Howdy all?

Thursday 22nd Dec

Exercise: Tae bo Energise (cardio and floor work) 40mins

Food: porridge oats, pasta and mince bolognese, 1 boiled egg, plain boiled beans.

Drinks: 2ltrs + water

@HG: well done on going for the burn this morning. Buzzing girl  as for the light head/ dizzy feeling it happens to me at times and I always work out on an empty stomach as I exercise 1st thing in the morning. I found that if the room was not well ventilated I would feel nauseated unless I opened the windows for enough air. For me not sure it was a lack of food but I found having enough ventilation whilst working out eliminated that dizzy/nauseous feeling.

@ML: good to listen to your body, I now don't beat myself up for missing a workout if I'm tired etc.
@agaba: how far? Cant afford to get rusty o lol
@modath: how u dey?
@Ronkus: good going girl with that exercise. I have heard of that Denise babe too, like the sound of the kick boxing one (I'm a Tae bo girl @ heart ) Will check out the revs on amazon, might add to my collection!

Wed 21st Dec

Rest day today.( didn't sleep too well last nite so needed the extra hour in bed.)

Food has been pretty good today, nice sensible portions and good choices made.

Nice to be back in the drivers seat

How's everyone been today?

I pray a quick recovery to all these babies. My lil girl is also running temp here and son threw up just this evening  there is this 'winter vomiting bug' going round here too!

Thanks guys for the welcome back. Good to be home

Tuesday 20th Dec

Exercise: JM Yoga meltdown 30mins

Food:

Wholewheat muesli with milk
Rice,stew and fish. 1 boiled egg
Plantain (need to cut down on this!)

Grapes

Drinks:Water, black coffee

Sup guys <sneaks in quietly and looks round>, back from my time away.

Had a lot going on in my personal life the past couple of months hence the absence. Thank God things are better now.
Funny enough did not have time to check in, even to lurk so I've just had a quick browse of the last 10 pages of the thread to get a picture of where peeps are at, and I must say I'm impressed with the motivation going strong here. Well done folks!

Exercise wise, before I took a break from here I was really struggling to get with the program once again and my head was def not in the right place. Glad to say I'm getting my mojo back and my head is back in the right place. The cold winter has really kicked in here so double motivation needed to get out of warm bed at 5.30am to exercise! Also it's now dark here by 4pm so no more outdoor walking etc, so i'm really relying on my Jillian and Tae bo DVDs to keep me in shape

I first thought about coming back in January cos it's the start of a new year etc,  But like HG mentioned, it's just really another month and I don't want to eat my way thru December just cos it's a festive period and everyone here is stuffing their faces with chocs and mince pies   sensible eating and portion control is the way forward.

So yeah, back to logging for me. Oh and Captain HG, watch your back cos I'll be giving u a run for your money on that ultimate bootcamp Tae bo <looks at it lovingly on bookshelf>

hey peeps, i'm about o, need to get my flow back x

Thursday 20th Oct

Exercise:

Zumba class - 60 mins

A friend invited me to go along with her this evening to a Zumba class. It was my first time doing this type of class.

All I can say is wow! I've been missing o what a thrilling time, lots of hip thrusting, waist wiggling, fast steps etc, man, sure i will ache tmrw but in a good way

A fun way to work out indeed. Highly recommended!

@HG: I'm not surprised you like Billy Blanks  afterall you were always a tae bo queen whilst Modath is the 'shred'/JM queen and I'm a bit of both hehe 

My favourite Tae bo workout dvd has to be 'Get Ripped'. It's one of his early ones and you have everyone in the class to keep you motivated from an 8yr old girl to a 70 something year old mama all working out like mad. A very fun and energetic workout that targets all areas. It's about 45mins in all so not too long. Always feel buzzed when i do this one.
I also like the 'Ultimate Bootcamp' and 'Tae bo Advanced' for one when I'm in the mood for a thorough drilling from BB and want to push myself harder. They are both approx 60mins long so I do them when I have that time planned out.
My 'go to' taebo dvd for when I'm short on time is 'Cardio Bootcamp Live' at only 29mins long from start to end - it's just perfect to slot into a busy schedule.

A bit achey this morning so rest day today, although might try and incorporate some walking into my day later if poss.

Monday 17th Oct

Exercise:

25 mins brisk walk uphill pushing buggy.

