Bootcamp! 9/11-10/11

drjennelle

Please post your initial weigh-in, and copy what was before you before you post (i.e., whoever posts after me should copy my initial weight and then put their own below it, so that eventually the last person to post is posting all the initial weights!)

LET'S DO THIS!!! :happy:

drjennelle

jennelle: 141.4 :sad:

cngeier

jennelle: 141.4
Nicole: 188.4

ChristinaDLF

Jennelle: 141.4
Nicole: 188.4
Christina: 209.6

Erienne10

Jennelle: 141.4
Nicole: 188.4
Christina: 209.6
Erienne: 143.7

riadella

Jennelle: 141.4
Nicole: 188.4
Christina: 209.6
Erienne: 143.7
Maria: 164.4

drjennelle

yay we're all here!!! WOOT WOOT! it's all ladies, and ladies that are ready to get hottttt now we can start to use this message board as a place to vent and ***** and share our successes about how AWESOME we are!

let me get us started RIGHT away... so i had therapy this morning and then i "worked" from home (i didn't have too much work to do, so let's be honest, i took a nap and watched a lot of reality tv...and did work) but... working from home for me is VERY dangerous. normally i wake up, workout in the morning, pack all my food for the day, plan out dinner, and go on my merry way. by the time i leave the house i have planned out all my food for the day and gotten my exercise! today... not so much i have been fighting off a cold all week (thankfully it never became an actual code - hooray!) so i decided to sleep in until a little before 8:00, leave for therapy at 8:30 (un-showered, and un-exercised) and deal with it all when i came back. i got a coffee on the way back, made an english muffin and was good. a little before two i had lunch, higher calorie than i'd normally have... and then it started...ALL I WANT TO DO IS EAT!... and i don't feel like working out right now. im such a brat, i like to workout in the morning and when i don't do that, i get all magoo about working out later on in the day! but if i don't workout, i only have 385 cals left i can eat, and i haven't had dinner so, i think what i'll do is have another little snack soon (maybe a 100 cal chiobani yogurt) and since it happens to FINALLY be nice here and not raining, i think ill go for a walk/jog around the pond when john leaves for his softball gave around 7:00. that way i'll get outside and get some movement and i wont be IN the house eating my face off. but even though i say that, i have no desire to do it! so then im like... maybe ill just do some turbo instead. but then i don't REALLY want to do that either. BAH! i have a feeling i'll finally want to do something when john leaves and i want more food and i have no cals left to eat

anyway, there's my venting for the day! if you have anything to add, please do!

drjennelle

ok i know im the only one posting on this board right now, and most of you are probably out enjoying your friday night - but im lame and have plans the next two nights so im staying in and thinking all about health and fitness so after all my complaining in my last post, i decided to do a piyo workout after john left (it's another workout program by chalene johnson that combines pilates and yoga and some other awesome stuff and it's an AMAZING strength workout that still burns calories and you don't need weights, just your body!) i am SO glad i chose to do this workout because i forgot that a) it would be dark out if i went for a run at 7:00...silly shorter days! and b) i LOVE this workout! interestingly enough, when i finished my workout, i had a post on my facebook wall informing me of a piyo instructor training in a month - i think i'm going to do it! that way i will be certified to teach turbo kick and piyo and when im FINALLY done with school i can start to teach them both! YAY!!!

i hope you all have a fabulous evening! now that i burned 400 cals i can shower and eat an actual dinner and not stress about it! woot!

cngeier

I think you would make an *AMAZING* Turbo Kick and/or PiYo instructor. You are full of so much energy and enthusiasm - exactly what is needed to be an instructor. You're always motivating me to do well when I'm looking to get healthy! I wish I lived close enough to attend one of your classes!
I have a feeling I will go to the gym more often after the weather starts getting colder. As of right now, most of my exercise is working on the outside of my house with building a patio/walkway and gardening. I HATE to do it - but its a chore that must be done and hey...at least its some form of exercise! Once I get into the swing of consistently going to the gym - I'm very dedicated to it - in fact, I love cycling classes and the amount of calories it burns!
My weekend is full of weddings and birthday parties so although there will be cake at these events - I probably won't eat any (if I do - it will be a tiny piece!) I'm not really a fan of weddings because I don't like to dance when I don't know people there - my husband and I probably won't stay too long anyways because he has to work so I won't have the opportunity to eat all of the junk they have at wedding dessert tables!
I'm so excited to do this bootcamp with all of you and I look forward to getting to know each of you as well!
Enjoy your weekends!

