ARGH! Suckin' Big Time!!

Well, color me a slacker. I lost some motivation, big time. I can't explain what happened or why. I just sucked. :(

I did test for my brown tip in TKD so I wasn't a complete loaf. But man was I out of breath during the test! Yikes! You'd think that would get me back on track, right? Nope. Suckin.

I did finally hitch my wagon back on track. Saturday I started Jamie Eason's 12 week program. Holy soreness!! I did Day 1 on Saturday and ran a mile. The mile was not too bad, which I am so grateful for! I then did Day 2 on Sunday with no cardio. My knees took a beating when I was running everyday so I'm trying to be kind to them. But I have to get my miles up since the Gladiator Assault Challenge is on the 29th. EEK!!!

I took yesterday, Labor Day, off. I had a million things to do to prep for a wedding tasting and by the time that was done, my feet were throbbing from standing in the kitchen for hours (you'd think I'd learn to wear shoes to cushion them....), the gym was closed, and I needed a nap. So today I'm hoping to go to TKD or do Day 3 of Jamie's program. Haven't decided yet. I'm exhausted bc I couldn't sleep very well last night (had my first panic attack. in my sleep. weird.). So I may not be feeling up to kicking ass until 9pm tonight and then getting up at 5:15.

The positive thing I can say about this hiatus is that I still ate relatively cleanly. Yeah, I screwed up some but for the most part, I ate like I was supposed to. So that has kept my weight stable. No gains!! Woot woot!

I'm hoping I like Jamie's program. I really need to get this weight off so I can do more intense programs. I really want to try the Get In Shape Girl's 12 week bikini plan but it seems way too out of my league right now. I love reading the blog http://beafitfox.com/ and she's motivating me to stay on track. She's doing the bikini program and I can't wait to be on a program where my goal is actually being in a bikini. That's not anywhere near my radar right now!

I'll be better at blogging. Pinky swear.

Get movin'!
Liss

Days 19/20/21/22/23 and WI

Dang, I guess I'm far behind!! I haven't had much to post because, quite frankly, all I've done is sleep. Literally Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights were all spend with over 12 hours of sleep. I went to sleep at 5pm one night. For real. My workouts took a hit but I stayed on point with eating. 

Sunday was weigh in day. I was up 2 lbs from last Sunday but I had those magical 7 pounds that appeared last Tuesday so I kinda lost 5. Idk. I was really hoping I'd be pushing close to the 20 pound mark at this point but I'm officially at 9. Which is maddening since I eat clean for most of the week. Sunday we had sushi again. That's my only "cheat". Hmmmm. I was at a conference Friday and Saturday so lunch was not my typical salads, it was boxed lunches with sandwiches and chips. But each day I walked around for at least an hour outside between sessions. We'll see what next week holds...

Now my EXCITING news! I ran a mile on Sunday. And didn't stop!! Its my first non-stop one and sadly, I didn't time it! :( I thought it was going to be terrible because I hadn't been running but it was awesome. I was so happy!! I'm on my way back to being a runner!! YAY! I also did a Body Rock (www.bodyrock.tv) workout. Here it is:

50 secs work/10 secs rest - Do 2 sets for 12 mins total

-Butterfly Jacks

-Burpees

-Toe Touch Abs

-5 Plank Jacks/10 Mountain Climbers

-Kayak Abs

-Woodchoppers

Whew! That was some ab work!! I was nice and sweaty too. :D

Monday was TKD. I've started a routine!! I'm so happy about that. I'm also happy I invested the $25 to get new pants so I could go back. Had I been waiting to fit into my nice uniform (like I originally was going to do), I'd still be sitting on the side lines. Nothing terribly exciting at class. The usual kicking techniques, partner stretches, and practicing for testing. More man push ups! I was paired with a new student (her first class) and she was so adorable. She was so excited to be kicking targets. She was very good too. I hope to see her again! I remember how exciting, and scary, my first class was. Ah, memories...

Tonight will be jogging and Body Rock. I have a cupcake tasting on Wednesday so TKD is bumped to Thursday. I'm not sure if Wednesday is a recovery day or a gym day or maybe a Jillian Michaels day. I should do SOMETHING. Hmmmm.

Go get your jog on!
Liss

Day 17/18 Man Push Ups

Guess who's worked her way up to man push ups? This girl!! I went to TKD last night and did all my push ups the real way, no knees for this chick! I was so excited because I used to be pretty good at them and then stopped training and really sucked. Like 2 crappy ones and I'd fall on my face. So I was quite proud to do the real thing last night. It helped that I'm much too proud to take a knee in front my black belt friends...


