Mood: Not bad, actually pretty good all things considered.
I feel somewhat like a failure for having gone so long without working out, really. It's shameful to me... and it's shameful to me that I took yesterday off, too, even though I had scheduled stuff for it. So, I guess it's fine, and I'll work around it, but I just wish I had taken initiative before.
I have been meaning to do the Upper 20 of TurboFire all day, but I just haven't. I've been busy- I have a presentation for school on Thursday- so I guess getting a 45 minutes workout is good enough anyway. As long as I do something, I'll be making my goal. With my 45 minute workout, I burned around 520 extra calories according to my HRM. However, that's been overestimating, so I don't trust it... Using this heart-rate based calories burned calculator, I burned around 480, which is around what SparkTeens (what I use to keep track of my calories in) says (they estimate that at 460). So, I'm going with 470 extra calories burned via exercise today. I've had less than 1400 Calories so far today for my intake, but I'm going to eat more maybe right before bed.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Day 0: Uh-Oh.
It's hard to admit that you lost track, but I did. I didn't mean to. After Fire 45, I really wanted to continue, but with having so many people at the house, I couldn't. My body was begging me to do something! It felt really great, honestly. I still live with parents- going off to college this August, remember- and thus don't have total control of my life, which makes running things like this very difficult.
But that doesn't matter, because I'm restarting, ish. I'm making a new daily program, one maybe a bit less rigorous so I can do it even with all of the other responsibilities I have, such as my last school presentation this Thursday or my CNA training in June (9-5, M-F).
But that doesn't matter, because I'm restarting, ish. I'm making a new daily program, one maybe a bit less rigorous so I can do it even with all of the other responsibilities I have, such as my last school presentation this Thursday or my CNA training in June (9-5, M-F).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 TurboFire: Fire 45 EZ Upper 20 | 17 TurboFire: Fire 60 | 18 TurboFire: Lower 20 HIIT 20 | 19 TurboFire: HIIT 25 | 20 TurboFire: Abs 10 Stretch 40 | 21 TurboFire: Fire 55 EZ Stretch 10 |
| 22 Shimmy Season 1 | 23 TurboFire: Sculpt 30 | 24 TurboFire: HIIT 30 | 25 TurboFire: Tone 30 | 26 Kristy's Cardio Combat | 27 Dolphina Belly Dance KS: Stomach and Thighs | 28 KS: Upper Body March to Fitness |
| 29 Shimmy, Season 1 | 30 Slim in 6: Start it Up! | 31 Slim in 6: Ramp It Up! | | | | |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| | | | 1 KS: Weight Loss | 2 KS: Lower Body | 3 KS: Ultimate Video | 4 KS: Fat Burn The FIRM: Hips, Thighs, and Abs |
| 5 Slim in 6: Burn It Up! Slim and Limber | 6 Slim in 6: Slim and 6 Pack | 7 ENVY: Legs Slim in 6: Slim and Limber | 8 P90: Sweat 1-2 Ab Ripper 100 | 9 P90: Sculpt 1-2 | 10 P90: Sweat 3-4 Ab Ripper 200 | 11 P90: Sculpt 3-4 Fat Burning Express |
| 12 The FIRM: Cardio | 13 ENVY: Arms and Abs | 14 Shimmy | 15 Step Up! | 16 Shelly McDonald New You: Sculpt, Ballet Workout | 17 Shelly McDonald: New You: Hi-Lo, Chi Ball, Pilates | 18 KS: Aerobox and Tai Chi |
| 19 KS: Kick Boxing | 20 Rest | 21 Rest | 22 P90X: Cardio X | 23 P90X: Ab Ripper X | 24 P90X: Plyometrics | 25 P90X: Kenpo X |
| 26 P90X: Chest and Back | 27 P90X: Stretch X | 28 P90X: Core Synergistics | 29 P90X: Back and Biceps | 30 Leslie Sansone: Walk Away the Pounds 1 and 2 Miles | | |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| | | | | | 1 Walk Away the Pounds (3 Miles) | 2 P90X: Yoga X |
| 3 Rest | 4 P90X: Shoulders And Arms | 5 Yoga Fitness Fusion W/Belly Dance | 6 P90X: Legs and Back | 7 P90X: Chest Shoulders and Triceps | 8 Rest | 9 Billy Blanks: Cardio Tae Bo |
| 10 Walk Away the Pounds (5 Miles) | 11 Beyond Basics: Belly Dance | 12 Insanity: Fit Test | 13 Insanity: Plyometric Cardio | 14 Amira's Belly Dance | 15 Insanity: Pure Cardio | 16 Insanity: Cardio Abs |
| 17 Insanity: Cardio Recovery | 18 Rest | 19 Insanity: Cardio Power and Resistance | 20 Biggest Loser: 30 Day Jump Start Cardio | 21 Insanity: Core Cardio and Balance | 22 Spark Cardio Pack | 23 Zumba Cardio Party |
| 24 I <3 my yoga | 25 Jillian Michael's No More Trouble Zones | 26 Rest | 27 INSANITY: Max Cardio Conitioning | 28 Biggest Loser: 30 Day JS Strengths | 29 Rest | 30 INSANITY: Max Interval Circuit |
| 31 INSANITY: Max Interval Plyometric | | | | | | |
Friday, May 6, 2011
Day 6: Fire 45.
