LilMogul's BodyBlog

Sunday- 40 Days to Wedding!

LilMogul — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:45:24 +0000

Rowing machine- 12min HIIT 125calLegs:glute kickback 75lb, 3 sets of 8

leg curl- 35lb, 3 sets of 12

leg extension- 30 lb, 3 sets of 12

leg press-90lb, 3 sets of 8

calf press- 90lb, 3 sets of 12

calf raise- 50lb, 3 sets of 8

lunges- 30lb, 3 sets of 8

squats- 30lb, 3 sets of 8

Treadmill- Hills, 20 min 104 cal

My left leg was shaking involuntarily on my last couple lunges! So I think I worked to failure. Tried to hop on the standing hyperextension for glute kicks, but my standing leg wouldn’t take my weight. Shaking uncontrollably. Mostly this is because I have not been keeping up with my leg weight routine. Feeling the sting in the booty. Tried my dress on before the workout- definitely was inspiration. I envisioned how I would like to see myself in the dress. It’s a size 4 and fits, but I can always use some definition. 40 days and counting!!!

Thursday Dec 3

LilMogul — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:51:59 +0000

I did not work out Tues and Wed.

And I almost didn’t make it last night. But I dragged myself out of the house and rushed into the gym 35 min before closing.

18 min- bike- HIIT 60/102 RPM Intervals 90 cal

12min- rowing machine 27spm 55cal

Workouts

LilMogul — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:33:46 +0000

Sunday-

Rowing Machine- 20min

3 sets of 12 each:
Back- Lat pull down, delt row, lat row, seat back extension, standing hyper extension

Ab Crunch

Cardio Wave 15min

Monday-

Treadmill 30 min - speed walking

Stairmaster- 15min

Workouts

LilMogul — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:22:12 +0000

Sunday

25 min stationary bike

10 min rowing machine

15 min stairmaster

Monday- rest

Tuesday

15 min rowing machine

20 min treadmill

arms (dips, pulldowns, bicep curls)

eating clean

Almost Stayed Home

LilMogul — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:26:57 +0000

…but I didn’t. Had a small tiff with the fiance and went into a mood. lol. But I dragged myself in there and once I got started it was all good. Wasn’t trying to break PR or anything. Just wanna get my rhthym back.

bike 20min 70-90 rpm 88cal

treadmill 15min hill3/ sp 3.2 (speedwalking) 86cal

lol, forgot to put PROTEIN in my protein shake. so I ended up with just a smoothie. (banana, yogurt, strawberries, juice) oh, well. and had a baked sweet potato with it. passed on the cottage cheese.

Health Re-Up

LilMogul — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:41:55 +0000

Okay so this is the first day of the rest of my life. I haven’t been 100% in my regime since about mid Sept I am guessing. I would have to go back to my blogs to be certain. And for the last few weeks I have been on my butt, docs orders.

Today I begin lots of water, detox and supplementation. I need to get the chemicals out of my body from the last two weeks of medicine. And I lost so much weight not having had any appetite.

Tonight I will return to yoga/ pilates and cardio. Gotta get my circulation back again and a little strength. I am thinking bike and stairmaster. This weekend I will get back to weights.

Picc Pulled. Back to Work.

LilMogul — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:53:13 +0000

Okay so it was tough being down for an additional 2 1/2 weeks after my own self imposed break. I am really kicking myself for taking for granted that I can just jump back in the game anytime. You never know whats around the corner. In this case it was a horrible foot infection that had traveled to my groin. Well my picc was pulled today and I am getting back in the gym tomorrow.

Cramps Were a Cat Bite

LilMogul — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:19:33 +0000

When I last blogged on the 13th, I had finally returned to the gym after a few weeks of on again off again. I wrote about a strange cramp I got in my foot and calf. I dismissed it, thinking it was because I hadn’t been working out, hadn’t stretch, hadn’t drank enough water or maybe I just needed a banana.

In the week that followed, I continued to have a faint, nagging cramp. I was a little fatigued and I continued to avoid the gym. Finally on Sunday night, I noticed my thigh was tingling on the same right leg. I put down what I was doing and began to massage my toe, calf and leg. It didn’t help. I went to sleep. In the morning, while getting out of bed my foot lightly grazed something and I felt the most intense pain at that specific area of my foot. I turned on the lights and tried to position myself to see. And there they were. Three tiny pinholes atop a small swollen mound where my sister’s cat had bitten my foot in my sleep. I moved and it pounced, perhaps hoping I was a mouse or playtoy. Although it hurt I just kicked the cat (sorry animal lovers) and fell back asleep. That was over 10 days ago. The cat bites me all the time in jest and rough play. I never thought about it again. Until now.

