Bill Phillip's | Transformation

working hard!!! been awhile since I posted

Hi Everyone!Hope you are all doing well. It's been awhile since I posted anything as I've been really busy with work. But i'm back to reading the boards and hopefully participating more on this site.  Well, I lost 5 pounds this week! So that's the good news. I hadn't been losing weight on the scale but had been fitting into clothes better and noticing smaller legs, arms, and my face isn't as round, so that's all good. To see the scale move w...

Working hard!! Love that Assignment 4 is here. Perfect timing!

Hi Everyone! Well, well, well, already at assignment 4. And it couldn't have come at a better time. I had just had an extremely crazy work week and pretty much fell off the transformation wagon for a week. Felt like i had been run over by a mack truck and was working on getting back to full steam ahead. Love that it was all about keeping the motivation going throughout the transformation challenge.  I read over the assignment a couple o...

Whew! Crazy work schedule not good for my schedule!

Okay, I have had a crazy week. We had a big event we have been working on for the last year take place this week. Lots of out of town folks doing things from 7:30am-12midnight each day. Having to be "on" for them, answering questions, smiling, not a moment to relax, was crazy but was great too. That schedule was not good for me personally though. I started out okay by getting up at 5:00am and riding my exercise bike for 45 minutes....

Ready for the long weekend! Happy 4th of July!

Okay, I'll freely admit i had a little larger portion for dinner tonight! Stole a few extra bites of food. I was fine all day and tonight I was hungrier than I have been. Of course now I'm a bit too full. But I will deal with it and put that much more into my workout next time.  Today was a good day. Worked out with my trainer and we busted it out! Warmed up on the bike for 15 minutes and then hit the weights. Sweaty! Great energy. I sa...

And we are at Midweek!

Today was another "backwards" day for me. I had "breakfast for dinner" with an egg white/veggie scramble and cereal. Crazy, but that's what I wanted. And now I'm going to ride the exercise bike tonight instead of this morning. Watch out, I'm crazy, hold me back! lol.  Feeling good today, keeping a positive attitude and noticing some good things. Like i'm a little more patient than before. If there is a big line in fr...

YAY! Assignment #3 is here!!

Today was a great day! Hectic at work but a great workout with my trainer, Eric. He commented on my energy level and my positive attitude. Said he's so excited I'm pumped up! Did a 15 minute warm up on the bike and then we hit it hard! Shoulder press, Back weights, squats, lunges, reverse lunges, etc. Sweaty at the end, but it felt so good! I am so excited we know about the eating for life plan for this transformation challenge. I read the a...

Starting off week 2 feeling good!

Okay, so we are now into week 2 of this transformation challenge! Hope everyone is doing well and hanging in there! I know I'm really excited about the third assignment from Bill! I'm ready for it. I got on the scale this morning and had lost 2 pounds this week! YAY! So happy about that. Can't wait to see what happens in the rest of these 17 weeks. Very exciting start. Today I did everything backwards. Didn't exercise right away and got busy...

Loving Saturday! Loving Life! Thank you BILL!

Today is a good day! Got up and rode my exercise bike first thing this morning and what a good way to start the day. Lots of energy to fuel me all day. Kept in mind myoplexlite's smile campaign and smiled at the folks at the store, at the laundry, on the train. Again, they all must think I'm crazy! But I don't mind. Got in a little more cardio when I decided to walk outside on a different street in my neighborhood. Just for a change of scene...

Woo-hoo! Let's keep it in motion

So I keep thinking about how Bill says it takes more effort to get a stationary object moving, about 90% effort, than it does to keep it in motion (10% effort). And that keeps me going.  Today I worked out with my trainer, Eric, and we pushed hard! We did abs, squats, reverse lunges, squats against the ball on the wall, leg press machine, leg lifts with weights, etc. At one point I stopped about halfway through a set of abs on the ball and s...

Feeling good! I GET to...

I don't know about anyone else today, but I feel good! I love that I'm waking up ready and raring to go most of the time before my alarm goes off. I love that by the end of the day, I'm ready to sleep. I get in bed and my head barely hits the pillow and I'm out. I sleep through the night! Amazing.  Today I took Bill's advice and I went outside for my workout. What a great thing to do. I walked through Central park on my lunch hour. Took...

Challenge #1

Okay, I started the transformation challenge officially on Monday, June 23rd. I took my "before" photos after work and then didn't look at them until after my 5th mini meal of the day. I sat down with a notebook, my digital camera, and looked at the photos. Whew! That alone is hard. It's so hard to see yourself in the flesh with just shorts and a sports bra. Everything hanging out there to see. Every lump and bump. And boy did I have a ...