Hello all!
I am so excited and proud to report that I had a very successful assessment on Monday! Here are my results:
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Height- 5'5" Same
Weight- 150 147 down 3 pounds
Measurements
Neck- 13" 12.5" down 1/2"
Chest- 36.25" 35.5" down 3/4"
Arm- 11.5" 11" down 1/2"
Forearm- 9" 9" same
Waist- 32.5" 30" (WOOOOHOO!!!) down 2 1/2"
Belly Button- 33.5" 32 1/2" down 1"
Hips- 38.75" 35 3/4" (Yeeeehaw!) down 3"
Thigh- 19.5" 20 1/2" (Boooo) up 1"
Calf- 13.75" 13 1/2" down 1/4"
BMI
Body Fat- 29% 29% same
Lean Mass- 106.5 lbs 105
Fat Mass- 43.5 lbs 42
TOTAL INCHES LOST- 7 3/4" !!!!!!
Fitness Tests
Blood Pressure- 97/65 (Which seems low so we are going to keep an eye on it) 100/69 (I think this is a little better?)
Resting Heart Rate- 61 BPM 52BPM (Woo woo!) down 9 BPM
Step Test Heart Rate (after 1 minute of steps)- 92 BPM 108 BPM
Step Test Heart Rate (after 3 minutes of steps)- 116BPM 128 BPM
1 Mile Test Heart Rate- 8:10 mile, 168BPM ----time to follow--- 156 BPM
Bench Press- 70lbs 70lbs same. Gotta work on those arms
Leg Press- 270lbs 385lbs. My legs are freaking BEASTS!!!
Push Ups- 12 in 1 minute 19
Sit Ups- 18 in 1 minute 23 (what what!)
And now the moment we have all been waiting for.....
my mile time!
7:30 was the goal, and I did it in 7:29!!!!! A 41 second drop in a month. YESSSS!
Which of course all goes to show that EVOLUTION FITNESS WORKS! Which was my goal to prove, and I am proud to have proven that I can get in shape, and that Evolution can make it happen. With their great classes, instructors that push you to the max, and a great positive energy that flows through the gym and stays with you at home with their motivational posts on Facebook!
But my challenge is not over yet! Check back for my blog about my first personal training experience!
Thanks to all for your kind words and support, I really couldn't have gotten to this point without you!
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Sunday: New Paltz apple picking!
Hello!
As you can see by the count down, Sunday was supposed to be my fitness assessment. I even scheduled it with Jason completely forgetting the very important surprise Michael and I had planned for his sister Jessica! We arrive in New Paltz where she goes to school around 11:50pm on Saturday and surprised her at her dorm! We went down to see her last performance of Crimes of the Heart, her first main stage production (a very big deal for a sophomore to be cast and we are all so so proud!!!).
So I missed my fitness assessment, and I'm hoping I can catch up today. Either way I'm going in about 2 minutes to have my butt kicked either way!
The show was very fantastic and Jessica was absolutely hysterical. The set was gorgeous, kudos to the design and building teams! The eldest sister was spot on, the other two had great moments but biases aside, Michael describes Jessica's acting better than anyone, "It is a transcendent experience to watch her act."
I love it :)
We also went apple picking and since I was a bad girl and missed my gym time we forwent the hayride and walked up the huge hill to the orchard. It was a nice time, didn't really get ot pick any apples from trees but we did pick some winners from the bins. Upstate is just so gorgeous. We had a really excellent time :)
I will check back in later after my gym time today! AND THEN I'M GOING TO SEE RUSH TONIGHT!!!! That is literally the highlight of my year. Going to kick major BASS DRUM! WOOO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuL_euRslTc Enjoy.
As you can see by the count down, Sunday was supposed to be my fitness assessment. I even scheduled it with Jason completely forgetting the very important surprise Michael and I had planned for his sister Jessica! We arrive in New Paltz where she goes to school around 11:50pm on Saturday and surprised her at her dorm! We went down to see her last performance of Crimes of the Heart, her first main stage production (a very big deal for a sophomore to be cast and we are all so so proud!!!).
