Happy Halloween Weekend!!!
I personally, am not a huge fan of Halloween, however I can definitely appreciate those that are. I got very nostalgic just a few minutes ago when I saw children walking to school (with their parents) all dressed up. It was so darling! I can't wait to have one child to be able to dress up so she can win every contest there is in the school Halloween costume contests! Or wait, is that just a Midwest thing? Do they even do that on the Eastcoast? Eh, who knows...
I get so caught up sometimes! Moving on...Today's work out was FABULOUS! W had music playing! It reallly realllllly motivated me, if I didn't want to keep going I at least tried to stay on the off beats which was a nice little trick I played on my body. My arms are still sore from the resistance training on Wednesday but I am recovering. =) The milk definitely helps! When I tried one of those sugary protein shakes I could have vomited, milk is definitely better for me. I can't even believe I am beginning to look forward to drinking it! That just goes to show it is all about how you change your mindset.
If your mind isn't ready to make changes, your body won't have lasting results. That's just the truth of it. The same with any addiction, whether it's laziness, over eating, smoking, gambling or drinking. Of course I believe some are worse addictions than others but eh, you kinda just gotta say "Okay, I'm strong, I'm not weak and I'm going to do this". And then do it.
Anyway, I think I'm either going to make up the day I missed yesterday at 7:30am tomorrow with Boot Camp OR one of the girls invited me to her 2 hour Zumbathon at 2:30pm. Since I constantly diss Zumba (because it is purely cardio) I figure I should give it a try, well that and all of you out there in the land seem to LOVE it and I don't wanna be a party pooper and hate something I've never even tried!
Anyway, that's it for now. I can't wait til the weigh-in on Monday and I'm truly praying for a big loss.
ps. These cold days I am LOVING oatmeal for breakfast! What are your favorite kinds of oatmeal?
Love,
K
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
How Did I Ever Get Through the Week?! Plus Weigh-In!
Hello lovely people!
While I'm sitting here downing my ice cold chocolate (sugar free!) skim milk, I figured I should also check in with you all. =)
Well it is the start of Week 9 of Boot camp! Hooray!
However, I did NOT want to get out of bed this morning. I mean, literally I couldn't move. It has been 2 weeks since I last worked out with W and the girls of Boot Camp! (Last week was the off week and the week prior I was sick all but one day).
As you can tell by now, I decided to join for another cycle, the price was right AND I could always just go 3 days a week if it was raining or too cold downtown. As suggested by one of the lovely ladies of BC!
Today was hard. There were a ton of new girls (like 5 I think) and that is always a really great push! For our morning run/jog I actually came in 5th! It was amazing. I didn't smoke before I went, that always helps, and although I came in last in our regular group of girls, the new girls were behind me. It felt good. Let's hope I can keep that alive. I was SO out of breath by the end of it though.
We then moved on to doing core workouts, leg workouts and butt workouts (which I LIVE FOR because I sadly am a no-booty girl). I rated myself a 4 out of a 5 today for effort and I'm cool with that.
I forgot what I was missing. I love boot camp. I love being pushed, I love feeling energized afterward, hell...I even love the way my stomach muscles are hurting like hell right now. Because I KNOW that I DID something. It feels amazing. I wish I had an alarm clock shouting this at me when I don't feel like waking up!
Now time for the Weigh-In. I was NOT looking forward to this. I knew that the two weeks off of boot camp weren't really helping AND when I go to boot camp, I pay extra attention to what I am putting in my body because I don't want to have negative effects on the hard ass work out I just did. Needless to say it wasn't a great lost.
I lost another 0.4 this week. Which brings my total weight loss to 25.4 in ten weeks. It's really kind of a bummer. I was hoping to be down 27lbs total this week and now I know that I CAN do this. I have to. So, with the girls and trainer of boot camp behind me, and D at my side and all of you reading and supporting me, I KNOW I can get down two pounds this week! And I WILL. In fact, I may try for 3 =) Why not?
Tomorrow I will be posting before and after pictures so be on the look out for them!
xo,
K
While I'm sitting here downing my ice cold chocolate (sugar free!) skim milk, I figured I should also check in with you all. =)
Well it is the start of Week 9 of Boot camp! Hooray!
However, I did NOT want to get out of bed this morning. I mean, literally I couldn't move. It has been 2 weeks since I last worked out with W and the girls of Boot Camp! (Last week was the off week and the week prior I was sick all but one day).
As you can tell by now, I decided to join for another cycle, the price was right AND I could always just go 3 days a week if it was raining or too cold downtown. As suggested by one of the lovely ladies of BC!
Today was hard. There were a ton of new girls (like 5 I think) and that is always a really great push! For our morning run/jog I actually came in 5th! It was amazing. I didn't smoke before I went, that always helps, and although I came in last in our regular group of girls, the new girls were behind me. It felt good. Let's hope I can keep that alive. I was SO out of breath by the end of it though.
