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AJ Loves Bootcamp: Day 4

WOW.

Day 4 was a toughie.

But I made it through.

The last class was on Thursday, which gave me time to relax and work out some of the soreness and calf tightness I was feeling… while I thought that would be a good thing, I was pretty out of breathe and moving slowly this morning. I walked a bit this weekend, but not much. This morning reminded me that I am going to have to get up and move on my days off too.

Today was circuit training. 45 seconds each, 3 times at 8 different stations. Most were hopping, squats, pushups or bar work. We did toss a medicine ball in the air at another—I almost smacked myself in the face with that one on the 3rd trip around. I swear it was because the leader told us specifically not too. LOL My arms were jelly by the first round of the circuit, but I pushed through as well as I could. The leader was forever telling me (and only me) to “get your feet up” “arms STRAIGHT not BENT” “HOP! HOP! HOP!” but I am glad she did—it kept me from cheating. I was gasping for breath by the beginning of the 3rd set but gosh darn it, I pushed through. I may have done the moves slowly and only got 2 or 3 reps done in 45 seconds, but I did those reps correctly. Yeah me!

I got new shoes yesterday and my feet felt fantastic. :-)

The warm up was tough today, but not as tough as it was the first morning. I feel “good” sore right now. Two good things I am proud of.

I am tired, woke up at 2:30 am again and couldn’t get back to sleep. I think I am going to take a nap then shower and head to my dentist appt.

It snowed this morning, but the streets were pretty clear at 5:30am ;-) I hope they stay that way so I can get to the burbs for my appt on time.

Hope you have a healthy and fitness-filled day!

December 7th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: bootcamp, Done with diets, Excercise | Leave a comment

AJ Loves to Bootcamp – Day 2

Did I throw up at bootcamp this morning??

duh, duh DUUUUUUUUNNNNNNN….

Nope.

:-)

I took y’alls advise and ate something very small, just a small Dannon drinkable yogurt, and I was fine. I never felt queasy. One of the girls from the class actually asked me how I was doing after – very sweet.

The class stated off with BMI and weight- ugh.

Remember I was “trying it on my own” last month and not weighing in?

Well, I did ok, but obviously Thanksgiving helped me gain a few pounds.

Anyway, it is not the scale it is how I feel.(…the mantra in my head the whole time I was at bootcamp)

Today was rough– about 100 squats (broken up), 5 minutes (broken up) of squat holds, and arm work with bands. One of the things I like about this class is that we only use 2 pieces of equipment- bands and these things that are square that have some bounce to them so when you are running on them, they are slightly like a rebounder. But not as bouncy. I have no idea what they are called, but they are fun to run on. Anyway, I like that they don’t make you use alot of fancy equipment.

After 50 minutes of kicking my butt., I sat down and stretched a bit, then (OK warning, a little TMI) I hacked up a HUUUUUGE, thick sticky green phlegm ball.

That can’t be good.

I feel fine, though my breathing has been crap. As soon as I am done with this post, I will call the doctor.

I am sore (especially my calves from all the running in place) but not as sore as I thought I would be.

We shall see how I feel tomorrow morning (an off day). Next bootcamp is Thursday and I will be one week down.

My friend N and I are thinking of getting Bodybuggs (as seen on the Biggest Loser) to help us track calories in and calories out. Anyone use one? Pros? Cons?

Off to call the doctor and put my food in the crock pot.

Have a healthy day!

December 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: bootcamp, Done with diets, Excercise | One comment

Bullets, Ho!

It’s a bullets kind of night, peeps…. in no particular order:

  • Welcome visitors from We Are the Real Deal, Miz Fit and the other blogs that linked to me today in their “Exposed” posts! Since junior high I have had an issue with my body– I am so glad REAL women are talking about what REAL bodies look like. We DON’T all look the same, and we should be proud of what we have.
  • Missed breakfast again today. While I slept really well last night, again, thank goodness, I woke up late for my orthodontist appt and forgot to grab something to eat. By the time I left that office (in the burbs and later than I thought), I was late for another appt at the outplacement service that is helping me find a job. By the time I was done there, I was starving and it was 2:15pm! I grabbed a Potbelly’s skinny turkey sandwich, and a bag of baked lays. It was good and I ate it ALL! :-) I realized a few minutes ago I never ate dinner. What is with me forgetting to eat lately???
  • I walked 6,000 steps today, but never got a “formal” workout in. I am happy to say not only do my pants feel a tiny bit looser, I had to buy new “interview” pants today and they we the same size I normally buy (good news that I didn’t go up a size like I thought I did!)
  • I GOT FREE CHOBANI YOGURT IN THE MAIL TODAY!! A WHOLE CASE! Now while that might not sound too exciting to some of you that get free stuff to try in the mail all the time, I am SO EXCITED about this. I won it playing Twitter spoons on their website. It is my favorite yogurt, but it is pricey, and with me not working right now, I can’t afford it. now I have 24 WHOLE CUPS to myself!! YIPPEE!
  • While I haven’t posted about it, I have been in COBRA and insurance hell the past few weeks. I think everything was figured out today. Thank GOODNESS.
  • My birthday (b-day is Friday) and Christmas gift from my mom is a new DSLR Camera! I got the check today in the mail and can’t wait to go buy it. Beware, my blog is gonna be picture-fied for the next few months… lol…
  • I keep forgetting to tell you all about my new inspiration buddy, Fatinah!! She is an amazing person and I am so glad to have her as my motivational buddy. Please check out her blog and say hi!
  • I paid off 2 of my credit cards today and it feels SOOOO GOOOOOD. Welcome to adulthood, miss almost 32 year old!
  • The cats decided to poo outside the box tonight. Mr More has no idea what to think about living with 3 other cats. He is calmer than I thought he would be, though he is still being a pissy old man and is totally set in his ways.
  • There is alot of bloggy drama out there right now. I am so happy to not be part of it. SOOO many other things to be worried about right now that whether someone likes what I write (or not)…
  • aaaaand, fin. I have got to get to bed. I am tired, and tomorrow will be spent at the DMV trying to get new tags for my car. Joy. Expect alot of “I’mmmmm BOOOOOORED” tweets in the AM. :-)

How was your day?

November 17th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Done with diets, Excercise, Exposed, food diary | One comment

What a good day!

I need to get some sleep but wanted to keep up my “run” of posting every day. I went to brunch with 2 good friends and ate healthy (1/2 a 3 egg omelet with mushrooms, ham and broccoli) whole wheat toast, water, a small hot chocolate and fresh fruit) and had healthy conversations.

Lunch and dinner were combined into a quick Mickey D’s free for all of a cheeseburger small fry and a small diet coke before I went to the Chicago Craft Social where I met tons of cool crafty ladies and made a few cool craft items myself.

(pictures to follow, I am getting a new DSLR for my 32nd birthday (it’s in 7 days!!) so I am STOKED I will finally get to share more awesome pictures with you!)

I am not bummed that I got McDonald’s for dinner-I am actually happy that I stuck to the kid’s meal and not a huge crappy meal I didn’t want. I got a taste and now I won’t crave it for a while. Though, I wish I would have palnned my day better and had dinner ready before I had to leave for the craft social. Well, you live and you learn, right?

OK- really, I am off to bed. I am not sleeping well (still) and I need to kick the cats out of my bedroom, put the earplugs in and drift off into dream land. Also, I have a walking date tomorrow with a good friend and I want to make sure I am up in time to go!

AJ

November 14th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Done with diets, Excercise, food diary | One comment

I Jogged!

Day three of three without breakfast- I just can’t seem to get to sleep and/or get up in the morning. I had a wicked bout of insomnia AGAIN last night- I finally got to sleep at 6am this morning. Not too helpful when I am supposed to go to a job fair to look for a job at 9am. I was SO exhausted when I woke up.

Also, I spent about a hour last night before trying to sleep to find something respectable to wear for the mass interviews.

Nothing.

Fits.

(yet)

After running to target for black socks ( I have no idea where in the mess of my room/storage unit where all my black socks went) I came home and decided to WORKOUT (look at me). I spent about 30-35 min on the treadmill and while tired, actually ran/jogged for a few minutes!

4 to be exact!;-)

Now, you may remember that I wrote about having EIA here -Exercise-Induced Asthma. Jogging, high impact aerobics, bootcamp and even swimming (the chemicals kill my lungs) cause me to wheeze, cough and have breathing issues for around 2-3 hours after exercising. It is uncomfortable, but I work around it. I have been to the doctor and was given an inhaler. It works, but I have to use it a few times during workouts.

Guess what I misplaced during the move?

While I know I shouldn’t jog w/o the inhaler, I am at the place in my workouts where I want to ramp it up a notch. I called in a new Rx so hope to have it soon. I am really ready to move more.

I start my fitness bootcamp on November 30th, right as I will be doing an assessment on how I did during the month of November on my own.

Here is what I ate today-

Breakfast: Nothing. Again.

Lunch: 2 lot fat hot dogs, mustard, green beans, cracked pepper, water.

Snack – Fruit 2day and cottage cheese.

Dinner: Not so healthy. 2 fried chicken strips, 5 french fries, ketchup, diet soda.

I am going grocery shopping tomorrow because I need to add some variety and fresh fruits and veggies to my diet.

Ok- off to put in earplugs and take a sleeping pill– I WILL SLEEP TONIGHT!

PS: my pedometer hit 8836 today–4147 being aerobic steps! :-) Getting closer to 10,000!

November 12th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Done with diets, Excercise, food diary | 4 comments