So I missed my fitness assessment, and I'm hoping I can catch up today. Either way I'm going in about 2 minutes to have my butt kicked either way!
The show was very fantastic and Jessica was absolutely hysterical. The set was gorgeous, kudos to the design and building teams! The eldest sister was spot on, the other two had great moments but biases aside, Michael describes Jessica's acting better than anyone, "It is a transcendent experience to watch her act."
I love it :)
We also went apple picking and since I was a bad girl and missed my gym time we forwent the hayride and walked up the huge hill to the orchard. It was a nice time, didn't really get ot pick any apples from trees but we did pick some winners from the bins. Upstate is just so gorgeous. We had a really excellent time :)
I will check back in later after my gym time today! AND THEN I'M GOING TO SEE RUSH TONIGHT!!!! That is literally the highlight of my year. Going to kick major BASS DRUM! WOOO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuL_euRslTc Enjoy.
Friday! Rehearsal Day and Saturday ZOMBIE DAY
Hello all,
Forgot to mention that after the spin class I worked, then ran straight off to a 4.5 hour long rehearsal. There was a photo shoot for the press (pictures for which I am VERY excited to see, Meagan, Becca, Amanda and I had a ton of fun posing in front of fans, creating tableaus, and just being very silly in general), we danced and are now down to 2 full cast numbers and 2 duets that still need to be blocked! That is a lot of work, but in a show with 17 numbers I am proud of where we are so far! (Don't miss 9 to 5 presented by RFCT! November 9, 10, 11, 16, and 17! Message me for details). We also had a great 2 hour block of singing with Bobby, my hero and a brilliant man who got us singing like we've never sung before!!!.....great!!! hahaha ;) But really, he was able to pull out what we already had, he gave us the confidence to make it work and the whole cast was very very grateful.
Friday brought a day chock full of meetings to plan the Holiday Spectacular Spectacular variety show, a nice tap rehearsal with Gail to finish teaching her the choreography for Drummer Boy Which can be seen here Click me!) and then we rehearsal for A&G Dance Co for the ZOMBIE MOB!
The Zombie mob happened on Saturday and was just the best time. We were set up in front of the Spooky Walk entrance in Center Moriches. Adam had his whole PA system at the ready and we zombified ourselves to the max.
We danced from 6:45 until Michael came to pick me up at 8:30. We did the dance about every 5-10 minutes and ended up sharing our zombie-ness, Adam's song, and Gail's choreography with over 4,000 people!! It was absolutely great. And while the dancing was fun, I think the best part was freaking people out in the crowd in between shows, hahaha.
There are some great videos and more photos on Adam Baranello's facebook page, like it and check them out!
Forgot to mention that after the spin class I worked, then ran straight off to a 4.5 hour long rehearsal. There was a photo shoot for the press (pictures for which I am VERY excited to see, Meagan, Becca, Amanda and I had a ton of fun posing in front of fans, creating tableaus, and just being very silly in general), we danced and are now down to 2 full cast numbers and 2 duets that still need to be blocked! That is a lot of work, but in a show with 17 numbers I am proud of where we are so far! (Don't miss 9 to 5 presented by RFCT! November 9, 10, 11, 16, and 17! Message me for details). We also had a great 2 hour block of singing with Bobby, my hero and a brilliant man who got us singing like we've never sung before!!!.....great!!! hahaha ;) But really, he was able to pull out what we already had, he gave us the confidence to make it work and the whole cast was very very grateful.
The Zombie mob happened on Saturday and was just the best time. We were set up in front of the Spooky Walk entrance in Center Moriches. Adam had his whole PA system at the ready and we zombified ourselves to the max.
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| And Gail thought I looked too "sexy zombie"...I think this is pretty hideous hahaha :) |
There are some great videos and more photos on Adam Baranello's facebook page, like it and check them out!
Thursday
Hello!
