First I'll start off by saying I'm finally calming down from a minor asthma attack induced by this mornings cardio booty-kick. Yea I worked THAT hard. I haven't had asthma in like...idk 3 or 4 years? What does that tell you about how active I've been? Sad.
Today was boot camp Day 5 for me. It was just as hard as last week, but I've made more accomplishments. I did a new cross crawler move, and get this, I was ON MY TOES! In the push up position, I've been doing the on-my-knees modification because the pressure I felt on my surgery incision. Today I got up on my toes and I did most of the exercise (with some modifications) without having to go down to my knees. I did drop down 2-3 times, but this was a big deal for me. My core is slowly getting stronger and I'm feeling more and more confident. Next on the list-- push ups on all fours.
Second thing, remember those mountain climbers I wrote about here? We did those again today and I LEFT THE GROUND! another big deal. I was actually able to keep sprinting off the ground in this position for the majority of the round, a few times I had to slow it down a bit.
I caught myself smiling a few times while shuffling back and forth just thinking, "I just owned that mountain climber." I didn't really own it... but I'm in week 2 and I'm already getting stronger and it's exciting to think maybe next week I'll really be kickin' ass.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Caricature
I was digging around in the garage and I found this behind some junk. It was still wrapped in plastic from when we bought it. I never even bothered to take it out of the bag. It's so disturbing! Joel and I got this at Sea World on our honeymoon after I BEGGED and begged for it. BEGGED. It was either this, or have our name painted in the shapes of the park animals. I wanted to name drawn more than this, but I think this stupid caricature was cheaper. Still it was like $30 or something. I remember as soon as he handed it over I hated it.
I know they're suppose to be comical, but really? It's hideous. Next year when we return to Sea World for vacation I'm going to get a new one, I'll have a hawt bod by then so I'll have to do a side-by-side. ugh, what a waste of money, paper, and crayons.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Hiking + New Do
Friday morning I went hiking with my friend Carmen, and fellow boot-camper. We met at some mountain off 7th Street and Peoria and started off with a few stretches. She probably saw the fear in my eyes and said "don't defeat yourself before you even try." So with that we started the "hike." I use quotes because the first part of the trail was basically a CLIMB. Hiking is HARD. My shins and calves were on fire, I was so out of breath only after going maybe like 20 yards or so. The incline was steep and the terrain was... rocky.
The days leading up to Friday I had imagined us on a dirt trail with maybe a few ups and downs, maybe a rock or two to climb over. I never pictured actually almost scaling up the side of a mountain. When we got to the top of this point, we met the paved trail.... The easier one. Probably MY level trail. So I thought. We headed up the mountain on this paved trail and I thought it would be a piece of cake from there. WRONG. The only thing easier/different was that there weren't any loose rocks that I need to manuever over. It was just has steep, but on this trail I could turn around and walk backwards to take some pressure off my shins. That was nice.
I made it to the next point and said "Is this the end? Did I make it to the top?" Carmen looked at me funny and said "uh..noo"........ I replied, "well did I make it half way?" Again, "uhm... nooo not even close".
Freak.
At that point we had come to the conclusion that maybe this trail was a wee too advanced for me for my FIRST hike ever. I was about ready to die so I had her go ahead finish her mountain while I waited for her at the bottom.
I didn't give up though. I went back down to point 1, where the rock cliff met up that I had come up from. Then turned around and went back up to point 2. I then walked the paved trail further past point 1 and back up twice. Hiking is some serious shizzle.
Since I'm a photographer and want to capture every moment on film, I wanted to bring my camera with me to document my first hike. My husband talked me out of it because "uh HELLO!? what if you fall?" Good point, I seriously didn't want to ruin thousands of dollars worth of equipment to document my fat booty climbing a mountain. I used my phone instead. Watching the sunrise over the city was beautiful.
