Shoes at that time had arches in them and hurt my feet.
At 8 yrs. old, we started going to a chiroprator who proceeded not only with adjustments but with making custom inserts to help strengthen/creat an arch.
I still have to concentrate sometimes on rolling my feet up and not let them roll flat, I have more of an arch on my left foot than I do my right. I also do not have as pronounced sway back as I did before the inserts.
In 2001, I severly hurt my back by lifting a bag of wet mulch incorrectly and a few days later was in the emergency room with back spasm.
In 2012, I told the PA that I was tired of just taking pills, I want to know what is wrong and do something about it.
Note: I don't take pain pills or muscle relaxers often, mainly b/c of the sleepiness and I worry that I could hurt someone while I am driving. Also, my mom always stressed that it was scary to be out of control while on pills. My former spouse was addicted to pain pills so I have a certain paranoia all around that issue. I tend to take the pills when I can't take the pain or am about to black out or can't move.
A typical bottle of 30 pills cut in half would last me over a year.
So after 3 MRI's later, I have a degenerating spine (which being only 41 at the time, definately genetic, duh.) arthritis in my lower back, 2 inflammed disc in mid and lower spine, the mid one being torn also. To top it all off, my hip had started seizing up 2 months prioir at random times with excrutiating pain and here it is I actually have burcitis in the right hip. But there were still no explanation of why the 2nd toe on each foot where numb to overly sensative, along with back spasms and a numb section on the right side. No, not sciatic nerve related.
As I lay down for the Doc to look at my back, he had my roll to my side to get up, no go, at home I don't lay on hard surfaces because I no longer can get up with out screaming & crying. Which is unusual for me as far as pain is involved, I usually just make a hissing zush sound when I am trying to get through the pain.
He pulled up my shirt and was shocked as he watched the ripple of spasms travel up the right side of my back. He located a hard lump of muscle on the upper right buttocks near the spine. He used a trigger point injection and had to force the  needle into the muscle. I actually have a permanent bruise on my back from the injection.
I currently get trigger point massages once a month now.
I do have the mojority of feeling back in my toes and my back as a result. Definately worth the bruise.
FOr the torn disc, I did get an injection into the spine and surprising to everyone, I am one of those rare people that it has ehlped for almost a year at this point.
But, now what to do about exercising? I'm to worried about working out at home on a bench, I may not be able to get up, then that means a set back. Using the ball helps out but my back starts aching by the end of the workout and I am worried.
Still rollerskating once a week but I am now worried about my muscle loss.

On April 3, 2013, I finally took up Timothy Parravanno's offer to 2 free workouts at Kelly Personal Training here in Austin, TX.
http://kellypersonaltraining.com/
A few things that had me willing to try this approach of an intense workout that is 20-30 minutes long and you only go once a week.
1)  Well, obviously, it is only once a week.
2)  Tim has problems with his back so He knew about my concerns
3)  Tim told me that with the MedEx Equipement, He can help me strengthen my core and help heal  in the process.

So a workout that is going to be a short amount of time, and you are on machines designed to not get you hurt and you have a trainer with you all the way. The point is to get to the point of muscle failure. DId I mention that the workout is really slow? And don't forget to breath, open mouth and forcably.

So, got off work on Tues, worked out, and then went skating. Big mistake. FOr the first 60 min, my legs shook so bad, I didn't think I would make it. but I skated for 2 hrs.

April 10, same routine, but I did not have as much trouble skating afterwards.

April 17, Had to reschedule for Tim had a last minute place he had to be. NP.
Rescheduled for Thurs at 7:30 am!
Great Workout! and I had to eat a 2nd breakfast, starving! Ate heavily for 2 days.
Tim says that is normal.
Went ahead and paid for 6 sessions. GIving up eating out for lunch during the week to pay for it.

April 23, back on Tues but I thought my time was &;30 am but it was 7 so I had to pick up the next slot at 8.
WOW! I can press out 510lbs. guess Tim is going to shorten my pushing area and raise the weight on my next session.
I will have to set the alarm for 5am to make it to North Austin on time.

After a workout, I am totally exhausted. I usually don't hurt until 2 days later.
You truly do need 5-7 days to recover from the workout.
Drink lots of water! and Eat lots and lots of Fruit and vegetables.
Eat 6X a day no more than 4 hrs apart and have protein with at least 4 of those meals.
After about 2 days of eating voraciously, I tend to have a small meal day for the next 2 days and then regular meals after that.
Stay off the scale, lean muscle weighs more than fat.
Use your clothes or a belt to judge results.
I use a tape measure and so far I have lost .5" in my waiste & Chest/bust/pecs.

Happy Camper here.