As part of bootcamp, they offer dietary guidance for losing weight. On Monday evening, a dietitian (my personal trainer!) will meet with us to discuss how to eat properly.
With our materials package, included was a food journal with goals worksheet. The instructor has offered to help us keep on track my looking at how we eat and offer up suggestions. She's a very nice lady who truly wants everyone to be healthy.
I've been eating a lot better lately, but I know there's still room for a lot of improvement.
My issue is this... Do I take it one step at a time and focus on exercise right now? Or do I jump in completely and make the biggest life change I've ever made, next to children, of course.
I just don't know what to do. Ideally, I'd jump in 100%, but I'm so scared of failing.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
"Does my fat ass make my ass look fat?"
I made it through the first week! Woo hoo!!!
I got there today and S. (who is a newbie, too) told me that when she got there, she saw 2 girls throwing up in the parking lot after they'd done the session before ours. Uhhhh. NICE! Totally scared us both!
It was our first day mixed in with those who have done bootcamp before. They tell us to divide up into groups of 4, newbies must mix in with the others. The girl next to me and I paired up, then another newbie and another not-newbie joined us. Scared that we'd get "in trouble" for having 2 newbies, I left the group. And I went to another... the "fat group". I mentioned them before, I think. It's an older man and his wife. And possibly their older son??? Not sure. All I know is, they canNOT run circles around me! The couple was very nice. The other guy was an ass. And lazy, interestingly enough. Which is why I think it might be their son.. They might be making him go. Not quite sure.
Anyway... we did circut stuff today. Six stations, 2 different things per station. One minute per thing at each station.
Station 1
a) Step over things... there was a platform and we had to step/step-jump over it.
b) With one of those band things attached to the wall and extended pretty far, we'd lean into it and pull back with our backs. (that makes NO sense, i know)
Station 2 - Kettlebells
a) Suitcase lifts. Pretend 2 kettlebells are 2 suitcases. Lift with legs.
b) Swings. Raise kettlebells, swing back between legs.
Station 3
a) Push ups. Five each of regular, diamond (making your hands in a shape of a diamond), and arms apart. Repeat.
b) Rope climbs. Laying on your back, grab rope in front of you and pull your entire body up to a standing position using only your arms. Then lower yourself back down. The first time I was only able to do it once. The second time, I got up 3 times! And boy do I have the rope burn to prove it!
Station 4
a) Bicycles. Lay on your back and bicycle your legs. Arms behind your head, make elbows touch knees as bicycling.
b) Superman! Back extensions. Laying on your stomach, act like you're flying like Superman.
Station 5
a) Steps and lunges. Step up, step down and lunge. Fun.
b) Firehose run/pull. Starts with the firehose in a pile. Take one in and hold it... Run until it is all pulled out. Then grab it and pull it all back to you. Repeat.
Station 6
a) Jumping Jacks (do I need to explain these?)
b) Ring curls. Using rings that are attached to the ceiling by rope, grab and pull out so you're standing at an angle. Do arm curls with your hands/rings meeting your forehead.
Repeat as long as time allows!
The Fat Group really wasn't that great. I was the most fit, which is kinda sad. OK, so maybe the husband and I were about the same. But still.. kudos to them!!
Looking forward to Monday!
Oh. And while it was very intense and it was hard... It wasn't puke worthy!
I got there today and S. (who is a newbie, too) told me that when she got there, she saw 2 girls throwing up in the parking lot after they'd done the session before ours. Uhhhh. NICE! Totally scared us both!
It was our first day mixed in with those who have done bootcamp before. They tell us to divide up into groups of 4, newbies must mix in with the others. The girl next to me and I paired up, then another newbie and another not-newbie joined us. Scared that we'd get "in trouble" for having 2 newbies, I left the group. And I went to another... the "fat group". I mentioned them before, I think. It's an older man and his wife. And possibly their older son??? Not sure. All I know is, they canNOT run circles around me! The couple was very nice. The other guy was an ass. And lazy, interestingly enough. Which is why I think it might be their son.. They might be making him go. Not quite sure.
Anyway... we did circut stuff today. Six stations, 2 different things per station. One minute per thing at each station.
Station 1
a) Step over things... there was a platform and we had to step/step-jump over it.
b) With one of those band things attached to the wall and extended pretty far, we'd lean into it and pull back with our backs. (that makes NO sense, i know)
Station 2 - Kettlebells
a) Suitcase lifts. Pretend 2 kettlebells are 2 suitcases. Lift with legs.
b) Swings. Raise kettlebells, swing back between legs.
