Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
All About Me
So..the selfish side of me needs to write for just me. I need to realize that this is my private blog..a place to record my thoughts, my ideas and my frustrations-so here we go.
Don is driving me crazy. He finds fault with everything and everyone.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Priscilla's Comments
For today's entry, I am going to borrow Priscilla's comment she wrote...it sums it up and makes so much sense. Things are going well. Going away on November 3 for my birthday so I would love to be looking leaner by then! So..words of wisdom from Pris:
Beth, hit those weights hard. No holding back when you are working out. Pick up the heavier weights and go for less reps. If you are doing lower body one day and upper body one day, then do 2 sets only of each exercise, and aim for 10 reps only. If you can get more than 10 reps easily, then you need to be grabbing a heavier weight! And give that body part a 2 day break before hitting it again. Rest and recovery is what builds, leaner, stronger muscles. And you want muscles. The more you have, the higher metabolism you will have. And as you know, we women will not bulk up because we do not have testosterone of a man to get big like a man (thank goodness)! But if you are choosing to do total body workouts, then do lower and upper all in one day, BUT do only one set per exercise. Yes, only one set. Give everything you've got to that one exercise and then move on to the next. There is no sense in working out and holding back (mentally & physically) because you know that you have a second or third set to do. Wasteful. Give it all to one set. Dig in, get it, and move on. 'NEXT!" You will be exhausted because total body takes alot of strength and endurance, but then remember that you can not train again until the 3rd day. Your total body nees a two day break to RE-BUILD those muscles that you just tore down. Now go hit your weights, eat plenty of protein to feed those torn down muscles, and drink your water, Madam! And good luck! Priscilla (www.starbodies.com) of course, you know.
Thanks, Priscilla!
Beth, hit those weights hard. No holding back when you are working out. Pick up the heavier weights and go for less reps. If you are doing lower body one day and upper body one day, then do 2 sets only of each exercise, and aim for 10 reps only. If you can get more than 10 reps easily, then you need to be grabbing a heavier weight! And give that body part a 2 day break before hitting it again. Rest and recovery is what builds, leaner, stronger muscles. And you want muscles. The more you have, the higher metabolism you will have. And as you know, we women will not bulk up because we do not have testosterone of a man to get big like a man (thank goodness)! But if you are choosing to do total body workouts, then do lower and upper all in one day, BUT do only one set per exercise. Yes, only one set. Give everything you've got to that one exercise and then move on to the next. There is no sense in working out and holding back (mentally & physically) because you know that you have a second or third set to do. Wasteful. Give it all to one set. Dig in, get it, and move on. 'NEXT!" You will be exhausted because total body takes alot of strength and endurance, but then remember that you can not train again until the 3rd day. Your total body nees a two day break to RE-BUILD those muscles that you just tore down. Now go hit your weights, eat plenty of protein to feed those torn down muscles, and drink your water, Madam! And good luck! Priscilla (www.starbodies.com) of course, you know.
Thanks, Priscilla!
Monday, July 16, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
Happy July
Happy July! July is the month of my anniversary and also the month both of my kids were born.
I am thinking of becoming the Pink Power Ranger...I have seen each DVD 400 times and I am wondering if they are hiring. It is a cute little suit and imagine the fitness level achieved from saving the world from evil beings!!!
Like Beka and Martha I am on a Tony break. Don't get me wrong...the man is awesome. I am away for three weeks of this month and have changed my workouts a bit. I am doing a full body circuit three times a week and am finding that interval cardio is working for me (six minutes after workouts) I am also being realistic about my eating. Normally I fail in the summer. I attempt to eat clean and then say screw it...go off plan and then attempt to start again. This time I am taking a modified weight watchers approach combined with clean eating choices. Goes like this. Keeping points for everything I eat...whether it is clean or not. At the end of the day I will have consumed the correct number of calories and hopefully mostly clean calories. That way I can enjoy that beer or piece of cake. I know this will not create the body of a fitness model but it will allow me to move forward...lose a few pounds a week and not kill myself.
