Then I spent a Week Sick

Exercise and at least 2 good meals a day beats lack of appetite for weight loss!

I have not exercised since last Wed. the 16^th, had been on antibiotics from last Friday until this Friday am. While one of the side effects I got was lack of appetite, I did not exercise, except walk the dog, usually once a day, I gained a bit back.

I pretty much had two snacks a day with my antibiotics.

It is plain to see that less food is not the way to weight loss.

I normally eat 2 satisfying meals.

Lately my own spaghetti meat sauce on Italian bread, with mozzarella is one typical daily meal, when I am well.

I had been aiming to exercise most days, but was doing well with every other day exercise.

Quite often, a 2^nd meal of the day tended to be take out…

Still, I was loosing nicely!

Last week, while sick I was having:

Crackers and milk

Potatoes chips and mild

One of those once a day

Lots of water through out

I think I had a peanut butter and honey sandwich or two…

The weight, well inches, gain was not significant.

However, I did eat much less.

In fact today is the first day I actually ate 2 meals! Finally felt like myself again!

I hope to resume exercise on Tuesday, after this holiday weekend.

I just looked today and Total Gym is giving away the Ab Crunch exercise attachment I do most of my regular exercises on, with a free Workout DVD!

They currently have Total Gyms starting at $400 in their Outlet store, under Product on the left side of their blue horizontal menu bar.

You will find a text to Total Gym in the right column.

Just saying.

Adding Different Exercises, Instead of Overdoing Ab Crunches

With Good Results!

Two weeks ago I did ab crunch exercises every day, whilst adding leg exercises two times that week and while the results were results were excellent but..

I could tell by the way I felt by the end of the week, (like I had been hit by a truck!), that this regime could not, or should not be maintained.

A friend suggested stretching before and after each exercise. True, I do not stretch much at all, except often when walking our dog. He stops a lot. Then I bend all the way down from the waist, (I know I am not going to be lifting so..), as I pet him and tell him what a good dog he is.

I did not really think stretching was the problem.

Last week I did the 3 each Ab and Leg exercises, every other day only. I felt fine and lost 2.25 inches in one week !

This week I am experimenting with adding several, to start, Core, shoulder and / or chest and back exercises on those off Ab and Leg exercise days.

I will post the results on Friday, or close to it, as usual.

The up shot is. Total Gym is weight lifting.

Results may be splendid, but do not do the same exercises two days in a row.

Besides there are so many to choose from anyway!

Cut back exercise and lost 2.25 inches on bust, waist and hips

If you check out the 5/11/12 Inches Off Friday post you can see what I actually did, very little, on my Total Gym this week to get down to a 32.5 inch waist, and 39.5 inch hips, Gut remains the same and lost a bit other wise.

For only managing to exercise two times this week, this is quite nice!

For what it is worth, Today, (just had to look), Using the Total Gym Official Store link to your right I found:

• As Always, Free one month trail for A Buck
• 60% Off and 
• 23% Off and 
• one for $600!

 Just saying. In past months I have enjoyed what it did to get rid of my back ache. Now I am enjoying being in better shape and loose clothes!

Response to Tommy Lee’s comment of 4/16/12

Sorry about the delay on this. Tommy Lee wanted an explanation about part of my 2/17/12 post: Lost ½ inch off waist, ¼ inch off gut!

Tommy, what I meant was that in addition to using my Total Gym, I also starting using a, (I think they are called), resistance band, at my desk.

I was doing something like this one pictured here, but with a simpler band, like the one I pictured in the above-mentioned post.

I hope that clears things up!

Lost 2.5 inches since mid-February and my prominent double chin this week

I have only in recent weeks began to really work at it!

For the previous two weeks, I had only managed some ab crunches 2 and 3 days a week.

Then this week I ramped it up a bit by:

• Adding one more ab exercise3 leg exercises
• Both two times this week
• Did the usual sets of ab crunch exercises, but every day Sunday through Thursday
• One day I did 50 ab crunches and 5 sets of 5 oblique ab exercises on Tuesday when I added the leg exercises.

Comparison Mid February and Today

2/2012:  Bust 43, waist 33.5 tapering to 36,                 gut 40.5 hips 40 inches!

5/2012:  Bust 44, waist 35.5,  no tapering to speak of  gut 42.75 hips 41 inches

Plus, the day after I added the leg, and one more ab, exercises

I noticed my prominent double chin was gone!

I am pretty excited about that. I did not know whether it being there was an age or weight thing…

YES! 

I will try to find videos of the Total Gym leg exercises and ab exercise I added to my routine to post here.