You will never believe it. I actually did my Wednesday run (4 miles) and I did Mirna's Corflex class! And on top of that I was up and at the gym at 8am on Thursday to do another class with Mirna- spin! It was great, I always know I'm in the right class when I can literally watch the sweat rain off my face and splatter onto the handlebars. (Don't worry- I always wipe down my equipment after, haha)
What I am enjoying most about the few spin classes I have taken at Evolution is the music and the fact that we keep pace with the songs. It is so intense looking in the mirror at the 5-10 bikes lined up side by side and seeing everyone pedaling at exactly the same rate. We increase the resistance but keep the beat.Very fun, I highly recommend it! I dragged my mom and boyfriend along with me, I think they had a good time too :)
You will never believe it. I actually did my Wednesday run (4 miles) and I did Mirna's Corflex class! And on top of that I was up and at the gym at 8am on Thursday to do another class with Mirna- spin! It was great, I always know I'm in the right class when I can literally watch the sweat rain off my face and splatter onto the handlebars. (Don't worry- I always wipe down my equipment after, haha)
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Sweat Day- 3 days until next fitness assessment!
Hello all!
Today is designated sweat day. I didn't sweat yesterday. I need to crank it up today and make up for my day missed!
Monday I was introduced to the painful, intense, and incredibly difficult practice of Bikram yoga. I went to Hot Yoga in Bridgehampton and for 90 minutes was in a sweat filled haze of shiva sena, stretches, strength, and dehydration. Note to self- next time I go to yoga, must be hydrated!!
I now start my countdown to my next fitness assessment! As a refresher here is where I was a month ago and my goals for my 1 month bench mark!
Height- 5'5"
Weight- 150
Measurements
Neck- 13"
Chest- 36.25"
Arm- 11.5"
Forearm- 9"
Waist- 32.5"
Belly Button- 33.5"
Hips- 38.75"
Thigh- 19.5"
Calf- 13.75"
BMI
Body Fat- 29%
Lean Mass- 106.5 lbs
Fat Mass- 43.5 lbs
Fitness Tests
Blood Pressure- 97/65 (Which seems low so we are going to keep an eye on it)
Resting Heart Rate- 61 BPM
Step Test Heart Rate (after 1 minute of steps)- 92 BPM
Step Test Heart Rate (after 3 minutes of steps)- 116BPM
1 Mile Test Heart Rate- 8:10 mile, 168BPM
Bench Press- 70lbs
Leg Press- 270lbs
Push Ups- 12 in 1 minute
Sit Ups- 18 in 1 minute
Yikes. Ok.
During this first month of my EvoFit challenge I have taken advantage of two aspects of Evolution Fitness. The mentality and the classes. I took the mental challenge of committing to making a change in my diet and exercise to get into better fitness and that is my self conquest. I have also attended classes by Andre, Jason, Ute, and Mirna- all of which completely kicked my butt and challenged muscles I didn't even know I had!
But I need to step it up a notch. During my next month I will utilize the personal training aspect and show how important it is to have a trained professional guiding your work out! I'll also try more of Jason's EvoFit recipes.
Today I have a tap dance session with my good friend Bobby, then I plan to run and attend Mirna's CoreFlex class (hopefully this time I can do more of the exercises without the simplifying modifier!) and then back to rehearsal for 9 to 5 at RFCT!
For breakfast I had two eggs and a glass of dark chocolate almond milk. It was perfection! Now I am chugging water because I think I am still dehydrated from yoga!
More later, thanks all!
Today is designated sweat day. I didn't sweat yesterday. I need to crank it up today and make up for my day missed!
Monday I was introduced to the painful, intense, and incredibly difficult practice of Bikram yoga. I went to Hot Yoga in Bridgehampton and for 90 minutes was in a sweat filled haze of shiva sena, stretches, strength, and dehydration. Note to self- next time I go to yoga, must be hydrated!!
I now start my countdown to my next fitness assessment! As a refresher here is where I was a month ago and my goals for my 1 month bench mark!
