TURBO JAMMERS!!!!

fitzfour

Hello Jammers! Well, the weekend is coming to an end, and I'm ready to get back on schedule! I had a kick butt workout on the elliptical yesterday and did TurboSport so far today. I need to make up for the bad eating on Christmas Day to get me back on track!

This week will be interesting, as I only work a couple days and am off the rest. Hopefully I can still get my butt out of bed for regular workouts!

Hope you all had a great weekend!!!

LeanLisa4U

I am back to Jamming! Still doing the 30 Day Shred with Jullian Michaels, but no one inspires me like Chalean.So I am adding Turbo whenever I can. So glad to find everyone here.

Gained 5 pounds this week (oh please let most of it be water retention for all the salty junk I ate:noway:

Back on track with eating today. And I can do it again tomorrow!

lilangel7671

Hey Girls!
Today was a good day! I woke up and got in TurboKick Round28 as usual:drinker: Then I went to church (we ended up going to a family friends home last night to visit) and afterward did my grocery shopping with my mom. Haha, it's so funny when I think about it because grocery shopping is a highlight of my week:laugh: When we got back I did CE Burn1 and Extreme Abs which felt amazing! I also got some of this Immaculate Bakery Co. cookie dough (I love this company because they use ALL NATURAL ingredients and are basically clean!) while grocery shopping (as if I didn't eat enough cookies with the holiday-stupid me!:grumble: ) but I made half of the batch for my boy who came over tonight for dinner and a movie I did try to send him home with the rest but he wouldn't take them off my hands. BUT I have promised myself that I HAVE to be good and just work them into my calorie allotments.. I think that will be okay...
Anyways, tomorrow it's to the gym bright and early for spinning, then work allll day:sick: It's a short week for me as well Erika- only a couple days then off again because of the holiday!
Hope everyone had a super Sunday! Check in tomorrow!!

Livi_Loves_Pink

I've been teetering back and forth between doing okay and doing rather badly as far as eating goes this past week. I haven't weighed myself in two weeks. The first week because it was my TOM, and this last Sunday just because I was too lazy ( the scale I use is not in my own home). I will however face up to it in the next few days, even if it is not my regular weigh day. I'm going to give myself a day or two of settling back into normal eating and water consumption first though. Why is it that when my sodium level goes up higher than normal I have even LESS of a desire for water?? :huh:

I haven't exercised in a few days, but I did go roller skating yesterday for the first time since grade school. Technically it was my first time ever skating, considering when I went as a child the most I would ever do was pull myself along the wall. I fell a LOT and I can feel it today. I have several giant bruises and my wrist is in quite a bit of pain, but I think it was worth it. When I got there I couldn't skate at all and when I left I was just extremely terrible at it. =D The only really bad part of it (besides the music that was so loud it vibrated in my chest) was the little girl who yelled at me that I can't skate as I (very slowly) passed her at the half wall thing. It brought up my inner bullied fat kid. I know that some kids are just cruel, and I shouldn't even give it a second thought. I guess at least I tried. I'm sick of never learning to do the things I want to do just because I'm afraid of looking stupid while trying.

Aaaanyway. I'm jumping back onto the wagon with a vengeance now. I'll let myself relax a little bit on New Years Eve during our annual family movie marathon, but other than that no more slacking. I don't know what exercise I'm going to do today yet, but I'm planning to hit the cardio pretty hard today.

kicklikeaGIRL

Hi Jammers!! Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas! Christmas in Minnesota was great, but I am really feeling the effects of not eating as healthy. My mom doesn't cook healthy at all--- but I didn't go too overboard. My weakness was the chocolate/peanut/marshmallow clusters. Ugh. I don't want to see anymore of those! I did pretty well, but I am getting back on the normal routine today and upping my exercise routine for the week. I'm leaving again on Friday for Arizona for the Fiesta Bowl! I am really looking forward to getting back into the regular routine.

I did bring Turbo Kick Round 32 and 33 with me to Minnesota and I did a workout each day I was there! It definitely helped me to eat better throughout the day by starting out with the workout. I haven't stepped on the scale yet...but I'm hoping the damage wasn't too much.

