So I finally am taking a few minutes to jot down a thought or two. The past few weeks have been flying bye at an unbelievable rate. I can't believe it is March 15th today. I am determined to catch up on the days I missed writing if for no other reason than to prove to myself I can finish something I start. I'm really good at that...starting something and not finishing, but this time, I am determined to complete this writing adventure right along with the Challenge. I will keep posting them, until I am caught up. I took notes, and even have kept notes in my very fancy phone. I have an iPhone 4 that is much smarter than I am, but that is another story for another day, and it has a yellow note pad that I type on...pretty cool...! The end of this HCC adventure is in two weeks already, and I don't think I'm ready. My sister told me at the beginning that she looked forward to the day when I am working out not because I have to, but because I want to...well...here it is. I absolutely enjoy working out, and look forward to doing it. Sometimes I am leery of the workout it itself, but not of working out. I like the feel of the sweat pouring off my face into my neck, running down my arms into the crease in my wrists, and cleansing me of the stuff I have filled my body with for so long. I enjoy being able to bend to shave my legs and not feel like I'm going to barf on my feet. It's the little things....
Now, moving on, before I tell you about today's workout, I want to tell you about the two weigh in days that have passed. Three Thursday's ago I came off a very small loss of .4lbs, putting me at 209.4lbs. My team was in first place in percentage of weight lost, and we had that awful boot camp workout. I felt really bad because, hooray we were in first place, but no thanks to me. I was determined to do better, so the next Thursday after working really hard, I weighed in and had lost 3lbs. putting me at 206.4lbs. I was very happy, and strangely, my team mate that had dropped nearly 10lbs the previous week, only dropped 1.4lbs. We managed to stay in first place though, but not by much, I think by less than 1/2%. Too close for my liking for sure. So skipping ahead to last Thursday, I was ready for the scale, but had felt heavy all week. I was eating better, and in addition to my workouts, I was doing extra miles on the elliptical machine every day also. In fact I logged an extra 11.5 miles in cardio work, so I was expecting at least a pound or two. Nope...not even close. I gained .4lbs. The little scale gal told me that basically I maintained my weight this week, but for the life of me I don't understand how. My team mates did very well, both of the guys lost 5lbs each and the other gal lost 2.6lbs. We really surged ahead on the board, still in first place, only a little bit more comfortably. And I helped zero...zilch...nada...zippo...not even a little bit. I was at 206.8lbs. There had to be another reason for me to be struggling.
On Saturday, Ron, talked to me about my stress level, and the hormone Cortisol. He said that he can tell when I am stressed out the moment I get to the gym because I don't shine. He said that as long as my body is stressed, and the cortisol has my metabolism at a stand still, I wont lose weight. Ron told me that as hard as I work out with him, plus the extra cardio, it is impossible for me to not lose weight, even if I was eating 2000+ calories a day. So here is my homework from him, I am to go someplace quiet, alone, and meditate on just breathing in and out slowly for 5 to 10 minutes a day, releasing the stress to release the cortisol, and allow my body to work. Every day so far he has asked me if I have relaxed and I since I haven't, I of course told him I have. I have been able to sleep a little better though so I hope that is enough.
Last night at the oh so hard workout we had, Ron told me that Tuesday's workout would bust loose that cortisol, and help get things happening for me. I thought about it all day and figured that he was going to have us do yoga again, but no sir, he had a completely different thing in mind. Welcome to Heck (I gave up cussing for Lent)...also known as H.I.T.S. "600 REP WORKOUT"
There was a new guy there that handed us a piece of paper when we walked in. We were to do the warm up, then we were to start at a station and do 50 - 25 - whatever number of reps he had beside it, as fast as we could. NOW GO!!!
RIGHT! I wanted to go home, but off we toddled to start the warm up, it went like this:
1/2 mile jog - 3 times around the habitrail track
10 HINDU Walkouts - aka...Walk outs (wheelbarrows by yourself)
20 Lying leg rotations each leg - except we stood up and did it (why?)
15 Partner resist-a-band shoulder prep - I missed this as I was still on the track
Walking lunges across the gym - Groucho like
Then came the workout that we were reminded to do as fast as possible:
50 Prison Squats - hands on head, squats to a slow 3 count down and up
50 Pushups - I was on my knees
50 Heavy rope waves - big anchor ropes tied to the wall you pick up and shake up and down
50 Pike situps - V-ups bringing your arms and legs into a V then down
50 Squat presses - Weighted bar across shoulders - mine 20 lbs
50 Inverted barbell rows - 20 lb bar - also known as upright rows
25 Lo plank to HI plank & back down - starting in plank position (on forearms and toes) you go to your hands then back down to your arms - that counts as one - 25 each side
25 Side crunches with leg lift - each side - on hip-raising torso and legs at angle (wanna bet) I did crunches
50 Barbell bicep curls - 20 lb bar - green end - this is new
50 Front kicks -each leg - by the wall swing leg back and forth - where did this come from???
50 Plyometric jumps (box) or Up & Over -I stepped up and down because I have a sore knee
from Tae Bo
25 Kettle bell or DB lateral raises - with 10 lb weight (smallest kettle bell is 20lbs)
25 Elevated feet triceps press up - Dips in a bench with your feet on the ground
50 Heavy medicine ball slams - 25 each side - slam the ball, catch it, make a circle above your head and repeat
We then had to tell him when we were done - my time 32:44 minutes - then 4 laps jogging around the habitrail track - then when we got back to the gym, we did a 2 minute plank hold, arms and toes. It was brutal. Not kidding, I had a pool of sweat under me when I got done with the plank. When the last member of my team got back to the gym, we all got back down and did an additional 2 minute plank so he wouldn't have to do it alone. I know he appreciated it. All things considered, and even though I was bone tired, it was a great workout. I didn't stay to do the extra cardio today, but I'm alright about that. I ate my atta girl apple on the way home and drank a bottle of water.
Tomorrow is a regular workout with Ron at six, but there is a spin class a little earlier...maybe that's how I'll meditate and de-stress..hummmm...
Kelly
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