The Sanborns » EA Sports Active Challenge http://grayandbecca.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:00:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Woohoo! http://grayandbecca.com/2009/09/30/woohoo/ http://grayandbecca.com/2009/09/30/woohoo/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:08:44 +0000 Becca http://grayandbecca.com/?p=616 So.. I lost 2.8 pounds this week! I now weight 142.8. What’s my secret? I’m sticking with my points and doing pilates two days a week. I decided to stop the ea sports active challenge for the most part because I’ve been super busy with school/work and I’m still getting exercise elsewhere. I’ll still continue the challenge on my own, it may just take a while.

Anyway, I’m really happy with my progress so far and it really has been that simple. Here is what I eat on a daily basis:

1 gogurt in the morning (1 pt)
a 100 calorie bag of sunchips (2 pts)
drink a slim fast shake for lunch (4 pts)
a 100 calorie bag of chocolate covered pretzels (2 pts)
a granola bar of some sort (2 pts)
My current point allowance (22 points) leaves me with 11 points for dinner. I expect in a week for this to change and leave me with 10 points for dinner. I know that is a lot for dinner but some of our favorite meals are huge in points for one serving so it works for me.

I will measure my waist and all that tonight hopefully and report back.

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]]> http://grayandbecca.com/2009/09/30/woohoo/feed/ 4 Update on working out and weight-loss http://grayandbecca.com/2009/09/23/update-on-working-out-and-weight-loss/ http://grayandbecca.com/2009/09/23/update-on-working-out-and-weight-loss/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:05:38 +0000 Becca http://grayandbecca.com/blog/?p=595 So today is weight-in day, meaning I have to face the music….

Thank goodness it is good music, I lost 1.4 lbs this week for a weight of 145.6!

I am going to focus this week and lose even more. :)

Remember when I promised to review pilates? Well that time has come!

Pilates has not at all been what I expected, but in a good way!

We’ve been learning some basic techniques and yesterday we finally started to get into a routine. I was a sweaty mess at the end of the workout, seriously. I can already tell a different in my stomach area, which is where pilates targets most, the core.

Pilates has been challenging and fun so far and I know it gets more challenging as time goes on. It is definitely helping to improve my balance, flexibility, and posture.

Also, I’ve been doing the 30 day EA Active Sports challenge with the sisterhood. I really think this has been helping with my weight-loss as well. For one, I’ve been getting a lot of weight training in (more than I did before) because of it, and I believe that I am building up my muscles, which causes more weight-loss. I lost a few days because my schedule was insane and then I had blood work done (vaccination update coming soon!) so I decided to skip that day. Well, I’m back on track now and I’ve been counting my points, so weight loss here I come!

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Weight: 146.8

Loss: .2 lbs!

Overall I lost a little bit in my thighs and hips (yay!)  Waist stayed the same, bust and arm went up an inch.

As far as the EA Sports Active challenge, I’m doing great! I’ve been doing it every day, except for the rest days and I feel like I’m getting stronger. I’ve been completing the challenges on medium so I don’t wear myself out.

I had my first real Pilates class Tuesday and tomorrow is day two. We’re also measuring ourselves there, so I can compare what everything is.

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I’ll start off with school. We’re both back in school and my life is gone. Seriously, it just left and said, “See you for Christmas.”

Anyway, my schedule is pretty packed. I leave for worked around 5:45 a.m. and come back home about 4-5 p.m. everyday. I pretty much don’t want to be social because I need some Becca time these days.

I’m working 18 hours a week and taking 12 hours. Gray is working 20 hours and taking 12 hours as well. However, he only had four classes and I have six. My classes: Intro to Accounting, Pilates, Microbiology, Micro Lab, Into to Women’s Studies, and Professionalism in Nursing. I like my classes so far, but I will be doing a lot of studying, esp. in Micro.

This past week has been quite straining. On Monday the lab closed because the cleaning people had put something in the carpet that was making everyone sick. I was constantly coughing and sneezing. An industrial hygienist came to look and gave us a really weird explanation about it coming from the elevators. It did not. On Tuesday we closed down so that new carpet could be put down in the main lab. This made everything MUCH BETTER. ON Wednesday they finished the offices. Yesterday it was all nice and smelly good. Seriously.

