Insanity, Day 17: Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs

As I mentioned before, yesterday was my rest day. It was a good rest day, but probably not great in terms of eating. I actually ate all raw yesterday, unintentionally. Mind you, just because something is vegetarian, vegan or raw, it doesn't mean it's good for you!!! Breakfast was my hemp shake smoothie and post-breakfast/pre-lunch snacks were some fruit. Lunch was a raw salad which included veggies (I <3 Food+Lab!). I ate nuts as a snack and I planned to drink a hemp shake but I couldn't down it as I was just so not hungry. Up until this point my eating was going well. For dinner, my beloved boyfriend took me to Planet Raw in Santa Monica. I had a raw version of a bacon cheeseburger and it was delicious! There was a raw veggie patty and lots of vegetables around it, plus a side salad (there were "fries" and I don't know what they were but I did NOT like them.). And here is why I said "up until dinner I was eating well." A lot of raw places use thick sauces to complement the food, which is great. This place, while delicious, used too much for my personal taste (not that that would prohibit me from going here again!). The problem with this for my diet is that these sauces use lots of fats. Nuts made into a paste via a food processor makes for a really thick and creamy base. So, my dinner had lots of that, AAAAAAAAAANNNNDD I got chocolate cheesecake (freakin delicious) and strawberry mousse (could not tell at all that it's raw), both of which contained lots of nuts and sweeteners. (For those health foodies like me, I must note that the raw desserts and possibly parts of the main course were not vegan as they contained honey.) Anyway, I loved it all.

Today I did pure cardio and cardio abs. I wasn't at all in the mood to do it. I was not thinking and I started to work out right after I ate. Bad idea. 4/5 into the warm up I started to get naseous and I stopped for a bit, took a rest and started up again and luckily I didn't get sick. I got through it all and thought that I didn't need to do the cool-down of the Pure Cardio and warm-up for Cardio abs, so that cut out 5-10 minutes that I did last time cooling down and re-warming up. Pure Cardio was normal -- I'm not starting to get bored, per se; I know all the moves and I've even memorized some of the stuff he says. The thing that prevents me from being bored is that I'm not master at all the moves yet. I still HATE mountain climbers and I still died exhausted in the end with the get up/get down drills. The Cardio Abs was slightly easier this time around, and it's nice to be able to focus on endurance and stamina after I've got form covered.

Tomorrow I'm going to Mt. High, and it's Cardio Recovery day. Depending on how hard I snowboard I may or may not do Cardio Recovery. We'll see.