592 at interval training HIIT style class
382 lifting back and chest
hoping to get a run in for a cool 1500 burned today, and well because i have to get some mileage in before 13.1 miles comes along.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Comp is over what is next? Well how about 100 days of fitness challenge...
well another competition has come and gone and this time I got slaughtered. I went in thinking my body was pretty mid-level and well it wasn't. I didn't come in last, but it was close. A 34 year old can't compete with an 18 yr old unless they have fantastic genes and well I don't. I fought for every muscle I had. I fought for every ounce of fat I lost and muscle I gained. I fought not to eat the crap or drink the beer. I put up a good fight, but in the end I took a 1...2 to the jaw followed by a hook. So, to be down and out or just to be down. Well, I am getting back up. It has been advised that I don't compete in March, but we will see. My legs and rear need a miracle and that isn't going to happen in 4 weeks so I may just lay off for a bit. But if you know me well or know me at all, I have a plan and here it is....
The 100 DAY fitness challenge. For the next 100 days, I will workout for at least 30 minutes, will you? Join me and see what kind of goals you can achieve in a little over 3 months. So I started today but you can start tomorrow..there is no off day. I think we can all find time for at least a 30 minute walk/run everyday. Some days are super intense, others we just need to find it just to get in a little cardio. I am here to cheer you on, post your workouts everyday on the blog. Let's get this and make the summer of 2011, your best ever.
Day One:
March 1st
Cardio 1-spinning 50 minutes (471 cal burned)
Lifting-62 minutes (460 cal burned)
The 100 DAY fitness challenge. For the next 100 days, I will workout for at least 30 minutes, will you? Join me and see what kind of goals you can achieve in a little over 3 months. So I started today but you can start tomorrow..there is no off day. I think we can all find time for at least a 30 minute walk/run everyday. Some days are super intense, others we just need to find it just to get in a little cardio. I am here to cheer you on, post your workouts everyday on the blog. Let's get this and make the summer of 2011, your best ever.
Day One:
March 1st
Cardio 1-spinning 50 minutes (471 cal burned)
Lifting-62 minutes (460 cal burned)
Monday, January 31, 2011
wow...i totally forgot to blog
Well, I read a bunch of different blogs often times looking for inspiration and motivation to get my hindtail in gear. Other times, I am just reading and hoping that someone else has struggled with something that I have struggled with....I read a blog called Laylagrace which is about a child who died of cancer last year, it makes me cry everytime that I read it because it updates on a continual basis about other children fighting that terrible disease, it is like a car wreck I am sucked in and can't stop reading but when I am done I am so thankful for my children's health. I try to be inspiring, but sometimes well a great deal of time, I just have enough in my tank to motivate myself to get moving and not eat that cookie.
Well, the northern is 4 weeks out and a half marathon is 7 weeks out and another fitness show is 8 weeks out...my goal is to do them all, but I also have that MOM thing going on and a few duties as the pre-school president and other various tasks I have said yes to, when I really should have said no. My mom was always at school and volunteered countless hours, then she taught fitness classes at night (where I was supposed to do my homework, but didn't and watched her teach)....so I guess I have this vision that I need to volunteer everywhere. The thing is my mom only had one kid and well I have two and my time at the schools is more time than I counted on...anyway I need to learn to say NO but that is another blog for another day.
I actually have been meaning to take some time to reflect on my 5 1/2 years teaching StrollerFit classes. I can't believe it's over, it is very surreal, but at the same time it is a HUGE weight lifted off of my back. It is one less thing I need to worry about on a daily basis and I am so excited that I won't have to remember not to forget to send in my royalties...which is soooo very nice. What I do miss is the women that I have taught and their children that I have watched grow into school aged students. I only hope that I have at least inspired one of those women to put fitness on their priority list and I really hope that I have allowed the moms to set very positive healthy examples for their children. Without StrollerFit, I would have been lost after the birth of Jake. It was what I did, I threw everything into it and made some great friends but also lost a few during the journey. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything, although I would love to have traded some of the headaches that it sometimes caused, in the end I hope that each student that I ever taught gained just a little from their time in Strollerfit.
