June 2012
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Dear Dave, Last post here.
http://deardavefromcali2ny.tumblr.com/
http://deardavefromcali2ny.tumblr.com/
http://deardavefromcali2ny.tumblr.com/
SO DAVE, I STARTED A NEW BLOG WTH THE SAME CONCEPT. Because keeping things straight not this one was getting too difficult.
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Dear Dave, early gym session.
This morning I learned something new. Don’t wait around for people.
Yes. Yes. You’ve told me this before. and of course I never listen until I learn for myself.
Well I woke up around 6:30 this morning a little later then normal but I was in and out of sleep for like 45 minutes. anyway I knew that I was going to the gym at 8:30am today so i was waiting for my workout buddy to wake...
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Dear Dave, back at the gym :)
Today I FINALLY made it back to the gym after like a month. lol but I did it
30 min treadmill
30 min elliptical machine
omg was i sweaty. but i felt good. i thought i was going to be in more pain, but i wasn’t :) and I’m feeling so ready for weigh in wednesday with all the new groceries i bought today cause they’re all healthy.
oh that reminds me i gotta boil some eggs....
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Dear Dave, who knew?
So I went here today and in order to get here you have to walk down a slope and in order to get back to your car you have to walk back up. there was another place we visited and it was closer to the water and much prettier but also took a lot more effort to get to. i felt like i was on a real hike lol i wish we had places like this near where i lived so i could walk around there often it looks...
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Dear Dave, slow day.
So I did my walking earlier when I cleaned and sweated and then I also did 80 leg raises and I’ll probably do some more later. I’ll keep adding if i do anything else. sundays are slow.
800 step
80 leg raises
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100 left leg raises (with 2 lbs. ankle weights)
100 right leg raises (with 2 lbs. ankle weights)
100 right arm curls (with 7 lbs. weight)
100 left arm curls (with 7...
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Dear Dave, adapt.
So as soon as I said it was nice outside, the heat picked up and it began to get a little warm. Instead of going out in the heat and making my sun burn worse, I decided to do some house work and keep moving. I turned on my pedometer on my phone and started doing things the long way. Everytime I folded a shirt i walked across the room to put it away to get my steps up higher. I’m actually...
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Dear Dave, I want to go for a walk.
I kinda want to go for a walk outside because the day looks so nice. I don’t really want to go by myself though…I’m not too fond of stray dogs and this area right outside my neighborhood. I’ll let you know what happens..
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Dear Dave, I lied.
I had the intentions to workout yesterday, but I was still so full and then I wound up eating some more :( By not working out yesterday that means I have no more rest days this month lol Its only the tenth and all my rest days are gone -.- but I’m not going to dwell on my day of lost exercise I’ll just do better today :)
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Dear Dave, totally slacked off today.
I completely slacked off today cause I had so much stuff to do. Baptism, baptism pictures, birthday brunch, cake, entertaining, another birthday party, and then dinner. I’m hoping my food goes down fast enough to work out within the next hour before I take a nap til tomorrow. I’ll update you in an hour lol i guess ill find time in a bit. but at least the baptism went pretty well.
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Dear Dave, early morning workout.
Today, I tried out the 1000 workout where you do 10 different exercises 100 times each. I didn’t quite make it to the 1000 but I did do 50 of each exercise so its half. like a 500 workout instead of 1000. My arms are so tired though. Apparently I haven’t learned how to do push-ups very well lol. Only five at a time so it was very slow. It took me almost 30 minutes to do all of these...
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Dear Dave, I have followers :).
So I almost didn’t make it today lol I woke up super early and got ready for work. Then came home, had lunch, ran a few errands, and went back to work, had dinner, relaxed, ran some more errands, and finally got on the treadmill. 15 min. small calorie burn. But I had a headache all day to day and it seems to finally be letting up. after I worked out. That’ll teach me right?
Well I can...
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I am putting a dollar in my piggy bank for every...
I love this idea. I don’t know if i’d buy a new dress but definitely buy something worth while with that $100. :)
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Dear Dave, It's Wednesday.
Oh yeah. And it’s weigh in Wednesday today. I remembered that after I ate lol
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So right before I got into the shower, I weighed myself. I’ll probably do it again later too lol but right now I’m at 175. Thats higher then when i started “Dear Dave” but I know where I’ve made my mistakes. Its definitely in my diet more then anything else. Burgers,...
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Dear Dave, I walked.
Today I woke up at 5:45, and by the time 6:30 rolled around I was out the door walking lol I know I need to get better at that :p but I am. Trust me I’ve been more productive this morning then I have been in the past few days lol but anyway today I walked 2 miles outside my house. My pedometer said it was 5,531 steps that I walked. My phone is so versatile lol I thought about doing some...
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Dear Dave, Blah.
okay so I have definitely been slacking lately dave. I actually find it kinda sad and disappointing because I thought I was doing so well… Anyway.
Again I could not seem to get myself up this morning even though I slept like 12 hours (horrible sleep night on sunday night) and today I got up but only seemed to have enough time to get ready for my eye dr. appointment which took forever and...
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Dear Dave, 1 lazy down down.
Well today is my birthday and I thought I would take the day off. Yesterday we celebrated early since I had stuff to do today so I took yesterday off from exercising (but walked all around Santa Monica for about 2 hours) and I really wasn’t planning to workout today. I woke up a little later today and finally decided to workout :D
today i did:
20 push-ups (something new)
60 forward...
