Morning all!!!

Got my a$$ out of bed at 5.30 and started phase 3. Chest and Back and ARX.

It felt great to be back into it.

The play I'm involved in is coming along really well! I'll try and post a picture later!

Hey Everyone! Well today was another pretty good day! I worked til 1:45 and then went to see my surgeon, Dr Jackson. He is making the referral to the Oncologist who will review my lab results and all and decide if I need hormonal therapy or just routine 3 month follow up appts with blood work and x-rays. If it is routine follow-up, I have a choice of following up with him or my PCP. At that point, Mike and I discussed it and my family dr is so screwy, I think I will follow up with Dr. Jackson. He looked at my underarm because of the pain. Come to find out, when he removed the lymph node, it is not just right there at my underarm. He had to dig into my underarm and upper arm to remove the nerves attached to it. Thus what my pain is coming from is a super tight and inflamed tendon. He wanted me to ask Dr. Craig what exercises to do for that. Now I return to Dr. Jackson AGAIN in 2 wks. Well, then I proceeded to drive across town to Dr. Craig, the Plastic Surgeon. GOOD NEWS!!! I can start exercising but only on the recumbent bike and some crunches. He agreed with Dr. Jackson on the tendon thing and told me stand next to a wall and put my arm up as far as possible and lean into it, several times a day to stretch that tendon. Also to do some side arm raises and I can use a whole 3 lb dumbell. heehee So I got very good news there. Then came the time to inject the saline into the expander. I was really scared. They are super perfectionist's. They took a magnet marked the whole area of the port. The port is the size of a quarter. Then they made me turn my head away and put the needle in, which did not really hurt, more like a pinch. Instead of injecting 50 cc's, they injected 100 cc's. Now it matches my left breast. heeheehee I go back next Friday, at which time they plan to inject another 100 cc's. Then I will be lopsided again... At the rate they are going in filling up the breast, I will be having the implant surgery Mid-December, or just before Christmas... Then I can move on toward full and final recovery of this!!!

Tena

Tena - that is WONDERFUL!!!! Great news and I am so glad to hear everything thing is moving along smoothly.

Morning all,

Great news Tena!

Got my a$$ out of bed again this morning and did Plyometrics. Grand Stuff!!

Am looking forward to ordering Chalene Extreme and a P90X t-shirt!!!

hehe, Tena said "breast"

I am BAAACCCKKK! Just finished my workout! Of course I road my stationary recumbent bike and burned a total of 425 calories in 45 minutes! It felt great and I was sweating baby!!! I am so glad I am able to do some form of exercise as I have missed it BIG TIME!

DJ: YOU CRACK ME UP!!!

Well, time to hit the shower...

Tena

Did Shoulders and Arm and some ab work in the gym at lunch time.

Tomorrow is a very busy day for me. I'll probably get a run in between my 7.30 am weigh in at WW and a 10.30 am rehearsal for my play.

Be well everyone.

(Delighted you're able to get back to exercising Tena!)

Hey Everyone! Just finished my workout! Tonight I did workout #7 on the pre-recorded workouts and I peddled for 1 hr and burned 453 calories! It felt great and my legs feel like rubber! I cannot even explain how great it feels to be able to do it now!!!

Mike made a yummy dinner so I have to hit the shower and then time for dinner.

Tena

Hey Everyone! My workout is done and I feel TOTALLY AWESOME! It felt AMAZING! Ok, so the dr said I can only do lower body workouts. I did not use DVD's as I know ARX by heart and have 1 on 1 Bun Shaper exercises written on a paper. Well, first I did a modified Ab Ripper. I had to modify some moves and could not do the oblique v-up, or leg climb. But I did all the others modified. It took 13 minutes and I burned 79 calories. Then I did 1 on 1 Bun Shaper. This is the only real workout Tony has that is total lower body with no jumping around. Just alot of different squats and kicks. It felt amazing and my legs are literally shaping. I did take some breaks throughout it but did it all in 50 minutes and burned 449 calories. Total calorie burn: 528 calories! I am so very HAPPY! Now I need to clean up as April is bringing the kids over to spend the weekend! I am excited as they have not spent the weekend here in 5 wks!