Tuesday 18th Oct:

Exercise:

43mins Taebo dvd (Celebrity Get Fit)

Welcome new members to this thread!
@HG: aka 'Mrs Motivator' , glad you listened to your body, I can be very stubborn in that regard just wanting to push thru and complete the dvd, but when your heart is beating that fast, its wise to step back.

@ house: lets keep keeping on!

Saturday 15th October

Exercise:
45 brisk walking

Food wise; was a good day 
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Am happy to report that am now  at 77.3kg,woo hoo. 3 days of  Skipping and stair climbing did the magic.

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^ @ Modath: What brilliant news modath! well done on shifting the scales further.  A great motivator indeed.

@HG: I dey o, yeah wey that babe with all the exotic food, think her name was PA1982  hope she didn't feel fed up as the thread was rather quiet at the time she was postin

Friday 14th October

Brisk Walk 25mins

Thursday 13th Oct

Exercise:

60 mins cardiovascular exercise @ the gym! (30 mins treadmill,  15 mins elliptical machine, 15 mins stationary bike etc, )

followed by 60mins in swimming pool, gentle laps, sauna and steam room.

I'm same as HG at this point in terms of logging food. Trying to be consistent first 

HG you're like a fairy godmother. you just waved your magic wand and we all came back heehee long may it last!

HG , seems your command worked! Here I am 'present ma' lol

Appearing/vanishing acts a plenty on this thread. Agaba no blame me o! You are resonsible for your own vanishing act

Still keeping on with my exercise regime but need to get consistent. Life is so busy at present, trying to master fitting it into my new routine.

Keep it up ML, good work girl

Foxy modath , love it how weight can redistribute, as long as it goes to the right places and not tummy heehee

Hey guys,

Great to see you are still keeping the thread 'alive' and welcome to all the newbies.

I'm still on track here but just need to get back into logging it on here consistently. I've just had a few changes in my normal routine which means I'm quite shattered by the end of the day and have such early starts. However I will endeavour to pop in here more frequently and log. I've been doing Tae bo dvds but need to get re-acquainted with my arch enemy Jillian Michaels Shred and Ripped dvds lol, I've been putting it off but need to introduce some strength training in my routine.

PA hope you are ok?
ML great to see you keeping on. Consistency pays
HG, nothing do you, love your little nuggets of truth.
Modath, babe how far now?
Agaba, thats how you disappeared sha, drop us a line here also Gen B,

Good weekend to all!

Hey house, I'm here o, just been a bit low but gradually getting back that mind frame. The thread spirit has also been a bit quiet and banter not really going on, so I guess this affected my motivation to post.

Anyway I've been doing my bits of cardio here and there. I've taken a brief break from the dvds for some variety. My neighbour decided that we should start going for our power walks again, but this time early in the morning - 6am sessions ! She has a big black labrador that comes along with us as our 'body guard' lol. We've done 2 sessions of these this week (60 mins per session). Its kind of refreshing to be out there when the world is still asleep, peaceful and quiet before the busyness of the day begins.

Think I need to have a personal log to note my food and emotions attached to it. Been a bit of emotional eating going on,

Agaba where you dey now and also GenBuhari?? and Toluperf? drop us a line so we know you are alright.

Thursday 8th Sept

Exercise:

Tae bo - Full Throttle 55mins


@general house: Hope everyone is ticking along with their fitness programs. Keep the faith.


PS: All you hawkers peddling your weight loss wonders - keep off from here! wrong thread, not interested 

Exercise logs:

Sunday 4th Sept - Jogging 40mins

Monday 5th Sept - Tae bo 'Everybody Get Ripped' 48mins

Tuesday 6th Sept - Tae bo 'Fat Blasting Cardio' 45mins

@PA: Well done on your achievement, its nice to see your hardwork and discipline paying off. Go 'rock' that blouse girl!

@Gen house: How is everyone else doing?

@Agaba: hope all is well, been quiet from your end,

Exercise logs

Thursday 1st Sept:

Tae bo Energise dvd - 51mins

Friday 2nd Sept:

Tae bo Full Throttle dvd - 55mins


Happy weekend to all!

Hi house,

been absent but with good reason, had some guests staying over and barely had time for my regular routine/ to log on here.

Workouts:

Monday 29th - Tae bo Celebrity Get Fit (45mins)
Tuesday 30th - Tae bo Cardio Bootcamp Live (30mins)


@ML: great news about your weight loss, fantastic! Bet you are all fired up with motivation!
@PA: keep up the good work
@Modath: get well soon chick

@Agaba, Toluperf, Gen B, HG: hope you are all ok.

