Is boot camp.
I was hesitant to go this morning. I am having my second period since AJ was born almost 3 months ago (and its only been about 2 1/2 weeks since the last one. awesome) and the cramps are NOT pleasant. I went anyway and about 15 minutes in I noticed that I was feeling GREAT. No cramps, no backache, no nausea (which is another "lovely" symptom I experience these days).
The format today was 30 reps of each exercise and then 5 (hard & fast) wind sprints. I gotta admit, I did pretty good. About halfway through I had to abandon the 5 wind sprints in favor of jogging back & forth 5 times, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to do it at all! I got through the 45 minutes and was pretty proud of myself. I only had to modify 2 of the exercises too which I was really quite happy with.
Also, you may or may not have noticed the countdown I have going in my sidebar. Well, I'm doing it. I'm doing the 4.2 mile "Pat's Run" that is held annually here in memory of Pat Tillman. He was a football player for both ASU & the Arizona Cardinals before he left his professional career to enlist in the Army in response to the attacks of 9/11. He served several tours before he was killed in combat in 2004. The run is put on by the Pat Tillman Foundation which provides resources & educational scholarships for veterans. This is my first time doing this particular run & I am excited to do it!
I'm taking measurements tomorrow as that is the last day of the month. Here's hoping things are progressing the way I want them to be!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
NOT a good week
I only worked out 2 times this week. And one of those times was only 20 minutes. LAME.
But it is that time of year when sickness abounds and not only have I not been feeling 100% (my first period after AJ being born PLUS a super fun head cold) 2 of my girls have also been sick. So I haven't had the energy (mental or physical) to get up and out the door for boot camp.
One bit of "good" news though is that even without working out much I haven't really gained any weight. Which I am viewing as a minor miracle considering that I've also not been eating that great this week either.
Anyway, I have an appointment to see my doctor next Thursday which I am pretty excited (and a little shocked I was able to get in so quickly, I just called on Wednesday!) about. I will be talking to him about getting on Phentermine again. I just have a REALLY hard time getting started on losing weight, I don't want to sit around and wait to see if that has changed (considering this has been how weight loss has been my ENTIRE life that seems unlikely).
So this hasn't been a banner week but not a total disaster either. And I have things to look forward to next week so fingers crossed that I have better news to report soon!
But it is that time of year when sickness abounds and not only have I not been feeling 100% (my first period after AJ being born PLUS a super fun head cold) 2 of my girls have also been sick. So I haven't had the energy (mental or physical) to get up and out the door for boot camp.
One bit of "good" news though is that even without working out much I haven't really gained any weight. Which I am viewing as a minor miracle considering that I've also not been eating that great this week either.
Anyway, I have an appointment to see my doctor next Thursday which I am pretty excited (and a little shocked I was able to get in so quickly, I just called on Wednesday!) about. I will be talking to him about getting on Phentermine again. I just have a REALLY hard time getting started on losing weight, I don't want to sit around and wait to see if that has changed (considering this has been how weight loss has been my ENTIRE life that seems unlikely).
So this hasn't been a banner week but not a total disaster either. And I have things to look forward to next week so fingers crossed that I have better news to report soon!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
End of Week One
Of boot camp that is.
I am pretty proud of myself. Even though it was hard & I was super tired I had perfect attendance this week at boot camp. That means I got up at 5 a.m. every morning Monday through Friday, dressed in my workout clothes, tied on my running shoes (which, incidentally SUCK and I am going to need new ones soon) and headed out the door by 5:20 to go get my butt kicked. I will also mention (because I'm hardcore and want to brag about it) that I did all that and didn't take a single nap all week!
Anyway, I didn't even end up weighing myself yesterday morning like I usually do but I weighed myself at one point on Thursday and the scale only had me a fraction of a pound down from what I weighed on Monday morning before I started boot camp. Can you say frustrating?!? And I am in that sore muscles so I can't suck in my belly therefore I feel even fatter than when I started phase, which is always a good time when you're losing out on sleep AND working out really hard.
So I'm going to be doing this! As long as I can physically get out of bed and out the door by 5:20 a.m. I will be attending boot camp & working on getting fit and healthy again. I pray that it doesn't take long to break out of my plateau* and that I will be feeling good about my body sooner than later. Until then I'll keep updating my progress, no matter how small.
(this is probably a good time to mention that I bought a new skirt yesterday and it is a size 18! and my size 20 jeans that I bought a few weeks ago are comfortably too big in the waist! i know going down a size in my jeans isn't a good idea yet but fitting in that skirt and being able to wear my jeans without my Spanx is a HUGE deal since I'm stuck at my current weight.)
