Day 72 RE DO
Obviously we are not keeping on track here and decided to do Day 72 PlyoX all over again... not that I even did Day 72 PlyoX in the first place. So Luke did his Plyo workout in the morning to help motivate me to get mine done before he got home from work. This seems to work better than him waiting to do any workouts after work. As long as he works out in the morning I am determined to get mine done before the after-work-fitness-center-rush begins. Once again I jumped around our living room while the dogs tried to stay out of my way.
Day 73
I had a really weird shoulder pain on Friday where I could barely lift my right arm without getting a shooting pain beneath my shoulder blade. I tried Advil and Luke tried to put pressure on it, which seemed to help a little. The next morning it was much worse, but ended up loosening up during the day and was fine by Sunday. Since today was Shoulders and Arms I was a bit nervous. So far so good. My shoulders were definitely more sore than normal and got tired pretty quickly.
I was a little disappointed in how empty the fitness center was and the lack of activities. I thought something exciting would happen when a woman came in to do her workout with her baby. I saw her push her stroller through the door and do a lap around the cardio machines and then whip around and leave. It all happened so fast and I don't know why she was in and out so quickly, but I felt like the fitness center really let me down.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Why does butter have to taste so good?
Day 73
Luke jumped around this morning and I danced my belly instead. I had a really bad headache all afternoon, but pulled myself together to go class. I'm really glad I went because the instructor taught us a few new things and a whole new routine. Apparently, she teaches a new one every 8 weeks and then they have a "show" to perform at the studio.
Day 74
I thought we would do Shoulders and Arms after work today, but as soon as I mentioned a movie to Luke our plan changed. My caloric intake was awful today. I forgot to eat before going to work and forgot to bring anything with me to work. So I had to scrounge around for a dollar for the vending machine before my noon presentation. I bought a bag of baked lays. Luckily the lady who comes around selling lunches out of her coolers came by. I tried to go healthy and opted for a fresh strawberry, granola, yogurt combo. After I got home I snacked on carrots and croutons. We made a healthy whole wheat spinach tomato pasta for dinner... you're probably thinking so far so good... then we went to a movie and got a free popcorn. Movie popcorn = pounds of melted butter and some popcorn. It's a do it yourself button!
Luke jumped around this morning and I danced my belly instead. I had a really bad headache all afternoon, but pulled myself together to go class. I'm really glad I went because the instructor taught us a few new things and a whole new routine. Apparently, she teaches a new one every 8 weeks and then they have a "show" to perform at the studio.
Day 74
I thought we would do Shoulders and Arms after work today, but as soon as I mentioned a movie to Luke our plan changed. My caloric intake was awful today. I forgot to eat before going to work and forgot to bring anything with me to work. So I had to scrounge around for a dollar for the vending machine before my noon presentation. I bought a bag of baked lays. Luckily the lady who comes around selling lunches out of her coolers came by. I tried to go healthy and opted for a fresh strawberry, granola, yogurt combo. After I got home I snacked on carrots and croutons. We made a healthy whole wheat spinach tomato pasta for dinner... you're probably thinking so far so good... then we went to a movie and got a free popcorn. Movie popcorn = pounds of melted butter and some popcorn. It's a do it yourself button!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Only day 72?
Day 71/72
Monday Chest and Back? Nope. Tuesday Chest and Back. Monday was a bad day for me with work and life, plus I was starving by 5 pm, so working out took a back seat and Luke was nice enough to not workout because him working out probably would have made me feel worse (what a nice guy). We thought we would take Monday on a rollerblade until we got to the garage and found mouse poop and pee in our rollerblades. That quickly turned into taking Monday for a walk.
Tuesday after work we pushed through our workout. While we were in the fitness center we ran into a few of our neighbors who we had not seen in a while, so that was a happy surprise. I upped my weights for my back exercises and did more push-ups than last time around. Still eating pretty healthy these days which is a big plus since I've been slacking on the daily workouts!
Monday Chest and Back? Nope. Tuesday Chest and Back. Monday was a bad day for me with work and life, plus I was starving by 5 pm, so working out took a back seat and Luke was nice enough to not workout because him working out probably would have made me feel worse (what a nice guy). We thought we would take Monday on a rollerblade until we got to the garage and found mouse poop and pee in our rollerblades. That quickly turned into taking Monday for a walk.