*Nikki

drjennelle

thanks nikki! i am excited to do the piyo training and finally have time to start dedicating to teaching and moving into the career i really want to be in - health and wellness!

i woke up around 9:00, just had a bowl of granola with almond milk, and now im going to change and get ready to go to turbo kick! great way to start my saturday! then it's off to the grocery store to get some goods for the week and to bring to the party we're going to tonight and tomorrow. i've already got my drinks figured out (selzter and vodka - 60 cals a pop!) but i need to figure out what to bring that is on the healthier side, yet still delicious it will be hard to stay in my calories this weekend, but that's why im making sure to work out today and hopefully tomorrow (even though sunday is usually my rest day - so we'll see!).

nikki - have a great time at your weddings! they can still be fun even if you don't know anyone just reminisce about your own wedding and snuggle up close to the hubby

everyone else - have a great weekend!!! and MOVE YO BUTT!

ChristinaDLF

So yesterday was a bad eating day for me! I decided I did not feel like working out, even though I was so pumped that I ran 5 miles in 45 min on the elliptical the day before! Needless to say, staying in for the night and watching movies led me to snack, MY WEAKNESS! But woke up this morning (okay, so it was noon...) and did 4.5 miles in 45 minutes. Not as impressive as my last workout but nevertheless, added an extra 600 calories!

Elliptical is always my go-to workout because I know I burn the most calories on it, but I wish I could motivate myself to start doing some weights! Cardio is great, but I know the muscle is what's gunna help me burn when I'm NOT working out! Hopefully I can get myself to do some soon.

gdb86

I don't know if this is an open Bootcamp, but I would love to join! I have an event at the end of October and being apart of a group with other motivational ladies is the way to go!

cngeier

Well the wedding was okay. The food was terrible so I didn't eat much - which I guess is a good thing! I wouldn't exactly say it was fun though because a month ago I blacked out and got robbed of all of my stuff (including car keys) so I've vowed to never drink again. I'm not someone that needs to drink to have fun....but the point is - I did not have even a sip of champagne and I tripped on my 4.5 inch heels and fell down a flight of stairs at the reception. Luckily only my hubby was around to witness it. I was laughing so hard but now - not so much. I really damaged the top of my foot and a huge welt under my knee. But that won't stop me from golfing tomorrow with my Dad - walking 9 holes is pretty good exercise!

drjennelle

christina - your elliptical workouts are amazing! whenever you post your exercise on those days im so impressed! you are killin it girl! i definitely agree that strength workouts are necessary, and they really do help with the fat burt too - it just sucks because you don't see the calorie burn as much ive try to alternate every day between cardio and strength, but usually get in a little more cardio than strength a week (which is ok, it's recommended to do 3 days of strength a week). also, sometimes i combine them, i do a short cardio, and cool down with strength. but - strength doesn't HAVE to be weights! pilates or yoga workouts are strength as well - you gain a lot of muscle mass doing these kinds of workouts, and thats actually been my preferred type of strength training these days! i highly recommend trying some - there are some great dvds for at home yoga (jillian michaels has a really good one thats only 35 mins) if you're looking for something

nikki - im so sorry to hear you fell! i hope you're ok! that sounds painful! but i like your determined attitude! sometimes moving helps injuries the most anyway im also sorry to hear about your experience with drinking this year - that sounds terrifying on so many levels. again though, you have a great attitude - it's true that you don't NEED alcohol to have a good time, and anyone who feels that way should really start to consider what that means for them. i certainly enjoy a night of drinking with my friends, but there are plenty of times that i hang out with my friends and barely drink at all and still have a great time anyway - i hope you have a great day golfing! that is fantastic exercise! i hope your foot heals asap!

