VP Health & Fitness

At least on myspace I am.

So I’m looking at my myspace home page and I see an advertisement on the top right corner to lose 42 lbs with some diet product.  And then I look at the girl, and I say to myself …

“Man, she looks familiar…”

So, I look closer and I realize that I’m staring at ME!  Yeah.  ME. 

I was like…

“WHAT THE… ??!!”   ”How the HECK did my picture get there!?”

Then I remember that I was featured as a weight loss success story last year… and I submitted that picture. 

But come on, that’s false advertisement!

I didn’t lose 42 lbs. with Acai powder… it took a lot of hard work & sweat to be were I am today.

CRAZY!

Oh well…

I guess i’m totally famous now.

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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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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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I would LOVE to hear your feedback, thoughts and suggestions.

Thanks for viewing!

~ Vilma

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