Tena

Plyometrics this morning. 548 cal burn. I don't wanna go to work.

Got out for a run on Saturday. Will run at lunch time today and start week 2 of phase 3 tomorrow.

You've been doing great Paula!

PUCKER UP BABY!!!!

Thanks DJ!

Hey Everyone! Just finished my workout and it felt AWESOME! I was not sure if I would be able to ride my stationary bike tonight because my legs and booty were super sore all day today. I could barely walk at work! The guys were all laughing at me saying it reminded them of when I first started P90X and was super sore! Well, I came home and did my modified Ab Ripper and then rode my bike for an hour! I did not plan on riding it for an hour but I got into the last Twilight book, Breaking Dawn and kept peddling faster and lost track of time!!! Long workout but I burned over 500 calories tonight! Not sure the exact amount cause I stopped the bike to get a drink and started peddling and forgot to turn it on for about 10 minutes!!! I do know it was over 500 though cause I burned 79 in ARX and 430 on the bike that I did record... Now my legs feel alot better though! So glad I did it!!

Now I need to hit the shower and then eat dinner!

Tena

Good Monday Night!

I know I know MIA again!

Well today I went to the gym and did the elliptical for 30mins and then rode my bike to school today. It is a lot futhur now since I moved in with my bf. It took me 52 mins total there and back.

Todays calorie burn was 912!!

Have a good workout tomorrow!
Jenn

Shoulders & Arms, with ARX this AM. 504 cal burn. Running intervals after work.

I hope everyone has a good day!

Hey Everyone! Just finished my workout and tonight was 1 on 1 Bun Shaper! It was so AWESOME! I burned 449 calories in that 45 minute workout! I LOVE that workout! Now I need to hit the shower before Biggest Loser comes on!

Tena

Good Morning Everyone!

Well yesterday was my strength training day so I started a new program with my bfs bowflex. It is a better body workout that comes with the Bowflex. There are tons of premade workouts in it and love it!

I did 34 mins which includes stretching and burned 176 calories. That is one thing I hate about strenght training dont burn a lot of calories.

Today is cardio day and for the first time I did the Biggest Loser Cardio Max and what a workout! I was soaked! I burned 339 calories in 32mins.

I am also riding my bike to school today!

Have a great workout
Jenn

Ran yesterday and will do today as well as I didn't get my butt out of bed for P90X this morning.

Have been at 3 hour rehearsals in the evening for the show I'm in.

Trust all is well with everyone!

Getting ready to get my run on! I'll be doing an easy 6 after work. I didn't do Yoga X this morn, so I gotta squeeze it in tonight. I hate when I'm lazy in the morning.

So what's going on everyone?

Good evening everyone!

Well like I said did Biggest Loser Cardio Max which was 32mins long and then rode my bike to and from school today and it took 68 mins total and burned 714 calories!

Totals today is 1053!!!

I have already burned 2139 calories this week I feel awesome!

Have some great workouts tonight!
Jenn

Hey Everyone! Finished my workout and shower already. I had an EXCELLENT workout and just rode the bike tonight as I was rushing when I got home to get my workout in! The traffic was horrible. I rode the bike for an hour and burned 506 calories and rode 14.97 miles! It felt great!!! Now I am fixing dinner real fast and watching the Country Music Awards...

Jenn: Great to see you back and working out so hard! You are doing AMAZING with that calorie burn! WAY TO GO!! Keep it up! I am so PROUD OF YOU!!!

DJ: AWESOME workouts! I sure wouldn't call that lazy! You are doing awesome! Hey I go back to the dr to get my right breast pumped up more this Friday! haha I said the word!!!

Paula: You too are doing AWESOME on your workouts! Keep it up girl!

I am so proud of all of you here for pushing play and working out hard!

Tena

Chest, Shoulders and Triceps at lunch time. Another 3 hour rehearsal tonight but I've brought my Turkey Wrap with me so won't be having to eat crap food.

Congrats everyone!

Wow this morning I could hardly move!! That Biggest Loser Cardio Max really kicked my butt!!!

Just got done 30mins of the Bowflex and stretching for a burn of 170 calories.

Time to study for my exam tomorrow

Everyone have a great workout!
Jenn

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