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Dear Dave, June Goals.
So I said I’d post some goals for June yesterday but I never got around to it because I wanted to journal first on paper. As of right now I have about five things I want to accomplish this month.
1. No more then 3 non-workout days this month. There’s 30 days in june so 3 days without working out should suffice as rest days.
2. I want to weigh in every week and I’m calling it...
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Dear Dave, mornings are so hard.
but no excuses right? So again I missed the whole 5:30 block but I did get up at 6 and did about 20 minutes of various exercises.
Today I did:
65 crunches with a 5 lb weight
50 leg raises
60 squats
60 seconds of plank
35 seconds of right plank
14 seconds of left plank
and 30 squats with a 5 lb weight
I keep forgetting to turn off my fan so that I’ll sweat more when I work...
May 2012
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Dear Dave, I have a plan.
I have a plan for this summer. I’ll post it when I get back from work and I’ll probably add to it as I think of new stuff.
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Dear Dave, treadmil.
so I went ahead and run/walked on the treadmill today too. thats an extra 169 calories according to the machine :)
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Dear Dave, I did it.
This morning I was able to actually do some exercise before my day actually started. Technically I woke up at 5:30 but didn’t really start doing exercise until about 6:00. It’s definitely an awesome feeling even though I didn’t do as much exercise as I wanted to do before 6:15 am. I still did:
50 crunches (with weight ball)
50 leg raises (getting some ankle weights soon)
50...
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Dear Dave, breaks
I really need to stop taking breaks in my “routine” lol I can’t seem to bounce back as quick when I take a break. The other day I did 150 leg raises and I’m still feeling it. When I try to get up early in the morning and I just turn over I can hear ET the hiphop preacher “I thought you wanted this?!” It doesn’t seem to help though I still go back to sleep...
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Dear Dave, breaks over.
Yesterday I had a meeting for school and walked all over town while shopping and didn’t get a chance to try out my new routine but omg was I sore all over. Today I worked out by doing a little more then I did on Tuesday.
Today I did:
15 minutes on the treadmil
35 leg raises
25 knee highs
45 squats
40 seconds of wall sitting
15 lunges on each leg
60 crunches with weights (omg my...
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Dear Dave, morning routine.
so i’ve been trying to start this new morning routine at 5:30 am. lol i get up at 6 and act lazy til about 8 have breakfast in between etc. and start my workout at 8am. -.- even though its not at the time i would like to be working out, its definitely something because im sore and tired now lol
today:
15 mins-treadmill (about 3 min of running on that)
20 side crunches
40 crunches with...
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Dear Dave-Yoga
So I haven’t really done much of any kind of exercise these past two weeks. I dont know if I should tell you why or just let you tell me that those are still excuses lol I have been maintaining my weight though according to the scale just not toning up. today is monday and its the start of a new week and a new day and i read somewhere that it takes 6 weeks to make a habit.
I’ve...
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Dear Dave,
the words “buffet” and “unlimited food” don’t seem to attract me anymore. at least not like they used to. i may over eat a bit still but nothing like having a buffet of food sitting in front me. portion control pretty much now.
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Dear Dave, excuses
omg dave I have been making so many excuses lately its crazy, sick, tired, tired, working, lazy, shopping…you name it i probably aid it. hopefully tomorrow goes better.
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April 2012
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Dear Dave,
no gym today :( I have pictures to take and invitations to write out for graduation….I’m hoping to get a workout in anyway even if it’s at home. Hopefully that works out for me. I’ve never really worked out at home before except on the treadmill. Maybe after pictures I’ll hit the treadmill. a 30 minute workout is better then a 0 minute workout right?
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Dear Dave,
Today has felt so horrible. It started it off with my dog growling at me :( and then he started fighting with my other dog. He’s making me pretty nervous to be around him and I know I can’t have a dog that I’m afraid of. Anyway, onto fitness stuff. Today was my two hour workout at the gym 1 hour of cardio and 1 hour of yoga. I forgot to eat something before hand and both me...
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Dear Dave,
I found out..or I looked up that there are 3,500 calories in 1 pound. what I’m hoping by the end of the week is to at least come pretty close to that number in calories that I burn off from exercising. With the way I understand everything, hopefully this will bring me closer to losing a pound or so a week. I’m ready to lose this weight and start looking awesome in my clothes :D
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Dear Dave,
150-to-thin:
I will not sit on my butt and do nothing. I will exercise. I will push myself. I will sweat away my laziness and feel the burn, because dammit, I want to get into shape. More than I want to take a nap. More than I want to read a book. More than I want to eat.
i so wanted to take a nap today. -.- guess i’ll be at the gym instead lol
Dear Dave,
I’ve burned 669 calories today with my gym time and personal workout. That’s a personal best since..ever? lol My calorie limit is 1300 but so far I’ve only had 1082 calories and with my total exercise I’ve only had 418 calories today. I feel like this is going to make an improvement if I keep at it. :D I do use myfitnesspal on the iPhone in order to keep my...
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Stats
Dear Dave,
I’ve decided to start a fitness blog to try and keep me motivated to lose some of these unnecessary pounds. In the past, I’ve tried keeping blogs but never really had a theme. Hopefully with this one being more specific I’ll be able to keep in check with it. To begin with these are my stats.
Age: 21
Height: 5 ft.
Weight: 175
Ultimate Goal Weight: 120 (a total...
