Things I have forgotten about Tae Bo...

A couple months back I ordered some Tae Bo DVDs from Billy Blanks' website. I kept thinking back to my first year of college when I took a Tae Bo class with a group of girl friends. We LOVED it! We always laughed and had a great time, and definitely got a good work out. So, recently, when trying to think of a few videos I could keep on hand for Nap Time Workouts (workouts I could do while Emilia was napping...since running won't be coming as readily...), Tae Bo was one of the first things to come to my mind. The things that DIDN'T come to mind are as follows:

*You were 18 the last time you did this
*This guy is insane and says EVERY repetition is the "Last Set"...Liar!!
*The high intensity is trying to kill you
*You are NOT 18 anymore
*You weigh much more than you did at 18
*You weren't coordinated enough at 18 to keep up with these moves...and you Definitely aren't now either!

To sum up: I am a Tae Bo failure! For now at least. As soon as the workout started I had these flashbacks of my 18 year old self tripping over her own two feet trying to keep up, and I was ALWAYS going the wrong direction. I still can't figure it out- do I mirror Billy or do the legs he is calling out?? It's just too much! I gave it my honest, best effort. But I didn't last long. I was glad to see that his "girls" weren't as taught and trim as I remembered and they had as much sweat dripping off them as I did. (Granted, I think they probably heat up those work out rooms to get this exact effect, but still!)

I have decided to keep trying. I reminded myself that I was a C25K failure at the beginning too. Now, I have a PR of 35:xx! It just took lots of determination and hard work. As will conquering Tae Bo. I honestly don't know if I will be able to master any of these DVDs because I am not as quick or as limber as I was almost 6 years ago...but I want to give it my best and eventually make it through an entire video. (Even if I'm going at half speed on some parts). Wish me luck! (haha!)

Oh, and I know I have severly neglected this blog...with moving and unpacking and learning how to be a stay at home Momma, I wasn't doing anything good. I've been eating ice cream and other snacks at will, no exercise, etc. However! I weighed myself this morning and I'm at 181.4! How that happened I may never know- unless God is giving me an early Mother's Day present in hopes of it kicking me into high gear to get back on track! And I believe it worked! Here's to healthier eating choices and some level of exercise every day! (Again..haha)

Go! St. Louis 5k

This past Saturday was such a great day! A group of friends and I all met bright and sun-shiney early to drive over to STL together for our 5k race. I decided a few weeks ago that I wasn't going to "push" myself for a new PR because I had originally signed up to do this race as encouragement for a dear friend who was trying to lose weight and had just started the C25K training.

She and another friend worked hard for weeks before the race, and were up to 25 minutes of straight running with the schedule showing 30 minutes straight on race day. We had a blast! Our end time was right at 40:xx which is about 4 minutes better than my first race! I was so proud of her- she really pushed herself to keep going and made it about 2.25 miles in the 30 minutes. Then we did walking then jogging intervals until the 3 mile marker and then she practically sprinted to the finish line!

Here's a group shot (we are missing one lady...)

Note our totally awesome matching shirts!! (Elise joined our running group after they had already been purchased...sorry friend!) The front says "You don't have to be fast..." and the back says "You just have to be movin'! -Jon G" Love them! Perfect motto for our group! (O:

After our race, we hung out for a while before the 50 Yard Dash that two of my friends' sons took part in. They were so stinking cute I can't even tell you! My heart felt like it was literally breaking when all these cute kids took turns dashing towards the finish line. These two were, of course, my favorites! (O:

Leland and Jaxon before their race (I love that every bib has the #1!)

So cool with their shades on (O:

Waiting with their Mommas/Running Buddies for their turn.

(Sorry you aren't looking Elise- this is the best one I had of the group!)

Jax is so proud of his medal!! (O:

(Again, sorry Elise- Leland wanted nothing to do with me after

the race...so no medal picture for him) :-(

Something I LOVE

In case you didn't already know this about me, I LOVE the Gap and Old Navy and shopping online. Yes, all of the above= potentially deadly combination. Well, the other day I got an email from one of these stores about one of their other lines: Athleta. Awesomeness!! The prices are I guess about average, maybe a little high, for athletic gear. But, they have this one skirt that I am completely drooling over currently.

The best part- they offer TALL sizes. Not that I need to use those sizes because I'm tall...but I have read several reviews of ladies saying they order the tall for a little extra coverage. I can't decide if I really love this pattern, or if I'm too plain for it and should just go for the black one. Either way, it's not like I'm getting one any time soon...$60 isn't exactly my idea of a deal. Maybe I can save it for a fun birthday gift to myself! (O:

Anyway, just thought I would share!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Weight: 180 (How I kept from gaining weight this weekend is well beyond my comprehension!!)

Breakfast: Special K cereal bar, grapes and 2 brownie bites (they were calling out to me while I was on my way to work...I gave in, but now I'm DONE WITH THEM!! The rest are for my coworkers) (O:

Lunch: Applebee's Oriental Grilled Chicken Salad. I'm sure it's not GREAT for me, but at least it's not Easy Mac and chips from the basement...haha

Exercise: None planned for today, maybe a walk if the weather is nice after work.

Friday, March 26, 2009

Weight: 181

Breakfast: cold, leftover pizza. (Not the best, I know. But I was running late and it was in the fridge at work...)

Lunch: leftover salmon and rice. Yummy!!

Snack: Kashi peanut peanut butter chewy granola bar

Drinks: 2 sodas (both diet) and 1 bottle of water (20 oz bottle)

Exercise...I feel the itch for a run, but I'm not sure if it will happen...

Another Thursday, another bad decision or two.

Jaime did better this week about keeping me accountable. So here I am, telling you that I suck.

Weight: 183 (I HATE THE 80'S!!! Come on people. Maybe a fast will help...)

I have not been making good food decisions, let's just leave it at that for now.

Although, we did have salmon and rice w/broccoli last night. I am very surprised and somewhat impressed with myself how much I love salmon. We get this blackened salmon from Sam's Club and the seasoning is so good on it I can eat it without any sauce or anything! Yummy!

I hardly ran at all on Tuesday...only ran 1/2 mile and walked 2 1/2 miles. I don't know what it is about Tuesdays that makes me lazy. I mean, I hit a new PR of 35:45 at the 5k last Saturday, and then gave up after 1/2 mile on Tuesday?? I gave the blame to the nice weather. It was 70 degrees and I was in pants and a SS shirt. Too much sleeve for me and the pants were killing me. Plus, everything was either falling down (pants) or sliding up (shirts). Talk about a loss of concentration.

Anyway, I'm not in a great mood today, so I have nothing encouraging to add. Hope you all are doing better than I am. Hopefully I'll be better tomorrow!

PMS.

I have (embarassingly) been on an eating binge today. I mean, BAD. I had Special K for breakfast, promptly followed by a small brownie and then an Otis Spunkmeyer cookie. Lunch I had some pasta with tomato sauce, not so bad. Until you add the caramel candy bar I purchased from someone's grandson and a Fanta soda. It took me until right now, 3:34 and almost done with my chips & salsa/cheese dip mixture to realize I have been pigging out due to PMS.

I'm stressed and I'm crabby.

I feel like eating and I'm not even sorry.

I probably will be when I see the scale tomorrow, but for now, I don't care.