So Tuesday night was grocery night. Then I promptly came home and fell asleep. I was exhausted. I think its the whole no Diet Coke (which means no caffeine) thing. I'm trying to add some green tea into my life to counter this. Because going to bed before 8pm is pretty ridiculous!!


TKD was last night. Had some fun again there. I got partnered up with a 14 yo girl, which was not cool. She's got that teen attitude and she's small so I felt like I was beating the crap out of her. And I was WAY holding back. Like not even half strength and she was flying across the room. I asked my instructor later why he did that (my master usually pairs me with a guy but he wasn't there) and he said he thought the girl could use some roughing up! Poor girl. I hope she's not hurting too badly today.


I did some more nun-chuck stuff. Got my 3 routines down for testing. I guess I'm doing them well because my master asked if I had ever done them before. He clearly forgot HE taught me them 2 years ago. We did some handstands and cartwheels too, which is always fun. No insane sit ups or anything. So that was a relief!! I'm hoping I make my goal of wearing my nice uniform for testing August 16. The scale is being a hater this week but I'm upping the water intake and being meticulous with calories so hopefully it pays off!


Gotta get a run in tonight. That Gladiator Assault Challenge will be here in no time! :eek:


Get moving!
Liss

Days 13/14/15/16 plus WI

Dang, I'm behind! I had a busy weekend and not too much fitness to post about so I guess 4 days in one isn't so bad.

Friday found me completely wiped out. I got home, waited for a cupcake pick up (an hour late...), got some dinner with Hubs (awesome Cajun scallops! I took half home), and then crashed. It was supposed to be a "nap". I woke up at 11pm to take out my contacts and set my alarm for the morning. No workout for me. But that's OK because I knew I'd be gone all day Saturday so first thing in the morning was my only workout option. I didn't want to do back to back workouts with only some sleep separating them.

Cue 5am Saturday morning. Dragged my butt out of bed, ran a mile outside before the heat kicked in, did my own version of Body Rock, and hit the shower. I was set to leave at 7am to head up to Milwaukee with some girl friends. We geocached the whole way there and back. Our mission in Milwaukee was to hit the Safe House restaurant, which is a super cool spy themed place. All the walls are covered in spy stuff and there are secret passageways and all that. It was so fun! I have to go back with my nieces and Hubs. They will love it! So I packed dried fruit, water, and my friend brought along some fresh fruit. But the Pringles she brought were my downfall. We munched on those leading into town. I got a salad at the restaurant that cost double what the greasy burgers did. Grrrr. But I was happy I made a healthy choice. We walked around a bit and found some more caches. It was HOT though. Then we cached our way home and didn't get back till after 2. In the morning. It was a long day but it was fun. I have NO idea how many calories I ate but I can't imagine it was too horrible. Even if I ate the whole can of chips by myself, it would be 900 calories. Couple that with my 250 cal protein shake, the fruit, and my salad, I can't have surpassed my daily burn. Right?

Sunday I slept in after being out so late. I was hurting. I need consistent sleep to function. But it was weigh in day! I was down another 5 pounds, putting me at 11 pounds gone! YAY! I had my shake and Hubs wanted to grab some sushi for lunch. We lounged around for a bit and then headed out. We got a TON of food for the 6 rolls we thought we ordered. Some were huge. But amazingly delicious. We then attempted to go to Whole Foods (I've never been there) but it was crowded so we picked up our 2 necessary things and got out of there. I took another nap and then cleaned up the house. Sunday nights are True Blood nights so at 8 my friends came over for that. No workout again. Argh!

Yesterday was TKD day. It was fun! Did some basic kicks while walking the dojang and hitting targets. My master was really pushing the height of my axe kicks (over my 5'8" head!) and something tweaked in my hip. OW! But I kept going... We then moved on to the heavy bag. This time there were no flying kicks so I didn't feel like an idiot and got to use my power. Afterwards, we practiced our testing techniques, which I really need to work on my balance for! We lined up and did some partner workouts. We had to link legs and do sit ups at the same time, punching at the top. Not too bad except I can't tell you the last time I did 50 sit ups IN A ROW. Of course I was slacking at the end but my master wanted me to go all the way up. Amazing how hard you can push when you have a Korean ready to kick your butt if you don't finish! We did squats and squats with kicks with our partners and then reverse sit ups. Let me tell you, 50 reverse sit ups in a row equals a booty on fire! But I didn't quit to rest once. I was so proud! Then I was told to stay after class. I got to learn my nun-chuck techniques! I have never tested with them and haven't even picked them up in 2 years. It was interesting and I look forward to learning more!

Tonight the plan is to grocery shop and run/Body Rock. I hope my hips feel ok!

