Insanity

Sonny Boy's band member, Mr. Bass player, is having "issues" at home so he's here this evening. Didn't ask as I've been the mom on the other side of that fence, and hey, you need a place to stay for the night til things cool down, that's fine with me, just tell your mom where you are.

Anyways. He comes empty handed EXCEPT for what I think is a school text book. Only it's not a text book, it's INSANITY. Yeah, the workout. Holy crap!

I knew that him & his sister started it 2 weeks ago. I also know that he threw up during the first session ... he blamed it on a poptart, I blame it on a freakin riduculous workout. Whatever.

So he says that he has to work out because he hasn't yet today. Sure ... hop to it. "Uh. Can I do it in here since Princess & friends are watching a movie in the Man Cave?". Sure ... he means my living room. And then we have to dig a pair of gym shorts up (no small feat when you have a rock star status teen boy in the hosue), along with a wife beater tank (no problem finding that!) AND a pair of sneakers in a size 10 1/2 to 11. Oh. Ok. Well, Hubby wears that size but dude, I'm not so sure you are going to like these. Slip ons or velcro close? Your choice kiddo. Slip on please.

So he starts his work out. I peek in on him. Holy crap kid. Great job! You can do it. Awesome! Then he's got the cardio ab workout to do. Oh this I have to see. How long? 15 minutes? Sweet, that's like Ab Ripper.

OMG. It's cardio alright. And it reminds me somewhat of the s*it we did in the boxing class. Poor kid, he was having a heck of a time doing it. So I started in on him. Count to 10, FAST and that's your break. Back to it kid. Come on, you can do it. Push yourself.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... hop back to it. I think that's what he needed. Really. Someone to encourage him and push him to do it. Told him it's fine to take a break but you gotta jump back in right away.

Then when he was done, and all wrung out and all his troubles seemed to be minor, I realized that I may be a great coach to others. It's high time I'm a coach to myself.  Yes. I CAN do it, damnit. And I WILL.

Update

So the family is gone as of Thursday. I've been busy at work. Making a concentrated effort to watch what the heck I put in my mouth ... not always easy.

I'm off the maximum 20 grams of carbs a day plan for the time being. I may start it for 2 weeks again in August just to give myself an extra boost ...

I'm thankful that I can eat fruit again. That is probably the worse thing to me...sure, I love my bread and stuff but the fruit thing KILLS me.  So now I have watermelon, berries, grapes, etc. which makes me very very happy.

I've not really worked out since the Monday night power walk. WTF. I ask myself the same thing!  I've decided I really need to get the arm flab under control. I was reading a survey somewhere and everyone agrees that once you are over 40, it's hard to get the arms back. BUT when I was doing the boxing, hell, I had BEAUTIFUL arms with no jiggle flapping in the breeze stuff. Oh, yeah, I did meet the triceps and deltoids. They are NOT friendly when first introduced, trust me!  Need to really start back with some of them exercises. You know, the 2 lb weight for 3 minutes shadow boxing (2 lbs? wimpy? No. It's hard folks, try it) and the other stuff we did. I've got the medicine ball. I bet I can get hubby hooked back up IF I hounded him!

I've also got to get the dvd's back in place.  They are here. Within feet of me. I just need to get the attitude that SWEAT is good first thing in the morning. I still get up at 5:30am even with Sonny Boy being out of school ... just my old habit. But now just park my butt and read the internet! Not good!

So, who's in? Arm challenge? Butt challange? Oh wait. It's suppose to be a LIFE challenge :)

Catching Up

We've had family in town since last Thursday.

Which means, we've eaten quite a bit.

And NOT been working out all that much.

I did however, take a 43 minute walk which equated to about 3 to 3 1/2 miles last Wednesday.

Then we went on the boat on Saturday. Which is always good for your muscles as we go F.A.S.T. in the ocean :)

And then Monday night, forgot to go to the drugstore so said heck with it, I'm walking and I had to walk fast as it was 8:30pm and the pharmacist closes at 9pm. Hop to! That was actually a nice invigorating walk (and I wore my new favorite sneakers). I seriously almost felt like I could start doing a light run in them they are so comfortable.

I've put myself back on a fairly low carb, decent eating plan starting on Monday since the past 3 days were totally out of line. Let's see how it works out for the next 3 weeks ....

My BIL, who is visiting, is a director of personal fitness education at a high school and pretty healthy and athletic. He was saying he's gained 20 lbs in 2 years, which I don't see but anyways, his doctor had told him that his 1 hour workout daily burns enough calories to cover a saltine cracker. Huh??? That's B.S.!!! In order to lose 1 pound a week, you need to eliminate 125 calories a day.

