You know once in a while when he trains me I get to the point where I feel like I am going to vomit but I never do. It is usally when I lift really heavy to failure. I can't figure out if my breathing is off or just the overload on my muscles. Probably both. When I first learned to do squats it happened and then I started really making sure I was looking up and breathing correctly. That corrected it. Also happens when I do manuals (he applies the resistance - no weights). Honestly I wish I would have thrown up on him. He deserved it!! Haha! As a joke a few times I say I am going to vomit and he says ok.. theres the bucket and just laughs and makes me continue after I take a breather for a minute. Are all trainers that evil?

Nice job and another very hot.. and cool picture. Love the shades. Sunday was killer.... Session One - 7:45 AM 45 min spinnning - moderate intensity the whole time Session Two - 1PM Dana trained me and I can't rememer everything we did. It was probably one of the most intensive full body workout out sessions I have done. A few times I thought I was going to vomit but never did.. IT WAS GREAT!! Hahaha. Here is what I can remember: Leg Press on the Plate Loaded Equip regular deadlifts lat pull downon cable cross machine while sitting on the PT ball wrestlers twist with 45lbs bar seen here: http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/strengthconditioning/wrestlerstwist.htm push jerk (did not split the legs - legs together): http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/strengthconditioning/tprog.html (working up towards to the jerk, clean, & snatch) windmill press seen here: http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/strengthconditioning/windmillpress.htm Good mornings Back Squat This funky dumbell press move where you squat holding one dumbell at a time and explode back up, control it back down, put the dumbell back on the groud pick up the other dumbell with your opposite hand and repeat. Not sure what you call that. One thing very cool that I am noticing is that my flexibility seems to keep getting better and better with weight loss and training. Hamstrings are just doing really well. I can do a split no problem. When I stretch out my legs I can touch my chest and nose to the floor (not as much belly in the way anymore haha). When I move to the side I can touch my nose to my nose and chin to my leg. Boy does the streching feel good to. I stretched after my regular Monday morning cardio session and it was wonderful. For Moday am I just did 30 min of cardio on the eliptical and 15 min abs. I ran out of time. I'm going to finish the other 30min that I had planned this afternoon after work. Split session is probably better for me today anyway.

Thanks! I've really been getting into my workouts the last few days. I'm enjoying the new gym we are going to right now. It's given me some additional motivation. They have a lot of plate loaded equipment that is really cool. Has a good range of motion and very smooth. Starting to add in some more explosive exercises now that my joints are doing so well. So far so good.

Sample Meal Day -------------------------- I tossed in calories and protein just to make sure I was on target 5am Pre-Workout Meal: 3 string cheeses (150 calories/18g of protein total) 1 achiev one protein coffee latte (120 calories/20 g of protein) sold here: http://store.bariatriceating.com/achievone.html 6AM - Workout 7:30am Post Workout Meal: 1 Fruit (apple or berries) (100 calories) Weekday Morning Treat: When I get to work I have skim milk latte with SF Vanilla Syrup (1/2 cup skim milk = (45 calories, 3 g protein) = about 60 cal with syrup Lunch: Garden Salad (50 calories)with 2 hard boiled eggs ( egg 131 calories, 11 g protein) + 2 laughing cow garilc and herb light cheese (70 calories, 5 g protein) + 1TB olive oil (119 calories) Dinner- 1 cup turkey chilli (beans, chopped turkey meat, spices, tomatoes, onions, topped with a little cheese, etc) (210 calories/18 grams protein for turkey and beans, 1 oz smart balance cheedar cheese = 80 calories/7grams of protein) Snack- Breakstones 2% cottage cheese cup (90 calorie/11 grams protein flavored with a little sf pudding (about 10 cal) 2 SF popsicles (60 calories) Total Calories: About 1250 Total Protein: 93 grams Exercise Plan for This Week --------------------------------- Sunday - 6 AM: 45 min Individual Spin Cycle Session Moderate HR Zone 1 PM: 10 min warmup cardio, 50 min Full body Resistance Monday - 6AM: 60 minutes of any cardio (eliptical, spin cycle, running) Intensity based on how I am feeling/ 15 min Abs & Back after Tuesday - 6AM: 20 minute Warmup Cardio, 45 min Upper Body Resistance Training Wednesday - 6AM: 60 minutes of any cardio (eliptical, spin cycle, running) at low to moderate intensity Thursday - 6AM: 60 Min Spin Cycle Class with Erin followed by 15 min abs Class Friday - 6AM: 10 min cardio, 30 min lower body lifting, 10 - 20 min cardio Sat - REST!!!!!!!!!

At this point Stayce I would ignore the scale, the first six months to a year does not make any sense. Nothing matches up with what any of us with any sports science have ever learned. So, leave the scale alone, keep up with the spinning, get good protein in let the pouch rule on calories in for now, it will break. Once you are farther out, it gets back to what you know, good carbs, protein, good fat in moderation, but early on the bypass mojo rules everything else out. Just my .02