119.0 lbs
26 1/8" waist
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Insanity, Day 6: Plyometrics
Food: banana, apple, asian pear, peach, brown rice/veggies/tofu in soy-based sauce (big portion :( ), a few handfuls of nuts
Plyometrics again today. Way not as bad as the first time. I already am lasting through the work outs longer (including the crazy warm-ups!). Surprise surprise, the hard exercises for me are the mountain climber (high!! freakin!! knees!!) and still the get down, push back, 4 push ups, run it out, feet in, back up, back down. Disappointed to say that by the third round of this circuit, I did horribly in the basketball shots. I also don't know if I'm doing the sit up push up things correctly.. can't tell if my butt is sticking up or not. One horrible thing is that when I'm on the floor doing the various exercises my wrists start to hurt. I sweat a lot.
Going to make veggie juice and drink more water. Definitely didn't drink enough water.. Not sure if I'm up to making something to eat. Maybe some fruit and a piece of chocolate :) As a side note, I'll admit, the number on the scale this morning discouraged me. But my waist isn't bigger (in fact it's a bit smaller) so I should just attribute it to normal weight fluctuation.
Tomorrow: REST DAY! Thank goodness. Eating at night makes me feel bloated.. that is the problem with working out at night, but I can't work out at 4am so 6pm is my only choice. Ideally I would work out in the afternoon so my last meal would be before 6. Currently I finish eating at 8-8:30 and sleep at 9-9:30. I think I will get some protein powder and blend it with some frozen fruit to make smoothies for dinner instead of something too heavy like I have been eating in this week. The non-chicken chicken nuggets aren't heavy per se, but they are indeed breaded.
Plyometrics again today. Way not as bad as the first time. I already am lasting through the work outs longer (including the crazy warm-ups!). Surprise surprise, the hard exercises for me are the mountain climber (high!! freakin!! knees!!) and still the get down, push back, 4 push ups, run it out, feet in, back up, back down. Disappointed to say that by the third round of this circuit, I did horribly in the basketball shots. I also don't know if I'm doing the sit up push up things correctly.. can't tell if my butt is sticking up or not. One horrible thing is that when I'm on the floor doing the various exercises my wrists start to hurt. I sweat a lot.
Going to make veggie juice and drink more water. Definitely didn't drink enough water.. Not sure if I'm up to making something to eat. Maybe some fruit and a piece of chocolate :) As a side note, I'll admit, the number on the scale this morning discouraged me. But my waist isn't bigger (in fact it's a bit smaller) so I should just attribute it to normal weight fluctuation.
Tomorrow: REST DAY! Thank goodness. Eating at night makes me feel bloated.. that is the problem with working out at night, but I can't work out at 4am so 6pm is my only choice. Ideally I would work out in the afternoon so my last meal would be before 6. Currently I finish eating at 8-8:30 and sleep at 9-9:30. I think I will get some protein powder and blend it with some frozen fruit to make smoothies for dinner instead of something too heavy like I have been eating in this week. The non-chicken chicken nuggets aren't heavy per se, but they are indeed breaded.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Insanity, Day 5: Pure Cardio
1/12 of the program down!
Oigh, today was tough too. I'm still the most sore I've ever been in my life in my calves. Stupid jumping. I'm not as bad as yesterday though. I still can't take long steps but I'm driving better and not afraid of my left calf seizing while I'm releasing the clutch. The good news about this Pure Cardio session is that the warm up and stretching is about 10 minutes in itself (the warm-up that makes me stop to take a breather multiple times? yeah, that one) and the actual cardio cardio part is 15 minutes and the last 5 is stretching again, which is typical of HIIT. I never feel like I'm moving fast enough in the football move (stand feet wide apart and almost jog in place really fast). The move that goes: hands down to the floor, push the feet back, do 8 push ups, run it out, feet back in, stand up, jump and go down again kills me. I didn't do the jumping jack push ups well either; I wish I did better in that one but I was so pooped from the work out before that. I also paused in the frog jumps but again it was because I was so tired. I paused the video once just to catch my breath and also took many breaks in between... The skiing move is okay for me. I think I could do much better with the frog jumps if I wasn't so tired. The squat jumps are starting to not feel as hard, as are staying stationary in some of the stretches for a long period of time (namely during that part where one foot is far in front of the back foot and one hand is down and one hand is up).
Tomorrow is plyometrics again... crap. Wednesday is my rest day. I know I won't be not sore anymore even after a rest day. Uh, I mean, I know I'll still be sore, despite a rest day. :)
Food: 2 bananas, asian pear, veggie sandwich and sweet potato fries, a little more than 1/2 my acai naked juice, 30 oz veggie juice, 6 pieces of non-chicken chicken (man, I am hooked on these things!), 3 16-oz bottles of water. Need to drink more water. Omg, am I not eating enough? This was only about 1200 calories I think...
Oigh, today was tough too. I'm still the most sore I've ever been in my life in my calves. Stupid jumping. I'm not as bad as yesterday though. I still can't take long steps but I'm driving better and not afraid of my left calf seizing while I'm releasing the clutch. The good news about this Pure Cardio session is that the warm up and stretching is about 10 minutes in itself (the warm-up that makes me stop to take a breather multiple times? yeah, that one) and the actual cardio cardio part is 15 minutes and the last 5 is stretching again, which is typical of HIIT. I never feel like I'm moving fast enough in the football move (stand feet wide apart and almost jog in place really fast). The move that goes: hands down to the floor, push the feet back, do 8 push ups, run it out, feet back in, stand up, jump and go down again kills me. I didn't do the jumping jack push ups well either; I wish I did better in that one but I was so pooped from the work out before that. I also paused in the frog jumps but again it was because I was so tired. I paused the video once just to catch my breath and also took many breaks in between... The skiing move is okay for me. I think I could do much better with the frog jumps if I wasn't so tired. The squat jumps are starting to not feel as hard, as are staying stationary in some of the stretches for a long period of time (namely during that part where one foot is far in front of the back foot and one hand is down and one hand is up).
