My work has been extremely busy this week but most rewarding because things got done and everyone is happy, I think.
Someone told me that I really should put together a side by side comparison of me before and now so that I, myself can see my progress. We tend to be very critical of oneself so I did that. I sent it to my trainer, I sent it to FB and I got a lot of compliments. I thank everyone for that. I am still working on this phase of my life both physically and emotionally. I feel 2013 is I can do this slowly and in healthy ways. I have to thank my trainer for opening my eyes to weight training and eating clean and pushing me. I don't think I can do it without her. And because of this new mindset, going to Arrichion Hot Yoga and doing the Tiger's Eye, Warrior and Sparta - I am trying harder and doing my best rather than going through the motions. The coaches there are wonderful and encouraging. With both trainer and Arrichion - I am on my way...thanks so much. IT'S A PROCESS, YOU CAN DO IT! YOU GOT THIS! These are the words of encouragement
I have been on numerous crash diets in my life. I even went on a liquid diet and a intense diet of no carbs as well. Oh, truly, if you basically eat little and exercise like a fiend, you will lose weight. The trick is how you make it stay off. The picture of me on the left (which you should be able to see it on my profile) was in 2008 when I was 200+ lbs. I went on an intense diet and exercise program and did lose a bunch of weight but felt very tired, sick and unhealthy and got down to 110 lbs in 2010. I have to thank the boxing gym is helping me though but I knew it was not the way to go long term. Going forward to 2011 and 2012, I had a series of setbacks of eating and exercise. I was getting injured and felt lousy and gaining the weight back up to 150+lbs. OMG, I said, I just don't want to start over again. So I do have a picture of me end of 2012 after my buds and I finished our half marathon - I can see how puffy and fat I was and yup, that BMI calculator at the gym said so too. So that is how 2013 started. So why am I telling you this? To say, don't give up on yourself! You know when the time is right and YOU, YOURSELF will do something about it. Until you are ready, it is not going to happen.
Other news is that I will truly miss my swim instructor, Ed. We started together about 2.5 years ago when I was so deeply afraid of the water but I could float and now, I can swim the 50 yards and I sink now. I am going to try to keep practicing. Good thing the YMCA has the Swim Fit program which will keep me honest.
Yesterday, Galloway group run was 8m with a magic mile instead of 6. Magic mile is when you measured how long it takes to do that mile. You should be running it harder but not that you drop dead. I do not run fast but I can run far. I sense I am getting stronger though - with the weight training I am doing so yesterday that magic mile felt good - knock down my time 30 secs.
So it is Sunday now...what am I cooking?
Well, I made some:
Roasted brussell sprouts which the recipe is in some earlier post
Going to do more asparagus - in earlier post - that one seems to disappear fast
Going to do a brown rice pasta with some chicken and veggies
Enjoy,
Sue
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
What? No recipes? Still a fear factor if I did not exercise - Training, Swim, Arrichion - Gotta do it!
So last posting I was talking about exercising, running, and why I do what I do. I would say growing up, girls did not exercise. We suppose to sit there and look pretty and graceful so some guy can sweep you off your feet. Being of woman of size and being Asian, that did not happen. So growing up in the environment was rough. I think I am finally realzing that I need to do what is right for me and noone else. I guess that rock hit me.
So during the week, I would exercise twice a day and I have a feeling this is tiring me out too too much and that is why my sleep is suffering. I thought if I was dead tired, but I think I am thinking too much into it. So today, I visit a sleep doctor and he has given me some homework to do. I think it is total bullshit but I will give it a try for 2 months.
This week has many changes. My swim instructor of 2.5 years is moving away. I will truly miss him. When I first started lessons with him, I was so fearful of the deep end and anywhere where I cannot touch. Now, today, I can acutally swim all the way down and back - a full 50. I will need to be diligent and practice on my own.
My personal training is going well. I love my trainer and I am seeing a new me, not just the physical but as well as the emotional. With that mindset to push myself, I have taken that to doing my best, trying my hardest - Classes like Sparta, Tiger's Eye and Warrior and any of their Vinyasa at ARRICHION HOT YOGA is hard as shit. I am starting to notice results more than ever - perhaps it is a more confident me coming out. I actually said THANK YOU when someone complimented me - Wow!
Like I said, I exercise like a fiend because 1) I can't sleep 2) I am afraid of getting fucking fat all over again.