Height- 5'5"
Weight- 150
Measurements
Neck- 13"
Chest- 36.25"
Arm- 11.5"
Forearm- 9"
Waist- 32.5"
Belly Button- 33.5"
Hips- 38.75"
Thigh- 19.5"
Calf- 13.75"
BMI
Body Fat- 29%
Lean Mass- 106.5 lbs
Fat Mass- 43.5 lbs
Fitness Tests
Blood Pressure- 97/65 (Which seems low so we are going to keep an eye on it)
Resting Heart Rate- 61 BPM
Step Test Heart Rate (after 1 minute of steps)- 92 BPM
Step Test Heart Rate (after 3 minutes of steps)- 116BPM
1 Mile Test Heart Rate- 8:10 mile, 168BPM
Bench Press- 70lbs
Leg Press- 270lbs
Push Ups- 12 in 1 minute
Sit Ups- 18 in 1 minute
Here is me from a month ago! This is trying to suck it in...
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Goals!
By my next fitness assessment:
- Get down to 140lbs (-10)
- Chest- 35"
- Waist- 29"
- Belly Button- 30"
- Hips- 36"
- Body Fat- 27%
- 7:30 Mile
Yikes. Ok.
During this first month of my EvoFit challenge I have taken advantage of two aspects of Evolution Fitness. The mentality and the classes. I took the mental challenge of committing to making a change in my diet and exercise to get into better fitness and that is my self conquest. I have also attended classes by Andre, Jason, Ute, and Mirna- all of which completely kicked my butt and challenged muscles I didn't even know I had!
But I need to step it up a notch. During my next month I will utilize the personal training aspect and show how important it is to have a trained professional guiding your work out! I'll also try more of Jason's EvoFit recipes.
Today I have a tap dance session with my good friend Bobby, then I plan to run and attend Mirna's CoreFlex class (hopefully this time I can do more of the exercises without the simplifying modifier!) and then back to rehearsal for 9 to 5 at RFCT!
For breakfast I had two eggs and a glass of dark chocolate almond milk. It was perfection! Now I am chugging water because I think I am still dehydrated from yoga!
More later, thanks all!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
2 Steps Forward...
Hello friends!
All right, I confess. I have had an off couple of days. I have been running and dancing, but I have not been to the gym! If I haven't already proven the point that Evolution Fitness can help you reach your goals- well now I have proven it to myself. I can't do this alone, and that's why I set this up to hold myself accountable to everyone and anyone who wants to click my blog. And I set myself up with a great support system at the gym. I spent the first 2 weeks working out, making progress, and doing great. In the last week I have been trying to do things on my own, and I've been backsliding since!
Tomorrow morning I WILL get back on track. A couple images that inspired me this week were posted by Jason.
This photo is great because even though I'm feeling a slump, I don't have to mail in my whole challenge. I get back on track and keep on working.
And this one is fantastic. No more thinking that I can do a few crunches before bed or dance my way back into shape. I dance all the time- if it were working I wouldn't need this challenge!
Ok- so for everyone who sees this, I WILL be at EvoFit drills with Jason at 9am and Coreflex with Mirna at 10! I will I will I will I will!
Good night!
All right, I confess. I have had an off couple of days. I have been running and dancing, but I have not been to the gym! If I haven't already proven the point that Evolution Fitness can help you reach your goals- well now I have proven it to myself. I can't do this alone, and that's why I set this up to hold myself accountable to everyone and anyone who wants to click my blog. And I set myself up with a great support system at the gym. I spent the first 2 weeks working out, making progress, and doing great. In the last week I have been trying to do things on my own, and I've been backsliding since!
Tomorrow morning I WILL get back on track. A couple images that inspired me this week were posted by Jason.
Ok- so for everyone who sees this, I WILL be at EvoFit drills with Jason at 9am and Coreflex with Mirna at 10! I will I will I will I will!
Good night!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Holiday Weekend!
