Well friends, here I am, two months later. I've completed two 4-week sessions with Camp Gladiator. I am feeling the effects of getting back to active - running the full time/distance, building more strength, and the big win: shrinking out of my clothes. I don't quite see it yet, but my friends do - and that too is a huge win. There's always more work to be done, but I'm happy thus far!
My 3rd camp started this week, with my first attendance last night instead of Monday. This week is absolutely brutal on my calendar, so I will sneak in ways to work out here and there. I have not been doing the best job of eating well, I will admit it. I am very conscious of my portions, and am still eating smaller meals throughout the day. With the dental issues that started a while ago, my meals are off. My biggest focus as far as food intake goes is to ensure I have adequate fuel for workouts so I don't crash/bonk. Beyond that, mostly healthy and small portions.
Things have been so hectic getting packed and moved, and then having the Farm (special group of people in my life) in for Moto GP, I've had nothing remotely near "normal". Don't misunderstand - I wouldn't have it any other way :) I love my Farm time, and miss my peoples tremendously!!! I am hoping to get to a mostly-healthy food routine within a few weeks. There's still so much to do at the house.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
CG wut wut!
My amazing and wonderful roomie kicked off the idea of boot camp to get us going, to keep us motivated, and for general badassery. Okay perhaps I made up the last one. But it stays. So deal with it.
This is week 2 of my first boot camp style workout ever. I slugged it through 2 months of P90X. This kicks P90's ass like there's no tomorrow. How, might you say? NO PAUSE BUTTON. None. Did you catch that? NONE. On the "pro" side ... the people are nice, the instructor is encouraging and flexible, and it's a positive atmosphere. I ran for the first time in a solid 15 years. it sucked. I walked some. But last night, 3 laps around the church parking lot. Was I the very last one in? Yep. But I ran the whole thing. Okay, by ran, I really mean jogged, but it was more than a walk, and I kept going until I was done. My knees feel it today. I'm going to be picking up a joint supplement to help out... but I'm not sure if it's just atrophy or actual joint. Either way, my joints won't dislike having some supplements!
Food.... ah food. I'm changing which carbs I eat. Always horrible. Trying to get more protein in my life, which might be more of a challenge. Oh, and getting back to my routine of eating throughout the day on a schedule, to keep the "fire" burning so to speak.
AAAAAH! So much to do!!
Oh - and today's title is brought to you by Camp Gladiator ;)
This is week 2 of my first boot camp style workout ever. I slugged it through 2 months of P90X. This kicks P90's ass like there's no tomorrow. How, might you say? NO PAUSE BUTTON. None. Did you catch that? NONE. On the "pro" side ... the people are nice, the instructor is encouraging and flexible, and it's a positive atmosphere. I ran for the first time in a solid 15 years. it sucked. I walked some. But last night, 3 laps around the church parking lot. Was I the very last one in? Yep. But I ran the whole thing. Okay, by ran, I really mean jogged, but it was more than a walk, and I kept going until I was done. My knees feel it today. I'm going to be picking up a joint supplement to help out... but I'm not sure if it's just atrophy or actual joint. Either way, my joints won't dislike having some supplements!
Food.... ah food. I'm changing which carbs I eat. Always horrible. Trying to get more protein in my life, which might be more of a challenge. Oh, and getting back to my routine of eating throughout the day on a schedule, to keep the "fire" burning so to speak.
AAAAAH! So much to do!!
Oh - and today's title is brought to you by Camp Gladiator ;)
Monday, September 10, 2012
New gadgetry always helps, right?
I'm talking my way into buying an iPod nano with which to do worky-outy things. This makes sense, right? Perhaps in some parallel universe? Seems like they can do tracking with Nike+ apps, maybe mapmyride, and weigh much less than a phone. I miss my bicycle. I miss being active.
Plus I love food (and beer) too much to not be active.
Plus I love food (and beer) too much to not be active.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
*sigh*
It seems my workout partner didn't survive the vacation-break, and is all but done with P90X. As of right now, we've renegotiated cardio 3x/week, and I snuck in a "core" activity this weekend disguised as fun (stand up paddling).
Just when I was starting to see the scale move.
*Update* Gretchen to the rescue!! August CORE Challenge!!! GO!
Just when I was starting to see the scale move.
*Update* Gretchen to the rescue!! August CORE Challenge!!! GO!
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
I got narc'd out.
My dearest Gretchen, this is for you!!!
It has been awfully quiet around here. Vacation happened, and we've been getting back in the swing of things. We were out of town for 10 days, and basically picked back up at the start of the partial week that we were in prior to leaving. So, this is week 10 (minus the two weeks off).
It's been a little rough getting back into it, even though we were not supremely gluttonous on vacation. We did have some adult beverages, and some good food though. Jason has seen more results overall than I have, so I think he's all "I'm ahead of the game, I can slack a bit" ... which makes it harder for me, on top of the fact that I haven't seen as big a change as he has. Sigh. Just a little frustrating.
