Beginner/Intermediate Check in 12/11 to 12/17

crissytd2005

Cathlete
In about one hour I will do muscle endurance for the first time.

I thought I was going to get kpc on videofitness, but she can't find it. Offered power hour instead as it was also on my list. Arggg!! Now I have to go buy it.

Did anybody workout today? Rest day? Let's hear it :)
 
Hi Chris,

I have muscle endurance but I haven't done it in a long while. It is in my next rotation though. You must tell me how you like it. KPC/LG is worth the money. You have so many choices in your workout program. I usually try to purchase off the Ya Yas Swap but you won't find that one on the Swap to often. I guess we should know why. You basically have to be on the computer all day to see if some is going to sell theirs and I don't have the time for that. It's best to buy from Cathe on that one. I also have Power Hour and that one is also good and I really enjoy the music. I have muscle max but I am having a hard time finding a 6 ft medium tension resistance band in the stores. I may have to search for one on the internet.

My rotation schedule for this week is:
Sun - Rest (all day)
Mon - KPC (kicking & punching 41 min)
Tues - Muscle Max (72 min)
Wed - WATP 4 mile express (60 min)
Thur - Push Pull (44 min)
Fri - Basic Step (30 min)
Sat - High Step Circuit (48 min)

I am hoping to be able to stick with this rotation for the entire week.

--Kimberly C
 
My upper body is trembling as I type. I haven't exercised let alone do weight work, so I used 5lbs for everything except shoulders. I used 3lbs for those. Just when I thought I was going to pass out, she says "We're moving on". Huh!! Movin on to what? What is there left to do? Oh please, no more leg presses. Can you believe I'm pleading with the tv? The next, and last, exercise was abs. Oh thank goodness cause I couldn't handle anymore.

I was going to do kpc tomorrow, but I think I'll do that on tuesday. I'll probably do something light like leslie's walk and kick 2x's.

Hope everyone's weekend is going well.
 
Chris,

I remember those leg presses are a killer. Yeah, Leslie walk exercise would be good right after what you did. I just love :)weight workouts! I can't wait to do some this week!

---Kimberly C
 
I just went for a nice long walk today with my husband and we discovered a new park a mile from our house we didn't even know extisted! How fun! Its like discovering a new state or something. Like, is this even my neighborhood? Then we went to Sunday brunch. I did real well with just fruits and lean proteins but then....the dessert table. Oh well, we only do this once a month.
Beth
 
Hi everyone,

This morning I did KPC (kicking & punching). I couldn't finish it all. I really like it but I need a little bit more practice to get the whole routine down. I am doing KPC one a week in my routine. While I was doing KPC I had a deep, deep hunger pain and I had to go eat a bowl of cereal. I usually don't get hunger pains but I guess I need to eat a bananna before I exercise.

Chris, how do you feel today after doing muscle max? :eek:

---Kimberly C
 
Hello,

Let's see, results of my muscle endurance experience. You know how your arms sway when you walk, my biceps hurt from that motion. I went to push open a door and my chest hurts. So I have light, bordering on moderate doms in my upper bod today. I will be doing lots of stretching throughout the day. I'm considered an odd bird anyway, so my co-workers don't think twice when they see me standing with my arms stretched out or any other weird poses I do.

My lower body is fine, slight tightness. I plan to do the elliptical when I get home after work.

When I did kpc, in its entirety, I needed some juice or something by the end. My first taste of kickboxing came by way of taebo. I didn't know anything about form until I got turbo jam. That's when I started to feel the movements. I'm glad I had the heart rate monitor though because I would've given kpc all of my energy. I had to ease up on the intensity I was giving to the hammer slams (name?) cause my heart rate was getting out of my zone.

Oh, on my videofitness experience. I was offered kickmax as a trade. I said yeah, what they hay. I know there's lots of plyo stuff that I will not be doing, but people seem to like the low intensity drills. I still need the dvd of kpc though. Ummm, I think I'm a little addicted to kickboxing workouts.

