VP Health & Fitness

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 taking it easy and I know my limits.  It has lost a lot of it’s range of motion, so I have to rub it down with ICY HOT and wrap it up good before I play.  Motrin and ice have helped a lot too and I went out and bought some basketball shoes for more support.  I am also swimming once a week and doing daily exercises with a resistance band to get it stronger.

On another 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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I figured I’d catch up on my blogging since my car is in the shop right now and I have no way of transporting myself to the gym unless I want to walk 5 miles!!!  No thank you, i’ll pass…  I will just have to schedule some time tonight to go. 

So, I took an early morning walk this morning right after I dropped off the Cobalt for service at 7 am.  I had to go to Office Depot to pick up a label maker so I can work on #17 of my 101 in 1001 project ( I will have a post and pictures about this when I get it done).  I live about 1 mile away from one of our shopping centers here in El Paso (Bassett Place) and Office Depot is right next to it, so I figured that I would get a little morning workout in and kill two birds with one stone. 

BTW, I do not think I have mentioned this to my online friends but I am no longer working at my job.  There comes a time when you just have to let things go and this job was doing more harm than good on so many levels, so I am HAPPY to say that I am moving on and up… (more on this later).  Don’t get me wrong… I learned many many things while I was there and met some pretty incredible people but I firmly believe that there is a purpose for everything that we go through and and time for everything… and well, it was time to move on.  The reason I mention this is because if I were working, I would not be typing up this blog right now!  You know, in case you were wondering were the HECK I get the time to all these things! :D 

Ok… back to my eventlful morning!

What I didn’t remember is that Bassett Place opens their doors to walkers and people that want to exercise and walk at 7 am in the morning!  So, I got my morning walk in which included free music, refrigirated air, and window shopping!  And on top of that I was fully expecting to dish out $30 on a cool label maker and what do you know…. it was on SALE for $9.99!!!! My day is just getting better!!!!!! I even took a couple of pictures to share with you all….

Well, I get home at about 8:15 am and by now I am STARVING so I decide to whip up some migas.  For those of you that don’t know what migas are, Wikipedia explains it very very well!  I first got exposed to this delicious dish about 10 years ago down in McAllen, Texas when I was visiting a friend and his family.  THANK YOU Mrs. Murillo… this is my favorite breakfast dish by far!!!!

So, here is my version of this delicious dish:

1 portion of turkey sausage

1 serving of mixed bell peppers

1 TBSP of fine chopped red onion

1 white corn tortilla

4 egg whites

1 egg

Cilantro Salsa

Cook and mix together and VAUALAH!!!!!!  400 calories of healthy yummyness to start my day!

 
So, there you go!

Peace,

~ Vilma

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Here are my latest measurements as of Thursday 23 August, 2007:

*Note: This online BF% Calculator is about 3-5% off…

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Inches lost this week: 1.75 inches

TOTAL inches lost since starting CFP: 31 inches!!!

TOTAL inches lost since starting PNTC: .25 inches

TOTAL inches lost since THE BEGINNING (2/28/2007): 46.75 inches!!!

**Updated Results**

Weekly TOTAL Fat Lost: - 0.809 lbs (negative value denotes fat gain) *
Weekly TOTAL Lean Mass Gained: 0.69 lbs
Weekly TOTAL Weight loss: -1.5 lbs (negative value denotes fat gain) *

** All of this might be possible water retention because of TOTM…

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GRAND TOTAL Fat Lost to date: 37.45 pounds
GRAND TOTAL Lean Mass Gained to date: 14.95 pounds
GRAND TOTAL Weight Loss to date: 22.5 pounds

And here are some updated pictures of ME:

With Hubby

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Today marks Week 5 Day 29 of my Precision Nutrition Body Transformation Challenge & Week 21 Day 142 of my Civilian Fitness Program.

So… how is it going? Decent… I’m still holding steady at 188 lbs so that’s good. I took my measurements on Saturday and i’ve had a few minor changes and will come up with pictures, stats and measurements soon since I haven’t done that in a while. Eating was at about 75% again…I just think I consumed WAY to many calories and I didn’t really make good choices.

Here are my exercise stats for the past week:

• Official Exercise Count:5
• Exercise Time: 4 hours, 30 minutes
• Total Calories Burned: 2,900 calories

At least I got SOME exercise in, right?

On a good note… I went to a nice little party on Saturday & tried on my Size M little black dress from GAP just for kicks and it fit! A little on the snugg size, but it fit quite nice. I haven’t been able to wear this dress since last year after my wedding when I was weighing about 165 lbs and at a size 8-10.

WOW!

Almost 25 lbs heavier but wearing the same dress!

AWESOME!

Muscle is good!

Here’s a picture for your viewing pleasure…

This baby will be fitting WAY better in 1 month!

That’s it for now.

~ Vilma

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Here they are… I only had the courage to put up my covered up pictures.

PLEASE be gentle.

Create Your Own

I do have the sports bra & swimsuit bottom pictures, but I wasn’t quite ready to put those up just yet. Also note that the before picture was taken 15 days into my program where I weighed 201 pounds, and was at 36% Body Fat.

My heaviest ever was 212 pounds at 43.5% body fat back on February 06. That’s an 11 pound, 7.5% body fat difference that is not reflected in my 1st pictures.

Oh, how I wish that I would of taken pictures at the very very beginning… Unfortunately I didn’t, so these 15 day “BEFORE” pics will have to do.

Here are some stats to compare:

TOTAL inches lost since starting CFP: 27.5 inches!!!

TOTAL inches lost since 2/28/2007: 43.25 inches!!!

**Updated Results since 2/28/2007**
GRAND TOTAL Fat Lost: 32.81 pounds
GRAND TOTAL Lean Mass Gained: 11.81 pounds
GRAND TOTAL Weight Lost: 21 pounds

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Thanks for viewing!

~ Vilma

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WOW! I couldn’t really tell the difference until I saw this…

I’m soooo exited & happy!!! YAY!!!
~ Vilma

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