Day 53-Stretch

Just what the doctor ordered-Stretch. I feel a gazillion times better. Yesterday Matt and I rode with the Penn. cyclists down to the bike shop in Chesapeake. Round trip-about 30 miles. !! So, needless to say, I am a little sore this morning. Or was. NOw, I feel much better. Matt is in the other room doing Back and Biceps and Abs. I feel sort of guilty, just doing stretch, but this is MY rest week, so I shouldn't feel guilty. I think I might have eaten too much yesterday....I hope I can work it out!

~Pam

Day 52-Kenpo

Ok, so I woke up this morning at 6:30, jumped out of bed, and was ready for some butt kicking Kenpo. SO much fun! I had a great workout and was done before Matt got home. Right before he got home from duty! Worked out nicely.

I love Kenpo. Have I mentioned that?

Pam

Day 51-Core Synergistics

When I woke up in the morning on Friday, I wasn't feeling it. I had planned to work out, but I ended up waiting until about 9:00pm to do it. Done by ten, and then shower and to bed. COre is so hard! It challenges all my muscles. I didn't end up doing the bonus at the end, but I still feel like I got an extremely good workout. :)

Day 50-Day one of rest week for phase 2

Wow. Am I already on rest week? I can't believe it. I had to pump myself up and get excited about Yoga this morning. Matt is not doing a rest week, he's doing some strength training this week. So I waited until he was gone to work to start my workout. I really pushed myself during the yoga, much more than I normally do. I tried to go deeper into the poses. I was SWEATING! I usually don't sweat that much during Yoga, but holy cow, some of those poses are really challenging when you go deep into them. I did the whole thing, ommss and all. I feel pretty darn good today.

Next week, I'm going to Penny's and I'm excited to bring my workouts and FORCE her to workout with me in the mornings. I already warned her that I was going to work out every morning, and she was going to do them with me. :)

Thank goodness for rest weeks...

Day 49-Rest

I was thinking about doing some stretch on my rest day, but I didn't end up doing it. It's ok, since I really needed the rest, anyways. :)

I feel pretty good....

Day 48-Kenpo X

So, I was in the worst, most horrible mood on Tuesday morning. I don't know why, but I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Well, instead of letting it ruin my whole day, I just kicked my butt in Kenpo. I had sweat dripping down my face, arms, and legs. Holy cow! It felt great! No more bad mood! Then, later that night, Matt and I took a long walk after dinner. That was awesome, too! How lucky am I to have a supportive husband?

Day 47-Memorial Day-Legs And Back

Holy cow. Matt and I wanted to work out together, but Matt had duty, so we had to be up EARLY. Like 330am early. CRAZY! But it was fun working out together. He definitely pushes me. I think I would probably be having even better results if he were there to push me to my limits every workout. Right now, I'm having OK results. My BF% keeps going down, and I need to remind myself that that is enough. It is hard when you place so much emphasis on what the scale says, you know? It is hard to get away from that mindset.

At least I feel results in my body, and by feel I mean strength. It is amazing how much stronger I am. Matt and I went for a bike ride Sunday night, and we rode really FAST down one particular street. I mean, we were doing almost 20mph for over a mile! It was great! But that's just one example of my increasing strength. Yesterday I picked up both Parker and Preston, one on my back, the other on my front, and boy were they HEAVY. But I still was able to hold them both, even if it was just for a little bit.

Chancy called last night. She's doing the fit test for P90X. :) I'm so excited for her. I hope she sticks with it and sees the results she's looking for. I think she's the perfect candidate for P90X. She's already in a little bit of shape and can definitely take it to the next level. Honestly, I think I was borderline when I started. As far as my beginning fitness goes, anyways.

Ok, well, I've gotta go, and think about when I'm going to do Kenpo this morning. I already ate breakfast, so it will probably be in a little bit....

~Pam

Day 46-Yoga

Matt didn't do Yoga with me, and I didn't feel like doing it, so he said, "Why don't you do just up to Yoga Belly 7". I was like, OK, but by the time I got there, I felt like I should just finish up. I even did the Oms. Yoga feels so good, it really does feel like it fills in the gaps. And it has been a little while since I've done it, so it felt REALLY good. I felt 100 times more flexible at the end, which was NICE!

