October 23, 2012

I   am   soooo   tired ......   
I woke up at 4:30 am to go to the gym with Kallee this morning. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to stay up until 2am with Hallie. Holy cow. I just want to curl up in a little ball and take a nap. Oh my warm bed sounds so good right now.
But I actually woke up and worked out before the crack of dawn! I am now done for the day. I don't have to stress and worry all day about when I'm going to work out. This is an awesome system! I just need to go to bed earlier so that I'm not completely exhausted. I know that people don't think being a stay at home mom is tiring, but it is. I am exhausted ALL of the time. But I also work out more than most mommies do and I actually do go in and work a graveyard shift about once a week. I am just wearing myself a little thin. I need to make sure I sleep sometime.
And now the hardest thing I have to do today is Eat Healthy. I must I must I must! I want all of this hard work to pay off and it won't if I eat junk all day. So that is my goal today. Eat better than yesterday.
But I went and I tried out Body Combat at Gold's Gym this morning. It was really fun. I lOVE doing new workouts. It makes working out more suspenseful. You have no idea what to expect next. The only problem is that I am super uncoordinated. I never did dance as a little girl, so my arms move one way while my hips go in the opposite direction of my feet. lol. I felt like I spent more time trying to watch the instructor and figure out what she was doing more than anything else. But I think the more I go and learn the moves the easier it will be. I look forward to trying it out again.
And I don't know if it's the watch's fault or mine, but my watch did not start when it was supposed to. I remember pressing the button, but for some reason it didn't start. I looked down about 10 minutes into the class and realized it was not recording. NOOoooo!!! Oh well. Here are my stats for the rest of the class.

 

Body Combat - Gold's Gym

Timer: 43:06

In Zone: 43:06

Avg BPM: 164

Peak BPM: 193

Calories: 715

October 17, 2012

Hallie went down for a nap and I was still looking up couponing videos on YouTube. I think I'm gonna try that out. It took me about 20 minutes to pull myself away from my "studying." I was afraid that I wouldn't have enough time to exercise before Hallie woke up. And I didn't want to do my Mom's DVD's that I'm still borrowing because they are super long and extremely difficult (Bob Harper's Inside Out Method Pure Burn Super Strength and Tom Holland's Supreme 90 Day System Tabata Inferno).
So, I did one of mine that I like - Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. But this time I did it on Level 2. I have never done that level before. I always went for Level 3 because I thought it would mean that I  was getting the most out of my workout. But this one was actually really good! It had some moves that I really liked! And maybe it's because I'm extremely out of shape, but I could really feel the burn. It felt so good even though it was a really short workout. And here's my reward:

Jillian Michaels - 30 Day Shred - Level 2

Timer: 26:33
In Zone: 26:33
Avg BPM: 166
Peak BPM: 197 
Calories: 449

 

That's a decent burn for 25 minutes of your day. And you got strength, cardio, and abs! I love the way she has it set up...

2 minute warm-up

Three 6 minute circuits broken into 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio, and 1 minute of abs

2 minute cool-down

October 15, 2012

Bikeride

Timer: 1:26:11

In Zone: 1:26:11

Avg BPM: 151

Peak BPM: 187

Calories: 1243

 

Since I have fallen off the eating healthy wagon I've been really naughty. I've eaten chips, cookies, icecream, candy, and about 3,000+ calories each day. Ouch! And I know that Josh has wanted treats because we stopped buying them because we cannot afford them. So, I made him Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies today. And the weather was absolutely wonderful outside today, so I  Really Really Really wanted to go to the park. So I made a trade... I rode my bike with Hallie up to Josh's work and delivered some of the cookies to him.

The ride was gorgeous! We passed by the pumpkin patch, the onion farm, and lots and lots and LOTS of bugs! There were some really cute hairy catepilllars on the trail. But there were swarms of annoying gnats EVERYWHERE! They were in my eyes, mouth, nose, ears, hair, and clothes. I love the Fall weather, but I hate the Fall bugs. And Hallie was such a good girl. She didn't complain at all. Probably because she kept pulling her headband down over her face. It looked like a strap to hold her binky in. lol. She cracks me up so much. I just love her!

Hopefully we can get a few more bikerides in before it gets cold again. Until then...

 

Caraline Sue


Additionally,
I went and played soccer at 11:40pm. It was against the GREEN TEAM. They are extremely good. But we had them the first half of the game. But then Jesse switched spots with Josh for keeper and we ended up losing 3 - 6. It was all because of stupid mistakes made by a certain someone that was responsible for preventing their goals. Oh well, at least it was a ton of fun! But I felt super sick the whole time because I ate WAY too much junk today. I need to do better.
And I don't have any stats to log because I remembered to take my watch, but I accidentally forgot my band at home. NOOoo..!!! Next time I'll remember it for sure because the game will be much much earlier.YaY! See you there!