We then moved on to doing core workouts, leg workouts and butt workouts (which I LIVE FOR because I sadly am a no-booty girl). I rated myself a 4 out of a 5 today for effort and I'm cool with that.
I forgot what I was missing. I love boot camp. I love being pushed, I love feeling energized afterward, hell...I even love the way my stomach muscles are hurting like hell right now. Because I KNOW that I DID something. It feels amazing. I wish I had an alarm clock shouting this at me when I don't feel like waking up!
Now time for the Weigh-In. I was NOT looking forward to this. I knew that the two weeks off of boot camp weren't really helping AND when I go to boot camp, I pay extra attention to what I am putting in my body because I don't want to have negative effects on the hard ass work out I just did. Needless to say it wasn't a great lost.
I lost another 0.4 this week. Which brings my total weight loss to 25.4 in ten weeks. It's really kind of a bummer. I was hoping to be down 27lbs total this week and now I know that I CAN do this. I have to. So, with the girls and trainer of boot camp behind me, and D at my side and all of you reading and supporting me, I KNOW I can get down two pounds this week! And I WILL. In fact, I may try for 3 =) Why not?
Tomorrow I will be posting before and after pictures so be on the look out for them!
xo,
K
Monday, September 20, 2010
New Boot Camp Cycle - Weight Loss Weigh-In!
Hello my lovey senoritas and senors. =)
Today marks the first day of a new boot camp cycle! How excited was I? VERY, yet ...not really. I mean, I was stoked to go and meet the new faces but usually I'm pretty much alone when it comes to working out 5x a week. There are other sessions (like the 5:45, but I'm sticking with the 6:45am session) where the girls come 5x a week but mostly, people do the 3x a week thing.
Moving on...we all had ONE week off! I ENJOYED it. I decided to let my body rest, not do any research and just try and eat right to the best of my ability. I succeeded! Not that hard to succeed when you don't have to wake up at 5:30am, however the eating was a bit hard. I'm getting better though.
What am I doing RIGHT NOW? I am drinking milk! WTF. I cannot STAND milk. I think it's vile, nasty...okay just typing that is making me want to spit it back up. Let me try to focus on the positive...it's okay when it's ice cold. I also like dipping oreos in it...but alas, I have no oreos and wouldn't do it if I did.
D has been telling me for WEEKS that I need to drink some kind of protein shake or something after I work out. I've seen his nasty ass protein shakes. I'm not going there and I refused. Who can down something so thick and sugary and all those different flavors? I'll keep taking my vitamins and eating cereal and call it a day. That is until I woke up.
I decided there was a reason my muscles were sore and just coming off of it during the week we had off. I jumped in yesterday and decided to do research. Turns out, as usual (and as I really did know in the back of my mind) I do need SOMETHING.
I read this article: Drink Your Milk!
If you don't have time to read the article, the basic premise is this:
According to a study published in Medicine & Science in Sport & Exercise, women who drank two large glasses of fat-free milk after lifting weights gained more muscle and lost more fat than women who drank sugar-based energy drinks. Scientists also found they increased their lean body mass and got stronger.
This is a recent study! I love this stuff!
How stupid could I be to truly believe that my body could handle all of the extra weight PLUS all of the running, jumping, resistance and weight lifting I was doing? Especially, ALL AT ONCE when I've never in my life done it before?! Even the most athletic people have to drink something to help their bodies recover. What an ego maniac I was!
As I'm typing this, I just finished my milk. It wasn't so bad. =)
Right now I'm drinking 1% but I am guessing I'm going to have to go down to skim soon. I'm going to try the 1% for a week, see what happens. Then try the skim, see what happens in the 2nd week. THEN I'm going to POSSIBLY try muscle milk LIGHT (I love that they have light). We'll see, I want to make sure I'm not adding too many calories for something I absolutely abhor, yet I also want to keep my body healthy.
Today in boot camp we had 5 people. It's crazy! The class before has 20 girls easily! I mean, don't get me wrong, I don't mind. Less people to compete with and W is able to show us each individual attention. I'm imagining though that throughout the week, some of the regulars will be back and ready to go. I can't wait. =) I miss F and Y! (F is on vaca).
It was crazy...all I could think about was my first day of boot camp exactly 5 weeks ago. How I cried, how I whined, how I yearned to stop and did more than anyone else...how my body gave out on me and most of all? How hard everything was.
W took me to the side today and told me that this session he is going to expect more of me. I think I expect more of myself too. I'm not sure...but I really believe I do. He wants me to push through the burn and the pain so I can come out feeling great. I know what that feels like, I've done it before. The process is murderous. I already feel like I'm dying sometimes when I do it but I know that I could give more. On a scale of 1-5 today I rated my effort at a 4.