Tuesday after work we pushed through our workout. While we were in the fitness center we ran into a few of our neighbors who we had not seen in a while, so that was a happy surprise. I upped my weights for my back exercises and did more push-ups than last time around. Still eating pretty healthy these days which is a big plus since I've been slacking on the daily workouts!
Monday, July 19, 2010
I heart couch.
Day 67
Instead of doing Thursday Yoga X after work, we decided to give Monday some exercise and jog her around our complex. It's 1 mile around the outside. I hate running, but just seeing the joy on her face/tail she pushes me to go further. By the time we were about 1.5 miles my chest started getting pretty heavy. I haven't been using an inhaler for asthma in a long time, but the humidity and heat of the weather was a doozy. I had to walk the rest of the way, but felt I got a better workout than I would have doing Yoga anyway.
Day 68
Since we were up so late Thursday night, Luke and I decided not to workout before work. But then when I got up Friday I saw that Luke had already done his Legs and Back. To say I was not happy was an understatement. I thought we agreed to do the workout after work. Once he came home from work he was full of all sorts of ideas about what to do that did not include any working out for me. A friend came to stay with us, so we decided to make some healthy dinner and just catch up on some TV.
Day 69
The original plan was to get up and do some Legs and Back while Luke did cardio and then do Kenpo on Sunday. However, we had to be in downtown LA at 9 am for a full tour of the downtown area - bars, restaurants, lofts, what's new, what's for sale, where to live, etc. It was hosted by CREW-LA and we learned about how Downtown LA is trying to become a Work, Live, Play city. That finished at 2 pm and we were exhausted. By the time we got home, all we wanted to do was sit on the couch. So we did. We sat and sat and kept telling ourselves we were going to be productive since we needed to stop into Luke's work, go to the pet store, etc. But we didn't. We cheated and made a frozen flatbread pizza (which I don't regret) and sat some more. We were productive in a stationary way - catching up on emails, organizing our MN trip and organizing more of our Awaycoming trip.
Our friend came and stayed with us again for the night (she was in OC auditioning for The Bachelor!), but we were all so tired we went to bed pretty early.
Day 70
This morning we had to rush around and prepare for the OC Badger's annual summer picnic. I created Badger Bingo boards at Luke's work while he ran to the grocery store to pick up our contribution. By the time we got finished it was time to get to Doheny Beach. The picnic was great and for the most part I was in control. Minus the red velvet cake slice that I couldn't resist. I tried to manage the portion control and stick to 1 brat, which was pretty difficult! In fact my mouth just started watering thinking about brats again.
We left the picnic around 5:30 pm and headed directly for the couch. We sat on the couch so long that we ended up sleeping on it until about 4 am after watching a movie and some TV.
Instead of doing Thursday Yoga X after work, we decided to give Monday some exercise and jog her around our complex. It's 1 mile around the outside. I hate running, but just seeing the joy on her face/tail she pushes me to go further. By the time we were about 1.5 miles my chest started getting pretty heavy. I haven't been using an inhaler for asthma in a long time, but the humidity and heat of the weather was a doozy. I had to walk the rest of the way, but felt I got a better workout than I would have doing Yoga anyway.
Day 68
Since we were up so late Thursday night, Luke and I decided not to workout before work. But then when I got up Friday I saw that Luke had already done his Legs and Back. To say I was not happy was an understatement. I thought we agreed to do the workout after work. Once he came home from work he was full of all sorts of ideas about what to do that did not include any working out for me. A friend came to stay with us, so we decided to make some healthy dinner and just catch up on some TV.
Day 69
The original plan was to get up and do some Legs and Back while Luke did cardio and then do Kenpo on Sunday. However, we had to be in downtown LA at 9 am for a full tour of the downtown area - bars, restaurants, lofts, what's new, what's for sale, where to live, etc. It was hosted by CREW-LA and we learned about how Downtown LA is trying to become a Work, Live, Play city. That finished at 2 pm and we were exhausted. By the time we got home, all we wanted to do was sit on the couch. So we did. We sat and sat and kept telling ourselves we were going to be productive since we needed to stop into Luke's work, go to the pet store, etc. But we didn't. We cheated and made a frozen flatbread pizza (which I don't regret) and sat some more. We were productive in a stationary way - catching up on emails, organizing our MN trip and organizing more of our Awaycoming trip.
Our friend came and stayed with us again for the night (she was in OC auditioning for The Bachelor!), but we were all so tired we went to bed pretty early.
