Welcome to my Life as an Endurance Athlete, 2x Cancer Survivor, Wife, Mommy, and Grandma. My philosophy is to "Be STRONGER today then you were yesterday and inspire as many people as possible with your strength, determination and PASSION." Remember ~ To DREAM BIG and "No matter how long your dream takes you don't give up on it!" ☀️
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Road bike for about 45 min.
Stretch 15 min.
Drank : Rehydrate
Electrolyte Replacement Drink
Took CATALYST™
Amino Acid Supplement
and finished up with
Post-Workout Recovery
Sports Drink
Have a wonderful day!
Things to think about today!
I am only one, But still I am one.I cannot do everything,But still I can do something;And because I cannot do everythingI will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
- Edward Everett Hale
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Friday, January 23, 2009
We went to the Doc. today my weight is 147 wowza I think back on Dec. 5th it was 134 something like that. Well the doctor looked at my tummy and said "wow I think you are bigger then 13 weeks and or you are having twins we better check it out"..... Yea your mind goes what! Off we went to the ultra sound room and found out it's not twins however we are 1 to 2 weeks ahead of schedule whoooohoooo so I won't be pregnant the whole summer!
We have our next ultra sound in Feb. we can get more info then. and I will put some awesome photo's on my site this weekend sometime it is so fun getting bigger and bigger everyday I have to share it with you!
My work out today was run 5 miles just a little bit of weights and 45 min. Elliptical ok this was talking to my sister the whole time so I don't think that counts!
I'm really trying to keep my heart rate below 160 or right at and making sure I have enough water and enough good treats you know gummie candies (LISA) hehehe
Something to think about!
Be patient in little things. Learn to bear the every-day trials and annoyances of life quietly and calmly, and then when unforseen trouble or calamity comes, your strength will not forsake you.--W. S. Plumer
I suggest the Core Four
You will see results in the first 2- 4 weeks if you use it correctly
1~AdvoCare Spark® Energy Drink
Vitamin and Amino Acid Energy Supplement or
Rehydrate
Electrolyte Replacement Drink
2~ CATALYST™ Amino Acid Supplement* I would take this 15 min. before I work out (This will help with definition women if you have cellulite this will also help that)
3~ThermoPlus™
Vitamin and Herbal Dietary Supplement (This is a fat burner and it will help with your metabolism)
4~Meal Replacement Shake
Nutritious Meal On The Go (If you are leaving the gym and going right to work I would Recommend this for sure it has 24 proteins in it so it's going to rebuild your muscles and help you from not going to the store and picking up junk food!)
There it is!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
If you would like me to do the order placing for you just e-mail me your list by the 4th of February and the 18th of February that's when I'm placing my next orders. Again if you have any questions just let me know..
https://www.advocare.com/09012067/Company/default.aspx
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Here is my energy!
I'm starting to take Advocare again~I've been feeling so much better so I signed up to be Distributor so if you would like to purchase click on my link at the bottom. If you have any questions you can e-mail me or just ask!
~Plus it will be fun to see after the baby is born how my body will change back with these products. I will be keeping you posted!
This is a list of stuff I use in season and out of season
CATALYST™ (both in season and out)
Amino Acid Supplement*
O2 GOLD™" (only in training, this is really, really awesome for racing!)
Herbal Dietary Supplement "Note not while I'm Pregnant" But after I will
OmegaPlex® (using now because I don't eat fish so this helps with the omega's)
Omega-3 Fatty Acid Dietary Supplement
"
Muscle Gain™
Protein Shake
Post-Workout Recovery This stuff is great!
Sports Drink
AdvoCare® Muscle Fuel (I love this stuff)
Pre-Workout Supplement Drink
Muscle Strength™
Dietary Supplement with HMB and Suma
AdvoCare Spark® Energy Drink (this has caffeine so not to much for me, this has been working really, really well being pregnant)
Vitamin and Amino Acid Energy Supplement
Rehydrate (this does help with cramps, this is really good for hot days and long runs and bike rides)
Electrolyte Replacement Drink
NEW! Excel Gel™ (this is something new this year, I will try it this weekend and let you know! I always did GU this will be a great change!
Electrolyte replacement energy gel
https://www.advocare.com/09012067/Store/default.aspx
Or if you know you love the products and will use them as much as I do I would advise you to click on Become a Distributor and get 20 percent off your items like I do! Just a suggestion to save money these days.
lots of sun and rides
and all my maturnity clothing, my maternity swim suit and my running skirts!