This week, I did something that I felt good - I helped my friend again. I am always there for her to hear her vent, to listen to her, to bullshit with her and I am cool with that- I ask nothing in return.
This past weekend I did a dish that was real simple with very little ingredients and it was perfect:
BAKED CORNISH HENS with carrots, and onions with sweet potatoes side dish.
- Went to BJ's and got 2 cornish hens - half them -
- Cut up carrots, I actually used baby carrots
- Cut up onions - I used the purple onions
I made a mixture of:
- dark soy sauce
- agave nectar - maybe I left this out -
- fresh garlic crushed and minced
- fresh ginger minced
- fresh rosemary that has been dried
- sesame oil - dash
- coconut oil - 1 tsp
I laid everything in a casserole dish - and pour the mixture and now to think of it , there was no added sugar or salt, and oils were used so sparringly and it was more for flavor
Baked it at 400 - with foil on - and then lifted the foil to brown - I don't know timeframe - until it is done - but not dry.
Sliced sweet potatoes as side dish
Simple as that.
I went to Bone Fish Grill last night and you know from my last few posting - I made a kick ass red snapper dish. Well, the fish was good at Bone Fish - but I said to myself- Hey , I cook better than this - I guess like with my exercise, I am finally becoming braver at realizing my skills as a cook. I had so many people say they love my food and I would just say = Oh it is not good! Maybe it is.
Thanks for reading my blog!
If you ever want some recipe creation let me know - I can give it a try
I reproduced szchuan green beans and my friend liked it
Take care until next time
Sue
So during the week, I would exercise twice a day and I have a feeling this is tiring me out too too much and that is why my sleep is suffering. I thought if I was dead tired, but I think I am thinking too much into it. So today, I visit a sleep doctor and he has given me some homework to do. I think it is total bullshit but I will give it a try for 2 months.
This week has many changes. My swim instructor of 2.5 years is moving away. I will truly miss him. When I first started lessons with him, I was so fearful of the deep end and anywhere where I cannot touch. Now, today, I can acutally swim all the way down and back - a full 50. I will need to be diligent and practice on my own.
My personal training is going well. I love my trainer and I am seeing a new me, not just the physical but as well as the emotional. With that mindset to push myself, I have taken that to doing my best, trying my hardest - Classes like Sparta, Tiger's Eye and Warrior and any of their Vinyasa at ARRICHION HOT YOGA is hard as shit. I am starting to notice results more than ever - perhaps it is a more confident me coming out. I actually said THANK YOU when someone complimented me - Wow!
Like I said, I exercise like a fiend because 1) I can't sleep 2) I am afraid of getting fucking fat all over again.
This week, I did something that I felt good - I helped my friend again. I am always there for her to hear her vent, to listen to her, to bullshit with her and I am cool with that- I ask nothing in return.
This past weekend I did a dish that was real simple with very little ingredients and it was perfect:
BAKED CORNISH HENS with carrots, and onions with sweet potatoes side dish.
- Went to BJ's and got 2 cornish hens - half them -
- Cut up carrots, I actually used baby carrots
- Cut up onions - I used the purple onions
I made a mixture of:
- dark soy sauce
- agave nectar - maybe I left this out -
- fresh garlic crushed and minced
- fresh ginger minced
- fresh rosemary that has been dried
- sesame oil - dash
- coconut oil - 1 tsp
I laid everything in a casserole dish - and pour the mixture and now to think of it , there was no added sugar or salt, and oils were used so sparringly and it was more for flavor
Baked it at 400 - with foil on - and then lifted the foil to brown - I don't know timeframe - until it is done - but not dry.
Sliced sweet potatoes as side dish
Simple as that.
I went to Bone Fish Grill last night and you know from my last few posting - I made a kick ass red snapper dish. Well, the fish was good at Bone Fish - but I said to myself- Hey , I cook better than this - I guess like with my exercise, I am finally becoming braver at realizing my skills as a cook. I had so many people say they love my food and I would just say = Oh it is not good! Maybe it is.
Thanks for reading my blog!
If you ever want some recipe creation let me know - I can give it a try
I reproduced szchuan green beans and my friend liked it
Take care until next time
Sue
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Weekend busy - ness - Fun times and hurt - Galloway, Arrichion, Bootcamp
I grew up in an environment where I go to school 6 days a week and only spend time with our parents on a Sunday afternoon. Later on, that changed since I would work 7 days in the week to pay for my tuition and books so I guess in a nutshell - weekend were all meshed together. At least now, my weekends are a little different.
