Day 4 Bootcamp!

So today was our first day outside for bootcamp and I LOVED IT!! It was a bit cold at first but we started running and I felt great!  It was such a workout compared to indoors.  This time I was wishing it was over 15 minutes before it was.  I liked how we used the playground equipment for pull-ups and sit-ups.  The best thing about the workout though was when we would do a work-out on the ball I could stare up at the black sky with grey clouds and shimmering stars!!!  It was so relaxing at the same time as difficult to do.    The unfortunate thing about this morning was my weigh-in..... up 2.3 lbs. I will have to say that most of the week I could not stop snacking! I find that when my husband isn't home and I'm just hanging by myself that I eat RIDICULOUS amounts of food.  I did alot of reading this weekend about clean eating and would like to try it, but I didn't have enough food to try it this weekend.  So today I am going to try and get as many food items that I can that can stay in my car while I work (our health food store is about 30 minutes away, where I am working at this morning).  I will go on my lunch break and hopefully get a few items.  I don't think it will be that hard for me to change, I already prefer whole wheat products and cooking my own meals.  But I think what will be difficult is the grab and go foods. So wish me luck and send me any advice you can!

Bootcamp Day 2 & 3

Day 2 (a little late) was pretty much the same as Day 1 but EASIER!! We ended almost 15 minutes early this time, I thought it was crazy. So not much to say about that....

Day 3, well I skipped it.  I accidentally doubled up on my dose of allergy meds... and then slept straight through my alarm clock for bootcamp AND work! So I asked the trainer to let me know what they did so that I could do it the next morning at the gym, I was sad I missed the circuit training day. Thinking maybe it would be a challenge!  So I did 45 minutes of cardio, 10 push ups, 25 sit ups, and 1 minute of jump roping.    Repeat this twice with only 1 minute break in between.  That was difficult to do! Only the push ups and sit ups since my arm strength isn't what it should be.  But that was my day 3!

Bootcamp Day 1

Hello... after a VERY LONG rest from both the blogging world and the healthy eating/working out world I am back.  I just started a bootcamp through the city.  For the start of bootcamp we were suppose to begin with a detox (48 hours of almonds/pomegranate juice/spinach salads) but because I didn't sign up until yesterday the instructor suggested I wait until week 3/4 to do the detox since I will need my strength to get through the workouts.  So last night I went out with a bang and ate 2 slices of ok pizza.  I wish it would have been homemade I would have made it better but after a long day of installing can lights delivery was all I could handle.  This morning after my workout my instructor took my measurements and I didn't see them all but I took a glimpse at a couple of them.  Weight: 138.8 :( :( :( waist: 35.5, thighs: 22, calves: 12.5.  I am going to ask my instructor to send me the rest of my measurements and I will update my blog with them later.

So the first day went... ok....  I don't consider myself unfit and I don't consider myself a fit person.  I would say I'm in the middle.  But this morning was a little easy.  Maybe it was because their were ladies of all ages in the class, maybe because it was the first day, I don't know but it did seem a little easy.  She did say that this morning was the only day that she would take time from class to stretch, other days it would be our responsibility to stretch after class on our own time since she only has 60 minutes with us.  I may regret saying this but I am hoping that things get a little more "bootcamp".  The hardest part of the day was getting up and out of the house before 5 am.

This class is 3 days a week so I will update you all after each session hopefully and let you know how I am doing!