My training is still going good I try to keep my heart rate about 160 for 5 miles.
I do interval training where I have my heart rate at 150 then up to 166 then back down I feel great!
My Half Marathon is Oshkosh April 18th so if you see a very large women running that will be me heheheheheee but you better not let me pass you Just kidding! http://www.midwestsportsevents.com/oshkoshhalfmarathon.html
When an active woman becomes pregnant, she has many decisions to make. Should she continue her current exercise or training program? How much exercise is too much? Should she reduce her training intensity? Can exercise hurt her baby?
While questions are multiplying, well-meaning but unsolicited advice can make an expectant mom even more insecure: "Maybe you should just rest and concentrate on growing a baby." "All that exercise can't be good for a developing fetus, can it?" "You exercise too much anyway; this is a good time to take a break from all that."
Those kinds of comments haunt the expectant mother's every pedal stroke. "What if I fall or crash?" may become a question that adds to the growing list of concerns. "I don't want to risk any falls, but I don't want to stay home lying on the couch. What should I do?"
A visit to the obstetrician early in pregnancy will likely make women aware of the danger of engaging in any activity that could result in mild abdominal trauma. Everyone wants the best for the mom and the unborn child. The question is: what is best?
One short answer is that healthy, pregnant women benefit from at least 30 minutes of moderate activity on most, if not all, days of the week, according to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). General benefits can include more controlled weight gain, less fatigue, and possibly even shorter labor. This is especially true for women who were active prior to becoming pregnant.
Unfit pregnant women will also benefit from exercise during pregnancy, but they need to ease into a more active lifestyle. Women who are pregnant with multiple babies or women with high-risk pregnancies should consult with a doctor, as it could be recommended that they avoid exercise altogether.
Another answer for women specifically interested in riding a bike outdoors during pregnancy is to use some caution. Riding a bike with wide tires can provide greater stability, and just getting on and off the bike safely is easier without clipless pedals. When bicycling, women may feel less susceptible to collision if they avoid group rides and descents, instead sticking to wide bike paths and even terrain.
Recommended intensity levels during exercise are more difficult to pinpoint. It's obviously unethical to ask pregnant women to endure a nine-month study of the impact on the fetus of repeated exercise to exhaustion, but there are still many useful studies of exercise during pregnancy that can help define appropriate exertion.
Women That Have Done It
Many women have remained active right up to the day of delivery. Mary Jane Reoch, a world-class road racer who became pregnant at 35, pedaled from conception to delivery and raced a criterium during her fifth month. Although she was criticized for "hurting the baby," her doctors were supportive of her exercise program.
Mary Jane was active literally right up to the end: She actually rode her bike the 10 miles to the delivery room, where she gave birth to a healthy 7-pound, 12-ounce baby girl.
Blaine Bradley Limberg completed four triathlons, a biathlon, and a cross-country ski race before he was born. Blaine's mom, Barb, found out she was pregnant in the months just prior to the, a race including a 2.4-mile swim, 112 miles of cycling, and 26.2 miles of running.
After consulting her team of health care providers—including midwives, an obstetrician-gynecologist, and others who had information about exercise and pregnancy—she decided to go ahead with training and the race. She completed the event when she was three and a half months pregnant.
By Gale Bernhardt For Active.com
What About the Baby?
There are several benefits to the mother if she maintains an exercise program while she's pregnant, but what about the baby? Numerous studies have followed offspring of exercising mothers and have found the babies to be healthy, with normal growth and development.
In an interesting study conducted at the University of Vermont, head researcher James Clapp, MD, matched two groups of pregnant families for socioeconomic status, education, marital stability and body size. The fathers were also included in the body size data.
The two groups were matched for pre- and post-pregnancy exercise habits; both groups of mothers breast-fed, had similar child care arrangements, and had comparable parental weight change over time.
The only difference between the two groups was exercise during pregnancy. One group exercised "vigorously" by running, doing aerobics, cross-country skiing, or some combination of all three. They exercised at least 30 minutes three times per week throughout their pregnancies. The second group ceased all exercise except walking.
The researchers found that by age five, the children of the vigorous exercisers had less body fat than the children born to the walking group. The children born to the second group were called "a bit on the fat side." In addition, the vigorous exercisers' children scored significantly higher on the Wechsler test of general intelligence and coordination as well as on tests of oral language skills.
