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I did it again. I was embarrassed by how much I was panting/sweating/guzzling water at the end! Only cause my husband was in the room...
All those moves in plank position are tough. The military press with leg kick?
HARD.
The squat with the "V arm movement" (of course that is the official name!)?
KILLER.
I feel like this level 2 bidness is significantly harder than Level 1, because like Jenna said on her blog, you're targeting some different muscles.
I've definitely not lost any weight on the scale, but my arms are looking better and I think I'm noticing some definition in my abs. Or it could just be the angle and lighting, haha.
The challenge is going to be keeping this up next week. I'll tell you more about that later.
Only 2 more days of summer semester left! Two papers still left to finish! $%#@! I'm going to try to finish one of them tonight. In an effort to save face, I'm not going to tell you how much of it I've completed...but here's a hint: *not much*
Level 2? It's a killer! After about oh...8 minutes...sweat was pouring off me.
There are a lot more...I dunno what to call them? Dynamic and aerobic moves? I am sure I didn't do my best at this, because there were a lot of times where I found myself looking up from the floor to see exactly what I was doing. It was tough.
I didn't go for a walk today, considering it was raining buckets. Oh well. I got highlights and an eyebrow wax instead.
Back to the paper I'm writing (ahem, yet to write) about the "Fat Tax"....
...with myself, that is. I'm still keeping at it! I just got back in from another 1.7 mile walk with my dogs. Let me just tell you...I think they hate it more than I do! It is really hot out, and they are both just panting like crazy by the time we are about 1/2 way thru! Immediately prior to the walk, I did the Shred.
I don't know if I mentioned this yesterday, but I turned the volume down pretty low on the Shred, and set my computer to a Pandora station (dance pop, I think). Seemed to help get thru it! Did that again this morning.
Ya know, I was thinking this morning..."This sucks, I'm not seeing any results"...but I had to remind myself, it hasn't been that long (tho it feels like forever)! I know I've just gotta stick with it! Help me out here people!!
Hi everyone! Just checking in to keep myself on track.
Did the Shred this morning, Level 1, followed by 1.7 mile walk (slightly different route today and I calculated it on google maps!) It was so hot out, I was drenched when I was finished.
Hopefully if I keep this up, I'll be looking "SHREDDED" pretty soon!
Happy Saturday! I really cannot believe it is July 18th...I've only recently gotted used to writing '09' instead of '08' (when I list a date or something), and now the year is half over! Yikes!
Regarding my workout challenge, for yesterday and today...I'm disappointed in myself. I didn't fail completely, but I strayed, and my body felt it. Yesterday my husband came home for a minute at lunch, and said "I have a meeting at 1, but I'll be home around 2 or 2:30-ish and after that I'd like to go to Store XYZ." I figured, well, okay, I'll just work out when we get back (so as not to have to take a 2nd shower before we went to the store).
Well 2:30 came and went, no husband. He finally got home at 4:00! In the meantime, I didn't do the Shred, because I kept thinking I'd get the workout going and be pouring sweat, and he'd roll in ready to go! When he did get home, we pretty much left right away to go to Jos.A. Bank (apparently they're going out of business) and I also stopped by the Gap.
While we were out, he mentioned he'd brought his Olive Garden gift card and suggested we eat there. Never one to turn down some delicious OG salad, I agreed. This is probably where I should tell you that when my husband stopped by at lunch...he brought me Taco Bell. Eating out twice in one day made me feel like CRAP. In all honesty, the Olive Garden dinner made me feel worse than Taco Bell. UGHHHH. Needless to say we got home and I did NOT feel like Shredding. I am pretty sure I would have either a) thrown up, or b) shat myself. Fortunately neither of those things happened (Whew).
So while I did do *some* amount of exercise on Friday, it didn't really feel like much, so that's why I say I "strayed." Now it's Saturday, and not wanting to be a glutton or fatty, I decided to Shred as soon as I woke up! After the Shred, I put my dogs on their leashes and off we went for about 1.5 miles. I did a slightly different route today with more hills, so hopefully I worked some more muscles. I feel really good and invigorated, but also, accomplished--I'm glad it is out of the way for today!
I'm noticing that I definitely feel a lot better when I work out, but I'm sorta tired/bored of hearing Jillian say the same stupid crap every day. I'm not ready to move on because Level 1 is still a bit hard. The hardest parts for me are the side lunges with shoulder raise (harder on my arms than legs, and I'm using light weights!), and my calves also kill on the stupid jump rope/jumping jack combo. "That's just fear leaving the body!" Maybe I'll put on the iPod tomorrow while doing the Shred and mute the tv...