So.
Back to it. Last night I was weak, and we skipped chest/arms/tris. Tonight is cardio. I will be doing cardio, whether he joins me or not. I have serious bicycle withdrawal, and may entertain schedule modifications to get in some generic riding around the neighborhood as a supplement to the P90X plan. I'm also doing some reading on stand-up paddling, and will be giving that a whirl in a couple weeks (more to come there, supposed to be core city!).
Diet is still relatively boring, lots of chicken boobies and veggies and wild rice, Shakeology in the mornings. More cheating with frozen delight for lunch than I prefer, but work has been such a madhouse lately that it is hard to carve out the time to make a simple healthy lunch. One more thing to work toward!!! :)
Speaking of work, back to the grind ...
Holy smokes .. I forgot the most important part. I had to spend $170 on new clothes before vaca because I SHRANK OUT OF MY OTHER CLOTHES. 9 lbs officially gone (I was down 10, but found one, grrrr). Haven't done measurements / pics though.
It has been awfully quiet around here. Vacation happened, and we've been getting back in the swing of things. We were out of town for 10 days, and basically picked back up at the start of the partial week that we were in prior to leaving. So, this is week 10 (minus the two weeks off).
It's been a little rough getting back into it, even though we were not supremely gluttonous on vacation. We did have some adult beverages, and some good food though. Jason has seen more results overall than I have, so I think he's all "I'm ahead of the game, I can slack a bit" ... which makes it harder for me, on top of the fact that I haven't seen as big a change as he has. Sigh. Just a little frustrating.
So.
Back to it. Last night I was weak, and we skipped chest/arms/tris. Tonight is cardio. I will be doing cardio, whether he joins me or not. I have serious bicycle withdrawal, and may entertain schedule modifications to get in some generic riding around the neighborhood as a supplement to the P90X plan. I'm also doing some reading on stand-up paddling, and will be giving that a whirl in a couple weeks (more to come there, supposed to be core city!).
Diet is still relatively boring, lots of chicken boobies and veggies and wild rice, Shakeology in the mornings. More cheating with frozen delight for lunch than I prefer, but work has been such a madhouse lately that it is hard to carve out the time to make a simple healthy lunch. One more thing to work toward!!! :)
Speaking of work, back to the grind ...
Holy smokes .. I forgot the most important part. I had to spend $170 on new clothes before vaca because I SHRANK OUT OF MY OTHER CLOTHES. 9 lbs officially gone (I was down 10, but found one, grrrr). Haven't done measurements / pics though.
Monday, June 18, 2012
6 weeks down!
The tragedy of all tragedies has occurred: we are out of Shakeology!! My normal auto-ship will go out this Thursday. BUT .... my impatient ass ordered more today anyway. It should be here probably Thursday, I'm guessing. In the meantime, I picked up some Muscle Milk protein mix at the grocery store ... it is SO not the same. Less flavor, less goodies ... lower carbs, but meh overall. It is better with milk than water, but is still lacking and watery in general.
Now, onto the workout part. We've completed 6 weeks of workouts, meaning this is our last "normal" week of phase 2 before the off-week. I can't say I will be sorry to see Chest/Shoulders/Triceps leave the normal repertoire .... all the pushups are really hard on my wrist. Which reminds me, I want to get stands this week to at least make the last bit of it easier. I'm also assuming there will be some pushups/chest/upperbody workout in phase 3 of P90X, which will help me to justify the purchase haha.
Results, you ask? am I seeing them? Well sorta. I've managed to "regress" in my eating, down to ~1300-1400 cal/day, but I'm not feeling hungry at any point. I've dropped 5lbs overall since starting, and am seeing more of a difference in how clothes are fitting, especially around my waistline. We didn't do measurements on day 28 as we were supposed to ... I think I'll take some before we go on our vacation whirlwind at the end of the month.
Now, onto the workout part. We've completed 6 weeks of workouts, meaning this is our last "normal" week of phase 2 before the off-week. I can't say I will be sorry to see Chest/Shoulders/Triceps leave the normal repertoire .... all the pushups are really hard on my wrist. Which reminds me, I want to get stands this week to at least make the last bit of it easier. I'm also assuming there will be some pushups/chest/upperbody workout in phase 3 of P90X, which will help me to justify the purchase haha.