Day 45-Back and Biceps

Woohoo! Today I got to work out with Matt. That was a lot of fun. We got up early enough, but not too early, and really enjoyed the workout. Lots of bicep curls, that's for sure. Plus a couple sets of pullups, and you can't go wrong. I worked on either heavying up my weight, or increasing reps on every exercise. My biceps were BULGING afterwards :)
Abs was hard, especially doing it with Matt. He pushes me so hard, I think I overdid it a little bit *shrug* It was WORTH it, though.

Day 44-Cardio X

I decided to do Cardio X today instead of Plyo, just because I didn't have the time I needed to get Plyo done. But still, Cardio X was awesome. And then, I was able to eat breakfast and head over to Kate's for a little bit of walking around the block with the kids. Fun, fun.

Day 43--Chest, Shoulders, Triceps +Abs

Ok, so now it is almost a week later and I don't really remember this workout. Sorry! I'll try to remember to blog more often, so I don't run into this problem...

Day 42-Rest/Stretch X

Ok, today (Wednesday) is my rest day. I haven't decided if I'm going to stretch or not. I probably will, it will be in the afternoon, though. I actually like the stretch in the afternoon. It is very relaxing, and energizing at the same time. Plus, my body THINKS I'm taking the day off, so it is happy. I just trick it by delaying the workout :)

Boy do I need a rest. My whole body is sore from my head down to my toes. All of my major muscle groups got a workout this last week. :)

Day 41-Kenpo

Ok, after doing Legs&Back on Monday, Kenpo was Tuesday. Who's idea was it to do all those kicks the day after working out the Legs? My whole body was sore. Matt and I determined Monday night that I probably need to eat more food. In fact, when I climbed on the scale and looked at my metabolic age (which I haven't checked in a long time and the last time I looked it said 39) the scale said.......



you ready for this......



19!!!!!

I couldn't believe it, and I still can't. In 4 and a half months I have lost 20 years, or actually, I have gained 20 years. The amazing thing is the scale tells me how many calories I need to consume to maintain my current weight. Before it would read right around 1400 or so. Now it says 2100! I know that before I used to think that I wasn't overeating. But I was just in denial. Now I think I'm in denial about how much food I need to eat to fuel my workouts. I've reached a sort of plateau with my weightloss. I don't expect to lose much more, but I have definitely leveled off, and my inches are about the same as well. It might be that my body is in starvation mode. So, Tuesday I tried to eat more, and I think I overdid it. I was shooting for 1800, but I overestimated and when I added it all up, I had eaten around 2000 by the end of dinner. I know that it isn't terrible, but I was shocked to find that I had eaten that much! Today, I'm going to keep a much closer eye on my calories, and make sure I don't go overboard with the snacks. It is nice to eat EVERY 4 hours, but I need to make sure that I drink water, too. I think that will help me to not be hungry as well.

Day 40-Legs and Back

I decided NOT to do Abs Monday, since I had done them the day before. But, holy cow! My legs are on FIRE! I missed out on Legs&Back last week b/c my hamstrings were a little injured, so I was missing this workout. It felt really good to do it, I worked up a ridiculous sweat! Then, my nephews came over to keep me company. How lucky am I?

Day 39-back and biceps & Abs, plus cardio x

Ok, I know what you're thinking. Day 39 is supposed to be Yoga, right? Well, since I skipped the workout on Saturday, I decided that I needed to do it on Sunday. Then I ended up eating a bunch of junk and needing to workout a second time. I chose cardio x for that purpose. Yes, I know. I'm crazy. But I felt so much better after working out :) BTW, my biceps were burning from this workout!

Day 38-Rest day for Test day

Ok, so Saturday, I had to take a break. I had to leave the house at 6am to get to Yorktown for all day testing, and I needed the little bit extra sleep. Then, by the time I made it home and struggled through all the traffic, I was beat! I decided to relax a little :( I'm kind of sad that I didn't at least attempt to work out. Oh, well, can't change the past, now, can we?

