Sweat Dripping Deliciousness

I'm actually coming to like having sweat dripping down my back. Means I had a good workout :) But yea today was Plyometric Cardio. Tough shit! This one along with the pure cardio are the worst. There at the end the circuits are up, down, jump back do 4 push ups, run it out then do it again and again and again. It's rough! That shit I could do, not quite as fast as them, but I was definitely doing it!

Then the next circuit had us doing more pushups and we'd have to jump up to the left and then the right. Abdominals! And then we'd jump out-then back in-then back out-then back in....Sounds kinda kinky now that I think about it ;)

Pervertedness aside, that was the circuit I had a lil bit of trouble with. It wasn't necessarily that I couldn't jump up and back in, my arms just couldn't take it. Maybe I should work in some other push ups earlier in the day...?

Anywho, thanks for reading this! I gotta go grab some supper!

Fit Test #2

Hey! Today was another Fit Test. I was kinda dreading this all day because I started this a bit after 7 because I forgot I had to meet with a classmate to go over a presentation for Tuesday. A part of me was like, "Uhg I have to do this..." and another part of me was genuinely kinda excited. I wanted to see if I had progressed or not. 

And I totally did!!

These are the scores from my first Fit Test

1. Switch Kick: 80?
2. Power Jacks: 36
3. Power Knees: 68
4. Power Jumps: 17
5. Globe Jumps: 6
6. Suicide Jumps: 9
7. Push-up Jacks: 11
8. Low Plank Oblique: 30?

And these are the scores from my second Fit Test

1. Switch Kick: 86
2. Power Jacks: 40
3. Power Knees: 78 
4. Power Jumps: 26
5. Globe Jumps: 7
6. Suicide Jumps: 12
7. Push-up Jacks: 20
8. Low Plank Oblique: 32 

I improved in all the exercises :) It kind of interesting just looking back at the first post from where I am right now. And I felt like I had better form on all of these too. The switch kicks I dunno if I'm getting my feet up high enough... The power jacks are a bitch but I'm actually starting to like those. Because they suck so much I'm really trying to do those ones well. Weird I know lol Oh and the power knees were good. The problem that I have is trying to keep my balance.

Oh so while we're talking about things to work on: 

1. Better balance whether it's stretching, or doing power knees, or those leg compressions
2. Making sure to contract my core while I'm working out. Too often I feel like I'm doing the move but I'm not fully utilizing it. 
3. Breathing. I cannot stress how important this is. And there were a couple times in the past couple days where I was worried I was gonna hyperventilate because I just breathed too quickly and then I couldn't slow my breathing down. So big deep breaths is best.

But yea :) Today was a good day. I strove to get a few more than last time and I wanted to shoot for good form. I accomplished both of those today :)

Now I'm outta the shower, in nice clean pjs, I'm gonna grab dinner and sit out on my porch. 

Back on Track

As I sit here writing this, with sweat dripping between my breasts, I feel accomplished again :) Today was Cardio Power and Resistance. There were a lot of great exercises and I felt like I did them all pretty well. Earlier I had said that I was doing the speed but I wasn't doing the moves properly. Remember that? (If you don't go back a few blog posts lol) Anywho! Today I decided to stick with that and I felt like I got a lot more out of it. The move called Power Jumps is awful! You're at a squat position and then you jump vertically from that position. So both knees up to your chest and you have to bring them up to your outstretched hands. I gotta say though that I was not able to do that at all the first time I did it. And today I was doing pretty well. Pretty much all of those exercises I felt like I was doing well.

I remember thinking at one point during my workout, I wish I could just work on my abs and get rid of this belly fat. But doing stomach crunches wouldn't get rid of the fat. Stomach crunches are great for building more muscle, but cardio is what gets rid of fat. :/

So yay more cardio...Since I missed those couple of days I'm gonna try and make it up somewhere along the way. If I'm going by the calendar Friday would be an off day, but I think I'm just gonna skip over that and go right on to my next work out. That'll take care of at least 1 out of the 3 that I missed :/

Oh! That means that Friday is going to be my second Fit Test!

That'll be interesting to see if I've made any progress.

But yea I don't know if I want to mess with the program anymore than skipping my off day. I figure I can miss that because we only get an off day after 5 days of working out. So it doesn't seem fair for me to use that. I'm glad I did my work out today :) I do wonder though what it would be like to work out over at the rec center....I need to get that cycling audio from my boyfriend and maybe try that out.

Ok shower time and then hw.

look at dis happy face :P

Forcing myself to do this

Before I had written that I had missed a couple days :/ Unfortunate I know. And I had such anxiety about starting back up. I genuinely felt like I didn't want to do this. I just had this bad connotation in the back of my head, this idea that this was such a terrible thing. And I didn't want to do it. But I forced myself to do it. And rather than skip the days that I had missed, I just took up where I left off with the Cardio Recovery. I wanted to have a nice transition and I want to get the full experience rather than just cutting corners.

I think I'm just dealing with a lot of pressure right now. And it's all kinda self-inflicted. I love my water aerobics class. I do. I seriously do. And a lot of what I'm learning is great. And I want to make a change in my diet, in my lifestyle, but there's so much work involved. And it's just crazy to think about. It just feels like I'll have to shift so many things. It's something that I want to work on though. I want to cook. I want to have nights during the semester when my bf and I can have a date night and we cook together.

I don't know how to cook :/ And this is just gonna be a big step for me. It doesn't seem like it for some people I guess, but the whole planning ahead and having enough stuff to make food and not just have it lying around for whenever I need it.... I guess it's the planning that I'm getting hung up on.

Planning to make room for working out. Planning to make room for cooking and shopping so I can cook.

But I do want to make an effort.

And thanks to my all time bestie for keeping me motivated and doing this blog and supporting me with everything. Thanks Sweet Tits ;)

Feeling Guilty

I almost didn't want to post this because I just feel really bad about it. I didn't do my workouts Friday/Saturday or Sunday. My cousin got married this Saturday so I had to run home and be there this weekend. So Friday after my classes got done, rather than do my workout like I had intended to do before, instead I just felt so tired from water aerobics that I just immediately started packing to go home. Saturday was a day filled with joy, laughter, and no work out. There didn't seem to be time for it what with the wedding and then my lil brother getting ready to go off to Washington D.C. for 2 months.

And then yesterday when I got back home I dawdled around. I told myself that I was giving myself a well-deserved break and preparing for the work I had in store. As a whole I did feel much better and prepared to tackle the 10 pg paper I had to work on and have ready for today.

While I do feel bad about missing out on my work out days, what I hate most is that I hadn't been eating well in those couple days. It's like...as soon as I go home it's just whatever is around. And my parents are exactly the most healthy of eaters. And they drink mtn dew all the time. And while I haven't had mtn dew in a couple weeks I did indulge in one can. And then on the drive back home I had another. And I just knew. I knew! it was bad for me, but I just fell back into my routine.

Gah...it's so frustrating :/

Here I had made progress and then I stumbled back on what was my routine before...

Well today is Monday so here are my obligatory pics. Though I'm not happy with them.

My current weight is: 188.2 lbs
My current Waist measurement is: 36"
My current Hip measurement is: 42"
My current Thigh measurement is: 27"

I'm not happy that I gained back the weight I was so ecstatic about losing :/ But being honest about this and owning up to it is good. At least me being pissed at myself will actually make me do the workouts. So there's that.