Will the 3rd Week be a Charm?

VALERIE:

Sorry for the delay in posting our results. I was distracted by a pending certification exam. Now, on with the blog . . .

Here we are, having survived two full weeks of the Power 90. It was not without bumps along the way. After all, this past weekend was Oktoberfest.

To set the scene for you, as members of our local Jaycees chapter, we spend a long weekend working the beer gardens of Hickory Oktoberfest. Who can resist the smell of those sausages and the kettle corn???? I'll tell you who CAN'T . . . this chick (picture the thumbs pointing back in my direction)! And we won't even discuss the beer.

Ahh, Oktoberfest

The good news is that we dragged our exhausted, sleep deprived, and overindulged carcasses out of bed both Sunday and Monday mornings and got our week 3 exercise off to a good start.


So, let's see what the scale and the measuring tape had to say . . .



Week 2 Results:



I had a much better week this week. Jeff still had mixed results. But, overall, we are both seeing progress:

Jeff:
Weight: 232.4 .......... - 1.4 lbs (week) - 0.4 lbs (total)
Body Fat: 27.9 .......... + .6 (week) - 0.7 (total)
Chest: 45.25" .......... + 0.5 (week) + 1 (total)
Waist: 38.75" .......... + 0.75 (week) - 0.25 (total)
Hips: 42.5" .......... - 0.5 (week) -1.75 (total)
Right Mid Thigh: 25" .......... no change (week) - 0.25 (total)
Left Mid Thigh: 25" .......... no change (week) - 0.25 (total)
Right Upper Arm: 14.25" .......... - 0.75 (week) + 0.75 (total)
Left Upper Arm: 14.75" .......... - 0.25 (week) + 1.25 (total)

Val:
Weight: 203.2 ........ - 1.8 lbs (week) - 2.8 lbs (total)
Body Fat: 44.7 .......... -1.1 (week) - 1.1 (total)
Chest: 45.25" .......... - 4.25 (week) - 1.75 (total)
Waist: 42" ............ - 0.75 (week) no change (total)
Hips: 50.5" .......... - 0.5 (week) - 0.5 (total)
Right Mid Thigh: 22.5" ........... - 1 (week) - 1.75 (total)
Left Mid Thigh: 22.75" ........... - 1.75 (week) - 1.75 (total)
Right Upper Arm: 14" .......... - 0.5 (week) + 0.5 (total)
Left Upper Arm: 13.5" .......... - 0.25 (week) no change

Exercise Results:

Sculpt Circuit

Making great progress here. Last week we started of light; Jeff started with 10 lbs and I started at 5 lbs. This we we stepped it up; Jeff is using 15 lbs and I have moved up to 10 lbs (we don't have any 8 lb weights).

It hurts a little less the day after, but is still not easy. I am getting better at the push ups, but the dips are still my kryptonite. Jeff seems to be doing great at all of it.

Sweat Cardio

I would have thought this would have been easier for me, I've done various cardio programs for years, but never consistent weight training. HOWEVER, I struggle more with the cardio. That darn power yoga!!!! I don't think Tony understands that having no core stability, her Tubbiness cannot wield this mass into those positions quite yet. I promise, I will get there someday.

Run/Walking

I must say that the Power 90 program does seem to be hampering my run/walk efforts a bit. Typically, on a busy weekend, I shift my "long" day to Friday, which was my intent this week. However, after Friday's final Sweat Cardio for the week, the maximus pain in my gluteous held things back. In my mind, I planned to shift the "long" day back to Saturday. Silly Val, that is just not realistic after standing on my feet for hours during Friday's Oktoberfest. Sigh. Yes, again I am lame, and did no long day.

Diet:

I did much better on this front . . .

Monday through Thursday, I was perfectly within calorie range. However, once the weekend hit, my lack of will power was no match for the temptations of Oktoberfest. Having said that, this year, I was not as crazy as I have been in the past. In fact, if it were not for the liquid calories, I would have been pretty close to my nutritional calorie goals (except for Sunday, and we won't go there).

Supplements:

So, upon the advice of my Nurse Practitioner, I compared the nutritional ingredients in the suggested supplements to those of items on the shelves of local stores. While I did not find an exact match, it did resemble a certain shelf of products; the diet pills.

That's all I need, take some diet pills and then I got your crazy!!! So, I have decided that I will not do the supplements, but try my best to focus on the exercise and diet.

If you have a suggestion on an actual vitamin or nutritional supplement that can aid the journey (and is not a crazy diet pill), please share it as a comment below. Otherwise, I will no longer be including the supplement section going forward.

Week 3 seems to be going well so far, but that is another blog . . .