Day 37-Plyometrics

Yeah! for Plyometrics! This sweat-inducing workout always kicks my butt. But I stuck with it today, and I feel really good for it. I went to the hospital this morning to get that cystic mass checked out in my breast, so I didn't work out until after that. I got done with the workout (I did the whole thing, including bonus!) before lunch, and then I ate a yummy chicken salad sandwich. Yummy! So far, today I'm at 1043 calories. Right on target to keep it under 1800 calories.

Tomorrow morning I have to be in Yorktown, which is a little bit of a drive. I guess I should get studying a little for my test..... hmm.....

Day 36-Chest, Shoulders, Triceps

I love this workout. A LOT of pushups, but it is fun how there is so much variety, and it is so fast paced! I should have waited for Matt to get home to workout with him, but I was already 30 minutes into the workout before I remembered! Oops!

I also did abs. Holy cow are my abs sore today! I feel good-I can do pullups. Did I mention that? :)

My calories for Thursday were: 1748 calories. I avoided eating anything at the movie theater! So we didn't have to worry about those extra calories of popcorn or soda.

Day 35-Stretch

I decided to do stretch instead of resting. It felt really good, and I wanted to stretch out my hamstring again, just to help it along. I had my first class in the evening, and I had plenty of energy to make it home. I decided to keep track of all my calories, just to make sure I am getting enough calories to "feed" my workouts. Tuesday, I had a total of 1525 calories. Wednesday, I ate a total of 1647 calories.

:) I think I'm doing pretty well....

Day 30 pictures

Day 60-Round 1


Day 30-Round 2


What a difference, huh? I can see some VAST improvements :)

Day 32 & 33, 34-Kenpo X.

So, Sunday was Day 32, and we were supposed to do Yoga. Instead, Matt and I took a little bicycle tour. We rode a little over 17 miles and went camping at First Landing State Park. My hamstring was hurting a little when we started out, and it just got progressively worse. I tried stretching it, but it still hurt pretty bad. We had an amazing time camping, though. It was awesome to think that we could actually do it-take everything we need to survive, strap it to our bikes, and go. We were pretty comfortable, and had extra space in our paniers.

Day 33 dawned bright and early, and before we could get rained on, we headed home. My hamstring was still pretty sore, so we took it easy, and 13 miles later, got home. I knew I needed a workout, and it was supposed to be Legs and Back, but just thinking about that workout made my hamstring hurt! So, after a bath, I decided to do Stretch X. Good choice, I think. My hamstrings felt much better after, which leads me to believe that they are just tight, and not injured. Whew! I didn't want to have an injury set me back!

Anyways, awesome weekend. I'm glad Matt got the day off. Unfortunately, he will probably work late tonight. :( Something with the diesels, or something like that. Anyways, this morning I did some Kenpo. It felt really good to workout. I went pretty easy on the left side, where my hamstring is still a little sore, but not nearly as bad as the last two days. I sweated quite a bit. It felt great. I love knowing that I am doing something great for my body! ;)

Speaking of- the verdict on the scale this morning? 127.2 and 24% body fat! I almost can't believe it. I'm FINALLY in the "healthy" body fat range for women my age. (Yeah, I know. With all this weight loss, and I'm just NOW getting into the healthy range? Unbelievable, huh?)

~Pam

Day 31-Back and Biceps

Hey, so it took me a little longer to do my workout today. What is up with that? Matt got up early to go to Duty, and I fell back asleep after he left. I was planning on getting up at 8 to workout, but I woke up at 9 and that wasn't enough time to workout before the boys came over. So I worked out right now, just 12 hours later :)

Good workout, though. Lots of pullups. I thought about trying to do them unassisted but decided against it. Boy are my arms tired now!

Oh, btw, last night before going to bed, I was showing off by doing unassisted pullups, and Matt HAD to show me up. He did one-armed pullups! With both arms! I didn't even think that was possible, but there he was, doing one-armed pullups. Amazing!

Anyways, Ab Ripper X was really, really hard today. But I've been modifying some of the moves to make them more difficult, and that is probably why I couldn't do ALL of some of the exercises. That's ok, I feel like I got a ridiculously good workout today. I have a headache, tho. Maybe I'm dehydrated. I spent a lot of time outside today-first with the boys, then later to do some pruning and mowing. And clipping, and dragging, and all around having a good time in the sunshine :)

Yoga Tomorrow! Woohoo!