Have a great Monday!

lilangel7671

Hey jammers! It sounds like everyone had a pretty great Christmas! Yay! Besides my lapse with cookies last week I've been sticking to it now!:drinker: I get in a funk sometimes where I just feel like I CRAVE like a crazy person and want to eat everything in sight..then I do ok for awhile..it's strange:ohwell: ....
Anyway, today I hit the gym early for my spinning class! Had a great workout too! The weather was SO nasty today, I kept looking out the window at work thinking ugh..I don't want to have to drive home in this......Got home safely though, just took a biiiit longer:noway: ..
Tomorrow is the gym early for some treadie time:happy: Tuesday's are usually my longer running days, and so I plan on eating good tomorrow!:laugh: The gym also means I get to see my boy^_^
Have a great night girls! Keep up the fantastic work!!!!!!!!!!!!!

limestar

Hey turbo jammers. Well ive been MIA because my kids started to have fevers these couple of days. It comes and goes. Today they seem ok but it seems to only hit them at night. Been keeping up with my workouts but my eating is not that good. Due to the holidays been eating around and stuffing myself. The good thing is that I stuff myself with meat and veggies. I dk what is wrong with me but lately I do not crave or want sweet stuff. Im the type of person that needs something sweet after I eat and lately I look at it and dont want it. I guess its my body transforming. Well today Im doing Burn it off and recharge. I need the recharge bad, my body is so sore. Have a good day you guys.

fitzfour

Good Morning! This morning I opted for the extra 1.5 hours of sleep vs morning workout and I'm so glad I did! My body needed the rest. I'll do some cardio tonight, but not sure what yet!

Great job on the workouts everyone!

Livi_Loves_Pink

Hi everyone.

Erika - I'm glad you let yourself have the rest you needed! It's good to let yourself recharge once in a while. I think you're awesome for just being able to workout in the mornings anyway! I'm zombie-ish for the first couple hours after waking. I'd never be able to push through a workout.

Last night I ended up doing TJ Cardio Party 2 and a 30 minute aerobics video. This evening I did a 40 minute pilates ball workout and TJ Cardio Party 1. I wanted to do another 20 minutes of low impact aerobics but I felt too weak and kinda sick. I'm a little bummed about that, but I'm still good on calories so I guess I shouldn't beat myself up.

lilangel7671

Good evening Jammers!
I am loving hearing all the successes of the day! Way to go!!!!:drinker:
Today I hit the gym for a long run- a solid 6.25 on the treadie!! I loved every minute of it , feels soo good!
The rest of the day was work and a little shopping afterward--I surprised my boy with a track jacket haha..(he's always freezing at work!) Needless to say, I popped on over to his place with it, on surprise, and he loved it:bigsmile: Man, I love doing things spontaneously...:laugh: : Finally home, ate some dinner and here I am!
Tomorrow I am off of work, so I'm hitting the gym a little later in the AM, then gonna do my CE and abs afterward or after lunch. Tomorrow night my mom and I are off to the Transsiberian Orchestra concert! I had gotten her and I tickets for it for her X-mas gift, I am super excited!!:happy:
Have a great night all! I'll check in tomorrow I'm sure!

fitzfour

Hey Jammers!

I had a great run/walk tonight...did 35 minutes on the treadmill, which is much less than I normally do, but it felt good to take it easy today! I've been pushing myself really hard the last few weeks, so I figured I could let up a bit tonight and just get in enough to make up for the calories I ate today!

Tomorrow is CE Push 2...can't wait! I'll check in tomorrow AM.

fitzfour

Good Morning! I just love when I'm the last one at night and first one in the AM to post :laugh:

I got up this morning (yep no sleeping in this time ) and did Push 2 and TJ Kickin Core. I love the 2 TJ ball workouts...something different and fun. Kickin Core is about 30 minutes of a regular TJ (think more TurboKick style than regular TJ) and then 10 minutes of core with the ball. It's pretty fun!

Roberta, I got some oat bran (also got oatmeal, but like oat bran a little better, so starting with that), and put my protein in with that. So much better than the shake and much easier on my stomach

Have a great day everyone. Last day of work for me this week:happy:

kicklikeaGIRL

Good Morning!! Erika- the TJ Kickin Core sounds fun! I saw an ad for it on my CE DVDs I think...and I think I'll get it when we move to a little bigger place. It looks way fun though! I love workouts using the exercise ball and I love Chalene...so seems like a good combo!! :happy:

Last night I did Turbo Kick Round 33, which is my favorite Round. And then I did CE Push 2. Good night it was hard! I only did my Turbo Kick workouts when I was home (without the gloves) and then I came back and have been really getting back into the CE...and it kicked my bum last night! My husband and I were both grunting and groaning...I couldn't believe how intense it was! I'm going to do another session tonight. I usually don't do them back-to-back...but I'm going to Arizona this weekend for the Fiesta Bowl...and so I won't be able to bring my CE with me! I'm definitely looking foward to getting back into my normal routine! But, I'm going to push pretty hard this week and then do some cardio on the trip.

