Day 32: Week 5 day 4- Yoga

Yoga was fantastic yesterday. A nice afternoon workout. Gwen and Doug both worked out with us. Earlier in the day I had set up a mirror (from one of the bathrooms or bedrooms original to the house) in the media room. It's huge! It will be lots of fun working out with the mirror in there, being able to see if I've got correct form. It was kind of hot in the room yesterday, though. Kind of like hot yoga... ;)
Found out that my cousin Stephanie finished round 1 a few days ago and got started on round 2 today! I'm so excited for her. I know how it feels to not want to stop!

Been looking at material for my job starting in 2 weeks...excited and more than a little nervous, I admit. There's so much to learn. I'm a little intimidated. But I think the more I become familiar with the material, the better, right?

Legs and Back today. Bring it On!

~Pam

Day 31-Week 5 day 3-Back and Biceps

It's been a while since I last posted...sorry about that! A lot has happened. On Friday, in the afternoon, I got a phone call from LADWP. They offered me a job, and I accepted. The job starts on the 27th of February, so I'm trying really hard to prepare myself so I'm not completely overwhelmed on my first day. We've been working out in the meantime, I promise! Friday we did some Core Synergistics, Saturday Yoga. Both were great workouts. Sunday we went to visit Jeff and Juri in San Diego to watch the SuperBowl, and dropped in to see Peggy, Russ, and Emily on the way.
Monday, we started week 5 with some Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps. Doug came over and worked out with us...Tuesday Gwen did some Plyometrics with us (she burned 930 calories!).
This morning, when Matt came home from work at 720 am, we got our workout on. I'll admit that I wasn't too keen on waking up to do it, but I pushed through and I'm glad I did. Back and Biceps is a short but tough workout. Really works those biceps! (Imagine that :) Then, of course, some ab ripper x action afterwards...

Feeling pretty good. Took some measurements on Sunday. Next post, I'll post my results :)

~Pam

Day 25-our first Stretch X

Well, today was a continuation of the Recovery week, and the first time this round of doing the Stretch. Just what the doctor ordered! Matt was in a little bit of a grumpy mood-he was tired and hungry by the time we started. We had spent all morning working on the cars-washing and changing the oil. So by the time we started, it was about lunch time, and we were both hungry. But we stretched it up, and felt pretty darn good afterward. We ate our protein bars, drank our recovery drinks, and I cooked up lunch and dinner (yes, I'm a super rockstar, I know...) I grilled a steak for steak and arugula salad for lunch, then grilled two hamburgers for some cheeseburgers with quinoa and broccoli for dinner. Pretty tasty, if I do say so myself :)
Oh, goody, tomorrow is Core Synergistics again....Should be fun doing it with Matt :)

~Pam

Day 24 AKA Week 4, Day 3

Kenpo X :) I do still love this workout. I feel like I work up an amazing sweat every time. Just keep kicking and punching. If there's any pent-up aggression, this is the workout to take it out! Matt and I worked out together, starting at noon. This morning was a lazy morning. Matt got home after 11 and then he decided to do his Core Synergistics workout. What a beast! So he didn't get to bed until after midnight. 9 am came around, and we lazed in bed until about 10. Then we had some soy sausage sandwiches for breakfast, waited a couple hours and worked out. Finished around 1, I got lunch going (after our recovery drink/protein bar), showered, and got Matt off to work. Busy morning! I'm feeling pretty sore after Core yesterday. I'm glad we get a rest from Ab Ripper, but that's really the only rest we get this week! It's more of a recovery week.

As a sneak peek to Sunday's numbers, I will tell you the scale made me very happy this morning, and I'm down about 5 pounds so far! :) Very.Very.Happy!