afm (as for me) - i did ok yesterday - not the best ive ever done, but pretty good. i ate a breakfast before turbo (smart choice for me) went to the class, burned 565 cals (woot woot), went grocery shopping for an hour (trying to find the healthiest options to bring to the party we were at least night and today), came home and made a low cal lunch, and then started baking. for last night's party, my friend asked us to bring sweet stuff because she didnt have time to make anything sweet - that's the hardest stuff to make healthy! i had some slice and bake chocolate chip cookies in the fridge that i had bought to make for my class this summer but never did (i gave them truffles instead haha) so i made a ton of those - and amazingly only ate one while baking (and it was a cooked one! im such a sucker for raw cookie dough so this was an nsv for me haha). then i decided to make these cinnamon strudel muffins with a healthier recipe (almost milk instead of regular milk, apple sauce instead of vegetable oil, and egg whites instead of eggs) - they turned out yummy and like a healthy sweet treat! i made half-muffins so they were like little sweet muffins treats for 75 cals! not bad i also made banana nut fiber one muffins for the party we are supposed to be going to today, and again used apple sauce and egg whites! i licked a bunch of the batter as i was cooking, but i was pretty good about not eating the food as i made it - which is so hard to do! i took a nap and then went to my friends party, with lots of cals to spare i made flavored seltzer and whipped cream vodka drinks all night - 60 cals a pop! so great, because i had roughly 5 of them and it was only 300 cals - which is less than 3 bud lights! and i was very very drunk haha i can't be sure how much i ate - i guessed 825 cals, but it's so hard to tell - i had a helping of home made mac and cheese (probably the worst thing i ate all night), two slices of low cal home made margarita pizza, some reduced fat cape cod potato chips with a little ranch dip, a couple of the slice and bake cookies, a small slice of brownie, and two pieces of mozzarella, tomato, and prosciutto appetizer rounds - i think that's it? ugh parties are so hard. it wasn't my best party eating, but it wasn't my worst either. all and all im pretty ok with the way i ate yesterday we are supposed to be going to our friends house warming party (except its just a new apartment, not a house warming haha) from 1:00-5:00 (we haven't even showered yet so 1:00 is definitely not happening haha) and i don't think i'll have a big of a problem with food today because i don't plan to be there long and im not as hungry, and it's during the day on a sunday so i don't plan to drink much, other than maybe a couple glasses of wine. i also want to get in some exercise today, but im not sure i'll have the time before we try to go, so it might have to wait until later, which is never my favorite, so, we'll see. anyway, i think that's enough out of me for my first bootcamp weekend, having to go to two parties makes for a big challenge - but so i life

hope everyone else has a great sunday! yay football starts!!!

also, i can't believe its been 10 years since 9/11. so much has happened in these 10 years. the only thing that keeps running through my head today as i see footage and remembrances and tributes is.... united we stand

gdb86

Hi girls!

I'm so happy to join you on this Bootcamp/weightloss journey! I didn't post my initial weight which is.... (drum roll please).....

168

At my highest (known) weight I was 193. So, being at 168 is a HUGE accomplishment, but it's only half-way to my goal. Some background about my weight loss extravaganzas: I have tried everything from atkins to Salt-free diets and all I ended up with was hardship, depriving myself of quality food and water weight coming off. No bueno! So, it's all about good ol' hard work - eating right and exercising. I'm an avid information queen always trying to look into the newest and improved tips on how to be healthy, but I think the one missing link was a support system. So, here I am!

Since January I have really amped up the calorie counting/exercising and when June-August rolled around I had so many personal obstacles that I completely took a turn in the wrong direction and neglected my weight loss lifestyle goals. Well, 3 months was enough for me to know that I don't like the way not exercising/eating right makes me feel and it's not helping any of the other stresses in my life go away no matter how good it tastes to eat a yummy dessert (and it does... who are we kidding?!) But there are alternatives and so many positives to being healthy and making conscious choices. Starting Sept. 1st I've been back and raring to go to keep pushing down towards a weight I can't even remember being. New mindset, new me, and I'm excited to be here!

