August 23, 2012

Insanity - Cardio Abs

Time: 17:43
In Zone: 17:43
AvgBPM: 124
PeakBPM: 179
Cals: 176

August 10, 2012

Insanity - Cardio Abs
Timer: 13:00
In Zone: 13:00
Avg BPM: 131
Peak BPM: 184
Calories: 144

Ok, so I know that I've done the Cardio Abs before, but I thought this one was different because the one I did before was on a disc all by itself. But this one was on the same disc as the Pure Cardio. But I am glad my mom has two separate versions because this one stopped working with 6:21 minutes left on the clock. I tried everything to fix it, but no matter what I did it wouldn't start working for me again. I was extremely bummed.

August 8, 2012

Insanity - Pure Cardio

Timer: 37:35

In Zone: 37:35

Avg BPM: 171

Peak BPM: 204

Calories: 666

July 28th, 2012

Woke up this morning and knew I needed to get the lawn mowed if I was going to surprise my parents. They come home tomorrow. But Hallie and I had a hard time getting going. When I finally started getting ready Josh woke up. It was his day off today. He decided to go with me, so then I had to wait for him to get ready. He takes a while because he procrastinates and gets distracted a lot. lol. He asked if I wanted to drop Hallie off with his parents, but I said no because it's easier to work with her feeding schedule if she's with me. If I don't pump when she eats then I have to pump late and then I don't have enough when she's ready to eat again. It's just a huge mess for the rest of the day, and I just didn't want to deal with it.
But we did go over there. By the time we got started it was almost 11am. Not the most desired time of the day to mow your lawn in July when you live in Utah. The temp was at 98 degrees F today. Not fun when your shoving a large hunk of metal around. And according to the weather people the UV Index was Extreme(11). I don't really know what that means. But I can guess. By logical deduction I would say that it means that you have an Extreme risk of sunburn. Good thing I applied my SPF50 today.  :]  No burns on me as far as I can tell.
I was able to use my parent's lawn-mower this time though. I hate it. I like their old rusty one so much better. This Honda self-propelled one-pull start clipper is just way too complicated. I like simplicity. I like the good ol' days. I like the mower where I didn't have to worry about blade height, engine speed, the clutch, wheel speed, engaging the blades, or the throttle. You just yanked the cord until it started and held the bar down to go. This one was ridiculous. It was either up on two wheels dragging me through the yard or not mowing anything because I forgot to engage everything. I hate this new Beast of theirs. My lines were all over the place. I missed patches of grass everywhere. I kept getting drug through the trees and then snagged on the needles. The old one gave you a good workout, but this one feels like it might turn on you at any moment and eat you alive. I think I'll use the old one the next time I mow. Josh was very helpful today because he edged the yard for me. I really need to learn how to use a weedwhacker. But he was able to get that done pretty quick and then he spent the rest of the time sitting with Hallie in the shade of the tree, listening to music on his phone, and laughing at me being tortured by this machine. Hallie got hungry though and so he finished up the back yard for me while I fed Hallie. Thank goodness! I probably would've killed a chicken had I attempted the backyard. But he did it on a super fast speed and got it done in like 15 minutes! How on Earth is that possible?? It blew my mind. But then I took care of the pond and the chickens and put everything away and we packed up and came home.
I had my HR Monitor on only during the time that I mowed the front yard and these were my results:

Mowing the Lawn

Timer: 1:01:08

In Zone: 1:01:08

Avg BPM: 164

Peak BPM: 188

Calories: 1014

Now I'm really curious as to what it was when I used the other mower. Less? More? I don't know. And this isn't including the back yard. Hmmm??? I guess I have a few more months to find out.

We got home and Josh naturally ended up over at his parent's house. I decided to take over the Olive Oil we had borrowed and return it to them. While we were there they gave us rootbeer floats. I just can't pass up a Rootbeer Float. YuM!!! But it did make me a little queasy. I'm not used to eating icecream or drinking soda. It doesn't sit well with me. But I love the taste.

