"pretend you're picking something up with your breasts"

so today was bootcamp day #1. got there early... the lady who runs it is soooo nice. i really like her. i thought MAYBE she was 35, but didn't peg her to have a 26 year old and a 15 year old! i expected her to be more rough based on her pics on the website, but she's not. she's so nice.

there are 4 new people in the class (and about 15 returning). the first week, they are separating us. (or maybe just the first 2 days, i'm not sure.) so the 4 of us were outside... we did a warm up (errr... that was a WORKOUT, not a warm up!) and then did our sets for the day. lots of pushups, lots of squats, lots of lunges. lots of crunches.

i can't do pushups. i just can't. one of the things i've heard is that by the end of bootcamp, everyone can do them. i really am looking forward to that. anyway, while doing modified pushups (on my knees, as the others were, too), i was struggling. the instructor came over to me and said, "pretend you're picking something up with your breasts" hahaha! fortunately, they're understanding that it might not be possible for us to all go all the way down. in addition to the normal pushups, we had to make a diamond with our hands and go down. then we had to extend our arms and do it. oy!

we did those running in place things where you have your hands on the ground... laying on your back and doing bicycling while alternating elbows to knees... superman!! (lay on your stomach and lift up your arms/legs like you're superman flying)

worked with those bands to do arm curls, too. the bands where you hold it down with your feet. i'm sure there are plenty of more things we can do.

we did jumping jacks, running in place while doing knee lifts... so much more i know i'm forgetting.

anyway, it was HARD. i was sweating like a pig. didn't help that i lost my hair thing early on and there was 98% humidity. i was able to do most of everything, so that was good. i did some things slower than others (though they don't mind... it's not a scary bootcamp where they tell you to push push push until you drop). but i still did them!

i got pretty queasy toward the end, but no puke. the instructor said most of the people who throw up are men they can't handle going from strenght to cardio and back. she said it's mostly fit men... ones you wouldn't expect. so that was nice.
i've learned that a banana is NOT a good option for me to eat before bootcamp though. i'll try something different on wednesday.

i don't think i'll be too sore, thankfully. i have a ton of energy today, but that could be from the 20oz mountain dew that i had on the way there, too. (B1 woke up for about 2 hours last night! and B2 woke up, too)

two of the returning people were BIG. they're a couple and i give them great kudos for going. if i weighed that much, i don't think i could do it. hell, they could probably run circles around me right now

one of the other new people was a little big... smaller than me, but still big. the other was skinny (though apparently not in THAT great of shape!) and the other an older lady.

the instructor who worked with the bands with us wasn't as nice as the other. they both are the owners and might be married? not really sure. anyway... i don't think he's mean, he's just not friendly.
when we started working with the bands, i chose the medium one. we got to one exercise and i couldn't do it, so i went to get another.. he insisted that i COULD and came to help me. um, ok... then found that i couldn't. uh yeah, dude.. i'm not being a wimp. i just can't do it like that. i don't know if has an attitude or if he's just the strong silent type. his blue eyes are piercing though and made me uneasy. He was in the military for 20+ years... so yeah. that's where the bootcamp aspect comes in, I guess.

the nice instructor won't be there wednesday so i'm a bit nervous.

i really don't know how well i'm goign to do with this. part of me screams, "of COURSE you can do it!" the other is screaming, "are you NUTS??"
one thing i DO know is that i'm tired of looking like i do. so if that means i need to do bootcamp to jumpstart things, that's the way it'll be!

one nice thing is that bootcamp also incorporates healthy eating. they gave us tons of info and next week there's a meeting with a dietician (monday night... got a sitter!) i *think* the dietician is the personal trainer i was working with! she's just awesome.

ok, enough for today. :D