*disclaimer~part of my plan to break through this plateau is to go see the doctor that prescribed me Phentermine when I was working out & getting fit after my middle daughter was born. Whether that means I'll be getting on that again or not remains to be seen but I'm nervous I'll give up if I don't see some BIG results soon (I am so hard on myself, all I can see is what I can't do/haven't done rather than give myself credit for the things I have accomplished) I'll give up and I just can't do that to myself or my family. Seeing my doctor is just a preemptive strike. I'll update on this after I see my doctor.
I am pretty proud of myself. Even though it was hard & I was super tired I had perfect attendance this week at boot camp. That means I got up at 5 a.m. every morning Monday through Friday, dressed in my workout clothes, tied on my running shoes (which, incidentally SUCK and I am going to need new ones soon) and headed out the door by 5:20 to go get my butt kicked. I will also mention (because I'm hardcore and want to brag about it) that I did all that and didn't take a single nap all week!
Anyway, I didn't even end up weighing myself yesterday morning like I usually do but I weighed myself at one point on Thursday and the scale only had me a fraction of a pound down from what I weighed on Monday morning before I started boot camp. Can you say frustrating?!? And I am in that sore muscles so I can't suck in my belly therefore I feel even fatter than when I started phase, which is always a good time when you're losing out on sleep AND working out really hard.
So I'm going to be doing this! As long as I can physically get out of bed and out the door by 5:20 a.m. I will be attending boot camp & working on getting fit and healthy again. I pray that it doesn't take long to break out of my plateau* and that I will be feeling good about my body sooner than later. Until then I'll keep updating my progress, no matter how small.
(this is probably a good time to mention that I bought a new skirt yesterday and it is a size 18! and my size 20 jeans that I bought a few weeks ago are comfortably too big in the waist! i know going down a size in my jeans isn't a good idea yet but fitting in that skirt and being able to wear my jeans without my Spanx is a HUGE deal since I'm stuck at my current weight.)
*disclaimer~part of my plan to break through this plateau is to go see the doctor that prescribed me Phentermine when I was working out & getting fit after my middle daughter was born. Whether that means I'll be getting on that again or not remains to be seen but I'm nervous I'll give up if I don't see some BIG results soon (I am so hard on myself, all I can see is what I can't do/haven't done rather than give myself credit for the things I have accomplished) I'll give up and I just can't do that to myself or my family. Seeing my doctor is just a preemptive strike. I'll update on this after I see my doctor.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Another workout in the books
Boot camp this morning was great. We were doing a count workout (Jeff does many different formats, some are timed, some are counting & some are both) where we did 50 reps of an exercise then ran the length of the field next to where we workout. Boot camp is held at a public elementary school and the field is probably the length of a soccer field. I wasn't quite sure which part was harder though, the 50 reps of each exercise or the run. Thankfully, boot camp only lasts 45 minutes so I didn't have to worry about it for too long!
Anyway, yesterday was L's 6th birthday and we took her & the other kids out to dinner at Red Robin. I was good and just ordered water to drink and a salad for my dinner (dressing on the side!) but we also got a couple different appetizers AND baskets of steak fries. OOPS! Oh well, today is a new day & I have the chance to make better food choice (thank goodness).
I'm interested to see what the scale says tomorrow morning when I do my weigh in. This is the first week since AJ was born that I've worked out every day and been focused on keeping my eating in check at the same time. Check back and see my results tomorrow. Fingers crossed I see a good number!
Anyway, yesterday was L's 6th birthday and we took her & the other kids out to dinner at Red Robin. I was good and just ordered water to drink and a salad for my dinner (dressing on the side!) but we also got a couple different appetizers AND baskets of steak fries. OOPS! Oh well, today is a new day & I have the chance to make better food choice (thank goodness).
I'm interested to see what the scale says tomorrow morning when I do my weigh in. This is the first week since AJ was born that I've worked out every day and been focused on keeping my eating in check at the same time. Check back and see my results tomorrow. Fingers crossed I see a good number!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Last Meal of a Condemned Woman
or maybe not. But all day yesterday I ate like CRAP!
I want to use the excuse that it was the Super Bowl but I actually started the "festivities" as soon as we got home from church with a HUGE fried egg sandwich (it honestly wasn't too bad; it was egg whites, turkey bacon, provolone cheese & wheat bread) and then I ate probably half of a 8" yellow cake with chocolate frosting. It was only about 2" thick though so that makes it not *quite* as bad, right?
Anyway, Mark invited my dad over to watch the game and Mark is incapable of watching the Super Bowl with out tons of different types of food. He made mini tostadas, spinach pinwheels, those pretzel/rolo melt thingies (and if you don't know what those are, count yourself lucky. they are fitness/weight loss sabotage in a convenient bite size) and BBQ meatballs. In addition to that we had cheddar & sour cream potato chips and spicy Chex Mix. I also asked him to puck up some Red Vines licorice (it is my all time favorite candy) so I had some of that too. By the time I was done eating I felt like barfing, that is how much I ate.
