Wow I haven't blogged in a while! SO SORRY. What a crazy couple weeks... let's start from my last post...
I would say half way threw week 3 is when things got difficult for me. By difficult I mean waking up at 5:30 become difficult and I ended up going to afternoon classes. This continued threw week 4! Week 5 is not only the half way mark in the program but it was also the midway evaluation week. When week 5 came around I was determined to get up early every morning... as it turned out I didn't make it to any 6am class! Between being exhausted from traveling all Sunday, to my alarm not going off then when I got up extra early to make sure I'd get to class Miss A woke up so I had to feed her and then missed. Thank goodness I was able to go to afternoon classes all but one day!
Saturday was the sit-ups, push ups and running day! I knew I would do better than my original evaluation, I mean I wanted to pout in a corner after only being able to do 8 sit-ups. The first thing we did was sit-ups and I was so nervous... I wanted to do SO much better than I did the first time and I was nervous if I didn't more than double my previous number it would disappointed me. I was paired with someone from a different class time that I didn't know, She would get to a certain number and then just stop and say it's only 5 weeks. Even though she beat her previous number I wanted to smack her... Why not just try your best? UGH whatever I didn't let it bother me more than a split second! I was able to do sit ups the entire 1 minute... where before I had to stop at least 3/4 the way through. I was able to do 26 sit-ups!! More than 3 times my previous number. It took every part of me to prevent myself from crying! I was so proud of myself!! Push ups I did 20 more than before.
When it came to the mile run I was SO excited (Internet sarcasm). I didn't have a time goal but for 10 weeks I wanted to be able to run the entire mile so I made it my goal to run 3/4 or the mile. As I was running you can see the .5 mile mark and as I was running I just kept thinking half way, half way, you can stop running half way. Half way mark came around and that turned into... your going down hill you can keep going to the stop sign. At the stop sign it was you can make it; run the whole way! Then I was trying to determine where to start my last push at the end... After the stop sign there's a double turn like an S after that I kicked it into a sprint to the finish mark... Towards the end I was trying not to fall over; but I made it and improved my time 1 minute and 15 seconds!! This was just what I needed to motivate me the next 5 weeks! I'm pumped to get the 10 week results and I'm hoping to continue with FIT (Farrell's Infinite Transformation) and who knows maybe even the year challenge! So here is my stats below....
Body Measurements:
Chest Lost 2.5"
Waist Lost 4"
Arm Lost 1.25"
Thigh Lost 2.5"
Hips Lost 2.25"
Weight 8 lbs lost
Body Fat % 2% lost
Push-ups 48 (19 more)
Sit-ups 26 (18 more)
Sit & Reach 24" (3" more)
Mile 10:29 (1 minute 16sec improvement)
Thank you everyone for your support in the past 5 weeks I'm half way done and I know I can keep running the rest of the way!!
Showing posts with label Testing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Testing. Show all posts
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Day Zero...Testing
Hello my name is Leslie. I've just signed up for Farrell's Extreme Body Shaping. What is this you might ask... Well it is a 10 week program to get you butt and life in shape. I do mean that pretty literally really.
Yesterday was the introduction day for me and a group member I'll refer to as "S." We both are unable to the real orientation on June 11th since I'm photographing a wedding in Alta, IA...3 hours away and S is in a wedding. So we did our testing early with the people just finishing their 10 week regiment. After completing this testing I decided I should blog my experience... SOOOO here I am!
Let me tell you why I'm doing this blog and Farrell's. At 26 I don't feel like my inside matches what I see in the mirror. I looked my best when I was in High School, (which back then I thought I was fat... I was an idiot!) Now I am married and have 2 children, a 2.5 year old son and a 4 month old daughter. With my first pregnancy my body didn't spring back to the way it was before, but it defiantly was on it's way back fast than it is now after my 2nd pregnancy. My mom and her Husband J did Farrell's 2 or 3 years ago for the first time and have done it again since, they have been happy with the results in the past and I figured what do I have to loose... Well literally my goal is to loose 30 lbs in 10 weeks but ultimately all I'm really loosing is my mornings in (6am class here I come) and $389.00. Totally worth it in the grand scheme of things!