Other than all of that, I’ve had to deal with some pretty horrible people. We’re supposed to enforce student ID swiping to get into the lab. We do this because student fees pay for our lab to run and so only students should be let in. We don’t have access to look up information, so if an ID doesn’t work, we can’t prove they go here. It’s very frustrating to deny someone and have them get upset about something I don’t control. You wouldn’t try to go to a concert without a ticket and expect them to just let you through the gate.

Anyway, for the second time in the past eight months I had someone ask to “See my  manager.” I laughed inside when they were told THE SAME THING I TOLD THEM.

The joys of working in a job immersed in customer service.

So, I know I didn’t post about my weight loss this week. I gained about two pounds, but I just started a weight training challenge, the EA Sports Active 30 day challenge to be exact. It involves a LOT of muscle training so weight gain is inevitable. I am also in a Pilates class so hopefully I will become fit and fierce this semester. I like having a class like pilates because I know fit working out in my schedule on a weekly basis, it’s great!

Let’s see, others news… we got rid of the gigantic TV we got off of freecycle and bought a brand new HD TV from Sams. We also re-arranged the living room and it actually looks nice! We will be adding a small bookshelf to keep school books on, but other than that, our living room looks much less cluttered, yay! The new TV has been great and a nice treat to begin the school year. We also got new health insurance for Gray and myself. I was 0n BCBST and Gray had none, so now we’re both on the school’s plan. Their plan is SO much cheaper. 

It’s been neat to go through and mark off bills as well, we were able to pay off a credit card completely so now we’re working on paying off the other one. I’m not completely against credit cards, but I do think you shouldn’t use them unless you can pay them off immediately. This means, using one to pay for gas and going home and paying it off. Otherwise you can wind up in trouble. We’re also building up a savings account because the main reason we used credit cards in the past was because the car broke down or something similiar and we had no savings or extra money. It’s a nasty blackhole to spiral into and I’m glad we’re that much closer to being out!

I’ll post pictures of the new living room arrangement as soon as I can remember. Right now this semester is already kicking my butt so I have a lot to adjust before I can go crazy.

The good news about this week was I saved almost $400 on school books by renting from chegg.com. I even found a promo code where I got free shipping! It’s even cheaper than buying books used, so I’m pretty happy and so is Gray.

This entry is scattered because I really didn’t want to write up different ones to tell you everything, like how we went to a bajillion stores before we bought the TV. sigh.

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30 Day Challenge Profile

Name: Becca

Age: 24

Hometown: McEwen, TN although I live in Murfreesboro now.

Family: My husband and chinchilla but I have the usual mom, dad, two siblings, and two in-law siblings with two nephews an a niece.

1) Complete the following sentence – “When I look in the mirror I see… myself

2) What exercise do you take? What’s your current level of fitness? Probably basic/intermediate. I’ve done a lot of challenges in my time.I love aerobic dance!

3) How do you relax? reading on the internets :)

4) Do you watch your weight?yes

5) What’s your favorite body part? I’ve always been told I have nice legs?

6) What’s your least favorite body part? probably my midsection

7) What’s your favorite way to workout? aerobic dance!

8) Its time to work out, we’re most likely to find you decked out in? a sports bra and shorts if at home… add a tank top if in public

9) You’re due to workout, but it’s pouring rain. What do you do? shred, the wii, a workout dvd

10) What’s the one item you wouldn’t be without when working out? water

11) What do you hope to get from the 30 Day Challenge? I hope to kick my butt in gear!

12) What are you apprehensive about going in? sticking to the 30 days… I get bored.

13) How will you reward yourself after the challenge? hmm new jeans perhaps?

14) Complete the following sentence – “I’m Active for …” ME

Weight in:

Weight: 145.2 Lost .6 lbs!

Neck: 13.25

Chest: 28 inches down from 29.5

Hips: 38.5 inches down from 39

Waist: 28 inches down from 29.5

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