Hi guys! So my schedule was a little different today, by my own doing, because I had a lot of schoolwork I needed to get accomplished. I got up around 7:45, and started. I had to read 4 case studies, answer a bunch of questions, blah blah blah, and then put my whole team's assignment together (it was my turn). Then I had to get to the post office (I've been selling books on amazon.com) and go pick up a few necessities (contact solution, milk, printer paper--quite a mix eh?). Anyway--all this, plus other stuff like laundry, took me practically all day.
About an hour ago I MADE myself work out. I'll be honest--I realllly didn't want to. But, I put on The Shred, and got to it. Working out at night/later in the day is a lot harder for me than doing it earlier. I made it through the Shred, but I didn't go out for my walk. Hopefully I can make up for it tomorrow. At least I exercised and didn't break my routine!
WHEW! Knowing I'm supposed to check in here on the blog is keepin' me honest :-)
PS--Know how I mentioned going to the pool yesterday? TJ said to me last night, "got your thinking cap on?" I was like "wtf is he talking about?" He then said, "Yeah, your red thinking cap. Go look in the mirror." Yeahhh. Totally missed a big area of sunscreen across the top of my forehead/hairline. Before bed last night, smart-a** says, "Better take that headband off before you go to bed. Looks painful." PROOF: SUNSCREEN WORKS! USE IT!
Good afternoon my bloggies! This here is just an accountability post, to let you know that I did what I said I would! I not only did the Shred today, but I went for another walk! AND I went to the pool, where I mostly just did some splashing around and such, but surely I burned some calories, right?!
In other news, I'm convinced my scale is a word I cannot type here, and that it is out to get me. I stepped on last night just before bed. The #$&!@*! thing said "132." WTF you a-hole POS scale!
I'm three days into my challenge and I'm 3 for 3! Hooray! I just finished a looong walk with my outta shape dogs (probably 1.5 miles, and they're both passed out on the floor now!). Immediately prior to the walk, I did the SHRED. Needless to say, I am happy with myself for exercising today! I have exercised four days in a row (sat/sun/mon/tues), which doesn't seem like something to be bragging about, but when your exercise habits have been a little...shall I say, scarce...I consider it an accomplishment! :)
So speaking of SHREDding...here's a cute picture I took this morning of my dog Taffy. She likes to "shred" her toys and pull stuffing out of them. She did this while I was upstairs making the bed.
This makes me worry about taking her to my mom's house. Taffy has never been there before, and she kinda likes to chew things up. Mostly just toys, but occasionally flip flops and mouse pads. Well, my mom has Boyd's Bears everywhere. Taffy is going to think she has died and gone to doggie toy heaven! She especially likes to chew the feet and ears off animal toys. My mother has been warned.
Thanks for the encouragement on my workout challenge! Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow! :)
So as you know from the past two entries here, I've exercised the past two days by running/walking. My challenge to myself for the week is going to be to exercise every day, and then blog about it, even if it is just a tiny little paragraph.
This morning, my shins and ankles are feeling weak, likely due to the fact that I've been running/walking on blacktop. I decided that today I'd do something different--my 30 Day Shred video. I haven't done it in quite some time as you've probably gathered from my "Shred-Head" sidebar. I don't know why it is so hard for me to "stick with it," but I will say that I am very impatient.
When I exercise I want to see results. I am not a big person (sz 2/4/6-ish), but I weigh more than people think. This morning I weighed in at 129.6 lbs. I'm not buying into that whole "muscle weighs more than fat" crap, because I've got a lot more fat than I used to (!) and I always used to hover around 116-120 lbs. I would like those numbers again, or at the very least, tone up some of what I consider my problem areas. And I'm not complaining or seeking out reassurance, because I know that no matter what our size, we all have areas of ourselves we would like to improve. So that is what I'm trying to do--improve, both my appearance and my health.
So I've exercised both days this week and hopefully will keep it up! I think I can do it! Hopefully I'll be back to tell you alllll about it ;)
I've stayed pretty up to date on "hometown" news since moving away 4+ years ago by reading the newspaper online. Just this morning I read an article that featured a project one of our friends is working on, and talked about years ago, so that of course made me smile! But I also read this article, about a 60-year-old woman who runs all the local road races and recently completed a 5K in 27 minutes.
TWENTY-SEVEN MINUTES.
SIXTY YEARS OLD.
I'm just gonna be honest here. I don't know that I could run two miles in 27 minutes. I am 26 years old. Yes, I am ashamed.
But on a brighter note, I did get out of bed this morning and go for another run walk. YAY MEEEE!! Gotta start somewhere.