Later that morning I decided since I'm going through all these changes in my life, I might as well make just one more. I cut my hair AGAIN. This time about 9 inches off. It's verrrry short in the back and longer in front. My main reason was I've been working out and will be working out even more and my hair just makes me hot. So off it goes. It's super cropped on my neck and wont be getting in my way anymore. I took a cheesy phone pic because I was so excited. Also, if you'll observe, I have less of a double chin than a few weeks ago. HOLLA!
The days leading up to Friday I had imagined us on a dirt trail with maybe a few ups and downs, maybe a rock or two to climb over. I never pictured actually almost scaling up the side of a mountain. When we got to the top of this point, we met the paved trail.... The easier one. Probably MY level trail. So I thought. We headed up the mountain on this paved trail and I thought it would be a piece of cake from there. WRONG. The only thing easier/different was that there weren't any loose rocks that I need to manuever over. It was just has steep, but on this trail I could turn around and walk backwards to take some pressure off my shins. That was nice.
I made it to the next point and said "Is this the end? Did I make it to the top?" Carmen looked at me funny and said "uh..noo"........ I replied, "well did I make it half way?" Again, "uhm... nooo not even close".
Freak.
At that point we had come to the conclusion that maybe this trail was a wee too advanced for me for my FIRST hike ever. I was about ready to die so I had her go ahead finish her mountain while I waited for her at the bottom.
I didn't give up though. I went back down to point 1, where the rock cliff met up that I had come up from. Then turned around and went back up to point 2. I then walked the paved trail further past point 1 and back up twice. Hiking is some serious shizzle.
Since I'm a photographer and want to capture every moment on film, I wanted to bring my camera with me to document my first hike. My husband talked me out of it because "uh HELLO!? what if you fall?" Good point, I seriously didn't want to ruin thousands of dollars worth of equipment to document my fat booty climbing a mountain. I used my phone instead. Watching the sunrise over the city was beautiful.
Later that morning I decided since I'm going through all these changes in my life, I might as well make just one more. I cut my hair AGAIN. This time about 9 inches off. It's verrrry short in the back and longer in front. My main reason was I've been working out and will be working out even more and my hair just makes me hot. So off it goes. It's super cropped on my neck and wont be getting in my way anymore. I took a cheesy phone pic because I was so excited. Also, if you'll observe, I have less of a double chin than a few weeks ago. HOLLA!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Day 4 Boot Camp Friday
Tonight Curtis said we'd be having a "recovery workout for our hard work this week," a cool down. Yeah, Right. If that workout was a "recovery", I'm a size 2. I was grunting, moaning, back-spazzing and collapsing tonight. It was just as hard, maybe harder than the rest of the weeks workouts.
Lets see... tonight, I did PUSH-UPS. No big deal right? Well when you're carrying probably 30 lbs in your boobs alone, it's a wee bit challenging especially with near zero arm strength. I'm not yet to the full push-up stance up on all fours and hitting the ground with my nose, but I at least got some downward AND back upward motion. I feared gravity tonight, for the sake of my face. Didn't wanna fall and crash onto this money-maker, eh?
Today was the last day of the week for boot camp. It's kind of sad, I have to wait until MONDAY to come back :(
At least I'm going hiking tomorrow to keep me on routine. I'll let you know about that, do you remember that I HATE hiking? Well that was the before me, I might enjoy it now. You'll have to read tomorrow to find out.
Lets see... tonight, I did PUSH-UPS. No big deal right? Well when you're carrying probably 30 lbs in your boobs alone, it's a wee bit challenging especially with near zero arm strength. I'm not yet to the full push-up stance up on all fours and hitting the ground with my nose, but I at least got some downward AND back upward motion. I feared gravity tonight, for the sake of my face. Didn't wanna fall and crash onto this money-maker, eh?
Today was the last day of the week for boot camp. It's kind of sad, I have to wait until MONDAY to come back :(
At least I'm going hiking tomorrow to keep me on routine. I'll let you know about that, do you remember that I HATE hiking? Well that was the before me, I might enjoy it now. You'll have to read tomorrow to find out.