Day 70
This morning we had to rush around and prepare for the OC Badger's annual summer picnic. I created Badger Bingo boards at Luke's work while he ran to the grocery store to pick up our contribution. By the time we got finished it was time to get to Doheny Beach. The picnic was great and for the most part I was in control. Minus the red velvet cake slice that I couldn't resist. I tried to manage the portion control and stick to 1 brat, which was pretty difficult! In fact my mouth just started watering thinking about brats again.
We left the picnic around 5:30 pm and headed directly for the couch. We sat on the couch so long that we ended up sleeping on it until about 4 am after watching a movie and some TV.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Rewind 7 days
Day 66/73
Well a lot has happened the last week. Technically we should be on Day 73, but we haven't done a P90X workout since Day 65. We ended up taking a full week off because I started Bellydance Class, we had to pack for WI, took a red eye to Milwaukee Thursday night, hung out in Madison and Wisconsin Dells all weekend and came back at about 3 am Monday morning. Needless to say I ate, drank, and was VERY merry!
Good thing Luke and I took Monday off - we unpacked and ran errands like crazy and decided to start getting back on track after grocery shopping for some healthy, fresh food. Tuesday we ran the dog and Monday and Tuesday we made some healthy recipes and I feel better already.
Back and Biceps went better than expected today, but oddly I felt like I was doing a hard cardio at the same time. While I was doing Ab Ripper I found myself falling behind. Did I lose my cardio ability in that short amount of time? I don't even remember being this out of breath when we first started the program.
After bellydancing class tonight we met up with a bunch of classmates at Kimera - food everywhere. We caught the tail end of a dinner and made it just in time for free apps. I had enough french fries to feed 4, a slider, and snacked on someone's pasta shell leftovers like it was a bag of chips (keep in mind I already had a dinner salad).
Well a lot has happened the last week. Technically we should be on Day 73, but we haven't done a P90X workout since Day 65. We ended up taking a full week off because I started Bellydance Class, we had to pack for WI, took a red eye to Milwaukee Thursday night, hung out in Madison and Wisconsin Dells all weekend and came back at about 3 am Monday morning. Needless to say I ate, drank, and was VERY merry!
Good thing Luke and I took Monday off - we unpacked and ran errands like crazy and decided to start getting back on track after grocery shopping for some healthy, fresh food. Tuesday we ran the dog and Monday and Tuesday we made some healthy recipes and I feel better already.
Back and Biceps went better than expected today, but oddly I felt like I was doing a hard cardio at the same time. While I was doing Ab Ripper I found myself falling behind. Did I lose my cardio ability in that short amount of time? I don't even remember being this out of breath when we first started the program.
After bellydancing class tonight we met up with a bunch of classmates at Kimera - food everywhere. We caught the tail end of a dinner and made it just in time for free apps. I had enough french fries to feed 4, a slider, and snacked on someone's pasta shell leftovers like it was a bag of chips (keep in mind I already had a dinner salad).
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Is it day 90 yet?
Day 65
Once again I did not feel like working out. By lunchtime I wanted the day to be over. I get pretty bored sitting around at home all day working with no interaction except when Luke comes home for lunch. Luke did his workout this morning, but didn't do abs. I planned on working out in the afternoon as usual, but I volunteered to watch our neighbor's dog, Chloe, for a playdate with Monday while Chloe's mom went into work for the afternoon. She thought she would be gone for a couple of hours, but it turned into more like 4 hours. I didn't want to leave for the fitness center and leave the two of them alone since I told her I was going to be home all afternoon. Instead I did a make shift workout in my living room using wine bottles for dumbbells. I was able to do almost all of the exercises except for the tricep ones. The wine bottles didn't weigh enough so I resorted to chair dips each time I had to do a tricep exercise.
Neither of us did Ab Ripper today and agreed to do Back and Biceps tomorrow and do the abs then. I'm feeling pretty good about my food today. I ate healthy all day with a bowl of cereal for breakfast, a turkey sandwich for lunch, and grilled cedar plank salmon with corn on the cob for dinner with some healthy snacks in between.