I spend the weekdays being at work, getting my mid day exercises and the weekend, I would get up 4:30am to get ready to run with the Galloway group - at times 10 miles. I often wonder why I do this and it certainly is not for the love of running but for the friends I have met through the years. In as much it is tough getting up so early while others sleep, I do it because I am a people person and I love being with people. I would not know what to do if I was not with someone or somebody or some place.
Oh totally, after runs - I am exhausted but I would not have it any other way. So now, today is Sunday, I used to partake in Warrior and topaz classes and I wish I can do all of them on a given Sunday but I have chosen to do Sparta - because this class kicks my butt, it messes with me mentally and physically and with a new mindset of how I would like to train - I am trying harder because I don't want to get fat or out of shape ever again and also, I want to get stronger and leaner for health reasons and someday I want to climb that rope, do those pull ups, chin ups without the bands. There are others but I will set tiny goals.
My mindset on how I train now has changed since doing weight training with my trainer, Jackie - I am not a motivated type person to do things on my own so having Jackie kick my butt was somewhat a wake up call for me. I realize that the only person who can make a difference is yourself and she has made me realize what my potentials are and what my strengths and weaknesses are.
With both my trainer and Sparta - my goals are to become stronger, leaner, healthier , run more efficiently and not get hurt - and never to become fucking fat again - Gee I may even want to revisit another Sprint TRI next year - not sure about the FULL marathon but a HALF is a doable race -it would be my 6th I think!
So after Sparta today, I went go to bootcamp -
Where do I get my energy - I never sleep, I never rest!
I spend the weekdays being at work, getting my mid day exercises and the weekend, I would get up 4:30am to get ready to run with the Galloway group - at times 10 miles. I often wonder why I do this and it certainly is not for the love of running but for the friends I have met through the years. In as much it is tough getting up so early while others sleep, I do it because I am a people person and I love being with people. I would not know what to do if I was not with someone or somebody or some place.
Oh totally, after runs - I am exhausted but I would not have it any other way. So now, today is Sunday, I used to partake in Warrior and topaz classes and I wish I can do all of them on a given Sunday but I have chosen to do Sparta - because this class kicks my butt, it messes with me mentally and physically and with a new mindset of how I would like to train - I am trying harder because I don't want to get fat or out of shape ever again and also, I want to get stronger and leaner for health reasons and someday I want to climb that rope, do those pull ups, chin ups without the bands. There are others but I will set tiny goals.
My mindset on how I train now has changed since doing weight training with my trainer, Jackie - I am not a motivated type person to do things on my own so having Jackie kick my butt was somewhat a wake up call for me. I realize that the only person who can make a difference is yourself and she has made me realize what my potentials are and what my strengths and weaknesses are.
With both my trainer and Sparta - my goals are to become stronger, leaner, healthier , run more efficiently and not get hurt - and never to become fucking fat again - Gee I may even want to revisit another Sprint TRI next year - not sure about the FULL marathon but a HALF is a doable race -it would be my 6th I think!
So after Sparta today, I went go to bootcamp -
Where do I get my energy - I never sleep, I never rest!
Friday, July 5, 2013
Holiday and rest time - no recipes as yet but an interesting drink concoction - thanks to trainer and coaches, friends at Arrichion
My friend said I do not know how to rest and that I am always bouncing around but I guess it is all relative like when people who are thin say they are gaining weight but then it is all relative. So my rest days are like: just hanging out at home, or taking a walk or watching a movie and just getting up later. So for the past few days, I got up later, take my time and just enjoy the moment of life. After all life is rather short!
For the 4th, I went to holiday class, the only one - so great for some of the teachers who are so dedicated to even have class on a holiday. Jen and Sarah, sisters are splendid teachers. It was a bloodstone class. For those who know nothing about hot yoga at Arrichion - those classes are both meditating and physical - bloodstone is vinyasa plus pushups, plus abs , plus boat series all in the 100+ degrees heat. So all the sweat pouring out and it was packed - so totally drenched but a good feeling.