Results, you ask? am I seeing them? Well sorta. I've managed to "regress" in my eating, down to ~1300-1400 cal/day, but I'm not feeling hungry at any point. I've dropped 5lbs overall since starting, and am seeing more of a difference in how clothes are fitting, especially around my waistline. We didn't do measurements on day 28 as we were supposed to ... I think I'll take some before we go on our vacation whirlwind at the end of the month.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Tuesday - day 30
So it seems our weekend foodie-adventures caught up with us yesterday. We were not as cautious with our portions, and it was all we could do yesterday to "feel" sated. Nonetheless, workout prevailed. I cooked up several chicken breasts, so hopefully this week will be relatively easy. There's also a pork tenderloin that needs to be cooked up, but I don't know that I will get to it today. Guess I can find things to do with it today, so I can cook it up tomorrow. By the way, shredded pork tenderloin nuked and on a salad is delicious!! (that was lunch yesterday)
Tonight's workout - cardio! Sure wish my joints didn't feel like they were giving out on me. Jumping jacks, running in place, anything with pounding on the knees is a no-go. Modify, modify, modify. *sigh* Speaking of modifications, I'm slowly getting better on my pushup type modifications. Downward dog is still a bit of a debacle, because of the angle between the ground and my arms. Using my chintzy little 2lb weights as handles is helping me. Now I have to remember to rotate my hands in, so my fingers point forward, instead of having my wrists face each other.
Tonight's workout - cardio! Sure wish my joints didn't feel like they were giving out on me. Jumping jacks, running in place, anything with pounding on the knees is a no-go. Modify, modify, modify. *sigh* Speaking of modifications, I'm slowly getting better on my pushup type modifications. Downward dog is still a bit of a debacle, because of the angle between the ground and my arms. Using my chintzy little 2lb weights as handles is helping me. Now I have to remember to rotate my hands in, so my fingers point forward, instead of having my wrists face each other.
Monday, June 4, 2012
4 weeks down!
So here we are, at the start of week 5. It's so bizarre, our workouts are in the evenings, so it's like "free" time during the day.
We completed the first four weeks of P90X, and neither killed ourselves or anyone else. We did a little bit of "celebrating" this weekend, with some wine and some homemade pork tenderloin raviolis. Not completely great, but not a complete bender! It was a great weekend. I think we could have scaled our portions back a little bit, but I wasn't miserable from it - thank goodness.
Going into week 5, we will have photos and measurements tonight before core synergistics. I'm excited to get back to our "normal" routine of workouts, though I think we are "losing" shoulders/arms for the next 3 weeks. I did like that workout, and will likely sneak it in here and there - I would love to have some nice arms, even if they're not super beefy. I am not seeing much difference in weight, but am feeling a bit of change in the fit of my clothes - one step at a time!
The meals are much easier now than they were ... though we're still not doing a ton of cooking on the weekend to prepare for the week. I'm cooking up a lot of chicken oo ies tonight that should get us through a couple days, and we have leftover pork tenderloin from this weekend as well for salads and whatnot. Just add veggies and a hearty grain!
Keeping up with Shakeology for breakfast, usually with half a banana and a tbsp of natural almond butter. My blender tried to kill me last week, new one was acquired yesterday, and broken in this morning. It's not the world's best thing, but it'll work for a while :) Having two people in the house going through it, does make a huge difference. Going to have to figure out a plan for that!
More to come, at some point ....
We completed the first four weeks of P90X, and neither killed ourselves or anyone else. We did a little bit of "celebrating" this weekend, with some wine and some homemade pork tenderloin raviolis. Not completely great, but not a complete bender! It was a great weekend. I think we could have scaled our portions back a little bit, but I wasn't miserable from it - thank goodness.
Going into week 5, we will have photos and measurements tonight before core synergistics. I'm excited to get back to our "normal" routine of workouts, though I think we are "losing" shoulders/arms for the next 3 weeks. I did like that workout, and will likely sneak it in here and there - I would love to have some nice arms, even if they're not super beefy. I am not seeing much difference in weight, but am feeling a bit of change in the fit of my clothes - one step at a time!
The meals are much easier now than they were ... though we're still not doing a ton of cooking on the weekend to prepare for the week. I'm cooking up a lot of chicken oo ies tonight that should get us through a couple days, and we have leftover pork tenderloin from this weekend as well for salads and whatnot. Just add veggies and a hearty grain!
Keeping up with Shakeology for breakfast, usually with half a banana and a tbsp of natural almond butter. My blender tried to kill me last week, new one was acquired yesterday, and broken in this morning. It's not the world's best thing, but it'll work for a while :) Having two people in the house going through it, does make a huge difference. Going to have to figure out a plan for that!
More to come, at some point ....
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
WOW!!
I need a better routine for my blog time!!!
So I haven't checked in since Day 4 of p90x ... but I promise you, loyal followers, that I have been working my tush off!! Day 4 was Yoga, which rocked my socks. Day 5 was Legs & Back, + ab ripper. One of these days I will be able to do Ab Ripper without flopping about like a fish out of water!!! As for now ... that's what I end up looking like on some of the exercises (oblique v-ups anyone...). Day 6 was Kenpo, which I really enjoyed. I think I'm going to get some weighted gloves between now and Saturday, as that disc isn't really conducive to a handheld weight.
Last night was Day 8 - Core Synergistics for the 2nd time. This was SO much easier without having to do the fit test ahead of time, wowza! We made it through the entire disc, only going "over" by 7 minutes - pauses to rest and recover some HR. Tonight is Cardio - wooooo!!! BRING IT!!!