I'm feeling on the brink of saying who cares to all this. Which is what I normally do 2 weeks in. I'm fighting hard to push past it but its rough. Especially when I weighed in this morning and was up SEVEN POUNDS since Sunday. WHAT?!? How does that happen? No way did I eat 24,500 calories!! I'm hoping its water retention from the salty sushi and that in a day or two it goes bye bye and takes some friends with it. How discouraging! But I'm pressing on. And NOT going to buy some delicious Dairy Queen down the street like I want to to drown my sorrows.

Eat Clean, Train Dirty,
Liss

Day 11/12

I survived another TKD class! Things started out OK, with the small exception of having to squat your partner. My partner was a 15 yo boy who was the size of my thigh. I kept apologizing that he had to pick me up. Why do they do that to us? At least partner me up with a comparably sized person! I learned the rest of what I need to do for my testing in August so I should be all set to go there. He changed some things around so I'm doing a little bit of relearning in addition to remembering. The end of class was fun but frustrating. We had to do some crazy flying kicks on the heavy bags, which can be fun. Its frustrating when your bond with gravity is so tight that you can barely fly. I was probably the worst looking black belt doing the trick kicks but at least I tried, right? And as the pounds come off, hopefully gravity will release its firm grip on me!

I'm taking tonight off. Its a much needed rest day for my aching body. My pelvis is still wonky and I kept battling twinges of pain in class last night. Plus, I have a big cupcake order being picked up tomorrow so I get to bake those after work. Thankfully, I've been super committed to eating right so they *shouldn't* be too much of a temptation for me. I've been super super good about tracking calories and staying in the 1700-2000 range every day. I swear to not break that by noshing on a delicious cuppycake. Guilty habit admission: I used to suck down 3+ daily if they were around. Yeah, can't say I wonder why I'm carrying around the extra pudge... You are what you eat!

I'm still working on a list of "goals" to type up. Not so much lose this by this date but more reasons why I want to lose this weight. I usually get to this point in my training and give up. I have to have this list to remind me why I started this journey to begin with. I also have a few reward ideas lined up for 20/30/50 lb marks so I'll get those up too. 

I am STARVING today. I'm hoping that's a sign of a fired up metabolism. So for once, its a good thing I'm trapped at my desk at work and can't raid the fridge! I slept a little better last night too but today I'm so sleepy. I need a nap!! Is napping a workout? ;)

Keep moving!
Liss

Day 9 - Kiyap!

Oh my sweet, sweet friend, TaeKwonDo. How I've missed you! 

I'm guessing you can figure out that last night's class was fantastic! I was so nervous about going back because I thought it was going to be brutally hard and I'd feel like such a cow. I was also worried I'd look like an idiot in front of all the low belts when I should be setting the example for them. Not true on any account! I breezed through the warm up (which had I been returning to HapKiDo, it may have been a different story. Those classes are WAY harder, or at least they used to be). I started to get a little burning in the thighs while we practiced punches and blocks in horse stance (basically a squat) but so was everyone else so I didn't feel out of place. Then we did some kicking practice and I was loving it (kicking is my favorite form of exercise!). I even got to demo a few of the kicks for the lower belts. Yay! The only thing that I noticed that was different about my kicking was that my massive boobs were totally in the way of my axe kicks. Argh. I hate that my fat gets in the way of my flexibility. I can't stretch as far as I'm capable of because there is too much junk in the way. One more reason to shed the pounds! We practiced our techniques after a quick water break and I quickly recalled all my kicking and sparring combinations. I was ready to test for this tip a long time ago but never did. I'm glad its all coming back so easily! We did some rolls and handstands too. I was totally cool with the rolling. I've done those so many times, its like riding a bike. I did a few handstands too, even though I couldn't hold them. At the end of class, my master pointed out to everyone that "Moissa is back!" and then everyone clapped. It was a little embarrassing but still cool. And I was so sweaty. But that's normal for me! ;)

The best part of class was afterwards in the locker room. One of the HKD girls I don't know (because I've been gone so long) was asking me about how I know so much about HKD (since I was in my TKD uniform). Another girl, who I do know and who we share the lovely bond of having dated the same jackass, told her that I'm a black belt in both and I'm super awesome. I was so flattered!! I've been away so long but people remember my fierce attitude. It was so cool. And then I spent about 10 minutes in the parking lot after class chatting with my new friend about HKD and all that fun stuff. 

It was so great to be back! And while I regret being away so long, I am glad I took time to hit the gym regularly to build my cardio back up before returning. It made a nice transition so that it was all positive and no horrible feelings about anything. Class again on Wednesday!

The next testing at my school is August 16. I cannot wait to break some boards like old times!

Now, go do what you love and burn those calories!!

Liss