Hey house, just a quick one. I'm still here just been a bit under the weather but getting back to normal.
@HG great post there, v good motivating article.
Nice week to all !

agabaI23:

@Babsy
Level 3 must be very hard for you to have dropped 25 minutes. Well done though.

The coiling thing is weight stuff.

It is an exercise whereby one raises up a weight from below the trunk up to the shoulder. One can do that with two hands one at time or both hands at the same time which is more difficult.

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^@Agaba: I didn't drop 25mins o, level 3 is only 30 mins long. This JM Ripped dvd and her 30 day shred all contain 30 min workouts.

Thanks for showing what the 'coiling' workout looks like. It sounds like bicep curls though? Those are serious weights your carrying too, all for your bulking biceps

@HG: yay welcome back babe and good to see you are still on track, its good to know what ones food triggers are.
@PA: keep up the good work.
ps: pls what is cardoon? There is food i've never heard of in your logs interesting!

Thursday 18th August

Exercise:

JM Ripped in 30 (Level 3) - 30 mins

Food:

1 glass green Smoothie
2 slices wholemeal toast with vegemite spread
1 serving spoon boiled plain beans, 1 serving jellof rice, sardines
1/2 slice yam
handful grapes

agabaI23:

Some quicks runs around a tennis court
800 bike crunches
400 seated oblique twists with 30kg
200 synchronous double hand coiling with 15Kg
100 synchronous double hand coiling with 20Kg
planks
30 Horizontal over head flips with 45kg

Football- 1hr
Yipee! It is sweet. Barca wants to sign me more than they wanted to sign Fabregas. Haven't you heard?

^@Agaba: well done on your workout today. Very good cardio too with the football, loving your aspiration lol! Also what is this double hand coiling exercise pls?

mightlove:

my programme is over now and am fully back to business
exercise logs: Hannah Waterman's body blitz workout dvd-1hr+

@ML: good to see you back. I also have the Hannah Waterman dvd, its also quite good and has a good level of intensity for fat burning.

@Modath: sup girl? still shopping till you drop

Wednesday 17th August

Exercise:

Tae bo 'Everybody Get Ripped' - 50 mins

Food:

Spinach and banana smoothie made with soyamilk
Small bowl of muesli 30g with semi-skimmed milk
1 serving spoon pasta made with tomatos and basil sauce
1/2 cup of boiled beans with a teaspoon of olive oil
1 boiled egg
1 handful of grapes
2 custard cream biscuits
2.5 ltrs of water
1 cup green tea

@PA: Congratulations on the weight loss!! Well done. Nice to see your efforts paying off

Tuesday 16th August

Exercise:

Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred (level 3) - 30 mins
Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown (level 2)  30 mins

Food:

1 glass of fruit smoothie (1 small banana, 1 handful of blueberries, 5 strawberries, 1 tsp flaxseed powder, 1/2 tsp peanut butter, 1 cup soyamilk)
Small bowl high fibre cereal
2 slices wholemeal bread, 1/2 yellow pepper, 1 mushroom (grilled)
1 boiled egg
3 tbsp greek yogurt
1/2 fist sized semo, 2 tbsp egusi
3.5 ltrs of water

Monday 15th August

Exercise:

Tae bo Total Body Fat Blaster - 55 mins

Food:

Green smoothie with spinach
3 slices wholemeal bread, 1 slice cheese
Jellof rice, 1 boiled egg, 1 piece of beef
3.5 ltrs of water

agabaI23:

I have been on special duty since Saturday, don't ask me what the duty is. Will resume training morrow.

Why is everyone congratulating babsy for 1kg loss after 1 month? .
Babsy are you still 63 or 62kg?

@Agaba: you sef wanting to burst my happy bubble abeg pls let me enjoy the congratulations jare, do you know how bleeping hard it is to lose even 1/2 a kg when you are so close to goal?? and who told you its been a month, (shh i put on when i went to naija so had to shed the extra ) i'm bk down to 64kg

PA1982:

Thanks for the support!

Between 1,000 and 1,500 calories.
I log everything, so you can calculate the sums for yourself, if you're interested.
Clothes are starting to feel better and I'm going to buy a scale today.
Sustainability of my 'diet'?
I'm following the Zone diet, which is more or less for the rest of your life.
You can't lose the weight you want and then go back to eating the way you used to!

And yes, lots of lofat cheese and nofat yoghurt. Cheap and easy.
And tofu. Lots of tofu.