Digressing from exercise to diet/nutrition .... we're still doing a lot of "winging it" on the meal plan. I'm targeting 1600-1800cal per day intake, with a 50% protein, 25% carbs, 25% fat breakdown. I'm not quite there on my percentages .... still taking in too many carbs, but I am (with some work) getting more protein into my diet. Jason is working on the 2400cal plan, and is struggling to get UP to that many "good" calories each day. He is planning to pick up some protein powder over the weekend, and is hoping to get closer to the 2400cal mark, while increasing his protein levels too.
Planning is getting easier, and measuring isn't as big of a deal as it was last week. "New" meals are still a little more time-intensive, but aren't terrible. I'm learning with every meal. Going to have to make time on Sundays to cook up a variety of chicken breasts for the week, I think. Fish is quick and easy, as are veggies and rice/quinoa.
Speaking of planning, it's time to put the turkey breast in the oven to roast! That will be dinner tonight and probably tomorrow too :)
So I haven't checked in since Day 4 of p90x ... but I promise you, loyal followers, that I have been working my tush off!! Day 4 was Yoga, which rocked my socks. Day 5 was Legs & Back, + ab ripper. One of these days I will be able to do Ab Ripper without flopping about like a fish out of water!!! As for now ... that's what I end up looking like on some of the exercises (oblique v-ups anyone...). Day 6 was Kenpo, which I really enjoyed. I think I'm going to get some weighted gloves between now and Saturday, as that disc isn't really conducive to a handheld weight.
Last night was Day 8 - Core Synergistics for the 2nd time. This was SO much easier without having to do the fit test ahead of time, wowza! We made it through the entire disc, only going "over" by 7 minutes - pauses to rest and recover some HR. Tonight is Cardio - wooooo!!! BRING IT!!!
Digressing from exercise to diet/nutrition .... we're still doing a lot of "winging it" on the meal plan. I'm targeting 1600-1800cal per day intake, with a 50% protein, 25% carbs, 25% fat breakdown. I'm not quite there on my percentages .... still taking in too many carbs, but I am (with some work) getting more protein into my diet. Jason is working on the 2400cal plan, and is struggling to get UP to that many "good" calories each day. He is planning to pick up some protein powder over the weekend, and is hoping to get closer to the 2400cal mark, while increasing his protein levels too.
Planning is getting easier, and measuring isn't as big of a deal as it was last week. "New" meals are still a little more time-intensive, but aren't terrible. I'm learning with every meal. Going to have to make time on Sundays to cook up a variety of chicken breasts for the week, I think. Fish is quick and easy, as are veggies and rice/quinoa.
Speaking of planning, it's time to put the turkey breast in the oven to roast! That will be dinner tonight and probably tomorrow too :)
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Day 3 recap
Well now ... day 3 brought us Shoulders & Arms followed with Ab Ripper. Jason decided we should do Ab Ripper first, longest 15min of my life LOL. Lots of good ab moves, I can't wait to be able to do them all without half-assing. I think next time we will do abs after the workout, as the video assumes you are warmed up when it starts.
Shoulders & Arms was a killer. More focused on strength than we have seen so far, and I am feeling it today. Bad news ... I tweaked something in my back about 15min into the 60min workout :( It is better today, and Jason worked on it a bit last night. Maybe Yoga X will stretch it out tonight.
Ended up with under 1500cal yesterday, dinner was a much lighter calorie load than I had anticipated. I think somewhere between 1500-1800 is the right calorie intake for me at this point ... but I don't know if I am suffering too much by being on the low end. The nutrition portion of this adventure is still very wishywashy, and quite frankly is one of the bigger challenges. I dislike having the necessary time to prepare everything, BUT on the other hand, many of the recipes provided by P90X are short and sweet. More to come there, I suppose. We will probably start cooking a bunch on Sunday and portioning things out for the week. Hooray, more tupperware ....
Shoulders & Arms was a killer. More focused on strength than we have seen so far, and I am feeling it today. Bad news ... I tweaked something in my back about 15min into the 60min workout :( It is better today, and Jason worked on it a bit last night. Maybe Yoga X will stretch it out tonight.
Ended up with under 1500cal yesterday, dinner was a much lighter calorie load than I had anticipated. I think somewhere between 1500-1800 is the right calorie intake for me at this point ... but I don't know if I am suffering too much by being on the low end. The nutrition portion of this adventure is still very wishywashy, and quite frankly is one of the bigger challenges. I dislike having the necessary time to prepare everything, BUT on the other hand, many of the recipes provided by P90X are short and sweet. More to come there, I suppose. We will probably start cooking a bunch on Sunday and portioning things out for the week. Hooray, more tupperware ....
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
P90X Day 2 recap, looking into Day 3
Yesterday was day 2 of our 90 day adventure. Day 2 of the Lean path calls for Cardio X. Holy cannoli. Good times though, we finished the workout! Had to pause a few times to recover before moving on, as well as pause a couple times to ensure we had the sequence of moves down. My sucky little temporary heart rate monitor said I burned like 460some calories. It only has setting entries for my age and sex, doesn't know weight, height, etc, so I took it with a lump of salt. MyFitnessPal thinks it was closer to 650cal expenditure, which I am more apt to believe.