I am all about enjoying my family this summer. It is strange that for the first time in forever I am content to just be home, playing on the slip and slide, going to the pool or just dressing up as a power ranger :) Workouts have moved to the basement with free weights and a ball. The greatest thing is my daughter has joined me and it has allowed us to talk about making healthy choices...and being happy with our God given bodies. She is making better choices about the fuel she feeds her body, too.
My latest craze...endamame. steamed, lightly salted and the kids go wild for it.
Off to workout!
I am thinking of becoming the Pink Power Ranger...I have seen each DVD 400 times and I am wondering if they are hiring. It is a cute little suit and imagine the fitness level achieved from saving the world from evil beings!!!
Like Beka and Martha I am on a Tony break. Don't get me wrong...the man is awesome. I am away for three weeks of this month and have changed my workouts a bit. I am doing a full body circuit three times a week and am finding that interval cardio is working for me (six minutes after workouts) I am also being realistic about my eating. Normally I fail in the summer. I attempt to eat clean and then say screw it...go off plan and then attempt to start again. This time I am taking a modified weight watchers approach combined with clean eating choices. Goes like this. Keeping points for everything I eat...whether it is clean or not. At the end of the day I will have consumed the correct number of calories and hopefully mostly clean calories. That way I can enjoy that beer or piece of cake. I know this will not create the body of a fitness model but it will allow me to move forward...lose a few pounds a week and not kill myself.
I am all about enjoying my family this summer. It is strange that for the first time in forever I am content to just be home, playing on the slip and slide, going to the pool or just dressing up as a power ranger :) Workouts have moved to the basement with free weights and a ball. The greatest thing is my daughter has joined me and it has allowed us to talk about making healthy choices...and being happy with our God given bodies. She is making better choices about the fuel she feeds her body, too.
My latest craze...endamame. steamed, lightly salted and the kids go wild for it.
Off to workout!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Nintendo Wii
Do you think that Tony would consider playing tennis on Nintendo Wii my extra cardio? Who dares me to ask??????
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Fresh cut Grass and Memories of Long Ago
I love the smell of fresh cut grass. Not Florida grass but Michigan grass. It triggers summer memories from long ago being away at camp. Summer...no lunches to pack, not many places to go and way too many opportunities to have a glass of wine with friends.
My husband had a BIG birthday (he is ten years older than I) and I planned an amazing party for him. His two best friends from other states came in....it was a lot of work but a labor of love! My daughter sang a solo...it was amazing. I am posting a picture of before the party with my two kids...normally in running or riding clothes and a pony tail...this is not the normal look!
A few things have happened that make my mind return to the past and that smell of fresh cut grass reminds me of a day, long ago... sitting on the balcony of this apartment where I used to live with my first husband. I wanted nothing more than to be married to him. It was first love and young love. He never could conform to society demands and was really, really unique. I loved that about him. I also loved his family. We had the typical wedding, got our first jobs, bought a house and never built a life together. I don't think it failed for lack of love...just failed for lack of passion toward building a life together. Neither of us was happy. He bailed, I cried and then realized that he was right to bail. We both ended up remarried...to the right person or at least we both figured out how to build a life with someone we love...both have had children and basically never had any contact after the summer of 1994. Thirteen years later, a friend of mine stumbled across his blog. We exchanged some words of closure but that was it. I can never hate this man. I don't think you can hate someone that you once loved with every part of yourself. It was not the love I share with Don (my husband) it was young, immature, crazy lustful love. there. It got me thinking about my past and my present. I don't know if it is really a place to go-our pasts. Aren't there people though that touch our lives...that are responsible for the person we have become? He was one of them. For that, I will always be grateful. I have decided to spend more time on this blog visiting my past...perhaps a place that some day Donny and Mackenzie can find out some things about life, me and my pursuit to be the best that I can be.
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