Then Josh and his Dad decided that they needed to go to Dick's to get archery equipment. His Mom asked if she could steal Hallie and go show her off in the mall, and I decided to go with because staying in Dick's without spending money would be horrible. Have I ever told you how much I love exercise clothing?? Let's just say a LOT! Plus, kids get germs and kidnapped in the mall so I just had to go with. We walked and walked and waited and waited for Josh and his Dad to finish up. The mall is not very much fun when you can't spend money.
When we got back Hallie was exhausted. So I fed her, changed her, and laid her down for a nap. Then I got ready to exercise. Because I decided who cares if Josh sees?? But as I was getting ready to fill my water jug in walked Josh's Dad. The more the merrier right? jkjk. Ya, we only have one room in the house where you can do anything, so it's where everything happens. I decided to commit like I promised myself I would and exercise anyways. They fixed up their bows and arrows with their new trappings in one half of the room while I did my workout in the other half. How embarrassing! Luckily, I had a tough workout yesterday and had already done a form of exercise this morning and chose to do an easy workout. But I wasn't sure which one I should do. I wanted to do one I hadn't done yet, but I only had 2 DVD's left from my mom that I hadn't tried. I chose the ab one because abdominal workouts are usually much shorter than full body workouts. And I was right! I was thrilled to see that it was only 16 minutes long! But don't let the length fool you. It was probably one of the toughest ab workouts I've done. My abdominals really had to fight through this one. I LOVED it! I will most definitely be doing this one again! But you reap what you sow...

Insanity - Cardio Abs

Timer: 16:45

In Zone: 16:45

Avg BPM: 149

Peak BPM: 185

Calories: 236

After I showered and fed Hallie and changed her again I tried working on some of the bills and stuff while Josh continued to mess around with his bow. Around 6:00 I decided I was hungry and I better cook something if I didn't want to starve. But I haven't been able to go grocery shopping in over a month, so our supply is getting a little low. I decided on some Rice-A-Roni, Smoked Lean Turkey Kielbasa, and random frozen veggies that were the last of the bag that I mixed together. I threw the Kielbasa on the grill, sauteed the rice, and steamed the veggies and then Hallie got hungry again. I fed her while everything was simmering and finishing up. But the timer went off before Hallie was done so I asked Josh to check on the food for me. He walked into the kitchen and yelled back "What do you want me to do?" Umm.. follow the next step on the box, stir the veggies, and flip the meat. He said he did and sat back down to watch his show. Once Hallie was done I walked in to find the veggies burning, the rice spilled all over the stove, and the meat overcooked. Really?? Ugh.
 I handed Hallie to Josh and asked him to finish burping her so that I could take care of the food. I tried to save as many little veggies as I could, put the rice back in the pan, and bring the meat in and cut it up and stir it into the rice. Then all of a sudden I realized the house was quiet. I walked around trying to find Josh to let him know that dinner was done, but he was nowhere to be found. I scowered the yard and found nothing so I decided to come in and I could hear my phone ringing. Next thing I know Josh walks in the front door. empty handed. I asked where Hallie was and he said that he left her over at his parent's house. Really?? Can't he just hold her for 5 minutes?! Every time I ask him to hold her he pawns her off. He is more than willing to hold her in front of people ( but not for very long before he hands her off), but he does not burp her for me. He just ends up propping her up next to him to watch tv or he lays her down somewhere. I feel like I'm better off just doing everything.
Needless to say, I was completely frustrated and exhausted once again. I really needed to workout or clean something. And since I had already exercised twice, I decided to clean. I did the dishes, carried the table to the basement, cleaned up most of the old dining room, and put the xbox on KSL for sale (which Josh promised to do 7months ago when he bought the new Stars Wars Xbox and PS3 against my wishes and I told him he needed to make up the monetary difference since we were expecting a baby).
Then his mom brought Hallie back over. I changed her, fed her, and burped her when Josh came in and said that he was going to go practice his shooting. I got Hallie ready for bed while he was out, and then he came back and sat down to watch tv again. While he was doing that I started responding to the messages I was getting about the Xbox. Josh got all excited and of course started thinking about getting a new bow for it. I told him NO. It was the Xbox he bought me for my birthday even though I don't play videogames. Then he claimed that he gave me his old one to replace that one so the Xbox in the bedroom is mine and this one is his. Seriously?? I feel like the Little Red Hen sometimes. I don't care what he says. We're not buying anothe bow or a shotgun with this money. I'm using it to pay the new doctor bill that just arrived. Aaargh! I need to clean something else now.

But I better head off to bed since it's past midnight already. He will either be the demise or the reason for me getting into shape. Because I react to stress in one of two ways: Eating or Exercising. But it usually ends up being the latter. But hopefully not anymore.

