Downward Dog magazine will NEVER see me on it :P

I keep fighting to get better at my poses and man does it ever hurt to try and twist the way Tony is asking me to when I still hurt so darn bad! I must say that I always feel so good when I am done the Yoga DVD though... my muscles are healing and almost singing today. I should mention that I have really had sore muscles BUT my joints have not been giving me a hard time... so maybe the treatments are working!! I still have my fingers crossed!

The YogaX DVD is too long for my morning workout... I am thinking about trying to find the Fountain of Youth Yoga DVD which, if I am not mistaken, is shorter. I want to include Yoga in my routine because I understand the importance... BUT I can not get up at 4am to get it in. Any other solutions?

My Mr. Wonderful does not see the need for Yoga and hates it so much that he ran a 5K this morning instead. He ran it in 36 minutes... he is my hero! He certainly had a much better calorie burn than I did but I got a better stretch in... we will see who gets better results.

So, I stood on the scale this morning and I gained ... I wonder if it isn't because my muscles are sore and retaining water??? Could that be the case??? Please tell me it is...

Anyway... tomorrow is Legs and Back followed by Kempo and then we are on to week two. I still haven't taken those before pics but I am going to charge my battery this weekend and take them. I will update regularly (at least every 30 days)

Make it a great day and I will update on Monday.

Super Sonic X-Style SORE

So yesterday morning I woke up so SORE that I just could not push play because I could not even WALK! I called it my day of rest and did my best to walk around. I used the walls to hold me up :P

This morning I got up when the alarm went off... hobbled around and got ready then went downstairs. So this morning was Shoulders, Bi and Tri (or shoulders and arms... not sure of the name). All I can say is that I was so wobbly when I tried to take my drink of water that I nearly spilled it. I am shaky still... in my arms and legs :P

That is all I can type this morning as I have a CRAZY day at work... make it a great one!

Oh yea, my stats:

Calories: 440
AVG HR: 125
Max HR: 163

It always amazes me...

... how much endurance I lose when I take a fitness "break". This morning I set the alarm for 4:45am and the timing was perfect. I was able to get up, wash up, brush my teeth, get dressed, get some water and was in the gym by 5:00. I pushed play and Mr. Wonderful and I were ready for a monster workout because I had put Plyometrics in the DVD player :o

Man, oh man I suck!! I have lost so much stamina and strength in this last hiatus! I think that it was worse this time because we were so down and out that we ate poorly too... I mean usually when we stop exercising we remain conscientious of our food intake but not this time!!! We ate terribly, did not exercise regularly and it shows.

Anyway, we finished the DVD but it was NOT pretty. I did realize that I think that I like this morning thing... I mean we burned more calories before 6am than most people burn all day. I like that even though I have a meeting tonight that I will not feel guilty for missing a workout. I like that if I have some extra energy to burn tonight I can get on the treadmill OR I can watch a show if I feel like it... I think that working out in the AM is the right way for ME to get er done.

Here are the stats:

Calories: 640
AVG HR: 146
Max HR: 173

On the food side of things:

Totals 1,419 218 31 69
Your Daily Goal 1,703 234 56 63
Remaining 284 16 25 -6
Calories Carbs Fat Protein

That is it for today folks, make it a great day!

Round two has begun...

and I am feeling so good about it! It is hard to get up early enough to get it all in so my Mr. Wonderful and I have to do ARX tonight because I AM NOT wimping out on the Abs portion of this round. I realized this morning that I will have to set the alarm for 4:30 to get it all in... so that is the plan for tomorrow morning.

I will update with all the facts and details a lil later in this post... for now just know that I have begun round two and I will complete it this time.

Also will update with before pics and will do updates weekly with photos (even though I am embarrassed a little about how much definition and strength that I have lost. I am doing that so that I may stay accountable. I am also trying to stick to the diet more this round... oh it is going to be GOOD!

Make it a great day!

Canadian Cancer Society: Relay for Life

I am proud to mention that I am the captain of the Relay for Life team this year and I look forward to organizing the team to relay for 12 hours, from 7pm to 7am to remind each of us that Cancer doesn't sleep...

If you would like to pledge some money to the event and help to fight against cancer, I would appreciate all your assistance.

Make it a great day!

Canadian Cancer Society:

1 infusion of Remicade = 12 hours of sleep!!

So my first infusion went well... I was nervous but it was all for nothing. The nurse was super sweet and she even made a pot of coffee for us. It was overall a calm and relaxing experience; however, when I finally got home I was exhausted, shivery and nauseous... it kinda freaked me out a bit because I worried that I was having a reaction from the meds. I went to bed at 6:30pm and awoke at 6:30am!!!! My Mr. Wonderful kept an eye on me and made sure that I was ok but I obviously just needed some rest. Apparently my lil Squeelie (Baby girl #2) came in and spoke to me but I heard NOTHING! I was dead to the world but woke up feeling GREAT! I am worried about starting my regular workouts back up but I am going to on Monday morning. Right now my workouts are sporadic and usually consist of treadmill running... but I am gearing up on Sunday to follow the P90x diet and we are going to take before pics on Sunday as well to really COMMIT! I have printed out calendars so that we can X off the days and see progress that way too. I may also post weekly pics to keep me accountable... if not here definitely on my wall in my gym. I am doing this better this time around and the results will be SICK... and if all goes well that will be the only thing that is SICK :P

Make it a great day!

Not a total FAIL :P

So, I had planned to get up and do Chest and Back... so I set the alarm for 5am and went to sleep. The alarm went off like 10 minutes after I went to sleep so I turned it off the second it went off. I then fell back to sleep and only woke up again at 5:30... so I laid there for a second thinking... I blew it. But then I thought that I could do something instead of feeling bad about doing nothing ... so I dragged my ass out of bed, washed up a little, pulled my hair back in a ponytail and went downstairs and hopped on the treadmill. I warmed up at 3.9MPH for five minutes and then I wanted to see how fast I could run my mile as I have a goal of a 10 minute mile. What I hadn't factored in is the fact that I have done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING over the past month and that was going to have an impact on my time. So I huffed and I puffed... then I slowed down for a bit, then I huffed and I puffed again then I started to cool down after my 12 minute and 22 second mile :P I suck!! I will get the 10 minute mile in before the end of the second week of working out... and I would put money on it.

Since I felt so good after doing my 20 minute treadmill program this morning I know that I have a renewed sense of myself... I WILL get up tomorrow morning at 5 and I will commit to not shutting of the darn alarm until my legs are out from under the covers. That is my commitment to me!

Following the lil run and my shower I got supper going in the crock pot and threw in a load of laundry. Then I vacuumed the floor downstairs... I felt like I could do anything! What a great feeling.

Make it a great day!

Oh, I almost forgot... I burned 291 calories this morning :D