Now, I am 4 weeks out from this show, I am way better off than I was last time and know what to expect (especially when getting spray tanned). This one is a "home game" for me so I will get to sleep in my bed and do my own thing, hotels aren't my gig and being alone last time made me want to puke. I know what to experience backstage, thank god for Erin Rhoades (check out her blog The Rhoade(s) to fitness) because her humor and her ability to bikini bite was so reassuring. She listened to me ramble on when I was nervous and I won't ever be able to tell her in words how encouraging she was that day and night. And let's attack the monkey in the room, the half marathon, yes I am nuts and for those fitness purists, I am sure you are saying what in the heck are you doing trying to train for both...well the truth is that my body loves cardio and looks better when I do a good deal of it, so training for the race doing sprint sets for miles and miles has actually been a great thing for me. So, again we will see how this goes and hope not to come in last place (I came too darn close last time). Thanks to all who have suffered in this journey with me, your support means a ton but we all know I am not great at showing emotion, just know that I really appreciate it...really really really appreciate it.
Praying for no ice tomorrow so I can train, if not my trainer Jake(age 6) will make sure that my cardio and weights are done because in his words of wisdom "mom, you don't want to look bad for your show."
Well, the northern is 4 weeks out and a half marathon is 7 weeks out and another fitness show is 8 weeks out...my goal is to do them all, but I also have that MOM thing going on and a few duties as the pre-school president and other various tasks I have said yes to, when I really should have said no. My mom was always at school and volunteered countless hours, then she taught fitness classes at night (where I was supposed to do my homework, but didn't and watched her teach)....so I guess I have this vision that I need to volunteer everywhere. The thing is my mom only had one kid and well I have two and my time at the schools is more time than I counted on...anyway I need to learn to say NO but that is another blog for another day.
I actually have been meaning to take some time to reflect on my 5 1/2 years teaching StrollerFit classes. I can't believe it's over, it is very surreal, but at the same time it is a HUGE weight lifted off of my back. It is one less thing I need to worry about on a daily basis and I am so excited that I won't have to remember not to forget to send in my royalties...which is soooo very nice. What I do miss is the women that I have taught and their children that I have watched grow into school aged students. I only hope that I have at least inspired one of those women to put fitness on their priority list and I really hope that I have allowed the moms to set very positive healthy examples for their children. Without StrollerFit, I would have been lost after the birth of Jake. It was what I did, I threw everything into it and made some great friends but also lost a few during the journey. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything, although I would love to have traded some of the headaches that it sometimes caused, in the end I hope that each student that I ever taught gained just a little from their time in Strollerfit.
Now, I am 4 weeks out from this show, I am way better off than I was last time and know what to expect (especially when getting spray tanned). This one is a "home game" for me so I will get to sleep in my bed and do my own thing, hotels aren't my gig and being alone last time made me want to puke. I know what to experience backstage, thank god for Erin Rhoades (check out her blog The Rhoade(s) to fitness) because her humor and her ability to bikini bite was so reassuring. She listened to me ramble on when I was nervous and I won't ever be able to tell her in words how encouraging she was that day and night. And let's attack the monkey in the room, the half marathon, yes I am nuts and for those fitness purists, I am sure you are saying what in the heck are you doing trying to train for both...well the truth is that my body loves cardio and looks better when I do a good deal of it, so training for the race doing sprint sets for miles and miles has actually been a great thing for me. So, again we will see how this goes and hope not to come in last place (I came too darn close last time). Thanks to all who have suffered in this journey with me, your support means a ton but we all know I am not great at showing emotion, just know that I really appreciate it...really really really appreciate it.
Praying for no ice tomorrow so I can train, if not my trainer Jake(age 6) will make sure that my cardio and weights are done because in his words of wisdom "mom, you don't want to look bad for your show."
Monday, December 27, 2010
8 weeks and not so motivated....
so the next show is 8 weeks out...not motivated, not motivated, not motivated. I have been going to the gym, my diet has been well mediocre and I am in a better place than I was 8 weeks out from the last show, but OMG I can't tell you how I wish that I had someone to train with....it was a HUGE mistake not to join team fitbody this time. At least with that, I knew I had to face Julie every four weeks and I really didn't want to disappoint her...now it is only me that has to hold me accontable and I am not doing a very good job of it. However, I am going to sign up to compete and hope to god that motivation comes in the form of a very small bikini...lord let's hope so....I have been blessed to meet some awesome and when I say awesome I mean truly awesome women in this journey and I would like to spend some stage time with them so I will find inspiration somewhere....and I will get out of my sweatpants even though they are super comfy. :)
Raising Jake...
