Marina - Moving

As I'm the only one blogging these days, I thought I'd start my own blog, Fit if it kills me! All further tracking will be done there. It's been great! See you on the other side. :)

Marina - How annoying

Up .9 lbs today. :That's very annoying. I got plenty of exercise yesterday, and didn't each much. :)

Breakfast: Eggs with bacon
Afternoon snack: Cashews
Lunch: Salad with chicken
Snack: Greek yogurt
Dinner: Nut crusted salmon with veggies sauteed in butter and garlic

1 hour 45 minutes total exercise today. 40 minutes MAX Workouts-Weights. Improving on the Plank with contralateral toe touches. Did all 20 for the first set, and only 12 for the second. Better than Monday! 30 minutes swimming. 35 minutes on the treadmill.

Marina - New low but not so young

Down .7 lbs this morning. I'm getting older, though. My Wii Fit age today was 35.

Breakfast: One slice sprouted grain toast with natural peanut butter and Marmite.
Snack: Small apple
Dinner: Buffalo chicken salad with blue cheese dressing.
Snack: Greek yogurt

I have no idea how much total time I spent exercising today. 30 minutes MAX Workouts-Cardio intervals on the treadmill. Aerobic steps 3,929. Total steps 10,327. Walked a lot today as I ran all my errands, but no additional cardio. Got a blister on the bottom of my foot.

Marina - Weekly cumulative

Down 4.4 lbs since last Monday. Very happy with that! Going to continue to work hard and be as good as I can this week, because next week, starting Saturday, being good is not going to be very easy.

Whey protein after workout (didn't get around to actually eating breakfast)
Lunch: Salad with salmon
Snack: Macadamias
Dinner: Steak & veggies in a wine and pepper sauce
Snack: Almonds

1 hour 12 minutes total exercise today. 40 minutes MAX Workouts-Weights. Making slight improvements on the Plank with contralateral hand to toe touches. Still have to modify it, and still can't do 20, BUT I was able to do 14 on both sets. An improvement over 10 and 12 of last week. 32 minutes on the bike. Spent a lot of time walking today, but as it was around shops, it wasn't exactly aerobic. Forgot to wear my pedometer, so I can't count steps today. I suppose it still burned a few calories, though.

Marina - Losing streak over

Well, I knew it couldn't last forever. Up .4 lbs this morning.

Breakfast: Eggs & bacon. Fresh vegetable juice.

Snack: Few macadamias

Late lunch: Chicken Caesar wrap. 1 bite of dessert bar.

Dinner: Salmon and veggies

Today is my rest day. Waiting on more stuff for work, so I was able to run around most of the day taking care of a bunch of errands. Still have a whole lot more to do, but I'm more exhausted from this than from doing workouts! Had a nap after I got back and slept until 7:00 before dinner. Did a little more work at night, and went to bed too late, again.

Marina - Another new low

Down another .2 lbs this morning. I think this is the first time EVER in my life that my weight has decreased this many days in a row. Maybe I'm finally doing something right! The back of my arms are so sore today from the dumbbell pullovers. My quads are a bit achy from the step-ups and my lower abs from the killer abs/core exercises. Feels great! MAX Workouts is a tough program, but I really like it. It's more effective than anything I've done before.


Breakfast: One slice sprouted grain toast with natural peanut butter and Marmite.
Snack: Macadamias
Late morning: Jasmine Green tea
Lunch: Salad with chicken
Snack: Small bowl of strawberries. Licorice tea.
Dinner: Steak and kimchi omelette



2 hours total exercise today. 1 hour continuous swimming. 15 minutes on the treadmill.  45 minutes continuous on the bike. It was another long work day today—all day and all night. Didn't finish until after 11:30 pm again.

Marina - Getting younger and another new low

My Wii Fit age today is 22! How I wish I still looked like I did at 22! Something must have really kicked into high gear this week. I'm down another .7 lbs today. In spite of starting my day with a distressing email that made my heart sink through the floor, I'm still pretty happy and am overjoyed it's Friday! It's been a long, tough day, though, and I'm not sure how much weekend I'm actually going to have. I was supposed to be off today, but instead of an extra long weekend, I'll be working this weekend. Just hope it won't be all weekend, because I have a lot of chores and errands to take care of. I'm getting too old to work 12.5 hour days. :( Hope Saturday is much shorter than today!

Breakfast: One slice sprouted grain toast with natural peanut butter and Marmite.
Snack: Macadamias
Lunch: Salad with chicken
Snack: Greek yogurt
Dinner: Salmon with tomatoes and avocado on soba noodles
Snack: Macadamias
Late snack: One wedge Laughing Cow cheese.

Total 1 hour 31 minutes exercise today. 46 minutes total on the treadmill. 45 minutes MAX Workouts-Weights. Today was the first time for this particular workout, and I really liked it. Five different exercises, as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes, plus warm-up and abs/core. I did a little better with abs/core exercises today. Still have to use the step-up box instead of the ball for the first one, but I could use the ball for the second one without resting it against another surface. Still have to do a modified version of the Plank with contralateral hand to toe, but I managed 12 reps in both sets this morning instead of ten. Not a lot more, but it is still an improvement. Can't do 20 yet.