July 27th, 2012

Well, I didn't get to mow the lawn this morning like I wanted to because it was raining. I guess I'll just try again tomorrow.
It was a pretty rough night though. I was able to get Hallie in bed around 11:00, but Josh was still up. I finally convinced him to come to bed, but then he kept me up with his movie. And he kept freaking out on the baby monitor. I've talked to many people that have told me that their monitors make random annoying beeps too. But Josh can't handle it. He kept screaming at the thing. Like that's really going to make it stop. Geez. So then he kept turning up the volume of the tv to combat the monitor. At one point he asked me to scratch his back so I was in hopes that it might calm him down. Next thing I know he jumps up grabs the monitor and slams in into the headboard. I thought he might've broken it, but it was ok because it started beeping again not too long afterwards. I don't know who's the bigger baby- my husband or my three month old. lol. Luckily, I woke up to Hallie fussing in the next room at 7:00am and discovered that he had not only turned off the monitor, but had also unplugged it. Seriously??? Was that really necessary? He has been doing this since she was born. I used to stay awake paranoid and scared because I couldn't hear her because he would turn it off so that he could sleep. And then I just started sleeping out on the couch so that I would be able to hear her. Once she started sleeping in her crib I found myself sleeping on the couch with her on his particular cranky nights. I always shut the bedroom door so that he can get his sleep, but it doesn't seem to lift his mood much. But when I found that he had waited for me to fall asleep last night to turn the monitor off again I was ticked. I was really hoping to be able to get out with Hallie and get away. But we were trapped inside due to the weather, and lo and behold it was his day to not go in until 1:00pm. Hallie and I ended up falling asleep on the couch, and then he came out around 10:30  and fell asleep until noon.

When she finally went down for an afternoon nap I knew I needed a really tough workout to beat the stress out. And I chose the perfect one... Insanity's Max Interval Circuit. I was kind of frustrated when I started it and it said that it was an entire hour long though. That is a loong time to exercise! Especially since I knew it was going to be hard, and with my luck Hallie wouldn't sleep the whole time. Which she didn't. 10 minutes into the workout and I was already wanting to quit. Thirty minutes in and I thought I was done for. Forty minutes in and Hallie woke up. I paused it for a second and ran in and grabbed Hallie and laid her on the couch hoping that she'd be entertained watching me hop around for 20 more minutes. It kind of worked. Although, at one point she scared the crap out of me because I turned around and there she was laying on her back with her head dangling over the side of the couch cooing and giggling! Aaahhh! I have no idea how she did that because I had laid her on her belly parallel with the couch, but that will be the last time I lay her on the couch alone.
The workout was absolutely brutal though. It's the first time I've ever attempted it. I've never followed the program long enough to do some of the workouts. And I really don't ever want to tackle it again. The length of the workout and the intensity of the exercises was just too much to be enjoyed. And plus, I didn't burn as many calories as I was hoping. But I should've figured as much because I couldn't do the moves to their full extent. Although I did burn quite a few in all actuality. My calves are sore from yesterday and I just didn't have the energy. And I think I might've been trying to preserve some of my oomph to last the entire 60 minutes. Now I know why they put the word "max" in the title. It'll be a while before I attempt this one again.

Insanity - Max Interval Circuit

Timer: 1:00:44

In Zone: 1:00:44

Avg BPM: 179

Peak BPM: 203

Calories: 1158

July 25th, 2012

I'm exhausted!

Hallie had an upset belly and kept me up all night long. We ended spending the entire night on the couch so that Josh could get some sleep.

When she finally zonked out this morning I decided it was a good time to pack everything up and head over to my parents' house. They are out of town so I've been taking care of it. Plus, I needed a different workout DVD since I'm borrowing 3 at a time.

I had a hard time choosing which ones I wanted this time. But since I had done three of the Supreme 90 Day in a row I decided to switch things up a bit. And I wanted a good challenge today since I had eaten a lot of junk last night and this morning. That's what happens when I'm tired or stressed.

So, today I decided to do Insanity's Plyometric Cardio Circuit. Ya, it completely kicked my trash! Hallie had fallen asleep and so I decided it was the right time to go for it.  Of course she woke up as soon as I started. But I decided not to let that stop me. I had her in her bouncer which usually doesn't last more than a couple of minutes but she actually didn't scream today!!! She did start getting fussy about 10 minutes into it though so I had to reinsert her binky and shake the toys during every water break. Luckily, the Insanity series has many water breaks (because you definitely need them).  

