Good Morning Cabbers.
Cathy: This may sound like a silly question but you seem to go to Target on an almost weekly basis so I was just wondering if you just went to browse (cause we all know how much fun that is!
) or if there is something you consistently buy there every week or two? Sorry if I seem like a nosey nelly. I don't mean to be.
Thank you sooo much for the encouragement on the trainer thing. I get so close to going for it but then something keeps holding me back. I need to update my resume for one thing. I created it pre-HM and in it I mentioned that I was training for my first HM to be run in October of 07 so I'd like to update that. I'd also like to put my BF in there since I am training her. Should I put her in as a current job or as a reference of some type? I think the references are personal, not business so I'm not sure putting her as a reference is what I should do even though that was my first thought. Any suggestions?
As far as NROL4W...he definately has some ideas that go against the grain of anything I've ever done in the past 5-6 years that I've been exercising. As much as I question these ideas they are the same things that are making me want to give his program a shot. Curiosity killed the cat on this one. I have to try it. The fact that he advocates very little cardio doesn't bother me as I've cut back on my cardio drastically already with only good things coming out of it. I am willing to cut back a bit more to see what happens when I do this program. He actually doesn't "BASH" cardio as many folks who've posted about the book would have you believe. He states flat out many times that cardio is GOOD for you BUT when you are trying to build muscle/strength alot of cardio goes against the grain of what you are trying to accomplish. This is the exact reason the X doesn't have alot in it either. I am actually considering cutting back to 2x/week cardio for phase 2 of the X myself. It'll be good "practice"!
Anyway...I'm not trying to convince you to go buy the book or anything. I'm just expanding on my thoughts about it. It's got me very intrigued.
Diana: Soooo happy to hear that you loved TB+. It's a great work out! All of the X+ work outs are much faster paced then the original so you almost get a cardio work out in trying to keep up! LOL It's funny that mentioned the running pull up move cause DH was watching the work out for just a couple of minutes while I did it last time and he saw that part and was amazed. He had to try it. He did it, but admitted whole-heartedly that it was tough. I can do it but I use assistance to get into position. Glad the bowling party was a success. How was the sleep over? I know that's the part you were worried about.
So I have yoga x on tap for today. I start my first recovery which consists of 1 yoga x , 1 stretch x, 1 tb+ and 3 cardios. I am thinking of adding an additional cardio in today before or after yoga since I missed a cardio this past week AND since I'll be eating cr@p 2 days in a row...which brings me to the next thing.....
Last night's dinner was a cajun chicken sandwich with fries. I am usually good and barely touch the fries but I ate almost all of them last night as well as all of the sandwich!
I'm sure the nutrition info on that meal was pretty bad BUT I was not overstuffed so I didn't feel too terribly guilty about it. Ocourse, just for fun I got on the scale this morning and I'm another 1/2 pound up! OOPS!
To make matters worse we are going to my FIL's for dinner tonight. He makes homemade raviolis on occassion and invites the family to eat them with him. They are yummy and I can easily over-do it. I'll have to try and go there not hungry so hopefully I won't make a pig out of myself!
I guess that's about it for now but I'll be back!