Rock Star days 2 and 3, and a 5K
Well friends let me tell you, this boot camp is kickin' my BUTT! No seriously. I have never been so sore in my entire life. I can't believe I'm doing this! I'm so proud of myself.
Day 2, the hubs had to change his work schedule so I ended up going to the evening workout instead of my planned morning session. It was sprinkling outside so we went indoors for most of the workout. Holy CRAP. This day was a total strength building day.. Day 1 was more cardio, with strength building worked in. I mean it's always cardio + strength, but Day 2 seemed to be more aimed towards strength. I almost collapsed several times.
We did some interval training.. something like 50/10 if I remember right? 50 seconds of work, 10 seconds of rest. 6 different exercises, and 4 rounds total. KILLER. The HARDEST part of that workout were the "mountain climbers". If you don't know what that is, picture yourself in a push-up position and then start running in place bringing your knees up to your chest... well I couldn't do that quite well, I could barely leave the ground but I'll be damned, I try my absolute hardest. Then Curtis, the trainer, said something like "if you need to switch it up, try side swiping instead of the traditional mountain climb". Well I THOUGHT if he was offering an alternative, that meant it might be a little easier, so I tried that and almost freaked my freak, and ALMOST fell over. Basically instead of just drawing your knees forward up to your chest, you bring your leg up then swing it back in the opposite direction instead of straight back... that probably makes no sense at all. But you know those crunches you see people doing where instead of sitting straight up, they criss-cross like right elbow to left knee, etc? Well like that, except you're moving your lower body, in a push-up position.
freaking crap. I suck at explaining things, I should just find a video.
Day 3 was a morning workout again. That's a 12 hour turn around time for me! I felt great though. I didn't have to snooze my alarm for the first time. I was able to have a light breakfast, an apple with a small spread of organic, raw peanut butter. I went on my way and even got to camp EARLY. We did a bunch of cardio and some TRX training. I don't know much about that yet, will inform you when I do. It was a hard freakin' workout though.
Tuesday another camper walked up to me and told me that I did a great job for just beginning..That was so nice of her! We exchanged numbers and made plans to go hiking together. So her, another friend of mine and myself are all going hiking on Friday morning at 6 am...
I'm doing things that I would've NEVER done before. I HATE HIKING. Yea, I HATE it. But I'm doing it. Randomly the other day I said to the hubs "I feel like hiking, we should do it". I think I've always hated hiking because I was lazy and "hiking was too hard." Well no shit Sherlock.
So hiking, Friday morning.. check.
Okay now on to EXCITING news. I just registered for my first 5K run/walk! WHAT?! Who AM I? 5K are you CRAZY?
I'm a whole new person. Before, I would NEVER hike, I would NEVER run/walk 5K, and if I were somehow shanghaied into it, I would NEVER be this excited about it. Look out world, I'm becoming a Rock Star.
Here is the 5K I'm doing, it benefits Children's Cancer Research, which only makes this opportunity even better.
Oh I found a video of the mountain climber thingy aka ass whoopin'. It's even a "how-to"
I dare you to try it.
Day 2, the hubs had to change his work schedule so I ended up going to the evening workout instead of my planned morning session. It was sprinkling outside so we went indoors for most of the workout. Holy CRAP. This day was a total strength building day.. Day 1 was more cardio, with strength building worked in. I mean it's always cardio + strength, but Day 2 seemed to be more aimed towards strength. I almost collapsed several times.
We did some interval training.. something like 50/10 if I remember right? 50 seconds of work, 10 seconds of rest. 6 different exercises, and 4 rounds total. KILLER. The HARDEST part of that workout were the "mountain climbers". If you don't know what that is, picture yourself in a push-up position and then start running in place bringing your knees up to your chest... well I couldn't do that quite well, I could barely leave the ground but I'll be damned, I try my absolute hardest. Then Curtis, the trainer, said something like "if you need to switch it up, try side swiping instead of the traditional mountain climb". Well I THOUGHT if he was offering an alternative, that meant it might be a little easier, so I tried that and almost freaked my freak, and ALMOST fell over. Basically instead of just drawing your knees forward up to your chest, you bring your leg up then swing it back in the opposite direction instead of straight back... that probably makes no sense at all. But you know those crunches you see people doing where instead of sitting straight up, they criss-cross like right elbow to left knee, etc? Well like that, except you're moving your lower body, in a push-up position.
freaking crap. I suck at explaining things, I should just find a video.