Station 3
a) Push ups. Five each of regular, diamond (making your hands in a shape of a diamond), and arms apart. Repeat.
b) Rope climbs. Laying on your back, grab rope in front of you and pull your entire body up to a standing position using only your arms. Then lower yourself back down. The first time I was only able to do it once. The second time, I got up 3 times! And boy do I have the rope burn to prove it!
Station 4
a) Bicycles. Lay on your back and bicycle your legs. Arms behind your head, make elbows touch knees as bicycling.
b) Superman! Back extensions. Laying on your stomach, act like you're flying like Superman.
Station 5
a) Steps and lunges. Step up, step down and lunge. Fun.
b) Firehose run/pull. Starts with the firehose in a pile. Take one in and hold it... Run until it is all pulled out. Then grab it and pull it all back to you. Repeat.
Station 6
a) Jumping Jacks (do I need to explain these?)
b) Ring curls. Using rings that are attached to the ceiling by rope, grab and pull out so you're standing at an angle. Do arm curls with your hands/rings meeting your forehead.
Repeat as long as time allows!
The Fat Group really wasn't that great. I was the most fit, which is kinda sad. OK, so maybe the husband and I were about the same. But still.. kudos to them!!
Looking forward to Monday!
Oh. And while it was very intense and it was hard... It wasn't puke worthy!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
"you're gonna be hurtin' tomorrow"
I was so scared of today. And now I'm terrified of Friday. I think it's going to be an ongoing trend before each class because, as one of the quotes in the gym says, "yesterday was the easy day."
Today was TOUGH. And it was still just an intro day! From Friday on, we'll be with the rest of the class.
We worked with kettlebells today.
They're as horrible as they look, let me tell you. Thank goodness I'd been introduced to them before.
After our warm up, it began... First it was a set of squats and a set of lunges without the kettlebells. And then... then we added in those horrible things. Then we did these swing things incorporated with a squat. Squat down, and bring the kettlebell back, then stand up and bring it up shoulder high.
We did military presses with them... and a combination of arm curls, presses and arm extenions. boy that was fun!
We did these windmill type things where you hold the kettlebell up with one hand straight in the air, lean over and grab a second kettlebell, life it, then back down.
While laying on the floor and hold a kettle bell up (and not moving it), we had to sit up. if you think it sounds easy.. you're WRONG.
I think I'll always forget things that we did. That's just how I am. The memory fails me all the time.
While we were stretching after we were finished, one of the other newbies asked, "what should we be doing between now and friday?" Apparently she didn't listen on Monday b/c we were told. We were told that for the first week, we should just do bootcamp. After that, do cardio on our days off. Anyway, after being asked that, the instructor gave a humored look and said, "nothing. you're gonna be hurtin' tomorrow."
Hell, I've been hurting all day!
Today was TOUGH. And it was still just an intro day! From Friday on, we'll be with the rest of the class.
We worked with kettlebells today.
They're as horrible as they look, let me tell you. Thank goodness I'd been introduced to them before.
After our warm up, it began... First it was a set of squats and a set of lunges without the kettlebells. And then... then we added in those horrible things. Then we did these swing things incorporated with a squat. Squat down, and bring the kettlebell back, then stand up and bring it up shoulder high.
We did military presses with them... and a combination of arm curls, presses and arm extenions. boy that was fun!
We did these windmill type things where you hold the kettlebell up with one hand straight in the air, lean over and grab a second kettlebell, life it, then back down.
While laying on the floor and hold a kettle bell up (and not moving it), we had to sit up. if you think it sounds easy.. you're WRONG.
I think I'll always forget things that we did. That's just how I am. The memory fails me all the time.
While we were stretching after we were finished, one of the other newbies asked, "what should we be doing between now and friday?" Apparently she didn't listen on Monday b/c we were told. We were told that for the first week, we should just do bootcamp. After that, do cardio on our days off. Anyway, after being asked that, the instructor gave a humored look and said, "nothing. you're gonna be hurtin' tomorrow."
Hell, I've been hurting all day!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Having doubts
I seriously need to go to bed, but I'm having major doubts about tomorrow. Can I do it? Is this really something I should be doing? Will I just go back to how I was?
It seems as though going to the gym and working out has consumed my life. I go most days (I went today even!) Is that what "normal" people do? Is it worth it?
I know all the answers to these questions, but man... Sometimes it just scares me. It's such a huge change.
Change is hard.
It seems as though going to the gym and working out has consumed my life. I go most days (I went today even!) Is that what "normal" people do? Is it worth it?
I know all the answers to these questions, but man... Sometimes it just scares me. It's such a huge change.
Change is hard.
Ouch!
I'm soooo sore today. Not sore in the places I was when I worked with the personal trainer either! Kinda took me off guard!
Monday, July 21, 2008
"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
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
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