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Feb 22 – 10+10+10 Full body push ups (first day of snow & no one remembered how to drive)
Feb 23 – 10+10+10 Full body push ups
Feb 24 – Weights & Swimming
Feb 25 – 15+15 Full body push ups
Feb 26 – Nothing (was feeling grumpy & PMS’ey)
Feb 27 – Yoga
Feb 28 – Nothing (ah, start of PMS cycle, Friday makes sense now)

So to recap, the short month of February had me missing 3 days of any physical activity, or just under 11% of days. (Feb 15th (Family day) Feb 26th (grumpy-PMS-induced day) Feb 28th (start of PMS)

At the same time, I seem comfortable doing full-body push-ups now, and was even able to get myself from a standard set of 10, to a set of 15.  Although I’m not convinced my form is correct the whole way through, I may consider going back down to sets of 10 and concentrating more on form.

I do feel all sorts of proud MamaBear like about it as well. So yay! Onto March, because the beginning of April I’ll be away for 6 days and I don’t know how well this is all going to work out then.

Oh, Camera guy bought a few dumbbells (15lbs each) and I bought him a yoga ball to do some exercises at home. Or for me to do at his place. I have 5lb and 1lb dumbbells as well, I’m probably going to end up getting a pair of 10lb dumbbells because the 15’s are too heavy for me to do some of the exercises I want.

Feb 15 – Nothing (Meh, it was Family Day!)
Feb 16 – Weights (at camera guy’s place)
Feb 17 – Weights
Feb 18 – 10 + 10 + 10 Full body push ups
Feb 19 – Body Attack
Feb 20 – Yoga + Swimming
Feb 21 – Yoga

Feb 8 – Weights, Swimming, 10 Full-body push ups
Feb 9 – Body Combat
Feb 10 – 10 + 5 Full body push ups
Feb 11 – 10 + 7 + 4 full body push ups
Feb 12 – Body Attack
Feb 13 – Yoga
Feb 14 – Yoga

So basically… weights will be at the new gym with Camera guy.  Any classes like Body Combat, Body Attack and Yoga are going to be with my Goodlife membership.  Anything that is just push-ups or anything like that… will be at home.

Feb 1 – Weights at the new gym
Feb 2 – Body Combat
Feb 3 – Weights at the new gym
Feb 4 – 25 + 20 Modified push ups, 25 sec + 20 sec planks
Feb 5 – Body Attack
Feb 6 – Yoga
Feb 7 – Yoga

I’m all sorts of proud like a momma bear about Camera Guy finally joining the gym with me on Monday.  We all had a great time Monday night with it, even with his two friends ribbing him the whole way through.  There was little complaining to be had, and overall he didn’t do that badly.  The funny part was they kept telling me my turn was coming regarding all the teasing, but I think when they both realized I knew what I was doing they didn’t dare. Haha.

Based on how long I want to be there (which probably will dictate how long Camera guy will be there) I basically figured out an easy-to-follow breakdown of times for workout and what calories will be burned to see what we’d most likely be doing when we get to the gym.  Based on some online calculator I found and promptly lost when I closed my browser…

20 minutes Cardio/Warm up (270 calories) Either Jogging on treadmill, Stair climber, or exercise bike.
30 minutes Weight-lifting (200 calories) Combination of machine & free weights, I selected “Moderate”
30 minutes swimming (350 calories) Again set at “Moderate” level.

Doing that 3 times a week (Monday + Wednesday with me & Friday with just his friends,) he would burn enough calories to lose just about 0.7lbs per week, and a weight-loss goal of 40lbs would take just about 57 weeks. This is based on another website that says you lose a pound when you create a deficit of 3500 calories.

Then I tried to figure out what my workout routine would have me at:

Monday – Warm-up/Weights/Swimming – 820 calories
Tuesday – Aerobic (I picked low-impact) 700 calories
Wednesday – Warm-up/Weights/Swimming – 820 calories
Thursday – Rest day
Friday – Aerobic (I picked low-impact) 700 calories
Saturday – Yoga – 600 calories
Sunday – Yoga – 600 calories

And I’m supposed to be able to lose 1.2lbs per week.  And my goal of losing around 50lbs would take me about 42 weeks.

Fingers crossed!

Today we’re going to try to go swimming for the first time. Scared. I’ve never been in a swimsuit in front of him before!

Oh, and the subject line? That online calculator also gave me an option to see how many calories I would burn during sex, and apparently it would take 7.5 hours to burn 3500 calories.  But I’m guessing that’s if you’re on top.  It would also take 19.5 hours of foreplay to burn 3500 calories. ZOMG.