Saturday, July 14, 2012

Carey, oh Carey

Carey has been working at Juno for about a year now. The first time she walked into Juno I had a great feeling about her, like her "vibe" was right (I know, vom) for Juno. We went to coffee and discussed the idea, but it took a while to come to fruition.
 she also likes purple guns.
Boy, is Juno lucky to have her.
I have been watching her (oh so slyly I'm sure) train a variety of folks over the past year and here is what I realize:
a) she's a great trainer, in form, function and imagination.
b) her clients love her, she already has a cult following at Juno (I heard one say she will never leave her).
c) she is hilarious, her humor is subtle, and she has me in stitches all the time.
d) she totally knows what she is talking about when it comes to cutting weight and nutrition, but will work with your foibles (like...ice cream). She helped me get to competition weight,  multiple times.
e) she has been incredibly patient with Juno's growing pains, as a young gym.

bell on the way up, and at the top. lovely form.
Recently I watched her train one of her clients, a woman of about 70. Every time this client comes in, she is a mishmash of aches, pains, imbalances, and inability to remember a single exercise (so she claims, she actually is able to do all of them as far as I can tell). Carey patiently took her thru a number of exercises. What struck me (because, as always, it's about ME) was this woman was swinging a 16k bell, with excellent technique! So I took some pictures to show off their teaching/learning skills.
OK, I'm going to end this love-fest on Carey. I know she is probably terribly embarrassed.
SMOOOCHY POOO, CAREY!!! We love you at Juno!!!
Interweb blog snuggles!

Saturday, July 7, 2012

never EVER say never.

Ok, I'm late in updating my weight loss adventure. I apologize to my four readers that have been holding their breath for a month. Here is a recap of what's been going on:
part of the reason i haven't written. ugh,
you can really see how cockamamie my scoliosis
makes my hips.

Food:
This past month or so has been a slow elimination of foods/substances from my diet. I blew off sugar and diet coke. I have nevereverever had the willpower to drop sugar, but somehow I managed. I am on day 6 of the Whole 30, now this is a paleo diet but even stricter. I swore on my mothers life I would never go paleo. The eating is fine. I just can't seem to eat enough, meaning I can't just wander back and forth in my kitchen shoving chips and ice cream in my face. So it is really an adjustment trying to eat enough in three meals.

i totes look like this because of paleo, yo
Bikini Picture
Is above. Argh. These are from about 3 weeks ago. Weight, prolly 140.

Strength:
Now this is problematic. The past few weeks I have been going along like normal, working out 6 days (mostly) lifting the bells, doing bootcamp etc. But since starting the whole 30 thing, everything is difficult. I'm not strong, I have no wind, I get dizzy. I am frustrated, but I realize my body is adjusting and I am not eating enough calories. Patience, grasshopper, patience...
Maybe some of my smarty friends who have more experience with this will help me out.

Weight loss:
As of this morning, I weigh 135.5. Wow. 1/2 pound short of the "magic" weight. Of course I'm happy, but I also realize the weight loss is too fast.

Hey, what about Juno??? 
Juno? I swear, I will write a post dedicated to Juno in the next few days. But Juno is pretty sweet right now.