Alrighty, enough shpeal for now - just figured I'd share a bit to add a personal touch from me on the boards.

Talk to ya'll soon! Happy lifestyle changing

Geri

drjennelle

welcome geri!! it's so great to have you! this is going to be a great support system! this support has always been the extra part that i absolutely LOVE!

a little background on me - in january 2009 i finally decided, at 30lbs overweight and climbing, it was time to take control im a HUGE fan of the biggest loser, and so i joined the biggest loser club online - which is where this awesome bootcamp program comes from in fact! i started tracking my food and worked out six days a week using the at home dvd program Turbo Jam (which im obsessed with btw, and have upgraded to Turbo Fire - best workouts ever!). by may i had lost the 30lbs and had begun a healthy lifestyle i knew would stick i still have obstacles of course, and this summer was one of the toughest (im in my last year of a 5 year doctoral program and was teaching four days a week, writing my dissertation proposal, collecting data, and working on two other collaborating projects!) i let myself not stress over it this summer because i KNOW i am now a person who cares about health and wellness and being active! and also - ive got this awesome bootcamp program up my sleeve to whip out whenever i need a little kick in the *kitten* so here we are!

just to give you a little info on how we all know each other - nikki and i met online doing the original bootcamp with the BLC back in 2009 and have stayed connected every since! maria and christina are sisters (and my sisters as well, though not biologically and no longer legally, but that's another story haha) and erienne and i are in grad school together! all of us except erienne have done bootcamp before, so feel free to ask any of us questions as we go along! i'll let the ladies tell you a little bit about themselves if they choose!

i like to use this board to vent, give a little recap of how im doing, and listen to all of you do the same feel free to post anything at all here, we're a very supportive group

congrats on getting started with us, and again WELCOME!!!

toque_de_miel

Jennelle: 141.4
Nicole: 188.4
Christina: 209.6
Erienne: 143.7
Maria: 164.4
Ariana: 121.0

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Would love to join this! I'm 23 years old from Pennsylvania. I'm 5'3" and my end goal weight is 105lbs. Right now I'm in the beginning stage of doing C25K, started my first workout today. Also doing moderate swimming and on my off days strength training and Zumba.

gdb86

Awesome! I'm also a ridiculously HUGE fan of the Biggest Loser. I think I've probably watched every season since the beginning (or close to it). I've never tried Turbo Jam, but I'll have to look into it! I have a few different DVD's I've used some Biggest Loser ones and mostly Jillian Michaels DVD's (which are a seriously amazing workout if you haven't tried them!)

Quick question for everyone... I've been debating on getting either a Body Media Fit or a BodyBugg for quite some time. If you aren't sure what that is, it's a step up from a Heart Rate Monitor. It's accuracy in counting calories is in the 90% range and it calculates even what you burn when you're not working out. The Body Media supposedly even calculates what you burn when you're sleeping! I know they use the BodyBugg on the Biggest Loser. Anywho, I was wondering if any of you have used one and what you think/or if you know someone that has. The only draw back is the expense. It's obviously pricey upfront, but I'm concerned about hearing there is a monthly subscription cost (bleh). I'm leaning towards seriously getting the Body Media or possibly a really great HRM, but we'll see! Let me know if anyone has input! I'd love to hear it!

I'm excited to get to know all of the girls on here! I hope to hear from you soon!

drjennelle

yay for the biggest loser i think bob is my favorite on the show but i LOVE jillian in real life haha i have two of her books and i have her 30 day shred and yoga meltdown (a favorite of mine) - she's fantastic! i also have weight loss yoga with bob from the biggest loser collection, and i have wii fit with the biggest loser game (though i haven't used it in a long time). i am a HUGE fan of turbo jam and turbo fire, those are my go-to workouts - they combine kickboxing, martial arts, and hip hop/ dance - and they are to real music that you actually know! especially turbo fire i LOVE the trainer - chalene johnson. she makes the workouts so entertaining i HIGHLY recommend them if you're looking for more at home workouts! i know a lot about them if you have any questions about them or are interested in ordering them