How my body is doing: Only very mild soreness in the traps. Moderate soreness in the external obliques.
Feeling fabulous! I woke up at around noon, made a cake, and then went straight for Fire 45! Review can be found here. I'm still a bit behind, and hopefully I will get around to doing Upper 20 tonight sometime. Family arrived about an hour or so ago, which is definitely going to usurp the rest of my workout plans for the next few days. I'm hoping tomorrow I will have enough in me to do Fire 60 so that I can do Fire 45 EZ on Sunday before the big graduation party (family thing). I might just push everything a day forward. I do have the days to do that! Thank goodness for big plans
I am definitely not hungry today. It might've been the binge or the fact that I slept for most of the day, but I've had around 700 calories max. I reach 1800 yesterday almost, and didn't burn too much. I felt only a bit below equilibrium. Today, I definitely feel under. It feels so good.
Calories burned today: around 500 extra, including time spent cleaning. Hoping to raise that to 550 with Upper 20 tonight!
Overall mood: Happy. Yay, endorphins!
Feeling fabulous! I woke up at around noon, made a cake, and then went straight for Fire 45! Review can be found here. I'm still a bit behind, and hopefully I will get around to doing Upper 20 tonight sometime. Family arrived about an hour or so ago, which is definitely going to usurp the rest of my workout plans for the next few days. I'm hoping tomorrow I will have enough in me to do Fire 60 so that I can do Fire 45 EZ on Sunday before the big graduation party (family thing). I might just push everything a day forward. I do have the days to do that! Thank goodness for big plans
I am definitely not hungry today. It might've been the binge or the fact that I slept for most of the day, but I've had around 700 calories max. I reach 1800 yesterday almost, and didn't burn too much. I felt only a bit below equilibrium. Today, I definitely feel under. It feels so good.
Calories burned today: around 500 extra, including time spent cleaning. Hoping to raise that to 550 with Upper 20 tonight!
Overall mood: Happy. Yay, endorphins!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Day 5: Core 20
How my body's doing: A little sore in the hamstrings, quite sore at the base of the neck/traps and shoulders. Hungrier today.
I had planned to do Fire 45, too. I really was going to. But, I didn't get to bed until 2 in the morning. I woke up at 5:30 to go to a church class (3:30 of sleep), and when I got home, I had to get my little sister ready for school and long story short, I finally went back to bed at 8:10 and I slept until 11:30 (total sleep: 6:50, aka, not enough). I had to wake up because I had to go take my sis to the dentist and thus didn't have time to do anything. When I got home, my mom was home too. We have family coming tomorrow, so guess what I had to do? Yep, clean. My dancer friend came over again, and that's when I did Core 20. When she left, it was instantly dinner time, and after that- yep. More cleaning.
Plus side: cleaning burns calories.
Minus side: cleaning isn't in my plan.
Yesterday I got to my 1800. Today I'm at like 1500 or so- I couldn't actually tell because my grandma made stirfry and, as usual, doens't pay attention to what she uses or how much. I've burned maybe an extra 300 calories today, so I am a bit below (200 calories probably) where I would've thought I'd be if I did Fire 45.
Also, I had a bit of a mini-binge. While cleaning, I had to put my candy away, and I saw my Mike N Ikes and my delicious Reese's egg. I ate a full serving of Mike N Ikes AND the egg... I never do that. Oh well.
I had planned to do Fire 45, too. I really was going to. But, I didn't get to bed until 2 in the morning. I woke up at 5:30 to go to a church class (3:30 of sleep), and when I got home, I had to get my little sister ready for school and long story short, I finally went back to bed at 8:10 and I slept until 11:30 (total sleep: 6:50, aka, not enough). I had to wake up because I had to go take my sis to the dentist and thus didn't have time to do anything. When I got home, my mom was home too. We have family coming tomorrow, so guess what I had to do? Yep, clean. My dancer friend came over again, and that's when I did Core 20. When she left, it was instantly dinner time, and after that- yep. More cleaning.
