I will try again...(A New Journey - week 2)

A New Journey - Week 2

Week 1 was fracking tough; it kicked my a**!  The lame part is that the first class did it.  In my attempts to continue some sort of exercise, I continued to do some stretches and weights.  Okay, not so bad.  I focused on my arms and it felt better.  Avoiding all lower body worked was imperative.

So what the hell kicked my a**?  After much contemplation, was it the cardio?  Maybe the added lunges on top of the cardio?  The lame part is that the cardio only consisted of 1 lap of jogging.  So sure, I was out of breath, but the following leg worked began the pain.  In the end, I strained my quads.  It was beyond the burn!

Now, I must modify this regime some how.  How?  I am not sure.  With all the splendid ideas, my fear can sometimes over power the actual "do."  Agh!  In the process, I also am watching the food I eat.  Have I indulged, not really.  The nice thing is that I apparently need to take in more calories.  Nice!  Eat more and exercise more!

Today is ab/core work day.  Hmmm?  I am not sure what to do and I have about 6 hours to decide....

A New Journey - week 1, part 2

Gung-ho, I'm ready to go!  A pre-walk to get things going.  My bootcamp partner wants to stretch before class starts.  The class today is about working our booty.  Nice. 

We sit.  We stretch.  We talk story.

People arrive, as well as our instructor.  Nice bunch of ladies; all ages and all sizes. 

Stretching wasn't as long as I thought.  We start with a jog.  I start of at a good pace.  (This is the first time I jogged in years!)  I was surprised I lasted as long as I did.  My highschool knowledge kicks in and reminds me how to maintain my breathing.  The 1-lap is over and I'm out of breath!  Yikes!

Next, 20 yards of walking lunges, gorilla walks, high jumps, and skips.  Repeat.  It's beginning to hurt and burn.  My muscles are getting weak.

I push through.  More lunges and squats.  In my last lunge, I over extend and FALL OVER!  (Man, do I feel lame!  No shame cuz I'm okay).  Ground work is next and I can actually do this.

The rest is a blur.  More runs, lunges, squats, etc.  I feel my quads more than my glutes, and more than my abs. 

The night progresses and I begin to move slower.  I toss in my sleep but still aware of the pain that is building.  I awake AND double-yikes.  I have a hard time standing out of bed.  I waddle to the bathroom and discover that it is even harder to sit on the toilet.  MY QUADS HURT AND I CAN BARELY WALK.

So I move slow throughout the day and decide that I can't go to class tonight, I can barely move.  Bending over is difficult.  Walking down my three stairs is difficult.  Walking up the stairs is just as hard.  Sitting IS HARD.  Standing IS HARD.  IT IS ALL HARD!

Day 2 - STILL HARD.  STILL feeling imobie.  FRACK!

A New Journey - A Healthy ME

I am ready to accept the things that I can do and change!  (Eeek, that sounds a bit like an AA meeting...)  As another month rolls along, along with another year of life, I have chosen to make a conscious effort to live a healthier life.  I will exercise more, eat a healthier diet, and make the conscious switch to get moving.

Today is the first day of the an 8 week Bootcamp.  My goal is to shed some pounds, become stronger, and get more energy.  I also began keeping a food diary and to my amazement, I am fully aware about the foods I consume in the day.  (Another eeek moment.)

Found a great app on my droid, which scans barcodes and syncs all my information.  Diet and exercise tracker will keep me fully aware of my bad habits.  Forcing me to recognize and own up to my lameness.  Fine!  I'm giving in and won't put up the fight anymore!

Since my last 'official' exercise regime occured a few months ago, I am nervous about my stamina in this bootcamp.  I do have goals and hope to create more at the end of the 8 weeks.  So far, I have maintained my goal of keeping track of my caloric intake.  Yay for me!  Next....is get moving!

A healthy start...

In my attempts to get healthier, my friend and I began walking. This day, we walked on Kailua beach and the water was super crowded with kite surfers. With the wind and rain, we walk down the beach. With so many kite surfers in the water, I thought they looked like Iwa birds.

Back in the day, before the world knew about kite surfing, I watched this lone guy sail up and down Kailua beach. At the time I thought, "This guy is a genius. Who the heck is he? Whoa he's getting major aerials out there!" Soon enough, I learnt that it was Robby Naish. Well, I'm not suprised. I'd like to say that I was one of the first to witness the sport in the making. Now...the waters are infultrated with so many kite surfers, it looks a bit crazy. I wonder, with the amount of people out there, a regular boater can't make there way through. Well, tuff sh** for them I guess.

So back to the exercise regime...well, I guess it's not much of an exercise when our water bottles are filled with New Castle and a Vodka cocktail. What the hell...we will persevere and make it to the trails of Daimond Head.