as for a HRM - i started using a cheap one that was terribly inaccurate a while back this past april i finally decided to look closer at the more expensive ones to see if there was something more accurate that would work for me. i personally didn't care about tracking calories burned in my sleep or while just "living" - i really only wanted an accurate count of what i burn when i workout. i also did not want a monthly subscription to another site - mostly because of the additional cost, but also because MFP has everything i could need, so i don't want to have to use another site to supplement so, i did a LOT of research and i came across the ePulse2! it's a strapless heart rate monitor that asks for your gender, age, height, and weight, and takes a reading of your normal resting heart rate so that it can tell when you are in particular cardio zones according to YOUR heart (this was a problem with my old one, it wasn't tailored to individual differences). it tracks heart rate, calories burned, and time (these are the features i use) - it also can track when you're in your highest cardio zone and some other fancy stuff i don't use i bought a second one for my boyfriend (he doesn't work out as often as i do but it's really accurate in assessing our differences). you wear it on your forearm right below your elbow. i absolutely SWEAR by it now! it's so accurate and easy to use! it has a wall charger just like a cell phone, and every time you turn it on it says "welcome jennelle" i got mine on amazon.com and right now it's on sale for $119! it's not cheap, but it's a one time fee and i think it's completely worth it. i HIGHLY recommend it! personally, it had more of what i was looking for than the boddybugg or the body media (or any similar products - i looked at them all haha) but that is just me. i know TONS of people who swear by the bodybugg but it was just more than i wanted/ needed anyway, here's the link to the ePulse2 on amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YDOO2K

happy hunting

ChristinaDLF

Okay so no offense to you novelists, but I only skimmed the past few posts...great to have you Geri and Arianna!!

cngeier

Welcome Geri and Ariana! Its so nice to have more people join the bootcamp! Hopefully we can all motivate each other and help to reach our personal goals together!
I bought the same HRM that Jenelle had a year or so ago..you're right J- - it wasn't very accurate. I mean, it was accurate when you pressed the buttons but you had to constantly check your heart rate for it to work. I'm intrigued by this new thing you bought....do you swear by it more than you did the HRM watch we got a while back?
Got back from the doctor today and I've been having an issue with my neck where anytime I move my neck down I get this intense burning under my skin on my entire left side of my body...they think its an issue with a nerve in my neck/back,....I have to take it easy and not put much strain on my neck or do heavy lifting...kinda puts a damper on me wanting to start a workout regimen...but I'll stick with just eating healthy for now I guess...I can't even run w/o my neck being sore and causing the burning pain under my skin...oh well...hopefully in a couple of days it will heal!

I hope everyone is having a great week!

drjennelle

haha christina is totally cool - as you WELL know, im a little long winded this message board is here for you to use as much or as little as you want to use it i like to talk and share my experiences so i'll likely be using it a lot

nikki - so sorry to hear about your neck that's a bummer, and sounds painful! i have a pinched nerve in my left elbow that acts up now and again - and when it acts up, my entire arm an hand through my pinky finger go completely numb to the point where i can't feel i have an arm and have almost broken my fingers because they didn't feel like there were there and i bent them back by accident! eek! hopefully yours never does that do whatever you can that doesn't cause pain! that's what i say!

as for the hrm - the ePulse2 is 10000 times better than the bowlfex watch we both had (sadly, because i thought that watch was the bees knees back then haha). however, i started to realize that it was WAY over estimating my calories burned - and i finally thought about the fact that it never asks you for gender, age, or weight - so how can it really know how many calories you should be burning based on your heart rate? i think it just assumes you are an average female and goes from there (i say female because it's a pink watch haha). the ePulse2 starts by asking age, gender, weight, and name (yay!) and then checks your resting heart rate so that i know what an elevated heart rate is for YOU! for example, john (my boyfriend for those of you who don't know) apparently has an absurdly low resting heart rate - we thought his wasn't working at first, but his heart rate can sometimes be as long as 58! (he's about 6', 205lbs so nothing crazy, and he's not SUPER healthy, but he's not very unhealthy either, i think it's just a normal variant). but you can imagine that an elevated heart rate for him might be lower than 100 even. for me, my resting heart rate is roughly between 75-85 and anything above 125 means im actually being acted! and the glorious ePulse2 knows this plus, i can't tell you how lovely it is to turn it on every day and see "welcome jennellee!" (yes, there's an extra e at the end because apparently i can't spell my own name right and i typed it in like this - bah!). anyway, i think the ePulse2 is much better and totally worth the money and has helped me accurately assess my calorie burn!