As far as food intake, I was just over 1700cal yesterday, and that felt pretty OK. I wish we could exercise earlier so I'm not having dinner at 9:30-10pm :( it's not great for the metabolism, and I just plain don't like eating that late. Might have to see about switching up the schedule after we get through this first week. I like the fact that Jason and I can push each other and assist through the exercises, but he is definitely a night person, and I am not.
Tonight! Upcoming and amazing .... Shoulders & Arms, followed by Ab Ripper! Oh ... my ....
I hope Jason gets home early so we can start early.
As far as food intake, I was just over 1700cal yesterday, and that felt pretty OK. I wish we could exercise earlier so I'm not having dinner at 9:30-10pm :( it's not great for the metabolism, and I just plain don't like eating that late. Might have to see about switching up the schedule after we get through this first week. I like the fact that Jason and I can push each other and assist through the exercises, but he is definitely a night person, and I am not.
Tonight! Upcoming and amazing .... Shoulders & Arms, followed by Ab Ripper! Oh ... my ....
I hope Jason gets home early so we can start early.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
New adventure
Perhaps I should've written this post yesterday, but yesterday was a little hectic.
Jason and I have embarked on a P90X adventure. Nutrition plan, discs, workout space upstairs, everything.
We have talked here and there about how to cope with the physical consequences of our love for wine and food. Ta-daaaaaa enter P90X.
Monday, 5/7/12, was our official Day 1. Sadly, it was also the day of our Fit Test, measurements, and Before pictures. I hated yesterday with a burning passion, and dreaded it ALL DAY.
All pre-workout activities complete, we did some prep for dinner since it was getting a little late. We made up the honey-chile sauce from a recipe in the P90X nutrition guide - holy amazing! Sprinkled some seasoning on chicken boobies, popped 'em in the oven, cooked up some quinoa to the point where we could turn the heat off, and upstairs we went for DAY ONE EXERCISE.
I'll state here, and perhaps restate later, that we are on the "lean" path. More cardio, less focus on strength and power. This was 100% my doing, Jason decided to go along with it. I am hoping this will help to shed some of the excess jiggly-bits, along with the tagline of building lean muscle mass. Let's face it, I am a girl, and I don't want to be all big and bulky. I just want to be alright-looking in a swim suit when I jump into the lake or pool!
So, Day One. Core Synergetics. Due to the scheduling SNAFU, we started the disc pretty late. As a compromise, we agreed to turn it off at 9:45, wherever we were, so we would have time to recover, have dinner, and shower before hitting the hay. We made it about halfway through the workout, holy smokes. I have a better idea now of things to come, and honestly I am more excited about today's workout than yesterday's. Largely due to the fact that no one will be poking at my fat today, haha.
Couple of issues thus far ... timing sucks. Our schedules aren't really compatible with a morning workout at this point. So we are set to workout around 7pm every night. Two, I'm still dealing with issues from a forearm/wrist fracture last summer, which disallows me from doing standard push-ups with my palms on the ground. The chin-up bar we have flips down to be a nice push-up support for me, as long as I keep my elbows in - yoga style!! Those who know yoga push-ups (chaturanga) will empathize. My other modification is to do pushups on my fist. Yes, really. It's a little more forgiving since we are working out at home, so I've got a yoga mat on top of carpet - my knuckles aren't biting into a hard gym floor. Third, I'm uncertain if shoes will continue to be in my future for workouts. They seem to be beneficial for some moves (haha, in the half-video we've been through so far), and not so much in others. I think I'll keep with them until Yoga, and see how it goes.
More to come... :)!
Jason and I have embarked on a P90X adventure. Nutrition plan, discs, workout space upstairs, everything.
We have talked here and there about how to cope with the physical consequences of our love for wine and food. Ta-daaaaaa enter P90X.
Monday, 5/7/12, was our official Day 1. Sadly, it was also the day of our Fit Test, measurements, and Before pictures. I hated yesterday with a burning passion, and dreaded it ALL DAY.
All pre-workout activities complete, we did some prep for dinner since it was getting a little late. We made up the honey-chile sauce from a recipe in the P90X nutrition guide - holy amazing! Sprinkled some seasoning on chicken boobies, popped 'em in the oven, cooked up some quinoa to the point where we could turn the heat off, and upstairs we went for DAY ONE EXERCISE.
I'll state here, and perhaps restate later, that we are on the "lean" path. More cardio, less focus on strength and power. This was 100% my doing, Jason decided to go along with it. I am hoping this will help to shed some of the excess jiggly-bits, along with the tagline of building lean muscle mass. Let's face it, I am a girl, and I don't want to be all big and bulky. I just want to be alright-looking in a swim suit when I jump into the lake or pool!