I was trying to blog more often, trying to inspire more people and then Christmas, Jake's birthday and the endless family gatherings, late nights and gift wrapping have left me with an awful cold and sore throat...but I would be a really bad mom if I didn't blog about my favorite 6 yr old and his b-day.
Jake was born in a snow storm on December 23rd, 2004, he was the very very best Christmas present a mom could ask for and he has been my sidekick since day one. After Jake was born, I returned to work for about 6 months and then decided to quit and be a stay at home mom. Ok...so we don't stay home much. Jake was a super shopper, went with me to StrollerFit class, attended corporate meetings at strollerfit and was and still is a very low key kiddo. The best part about raising Jake is often times I think he is raising me. We have kind of grown up together. We have made and lost some friends and we have gone through some terrible stuff (death of Great Grandpa and our beloved dog, Gunner to name a few).
When I started training for the fitness competition, Jake was the first one to tell EVERYONE, that his mom was going to do a fitness show. I think that his teacher thought I was a stripper, I am sure the kids in his class told their parents who have no clue what to think about me, I told no one and Jake told everyone...he was proud of his mom. He would be my conscious when I was eating and told me more than once "if you eat that you may look big at your show." Raising Jake has been a pleasure and a pain, when his heart breaks so does mine and when he succeeds it is inspiring. I really don't know what I have done for god to bless me with Jake. He is a wonderful little boy who at the age of 6 has some pretty lofty goals in life and is more determined than most teenagers. He has a kind heart and a passion to be the best and it is my pleasure to be his mom. Happy birthday Jake, six is going to be a great year.
Jake was born in a snow storm on December 23rd, 2004, he was the very very best Christmas present a mom could ask for and he has been my sidekick since day one. After Jake was born, I returned to work for about 6 months and then decided to quit and be a stay at home mom. Ok...so we don't stay home much. Jake was a super shopper, went with me to StrollerFit class, attended corporate meetings at strollerfit and was and still is a very low key kiddo. The best part about raising Jake is often times I think he is raising me. We have kind of grown up together. We have made and lost some friends and we have gone through some terrible stuff (death of Great Grandpa and our beloved dog, Gunner to name a few).
When I started training for the fitness competition, Jake was the first one to tell EVERYONE, that his mom was going to do a fitness show. I think that his teacher thought I was a stripper, I am sure the kids in his class told their parents who have no clue what to think about me, I told no one and Jake told everyone...he was proud of his mom. He would be my conscious when I was eating and told me more than once "if you eat that you may look big at your show." Raising Jake has been a pleasure and a pain, when his heart breaks so does mine and when he succeeds it is inspiring. I really don't know what I have done for god to bless me with Jake. He is a wonderful little boy who at the age of 6 has some pretty lofty goals in life and is more determined than most teenagers. He has a kind heart and a passion to be the best and it is my pleasure to be his mom. Happy birthday Jake, six is going to be a great year.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Bitter, not the the new black!
Are you green with envy or bitter because someone has something you don't have...I am sure everyone just said ummm yep. But who wants to admit it? Not very many of us.
I will be honest, I get bitter pretty easily and it is one of my work in progress things. Better cars, bigger houses, fitter bodies, smaller jeans, bigger trust funds (ok let's be honest any trust fund), there are a thousand things everyday that I think man, I just wish I had what she has and then I think to something a trusted friend told me awhile ago. I asked her to kindly remind me to be thankful of my husband and she said in her very wise ways "do your kids ever ask you if their daddy will recognize them in heaven?" Yes, she is a widow and a very wise one indeed. She puts a lot of things into perspective for me, actually a ton of things. But me being bitter, envious, jealous whatever adjective you would like to throw in there is very often brought back to reality because of my dear friend.
In the season of giving and receiving, the true meanings of lots of things are lost. I will be bitter because a friend got a new car, a diamond ring, boobs, whatever for Christmas and I got sweat pants (yes, this did happen one year). But to be very honest, after careful examination I bet someone is envious of me because I got my sweatpants from a kind husband in a warm home on a great Christmas morning. We all try to keep up with the Jones' and often lose sight of what we truly need versus want in life. It is counterproductive, a total energy suck to be bitter about someone having more than you. First, you don't know how they got it or if they are in dept to their eyeballs for it and for those things you can't buy (fitness etc) you don't know how often those folks are in the gym or what they eat or if they are genetically inclined to be fit.
