Workout Routine

We were asked by Jessica this week if we have a workout routine. We do! We have a regular routine we do almost every week. Here it is:  

Monday - Arms weight lifting (all the arm machines) and 30-40 minutes of cardio 

Tuesday - Legs weight lifting (all the leg machines) and 30-40 minutes of cardio 

Wednesday - 1 hour cardio 

Thursday - Repeat Monday workout 

Friday - Repeat Tuesday workout 

Saturday - 1 hour cardio

Sunday - day of rest

Cardio is usually always the elliptical machine unless it's our cardio only day and that is when we add in walking on the treadmill. Sometimes running if we have the energy.

Any extra activity we count as just that - extra activity that will get us to our goals sooner. We don't "exchange" our workout time or do something else and justify not going to the gym. We always get it in. After about 2 weeks it seems perfectly normal and we started to look forward to it instead of dreading going.

Keith Week 3

Keith's New Weight: 216

Keith's Previous Weight: 218

Keith's Starting Weight: 221

Confessions of a Chocoholic

I love chocolate and there is no way I will ever cut it out of my life completely. So here's how I don't have to: this week I probably had around 4-5 chocolate covered almonds, 3 mini Milky Ways and a weight watchers pecan bar. And I still lost 2 pounds.

If I cut out chocolate completely or sweets, this would feel more like a diet to me than a lifestyle change. The trick is learning to eat in a way that you still get to eat what you want, but in better combinations and portions.

When I want salty instead of sweet, I have 1 oz. of Light Lays Potato Chips (that's a lot - almost 20 chips). Or try this - one mini candy bar with the chips for a 150 calorie snack.

mmmm....yummy!

Week 8

Milestones this week:

1. We've hit the 2 month mark.
2. I can fit in some old jeans. (yay!)
3. Jay has to wear a belt with the jean shorts he's been wearing for the last 3 years. (double yay!)

Make sure to notice how much muscle we are gaining each week and how much fat we are losing, not just the new weight!

Drumroll, please.....

Jay's New Weight: 312.6
Jay's Previous Weight: 312.2
Jay's Starting Weight: 330

Muscle gain: 5.6 lbs
Current Percentage of Body Fat: 38.3
Previous Percentage of Body Fat: 40.1

Kristi's New Weight: 185.6
Kristi's Previous Weight: 187.2
Kristi's Starting Weight: 198.6

Mucle Gain: 0.6 lbs
Current Percentage of Body Fat: 41.5
Previous Percentage of Body Fat: 42.3

Keith Week 2

Keith has been working out hard and it has paid off this week! Good job!

Keith's New Weight: 218

Keith's Starting Weight: 221

Week 7

Hello!  This week we got a new scale that measures body fat and water weight so we can make sure we are losing fat and gaining muscle. We will be posting the body fat % from now on.  

Jay's New Weight: 312.2

Jay's Previous Weight: 315.4

Jay's Starting Weight: 330

Current Percentage of Body Fat: 40.1

Kristi's New Weight: 187.2

Kristi's Previous Weight: 188.2

Kristi's Starting Weight: 198.6

Current Percentage of Body Fat: 42.3

Keith Week 1

Keith (Kristi's little brother) has decided to join our biggest loser challenge. Yay! Go Keith!

Keith's Starting Weight: 221

Keith's Goal Weight: 185