Monday night bootcamp

I'm back up to 244. I blame my lack of self control on the ice cream and cake last week and allll the food at my aunts house this weekend. Its cool though. I can still turn this around.

Bootcamp class tonight was extra rough. My calves and ankles gave out about 3/4's into the class. Right now my pelvic joint is on fire and my calves are mad tight. I didnt work out over the weekend and maybe I should have. Lesson learned. I do like the feeling of pushing myself to the limit but today I was not feeling my best. Lets try again tomorrow.

Happy friday!

First things first - my thighs are on fire. I dunno if it was the boot camp class or the elliptical that mashed me up but my thighs have been ablaze since monday! I literally have to toss myself out of bed in the mornings. Thankfully it feels like the worst of the pain/soreness is over. I feel better today than I did all week. Last week it was my abs, this week its my thighs. Go figure.

I did the bootcamp class last night. I actually got this text yesterday afternoon



Well damn, I hadnt planned on going to class last night but I was glad to get the encouragement from the instructor. Class was pretty intense and I can honestly say that I'm embarassed with my fitness level. I used to be a tomboy. Very athletic. If I wasnt playing tag, throwing a football around with the boys or relay racing with my friends I was jumping double dutch from sun up to sun down. My legs are still muscular from all those years of double dutch. A few weeks ago on my way home I saw some girls playing and I asked them for a jump. I was wheezing and my damn knees were on fire. Not cute. I'm only 24. Not even 10 years ago I was light on my feet with tons of energy.

So last night's class was super challenging and I could barely complete all of the sets/reps of ab work he had us doing. I couldnt even lift my hips off the mat. I felt my thighs burning when I had to use my core and do sit ups. I want to be stronger so I'll keep going to class. I guess this is a real wakeup call.

I'll also confess that I smoke (not just cigarrettes, either) and I'm starting to see the effect that has on me. I smoked on tuesday and wednesday night. I definitely felt it the following morning. Aside from the fact that the munchies made me completely fall off the wagon both nights, I didnt like the sluggish feeling I had in the mornings. Last nights workout shouldnt have left me feeling that drained but I felt horrible. I'll have to make a promise to myself that I will not smoke during the week. I read an old interview with Missy Elliot and she said in order for her to lose the weight and keep it off she had to stop smoking altogether. I can totally see that happening. I really need to think about why I smoke and is it really all that necessary a habit to maintain in the long run.

re-boot!

Last night's bootcamp class was BRUTAL. But it was so much fun. Last week I took the morning class but I had gotten in very late sunday night so I decided to take the evening class. when the instructor saw me he said "pace yourself, this class is tougher than the morning class". WHAT?! Well I was not prepared but I pushed through it. I wanted to be challenged and even though I didnt complete all the sets and reps I pushed through it. Towards the end of the class we had some fun playing a modified version of tag. I was laughing so hard and enjoying myself that I didnt realize my entire body was on fire. I'll stick with the monday night class. Thats the hardest workout of the week and I know that everything after is gonna be fun. Tonight I'll try and do 40 minutes on the elliptical because my hips feel stiff and I dont want to be super sore for tomorrow mornings bootcamp.

My coworker just commented that I look a lil slimmer in the face :)

quick post

I'm blogging from the bus stop. I hopped on the scale before I dashed out the house and headed to my bootcamp class tonight.

*drumroll*

I'm 239.6lbs! I'm down 3 pounds this week! *happy dance*

I'll do a full post when I get home :)

I was talking to my roommate a few nights ago and I told her that while I know I'm supposed to be appreciating the journey I wish I would be at my destination already. I'm wearing this skirt today from H&M. Its a size 14. You should see how ridiculous I look in this skirt. Its pulled up over my belly button and I keep shifting it around because its so tight. The damn lining is barely fitting around my thighs and behind.

I'm looking forward to my clothes fitting better. Hopefully by my september checkpoint I'll be feeling a difference.

todays triumph

Last night I started getting sleepy around 9pm. Usually I'm up at till after midnight and dragging myself out of bed around 8am. Going to sleep early means I can get up earlier so I was excited to get to bed last night. I gave myself an 11pm bedtime and I think I'll be able to stick to it. I woke up at 5:30am and went to the gym.

I felt SO GOOD once I finished my workout. The trainer from Boot Camp fitness saw me and gave me the thumbs up. I was a sweaty mess but I felt great.

I was in a rush to pack my lunch today (yesterday I had a salad from mc donalds and I bought fruits from the fruit stand). Since I'm really trying to be budget conscious I packed some of the vegetarian chili I made last week, half a baked chicken breast, leftover scrambled eggs and a tortilla wrap. But I needed veggies to go with my meal and I remembered I had some frozen spinach in the freezer. I just heated up my lunch and I am amazed at how quick and painless my lunch was. I'm gonna be buying tons of frozen spinach!

Official

It's official. I am on the path to health and fitness! I had vacation days scheduled on monday and tuesday so all weekend I stayed home and relaxed, meditated and planned my strategy. Of course I ate like a pig too. I'm not gonna say how much I ate but it was too much for 1 person to be eating in 1 sitting. I think a part of me just wanted to get all of those urges out of my system before I got down to business. I know it's unhealthy (binging/restricting cycle) and I will be keeping this journal to stay conscious of this. It wont be the last time I have an urge to eat an insane amount of pizza or sushi or whatever I'm craving.

This morning I took a boot camp fitness class at my gym. Class started at 6:30AM. OMG it was the most intense workout ever. I was huffing and puffing like nobodies business. Sweating all over the place. I didnt complete all of the exercises but I didnt beat myself up about it. My body REALLY got a workout and everyone has to start somewhere. The class meets on mondays and wednesdays. I'm going to make it my business to be at that class every week. When I got home I had enough time to shower and get ready for work so its perfect. I marked the workout down on my big calendar in my bedroom and I hope to fill that calendar up with workouts this month.

Before I went to the gym I drank a nutrament. I read online that you shouldn't workout in the morning on an empty stomach and that a decent pre workout meal is a protien shake or some combination of protien, complex carbs and fat. I need to buy some protien powder so I can make my own shakes in the morning. Nutrament is $2 a can. When I got to work I bought some strawberries, peaches and a banana. I had the banana with some peanut butter. I felt hungry a little later and had a couple strawberries. For lunch I had a caesar salad with grilled chicken from mc donalds. I'll have my fruits for the rest of the afternoon and when I get home I'll probably have another chicken salad. I'm going food shopping to pick up some chicken breasts. They'll be seasoned and some will be cooked while the rest will be frozen. I need to look up some new recipes as well. If you have any quick and tasty recipes let me know.

Guys please pray that I'm able to maintain this. I really want to be at 215 by my birthday in October. Thats 30 pounds away!