November 6th.

Further developments!
1. Workout today: Hiit split this am, Strength training in between the spilt. Hiit today: sprints! Decided to try sprints instead of the longer sessions. Still 25 minutes, but seemed so hard. In spite of the challenge, I pushed myself hard and i did it.
Precor coreramp:
Sprint: 40 seconds, ramp 6, resistance 10
Rest: 20 seconds, ramp 6, resistance 8
Repeat 25 times! !!!!!!!
5 minutes warmup, (2nd warm up: 2 min)
5 minutes cool down

Breakfast:  3 eggs, 3/4 orange, 2 tbsp oatmeal cooked espresso with unsweetened almond milk and 1 tsp turbadino sugar.

Post workout: vega one protein shake, vanilla chai

Lunch: 3 eggs, 3/4 cup mushroom, 1/2 cup cranberries, 1/2 serving alfredo (serving size, 1/4 cup)

Snack: coffee, creamer packet, tsp turbadino sugar

Snack: trail mix, (trader Joe's, omega mix)

Dinner: turkey taco mix, colby Jack, greek yogurt, hot sauce, 3 petit fours.

The birthday hubby and the Branden each had a cupcake for dessert. Robert actually went to the gym today and began working out again.

Talked to the wellness coach at work. Work has an awesome wellness support. This program is awesome and free. The coach wants to do a physician-managed weight management program. Since I have done and am redoing this whole weight loss thing, I'm interested in long term fitness and health. Of the physician managed program is what it takes, then so be it. I never want to do this again.

Tara,  the coach, said that 25 minutes of hiit was great, it definitely takes some effort. It definitely takes mental fortitude to keep going, and keep going, even when my mind wants quit.

This time I'm claiming the mantra: you mind quits before your body ever does.

Celebrate your accomplishments!

November 5th.

Yesterday, I got a 25 minute circuit training in on the precor coreramp. 3 minutes hard, 2 minutes easy. 5 minute each, warm up and cool down.

Met with the dietician at work and got some ideas for some changes. Changes I'm going to implement:
1. Small meals every 3 hours while at work.
2. Add some triscuits to my afternoon eggs. (3~4 per dietician recommendation, not the full servings)
3. Precook my grains for the well and do small serving sizes (1/4 cup at a time). Grains to be cooked: oats and brown rice and quinoa. This week end, I'm going to do brown rice and parts.

Some things that came up: I get hungry every 3~4 hours, regardless of meal size.

In other news, we got an offer on the house! We countered and they accepted! Yahoo! Our finances will be so much better without that mortgage payment. We went to the Olive Garden to celebrate. It was so nice. We turned off our phones and focused on each other! I ate for pleasure, but stopped when I was full, and neither ate nor drank more when i got home.

Dinner: prosecco with a cherry, salad with 2 tbsp italian dressing, one breadstick, ravioli Portobello, one point blue moon.

So yummy. Eating for pleasure is something i won't give up, but there are still things that can be tweaked!

Hiit( high intensity interval training) 3rd time this week, hiit ours supposed to really burn fat. 3rd time this work today!

November 4tg

Had a rough day yesterday.
Did poorly on a Hebrew quiz.
Rainy and gray all day. Wet leaves on the ground always strike me as something gross. Only thing that could have been worse is wet socks, wet leaves and cold rain in the fall.
Didn't get up and workout, had planned on going to karate, but wanted to work on verb conjugation instead since the test went poorly. Robert then wanted me to wait for Branden after karate got done at 7. So i did, but i don't like being or that late as I am frequently tired that early since I'm up earlier than Robert.
On the plus side for yesterday, www got an offer on our house! Hope we get it sold, soon. Is like to pay off our credit card.

November challenge day 2

Got up at the butt crack of dawn today to take Branden to school. Got to the gym at 0715, got in 5 min warm-up, 25 min hiit, 15 min cool down (all on the piece ramp), 30 min stretching. Preview cross ramp level 15 x 3 min, level 1 for 2 min, then ask other repeats, 2 min at 13, 1 at 10, 2 at 1. Then the cool down. Goal is to record levels, so that i can see my progress. Levels should get harder over time. 25 min strength training with Stewart. Cranberries this an were so very tart! Mouth Puckering sour! Strange, cause they didn't bother me to badly yes terday.
Need to add in stretching. My rib muscles and sternal  muscles were sore today. As were my legs and inner groin. Did some yoga in between hiit and strength training.

Need to focus on the goal. I didn't do as well as i hoped tonight as wanted. I are 6 mini packs of pretzels with my grilled cheese and ketchup. :( binge. Ah well. I worked hard today. Tomorrow is another opportunity to work hard and make muscular and strength progress.

Grateful today for the hubby and the job. Robert is such an amazing, supportive, loyal person. The job is flexible enough to allow me to go all over and make time work for me.

Quiz tomorrow..... Wish more luck!

Xo Xo Trinity

A November challenge

7It's been a long while. What's happened in the past 2 years has been heartbreaking, debilitating at times, and had pushed me to the limit. At the end of July, we elected to end our fertility treatments. One book i read once talked about how the whole soul was drawn up into one tooth.... And then that tooth was pulled. (Forgive me Orual, if I mangled that wrote to badly). That's the emptiness I felt, and at the same time, the treatments needed to be complete so that I could return to life. For so long I'd been withdrawn into my own grief. Grief has taken a toll, mentally and physically. At first, after Trinity's death, the grief  was overwhelming. It still is, as i still long for my little girl. I yearn for you, little one, and it's likely grief will be a constant companion when I think off you, Trinity.
And yet, life continues. I work, I attend school, my husband care for our business and we care for our New home, while we work to sell the old one. One focus of mine had been to work on getting my fitness back. The weight gain had been large, And all the fitness I'd gained a few years ago has been lost, while i have gained 30 lbs of fat. Argh. It's all in the belly, or so out feels. I've been working out fairly consistently 4-5 days a week for a month or so. Now I'd like to r ramp up my efforts and really get some fat of and build some muscle. The end goal would be to be a ripped goddess! I'd like to be ripped! I can build muscle! I've still got good bicep definition from a pushups challenge last year.
The changes I'd like to make this month are:
1. Going from low intensity to high intensity 5 days a week for 25-35 minutes. Goal: 125 moon hiit per week.
2. Karate twice a week for 2 hours each. Goal:black belt next year
3. Food: high protein, moderate/low carb, high fiber, low salt. Mostly prepped at home. Some date nights.
Keep up with school and work in the meantime. Some of the food will be patterned after Suzana Griffin. She's doing great and I'd like to get some of her results! (Her preshow: lots of protein shakes, Some plain beans, dinner of Turkey, rice, veggie).

Life's never going to stop, i've got a great life with a great family and job. Time to sharpen up fitness, so even more of life works than it does now!

Breakfast: 3 eggs, half cup cranberries, coffee with unsweetened almond milk and a tsp of turbadino sugar.
Snack: maple chocolate cinnamon pumpkin seeds. Yum! I made them myself and they are awesome!
Workout: 30 minutes hiit with kettlebell.
Lunch: 2 hardboiled eggs, half cup cranberries
Snack: espresso with almond milk and a tsp puff turbadino sugar.
Dinner: goose island beer, one cup cooked rice, 4 oz chicken, 1 cup green beans and a third of a tbsp of olive oil/Greek spices.
For the relaxation: green tea.