On our morning jog though, I was able to run longer than ever before. Still not up to par with some of the vets, but I'm getting there. =)
I just feel good knowing that this time I was nowhere NEAR tears! I left boot camp once again feeling victorious and happy.
Alrighty, time for weigh-in.
In five weeks I have officially lost 16 pounds. It may not seem like much, or it may seem like a lot. I don't care. I'm doing all that I can exercise wise and also food wise. I am not starving myself, I'm eating. I am not doing something so unrealistic that I can't keep it up. Progress comes slowly and I can't imagine being that girl 5 weeks ago who couldn't do a few push ups.
Thank you guys for all of your love, support and checking in on me! Your comments and emails mean the world to me. TRULY they inspire me and push me!
Love love love you!
K
Today marks the first day of a new boot camp cycle! How excited was I? VERY, yet ...not really. I mean, I was stoked to go and meet the new faces but usually I'm pretty much alone when it comes to working out 5x a week. There are other sessions (like the 5:45, but I'm sticking with the 6:45am session) where the girls come 5x a week but mostly, people do the 3x a week thing.
Moving on...we all had ONE week off! I ENJOYED it. I decided to let my body rest, not do any research and just try and eat right to the best of my ability. I succeeded! Not that hard to succeed when you don't have to wake up at 5:30am, however the eating was a bit hard. I'm getting better though.
What am I doing RIGHT NOW? I am drinking milk! WTF. I cannot STAND milk. I think it's vile, nasty...okay just typing that is making me want to spit it back up. Let me try to focus on the positive...it's okay when it's ice cold. I also like dipping oreos in it...but alas, I have no oreos and wouldn't do it if I did.
D has been telling me for WEEKS that I need to drink some kind of protein shake or something after I work out. I've seen his nasty ass protein shakes. I'm not going there and I refused. Who can down something so thick and sugary and all those different flavors? I'll keep taking my vitamins and eating cereal and call it a day. That is until I woke up.
I decided there was a reason my muscles were sore and just coming off of it during the week we had off. I jumped in yesterday and decided to do research. Turns out, as usual (and as I really did know in the back of my mind) I do need SOMETHING.
I read this article: Drink Your Milk!
If you don't have time to read the article, the basic premise is this:
According to a study published in Medicine & Science in Sport & Exercise, women who drank two large glasses of fat-free milk after lifting weights gained more muscle and lost more fat than women who drank sugar-based energy drinks. Scientists also found they increased their lean body mass and got stronger.
This is a recent study! I love this stuff!
How stupid could I be to truly believe that my body could handle all of the extra weight PLUS all of the running, jumping, resistance and weight lifting I was doing? Especially, ALL AT ONCE when I've never in my life done it before?! Even the most athletic people have to drink something to help their bodies recover. What an ego maniac I was!
As I'm typing this, I just finished my milk. It wasn't so bad. =)
Right now I'm drinking 1% but I am guessing I'm going to have to go down to skim soon. I'm going to try the 1% for a week, see what happens. Then try the skim, see what happens in the 2nd week. THEN I'm going to POSSIBLY try muscle milk LIGHT (I love that they have light). We'll see, I want to make sure I'm not adding too many calories for something I absolutely abhor, yet I also want to keep my body healthy.
Today in boot camp we had 5 people. It's crazy! The class before has 20 girls easily! I mean, don't get me wrong, I don't mind. Less people to compete with and W is able to show us each individual attention. I'm imagining though that throughout the week, some of the regulars will be back and ready to go. I can't wait. =) I miss F and Y! (F is on vaca).
It was crazy...all I could think about was my first day of boot camp exactly 5 weeks ago. How I cried, how I whined, how I yearned to stop and did more than anyone else...how my body gave out on me and most of all? How hard everything was.
W took me to the side today and told me that this session he is going to expect more of me. I think I expect more of myself too. I'm not sure...but I really believe I do. He wants me to push through the burn and the pain so I can come out feeling great. I know what that feels like, I've done it before. The process is murderous. I already feel like I'm dying sometimes when I do it but I know that I could give more. On a scale of 1-5 today I rated my effort at a 4.
On our morning jog though, I was able to run longer than ever before. Still not up to par with some of the vets, but I'm getting there. =)
I just feel good knowing that this time I was nowhere NEAR tears! I left boot camp once again feeling victorious and happy.
Alrighty, time for weigh-in.
In five weeks I have officially lost 16 pounds. It may not seem like much, or it may seem like a lot. I don't care. I'm doing all that I can exercise wise and also food wise. I am not starving myself, I'm eating. I am not doing something so unrealistic that I can't keep it up. Progress comes slowly and I can't imagine being that girl 5 weeks ago who couldn't do a few push ups.
Thank you guys for all of your love, support and checking in on me! Your comments and emails mean the world to me. TRULY they inspire me and push me!
Love love love you!
K
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