A trying week and workouts

This week was definitely not my week.  I hurt my neck and the pain is horrible.  I am on day 5 and it seems to be getting a bit better.  I pushed through two days of spin and not quite sure it was the smart thing to do but I did it anyway.  Tomorrow I am skipping spin class but I am going to try to do an in-home walking workout if I am feeling better or I might just take the day off.

Hubby’s b-day was yesterday and we had fun at spin, shopping and he made awesome bison burgers from Whole Foods for dinner.  So yummy!  Have you ever had bison meat?  He had a good birthday and thanks to those of you who sent notes to him for a happy b-day.

Some of my food choices this weekend were BAD.  I was disappointed that I didn’t have the willpower to stop when I was full.  Gosh it’s a challenge to make wise food choices sometimes.  I keep working at it even 4 years later.

Here are my workouts for the week:

Workout stats for the week of April 13-19, 2009

Monday-

*Walk outside
Time: 10 min.

*Spin class
Time: 52 min.
Calories burned: 585

Tuesday-

*Walk outside
Time: 30 min.

Wednesday-

*Walk outside
Time: 20 min.

Thursday-

*Walk outside
Time: 20 min.

Friday-

*Walk outside
Time: 20 min.

Saturday-

*Spin class
Time: 1 hour 4 min.
Calories burned: 583

Sunday-

*Spin class
Time: 55 min.
Calories burned: 488

How did your workouts go this week?

 

Health tips from around the web

Happy Friday!  Today for your Fit & Healthy Lifestyle Tips, I’m bringing you health tips from around the web.  Enjoy!

Today’s Tip: Health tips from around the web

Do you use Facebook?  Here is a list of 50 Useful Facebook Apps for Healthy Living and Self Improvement.  The Map My Fitness, Ticker Factory and the Motivational Quote look interesting.

How to clean your barbecue grill is a great post by my friend Shelly.  For those just getting ready to start using your grill again or even for those of us who use it all year round (even in the snow ha ha), it’s important to keep it clean.

Healthbolt Carnival:  Find a variety of health tips from a variety of blogs.

Lighten Up Your Favorite meals.  Sounds like a great Today show segment and I am all over that lightened up lasagna.  Yum!

If you have any health tips you would like to share today, feel free to link up in your comment.

Got any plans for this weekend?

Tomorrow is Kev’s (hubby) b-day so we’ll be celebrating that.  Feel free to leave him b-day wishes here *wink*

 

Weekly Weigh In: April 15

Happy Tax day!  Our taxes were done way back in February. Felt good to get them done early.  Hope all of you are done with yours.

This week shows a ONE pound loss.

Current weight: 219
Goal weight: 140
Pounds left to go: 79

How did your week go?  Check in!  Stay accountable.

 

Bloggy Love: Roni’s Weigh

April’s Bloggy Love award is here.

Bloggy Love

For the month of April 2009, I have chosen Roni from Roni’s Weigh to receive this award.  Roni is a true inspiration to so many people.  What I like about Roni is that she is real and shares openly about her weight loss journey on her blog.  She uses the blog as a personal online journal and it’s very motivational to see that she is just like many of us who have struggles too. You should really get to know Roni better.

Roni is another one of the great bloggers I met last November while she was in town for the Quaker Oats event.  I also got to spend quite a bit of time chatting with her at Panera where we all had breakfast.  Here is a picture of us together.

Here are more blogger meet up pictures.

Roni’s blog has a lot to offer and is full of some super awesome stuff like Question of the Week, Thursday Thoughts, Ask Roni videos, a cool store with THE cutest broccoli shirt and much more.  Don’t miss her recipe video blog, GreenLiteBites.

Oh and check out her Blog to Lose community.  You’ll find a group of weight loss bloggers who are there to support one another.  As I write this, there are 64 groups at Blog to Lose.  I’m interested in the 100 pounds plus, losing with dvds, 30 Day Shred and a few other groups.   I just joined and you can see my profile here:  Angie Newton’s Blog to Lose profile If you decide to join, be sure to let me know!

Once you get to know Roni, you’ll know why I chose her as a recipient of this Bloggy Love award.  Roni, I appreciate everything you do on your blog and the time you dedicate to helping all of us improve our lives.  You are truly a blessing to many.

Don’t forget to share the bloggy love too. Feel free to use this bloggy love award and link back in the comments when you do. Be sure to come back next month to see who the May 2009 bloggy love award recipient will be!

 

Menu Plan Monday: April 13

Check out Menu Plan Monday at Orgjunkie for her awesome Easter food pictures.  Yum!

Monday-
Pasta with turkey sausage homemade sauce

Tuesday-
BBQ Ham, sweet potato fries and veggie

Wednesday-
Breakfast for dinner

Thursday-
Homemade pizza (wheat crust in bread maker)

We made one of these pizzas this past weekend and oh my was it good.  We actually used white flour for the first time through following the bread maker recipe book but we’ll use whole wheat flour next time.  It was so tasty.  I’ll post about it soon.

Friday-
Fish, potato, veggie

What is on your menu plan for the week?

Meal Planning 2.0

 

Happy Easter and Workouts for the week

Happy Easter! Today the gym was closed so we went for a nice long trail walk at the local state park.  It was a bit chilly out but it was nice.  Trail walks are always a bit hard on me but I pushed and made it through.  Here are some pictures I took with my brand new camera.

Workout stats for the week of April 6-12, 2009

Monday-

*Walk Outside
Time: 20 min

*Elliptical
Time: 5 min.
Miles: .5
Calories burned: approx. 60 (didn’t use HR monitor)

*Spin class (Interval)
Time: 52 min.
Calories burned: 544

Tuesday-

*Walk Away the Pounds 5 mile Advanced
Time: 1 hour 12 minutes
Miles: 5
Calories burned: 613

*Walk Outside
Time: 20 min.

Wednesday-

*Walk Outside
Time: 20 min.

*Elliptical
Time: 20 min.
Miles:
Calories burned: 224

*Spin/Core class
Time: 56 min.
Calories burned: 527

Thursday-

*Walk outside
Time: 20 min.

Friday-

*Walk Away the Pounds The Big Burn 2 mile (with weighted gloves)
Time: 31 min.
Miles: 2
Calories burned: 312

*Walk outside
Time: 20 min.

Saturday-

*Spin class
Time: 1 hour 8 min.
Calories burned: 670

Sunday-

*Walk Outside (Moraine Hills State Park trail)
Time: 1 hour 18 min.
Miles: 3.5
Calories burned: 416

Great week!  It’s off to take a nap on this lazy Easter Sunday.

Be blessed!

What did you do for Easter?  How were your workouts this week? Check in!