Hello all!
Hope you had a lovely holiday weekend!! Hope you took some time to think about what the holiday was about too; facebook had some good information. Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, our nation's dwindling native population. I don't know nearly enough on the subject, but it is important during these types of holidays to think about more than the day off school or work.
Saturday I did a ton of dancing, practiced my tap routines, started choreography on the Our Fabulous Variety Show Holiday Spectacular Spectacular and danced the night away with my love in Stony Brook seeing a very talented friend's band!
Sunday I took a recovery day! Woo!
Monday I was feeling down. Just kind of dreary to match the dreary day. I went out to do a run and my ankle started to spasm and I almost just walked home because I wasn't feeling it but I decided to stretch and warm it up a bit and it finally loosened up. I thought about just jogging lightly for a block or so and calling it a work out and then I remembered the commitment that I made to myself, and to Evolution Fitness to be their EvoFit Loser. I gritted my teeth, cranked some tunes, and took off.
I ran to my favorite place, Duckwalk Vineyards. 5.3 miles up tempo and NO WALKING! Woo!
I would not have started the run, let alone persevered through the stiff muscles and bitter wind if it hadn't been for my Evolution Fitness challenge.
Michael and I rounded off the night with a healthy round of sushi from Suki Zuki and fresh squeezed limeade with no sugar! A great start to a wonderful week :)
Thanks to all! Here's to personal conquest!
Hope you had a lovely holiday weekend!! Hope you took some time to think about what the holiday was about too; facebook had some good information. Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, our nation's dwindling native population. I don't know nearly enough on the subject, but it is important during these types of holidays to think about more than the day off school or work.
Saturday I did a ton of dancing, practiced my tap routines, started choreography on the Our Fabulous Variety Show Holiday Spectacular Spectacular and danced the night away with my love in Stony Brook seeing a very talented friend's band!
Sunday I took a recovery day! Woo!
Monday I was feeling down. Just kind of dreary to match the dreary day. I went out to do a run and my ankle started to spasm and I almost just walked home because I wasn't feeling it but I decided to stretch and warm it up a bit and it finally loosened up. I thought about just jogging lightly for a block or so and calling it a work out and then I remembered the commitment that I made to myself, and to Evolution Fitness to be their EvoFit Loser. I gritted my teeth, cranked some tunes, and took off.
I would not have started the run, let alone persevered through the stiff muscles and bitter wind if it hadn't been for my Evolution Fitness challenge.
Michael and I rounded off the night with a healthy round of sushi from Suki Zuki and fresh squeezed limeade with no sugar! A great start to a wonderful week :)
Thanks to all! Here's to personal conquest!
Friday, October 5, 2012
A temptation of an evening!
Hello all!
Ok I am reeeeeally feeling the effects of cutting out my daily splurges. I am so fortunate to have a great support system at Evolution Fitness and with my friends and especially my wonderful boyfriend Michael. He has taken on the healthy diet challenge with me and I am so glad because I would have cheated 100 times if he hadn't.
If you knew my mother you would know that our pantry is a serious diet death trap! Recees, chocolate, M&Ms, Snickers, Kit Kats, a freezer full of 10 varieties of ice cream (and yes I am currently drooling just thinking about it). It is so hard to go in to grab a can of no salt added corn and skip past the yummy yummy bag of marshmallows.
But I did it! And the even bigger challenge was at a fund raising event for Bridget Fleming. Michael is the finance director for her campaign, and absolutely brilliant at it. The event had gorgeous looking sandwiches full of cheese, dressing, and carbs. They had these little egg rolls with a sweet and sour dipping sauce, and chocolate dipped shortbread cookies.
And guess how much of it I ate?
NONE!! Woo hoo!!! I know that eventually when I am back on track and in shape I can have little splurges here and there. But for now I have to be strict because I am bad at having just one snack. I end up eating the whole box of Oreos (Which is what got me here!).
But I did it, I did not do a great job working out, but again it was a lovely eating day. Back to the gym tomorrow!