Back to the testing (which as embarrassing as it is YES I will post pictures and my stats) We did the Sit and Reach (hello H.S. gym class all over again!) and a minute of Push Ups and Sit ups. After that it was on to the Mile run (FML I HATE RUNNING). The first 3 "events" where totally painless, except for my ego being crushed when I could only do 8 sit ups in a minute, thank you to my to precious babies for that! :) When it came to the mile run I did WAY better than I ever would have guessed!! YAY ME!! The thing that got me very pumped for the FXB program was the team unity I was able to witness by testing early I did my testing with the people that were finished their 10 weeks. Everyone was extremely supportive of their team and everyone around them including S and myself!! But even more than just encouraging each other verbally or with high fives after I got done running the mile there were a few people still finishing and the person that was at the last runner finishing up was not only joined by all the coach's but she was also joined by a majority of her team. And I thought THAT'S AWESOME!! I had considered doing Kosama instead of FXB. When I saw this I knew I 500% made the right decision! :) Testing may not sound tough but I literally crawled up stairs to my shower when I got home!!! It can only get better from here!!
So Here are the stats...
Starting Measurements
Arm- (Will update 6/14)
Chest-
Waist-
Thigh-
Starting weight - (I can't believe I'm sharing this!!) 203lbs
Look what I can do...
Sit & Reach- (Will update 6/14)
Sit-Ups- 9 (omg don't laugh I tried SO hard I guess my 2 kids are partly to thank for my out of shape abs)
Push Ups-(Will update 6/14)
Mile - 11:45
What do I ask of you as a reader? Support!! If you are a friend and want to do something with me please support me in my goal to shed the pounds and get my butt in gear!! Do you want Ice Cream? I'll watch you eat it then let's walk after! :) Thank you in advance for your support and encouragement!
My Picture will be taken sometime during my first week. I will post it when I have it!
Yesterday was the introduction day for me and a group member I'll refer to as "S." We both are unable to the real orientation on June 11th since I'm photographing a wedding in Alta, IA...3 hours away and S is in a wedding. So we did our testing early with the people just finishing their 10 week regiment. After completing this testing I decided I should blog my experience... SOOOO here I am!
Let me tell you why I'm doing this blog and Farrell's. At 26 I don't feel like my inside matches what I see in the mirror. I looked my best when I was in High School, (which back then I thought I was fat... I was an idiot!) Now I am married and have 2 children, a 2.5 year old son and a 4 month old daughter. With my first pregnancy my body didn't spring back to the way it was before, but it defiantly was on it's way back fast than it is now after my 2nd pregnancy. My mom and her Husband J did Farrell's 2 or 3 years ago for the first time and have done it again since, they have been happy with the results in the past and I figured what do I have to loose... Well literally my goal is to loose 30 lbs in 10 weeks but ultimately all I'm really loosing is my mornings in (6am class here I come) and $389.00. Totally worth it in the grand scheme of things!
Back to the testing (which as embarrassing as it is YES I will post pictures and my stats) We did the Sit and Reach (hello H.S. gym class all over again!) and a minute of Push Ups and Sit ups. After that it was on to the Mile run (FML I HATE RUNNING). The first 3 "events" where totally painless, except for my ego being crushed when I could only do 8 sit ups in a minute, thank you to my to precious babies for that! :) When it came to the mile run I did WAY better than I ever would have guessed!! YAY ME!! The thing that got me very pumped for the FXB program was the team unity I was able to witness by testing early I did my testing with the people that were finished their 10 weeks. Everyone was extremely supportive of their team and everyone around them including S and myself!! But even more than just encouraging each other verbally or with high fives after I got done running the mile there were a few people still finishing and the person that was at the last runner finishing up was not only joined by all the coach's but she was also joined by a majority of her team. And I thought THAT'S AWESOME!! I had considered doing Kosama instead of FXB. When I saw this I knew I 500% made the right decision! :) Testing may not sound tough but I literally crawled up stairs to my shower when I got home!!! It can only get better from here!!
So Here are the stats...
Starting Measurements
Arm- (Will update 6/14)
Chest-
Waist-
Thigh-
Starting weight - (I can't believe I'm sharing this!!) 203lbs
Look what I can do...
Sit & Reach- (Will update 6/14)
Sit-Ups- 9 (omg don't laugh I tried SO hard I guess my 2 kids are partly to thank for my out of shape abs)
Push Ups-(Will update 6/14)
Mile - 11:45
What do I ask of you as a reader? Support!! If you are a friend and want to do something with me please support me in my goal to shed the pounds and get my butt in gear!! Do you want Ice Cream? I'll watch you eat it then let's walk after! :) Thank you in advance for your support and encouragement!
My Picture will be taken sometime during my first week. I will post it when I have it!
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