ok gotta go - dinner time!

toque_de_miel

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.

I unfortunately don't have a ton of money right now. Booo on getting new tires for my car, an oil change, alignment and inspection by the end of this month, because I totally want/need a good HRM. basically now i'm going off the hrm on the treadmill inputting my weight, etc and otherwise guesstimating for all other cardio.

I mainly swim and run but also do zumba (yay).

cngeier

Zumba is great! So much fun and you don't even realize you get this amazing workout - u just dance and have fun! Great job finding an exercise that you love!

Jennellee (haha yes with 2 e's at the end) Are you POSITIVE it accurately shows how many calories you've burned? haha I just don't want to spend that much and have myself overestimate...I don't mind underestimating but overestimating is a no-no. Do you have to consistently press a button to check your heart rate or is a start/stop watch type thing...also, do u wear a monitor around your waist like a lot of HRM?

Thanks!

drjennelle

nikki - i would say im 99.9% positive that it accurately counts the calories burned you won't EVER have to estimate at all - it will do it all for you you wear it around your arm, just under your elbow (takes a little getting used to but then you forget that it's even there!) it's a strapless HRM so it doesn't have the chest strap (i have read 100000 reviews and most say there is very little differences between a good strapless HRM and the ones with a strap). you have two options - once you turn it on, it starts to track your heart rate and count your burned calories. there are several different display modes, but you can leave it so that it's always "on" while you're working out (one screen even shows your heart rate with calories burned at the same time, there's another with just heart rate, another with time passed, etc). or, i use the mode where the display goes black unless i press it to see what's going on (sometimes i try to get through a workout without looking at it, i don't want to always chase the calories burned, i just want to get a good workout in and then at the end see how i did!) one thing i will say is that when i started using the ePulse2, i realized how badly the bowlfex watch was overestimating some of my calories burned - it's very accurate and sometimes may even underestimate if anything, but it definitely does NOT overestimate

ariana - i have only taken one zumba class but i did love it it's similar to why i love all of my turbo workouts (jam, kick, and fire) but i just personally like the music better in the turbo classes but it's great to find your "soul mate workout"

tomorrow i think im going to try to actually get up when im supposed to (i've been hitting snooze a lot lately haha) and do a 60 minute turbo fire plus the 10 minutes stretch afterwards (it's the longest turbo fire workout and i have only done it a handful of times - but it's really fun!!) wish me luck

have a good night ladies!

toque_de_miel

It's definitely a crazy workout. I actually haven't even went to a real "class" -- we just found the dvds online and burned them!! >.< so i've been doing it in my living room lol. the gym we just signed up at has classes included for free on tuesday/thursday nights. unfortunately i could only go on tuesdays... i work this crazy split shift 8a-12p and 6p-10p and i think the classes are 5:30.

i'm getting really into swimming now again. used to do junior swimming for penn state back in the day and i forgot how much i loved it!

this heart rate monitor sounds amazinggg!! maybe i'll be able to swing it more into october/november. does anyone use food scales -- we've (my fiance and i) have been looking on amazon to get one... any suggestions?

drjennelle

swimming is SUCH a great workout! that's awesome that you swam for penn state! it's great to get back into something you love! i keep telling myself im going to start sailing again (i was a competitive racer back in the day haha) now i am stronger and have more confidence than i did back then, so i bet i could crush it on a course haha what do you do for work ariana? that IS a crazy schedule!

as for food scales - i did a lot of searching too (on amazon in fact) and when we were at target once, my boyfriend and i found this like 5 dollar one haha - it has a little bin that you take out and wash, and just an adjustable weight so that you make sure its always at zero. while i am ALWAYS more inclined to get the fancier, flashier items, this was one cheap buy that i am very happy with (thank god, my boyfriend hates that i have more expensive/ gadget taste sometimes haha). i think any food scale works, so it might not be worth the money to get a really fancy one (unless it does something really cool that you're specifically looking for!)

gotta get to work! woot

gdb86

Well, hey ladies!