So, Day One. Core Synergetics. Due to the scheduling SNAFU, we started the disc pretty late. As a compromise, we agreed to turn it off at 9:45, wherever we were, so we would have time to recover, have dinner, and shower before hitting the hay. We made it about halfway through the workout, holy smokes. I have a better idea now of things to come, and honestly I am more excited about today's workout than yesterday's. Largely due to the fact that no one will be poking at my fat today, haha.
Couple of issues thus far ... timing sucks. Our schedules aren't really compatible with a morning workout at this point. So we are set to workout around 7pm every night. Two, I'm still dealing with issues from a forearm/wrist fracture last summer, which disallows me from doing standard push-ups with my palms on the ground. The chin-up bar we have flips down to be a nice push-up support for me, as long as I keep my elbows in - yoga style!! Those who know yoga push-ups (chaturanga) will empathize. My other modification is to do pushups on my fist. Yes, really. It's a little more forgiving since we are working out at home, so I've got a yoga mat on top of carpet - my knuckles aren't biting into a hard gym floor. Third, I'm uncertain if shoes will continue to be in my future for workouts. They seem to be beneficial for some moves (haha, in the half-video we've been through so far), and not so much in others. I think I'll keep with them until Yoga, and see how it goes.
More to come... :)!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Wednesday
So .. funny story this morning. I had a Shakeology explosion in my kitchen.
Slight background: I'm traveling tomorrow, and want to take some shake mix with me. I got some little snack-sized ziploc bags and my trusty Shakeology, then proceeded to start putting one scoop of mix per bag. All was going well until I apparently hit an air pocket in the Shakeology bag, and POOF!! Choco shakeology everywhere! Up my arm, on the counter .. it wasn't pretty lol
It was, however mildly amusing.
What is mo-betta is that I have 5 days worth of shakes all portioned out and in my shaker cup, ready to go!
Speaking of shake ... methinks it's time for breakfast!
Slight background: I'm traveling tomorrow, and want to take some shake mix with me. I got some little snack-sized ziploc bags and my trusty Shakeology, then proceeded to start putting one scoop of mix per bag. All was going well until I apparently hit an air pocket in the Shakeology bag, and POOF!! Choco shakeology everywhere! Up my arm, on the counter .. it wasn't pretty lol
It was, however mildly amusing.
What is mo-betta is that I have 5 days worth of shakes all portioned out and in my shaker cup, ready to go!
Speaking of shake ... methinks it's time for breakfast!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Tuesday!
YAY shake for breakfast!! I miss shakeology when I don't have it, even for a day. I can feel the difference in my digestion, and how I feel.
Got a bit of a late start on foods today, I didn't make my shake till about 9:50am - BAD!!! Threw it in the blender with some unsweetened almond milk and random frozen fruit (it's a mixed bag, and most pieces are covered in ice crystals).
I'm going to remake my lunch from yesterday here in a couple hours - fajita steak meat into phase 1 soup broth & veggies. There isn't any stew meat left in it, and veggies are limited, but it is still delicious. And besides! We need to clean out the fridge :)
12:00pm - snack! apple + reduced fat cheese
2:30pm - steak fajita meat + phase 1 soup broth
Got a bit of a late start on foods today, I didn't make my shake till about 9:50am - BAD!!! Threw it in the blender with some unsweetened almond milk and random frozen fruit (it's a mixed bag, and most pieces are covered in ice crystals).
I'm going to remake my lunch from yesterday here in a couple hours - fajita steak meat into phase 1 soup broth & veggies. There isn't any stew meat left in it, and veggies are limited, but it is still delicious. And besides! We need to clean out the fridge :)
12:00pm - snack! apple + reduced fat cheese
2:30pm - steak fajita meat + phase 1 soup broth
Monday, April 23, 2012
Remiss yet again
Last week was absolutely crazy. Stepmom was in visiting, yay! But I wasn't on my best diet-behavior, boo. Add to that, Jason had some friends in from Norway which added to the diet misbehavior.
Biggies - I got p90x ordered, and it should be here in time for us to leave to Vegas, haha. I'm going to order the recovery drink mix as well, prior to starting up. We should have plenty of time. Once we get back from Vegas, we will collect the equipment needed to get started, and do our fitness test, measurements, and before photos (gak).
Foodstuffs from Monday (writing on tuesday):
breakfast: leftover biscuit + green chile gravy, scrambled egg
snack: apple + reduced fat aged cheddar
lunch: threw some fajita meat in with leftover phase 1 stew (gonna do that again today too)
dinner: 2 pcs pizza (hangs head in shame) and 2 beers
Biggies - I got p90x ordered, and it should be here in time for us to leave to Vegas, haha. I'm going to order the recovery drink mix as well, prior to starting up. We should have plenty of time. Once we get back from Vegas, we will collect the equipment needed to get started, and do our fitness test, measurements, and before photos (gak).