Ok I am reeeeeally feeling the effects of cutting out my daily splurges. I am so fortunate to have a great support system at Evolution Fitness and with my friends and especially my wonderful boyfriend Michael. He has taken on the healthy diet challenge with me and I am so glad because I would have cheated 100 times if he hadn't.
If you knew my mother you would know that our pantry is a serious diet death trap! Recees, chocolate, M&Ms, Snickers, Kit Kats, a freezer full of 10 varieties of ice cream (and yes I am currently drooling just thinking about it). It is so hard to go in to grab a can of no salt added corn and skip past the yummy yummy bag of marshmallows.
But I did it! And the even bigger challenge was at a fund raising event for Bridget Fleming. Michael is the finance director for her campaign, and absolutely brilliant at it. The event had gorgeous looking sandwiches full of cheese, dressing, and carbs. They had these little egg rolls with a sweet and sour dipping sauce, and chocolate dipped shortbread cookies.
And guess how much of it I ate?
NONE!! Woo hoo!!! I know that eventually when I am back on track and in shape I can have little splurges here and there. But for now I have to be strict because I am bad at having just one snack. I end up eating the whole box of Oreos (Which is what got me here!).
But I did it, I did not do a great job working out, but again it was a lovely eating day. Back to the gym tomorrow!
Wednesday
I had another day with no carbs, no salt, not even fruit. All veggies and some protein. Black beans, a special chili that I made with mushrooms, tomatoes, corn, kidney beans, peas, onions, and ground beef!
We did have a could glasses of Gatsby Red wine from Duckwalk Vineyards! That is becoming an evening tradition with us. So yummy.
I didn't make it to Evolution Fitness today and I won't have time tomorrow either. This is the hard part, living healthy and exercising even when you don't have time to make it to the gym. Also the hard thing is knowing that the gym is open at 5am so in reality I have NO excuses! Ok, I pledge to do better in the days to come, and in the meantime I am eating healthy and exercising at my rehearsals!!
More tomorrow. Have a great day!
Debate Night!
Hello all,
Just got home and I'm watching the Presidential Debate with Michael.
Romney- guess what, there is no such thing as "clean coal."
And I now understand why your focus is not on higher education. Keep the middle class just smart enough to graduate high school and get a couple minimum wage jobs. Keep them making enough to afford a night out at Ruby Tuesday's and enough beer to get a buzz every evening. BUT- Keep them just dumb enough to work to make sure that the upper crust can afford their mansions on the ocean.
HEY ROMNEY SHUT UP. Thanks. Listen to your nice moderator. And quit threatening to kill Big Bird!
Anyway, enough about the President Obama and his stoned running mate, and back to the topic at hand... ME! I am proud to announce that I have lost 5 pounds since I started my challenge!
I am feeling more energetic and I am not feeling my 3-4pm slump like I used to.
I had a great work out at my tap classes tonight! Wonderful cardio and my abs still burn from Ute's class on Monday!!!
And I now understand why your focus is not on higher education. Keep the middle class just smart enough to graduate high school and get a couple minimum wage jobs. Keep them making enough to afford a night out at Ruby Tuesday's and enough beer to get a buzz every evening. BUT- Keep them just dumb enough to work to make sure that the upper crust can afford their mansions on the ocean.
HEY ROMNEY SHUT UP. Thanks. Listen to your nice moderator. And quit threatening to kill Big Bird!
Anyway, enough about the President Obama and his stoned running mate, and back to the topic at hand... ME! I am proud to announce that I have lost 5 pounds since I started my challenge!
I am feeling more energetic and I am not feeling my 3-4pm slump like I used to.
I had a great work out at my tap classes tonight! Wonderful cardio and my abs still burn from Ute's class on Monday!!!
Monday, October 1, 2012
Video killed the written out blog!
Hello! Please enjoy this video blog! Or....Vlog as it were. Such a fancy blog this is, I should be a professional blogger. Enjoy!
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