Looking forward to another night of super intense workouts!

Also....wanted to say HELLO to all of the new members of this thread! I was so excited to come back and see more friends in the group!!! It's going to be a great 2010!

lilangel7671

Hey Girls! This AM I hit the gym for Elliptical time-did 65 minutes actually! Burned that machine up with a total 525 calorie burn! WOOTWOOT!:smokin: I spent some time talking with the boy..hehehe...before heading home for my breakfast and boy was i HANNNGRRYY! lol..I just finished my abs before lunch, and am about to make something equally yummy compared with my awesome usual pb/banana oats. I did add something though: My boy gave me a dark chocolate hersheys kiss this AM, and I promised to place it into my hot oatmeal and let it get all melty...it was delicious and very sweet!
After lunch is CE, probably one of the Push workouts but I'm not sure yet After that I've got things to do around the house since it's my day off, and then mom and I go to the TRANSSIBERIAN ORCHESTRA concert tonight!!!!!! So uber excited!
Erika-YUM! I oatbran too! It makes for a much creamier breakfast:smooched: , so delicious! How did you like the protein powder mixed in? Personally add just the right amount of flavor for me!
Dawna- I'm glad to hear your trip went so well! Also, good job getting back into CE-I know how hard it can be after putting the weights off for a few days-UGH! But great job pushing through girl! I definitely love being in my own usual routine as well, and the holidays make that VERY hard:grumble: ...
Have a great afternoon all!

fitzfour

Hey Girls! This AM I hit the gym for Elliptical time-did 65 minutes actually! Burned that machine up with a total 525 calorie burn! WOOTWOOT!:smokin: I spent some time talking with the boy..hehehe...before heading home for my breakfast and boy was i HANNNGRRYY! lol..I just finished my abs before lunch, and am about to make something equally yummy compared with my awesome usual pb/banana oats. I did add something though: My boy gave me a dark chocolate hersheys kiss this AM, and I promised to place it into my hot oatmeal and let it get all melty...it was delicious and very sweet!
After lunch is CE, probably one of the Push workouts but I'm not sure yet After that I've got things to do around the house since it's my day off, and then mom and I go to the TRANSSIBERIAN ORCHESTRA concert tonight!!!!!! So uber excited!
Erika-YUM! I oatbran too! It makes for a much creamier breakfast:smooched: , so delicious! How did you like the protein powder mixed in? Personally add just the right amount of flavor for me!
Dawna- I'm glad to hear your trip went so well! Also, good job getting back into CE-I know how hard it can be after putting the weights off for a few days-UGH! But great job pushing through girl! I definitely love being in my own usual routine as well, and the holidays make that VERY hard:grumble: ...
Have a great afternoon all!

I liked it! I actually stayed really full all morning, so only needed 1 morning snack vs. 2. I can't wait to have it again tomorrow!

Have fun tonight!

fitzfour

Happy New Years Eve Jammers!

I am off work today and home with my boys, and decided I was going to take avantage of their "choice" play time by getting my elliptical workout in. I burned 1000 calories...man did that feel good!!! Now, I can have some fun with my foods today :happy:

Hope you all are having a great day and have fun ringing in the new year! We'll be up planning our Valentine's weekend trip...YAY!

healthworks

Hey girls

I am into my 4th day of CE ( Burn Phase- Burn Intervals & Ab Burner)... and I am loving it!!! I feel like I have two left feet and very uncoordinated!! Its difficult, watching them backwards on the TV... I'm not sure... CJ says left but she does her right ??? I'll have to watch BC3 before I start.... to get it straight.

I hope to get here more in 2010.... Happy- Healthy New Year to you all!!!


Erika THANK YOU for the FR!!! Wonderful new picture of you and your family!

fitzfour

Hi Girls!

Well, I'm starting off 2010 right...1000 calories burned again (had to make up for yesterday...I ate A LOT of food...not necessarily bad, but I allowed myself to have a drink and then ate more than I planned on during the evening hours. That's why I don't drink...makes me hungry, when I'm really not!