Really? Really?

That's easy. 1 can of beer. 1 can of soda. A slice of bread. 1/2 of a brownie.

I don't believe that. The doctor even told him that the one hour of GRUELING workout is not even necessary. B.S.!!!!

I told him he needs to re-evaluate his choice in doctors! ;)

How about you, working out? Eating healthier??

Weight Loss/Gain

I started the low carb June 1st. Stuck with it about 75 to 80% of the time. The other 20 to 25% was never full blown binging, but still, I did enjoy a few nights out, a few margaritas, a few donuts, a few (or more) beers and a few bowls of ice cream than was really allowable.

I weighed myself on June 1st, found the number to be totally unacceptable (for those of you out there who say it's "just a number" I say boo to you!) and vowed to lose weight.

I meant to weigh myself on the 30th of June, which was Wednesday. Unfortunately, life got in the way and finally, this morning, July 4th, I weighed myself at the Publix.

6 lbs.

Lost.

I lost 6 freakin pounds!! Can I say YES BABY!!??

Now here's the real kicker. IF and this is a BIG freakin IF, I had been working out as consistently as I was watching the carbs, I bet $100 I would have lost easily, 10 lbs if not more. AND, imagine if I had stuck to the plan even 85 t0 90% of the time?? I would really have done well.

So there you have it. I'm thrilled. Actually, I bet I lost more but this is the weekend where I'm OFF and eating, drinking, etc. but that's ok, it's only a temporary thing AND I am very conscientious about it.

So lets see what July brings. Anyone else seeing some fairly favorable results?

Thursday

Because I'm on a roll .... I did a 24 minute walk this morning.

In the HOT STEAMING HUMID environment that I live in. Uggg.

And the smells. The smells! Normally I would say, Oh...Night Jasmine, I love the smell of that ... but not when it's DEAD CALM, HUMID and freakin HOT! Folks, we are talking clammy icky sticky hot.

But I went for a 24 minute walk this morning.

In my walking Shape Up shoes.

And the small of my back was aching within 15 minutes.

And the very top of my thighs were sore when I was done.

And my butt was sore too.

So I guess, it was worth it.

OH - and I put on my skinny jeans for work today. Up they went, right over the thighs and hips, buttoned and zipped without having to lay flat and exhale every last bit of air out. Low carb must be working.

Wednesday workout to start

Finally, Hubby tore apart the dvd player to rescue my AbRipper disc. What a great guy. This was a fairly new dvd player/recorder too so I'm a little bummed but oh well.

Yes. I did the 15 minutes of AbRipper this morning. Ow. I'm feeling slightly disoriented, weak, sweaty, lightheaded, etc. Of course, 2 cups of coffee and NO food before that is not a good thing.

I started with doing 20 reps of everything, not the time frame. Then I had to knock down to 15 reps. That damn mason twist only got 30 in. Oh well ... at least I did every stinkin exercise.

My midsection feels mighty tight at the moment.

Tuesday June 15

Oh wow, it's been almost a month since I last posted? Oops.

I am still working out. But nothing like I should be. Pushups here. Situp there. A few crunches. etc.

The dvd player in the bedroom has eaten my ABRipper dvd. Hubby needs to get a special tool to open it up. He's fairly confident he can rescue it. God I hope so!

So, what's been happening, you ask?

Low Carb. Well, trying to anyways. I've reduced them dramatically and yes, there have been days where I've had 20 grams or less. BUT there have been days where I needed to have something carby and just fell off. Not majorly, no pasta or anything like that, just a slice of bread or something small. I'm working on it, really.

I've not weighed or measured myself since May 30th. I weighed 155 lbs that day at Publix. That was a horrible number for me to see. It didn't shock me but confirmed what I was seeing and feeling. And this time around, it's not from muscle.

Its hotter than heck here. And the humidity is sky high. Uggg. But this morning, I forced myself to get dressed, put on the Shapeup shoes and walked. 20 minutes. No biggie but man, I got eaten up by mosquitoes, there are night jasmine in bloom (smells beautiful but uh, not when you are breathing harder than normal) and the air was just so damn still. But I did it. Probably a mile or so, will clock it on way to work.

Only thing is, the small of my back was aching very very badly half way through. I've heard of others saying this when wearing these shoes. They make you stand different. AND I find myself stepping hard, almost jarring. I think that might be what caused the back pain? I'm fine now, no lasting effects from it but still.

This is also the first time that my calves didn't cramp up. Maybe wearing these shoes during errands IS helping out :)

So hop to it folks. Get back on the wagon & move it!