Foodstuffs from Monday (writing on tuesday):
breakfast: leftover biscuit + green chile gravy, scrambled egg
snack: apple + reduced fat aged cheddar
lunch: threw some fajita meat in with leftover phase 1 stew (gonna do that again today too)
dinner: 2 pcs pizza (hangs head in shame) and 2 beers
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Thursday
7:40am - I woke up hungry today! Had my shake kinda early. Mixed up with almond milk, then about 4oz of water to clean out the cup when the milk was gone.
Busy day of work ahead, while getting ready to go to Plano for an overnight trip. My boss is leaving the company, tomorrow is his last day.
10:27am - laundry is in the dryer. it is SNACK TIME!! apple + cheese :)
1:00pm - Lunch! phase 1 soup. I got a little carried away with my portion size though :( I feel it too!
3:41pm and I'm still stuffed. ugh. need more water to help flush me out!
Busy day of work ahead, while getting ready to go to Plano for an overnight trip. My boss is leaving the company, tomorrow is his last day.
10:27am - laundry is in the dryer. it is SNACK TIME!! apple + cheese :)
1:00pm - Lunch! phase 1 soup. I got a little carried away with my portion size though :( I feel it too!
3:41pm and I'm still stuffed. ugh. need more water to help flush me out!
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Wrapped up in the real world
It is so ridiculously easy for me to blog during the week, I'm right here at my computer for almost all of my meals (well, especially the last three weeks of overtime-hell for work). After being bogged down for so long, I refused to enter my office all weekend. I got out in the real world.
Saturday morning was eggs and potatoes and ham all scrambled together for breakfast, since we were going for a bicycle ride (woot!). Met up with some friends at Walnut Creek for a ride at 11, it was cut "short" due to one of the guys having a kidney stone come along. He'd originally planned a 12 mile route for us, and we finished with around 5.75 miles under our belts, I believe - I'll have to check my mapping program to confirm. We usually do 6.5miles or so, but Sam took us on some new paths with some SERIOUS climbs! The mapping program rated my ride about 1000cal. We had a couple of extended stops in the ride as well, good recovery zones. Saturday afternoon we chilled out, then went out for (more) mexican food and patio time for dinner.
Sunday .... Easter. Shake for breakfast, relaxed a bit, then Jason put on a ham and various other components of a boiled dinner. Fam + friends came over around 1, had lunch, chilled for a while chatting and whatnot, they left around 6. Made our spaghetti squash bake for a later dinner, watched some Game of Thrones and GCB, then called it a day.
Monday - relatively nondescript. Eggs + ham for breakfast, shake for lunch, apple for snack. Made soup (low carb) with the ham stock from Sunday.
Tuesday - also nondescript. Eggs + ham for breakfast, shake + banana for lunch, apple for snack. Leftover soup for dinner.
Wednesday - eggs + ham for breakfast (9am). apple for snack (11:30am). delicious apple too!!! nice and firm, very juicy. then I caved and had a Lean Cuisine pizza for lunch (2:15pm). PROCESSED FOOD!!! Sheesh. I've been craving all sorts of "bad" things today. it's time to start giving the child some of this chocolate, so it won't be in the house!! I have NOT, for the record, had any chocolate today. But don't think it's not looking at me. Because it is. I did pick up more almonds at the store, as well as some carrots and mozzarella to do some "different" snacks. It is now 3:44 and I am starting to consider a small snack. I am behind on water today, I've only had a liter.
Also! Breaking News!! I signed up today to be an Independent Team Beachbody Coach. Jason was talking last night about doing P90x together, after we return from Vegas, and I've been talking with the Amazing Gretchen about becoming a coach mostly for the discount on Shakeology... but hey! Now I can get the coach pricing for P90X as well! Can't wait to have less of me!!
4:00pm - snack of 15 almonds
6:30pm - two FRS healthy energy chews, and off to the hike&bike trail! 9 miles in 52 minutes. Not our best time, but it was a nice workout.
10:00pm - phase 1 soup for dinner, one bowl.
Saturday morning was eggs and potatoes and ham all scrambled together for breakfast, since we were going for a bicycle ride (woot!). Met up with some friends at Walnut Creek for a ride at 11, it was cut "short" due to one of the guys having a kidney stone come along. He'd originally planned a 12 mile route for us, and we finished with around 5.75 miles under our belts, I believe - I'll have to check my mapping program to confirm. We usually do 6.5miles or so, but Sam took us on some new paths with some SERIOUS climbs! The mapping program rated my ride about 1000cal. We had a couple of extended stops in the ride as well, good recovery zones. Saturday afternoon we chilled out, then went out for (more) mexican food and patio time for dinner.
Sunday .... Easter. Shake for breakfast, relaxed a bit, then Jason put on a ham and various other components of a boiled dinner. Fam + friends came over around 1, had lunch, chilled for a while chatting and whatnot, they left around 6. Made our spaghetti squash bake for a later dinner, watched some Game of Thrones and GCB, then called it a day.