But, I'm back on track and ready to start 2010 right. Hope you all are having a great New Years Day!

healthworks

But, I'm back on track and ready to start 2010 right.

Me also Erika!

I did CE BC3... I think it might be my favorite so far I caught were she- CJ said to mirror her.. so I thought about that and it helped with getting the moves correct. Onto tomorrow, CJ is so motivating I look forward to the w/o!! ...

You girls were right.....I Chalean Extreme!!

fitzfour

Morning Jammers!!!

I'm in party prep mode for my youngest son's b-day tomorrow, so will probably get my workout in later when both the boys are off to b-day parties and I have my stuff ready for tomorrow! But, I think I need to do a light workout...Yoga definitely and maybe a low key walk! I have been really pushing it lately, and my body is feeling it! Plus, I decided it's time to up my calories again (going on 4 weeks of at least 250 cal defecits every day and no weight loss, so I looked back to when I did CE last time, and my net calories were much higher than they are now, so I think my body needs some extra fuel...not to mention I'm crazy hungry most of the day.

Well, off to continue on party planning...going to make a yummy cake for the party tomorrow. I'm sure I'll try some tomorrow, but honestly, not really a cake person. I just love to bake!!!

Have a great Saturday!

Willow--We knew you'd like CE. Chalene is extremely motivating, and it makes a big difference having shorter workouts. I tried with another instructor doing hour long strength training sessions and I got really bored/lost interest.

limestar

hey guys sorry ive been mia. Been sick these couple of days. I think i have a stomach virus or somthing and really bad allergies. well today i feel better and hit my push circuit and did 20 min tj.

healthworks

Hey TJ....ers

I made it.. 1 week in, I did Burn It Off & Recharge this am... I'm sore so I really liked the stretching!

Erika How many more cals did you eat while doing CE? Happy Birthday to your son, hope he has a fun one!!

limestar Glad your feeling better!!

My new sign- off I CE!!

fitzfour

Hey TJ....ers

I made it.. 1 week in, I did Burn It Off & Recharge this am... I'm sore so I really liked the stretching!

Erika How many more cals did you eat while doing CE? Happy Birthday to your son, hope he has a fun one!!

limestar Glad your feeling better!!

My new sign- off I CE!!

Willow, I had a base of 1500 I think, and then ate almost all my exercise calories as well. Most days, with including exercise calories, I was eating around 2200. I started out much lower, but my weight got stuck in a rut, and I was feeling really tired and not myself, and figured it might be because I wasn't getting in enough calories.

ktala24

I love Turbo Jam, I did my Chalean this morning, and the 20 min. Turbo Jam this evening. LOVE IT!!! I was just telling my husband that the 20 min. Jam is getting much easier....guess I'll have to find more time for the 40 min. one.
Good Luck everyone.

healthworks

Hi girls

Erika My bmr is at 1395.. but eating that is not enough w/ doing CE. I am waking up hungry all nite long. Think I'm bumping it 400-500 cals more and see how I feel. THANKS!!

ktala Welcome and good luck to you!!

I CE

lilangel7671

Hey there Jammers! Sorry I've been MIA! I spent New Year's Eve with my boy and pretty near the whole next day, so didn't get to track much until later this weekend. I haven't told him about my MFP obsession...do you think it even matters? He's a personal trainer, went to school for fitness nutrition but sometimes I feel too obsessed with all my measuring/calculating meals....:ohwell:
I honestly thought about giving up tracking my food diary for awhile, but I really need to buckle back down..It was a rough weekend...I went to visit my family a few hours away on Friday night-Saturday, so eating was NOT clean except the snacks I packed. We went out to eat at a German restaurant, which was AMAZING but not a good eating example..and we had peanut butter pie/cake/ice cream/chips for dessert. Then yesterday afternoon us girls went shopping and out to Great Northern Pizza Kitchen-I got a mozz/pesto panini which was really yummy but probably not good either..I got home late after a long drive and just didn't feel like making anything so I heated up and ate too much pasta leftovers-I guess at least that was my clean foods..but still. I am feeling so guilty about the whole weekend mostly because I can't seem to control myself in situations like that. Plus I've been feeling extra hungry lately, and I'm not sure why, Probably because I need to get more sleep as well..
So that's my food dilemma..needless to say I have stayed very active! Hit the gym with Danny Friday AM, and ran a record 7.5 miles for me!!!!!!!!!!! It felt so good..I know I was motivated by him:smooched: Afterward headed to visit family and as you know all that bad eating^^^^..but Saturday AM my mom, my brothers gf, and I hit a local gym she works at. I warmed up with a good 3 on the treadie and then we took an hour long Total Body Conditioning class. It was F-A-N-tastic! :laugh: It felt good burning alot of calories off because my guilt was taking over..:ohwell:
Enough of my sob story though! Today is a brand new day! The holidays are OVER ladies! Let's get back on track! I am going to post a couple goals of mine on here for the week if you girls don't mind..and feel free to join me! I seriously need a kick in the butt and some motivation from you! Please keep me going-Thanks!
1. NO desserts/extra sugary things this week, meaning: don't touch the cookies I baked before..if they go bad--TOO BAD!
2. Push hard for my goals (never usually a problem, but just keeping this in mind).
3. Keep the diet as clean as possible!- Lots of fruits/veggies/100% whole grains/wheats ONLY-No cheating after having waaay too much white breads this weekend.
4. Measure accurately-No saying "it's close enough!"
Okay, I think that completes a few things I need to watch this week..Keep up the great work girls, I feel I've fallen off the wagon a bit, but today I am jumping back on and going to drive that baby!:laugh:

