September 30

I'm so glad that I finally went to the Zumba class last week. I have the videos and love them, and knew that the class would be even more fun. Tonight Jill had all new music and choreography for us, and will be doing this "new" stuff for the next 4 weeks. Some of it was a little hard to follow, but at the same time it was a lot of fun to try something new, and to see how good I am at following and getting my body to adjust to new movements.

Breakfast: Old fashioned cinnamon raisin oatmeal
Lunch: fajitas
Snack: more fajitas...and one peanutbutter cup. I had 4 though, and convinced myself to only eat one.
Dinner: Vegetable and rice soup with scones

Post-Flu

I had the stomach flu all weekend, therefore didn't workout, although I did go for a little hike on Saturday. I was feeling 90% better yesterday, but thought that I should give myself one day to make sure that I was really better before I jumped back into the world of fitness. So this morning I popped in my 30DS dvd and started it up. Halfway through the warm up I gave up because I had no motivation, and was already getting tired. I complained to my husband that I just didn't have it in me, and he said that I should do it anyway. I knew that if I didn't do it during N's morning nap, there was no way it was going to happen at any other point today. So I went back downstairs and started it back up. It was TOUGH, but I made it through the whole thing. Not working out for 4 days is bad enough to come back from, but when you've got malnutrition during those 4 days as well, it makes it really hard. But I figure I might as well come back strong instead of taking another week as an excuse of "recovering".

Breakfast: Hot chocolate and whole wheat toast (testing my stomach)
Post workout: Protein Shake
Lunch: Pork chop, rice & black beans
Dinner: chicken fajitas

September 22

I'm thoroughly proud of myself today. I did my spin class last night, and I think being that active just a few hours for bed was a good thing for me. I woke up at 7:15 this morning feeling refreshed and ready to hit the day with lots of energy. The original plan was to go workout with the video on a really low volume before Noah woke up, but since he was up at 7:30, that didn't really happen. But I did get my 30DS workout in during his morning nap. My butt is really really bruised from spin last night, and my right hip feels tweaked, so i had to modify a few movements, but honestly I liked it better that way. The side lunges with anterior raise has always been awkward for me. So instead I did a plie with an anterior raise, and it felt a whole lot better.

Breakfast: French toast, Canadian bacon, 2% milk
Lunch: taco salad
Snack: sloppy joe
Dinner: thai beef taco's

Intro Spin

Tonight I went to the gym and took an Intro Spin class. We spent 10 minutes or so figuring out how to adjust the bikes, and where to adjust them to based on our body heights and lengths, and then we spent a couple of minutes talking about form in various positions - standing, sitting, leaning forward etc. Then we did a 20 minute ride.

Here's the deal. I liked it. My butt really hurts, but I liked it, and think that I would have a lot of fun doing it on a regular basis. The problem is that the regular spin classes literally DO NOT fit into my schedule as it is right now. So at least I know that I like it, but my butt's going to hurt for nothing tomorrow where I probably won't be back to another spin class for several months. Oh well. At least I tried something new tonight.

September 3

Breakfast: Oatmeal and blueberries
Lunch: Left over pot roast
Snack: PB & Honey sandwich (N ate about 1/4 of it)
Dinner: Sante Fe Chicken Soup and salad

September 2

Today I'm going to do 30DS again in the morning, and then I'm going to a Zumba class tonight at the gym. This will be the first actual class that I go to, and I'm really excited to do it in a group setting instead of by myself in my living room.

Breakfast: 2 eggs, toast, strawberries
Lunch: turkey sandwich
Snack: chips and salsa. Not the healthiest I know, but if you've had my mom's salsa, then you'll understand
Dinner: Pot roast with potatoes, carrots, and onions

So I ended up not doing 30DS this morning, on account of being really sore from it yesterday. Then when I got to the gym tonight for Zumba, I found out that it was canceled. So I hopped into the class that was going instead of Zumba, which happened to be turbo kick. which was AWESOME. I've been doing Turbo Jam video's for almost 4 years now, and it was a wonderful new experience to do it in the gym setting with a whole bunch of other ladies. The only downside was that there were giant sized mirrors all around the room showing me how bad my technique/form really are. oh well, it was a great workout.

September 1

I haven't worked out really in like 3 months, which is just flat out stupid. Especially considering I bought a gym membership. I've used it maybe 4 times in the last month. So I'm turning over a new leaf and I'm going to get myself back into shape. It was sad how tired I was doing 30DS this morning. I used to be able to breeze through that thing.

Workout: 30DS level 1

Breakfast: Steak, green pepper, mushroom omelet, wheat toast, and a glass of milk
Snack: Yogurt
Lunch: Left over beef stir fry from last night
Snack: Grape salad and string cheese
Dinner: Chicken Enchilladas