Plus side: cleaning burns calories.
Minus side: cleaning isn't in my plan.
Yesterday I got to my 1800. Today I'm at like 1500 or so- I couldn't actually tell because my grandma made stirfry and, as usual, doens't pay attention to what she uses or how much. I've burned maybe an extra 300 calories today, so I am a bit below (200 calories probably) where I would've thought I'd be if I did Fire 45.
Also, I had a bit of a mini-binge. While cleaning, I had to put my candy away, and I saw my Mike N Ikes and my delicious Reese's egg. I ate a full serving of Mike N Ikes AND the egg... I never do that. Oh well.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Day 4: Fire 30 and HIIT 15
How my body is doing: feeling kind of great. No injuries or complaints currently.
I did two workout videos today, both from Chalene Johnson's TurboFire. The first video i did around noon. That was the HIIT 15. I am just going to put this out there: bad choice. Actually, it was probably the opposite. They say the best workout is the one that challenges you, yeah? Anyway, I had thought, "oh, its 15 minutes. I can do that eassyyy peasy." Yep, peasy. Well, I guess I didn't think enough. For anybody unaware, HIIT is "high intensity interval training." Basically that means you get your heart rate into anaerobic status- for me, I peaked at 190 bpm which isnt quite too my max but still super high- and then stop long enough for the heart rate to drop to aerobic levels. THEN you do it all again.
I had to stop about every 5 minutes because i felt like death. SHARP stabbing pains in my lower left abdomen forced me to stop ): I did the full workout though...just broken up. I also had some shoulder issue during the first minute or so, but i took care of it by stretching.
At around 3, my friend Sarah came over to do Fire 30 with me. I made it through without too much pain- nothing unusual to exercise- but i had trouble with the routine. Sarah, who is a dancer, felt like death 10 minutes in and also was constantly like, "I DON'T GET WHAT SHES DOING!"
Total Extra Cals burned today: around 550.
Overall good day. Yesterday I got to 1800 cals, and today I'm on target for today too (: At just around 930 calories at 5:41, before dinner. Keep in mind that I stay up way late and like to eat candy at night... a habit I must reverse.
I did two workout videos today, both from Chalene Johnson's TurboFire. The first video i did around noon. That was the HIIT 15. I am just going to put this out there: bad choice. Actually, it was probably the opposite. They say the best workout is the one that challenges you, yeah? Anyway, I had thought, "oh, its 15 minutes. I can do that eassyyy peasy." Yep, peasy. Well, I guess I didn't think enough. For anybody unaware, HIIT is "high intensity interval training." Basically that means you get your heart rate into anaerobic status- for me, I peaked at 190 bpm which isnt quite too my max but still super high- and then stop long enough for the heart rate to drop to aerobic levels. THEN you do it all again.
I had to stop about every 5 minutes because i felt like death. SHARP stabbing pains in my lower left abdomen forced me to stop ): I did the full workout though...just broken up. I also had some shoulder issue during the first minute or so, but i took care of it by stretching.
At around 3, my friend Sarah came over to do Fire 30 with me. I made it through without too much pain- nothing unusual to exercise- but i had trouble with the routine. Sarah, who is a dancer, felt like death 10 minutes in and also was constantly like, "I DON'T GET WHAT SHES DOING!"
Total Extra Cals burned today: around 550.
Overall good day. Yesterday I got to 1800 cals, and today I'm on target for today too (: At just around 930 calories at 5:41, before dinner. Keep in mind that I stay up way late and like to eat candy at night... a habit I must reverse.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Day 3: Pops, Locks and Shimmies
How My Body's Doing: Craving something more intense, plz.
I will admit I didn't actually do the full video today. I left my HRM running at a HR of 117 as I watched the rest of the video. I did an hour and a half, and I was just sooo bored I couldn't do it anymore. My body was like, "I'LL GO RUNNING JUST DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T BORE ME!" I'm not even kidding. I'm sticking to this plan though, and not doing anything more interesting until tomorrow when I intend to start TurboFire. I think, even though it's not actually on the plan, that I will go on the bike tonight or something. It's just I can't imagine myself doing a full two and a half hours of Belly Dance. I thought the workout time was only two hours and it would be more intriguing, but I was wrong... and I thought, because it was so un-intense, I would be able to do it. I didn't think being bored would effect my ability to do a vid. Review will be up tomorrow! Check the link on the side or here.
Yesterday went alright. I didn't quite get to 1,800 Calories, but I also didn't really do any activity. I haven't had much to eat today, despite waking up earlier, so I don't know how today will be. Apparently I'm going out to eat, so we'll see how that goes, too, yeah? Really anxious to workout tomorrow at a higher intensity.