It was nice to pop on here and see all of these new posts! I have been doing great with my food, but my exercise has been slacking due to being busy/personal problems (eek). However, I'm a firm believer that everyone can always say that, so I've managed to get my booty to the gym here and there and do a workout DVD when it's just completely in convenient for me. I do have a wedding I'm going to be in at the end of October though so besides wanting to be a healthy chicklet it's a good incentive to get my stuff together!

I'm excited to hear more info about the infamous ePulse2! I'm still researching the Body Media Fit/BodyBugg to see if I'm wanting the high techness of something that will also track my calories burned at rest. I looked at some HRM's at Sports Authority and wasn't too impressed with their selection so online is the way to go I'm thinking. The chest strap just seems like a ridiculous get up that I just can't see me getting used to so knowing that there are alternatives is like HRM musical heaven to my ears. Haha.

In terms of food scales, I have a cheap-o beep-o one from walmart. I've looked at some of the other options, but for me I just need it to measure meat, fish, veggies, and simple items in terms of general ounces. As long as you can adjust the initial weight to 0 it should be fairly accurate. So use your moolah towards a nicer HRM or calorie counter instead!

I will hopefully be doing some zumba, yoga, pure barre, or other aerobics types classes soon. One of my friends is just figuring out her schedule so we can make a point to sign up here and there! I'm so stoked because I've always wanted to try them all!

(Sorry, for the novelesque post again - it just kind of happens... but skimming is a long posters best friend. So it works for me! LOL)

Talk to ya'll soon!

drjennelle

HAPPY LCW DAY BOOTCAMPERS

this bootcamp program was taken from my time (and nikki's) with the Biggest Loser Club online, and if you know anything about the Biggest Loser, you know that the last workout before weigh-in is called LAST CHANCE WORKOUT (LCW) where you work as HARD as possible and completely kick your own butt! since we always weigh-in on friday's for bootcamp, thursdays are always our LCW!

for me, thursdays are the only day this semester that i have to be in to teach at 10:30, otherwise i can be lazy and take my time. i also tend to work late on wednesdays, so getting up early on thursdays is not likely going to happen so what to do? im making thursdays HIIT day! for those of you who don't know - in the turbo fire program there are short HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) workouts (15-30 minutes) that are super crazy intense bursts of interval training with a LOT of plyometrics (jumping) and sweating today i did HIIT 25 followed by the turbo fire 10 minute abs routine - AWESOME! i got in a SUPER killer workout (heart rate still revving) and now i have enough time to shower, make my shakeology, and prep for teaching! LOVE IT!!!

so - what's on your agenda for LCW today bootcampers??

drjennelle

hi bootcampers! today marks the end of week #1, the start of week #2, and our first weigh-in! i am going to start a new thread for week #2, but our last posts on this thread will be week #1 total ponts, weight loss, and % weight loss. when you go to post, please copy everything i've written below, and add yourself (just like we did for the initial weigh-in!) i hope everyone had a great first week!!!


Week #1 Points & Weigh-In

Jennelle: Total Points = 218, Weight Loss = 2lbs, % Weight Loss = 1.41%

cngeier

Oh geez, I didn't realize there was a second page on this thread and I just thought no one was posting back...haha serves me right to not look for the next page!

Week #1 Points & Weigh-In

Jennelle: Total Points = 218, Weight Loss = 2lbs, % Weight Loss = 1.41%
Nicole: Total Points = 178, Weight loss = 1.4lbs, % Weight Loss= .007% (this is found in weekly percentage of weight loss right?)