Wow, this post is long. Can you tell I don't feel like working today?

Later!
 
Beth,
Isn't nice to come across gems like this? It leaves you like "Well, when did they put this here". Sounds like you had fun with your hubby. I don't think the month of december should count at all. There are too many parties, get togethers, etc centered around food. And desserts are my weakness. I literally will stop eating in order to have room for dessert. I know, that's sad.

Ok, back to work for real this time
 
This week is CTX the way it's meant to be done (and the way I've never done it!!!), the whole tape through including weights and abs each day...

Did Kickbox and biceps yesterday, added on combos 1 and 2 from KPC
Today is Power Circut with floor work from L&G's with back and abs (will add some push-ups, too)...

Haven't quite decided the order for the rest of the week yet!

MJ
 
Hi everyone -

Wow it is only Monday and there are a lot of posts! You all are really working out hard! I have been trying to do early morning workouts -- but slept in today! ugh! However, knowing that I needed to post SOMETHING got me motivated to come home from work and do it!

I just did Push/Pull. I'm taking all of your advice and I didn't do HEAVY weights, so I shouldn't be sore tomorrow. Thanks for all your advice last week. I'm sort of an ALL or NOTHING gal. With both the workouts and eating!!

Well, hubby will be home soon so gotta go!
Michelle
 
ok, the elliptical didn't happen this evening. Why? my legs must have stiffened up throughout the day cause I don't remember feeling this tightness in my inner thigh this morning. But, I didn't rest on my laurels (sp?) either. I came home and popped in cool it off from slim series cause I needed some major stretching. For those not familiar, it's an hour long. Just about every deep breath was followed with a yawn. I could've sleep right there on the floor. :)

Good going Michelle on the weight adjustment. Please let us know how you feel tomorrow.

I think I feel like steppin' tomorrow.

Dinner is waiting, later!
 
Well, I'm just slightly sore today. So instead of doing NOTHING I'm going to do stretch max tonight. Then I'll be ready to go harder again tomorrow!!

I was supposed to go to a cookie exchange party this week and it was cancelled. Even though I would have LOVED to have gone and chatted with all the gals -- bringing home 3 dozen beautiful christmas cookies would have been tough! So, I'm glad to NOT have the temptation in the house! I just can't say no to cookies!! So, the time I was going to spend baking - I'm going to spend working out!! :)

Thanks for the motivation gals!!
Michelle
 
I am still sore. I had the benefit of my co-worker giving me a massage twice today. When I got home, I did walk and kick by leslie. I also did tamilee webb's total stretch. If you don't have it, I highly recommend it. It's three sections of ten minutes for standing, chair and floor stretch. I did all three sections and feel really good right now.

These winter boots are harsh on my feet. Going to give myself a pedicure now. I know, tmi ;-)

Later
 
Those cut little Christmas cookies...you keep eating them because they're so little and you think, gee, just a few cookies, no big deal. Then you have eaten 12.
Yesterday I did High Step Challenge. I think I was too tired to post last night. It really wore me out. I was exhausted. I'm just going to have to keep my heart rate under 150 I think (I'm 48 ys old). Over that I'm in an "interval training zone" and I can't do that AND the heavy weights in circuit all in one workout anymore. This workout is really really fun though. Maybe I will do it eliminating the starting cardio segments. The leg work alone will keep me in the aerobic zone.
Today I cleaned house and went for a slow walk, that's it.
Tomorrow I'm going to Sears first thing to get a dishwasher and disposal. I have it all picked out from the internet but I need to see it in person to make sure. Then I will attempt CTX kickbox and the abs on it. I hope the sales people don't wear me out.
Beth
 
Hi everyone,

I didn't exercise yesterday morning and planned because I got home very late Monday night from shopping. So this morning I did Muscle Max but just the lower body part (23 min). I know I will get home late tonight also so I am going to try to do Leslie Sansone walking. If I can't get up early enough to do the 60 minute walk then I will just do the 20 or 30 minute walk. I know something is better than nothing.

