VP Health & Fitness

I should be sleeping as it’s 1:30 AM right now and I have a 7:30 AM class.  However, I am wide a wake as a BAT!  So, naturally, I decided that I would catch up on my blogging. 

Before I forget, I wanted to tell you all that it’s still not to late to join the 3rd Turbulence Training Transformation Contest.   According to Craig you can join today, tomorrow, or two weeks from now.  However, you will not have the full 84 days to transform your body and try and win some money!  You can find out more about the contest HERE.

I submitted my pictures on Sunday night at about 11:50 pm.  You know, this time around I didn’t think they were too bad.  I mean, I know  I need to get fitter and I would like to for my love handles, cellulite and junk in the trunk to be gone forever, but i’ve realized that those thoughts do not consume me any longer.  I don’t know when the switch happened… maybe a couple of weeks ago. 

I started a complete purge of all my belongings. I called it, “Simplifying Life.”  I let go of so many things: clothes, papers, stuff… almost everything.  This also included my skinny jeans.  I was so tired of comparing myself to how I used to look.  Living in the the past is not pretty and I think that is what had been holding me back for so long in so many areas of my life. Coming back to the present, I have decided that there is more to life than just counting calories, obsessing over how I look or how many little rolls I have.  I think God has finally freed me from a low self esteem!  Wow!  That’s sooo amazing!  I’m finally feeling beautiful for the 1st time in many many many years. Even if I am wearing a size 14/12.  That is such a HUGE break through for me!  I know that this contest will only help my self esteem more and help get my body back into tip-top shape.

Since June I have already shed 22 lbs and many many inches all over my body.  So my goal for the next couple of months is to lose another 15-20 lbs and fit into a size 6/8 jeans by December 12th, my birthday.

Well, it seems like i’m finally getting sleepy so it is, as my nephew calls it, “nighty nite time” for me.  I will post up my contest plans this weekend and a review of my 1st week of Turbulence Training as well.

Until then…

Be fit, be healthy & God Bless!

~ Vilma

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I just spent 5 minutes getting totally INSPIRED by the finalists of Craig Ballantyne’s latest Turbulence Training Transformation Contest.  I mean, I feel like these success stories have removed EVERY excuse I could possibly come up with. It’s amazing what these guys and gals accomplished in just 12 weeks.

You can check out their stories HERE !

Well, Craig Ballantyne is at it AGAIN! I wasn’t going to annouce this, but I am seriously contemplating on entering the 3rd Turbulence Training Transformation Contest.  This contest has been going on since August 31st and it ends December 14, 2008.  This coming Monday, Sept. 15th is the last day to enter.   

So…. anyone want to join me?  Just think, 12 weeks from now we can have brand new spankin’ bodies and have a head-start in creating or building on healthy habits before 2009 rolls around.   My birthday is on December 12th and I’m thinking that it could be a nice little birthday present to myself.  $2,000 is a GREAT motivator!!! 

You can find out all of the details on entering the free contest HERE .

To your health!

~ Vilma

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The greatest coach in Basketball history, Don Haskins, passed away today. 

I knew him as “The Bear” and met him once when I was about 12 years old at one of the Miner games that he was coaching.  He coached with so much passion it made me dream of playing college ball one day.  Although that dream never did come true, my passion for the sport still remains today.  I’d like to think he had a itsy bitsy part in that… 

Don Haskins, you did so much for the game of basketball, UTEP, the players, the fans, and for El Paso. You will never be forgotten and will truly be missed. 

Don Haskins on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Haskins

The Bear Legacy - http://ia.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=54709

The John Wayne of basketball - http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=dw-haskins090808&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Glory Road, a tribute - http://ia.utep.edu/Default.aspx?alias=ia.utep.edu/gloryroad

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First, I would like to say “thank you” to all of you who wrote your well wishes & advice in my last installment of Vilma’s World.  For those of you that don’t know, it’s been just a little bit over two weeks since I severely sprained my ankle.

Here is day one:

And here is another one about a week after the injury:

I’m happy to say that I am back on my feet again, and playing b-ball.  My sister says i’m crazy, but I just couldn’t stay away!  I am truly feeling about 80% better and am taking it easy for now — I know my limits.  My ankle has also lost a lot of it’s range of motion, so before I get on the court to practice and play, I have to rub it down with ICY HOT for a good 10 minutes, wrap it up and do some ankle exercises. 

According to About.com

Immobilization can cause significant problems after ankle sprains. Patients will feel better if placed in cast or a walking boot, but this can lead to a stiff ankle, delay rehab, and make their ankle prone to re-injury, if the immobilization is carried on for too long.

Injured ankle ligaments will form scar tissue while healing. This scar tissue is tighter, and less organized when patients have their joint completely immobilized. The ligaments heal with tissue that is the appropriate length and of better quality when ankle movement is initiated earlier. When the ligaments scar excessively, normal movements can become painful, and the ankle can be prone to re-injury.

Even if walking is painful out of a boot, patients should remove the boot several times a day to work on mobility exercises. These simple exercises and stretches can help the ligaments heal properly.

So… I guess it’s pretty good that I am back on my feet again.  Motrin and ice have helped a lot too and I went out and bought some new basketball shoes for added support.  I am also swimming once a week and doing daily exercises such as toe to heel walks, to get it stronger.

Here are two websites that I found which explain, in detail, ankle sprains and we can do to treat them and prevent them in the future:

http://www.conquestchronicles.com/pages/The_Ankle_Sprain
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/physical/injuries/010.html

On an educational note, i’m back in school - part time for now.  My classes are:

1. Statistics & Measurement in Kinesiology - which will help me access my students/clients and see how they are doing with their fitness programs.  I will be dealing a lot with Math in this class…. UGGHHH!
2. Team Games & Sports - an analysis course on teaching team sports.  A lot of sample lesson plans here.  My partner and I have, yup… you guessed it… BASKETBALL! 
3. Basketball - this is by far, my most favorite class!

A part-time job opportunity has presented itself that will work with my school schedule, so I am waiting for word on that.  Besides that, I have completed my file organization which is #17 in my 101 in 1001 project - I will be posting up before and after pictures of that soon.  Simplifying life has been great and I have now purged my closet of many things that I was holding on to… clothes, books, papers, etc.  4 Large bags of it gone from my life! 

The gym is calling… gotta go for now!

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