Amy Aspey is a Life Time Fitness member at the Parker-Aurora club in Colorado who recently committed to vastly improving her physical condition. She had a strong desire to become healthier, fitter, stronger, and to enhance the overall quality of her life. Amy is journaling her 12-week Metabolic Makeover on the Assessments & Testing page every Wednesday. Read her past entries:
My week 4 weigh-in wasn't nearly as exciting as week 3. No change. Still holding at 7 pounds down.
I had a ridiculously busy week with a surprise visit from my dad, who lives out of town, a giant birthday bash for my 4-year-old son (28 kids, ages 3-6) at my house, and some other celebrations to boot. Needless to say, I burnt the candle at both ends and my weight loss goals suffered.
I think my biggest mistakes were lack of sleep (I normally averaged 8 hours of sleep...this week I only got 5-6 hours) and not eating often enough. While I made sure to eat some type of breakfast, lunch and dinner, my snacks went out the window. Since I was hungrier for my main meals, I ate too much! Couple that with skipping my workout 3 times and I'm just happy I didn't GAIN weight!
Oh well, life happens!
But this week will be better. I've already met with Jen once this week and she's given me another weight training routine to work on. I'm surprised that she suggested I focus more on "calisthenics" and less on machines. Apparently, the machines I've been using are doing too much of the stabilizing work for me....since my goal is toning, not body building, I'm better off just letting my body weight work against me doing lunges/squats and working free weights in.
That's it for this week! Stay tuned for more of my journey next week.
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