I have definitely hit a low point. The bad thing about low points, at least for me, is that they tend to lead to actions that cause more low points. I have been eating way too much and hardly working out. This leads to me feeling just that much more depressed and also bloated.
The only way I know how to kick myself out of this is to literally kick myself out of it. As such, I plan to have my workout clothes ready before I go to bed and go for a walk with my dog right after my first alarm goes off in the morning. We will see how this goes as that dreaded alarm goes off at 4:30am. YUCK!! But it has been unseasonably warm here in Kansas and neither me nor my dog are used to the heat yet so this is the best time for any outside activity.
I got strawberries at the store today so I am planning to make these strawberry protein pancakes for breakfast tomorrow. Cassey's recipes are always so good! I can hardly wait. That should get me up for the walk. lol Then I will just try to focus on eating well the rest of the day. Each day is a new chance to make your life better, I plan to make the most of that.
Huggs!!
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
Stretch a Little Deeper, Release a Little Sweeter
Today had its good points and its bad points. Really every day has them. Really every day should have them. Workouts have never really been my problem. I love to move in general. I love to feel the burn. I love to log the calories burned. So it is no surprise that I got my workouts done today. I did two rounds of BBC month one. I went to yoga class and got my hips to REALLY open oup. I even accepted the Sweaty Betties challenge for May and did 3 minutes of jump rope today, I broke it up to one minute before, during and after my strength, but I got it done!
My food intake though was bad, real bad. Like twice my lower calorie limit bad. 1,200 calories over my upper limit bad. I really need to get my nutritional intake on schedule and stick to it. When I start thinking of going off it I need to really think about why I am doing that and what I could do instead. I think the only thing holding me back is fear. Weird enough, I think it is the fear that I will turn into the mean person I was back in high school if I loss the weight. Still not sure how my brain came up with that one, but it did.
Now to prove to myself that my new found love for life and the differences between people is not dependent on my weight. The only way I can see to do that is to loss the weight. To loss the weight I have to prove it to myself. I'm in a canoe with only one paddle! Now if I could just trade it in on a power boat.
My food intake though was bad, real bad. Like twice my lower calorie limit bad. 1,200 calories over my upper limit bad. I really need to get my nutritional intake on schedule and stick to it. When I start thinking of going off it I need to really think about why I am doing that and what I could do instead. I think the only thing holding me back is fear. Weird enough, I think it is the fear that I will turn into the mean person I was back in high school if I loss the weight. Still not sure how my brain came up with that one, but it did.
Now to prove to myself that my new found love for life and the differences between people is not dependent on my weight. The only way I can see to do that is to loss the weight. To loss the weight I have to prove it to myself. I'm in a canoe with only one paddle! Now if I could just trade it in on a power boat.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Muscles That Hurt and Flying Skirts
I was so tired after troupe practice last night I forgot to post a blog. I'll get this out before my day starts and we'll just forget that it is a few hours late. Okay?
So I did Shape's Bikini Body Countdown workout for only one round. I think I should be up to two rounds starting next week. It is still kicking my behind, and abs, and back. Okay, every muscle hurts right now, but in that delicious after burn sort of way. I also did one round of HIIT during my walk. Once again, I should be able to up that next week to 2 rounds. I'm going to up it one round a week til I reach 4 round of HIIT with each walk. Each round of HIIT I am doing is 14 sets of 10 second sprints and 30 second rests. This happens to correspond with how my GymBoss is programed for BBC so I don't have to sit down and mess with the programing, I just have to get my dog on his leash and go.
Troupe practice was loads of fun and hard work as always. We are working on a new piece of choreography that Ariellah started but never finished. It will be added to our steampunk set for this year. So far it is pretty fun and I love being able to use our gothic moves. Up to this point, we have used a lot of West African and Romani dance moves. As we are a gothic troupe, getting to use our foundation move excites me.
Also last night I bought a skirt from my troupe leader that she no longer wanted. It was a normal 25 yard skirt but she had added satin trim to the bottom hem of it. This addition turned it into a flying skirt! A simple way to do this is to use satin blanket binding at the hem. This is actually what a lot of belly dancers did back in the 60's and 70's for their skirts. Right now my only other 25+ yard skirt is all satin so I don't want to add a heavier weighted fabric to the hem. It is already an arm workout! Any cotton skirts in the future will get this treatment for sure.
Well, off for another day. I have to get my costume together for a preformance tonight as well as my normal Thursday.
Huggs!
So I did Shape's Bikini Body Countdown workout for only one round. I think I should be up to two rounds starting next week. It is still kicking my behind, and abs, and back. Okay, every muscle hurts right now, but in that delicious after burn sort of way. I also did one round of HIIT during my walk. Once again, I should be able to up that next week to 2 rounds. I'm going to up it one round a week til I reach 4 round of HIIT with each walk. Each round of HIIT I am doing is 14 sets of 10 second sprints and 30 second rests. This happens to correspond with how my GymBoss is programed for BBC so I don't have to sit down and mess with the programing, I just have to get my dog on his leash and go.
Troupe practice was loads of fun and hard work as always. We are working on a new piece of choreography that Ariellah started but never finished. It will be added to our steampunk set for this year. So far it is pretty fun and I love being able to use our gothic moves. Up to this point, we have used a lot of West African and Romani dance moves. As we are a gothic troupe, getting to use our foundation move excites me.
Also last night I bought a skirt from my troupe leader that she no longer wanted. It was a normal 25 yard skirt but she had added satin trim to the bottom hem of it. This addition turned it into a flying skirt! A simple way to do this is to use satin blanket binding at the hem. This is actually what a lot of belly dancers did back in the 60's and 70's for their skirts. Right now my only other 25+ yard skirt is all satin so I don't want to add a heavier weighted fabric to the hem. It is already an arm workout! Any cotton skirts in the future will get this treatment for sure.
Well, off for another day. I have to get my costume together for a preformance tonight as well as my normal Thursday.
Huggs!
Sunday, April 29, 2012
First Check-in
Boring old check-in with measurements and a monthly fitness test.
Bust: 46.5 inches
Waist: 40 inches
Hips: 47 inches
Weight: 246 lbs.
Monthly Fitness Test:
Pushups on Toes, max. reps in one minute: 12
Full Sit-ups, max. reps in one minute: 14
Step Test* : 94
*Step Test: Step up and down one step for 3 minutes. Sit down for one minute. Measure your heart rate. It shows how fast you recover your resting heart rate.
The measurement I will post weekly. The fitness test I will do the last Sunday of every month. The more ways you track your progress, the more likely you are to actually see your progress.
Bust: 46.5 inches
Waist: 40 inches
Hips: 47 inches
Weight: 246 lbs.
Monthly Fitness Test:
Pushups on Toes, max. reps in one minute: 12
Full Sit-ups, max. reps in one minute: 14
Step Test* : 94
*Step Test: Step up and down one step for 3 minutes. Sit down for one minute. Measure your heart rate. It shows how fast you recover your resting heart rate.
The measurement I will post weekly. The fitness test I will do the last Sunday of every month. The more ways you track your progress, the more likely you are to actually see your progress.
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