Week 4...

Ok, I must admit I have not been on top of blogging this week! Sunday I made up Saturday's workout, out poolside - to the sounds of my 5 year old screaming "Come on mommy, you can do better than that!". It did make me laugh, and try a little harder. It's hard doing Plyometric cardio on an uneven surface... adds a whole new level to the workout, and my calves hurt pretty bad Monday!

Monday I did zumba in addition to Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs. I have so missed my classes and friends there, but it was a little much to attempt to do it 2 days in a row, so I skipped TKB to do my Cardio Power and Resistance... I'm fighting the migraines still, so I am trying to keep from overdoing it too often, but I'm also doing my best to stay on track with the workouts. I did my plyometric cardio again yesterday, a day our son is not in preschool... and I had him cheering/booing me on again!

I also took on a challenge this week to not eat any grains or dairy products. I lasted 3 days... :-( I couldn't tell in those 3 days if it was helpful to my migraines, as I had a pretty bad one that lasted 2 of the 3 days. I plan to try it again when hopefully we've got the migraines back under control! The medication they gave me for the shoulder I think is aggravating the headaches, so I have to taper back off of it and try something else as well! Such a fun process these migraines are causing me to go through!

Well, Today is Cardio Recovery day, so I better get to it!

Migraines and Insanity...

Yesterday I did Plyometric cardio circuit and I don't think I have ever come so close to throwing up as I did yesterday... I spent 2 hours yesterday afternoon flat on my back after getting struck by a migraine around 3 or 4pm...

Today was Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs. I wasn't feeling it this morning because I'd woken up with a migraine, but I was feeling okay so I went for it. My little boy decided to do parts of it with me, and that kept me going because it's very entertaining and cute to watch a 5 year old try to do some of these moves. Of course, today he told me he likes p90x better - and I haven't done that one since he was probably 3 years old!

Some days I wake up with them, others hit me in the middle of the day and some don't even come on until late in the evening... but in the past 2-3 months I think I've had more days with a migraine than without. I've gone through my entire back stash of my emergency medicine and insurance only covers 9 doses a month. I think I've used 33 in the past 60 days... Never in my life have they been this bad, and I've had them since I was in grade school. I used to get maybe 3 a month. The Physical Medicine MD I saw about my shoulder pain has even diagnosed that as some kind of abnormal migraine. I go to the neuro on Friday to hopefully get some answers and a direction to make this better. Until then, I keep going because if I let them get me down, I become depressed and insufferable to be around.

I do my best, and *try to* forget the rest... HA!

I'll take a Mulligan please... Week 3 Do over!

So, tomorrow I am starting my week 3 over again from where I left off last week. I did the fit test, and so tomorrow I am back on track exactly one week behind! I did some of the workouts, but I am the type who won't skip one to stay on the schedule and with all the sickness at my house and then my 3 day migraine... I just decided I want to completely do week 3 over again(minus the fit test).

Today I did ChaLEAN Extreme... I agreed to video a testimony for it, so my workout today consisted of a sample of Burn Circuit 2, Ab Burner and Burn It Off so that they would have plenty to choose from for workout samples. I hate seeing myself on camera... I sound like a complete spaz. I started the process last week before the migraine attacked and finished it up today. I think the workout clips are fine, and I'm 100% cool w/ what I had written for my testimony... but hearing myself talk about it and ramble on - I sure hope they get some good clips out of it! I never realized how animated I was when I talked either... I seriously make some strange faces, funny gestures, etc. I am okay with it though - if it helps even one person change their life and get healthier, than I've done what I set out to do.

Insanity 2 week Fit Test

Technically, I should have done the fit test a few days ago, but with our entire house being sick, myself included, I took a couple days off to recuperate. I will workout with congestion or a headache, but with fever and nausea I won't. It felt good to get back to it after a 4 day hiatus.

And now for the results...

Switch Kicks - 107, + 7

Power Jacks - 57, -11 (although now I'm curious how in the heck I did 68 last time, my form must have been bad)

Power Knees - 102, +1

Globe Jumps - 11, +1

Suicide Jumps - 20, +2

Low Plank Oblique - 62, +12

Not a bad improvement for only two weeks time, especially when I took 4 days off do get over whatever crud we'd all caught. I gained 1lb on my measurements, but I lost almost an inch on my waist, and just over an inch on my hips. My calves are about 1/2" bigger, and everything else stayed the same.

:-)

We've all caught the fever...

It seems that I've managed to catch what is going around. In fact, our whole house had it over the weekend and our son is on day 4 of a fever. I had fever still yesterday, but today I appear to be on the mend. I'm not 100% today, but I'm going to try to make up Saturday's workout today and then do my fit test tomorrow - 2 days behind schedule. Normally, I'd be beating myself up to stay on schedule, but... life happens. And if I don't get it done today, I'll be 3 days behind schedule and that'll be okay too. I'm getting lots of cuddle time with the little guy, so it's hard to pass that up!

Happy April Fool's Day.

Well, I'm almost 2 weeks in... and it's about time for another fit test on Monday!

Today was Cardio Power and Resistance day and while I completed it, I didn't put forth my best effort b/c I'm feeling a little under the weather.... Better to do something than nothing at all I thought so that's what I did.

I'm keeping it short today because the Laundry Monster is calling my name AND it's almost time to pick up kiddo from school!