Someone told me that watermelon rind is good for psorasis which I do not have but sure worth a try. We cut up the watermelon which is very refreshing fruit and we took the rind -we cut the green stuff off and blend it with mango, pineapple and spinach - ya know it was quite tasty - gotta make some more of it. Just think I am helping with the environment as well, less waste!
Since starting my weight training program, I have learn to even eat better, more clean and also eliminated some of the foods are bad for me since I have asthma. So far, I feel pretty good - I feel stronger and leaner and I am going to keep doing this even when I reach my goals. First, because I am loving my trainer and second, I need to be held accountable for my actions and third - I am not a self motivator, I need someone to kick my ass
Also since doing the weight training, and changed how I eat - I am trying to incorporate that same food group into my runs when I do long runs on the weekends. My friends who run quite fast don't eat anything but for us slow runners, we are out there longer so it seems we expend more energy out there. So now instead of carrying sugary or starchy eats like pretzels, and jelly beans - I carry bonk breakers and dried fruit so to replace my glycogen levels - Of course it is not as yummy but I do not wish to be getting fatter as I run longer like I did last year- it was not a good feeling even though the longer runs helped me be strong when I did my half last year. But I like to test my theory of my half this year with my new eating and new self
I have been getting lots of compliments about me losing so much weight which is very nice. I grew up being traumatized by being called fat so I am not used to it but I am finally being able to say Thank You!
I have to thank my trainer, Jackie for pushing me. I like to thank my friends and coaches at Arrichion for offfering some great classes in which I can be a more well rounded and stronger person in body and mind.
I don't have any stats to report- all I can say the clothes I wore when I was 115 or less back in 2010 when I lost a ton of weight fits and I know I did not 40 lbs. Yes, yes, do the math! I am actually doing OK, I was 200+ lbs at one point - at least I did not gain that back -it used to happen but when I saw the numbers on the scale keep going up , I knew I had to do something and hence this is 2013 how it started AGAIN!
Enjoy!
Sue
For the 4th, I went to holiday class, the only one - so great for some of the teachers who are so dedicated to even have class on a holiday. Jen and Sarah, sisters are splendid teachers. It was a bloodstone class. For those who know nothing about hot yoga at Arrichion - those classes are both meditating and physical - bloodstone is vinyasa plus pushups, plus abs , plus boat series all in the 100+ degrees heat. So all the sweat pouring out and it was packed - so totally drenched but a good feeling.
Someone told me that watermelon rind is good for psorasis which I do not have but sure worth a try. We cut up the watermelon which is very refreshing fruit and we took the rind -we cut the green stuff off and blend it with mango, pineapple and spinach - ya know it was quite tasty - gotta make some more of it. Just think I am helping with the environment as well, less waste!
Since starting my weight training program, I have learn to even eat better, more clean and also eliminated some of the foods are bad for me since I have asthma. So far, I feel pretty good - I feel stronger and leaner and I am going to keep doing this even when I reach my goals. First, because I am loving my trainer and second, I need to be held accountable for my actions and third - I am not a self motivator, I need someone to kick my ass
Also since doing the weight training, and changed how I eat - I am trying to incorporate that same food group into my runs when I do long runs on the weekends. My friends who run quite fast don't eat anything but for us slow runners, we are out there longer so it seems we expend more energy out there. So now instead of carrying sugary or starchy eats like pretzels, and jelly beans - I carry bonk breakers and dried fruit so to replace my glycogen levels - Of course it is not as yummy but I do not wish to be getting fatter as I run longer like I did last year- it was not a good feeling even though the longer runs helped me be strong when I did my half last year. But I like to test my theory of my half this year with my new eating and new self
I have been getting lots of compliments about me losing so much weight which is very nice. I grew up being traumatized by being called fat so I am not used to it but I am finally being able to say Thank You!
I have to thank my trainer, Jackie for pushing me. I like to thank my friends and coaches at Arrichion for offfering some great classes in which I can be a more well rounded and stronger person in body and mind.
I don't have any stats to report- all I can say the clothes I wore when I was 115 or less back in 2010 when I lost a ton of weight fits and I know I did not 40 lbs. Yes, yes, do the math! I am actually doing OK, I was 200+ lbs at one point - at least I did not gain that back -it used to happen but when I saw the numbers on the scale keep going up , I knew I had to do something and hence this is 2013 how it started AGAIN!
Enjoy!
Sue
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