Day 3 was a morning workout again. That's a 12 hour turn around time for me! I felt great though. I didn't have to snooze my alarm for the first time. I was able to have a light breakfast, an apple with a small spread of organic, raw peanut butter. I went on my way and even got to camp EARLY. We did a bunch of cardio and some TRX training. I don't know much about that yet, will inform you when I do. It was a hard freakin' workout though.
Tuesday another camper walked up to me and told me that I did a great job for just beginning..That was so nice of her! We exchanged numbers and made plans to go hiking together. So her, another friend of mine and myself are all going hiking on Friday morning at 6 am...
I'm doing things that I would've NEVER done before. I HATE HIKING. Yea, I HATE it. But I'm doing it. Randomly the other day I said to the hubs "I feel like hiking, we should do it". I think I've always hated hiking because I was lazy and "hiking was too hard." Well no shit Sherlock.
So hiking, Friday morning.. check.
Okay now on to EXCITING news. I just registered for my first 5K run/walk! WHAT?! Who AM I? 5K are you CRAZY?
I'm a whole new person. Before, I would NEVER hike, I would NEVER run/walk 5K, and if I were somehow shanghaied into it, I would NEVER be this excited about it. Look out world, I'm becoming a Rock Star.
Here is the 5K I'm doing, it benefits Children's Cancer Research, which only makes this opportunity even better.
Oh I found a video of the mountain climber thingy aka ass whoopin'. It's even a "how-to"
I dare you to try it.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Rock Star BC Day 1
Today was a lot harder than last weeks boot camp workout. It was BETTER too. I really felt like this was a "Last Chance Workout" like I see them on The Biggest Loser. My favorite station of the day though was those humungo ropes that are anchored to the ground and you have to whip them up and down as hard as you possibly can while in a squat position.. holy cannoli. My leg and butt muscles were BURNING, not to mention my arms about to fall off and my stomach squeezed so tight it was as if I actually HAD stomach muscles for a minute. Well maybe they're there, just vewwy vewwy wittle. I think my stomach was clenched so hard that I had to force myself to relax after I was done. oy.
This is what I'm talking about, it's freakin' hard as freak.
This is what I'm talking about, it's freakin' hard as freak.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Going back to Boot Camp
Last week I had a guest pass to go to the boot camp I blogged about in my last post. I officially made the decision to start going there regularly, starting tomorrow! I'm excited, nervous, scared, stoked, happy, anxious and just about every other emotion out there.
The trial run coupon that I have runs for 3 weeks, and if I like it and want to continue, there are membership options. HOLY cow are they expensive though, so I probably won't continue unless I hit the jackpot in the next few weeks. I'm glad I have this opportunity though because I can learn so much from going to the camp, and maybe just MAYBE I can carry out some of the routine at home.
There comes that accountability thing though. I like going some where, esp if there is a friend there meeting me because I can't just say forget about the work out today since another person is depending on me being there. Whose to stop me at home from just putting off my work out to watch Bachelor Pad instead? Or getting hooked in Pinterest for hours? No one but lil ole me, and we've seen how that's worked out in the past.
So tomorrow at the bright butt-crack of dawn, I'll be at boot camp again. It's M-Th for 3 weeks. If this programs works like all the reviews have said it does, I should be a skinny minny before you know it! Well that's a LITTLE bit of an exaggeration, but I should definitely SEE some results. Wish me luck, this will be brutal!
The trial run coupon that I have runs for 3 weeks, and if I like it and want to continue, there are membership options. HOLY cow are they expensive though, so I probably won't continue unless I hit the jackpot in the next few weeks. I'm glad I have this opportunity though because I can learn so much from going to the camp, and maybe just MAYBE I can carry out some of the routine at home.