All I could think was "I'm starting boot camp tomorrow so I won't be eating like this again. I HAVE to get it out of my system." and so I just kept eating. Truthfully, I still felt full when I woke up this morning...
I went to boot camp, still full & slightly barf-y feeling from last night and I got my butt SOUNDLY kicked. We started with 5 minutes of running, which for me was a *very* slow jog interspersed with walking while I thought happy thoughts like "don't barf, don't barf, don't barf" over & over again. After that it was counting exercises~38 of everything. After each set of 38 we had a little run (again, slow jog/walk for me) and then back for a different exercise. By the end of the 45 minutes I was crouched down on my mat, praying for it to end and feeling like I could happily die.
Now I've been home for 2.5 hours and have gotten my kids up, fed them breakfast, got my big kids off to school and have even eaten something healthy in that time. I don't know if the rest of the day will be productive (I have high hopes that it will!) but I am proud of myself for what I've already accomplished and excited to do it all again tomorrow!
Does that make me crazy?!?
I want to use the excuse that it was the Super Bowl but I actually started the "festivities" as soon as we got home from church with a HUGE fried egg sandwich (it honestly wasn't too bad; it was egg whites, turkey bacon, provolone cheese & wheat bread) and then I ate probably half of a 8" yellow cake with chocolate frosting. It was only about 2" thick though so that makes it not *quite* as bad, right?
Anyway, Mark invited my dad over to watch the game and Mark is incapable of watching the Super Bowl with out tons of different types of food. He made mini tostadas, spinach pinwheels, those pretzel/rolo melt thingies (and if you don't know what those are, count yourself lucky. they are fitness/weight loss sabotage in a convenient bite size) and BBQ meatballs. In addition to that we had cheddar & sour cream potato chips and spicy Chex Mix. I also asked him to puck up some Red Vines licorice (it is my all time favorite candy) so I had some of that too. By the time I was done eating I felt like barfing, that is how much I ate.
All I could think was "I'm starting boot camp tomorrow so I won't be eating like this again. I HAVE to get it out of my system." and so I just kept eating. Truthfully, I still felt full when I woke up this morning...
I went to boot camp, still full & slightly barf-y feeling from last night and I got my butt SOUNDLY kicked. We started with 5 minutes of running, which for me was a *very* slow jog interspersed with walking while I thought happy thoughts like "don't barf, don't barf, don't barf" over & over again. After that it was counting exercises~38 of everything. After each set of 38 we had a little run (again, slow jog/walk for me) and then back for a different exercise. By the end of the 45 minutes I was crouched down on my mat, praying for it to end and feeling like I could happily die.
Now I've been home for 2.5 hours and have gotten my kids up, fed them breakfast, got my big kids off to school and have even eaten something healthy in that time. I don't know if the rest of the day will be productive (I have high hopes that it will!) but I am proud of myself for what I've already accomplished and excited to do it all again tomorrow!
Does that make me crazy?!?
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Boot Camp
I had my postpartum check up today & I am so excited to say I got the all clear to resume all activity! That means I get to start boot camp again & I don't think I could be happier! My body changed so quickly and so dramatically when I did boot camp after K was born and I know it'll happen again this time. The best part is that I'm not waiting for a rock bottom moment like I kind of did after K was born. I know what I want for myself & what I expect from myself and I'm going after it!
So expect some updates that are laments to my lost strength and recaps of the butt-kicking workouts I know I'll be getting. Then, in a few weeks/months, look for updates bragging about how strong I'm getting. Because I know me, and I like to brag about that!
Also, I took my measurements on Tuesday. I decided I'm going to weigh & measure and do progress pictures on the last day of every month. While my weight isn't a dramatic change (I'm down just under 11 pounds since the first of the year) I did lose 5-6 inches total, 2 off my hips alone! I'm weighing in "officially" tomorrow. I don't have high hopes for a big number there but I also know I slacked MAJORLY on my eating this week. That's okay, when I start boot camp I won't want to negate all the hard work I'll be putting in by eating crappy so I'll see great results soon enough.
That's all for now. Hope everyone is doing well and getting (or staying) motivated!
So expect some updates that are laments to my lost strength and recaps of the butt-kicking workouts I know I'll be getting. Then, in a few weeks/months, look for updates bragging about how strong I'm getting. Because I know me, and I like to brag about that!
Also, I took my measurements on Tuesday. I decided I'm going to weigh & measure and do progress pictures on the last day of every month. While my weight isn't a dramatic change (I'm down just under 11 pounds since the first of the year) I did lose 5-6 inches total, 2 off my hips alone! I'm weighing in "officially" tomorrow. I don't have high hopes for a big number there but I also know I slacked MAJORLY on my eating this week. That's okay, when I start boot camp I won't want to negate all the hard work I'll be putting in by eating crappy so I'll see great results soon enough.
That's all for now. Hope everyone is doing well and getting (or staying) motivated!
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