I figured I would call the doctor and some simple oral antibiotics would solve my small problem. I did see the doc, got said antibiotics and proceeded to have a most uncomfortable night of high fever, sweats, muscle/bone/skin pain. The fever broke around 2am. Tuesday afternoon I noticed something new. Pain from my inner knee on up my thigh. A golf ball sized painful lump in my groin area (lymph node) that is indicative of cat scratch fever. I limped home and repeated the fever and sweats which broke around 2am.

When I awoke I was limping more. I called the doctor in the morning and she wanted me to come in right away. She took one look at the streaking and swelling on my foot, felt my golf ball and called an infectious disease doctor who agreed to see me immediately. He took one look at my foot / golf ball and said I am just a step away from being shuffled to the hospital and we have to act fast. I was sent down the road to have a painful picc line inserted into my arm and the next morning (today- 12 hours too late in my opinion) I was back at ID doc for an IV infusion.

Today I was just a sterilized razor away from cutting my foot open myself. My friend stopped me. She works in a home infusion office and said WTF are you doing? and told me horror stories from other people doing the same thing. I put away the alcohol, scissors, gauze, and neosporin. I will be asking the doctor about this and other issues with my condition in the morning when I get my next infusion. Tonight my foot is huge.
I have gotten an Oxygen Mag and a M&F Hers and haven’t cracked them open. The condition leaves me with no appetite. I eat clean, but not often enough. I get married in a few months and I am getting skinny and losing shape and strength. My wedding shoes arrived today. I can’t try them on. I choke back emotions.
This whole situation is very scary to me. I have read in many articles that the lymph node in my groin could be a present problem for 2-4 months. It could be the least of my problems.

Cramped & Asthmatic

LilMogul — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:37:57 +0000

So I got back in tonight. Nothing major: rowing machine and cardio wave machine. Just wanted to get moving again. I haven’t gained any weight during my absence, nor has my diet digressed. But after several weeks of inconsistency my body doesn’t want to give me a pass. Ate clean all day, went food shopping after work so I could have my usual pre/ post workout meals. I had a shot of Extend in hopes of finding my mojo faster and longer. Alas:

Rowing 15 mins 130cal

Cardio Wave lev 5 15 min 101 cal

On the cardio wave my calf began to cramp and when I dismounted I was wheezing a bit and flush. When I got home the bottoms of my feet were cramping and my baby toe! lol. In ways, its like starting over again. I AM EXHAUSTED!!!! I know, what did I think would happen? But its alright. I will get back in there tomorrow. And this weekend i will add weights back into my regime. And gotta get the vitamins and water up to speed again too. Hence, the cramping.
Besides general health, what’s the new goal? Same as the old goals, but now I am getting ready for beachwear and a cute little wedding dress in 3 months. Ladies, if you see anything online, send me a link. Haven’t picked the dress yet! Help a sister out. lol!

Even My Trainer Called Me!

LilMogul — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:27:47 +0000

What I love about my BB friends is I can’t get anything past you! Thank you for checking on me and being "present" in my sporadic absence.
It’s 2:30 in the morning and my body clock is off. I am still unplugged. Although I have been eating clean, I still have not gotten in the gym. I am not depressed nor have I thrown in the towel. Quite the opposite. I am very happy and really miss working out. Life is happening to me and I have not found my balance with the new conditions. I expect I will get back in the gym soon when the dust settles. As Al says: It’s always something.
What life is happening? Well, I am newly engaged to be married and suddenly planning a move overseas to marry my boo. I know nothing about moving overseas. So most of my time has been spent researching what to expect with a military wedding, immigration procedures, how to manage our new life together. I lived in St. Croix for 6 mos and from what I have read it seems similar: US territory/ but so NOT; nice people/ corrupt system; beautiful island/ lots of poverty; extreme heat and humidity/ risk of typhoons is high. Great! Add to that military married life can be challenging and there you have it- my life is changing. But I couldn’t be more excited and I know what expect.
The rest of my time has been juggling communication with my boo with the time zone difference. My phone is programmed to tell me what time is in Guam, which is helpful. Basically you add two hours and flip AM/PM. So when I am awake he is sleeping and vice versa. We try to catch eachother just before we are going to sleep/ waking up which is twice a day. When he is on the ship we awkwardly "live chat" by email which is basically he types, I answer, he answers, delay in network, repeat. He finally has a phone today so we talked this morning, at lunchtime and for a little bit after work (between his classes).

The other call I got, quite unexpected, was from my trainer! She wanted to know if I was okay, because I haven’t called for my last session which will include a body fat reading. I broke my news to her and she was excited because the last time we spoke, Justin had just left for Guam and she had sat down next to me on a rower in the gym to ask if I would marry him and move to be with him. I was still up in the air at that point. In my heart I wanted to marry him, but I would see if he held strong with his conviction over time I thought he would need. So I never brought it up. I would let him talk about it. He is not homesick and he loves the Navy, the island and his job. He set the process in motion and discussed his intent with the chaplain and told his family. They are all excited. My family will be more challenging. Stay tuned.

Back to bed.