Fitness Program Entry #8~Weigh in day

The Adult Fitness Program I am involved in is doing a Weight Loss Challenge..today was weigh in day. I missed working out last Monday, so had to weigh in on Tuesday and gained 1.2 lbs..this week: TA DA!!! I LOST 2.6 lbs! Woot!!!

So I made up for last weeks weight gain and ALSO lost a bit more. Hopefully I am now on the road to weight loss.

Tomorrow I am taking 2 daughters and 3 grandkids to a state park for a bit of hiking. I am looking forward to it!

Fitness Program Entry #7

Wow, I have not written anything in a month! Time flies and all the jazz...

The last month has been purely frustrating for me. My body does not like this whole working out thing. I have been a pretty regular patient at the chiropractors office. I have taken the last 2 weeks easy. No strenuous workouts. My left hip is giving me a lot of pain. It got to the point that I could hardly use it to walk. It sucks to get old!

The adult fitness program that I joined started a new fun thing: A biggest loser type of challenge with a pound for pound bonus thrown in. I joined. Cost-$10 with half of that going toward the prize fund and the other half will be used to purchase healthy food to donate to our local food pantry. I was so pumped about it! BUT..we are 2 weeks into it (remember those 2 weeks I have not been able to do my workouts?) Ya, well I weighed in today and I gained 1.2 lbs *sigh*. This means I have to take a healthy food item in as a penalty when I go tomorrow.

BUT...the GOOD news is, I did a full cardio workout today and I feel pretty darn good! 22 minutes on the Elliptical Trainer & 30 minutes on the treadmill. The big challenge will be getting out of bed in the morning..I hope the pain is not too bad. Hopefully I am back on track to workout 6 days a week and will see a (minus) next time I weigh in!

I also brought home a brochure today about a Boot Camp they are doing. It looks awesome, 6 weeks/2 days a week/work your butt off for 45 minutes. With each week getting more intense. I am not signing up...why? I will be a work for one of the sessions each week & also I have been having so much hip trouble that I think I will concentrate on just getting a fitness routine down pat for now. Heather is hoping to do another Boot Camp later on..Fall would be nice..I am thinking if I show the brochure to my boss, we might be able to work something out for those 6 weeks. But for now, not worrying about it, I do not think I am ready yet, but will be a good goal to work towards.

So here I am, I really feel like I am starting from scratch, but that is ok. As long as I have not thrown in the towel...

Thanks for following my journey...

Review of NuWave Oven

YES! It arrived today. I had spent the morning cleaning the kitchen to make room for my new "toy". I had been researching this appliance for about a month so I knew it was good sized. I saw some reviews/comments about the new owner being "so surprised" at the size. I practically lunched myself at the UPS guy when he arrived!

THE NUWAVE OVEN PRO combines the power of convection, infrared, and conduction cooking.

I also ordered the pizza kit and the extender ring kit. When I use these items I will do a review of them also. Right now I just want to do the basic.

What to cook??? I decided on a roasted chicken with veggies. I kid you not..in 1 hour and 15 min I had an awesome dinner on the table and my kitchen stayed cool! That is a big plus this time of year..I hate to run the oven. And to roast a chicken would have been minimum of 2 hours and 30 min. and a grumpy cook.

I took a 4 lb chicken, rubbed it with a bit of olive oil & seasoned it. Cooked it breast side down for 30 minutes. I cut up potatoes and carrots, tossed them with a bit of olive oil, seasoned with salt, pepper & rosemary. I flipped the chicken over, surrounded it with veggies and cooked it for another 40 min.

The chicken was moist, the skin was brown and crispy. The roasted veggies were very tasty! While I put dinner on the table, I slipped a clean rack in the NuWave oven and put some sliced bread on it. It toasted just a bit and was very good.

I cannot wait to try other things. It came with a very handy, laminated cooking chart that I can keep handy with out having to get the book out all of the time. The recipe book looks very good too. EVERYTHING is dishwasher safe except for the top cooking piece that has the cord. I think that might be the part Hubby likes best..lol This will be a very healthy way of cooking too.

The extender ring will allow me to cook a turkey in it! Awesome! And I want to try fish and steaks. I can even cook eggs in it!

So far, I am extremely pleased.