Cardio Abs

I did Jessica Smith Cardio Abs and it was great.  I have two left feet so didn't get all the moves by a long shot, but I will keep at it and hopefully get it within a few tries.  I did work up a great sweat any way, and it was nice.  I will do the second workout tomorrow, it's toning I believe.  I plan to rotate through the 3 workouts over the week, doing each twice.  I'd like to do some extra cardio in the morning, Leslie is the most likely option.  And if my yoga/pilates dvd's arrive I'd like to add in one of those after work with Jackson to "help".  It's pretty ambitious, but I think I can do it.

Eating wise I have done pretty well today, below my calories, but I was hungry.  And my supplements haven't arrived yet so hopefully they come tomorrow and I can get everything on track.  I'm supposed to try and do the HCG but again I'm having trouble with it, so I'm not sure what to do about that.  Knowing it works if I can stick to it, but finding it hard to stick to for some reason.  It's odd really, I mean I know it works.  Yet I can't stick to it.  I need to fix that somehow, whether I go back to the drops or what I don't know.  But I need to decide soon.  My time is ticking and I won't have 30 days in a row to do this soon, which means I'll end up cycling and that may be harder. 

The Cardio Abs workout was very good, it starts out quickly, and has some kickboxing moves in it.  Nothing is too complicated, my feet just don't seem to move like that, yet.  And wow am I out of shape!  I didn't think I was that bad, but apparently I am.  It's good that it's only 28 minutes or so.  Any longer and I don't think I would have made it. 

Tomorrow is another day, back on track?  I hope so!

back, I think

Well I'm trying to get back on track, it sure is hard!  With the changes to daycare and other stuff, the baby is going to bed a bit earlier than he had been, so I'm hopeful it will be possible to get back on track.  Plus my Firm Express shipped and should be here Thursday!  I will hopefully start it next Monday. 
I did Leslie 1 mile jog today, after a nice walk with dog and baby.  It was pretty good, and easy but I felt good after.  I've been tracking my food on my new phone, and after I log my day it tells me what I would weigh in 5 weeks if I keep doing that... not usually good news lol, but this week has been just to get in the habit of logging, and then to start actually paying attention to it.  Make sense?

Thursday July 7

I did Firm Ignite, the first one, and once again sweat buckets!  But I got it better, the steps that is, I guess I really do have two left feet lol.  I've only really been doing simple walking workouts, Leslie Sansone walk away the pounds stuff with nice simple steps that don't require much thought.  This stuff I'm doing now is harder, but also a little more fun.  Not that I don't like my Leslie's, they are my go to for blah days I don't want to even take the dog for a walk.  But I have all these new ones to try!

I almost bought one at Indigo today but it was $3 more than through Amazon, so I am waiting, and will likely place an order Friday or Saturday, for the DVD I want and a book that looks good. 

Any way, I took the dog for a walk, and did the workout.  I picked up some protein powder which isn't too bad, and ate fairly well, except for lunch :-)  tomorrow is another day!  And the fridge has lots of veggies in it now. 

Tuesday week 2

Well I believe I've been at this for a whole week now.  And I've gained two pounds.  But I'm going to assume that's water or something at this point.  Right?  I did a great job today!  I had a pretty good breakfast, did break and get a muffin at coffee, but had a good lunch with salad, rice and salmon.  A pretty decent dinner too.  Sitting here starving right now but not sure what I can eat.  I need to look up some good after workout/before bed snacks I guess. 

I took the dog for a run after work as rain was forecast and I knew we wouldn't get out after dinner.  It was another 20 minute run, bookended with 5 minute walks.  I feel pretty good about that, it's enough to make me sweat, him pant, and I think we both get a good workout.  It was freaking hot out there, but that's ok. 

The power went out twice, right around baby's bedtime, so he didn't get a bath tonight and it kind of stinky, not much to do for it I guess.  When it came back on I quickly popped in the Firm tape and did the first workout again.  I am better at the choreography, but it's still hard and quick.  I felt pretty good about it though.  I used 3lb dumbbells, which is pretty light, but whatever.  I then did Slim and Limber to cool down and get a good stretch.  That made the whole thing take a bit longer than I would have liked, but I guess that's ok.

Any way.  I'm feeling good and powerful.  Just wish the scale was moving in the other direction.  I know diet is a bit deal, so it'll be the thing to really focus on when I get back from my parents place after the long weekend.  Off to google snacks, and watch 19 Kids and Counting, then get to bed!!