I also had to run out for a potty break during the first water break because I accidentally drank 64oz of water before my workout. lol. I have never liked M&M's until recently. My Mom was given a gift of assorted M&M's and it's quite addicting. It has milk chocolate, dark chocolate, peanut, almond, peanut butter, coconut, raspberry, mint, and pretzel. For some reason the concoction is lovely. But if I grab a bag of just one kind at a time I don't like them. I'm odd, I know. Haha. But there is one healthy perk to eating M&M's... I have to drink water when I do... and LOTS of it. That's why I drank 64oz before my workout. Because that dang M&M cocktail seduced me and then trapped me! Dang you M&M's! And another discovery I've made is the sad realization that you just can't hold it after you have a baby. I never believed all of the complaining and jokes before, but now I do. It's a horrible side-effect of having a kid. The whole movie I thought I was going to pee my pants! I spent half the movie doing the potty dance. jkjk.

But seriously, that was an INSANE workout. I couldn't do all of the routines because it was just TOO much. And I had to cheat on a bunch of the moves because they were way too hard. Even during the water breaks my HR was only getting  back down to 190. Holy cow, right?!? It's called Insanity for a reason. The ski jumps, ski abs, burpees, and in&out abs were my greatest enemies today. I just couldn't do them. I gave them my all, but they were victorious over my weak, out of shape body.

And this was the outcome:

Insanity - Plyometric Cardio Circuit

Timer: 41:42

In Zone: 41:42

Avg BPM: 184

Peak BPM: 208

Calories: 829

Yowza! That's an awesome burn for 40 minutes of your day. But it definitely required a good shower afterwards because I was drenched from head to toe in sweat. lUVD it!

But when I'm finally able to complete all of the exercises I'll redo it and post my results.

Until then, Goodnight!

Hello

Ok, so I am starting a new blog. I want this to be a place where Me, my family, and my friends can post about our fitness goals, progress, and success. And of course all of our roadbumps along the way. Since we already know that those are inevitable.

This morning I had no idea that I was going to start this, so I kind of already messed it up a bit. But that's ok because that's no reason not to get started. All day I kept thinking about how I wanted to exercise. But little Miss Hallie decided she wanted me to give her all my attention instead. So I did. But finally, a little after noon, she laid down for a nap! And what did I do?? I sat down and enjoyed a snack while finishing the rest of the show we had been watching. Bad Caraline! But after it was over I scolded myself and reminded myself that if I didn't take advantage of the moment then I'd lose it. And that wasn't gonna make this belly bulge go away. I kept trying to talk myself out of it with things like "what if her nap is for only like 15 minutes?" and "what if she wakes up before I have time to shower afterwards?" and "isn't cleaning the house more important??" But I decided that I would take my chances and face those roadblocks IF they happened because what if she was an angel and everything worked out for me? and it did! YaY! So, I am happy to report that I was able to complete an entire exercise video and a shower before she woke up. Hooray! And now I am feeling very happy and wonderful! So glad that I made the right choice.

I did INSANITY's UPPER BODY WEIGHT TRAINING. (Yes Mom, I still have one of your videos. lol) and these were my results:
Timer: 48:43
In Zone: 48:43
Avg Bpm: 170
Peak Bpm: 199
Calories: 856

I used the Timex watch & HR monitor my sister gave to me. I sure hope it was correct. Because Dang! That's a LOT of calories! Crossing my fingers. lol. I alternated between 5lb and 10lb dumbbells for the different exercises. I tried to challenge myself. Although, just doing the video was a big enough challenge in itself. The workouts are Hard and I'm really out of shape. The hardest part was probably the plank exercises. There were two in particular. The one included pushups and the other included raising a dumbbell straight out in front in between. My abdominals are probably my weakest point right now. My goal is to strengthen them and hopefully flatten them in the process.

My food today hasn't been too awesome...
Jack Sprout bread + I can't believe it's not butter spray+ cinnamon sugar
2 oranges
like half the box of my Kashi Go Lean Crunch! Berry Crumble cereal
2 slices of potato bread (pre-workout)
10 oz original Almond Milk + 1 scoop Amplified Wheybolic Extreme 60 Protein Powder (Post-workout)
...and I swear there was more. I just can't remember what right now. oops!
But it's only 5:30pm and I'm supposed to go out to eat tonight with the girls at Red Robin. That's gonna be a diet killer. Oh well. We hardly ever get to do this, so I might make the exception. We'll see... Until then. Adios and Good Luck!