I will be very honest, recently I heard a story of someone I knew in a former life having plastic surgery....I was pissed. But why did I care, did I think she may look better than I did? Maybe she will, but I can hang my hat on the fact that my body is the way it is because I work my rearend off, not because I decide to go under the knife and not put in the work. And in the end, I have to be proud of what I am able to accomplish.
There will always be someone with more than you. Trust me. There is no golden egg to having everything we want. The trick is to be happy with what you have and making the best life possible. Bitterness is a nasty sour drink, there is no need to take any part in it. Let it go, remove yourself from those things that make you bitter and be THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE. It is a hard adult lesson and even at 33, I don't have it mastered but I am getting better. Remember this holiday season to be very thankful for what you have, there are people who would love to be you, you just don't realize that because often times we are trying to be someone else.
Stay away from the crap food and do some cardio.....:)
Happy holidays.
I will be honest, I get bitter pretty easily and it is one of my work in progress things. Better cars, bigger houses, fitter bodies, smaller jeans, bigger trust funds (ok let's be honest any trust fund), there are a thousand things everyday that I think man, I just wish I had what she has and then I think to something a trusted friend told me awhile ago. I asked her to kindly remind me to be thankful of my husband and she said in her very wise ways "do your kids ever ask you if their daddy will recognize them in heaven?" Yes, she is a widow and a very wise one indeed. She puts a lot of things into perspective for me, actually a ton of things. But me being bitter, envious, jealous whatever adjective you would like to throw in there is very often brought back to reality because of my dear friend.
In the season of giving and receiving, the true meanings of lots of things are lost. I will be bitter because a friend got a new car, a diamond ring, boobs, whatever for Christmas and I got sweat pants (yes, this did happen one year). But to be very honest, after careful examination I bet someone is envious of me because I got my sweatpants from a kind husband in a warm home on a great Christmas morning. We all try to keep up with the Jones' and often lose sight of what we truly need versus want in life. It is counterproductive, a total energy suck to be bitter about someone having more than you. First, you don't know how they got it or if they are in dept to their eyeballs for it and for those things you can't buy (fitness etc) you don't know how often those folks are in the gym or what they eat or if they are genetically inclined to be fit.
I will be very honest, recently I heard a story of someone I knew in a former life having plastic surgery....I was pissed. But why did I care, did I think she may look better than I did? Maybe she will, but I can hang my hat on the fact that my body is the way it is because I work my rearend off, not because I decide to go under the knife and not put in the work. And in the end, I have to be proud of what I am able to accomplish.
There will always be someone with more than you. Trust me. There is no golden egg to having everything we want. The trick is to be happy with what you have and making the best life possible. Bitterness is a nasty sour drink, there is no need to take any part in it. Let it go, remove yourself from those things that make you bitter and be THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE. It is a hard adult lesson and even at 33, I don't have it mastered but I am getting better. Remember this holiday season to be very thankful for what you have, there are people who would love to be you, you just don't realize that because often times we are trying to be someone else.
Stay away from the crap food and do some cardio.....:)
Happy holidays.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Can it be done?
Well, December is here and I am hoping that I can stay fit during the holidays. Also, during this holiday season, I am going to be doing some training...a whole lot of training. So, I have been asking myself can this be done and can it be done without half assing the entire thing I hope so...with a little faith, a whole lot of discipline and an injury free winter then yes, I think it can be done. So, her is the plan. A bikini comp in late Feb and late March. Possibly one in April and a sub 2 hr flying pig half marathon. Hmmm...it that there is Christmas, Jake's bday, my bday and a number of parties etc. Can I stay on track. I hope so.
I want to say this....I started the bikini competition journey about 3 months ago and it was the best thing I have ever done for ME. Yes, I did it for ME. How many moms need to do something for themselves....do it now. You need to do it now. You will be a better mom if you have time for you. I also in this journey have met some very nice, totally awesome, so very positive and goal oriented people. This journey was meant to be and it was meant to be for me. Some moms think what I do is selfish. I put the kids in the gym daycare for about 1.5 hours a day. But for me, I am with them well let's see 22.5 hours for the rest of the day so I'm not feeling guilty. I did feel really bad in the beginning, but guess what my kids love the childcare, they enjoy it. I as a mom have never missed a school function or a pick up because of my training, I have skipped a few birthday parties to avoid the party food, but that is it.
In short, hopefully this blog will help anyone get motivated. Hopefully, it will help moms not feel guilty about taking time out for YOU, and hopefully it will entertain some of you.
Thanks for reading and I am sure I will be back soon.
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