DAY 1!

Alright! I did it! My day is over!! It didn't all go as planned, but I got it all done. The plan was to get up at 5am and workout, then get ready for school. Well that would have happened if I had fallen asleep a little earlier. I wasn't able to fall asleep until about 1-1:30am. So when the alarm went off at 5am and Lois told me to get out of bed and go work out I just rolled over and told her to let me sleep. I did work out though!!! After my long day at school I rushed over to pick Jimmy up from the sitter and then rushed home, changed my clothes and popped in the DVD.

Today's workouts were Chest & Back followed by Ab Ripper X. The Chest & Back DVD ran about an hour, while the Ab DVD ran just over 15 minutes. They weren't as bad as I thought they were going to be. Well, at least the first one wasn't. The Chest & Back workout was primarily pull-ups and push-ups. I never knew there were so many different types of push-ups. I wasn't able to keep up with everything that they did, but I was able to do all the exercises. I know that I will be sore tomorrow. I can feel it already.

When it came to the ab workout I struggled so much. Abs are one of my weakest group of muscles. The have me doing some of the weirdest things (monkey crunches) and for the longest amount of reps (25 of EVERYTHING). I wasn't able to keep up with them at all in this workout.

Some of you may be asking, "What about the diet?" Well, I'll tell you. I did it! I started my day with a boca sausage, mozzarella cheese english muffin with a banana. Then for my snack I had two things of string cheese (memo to self, it gives you bad breathe). For lunch I had two turkey burgers, plain and minus the buns. I also had strawberries. Yes, I said STRAWBERRIES! They were okay. Then for dinner I attempted to eat a spinach, cucumber, cherry tomato, pine nut and goat cheese salad with a vinaigrette dressing. I was able to get down a bite and a half. I think it was the dressing. I didn't get far enough to try the tomatoes or cucumbers. I did like the spinach and goat cheese, so that's a step in the right direction. After the salad, Jamie made a REALLY good tilapia with parsley and shredded carrots. I ate all of that! For an after dinner snack I had some turkey jerky. It tastes pretty much the same as regular beef jerky, it's just better for you.

So all-in-all the day went pretty good. I am 100% worn out and will probably go right to bed after I finish this posting. My goal tomorrow is to get up at 5am and workout. It will just be easier because I have play practice tomorrow night again and then I won't have to rush home, workout, eat dinner, and rush to play practice.

The workout for tomorrow is Plyometrics. Plyometrics in simplest terms is cardio. I will define it better after I actually do it. I've been told that this is probably the hardest of the 12 videos. Plus with my asthma I need to be careful, so I will make sure to pace myself.

See you tomorrow!