Boot Core Day 9

Today was my favorite day of class yet. We started with a 1/2 mile run around the track. It was a nice cool overcast morning. We had 5 stations and we only made it about 2.5 time through. We spent about 3 minutes at each station. The first station was a step and we did these jump things over it and would have sprints to the left and right. The next station was a series of cones which we shuffled, skipped, squated, sprinted through in various parents. After that station I was pretty drenched. Then we went into the building and we used a weight machine and gripped the handle in one arm while in a lunge and had a 3-5 lb ball in the other hand. Our arms were spread out at our shoulders and we would cross the ball over the other hand. Then switch sides. Let me tell you. This.was.painful. It was crazy. My thighs were burning. My shoulders were burning and the 3 minutes couldn't end fast enough. The next station was the spin bike. The final station was with the medicine ball. We threw in on the ground as hard as we could. repeat.

We finished with various types of crunches and stretches. I hit the stairmaster for another 45 minutes and stretching.

Last night I had dinner at Ruth's Chris. I totally overdid it, but I am ok with that. It's not every day I get to eat at a place like that, so I enjoyed it. LOTS of warm French bread and butter. Shrimp cocktail. Cesar salad, Fillet Mignon, Lyonnaise potatoes, asparagus. There were 3 of us and we split the chocolate sin cake and the warm apple tart. I preferred the apple tart. Leftover filet, potatoes, and asparagus. I got home and I was completely stuffed and tired. I forced myself to stay up. At what point I found myself wanting a snack, but I knew I was still stuffed. I didn't eat anything and went to bed.

Happy Friday and have a great weekend!

Scone Overload

As I was driving home from the gym this morning I was day dreaming of scones, but I really didn't want or need to stop and buy one. Plus it was 6:30 AM in the morning and the store wasn't open yet. So when i get in to work I was notified that there were leftover blueberry and raspberry white chocolate scones. Now these scones are one of my favorite baked goodies our catering department makes. They are always super moist and just downright yummy. Sometimes they put a pat of butter in them when they are baking and oh.my.god. So yeah I kid you not I had about 6 or 7 of them. I just couldn't stop. I wish I would have stopped at 1, but I had zero will power. The rest of the morning I was really lethargic. I ate part of my lunch and than slept for 30 minutes. At least my stomach is no longer hurting. I won't be binging on scones anytime soon. I feel like poo.

Boot Core Day 8

One of the trainers saw me at the gym yesterday morning. He seemed quite impressed that I was there on a day when I technically did not have to be there. I was on the arc trainer and he asked me how I was liking class. I told him I liked it a lot now that I am not longer sore. He said, "just wait until tomorrow when we do weights." Ugh. Well today wasn't too bad. We had 3 stations that we rotated through and alternated with cardio. The first station was dumbell presses on a stability ball and then sprints on the field. Next we did standing shoulder presses w/ variations. Cardio was jumping rope. Apparently I can jump rope pretty well and I was the envy of my trainer and the group. Who would have thought? Next station was lunge tricep kickback thing followed by squats and kicks. We did each station and cardio for about 3 minutes twice through. We finished off we a run down the street past the whole foods, Pei Wei, and Zoe's and up a flight of stairs and back to the Y.

After class I went to the gym where I was high fived by one of the trainers when I was walking in. As I was getting on the stairmaster the trainer from yesterday seemed really impressed that I came in for more cardio. If he only knew what I have been doing for the past 5 years... So yeah, I am starting to really like my new Y. In case you haven't noticed relationships are huge for me. I feel most comfortable when people know me.

I know I have a pretty crazy workout routine. But what about you? When do you workout? Where? Any favorite cardio routines or videos?

Starting to Get It

I feel like I am finally starting to get it. By it, I mean this whole exercise/eating well/balance thing. I am back on a schedule of exercising early in the morning and I love it! I can really tell a difference in my muscle tone and overall shape. My clothes are fitting better and my ring is lose. All of this was done without really limiting my intake of food. Sure, I eat my oatmeal and fruit for breakfast most mornings and *try* to pack my lunch, during the week, but I am still making smart choices when I go out. And I have also been pretty good about my portion sizes. The biggest thing for me is I haven't had to write down or type every single morsel I eat. While journaling kept me accountable when I first started, I found that if I do it now it pretty much consumes all of my thoughts and I didn't like it. So for right now I am happy where I am.