There comes that accountability thing though. I like going some where, esp if there is a friend there meeting me because I can't just say forget about the work out today since another person is depending on me being there. Whose to stop me at home from just putting off my work out to watch Bachelor Pad instead? Or getting hooked in Pinterest for hours? No one but lil ole me, and we've seen how that's worked out in the past.
So tomorrow at the bright butt-crack of dawn, I'll be at boot camp again. It's M-Th for 3 weeks. If this programs works like all the reviews have said it does, I should be a skinny minny before you know it! Well that's a LITTLE bit of an exaggeration, but I should definitely SEE some results. Wish me luck, this will be brutal!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Boot Camp
This morning I went with a friend to this boot camp work out called Rock Star Boot Camp. Let me just tell you, I almost DIED. It was the BEST work out I have EVER had. You can tell I'm serious because I'm using a lot of CAPS. lol. I was very nervous at first because in my head, I JUST had a baby cut out of me. Even though that was over 3 months ago and I'm probably all healed up. Maybe using my c-section as my excuse for not wanting to bust my ass sounded good to me. I got there early to talk to the trainer and see what he thought about me just having a surgery and if he thought I would be okay... He was awesome, he just said do whatever I felt comfortable with. Everyone was at different levels and to do MY best. MY best was obviously different than the girl standing next to me, so don't worry about her. He was very encouraging, introduced me to the whole group (embarrasing) over the loud speaker, imagine 35 people turning around and looking at the fatso in the back... Anyway, I guess I was meant to to these work outs because I didn't struggle with the techniques like I thought I would. I'd never done a lot of the things, so I thought my first time I would look like a beached whale flapping around trying to desperately get back into the water.
I thought this trainer would be hard on me because of my size and really kick my ass. No worries, pushed me HARD, but he made ME kick my own ass. Not literally, no buttkicks today. He kept saying "You can stop if you want, take a break if you need". Me needing to prove myself, I didn't take any breaks. I pushed sooo hard. At one point I almost threw up.. ewww. I see them do that all the time on the Biggest Loser and I thought "such wusses" and they're doing WAY more intense things than me! Another reason why I didn't take a break? Well since he's saying over a loud speaker I can quit if I need too, there was NO WAY I was letting all those people see me stop. I bet he did that on purpose. Like you know when someone tells you that you can't do something, you want to do it even more? I had the attitude of "well I'll show YOU, I'm not stopping!"
I'm so proud of myself and I can't wait to go back. The boot camp program is 21 days of unlimited sessions. After that I can sign up for a monthly type membership thing. Check it out for yourself. You'll be proud of me too when you see the video.
I wish I had a hot tub at my house, I'm so sore. Below is the video from youtube. I did just about everything you see.
I thought this trainer would be hard on me because of my size and really kick my ass. No worries, pushed me HARD, but he made ME kick my own ass. Not literally, no buttkicks today. He kept saying "You can stop if you want, take a break if you need". Me needing to prove myself, I didn't take any breaks. I pushed sooo hard. At one point I almost threw up.. ewww. I see them do that all the time on the Biggest Loser and I thought "such wusses" and they're doing WAY more intense things than me! Another reason why I didn't take a break? Well since he's saying over a loud speaker I can quit if I need too, there was NO WAY I was letting all those people see me stop. I bet he did that on purpose. Like you know when someone tells you that you can't do something, you want to do it even more? I had the attitude of "well I'll show YOU, I'm not stopping!"
I'm so proud of myself and I can't wait to go back. The boot camp program is 21 days of unlimited sessions. After that I can sign up for a monthly type membership thing. Check it out for yourself. You'll be proud of me too when you see the video.
I wish I had a hot tub at my house, I'm so sore. Below is the video from youtube. I did just about everything you see.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Round 2
I have failed miserably at my blogging and weightloss. I plan to make up for it though.. so it's not the end.