Speaking of calries, how many calories are burnt up in one of those workout sessions?
I'm sure it's been posted up before, but I couldn't see it!

@PA: I'm not one for calorie counting so wouldn't be able to tell from your logs. It's just that from looking at your logs the diet didn't look varied enough and seemed very scanty, lol maybe its just how its logged, Anyway what i meant by 'sustainability is just that a lot of these 'fad' diets are for quick results and don't represent a good balanced diet. I notice you hardly eat grains/carbs which also have their role in a balanced diet. That's why I'm a bit skeptical tbh as to diets as really one wold get tired of just eating yogurts and cheese some day! For me the key is just to eat a good balanced diet and even with food which might be on the high side calorie wise just to learn to reduce portions, i know its easier said than done sha! The calories burnt in a typical Tae bo session vary depends on the dvd and yor own intensity but roughly around 400-500 calories per session.

Happy new week all!

@PA: Yes its usually quiet on here at the weekends, guess pple are busy with occasions, catching up with friends and family etc.
Anyway glad to see you keeping on with your logs. How many calories do you have per day? Also are you able to report some progress with the scales and even how you feel in your clothes? That really helps to see the results of ones efforts. I must say I am still amazed at how little it seems you eat on this diet, your energy levels and the sustainability of this diet. Also it appears to consist of a variety of cheese most of the time!

@Tolu:

Tolulop001:

Hey all,
been a while

omo work has never been as stressful as it has been this past couple of weeks. i know i whine on here a lot but y'all have to bear with me 
Asking about treadmill when there is so much work to do at the office would make one look unserious, lol. the next down time we have I'll be sure to ask him again.

General Update - just generally been good, only there was this day i had 2 wraps of semo with some kain lovely veggie soup with goatmeat, im sure that meal alone was like some 1200 calories! Never to happen again by God's grace!

In the course of all this i started to use Tae Bo Cardio. . .

babs i have to give it to you,  45 mins of that that thing is crazy, with those girls with ripped abs making it look so easy

im gonna try to incorporate into my every day activities, maybe 20 mins every day? I just need to put in a little everyday, everyday being the operative word.

CONGRATS ON THE 1KG!!!

^ eeyah, hope your work settles down a bit and the stress levels reduce. Glad to hear you are giving Tae bo a shot. It can be intense and fast paced but the more you do it, your fitness levels will improve and you will be sailing thru it I always have to psyche myself to complete the workout as i know its more mind over matter most of the time. And Billy blanks is a great instructor, the way he encourages you to not give up. I always say this but I find that if i do my workout first thing in the morning then i know its done and then I can get on with my day and not struggle to find time to fit it in later. You have to make time for working out, it sure takes self discipline.   

@Gen house: hope you are all fine. Shout out to those peeps m.i.a ; GenB, Hg hope you guys are fine?

Fri 12th August

Exercise:

Tae bo Fat Blasting Cardio - 45 mins

Food:

Green smoothie
4 slices wholemeal bread, peppers, mushroom, spinach filling
Rice and stew, beef, boiled brocolli
Shortcake biscuit
4 ltrs water

It's been a focused 'no nonsense' week for me. Weighed myself this morning. I've lost 1kg, chuffed!

Have a good weekend all!

Thursday 11th August

Exercise:

JM 'Ripped in 30' - 30 mins

Food:

Green smoothie
1 serving spoon boiled rice, stirfry veg and chicken, 1/2 avocado
3 tbsp greek yogurt
3 slices wholemeal bread, 1tsp homemade pesto spread
1 boiled egg
3 ltrs + water

Wed 10th August 2011

Exercise:

Tae bo 'Celebrity Get Fit' dvd - 45 mins

Food:

Green smoothie
2 slices wholemeal bread
2 boiled eggs
Boiled Rice
Vegetable and chicken stirfry
chinchin 1/2 pk
Water 3 ltrs

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Todays log,
12 pitch rounds
1000 bike crunches
600 seated Oblique twist with 30 kg
200 double hand coils with 15kg
20kg exercise
30 back flips with 45kg
Steps and planks

^@agb: very interested in what the above exercise entails  sounds v. dangerous to me lol! Nice to see the details again 

@Modath: sorry it didn't even cross my mind! were you able to lay your hands on any fitness dvd's etc?

@ML: yeah oil is heavy on cals, our naija food esp stew etc literally swims in it. But now you know eh? even when frying egg i try to use a little as poss,