I will admit I didn't actually do the full video today. I left my HRM running at a HR of 117 as I watched the rest of the video. I did an hour and a half, and I was just sooo bored I couldn't do it anymore. My body was like, "I'LL GO RUNNING JUST DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T BORE ME!" I'm not even kidding. I'm sticking to this plan though, and not doing anything more interesting until tomorrow when I intend to start TurboFire. I think, even though it's not actually on the plan, that I will go on the bike tonight or something. It's just I can't imagine myself doing a full two and a half hours of Belly Dance. I thought the workout time was only two hours and it would be more intriguing, but I was wrong... and I thought, because it was so un-intense, I would be able to do it. I didn't think being bored would effect my ability to do a vid. Review will be up tomorrow! Check the link on the side or here.
Yesterday went alright. I didn't quite get to 1,800 Calories, but I also didn't really do any activity. I haven't had much to eat today, despite waking up earlier, so I don't know how today will be. Apparently I'm going out to eat, so we'll see how that goes, too, yeah? Really anxious to workout tomorrow at a higher intensity.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Day 2: Yoga Practice for Flexibility
How My Body's Doing: Sore in the hips, only a tiny bit in the glutes. Everything else is fine, save for some dizziness.
After the 12k walk, I felt alright. I sustained one blister on the ball of my right foot. It was a deep blister too- my feet are pretty calloused. I know what they say, don't pop blisters, right? Nah. I pop them. Not all the way, it's just that I prefer the pain over the pressure of the fullness. So, I pop them a little bit, enough to leak a bit of the shock fluid, put some neosporin over it (and on the needle I use to pop it), and I can't even tell there's a blister.
The only real problem I have is that my - hips - are sore. Not my legs. It feels like it's in the joints and maybe a bit in the glutes. I'm not injured in any other way (and I shouldn't be- 11 min/km, though faster than the perceived "norm," is not intense enough for injury). It's just off that my hips of all things are sore. I'm still technically in my teenagehood (is that even a word? My little sister used it), so having joint pain is...odd to say the least. I ended up with around 1,830 Calories yesterday, but it was mostly in M&Ms and Peanut Butter Cups from Easter and my Grandma's dinner. Normally I avoid sauces (I just don't like them much), but she mixed the pasta, broccoli, chicken, and alfredo sauce all together
Needless to say, with sore hips and glutes, I was more than happy to have a small yoga session. It was actually two- one was a backbend flexibility practice, which I failed at, and the other was a front-bend. I got a bit dizzy during it, but oh well. I always do during yoga. Writing a review of it now, which can be found here.
When I'm done with it, of course. My HRM doesn't do yoga cals burned, because I never get my heart rate into a zone it recognizes as activity (my RHR is in the low 50s- It read 54 today sitting watching TV- so it takes real cardio to get it up enough to be registered). A calculator said I burned around 115-120 calories, so I'm going with that.
After the 12k walk, I felt alright. I sustained one blister on the ball of my right foot. It was a deep blister too- my feet are pretty calloused. I know what they say, don't pop blisters, right? Nah. I pop them. Not all the way, it's just that I prefer the pain over the pressure of the fullness. So, I pop them a little bit, enough to leak a bit of the shock fluid, put some neosporin over it (and on the needle I use to pop it), and I can't even tell there's a blister.
The only real problem I have is that my - hips - are sore. Not my legs. It feels like it's in the joints and maybe a bit in the glutes. I'm not injured in any other way (and I shouldn't be- 11 min/km, though faster than the perceived "norm," is not intense enough for injury). It's just off that my hips of all things are sore. I'm still technically in my teenagehood (is that even a word? My little sister used it), so having joint pain is...odd to say the least. I ended up with around 1,830 Calories yesterday, but it was mostly in M&Ms and Peanut Butter Cups from Easter and my Grandma's dinner. Normally I avoid sauces (I just don't like them much), but she mixed the pasta, broccoli, chicken, and alfredo sauce all together
Needless to say, with sore hips and glutes, I was more than happy to have a small yoga session. It was actually two- one was a backbend flexibility practice, which I failed at, and the other was a front-bend. I got a bit dizzy during it, but oh well. I always do during yoga. Writing a review of it now, which can be found here.
When I'm done with it, of course. My HRM doesn't do yoga cals burned, because I never get my heart rate into a zone it recognizes as activity (my RHR is in the low 50s- It read 54 today sitting watching TV- so it takes real cardio to get it up enough to be registered). A calculator said I burned around 115-120 calories, so I'm going with that.
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