There is good news and there is bad news. The bad: I have been super lazy and un-motivated. Not that I haven't WANTED to work out, time just seems to get away from me then "I'll work out before bed". Then I get too tired and "I'll work out in the morning". Morning comes around after a sleepless night and "I'll work out when the girls nap"....It's and endless cycle full of excuses. Hey, the first step is admitting I have a problem. So I do, and that ended (again) tonight.
Oh yea, the good news..... I haven't gained any weight since I stopped working out. Miracle huh?
Well tonight it was like a light bulb went off in my head. I was reading a book (Jemima Jones, I've read it probably 3 or 4 times already) and I decided enough was enough. I remember enjoying working out, how good it felt to sweat and have energy. Why did I stop?? I have no idea because I was having fun. Then I just lost the motivation to do it more and more. The girls were almost ready for bed so I had the hubs take over for bedtime routine so I could get on the machine for a good work out and then shower without having to worry about the babies stopping me.
AHhhhhh.. feels soo good. Seriously I need to report back to this post if I stop again. I swear I better not. I hope I don't.
To my followers, sorry if I have let you down. I know I have quite a few supporter that are rooting for me and I hope I don't disappoint any further.
Smooches!
There is good news and there is bad news. The bad: I have been super lazy and un-motivated. Not that I haven't WANTED to work out, time just seems to get away from me then "I'll work out before bed". Then I get too tired and "I'll work out in the morning". Morning comes around after a sleepless night and "I'll work out when the girls nap"....It's and endless cycle full of excuses. Hey, the first step is admitting I have a problem. So I do, and that ended (again) tonight.
Oh yea, the good news..... I haven't gained any weight since I stopped working out. Miracle huh?
Well tonight it was like a light bulb went off in my head. I was reading a book (Jemima Jones, I've read it probably 3 or 4 times already) and I decided enough was enough. I remember enjoying working out, how good it felt to sweat and have energy. Why did I stop?? I have no idea because I was having fun. Then I just lost the motivation to do it more and more. The girls were almost ready for bed so I had the hubs take over for bedtime routine so I could get on the machine for a good work out and then shower without having to worry about the babies stopping me.
AHhhhhh.. feels soo good. Seriously I need to report back to this post if I stop again. I swear I better not. I hope I don't.
To my followers, sorry if I have let you down. I know I have quite a few supporter that are rooting for me and I hope I don't disappoint any further.
Smooches!
Friday, August 12, 2011
#Losing
Wish I could say weight. That would be lying. I'm at a standstill. Haven't lost any weight in 2 weeks. I also slowed down my workout because it's so dang hot. I should not live in AZ. For someone that hates the heat as much as I do...why do I live here again? Oh yea, because my husband thinks it's "not that bad". PuhLEASE.
Tomorrow I'm starting the 30 day shred for REALS. I know I've said it already, I'm not sure why I haven't actually done it. There is nothing really stopping me besides my laziness. Well actually the girls are still sick and now Elika is coming down with another sickness. She was exposed to Roseola last weekend. So far she's only gotten some bumps all over her whole body, no fever which is strange because I read on Dr. Internet that fever comes first, followed by a rash. We'll see. But really, she's a happy lil camper, can't even tell she's sick. So... no excuses.
I should go to bed and stop trying to blog late at night. It's these late nights that prevent me from my workouts from being too tired (and hot). Tomorrow is a new day, and Day 1 of 30. Time to shred some ass.
Tomorrow I'm starting the 30 day shred for REALS. I know I've said it already, I'm not sure why I haven't actually done it. There is nothing really stopping me besides my laziness. Well actually the girls are still sick and now Elika is coming down with another sickness. She was exposed to Roseola last weekend. So far she's only gotten some bumps all over her whole body, no fever which is strange because I read on Dr. Internet that fever comes first, followed by a rash. We'll see. But really, she's a happy lil camper, can't even tell she's sick. So... no excuses.
I should go to bed and stop trying to blog late at night. It's these late nights that prevent me from my workouts from being too tired (and hot). Tomorrow is a new day, and Day 1 of 30. Time to shred some ass.
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