Tomorrow is plyometrics again... crap. Wednesday is my rest day. I know I won't be not sore anymore even after a rest day. Uh, I mean, I know I'll still be sore, despite a rest day. :)
Food: 2 bananas, asian pear, veggie sandwich and sweet potato fries, a little more than 1/2 my acai naked juice, 30 oz veggie juice, 6 pieces of non-chicken chicken (man, I am hooked on these things!), 3 16-oz bottles of water. Need to drink more water. Omg, am I not eating enough? This was only about 1200 calories I think...
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Food
Apple, [worked out,] avocado, 20 oz of veg juice, 7 non-chicken chicken nuggets (130 cals in 4 nuggets), 2 small cookies, umami burger's earth burger (mushroom & edamame patty), 1/2 "hostess" cupcake and 1/2 chocolate peppermint cupcake (both vegan from Real Food Daily).
Insanity, Day 4: Cardio Recovery
I now realize that the Cardio Recovery was the one I did with Dennis and Albert in December and was the one that made me want to do Insanity in its entirety. I also realize now what Dennis meant when he said that was NOT LIKE the other sessions!!! There was stretching combined with some strength training. I'll admit, the parts when you're on all fours (but replace your knees with your toes and your knees are still bent, just a bit off the ground) were difficult for me. Thankfully, my previous classes at Pop Physique helped me do the butt exercises. At Pop Physique I got some individual attention and the teachers corrected my posture when I was doing something wrong; in the video, there's not really much of that. If you do it, just make sure you lift from your butt and NOT YOUR KNEE OR YOUR BACK. You want to keep your pelvis kind of tucked in ("kind of" as in, make sure you're not sticking out your butt). Actually, that's much easier to do on your toes and hands rather than knees and hands! At Pop Physique we would do these exercises on our hands and knees, making it much easier to slack off and arch your back. You want to feel that dimple in your butt when you do these exercises. The worst parts by far were the staying and pulsing. I definitely did not go through with all the staying and pulsing. There were some parts of the stretching where I had to stop too because I just couldn't stay in those poses for that long.
Tomorrow is Pure Cardio. Oh boy...
Tomorrow is Pure Cardio. Oh boy...
Last night and this morn...
Whoa! Check this out. I haven't been this tiny since high school:
Last night:
18% bf
56% tbw
This morn:
115.8 lbs
25.75" waist
lol, this is so not going to last. I think my numbers are so low because I had a pretty crazy day yesterday:
6:20 AM wake up
6:45 eat an apple and do 40 min exercise
8 eat an avocado and then go to farmers market
840 go home and get ready
11 go to san diego
1 drink 20 oz of veggie juice
1:30 eat a raw hamburger
3 eat 2 cookies (vegan choc chip and (non-veg) mocha mac nut)
4 play xbox kinect for 2.5 hours with very few breaks in between games
6:40 drink 12 oz Robek's juice (soy sorbet, mango, strawberry, soy protein)
9:05 get home and change clothes
9:15 leave for Exchange
1:15 leave Exchange after dancing the night away
total 48 oz of water
As you can see I didn't eat that much at all. I'm inclined to think the scale was off.. how was I 56% hydrated when I drank so little water and ate so little food compared to everything I did? I did the most physical activity (strenuous activity, not like, walking around Disneyland for a day) I've ever done in a 24-hour period (36 if you count the Insanity sesh from Friday night!) so I'm not really sure how I seem so hydrated on the scale. My stomach is understandably small from not eating much. Shrug. Since yesterday vastly deviated from my norm, I was hesitant about writing my stats down; I always weigh way less after I go clubbing. But the numbers are good to keep track of I guess.
Otherwise, I'm sore as heck. XBox Kinect had tons of jumping!!! But it is SO fun and I get competitive so I make myself jump and do everything. And, I always go all out on the dance floor. My calves are dying.
btw, driving a stick and having sore calves is NOT recommended....
Last night:
18% bf
56% tbw
This morn:
115.8 lbs
25.75" waist
lol, this is so not going to last. I think my numbers are so low because I had a pretty crazy day yesterday:
6:20 AM wake up
6:45 eat an apple and do 40 min exercise
8 eat an avocado and then go to farmers market
840 go home and get ready
11 go to san diego
1 drink 20 oz of veggie juice
1:30 eat a raw hamburger
3 eat 2 cookies (vegan choc chip and (non-veg) mocha mac nut)
4 play xbox kinect for 2.5 hours with very few breaks in between games
6:40 drink 12 oz Robek's juice (soy sorbet, mango, strawberry, soy protein)
9:05 get home and change clothes
9:15 leave for Exchange
1:15 leave Exchange after dancing the night away
total 48 oz of water
As you can see I didn't eat that much at all. I'm inclined to think the scale was off.. how was I 56% hydrated when I drank so little water and ate so little food compared to everything I did? I did the most physical activity (strenuous activity, not like, walking around Disneyland for a day) I've ever done in a 24-hour period (36 if you count the Insanity sesh from Friday night!) so I'm not really sure how I seem so hydrated on the scale. My stomach is understandably small from not eating much. Shrug. Since yesterday vastly deviated from my norm, I was hesitant about writing my stats down; I always weigh way less after I go clubbing. But the numbers are good to keep track of I guess.
Otherwise, I'm sore as heck. XBox Kinect had tons of jumping!!! But it is SO fun and I get competitive so I make myself jump and do everything. And, I always go all out on the dance floor. My calves are dying.
btw, driving a stick and having sore calves is NOT recommended....
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