Once again I did not feel like working out. By lunchtime I wanted the day to be over. I get pretty bored sitting around at home all day working with no interaction except when Luke comes home for lunch. Luke did his workout this morning, but didn't do abs. I planned on working out in the afternoon as usual, but I volunteered to watch our neighbor's dog, Chloe, for a playdate with Monday while Chloe's mom went into work for the afternoon. She thought she would be gone for a couple of hours, but it turned into more like 4 hours. I didn't want to leave for the fitness center and leave the two of them alone since I told her I was going to be home all afternoon. Instead I did a make shift workout in my living room using wine bottles for dumbbells. I was able to do almost all of the exercises except for the tricep ones. The wine bottles didn't weigh enough so I resorted to chair dips each time I had to do a tricep exercise.
Neither of us did Ab Ripper today and agreed to do Back and Biceps tomorrow and do the abs then. I'm feeling pretty good about my food today. I ate healthy all day with a bowl of cereal for breakfast, a turkey sandwich for lunch, and grilled cedar plank salmon with corn on the cob for dinner with some healthy snacks in between.
Monday, July 5, 2010
A long weekend of failing.
Day 60/61/62
Luke did Yoga early Thursday morning. Friday evening Luke and I were going to do Legs and Back, but I convinced him that we should do that workout on Saturday morning and do Kenpo later that afternoon. Eric stayed with us until Friday, so I really didn't feel like working out much after playing host for the week. Friday night we caught the movie at our complex theater and watched Fast & Furious at home.
Saturday at 11 am I went to the FOCHP event since we didn't have an event on Sunday due to the 4th. People were asking about Tommy, so I wanted to make sure I got to the event on time. We ran errands that afternoon and had a late lunch, but Tommy got adopted and I had to do the home check that evening. Saturday night we ended up staying up until about 3 am beating Sonic 3 on the Xbox... There goes Legs and Back and Kenpo!
Day 63
Saddleback changed their evening services to one service at 5 pm, so we had more time to squeeze in a workout after being lazy all day. We finally did Legs and Back and good thing because I ate salad and breadsticks like it was my job at the Olive Garden for dinner. Luke and I didn't feel like running around town, parking, etc to see the fireworks, so we sat on top of our complex wall with Monday and got to see about 6 different fireworks shows from around the area.
Day 64
My legs have never been this sore. Ever. I was sore just being awake getting out of bed was a challenge - physically. I can't sit, I can't stand, I can't walk, I can't go up or down stairs. Forget working out today. We will do Shoulders, Chest and Triceps tomorrow since there is no way we can do PlyoX in this pain. Instead we went to Yao's house where her mom made us authentic Chinese cuisine! This was a funny 4th of July - spent it eating Chinese food made by a woman who doesn't speak English hanging out with the Lu's and neither one is a US Citizen.
This week will be a short work week since there was no work today and we fly out Thursday night to travel to Madison!
Luke did Yoga early Thursday morning. Friday evening Luke and I were going to do Legs and Back, but I convinced him that we should do that workout on Saturday morning and do Kenpo later that afternoon. Eric stayed with us until Friday, so I really didn't feel like working out much after playing host for the week. Friday night we caught the movie at our complex theater and watched Fast & Furious at home.
Saturday at 11 am I went to the FOCHP event since we didn't have an event on Sunday due to the 4th. People were asking about Tommy, so I wanted to make sure I got to the event on time. We ran errands that afternoon and had a late lunch, but Tommy got adopted and I had to do the home check that evening. Saturday night we ended up staying up until about 3 am beating Sonic 3 on the Xbox... There goes Legs and Back and Kenpo!
Day 63
Saddleback changed their evening services to one service at 5 pm, so we had more time to squeeze in a workout after being lazy all day. We finally did Legs and Back and good thing because I ate salad and breadsticks like it was my job at the Olive Garden for dinner. Luke and I didn't feel like running around town, parking, etc to see the fireworks, so we sat on top of our complex wall with Monday and got to see about 6 different fireworks shows from around the area.
Day 64
My legs have never been this sore. Ever. I was sore just being awake getting out of bed was a challenge - physically. I can't sit, I can't stand, I can't walk, I can't go up or down stairs. Forget working out today. We will do Shoulders, Chest and Triceps tomorrow since there is no way we can do PlyoX in this pain. Instead we went to Yao's house where her mom made us authentic Chinese cuisine! This was a funny 4th of July - spent it eating Chinese food made by a woman who doesn't speak English hanging out with the Lu's and neither one is a US Citizen.
This week will be a short work week since there was no work today and we fly out Thursday night to travel to Madison!
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