No Lazy Diet for 2011

Nigel (my fitness trainer): So how yuh diet goin’, Dela? How yuh food?


Me (as I do my 20th squat against the big round ball): hmm…well… it’s not baaadd… but it’s not great either.

Nigel (as he continues to eat his breakfast of salad): yeah?

Me (switching to some arm raises with the ball): Yeah. I bought some veggies over the weekend for salad and to cook but didn’t get a chance to prep them. So I’ve ended up buying lunch still.

Nigel: ……

Me: 17…18…19….20!

Nigel: Ah could tell yuh something an’ yuh won’t vex?

Me: huh?

Nighel: Ah could speak meh mind an’ yuh won’t geh mad or anything?

Me: Yeah, yeah… sure.

Nigel: Ah think yuh bein’ lazy!

Me: lol… I know!

Nigel (silently staring at me while chewing his lettuce):………………….

Me (awkward silence as I realize he’s not laughing or going to laugh):…………………

Nigel: Ah need yuh to do something about that. Fix that.

Me (not sure what to say):………………..

Nigel (still staring at me expectantly): …………………………..

Me (Still tryin’ to keep the mood light): Well, if yuh goin’ to put it like dat Nigel… chuckle…

Nigel (no chuckle. continues to stare):………………………………

Me: Fine. I’ll fix it.



*pause*



Me: That’s 3 sets of 20, Nigel. That it?

Nigel: Dela, I ever tell you to do 3 sets? I said for you to do 3 sets?

Me: No… you didn’t say how many…

Nigel: Right. So do 5 sets. 5 Sets of 20.

Me: 5 sets of everything? Squats? Twists? Arm Raises?

Nigel:…………………….

Me: 1…2…3…4………….

Raven-Symone's Weight Loss

All's fair in gym and exercise?

My Text to Nigel (Personal Trainer) at 7:27am:

“Nigel, I’m disorganized... Wont’ be in until after lunch... :(”

Nigel’s response:

“Mm”

My Text to Nigel at 12:00pm:

“Nigel, I won’t make it today!  I look forward to your mild wrath tomorrow.”

Nigel’s response:

“Dead”

I’m a little nervous about tomorrow’s session....

I'm proud...

I'm proud that I didn't eat the bag of sunshine snack corn curls in my bag as an I-ate-dinner-10-minutes-ago snack... I'm proud that I took water instead of juice at the public lecture event and that I didn't eat my box of refreshments but took it to put in the fridge for tomorrow.  I'm proud that I didn't eat Johann's box of refreshments that he took, even though he didn't want it, because I wanted it.  I put that in the fridge for tomorrow as well. I'm proud that I didn't "just take a little taste" as I put it in the fridge. I'm proud that I didn't eat a granola bar when I came home from the event just because it was there.

Ups and Downs

Funny how I started off the week on a mental high... felt like I was soaring on Cloud 9 over my 9% body fat loss.  But then by Thursday,  I was in pain and just plain mad.  My back muscles hurt, could barely bend. My biceps hurt, could only do about three shoulder presses at a time.  Tried to tell Nigel, but somehow the more I talked about pain, the more he smiled.  About 22 minutes into the work out, I told Nigel, " I want to leave."
"You want to leave?" he asked.
"Yeah, I want to leave."
Without a beat he said, "Get on the treadmill!"
"Nigel! I--"
"Get on the treadmill!"
"Ok. Fine.  I'll do 15 minutes..."
"38 minutes"
"Nigel!!"
"38 minutes!"

I left the gym mad.

Yipeekayaykayay- Today is a lovely Day!!!

So like, OMG!  I've been depressed for the last few months because I have not been seeing a change on the scale.  Been 185 for a while.  However, clothes were fitting different, and I was getting comments from others about looking smaller... but still...  I had a hard time mentally.  Did a body fat analysis with Nigel on Tuesday of this week and I had gone from 33% (in July) to 24%.  What does that mean?  I lost 9% body fat and gained 6% lean muscle.  That's approximately 16.6 lbs of body fat lost and 11.6lbs of lean muscle gained.  It also means:

It means that my body fat is in the Fitness category for women!!! I went from being Obesity to Fitness!!!  How super duper cool is that??  Kinda hard to even associate myself with such a term but I'll take it for now!

"Belly Band"

Nigel told me to buy a "belly band" for when I'm doing my cardio.  I think it's supposed to help me keep my abdominal muscles tight while I work out.    It felt kinda weird going to the sports store asking for a "belly band" but I've since learned it can go by other names such as the "tummy sweat belt", "exercise waist belt" or the brand name of "belly bandit".  My "waist belt by weston" does not look as cool as this picture to the left.  My own is an odd blue on the outside and a bright red on the inside.  It also doesn't fit as neatly and smoothly as this one.  It came with no instructions, and I'm not sure if I'm supposed to wear it under clothes or over clothes.  I don't think I've seen anyone at the gym wearing one, so I'm a bit reticient about wearing it.  Anybody ever used one or know somebody who used one?

Update:  It seems like a lot of versions of this belt target post pregnancy women...I'm thinking I'm 14 years late...