--Kimberly C
 
Hello all:

I was just wondering since we are all beginners here -- are you doing anything else besides working out? Since joining these boards I have learned a lot about eating healthy - so I'm working on that as well.

Two of my favorite new foods are egg beaters (the southwest version with onions and peppers) and steel cut oats. I don't think I would have ever tried these two things if I hadn't heard about them on the boards.

Actually I just ate some egg beaters -- which was much better than the uncooked cookie dough I would have been eating if my cookie exchange hadn't been canceled!! :)

My other new favorite is those tuna lunch kits. I've been eating those and a piece of fruit daily for lunch for almost a month now. I just love them because it is so easy to pack!

Well, now that I'm eating healthy - I'd better go get a workout in!

Later -
Michelle
 
I've learned to eat through jonestonefitness.com. I don't know what my calorie count was before I started paying attention, but I do know that it was extremely high in fat. I am a snacker and ate a lot of chips, chocolate (still my nemesis), soda and ice cream. I learned about portion control and measuring my food. I absolutely gave up soda. It wasn't hard cause after I stopped drinking it and started up again, my throat burned when I drank it. That was the end of drinking soda. I wasn't a big juice drinker other than natural fruit juice, so that was one less addiction. I am still a snacker, I just make better choices and don't eat nearly as much as I used to. I love the new 100-calorie snacks like chips ahoy and oreo. I love edy's slow churned light ice cream. Paying attention to serving size of 1/2 a cup not a cereal bowl size that I used to have.

My meals are pretty healthy as I maintain a calorie count of about 400 calories per meal for 4 to 5 meals a day. I follow a macro of 40/40/20. Mostly 4 during the week, and on the weekend I do 5. The only time this laps is when I'm sick. I don't pay attention to what I eat cause its not enough anyway.

It's a never ending cycle of learning because what may work for me for a few months will suddenly stop working and I have to figure out a new plan.
 
I'm a little frustrated with my diet. I was eating healthy and to satisfaction PLUS some nice treats at lunch and dinner like ice cream, plus eating out twice a week whatever I wanted, on the healthy side, but always a great dessert too. . That kept me about 138-9. For the last 6 weeks I have been really good (except at brunch a few days ago). I mean really clean. And I quickly lost 4 pounds the first week, then just stabilized there for 5 weeks. Not budging. Not even an ounce. So is it worth giving up EVERYTHING except lean protein, fruit and veggies just to weigh 4 pounds less? When I can eat anything and only weigh 4 pounds more? I think my body must have a set weight or something. It just doesn't want to change up or down much.x(
On the exercise side, I did manage to get in my workout today, CTX kickbox/abs. I was surprised it was a low calorie burn, my lowest so far, but I forgot the first half of the thing is a warmup, then you get 10 minutes of good cardio, then there's 5 minutes of arm drills that lower your heart rate down, then its done. I probably won't do it again as a solo. It needs some more drills added on to it, or used as your cardio warmup for weight work.
Beth
 
I know that I am not eating healthy as I should. I think after the holidays I will really start getting my eating habits in order. I was doing well until the middle of October. Then the holidays are here and I am like let me eat what I want right now and concentrate on exercise then after the holidays are over I know I will shape up.
I already stopped eating lots of frozen dinners and started taking a homemade meals to work.

--Kimberly C
 
Why do I take myself through these changes? I love how I feel when I workout in the morning, but these days its hard for me to peel myself out of bed. After I finished procrastinating for about a half of an hour I got up, put my workout gear on, placed low max in the player so I could hear the music and got moving. My intention was to do premix 1-4, but I had wasted time lying in bed so I could only do up to 3. The 4th aerobic session ended up being my cool down. I did it on the floor, not the step. I didn't do the last blast cause that would've brought my heart rate back up again.

How's everybody else doing today?
 

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