fitzfour

Well, my son's b-day party is over, and I think I did pretty darn good! I measured out all my foods ahead of time and planned in to have a piece of cake I made. I stuck with my plan, and only ate what I planned on eating. I could have gone hog wild, but didn't. Helped that I had a diet coke first (I don't drink soda more than 1-2 times per month, but it fills me up, so I don't feel like I have to keep eating. Worked for today anyway!

Roberta, I'm with you. I have a total obsession with MFP and my hubby gives me a hard time a lot because I'm always measuring and logging. I even got a food scale, so I'm even more annoying with it! But, I think if I stopped, I might lose sight of how many calories I consume each day. Afterall, I did lose 12 pounds by using MFP! I do have my bad days, but I am trying to not worry so much about those anymore or I'll drive myself crazy. Especially when absolutely no one around me eats clean...I just gotta do the best I can when I'm around family/friends.

I don't really have goals set for 2010 (yes, I'm one of those people that doesn't set goals, but is easily motivated by just giving myself last minute daily/weekly/monthly goals). But, here are a couple I'm going to put in writing!

1. Lose the last 2.5 pounds that I planned to lose. I haven't gained any, but haven't lost any over the last month either. We're going on a winter vacation in February, so I want to stay on track!

2. Continue to eat clean, and remind myself that although something is organic, it still might be loaded with "good" sugar. I gotta work on limiting that stuff. It's kinda like when the lowfat/fatfree foods came out...I found myself eating more because they were lowfat/fat free, when in reality I was eating more than I would have eaten if they weren't that.

3. Keep teaching my kids about good eating. I have my 6 year old on board...he's always asking what food would be good to put in his body when it's time to choose a snack. He watches and listens to my choices closer than I thought. But, my 5 year old is more like his dad, and doesn't understand the difference between "clean" and not clean foods.

So, there you have it, I've got some goals for 2010! Thanks Roberta for getting me started!

Willow-I had a really hard time understanding why I would want to increase calories when I was trying to lose a few pounds, but I was STARVING and finally realized I was not doing what was good for my body. Once I increased, my body started changing again (more fat burning) and I lost a couple stubborn pounds!

WEll, off to play some Wii with the birthday boy!!!

healthworks

Hi girls

On real fast this am while I enjoy my coffee


Roberta Welcome back... I know how you feel... I feel (((totally obsessed)) when I pull out the measuring cups, spoons, foodscale notebook to measure and calculate when the whole family is watching...but its the only way to go.. !!

Erika I guess I didnt realize, how much I asked of my body this last week. I need to give it the fuel it needs !! But finding that ratio or correct balance is the ?? I am going to try to change it up... this week, eat my bmr 1395 on my rest days, 1795 on my w/o days and throw a few 1947 in the mix. But mainly listen to my body and add food when I feel I need to.

Onto my girl Chalene!! Have a GREAT Monday!! ((BTW I like both lists of goals))

fitzfour

Good Morning!

This morning was Mel B's kick butt workout...man that girl can make you feel the burn. She gives no breaks, and it's high reps...about 40 reps per exercise...makes 5 pound weights feel like 50's!

Back to work...have a great one!

nolachick

haven't done turbo jam in about a week or two and I feel down and lazy.
MUST START TODAY!

encouragement please!