General Guidelines for Exercise During Pregnancy
Not everyone will be able to maintain a regular exercise program during pregnancy. Some exercise, however, is better than none. ACOG and ACSM revised the recommendations for pregnant women in 2002 to make them less restrictive.
ACOG now suggests that women use their rate of perceived exertion (RPE) as a guideline rather than limiting themselves to a specific heart rate: Generally speaking, if you can carry on a conversation while you exercise, your heart rate is in the right place. This equates to a RPE of 12 to 14, or 60 to 80 percent of aerobic capacity for most pregnant women, according to ACSM (2006).
This guideline may be overly conservative for well-trained athletes. It's important that every woman establish her personal guidelines in consultation with her medical professionals.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Little things!
The biggest mental challenge is!
Even though I have done 5 Ironman, can run forever if I needed to and have done a ton of other physical events because I train for it and I put my mind to it. It is nothing like the mental aspects of pregnancy (where you really can't train for) ~For me and I’m sure for most women is the changes of your body handling the mental aspect of this you know going from 120 to 130’s to 140’s and sometimes it’s doesn’t’ stop there, getting stretch marks, having water retention and not fitting into my clothes and I’m only 10 weeks along. I have to be as positive as I can just like I am with everything else. Even though my body is changing and getting bigger and bigger everywhere and I mean everywhere and when I have one one of those moments “man oh man” I just remember, I have a little baby growing in me and that just changes my whole state of mind! I have forever to get my body back to where it was and I only have 9 months to have this amazing little angle growing in me and it will be with me/us forever!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
When your done watching it think to yourself ~
What is something I have never done and I want to do?
What goals do I have in life?
How do I want to achieve them and not complain about it!
Get out do something new, something you want to get better at but like I said don't complain "life if way to short for that"!
Monday, December 22, 2008
My weight lifting program has started today along with my weight going up hehee OK we are at 10 pounds and my paints are getting a little tighter you know when you have to jump off the toilet to get in them and then lay on the bed to zip them up "Just kidding" it's not that bad yet! Give it a week or 2......
I wasn't feeling sick today and I was able to run 3 miles, Pilates and weights! whooohooo I feel good!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
This is cool!
XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING AWESOME!
If you go to this web site,http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1280.htmlyou can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services. How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!!
It is FREE and it only takes a second. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind them. This takes just 10 seconds and it's a wonderful way to say thank you. Please take the time and please take the time to pass it on for others to do. We can never say enough thank you's. Thanks for taking to time to support our military!
THANKS XEROX
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Thanks to Mark Allen for this info.
http://www.active.com/triathlon/Articles/Mark_Allen_s_12_Best_Strength_Exercises.htm
Monday, December 15, 2008
Today was 30 min. on the elliptical then I on to my bike trainer for a little bit! Dan had to change my handle bars, my breaks and little things here and there because it fell off the truck back in September and dragged on the interstate for a short bit, however the feel on the bike is so different now I have to get used to it! I would advise everyone to double check your bike before you go on a road trip or $170.00 later you will have new handle bars and breaks and yada, yada yada a different fit that you have to get used to. However I think that gives me another challenge to suck it up and ride it could be worse I might not have a bike to ride.
Tomorrow I start my weights for Ironman 2009 the Base period.
45 min. Spinning
Have an awesome night!
Something to think about~ Follow your heart, never surrender your dreams. Constantly work towards your goals. Believe in yourself, and always be truthful.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
This year is going to be training my self and 5 other athletes for Ironman WI 2009. We have a due date of August 1, 2009 Ironman is September 13th I’m going to try and keep up with my blog and show photo’s week by week (so if you don’t want to see a tummy and how big I’m getting don’t look on Sunday’s JK :). I will also include my workouts and how much weight I have gained so far 8 pounds they think that is because of my thyroid medication we had to do some adjustments and we will have to my whole pregnancy so much fun!!!!........ The number 1 thing is going to be the baby so I will be smart about this just to give you all heads up! I’ve been having a ton of headaches, sick to my tummy, nauseous, and dizzy so I’m going to take it slow until we get threw the first trimester which is 12 weeks.
ok time to watch Ironman Kona channel 13 in La Crosse and Onalaska WI
