Retrospect

Alright I'm gonna make this quick because I have other shit that I really should be working on

aka this huge ass rough draft due tomorrow in my Edfon class.

So today was Plyometric Circuit. I remember when I had first done this, what the second day in? and I was beat afterwards! Well today quite a few times I was like alright yea we've been doing these exercises, I can do this. There were quite a few times that I had to just recollect myself. And that's what brings me to this question:

Am I hurting myself by trying to keep up with Shaun T?

He says not to compromise form and I felt like I had a pretty good form, sort of. I was mostly getting it and I've been trying to make sure that my heart rate is up because I want to burn calories. But today when I stopped in the rec center to get a salad from Quiznos (delicious by the way!) I looked up and there was this woman and she was holding a weight at her chest and she was doing some of the squats that I've been doing in Insanity. Except she was doing these much better than I was. And that got me thinking, am I really doing the most that I can with these exercises? Do I feel like I'm building as much muscle as the people in the video or that woman in the rec center? No, I don't think that I am. I think that I'm getting my heart rate up and potentially burning calories, but I'm not executing perfect form. There are quite a few times where I just have to stop because they're going too fast and I can't keep up and I'm trying to get back into the rhythm.

So that's what I want to change: I want to focus on getting good form first and not necessarily speed. Because there are some really good squat exercises, and deep jumping jacks that I think could really be beneficial but I'm just not doing them as best as I can. So ultimately I want to make sure that I'm doing the whole exercise and not just sort of doing it to burn calories.

I wonder if I could set up times to meet with my aerobics instructor, if she even knows about programs like this, during the school year....

This is me all red-faced after my workout :/

Off to my homework...

Getting better, sorta

Today was a decently rough day. I think it was partly because I had two days off from working out and my mentality today was, "I don't wanna!!!" I had a good salad for lunch and then I went to water aerobics and that was a pretty good workout there. I'm able to tread water pretty well now :) And riding my bike back home I noticed our front lawn was mowed but the grass is all piled up. So I grab my rake and put all that in the trash. With all that added up it was just a good workout. But I promised myself I'd do this so as soon as I got inside I started strippin and getting my workout clothes on.

Today was Pure Cardio. x_x

I was feeling pretty good through the warm up. I was doing more and trying to regulate my breathing. I felt really good after our first stretch. Letting the heart rate sink back down to a comfortable rhythm not the bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum!! of before. And then Shaun T is like, "Is anybody else worried about this coming exercise?" First time I head that I was like, "Well now I am!" And yea it gets ridiculous. We did 5 or 6 different exercises and we did them in 3 sets. The first set: I'm like I got this. Second: Alright this is getting tough. Third set: (breathing heavily) Alright ok I'm ok.

30 second break

And then we get right back into it. Tell you what though I am getting pretty good at controlling my heart rate in those 30 seconds. Breath deep. And breath it back out.

But the work out after that. That was what was killing me today. I just couldn't do some of the jump up-crouch-jump back (plank)-jump up to crouch-jump up and do that again. I was just like, "Ahhhh!" I'm not perfect and I'm not doing as many as these people, but I still feel like I'm getting a good workout. I just don't want to push myself too far. I know this is Insanity but when I started breathing really quickly I thought I was gonna hyperventilate. So I took a break.

I did, however, make a slight break through. There's this move called the Heiseman. And you have to square your feet a lit more than shoulder length and go from one foot to the other. But the thing with this is that you have to incorporate a lil step in the middle before you pull your leg up. It's tricky. And I've been struggling with it for the past few videos. I just didn't feel like I was coordinated. It didn't feel right. But now I've got it and I think from here on I can do that move better. So this is good. I'm making progress. If I can figure that move out and get a good rhythm then I can do that for other exercises.... like the super cardio ones that Shaun T has for us.....

Alright time to eat up the rest of my salad and get my ass over to the library. I've got a fun-filled night of reading articles, books, and working on a paper.

Gotta love summer school.

Evenings me no likee

Just did my insanity workout.
Currently all gross.
Sitting on the couch.
Ew.

Yea I missed my opportunity earlier cuz I stayed back and talked to my professor. Then when I finally did get home rather than do my workout right then I decided not to cuz my roommate was still here and I didn't want her to hear me working out. So I waited for her to go to work. Yea I'm just gonna suck it up next time cuz I don't like doing it in the evenings. I feel completely drained.

But now it's time for a shower and my homework.

Life is marathon not a sprint

Hey all.
I'm really sorry that I didn't post yesterday. My friend came to visit for the weekend and it just kinda threw a wrench in my routine. I worked out on Saturday before he came but then yesterday just felt like a blah sort of day and I just didn't do it :/ As much as I want to beat myself up, and I already have considerably, I'm just trying to keep in mind that wellness is a marathon not a sprint. My aerobics professor is always telling us that these changes need to be gradual. And as I was reading my health book today (for a midterm tomorrow!) I was thinking to myself, "You know this really should become a part of my life. Not just for a short time." So I know that I'm going to do this program for the 2 months. And after that I'm either going to keep this as a part of my routine or I'm gonna find something to take it's place because there are SO many diseases and health problems that are directly correlated with having a sedentary lifestyle. I want to still be able to ride my bike and be active when I'm in my 50's. So even though I missed yesterday I'll keep with it and realize that I'm not perfect and I'll keep moving forward.

Even when I mess up and eat pizza from Wal Mart, which I already wrote a note to myself to not do again, I can just tell myself that I'll do better. I want to stop drinking Mtn Dew (already on like week 3 of that), less processed food (like pizza), and I need to get more veggies and fruits into my diet.

And even though I didn't work out yesterday and I'm taking today as my scheduled day off 1.) so that I'm still on schedule 2.) because I'm freaking out about all my summer class work and I need today to work and 3.) I plan on heading outside to work on my flower bed so I can get out of this damn house.

With all that being said it is Monday. I promised my weight, measurements, and pictures. I've also decided that I should take pictures from behind because it really irritates me that I have this sidelong bulge underneath my bra :/ I wanna get rid of that.

My current weight is: 185.6 lbs

My current Waist measurement is: 36"

My current Hip measurement is: 42.5"

My current Thigh measurement is: 27"

Guys! I lost 2.8 lbs!!!
I seriously had to check my weight 3 times to make sure I wasn't doing something wrong. Nope. That's my weight! And I believe that's my proper hip dimension. I took it at the largest point and that's what I got.

So here's to making progress in this marathon of wellness!!