Monday - relatively nondescript. Eggs + ham for breakfast, shake for lunch, apple for snack. Made soup (low carb) with the ham stock from Sunday.
Tuesday - also nondescript. Eggs + ham for breakfast, shake + banana for lunch, apple for snack. Leftover soup for dinner.
Wednesday - eggs + ham for breakfast (9am). apple for snack (11:30am). delicious apple too!!! nice and firm, very juicy. then I caved and had a Lean Cuisine pizza for lunch (2:15pm). PROCESSED FOOD!!! Sheesh. I've been craving all sorts of "bad" things today. it's time to start giving the child some of this chocolate, so it won't be in the house!! I have NOT, for the record, had any chocolate today. But don't think it's not looking at me. Because it is. I did pick up more almonds at the store, as well as some carrots and mozzarella to do some "different" snacks. It is now 3:44 and I am starting to consider a small snack. I am behind on water today, I've only had a liter.
Also! Breaking News!! I signed up today to be an Independent Team Beachbody Coach. Jason was talking last night about doing P90x together, after we return from Vegas, and I've been talking with the Amazing Gretchen about becoming a coach mostly for the discount on Shakeology... but hey! Now I can get the coach pricing for P90X as well! Can't wait to have less of me!!
4:00pm - snack of 15 almonds
6:30pm - two FRS healthy energy chews, and off to the hike&bike trail! 9 miles in 52 minutes. Not our best time, but it was a nice workout.
10:00pm - phase 1 soup for dinner, one bowl.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Friday!!
I'm always excited for Fridays. They signal a few remaining hours of mediocrity until the weekend. Today is especially awesome, as it is the last day of the testing that I have been working on for 3+ weeks, testing which has kept me in my office till 10 or 11 at night. Not cool /gru.
7:53am - Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your breakfast!! Ok, well shake MY breakfast. Unsweetened almond milk this time - I've apparently been buying "sweetened".
10:08am - snack time. cauliflower bitesized pieces with a little aioli
Catching up on Wednesday - the rest of Friday went downhill. I had a reasonable lunch, I had an apple for a snack. Then work FINALLY wrapped up at 3:15pm and we headed to Chuy's for long overdue meximarts on the patio. And chips and crack sauce. And pancho nachos.
Got home around 7, enjoyed some more time outside with a book. Passed out on the sofa around 7:30pm, woke up for an hour or so around 10:30pm to sign some papers, then I was back out. Cold. Slept through till about 8am Saturday. It was glorious.
new post coming for the rest of my updates.
7:53am - Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your breakfast!! Ok, well shake MY breakfast. Unsweetened almond milk this time - I've apparently been buying "sweetened".
10:08am - snack time. cauliflower bitesized pieces with a little aioli
Catching up on Wednesday - the rest of Friday went downhill. I had a reasonable lunch, I had an apple for a snack. Then work FINALLY wrapped up at 3:15pm and we headed to Chuy's for long overdue meximarts on the patio. And chips and crack sauce. And pancho nachos.
Got home around 7, enjoyed some more time outside with a book. Passed out on the sofa around 7:30pm, woke up for an hour or so around 10:30pm to sign some papers, then I was back out. Cold. Slept through till about 8am Saturday. It was glorious.
new post coming for the rest of my updates.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Friday's Eve
8:30am - breakfast today was the rest of the steak, and 2 eggs, all scrambled together
12:00pm - didn't even realize I missed snack. still not starving, so I will wait to eat.
1:00pm - NOW I want some foods. Apple + cheese it is. next snack / small meal will be a shake. I am so accustomed to having the shake-goodies in my system, that I can feel my belly gurgling as if saying "seriously chick? where's the goods?"
3:18pm - snack time. SHAKE!! Btw - this is the end of my FIRST bag of shakeology. 2nd is already in teh pantry :D there was a little left in the bottom of bag 1, so I just opened bag 2 and dumped it in! No point in being wasteful.
7:40pm - getting hungry, dinner not yet started. grabbed a handful of bite-sized cauliflower pieces to munch on. seems to have helped. and HOLY CROW. I apparently decided I was thirsty, I've downed 2+ liters of water since 5pm. WOW!
12:00pm - didn't even realize I missed snack. still not starving, so I will wait to eat.
1:00pm - NOW I want some foods. Apple + cheese it is. next snack / small meal will be a shake. I am so accustomed to having the shake-goodies in my system, that I can feel my belly gurgling as if saying "seriously chick? where's the goods?"
3:18pm - snack time. SHAKE!! Btw - this is the end of my FIRST bag of shakeology. 2nd is already in teh pantry :D there was a little left in the bottom of bag 1, so I just opened bag 2 and dumped it in! No point in being wasteful.
7:40pm - getting hungry, dinner not yet started. grabbed a handful of bite-sized cauliflower pieces to munch on. seems to have helped. and HOLY CROW. I apparently decided I was thirsty, I've downed 2+ liters of water since 5pm. WOW!
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