Week 7

**I was on a family vacation with limited computer access the previous week, sorry about the delayed posting**

Here's the summary of July 12-16:

I also had a second session with Ariel a lifestyle therapist at the Harbor Weight Loss Institute. Even though I have only had two sessions both have been helpful. I have never done anything like this before but Ariel made me feel comfortable as we talked through my fitness and weight loss goals. I left the session with a better understanding of what has prevented me from reaching my weight loss goals in the past and several simple strategies to use to gage my hunger and eating patterns. We scheduled a third appointment in several weeks.

The workouts:

Monday:

This session focused on arms, specifically biceps and triceps. Jesse had me start with a killer 3-minute plank! I did well holding form for the first two minutes but really started to falter from the last 45 seconds. It’s a huge mental challenge.

We then transitioned into monster sets (not super sets, monster sets!!) of two different types of bicep curls and then immediately followed by tricep extensions. I did four different weights and each set was around 50 reps.

Wednesday:

Shoulders- by the end of this session both my shoulders felt like giant, burning softballs. Jesse had me do a sequence of eight different shoulder exercises. I don’t have a lot to add other than….. I know I got a good workout.