A Smidjin at a time

Guess what I did today? What you can't. I decided to finally make it to one of my friends impromptu bootcamps. Charles is pretty awesome, I have been working out with him regularly for the last several months, but that has been at fit club, where we watch workout videos and try to keep up. And generally we are capable of it. But see Charles is a workout beast, like literally he does a video series called "body beast".  And he is a certified trainer. So the idea of actually doing a workout created by him was how shall I say this...SCARY. But today I did it. Like I did it..NO EXCUSES. Mind you, until today the only one of those 4 exercises I had actually done before was the kettlebell swings. The tire flips and tire jumps were definitely not something I had ever attempted before, pretty much hadn't even really wanted to do them before either. Trista and I took turns conquering the 200 pound 16 inches while laying on it's side tire we have now named "Pip...

I'm Back!!! Totally refocused and re-energized and re-motivated...and I am sure many other re's. For the last month I have been a part of a challenge group and one of the assignments was creating a Priority Clarity Statement. Having to put it all in writing was very helpful as I hadn't done it in a while. So there it is. My goal for May is to re-lose those 10 pounds that I have let creep back on. 

Bet you all thought I gave up. Gave up on blogging, or gave up on weight-loss. Doesn't matter, cause the answer is NO, I have not given up. In fact I am probably more motivated and set than I have been in a while.  And there are several reasons behind here, here are just a few highlights. 1. I had to go to my favorite doctor back in December cause I was having this constant feeling that my heart was racing. It has since calmed down and not been a problem. But while I was there as he was clicking through my profile on their EMR he turned the computer screen and showed me my weight graph since I started seeing him just before I started this whole journey. It was totally awesome to see 58 pounds of weight loss on a graph! 2. Mac Fit Club! Twice a week my friend hosts a free community workout using some of the systems designed by BeachBody. So the P90X, Insanity, Combat. You know, those things we all see the infomercials for but can't bring ourselves to order cause either they ...

So today I made it back to my beloved spinning class. I had passed on spinning for the 6 weeks of bootcamp, and now that it is over back to spinning I went. And boy did I choose a good one to make it back too. It starts off with a quick warm up, then 15 straight minutes on the bike, with no rest periods. Then we played a "game". At least that's what Olivia called it. Musical bikes (we just had to grab the bike not have to get back on), each time someone lost they had to go run the stairs till the rest were done. How little I knew the stair running would be the most restful part of the whole evening. Cause then we really got down to business. On the 12th day of Christmas my Trainer gave to me...30 Minutes of torture! 12 Jump Squats 11 alternating side crunch/knee raise 10 mountain climbers 9 standing jackknives 8 push-ups 7 reverse lunges 6 squats 5 lateral side raises (with weights) 4 plank jacks 3 burpees 2 jumping jacks 1 minute of Plank We started with...

Today I thought I would share with you an actual workout from boot-camp. Haven't shared any of those with you all yet. I was dreading today for 2 reasons. One, I hadn't been to the gym in a week, and two it was treadmill day. I do not like treadmill day. Mostly because I do not like running, I suck at it. Like I can run for about 30 seconds and then I am back to walking. Good thing that was the interval today. 2 minute warm up, 16 minutes of 1 minute 30 seconds "slow" pace (she had written down 6.5 mph) followed by 30 seconds at a "fast" (increasing each time) pace intervals, after 16 minutes repeat the pattern starting at minute 2. I stayed on for all 32 minutes, and I even followed the interval pattern. Just not the speeds that were written down. See her fastest speed listed was 10 mph, yeah I didn't even pretend to go anywhere near it. I just started off a lot slower than the "rest" pace (6.5 mph) and made sure to increase my speed each ti...

For starters, Where have I been? Obviously not blogging that is for sure. I would try to catch you all up, but it has been way to long. So I will just tell you a couple stories from the past couple of weeks. Two weeks ago, yours truly managed to walk right into a door as it was being opened into the hallway. Caught my arm on it (thankfully not my face/head), shook me so hard I had a headache almost immediately. Dealt with the headache for several days (including a trip to the docs for a shot of pain meds), and then the neck pain started. I've had my neck adjusted twice so far by a chiropractor and I might me doing that for a while. Yes it has been an adventure. I started boot-camp at the gym again. It is so much different than a year ago. For starters there are only 3 of us in the class this time. Myself, my friend Jessica and a gal named Stacy. They were both in the class I did last year.  I haven't felt like it was gonna kill me, yet. I did have a little episode of feelin...

The beginning of the school year, even when you aren't a teacher or a student always has a feeling of a new years start over. This year even more so for me. See after a couple months of working 12 hour shifts, I am finally going back to my "normal" 8 hour shifts. Which means several things: *A schedule that allows me to get back to the gym consistently. No more working through my favorite classes. I have missed my Monday/Wednesday torture, I mean spin class. And I certainly can tell that I haven't been to yoga in a while. It's gonna be like starting all over again. I know it will come back, but I know it will also be frustrating to remember what I used to be able to do and not quite be there for a few weeks. But I will get there. I got there once, I can do it again. *Getting back on schedule means that I will be able to eat on a better "schedule" again. The one that is what I am supposed to be doing. These 12's have been hard on that. *Better s...