Monday June 26

Today has been an interesting day.  I did not get up early enough to workout and felt bad about that.  I also didn't get up in time to finish making my lunch, so took only my salad and a handful of nuts & raisins for an afternoon snack.  I ended up buying more at work than I had intended to, and therfore eating poorly.  I did better for dinner, having a nice sensible dinner.  And am now enjoying (I use that term loosly) a protein shake.  Well protein in water any way. 

I did great with workouts considering I didn't get up in time.  I took the dog for a 20 minutes jog after work, which was difficult but I made it.  I sweat a lot.  Then after I put the baby to bed I did level 1 of 30 day Shred.  And it was hard, and higher impact than I would like.  But I did it, and I will feel it tomorrow.  HOopefully I will get up early enough tomorrow to do something then, and get in another workout.  It's supposed to rain, so no after work run, but I might be able to do something else. 

I need to get some more protein powder, mine is kind of old, and vanilla.  I like vanilla in things, like a nice smoothie, but on it's own, bleh.  I need to figure out what to do about after workout/before bed snacks.  I know I need to have some protein and think some carbs would be a good idea too.  I'll have to check and see what I can do.  I am always hungry after, so if I don't have something in mind that's healthy, I'll graze and end up eating cheese & crackers, or ice cream lol. 

Any way.  Today was a mixed bag but I feel good, and think I'm on the right track.  Tomorrow is another day, and will be even better!

Day Five

I think it's day 5 any way.  I didn't do a workout yesterday, and ate rather poorly, but it wasn't as bad as it could have been.  Today has been good.  The weather wasn't so great, so we went to Walmart to kill some time, I managed to find Firm Ignite Calorie Burn and just finished the first of the two workouts.  It was pretty tough, but good.  I think after I do it a few times I'll get the moves a little better, I was two left feet lol. 

I got some great suggestions for workouts, and a very lovely lady is going to send me two when the stupid postal strike is over.  I can't wait to get them :-)  And there are a few on amazon.ca that are good prices I might look at getting as well, though I might wait until I get the ones from the lady is the US and see how they are.  They are all short, up to 30 minutes, and either circuits or cardio plus weights in other variations.  I am hopeful that I can get up to do 20 minutes in the morning, and maybe 30 after work or after baby goes to bed. 

I ate fairly well today, well started out badly I guess but ended up good.  I'm having a hard time with that, I just love food, especially junk food and bad for me food lol.  I'm better than I have been, but still not great.  And I'm noticing that when I workout hard, I seem to want to eat more. 

The weather cleared up enough this afternoon to get out for a short walk, 30 minutes, it started raining on the way back but we made it home without getting too wet.  The weather has cooled off a bit any way.  Hopefully tomorrow is good.

Day Two

The second day went a lot better.  I was able to get my butt out of bed and do the upper body/abs workout (from Project You) and it was pretty good.  I'm still finding it strange that I'm not enjoying weight workouts when I used to love them.  Perhaps it's the speed or something, I don't know.  I'd still like to do a couple weeks of this before doing CLX.  I used 3lb dumbbells for everything, except one back move that I had to drop the weights for.  I'll up the weight on a few things next time but this was a good intro. 

I'm sore today, my abs and butt lol.  I guess that's good right?  I did a cardio workout after the baby went to bed.  Not sure I really liked it but it made me sweaty.  It was Burn it Off from CLX because it was 27 minutes, which fit in the time frame I wanted.  I guess it's a good workout, just seemed odd to me, I'm used to a more steady movement, and this seemed quite stop and go.  But like I said, I was sweaty, so that's gotta be a good thing!

I also ate fairly well today, I did cheat a little bit, which I hate saying, because it's not really cheating to me.  But I had a few things I hadn't planned on.  And the fiber is getting to me lol, so much fruits, veggies and fibre!  My poor tummy is bloated and feels huge... but I guess that's good too!  I wasn't that hungry for dinner, which was nice.  Hopefully that continues!  I really wanted to stop for a burger but I didn't, because my tummy felt too full. 

Now for tomorrow, back to lower body, though I don't know how I'll manage it lol, my legs are so sore already!  I'll try though, hopefully my abs are getting stronger, because they sure feel tight and worked.  They have always been a weak point for me, and after having a baby they are in pretty sad shape. 

Oh, and no walk today, it's raining and while the baby and I could probably do it, he's in a rough mood, and I do hate getting wet.  The dog refuses to leave the house when it rains, and will hold it all day long!  He is right now hiding upstairs in case I try to make him go out.