~Pam

Day 30-Plyometrics

Ok, so I'm drenched in sweat, and really, really, really tired after that workout. Oh, and starving! I waited a little bit longer than I normally do to workout this morning, and I'm paying the price :)

Plyo, with all the jumps, is just crazy. I think I did better in some exercises, worse in others. I can definitely tell a difference from when we started Round 1, tho. I'm so much stronger!

Ok, shower/breakfast time.

Pam

Day 29-Chest, Shoulders, Triceps

How much fun is that? It was a great workout. I did a bunch of pushups, and boy are my arms tired! I feel really proud of myself, even though I had to go to my knees for a lot of the pushup exercises, I still did tons of them!

Also, Matt took my measurements today. Do you want to know what the results are? I'm kind of excited....

Weight 127.2 (down 4.8 pounds from 4/1)
BF % 25.7% (down 1.5% from 4/1)
Chest 32.74 (no change)
Waist 30.5 (up .25 inches from 4/1)
Hips 38 (down .75 inches from 4/1)
Rt 22.25 (down .25 inches from 4/1)
Lt 22.5 (no change)
Ra 11.75 (up .25 inches from 4/1)
La 11.5 (down .25 inches from 4/1)

total for this round: down .75 inches total.
total for the beginning of the year: -19.2 pounds and -7.6% body fat and -18.75 inches! Incredible! :)

~Pam

Day 28-end of training block 1

Hey, how did this happen already? I can't believe that phase 1 is done! I decided to end the phase on a high note and do Stretch X. It was awesome. Actually, lately I've had some cramping in my quads and calves. So the Yoga yesterday and the Stretch today help out a lot.

Matt had duty yesterday, so I won't get any measurements or pictures until tomorrow morning. But I DID weigh myself this morning....127.6! AND 25.6% body fat! How great is that? Still losing weight and body fat. Even after all this time. :)

Enter Training Block 2 tomorrow. Get ready to BRING IT!

Day 27-Yoga

Hey, so I did yoga this morning. After riding 3 miles on my bike with Matt. That was AWESOME! We woke up really early, but it was so worth it (4am is early, isn't it?) I feel energized and ready for the day. I feel like I've already done so much! And it is only 9:20am! Incredible!

Anyways, I've kind of missed out on Yoga for the last little while. Doing the whole thing (minus the plough to shoulder stand and crane) felt really good. Tony says that Yoga fills in all the gaps in the training. I really believe that. I feel more flexible today, that's for sure.

Anyhoo, feeling great. Tomorrow is rest day, and I'm supposed to take some measurements. Matt has duty today, so I'll probably have to do measurements on Thursday. Matt's made a commitment to work out starting on Thursday. I'm going to do my best to hold him accountable for his workouts and help him accomplish his goal. :) He's done so much for me, now it is my turn to turn on the motivation and help him!

~Pam

Day 25 and 26

Yesterday, I had big plans to work out. But it didn't work out (see my normal blog for the reason). Needless to say, I was READY for a GOOD workout. Today, day 26, was supposed to be Core Synergistics. But I felt like something a little more.....physical. I sweated it up with KENPO X. It was a blast! I punched and kicked and sweated and had so much fun. I'm a little sore, but considering I haven't worked out in a while, I'm not surprised. I'm thinking that I'll work out again with Matt in the evening, if he's game. I also need to go grocery shopping. I'm going to take my pedometer. I'm curious to see how much I walk while grocery shopping. Hmm....

Anyways, feeling much better now. I think I just had a cold or something. Not the SWINE Flu, or anything scary like that. I'm still feeling it a little in my chest. But I'm glad I was able to work out today. I need my workouts! I never thought I would say that. I'm nervous for Thursday, when I take my measurements. Or Wednesday. I don't remember when I am supposed to measure. Soon, though :)

Pam

Day 23 & 24

Sick, sick, sick. All I can say is I didn't get much working out in. Friday (day 23) was spent miserably in bed. I was feeling better on Saturday (day 24) but Matt made me take it easy. We went for a drive to the Outer Banks, did some exploring, and got a LOT of fresh air. It sucks to be sick, but I'm glad it came during recovery week, and not the normal workout week. I would feel much further behind if that was the case....

~Pam