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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!
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!
I am so freaking hungry.
I had nothing ready/available for lunch or dinner today. Dumb, I know, but I guess I really wasn’t as prepared as I thought for bootcamp day one. Lunch was tuna , 13 whole wheat crackers and a single serving of low-fat cottage cheese. Oh, and water. And some black berries.
For dinner, I had some left over crock pot chicken, but no brown rice or veggies to go with it. Ran to the grocery store tonight at 7:30 (30 minutes before I wanted to be “done” eating for the night) and was over-hungry*.
Nothing looked remotely good.
I grabbed 3 packages of frozen brown rice, steam in a bag fresh broccoli and cauliflower, 3 cans of 98% fat free cream of mushroom soup (for a crockpot recipe) and a few other things (including cat food for my poor little big hungry one). I threw the rice in the micro, then the leftover chicken, then the bag of veggies. I had a meal in under 10 minutes, and of course, I wolfed it down. I had 3 veggies left and 1/2 my plate of chicken and rice, and I am feeling full but not stuffed (a 4 on the WW Momentum 1-5 scale).
Also, I had about 5 sips of Diet Coke, and while I am not happy about it, I had a raging I-haven’t-had-a-diet-soda-in-2-days-and-haven’t-eaten-since-1pm headache. I am happy to say it is gone. To break the soda dependency, I am going to have to go slow. Maybe one a day for a few days, then 1/2 for a few days, then 1/2 every other day until I lose the headaches. This going cold turkey is for the birds.
This is the part of working out I haven’t figured out- I have never been able to eat well AND excercise a the same time.
It is either one or the other. Walk four 5k’s and one 10k during the year, eat alot of crap. Eat well, absolutely no exercise.
I am sure it is a dance I will learn to do over time, but I always seem to fail at one as I succeed at the other.
OK, I am going to clean up my dishes and get to bed so I can be up at 5 tomorrow morning.
*Old over-hungry me would have ran to McDonald’s instead of the store, so that is a small NSV.
*Note: Boring post ahead. You have been warned
I had a boring day today- treadmill, nap and watched TV. Really. It was that boring. I could say that I didn’t go out because it was raining and I was tired and I blah blah blah, but actually, I was just LAZY.
Yes, I walked on the treadmill for 45 minutes.
Yes, I got all the stamps put onto my holiday cards (2 days BEFORE THANKSGIVING- first time EVER so early- I WIN!)
Yes, I got a much needed nap.
Yes, I took an online course from the outplacement company to learn more about “good” resumes.
Yes, I went to dinner with a friend and caught up and had a great time (grilled chicken and veggies to eat)
Yes, I looked on line for easy good crockpot recipes and found a few low-fat good ones…wait.
Wow.
Looking at my “boring” “did not a thing” day and writing all these things down, I actually DID do something today.
huh.
I didn’t get to the grocery store like I wanted to, but that can wait to tomorrow. I need to get a Costco sized package of Chicken and tons of veggies for Monday, as my bootcamp starts that day and I want to be ready. I also need to get a small (2 to 3 qt) crock pot so I can cook my protein all day.
OK, it is 11pm- I gotta get to bed!
I had a full weekend- I was away from the computer most of the time, so I am feeling a bit neglectful.
Friday was filled with Facebook birthday wishes and calls from friends, along with 5 birthday cards in the mail and a fun night out with my friend H at a charity wine tasting. Also, she bought me a sundae to top off a great b-day night!
Saturday was H’s b-day, so I attended a par-tay for her at a mutual friend’s house- we all brought apps, listened to music and had a swell time.
Today, I sat around in my PJ’s all day watching bad Sunday day TV and cat napping. EXACTLY the way I wanted to spend my day.
No workouts this weekend, I didn’t watch what I was eating, and I. drank. Wine. Not alot, but drinking at all is so different for me. I had a blast, people told me I looked amazing and I ate up the complements.
I NEVER eat up complements.
Maybe this really is the start of a Brand New Me.
My new camera is still at the store waiting for me to pick it up– hopefully sometime this week I will go get it…
I turn 32 in just under an hour, and I an excited for the future “me”. I thought I would share more about “me” with you.
With no further ado, I bring you 32 things about me that you may not know:
1. I lived most of my early years on a farm in Eastern Iowa. Yes, we had Pigs. And Cows. And Chickens. And Corn. Lots and lots of Corn.
2. I am on only child; but if/when I have kids, I want to make sure my kid has a sibling.
3. The most interesting job I have done is air traffic controller at a small airstrip in NE Iowa. With 1 day training.
4. My favorite food in the universe is crinkle cut french fries. Bonus if you add melted shredded cheese to them. mmmmm….
5. I would not know how to function on weekday mornings without my Grande, non-fat, 2 pump mocha, with whip hot chocolate from Starbucks.
6. When I was little, all I wanted was long, straight, blond hair.
7. Also, a wheelchair, braces, crutches and glasses. I have braces and glasses, and sometimes have straight hair like right now).
8. I have over 1,000 ‘Winnie the Pooh’ Piglet collectibles. It’s a sickness.
9. I don’t know what I would do without my Tivo.
10. My big orange cat, Mr. More, weighs 26lbs and is as long as a 2 year old.
11. I really, really dislike everything that has to do with celery.
12. Most of my friends from Jr High and High School called me “Anne” and had (and still have) no idea my real name is Andrea. (yep, my name is not AJ, it’s Andrea- I just outed myself! Hi Interweb!)
13. My favorite past time is to take photos and scrapbook.
14. My last name was changed by a few letters when my ancestors came over from Europe.
15. While I have lived my whole life in the Midwest (except for a recent 6 month stint in GA) and traveled to Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, many of the 50 states and Guatemala, I have never been to Canada.
16. I like fountain Coke products and can Pepsi products.
17. I loved being Editor In Chief of a magazine before being laid off Oct 31st.
18. I tried once to learn to drive a stick shift, but failed.
19. My favorite movie of all time is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
20. My favorite book of all time is She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb.
21. I suffer from Barometric Migraine Headaches: every time a large front heads in to the area, I get massive headaches until the front passes; then I am fine.
22. The weirdest job I have ever had was a waitress in a sale barn. (I sold coffee and pie to farmers as they bought pigs and cows for slaughter about 50 feet away from me)
23. My travel wishlist includes: India, Thailand, Europe, and Ethiopia. Oh, and Canada.
24. I always watch TV and movies with the closed captioning on. Always.
25. I love my Invisalign braces though will be happy to be done with them in 5 months.
26. If I had to pick one chore I hate to do around the house, it would be vacuuming.
27. I have a huge girl crush on Janet Jackson.
28. My IRL friends call me to find out what the cool new products are- chances are, I have it in my house before the commercials are even on TV for “it”.
29. I have only smoked a cigarette 5 times in my life and they were all for theater performances. Otherwise, I hate cigarette smoke.
30. I cried at 5 out of 7 performance reviews at work– I hate “bragging” about myself and am uncomfortable to tears to have to do it. I also have a very hard time reading birthday cards and goodbye cards. I can handle criticism fine, though.
31. I have 5 friends that all have the same birthday week and we try to celebrate together each year. it is fun to share the spotlight!
32. I have amazing IRL and online friends who have already made the entry to my 32nd year amazing! Thank you!
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