30 Day Shred: L2D6

I just did 30DS in a hotel room, on the floor with a towel and two bottles of shampoo as weights. I think that counts as serious dedication right? I even biked last night before the "fitness room" closed. (I put that in quotes because it was a SMALL room with a bike, an elliptical and a broken treadmill. I think some people have better/more equipment than that in their house. Plus, the television only played one channel so I watched replays of the Tour d'France...)

It was a lot easier with NOT 8 lb weights and I still broke into quite a sweat. Though planks are just killers. You try holding up 200 lbs for a minute and see how you do! Didn't take any breaks, and even though this time I started the last set of planks on time, I finished early. Damn!

But I need to shower and pack back up so I can hit the road again (and not miss continental breakfast!). Cheers!

30 Day Shred: L2D5

Just a quick blog: halfway through Level 2. Woot woot! Now to finished breakfast, finish packing and start my 10 hour car drive to Missouri. UGH.

30 Day Shred: L2D4

Did most of the workout without a break up until circuit 3. And even then, I just took longer to get in plank position than they did so that cut off some of the time; I didn't actually STOP and TAKE A BREAK at any point. My knees are KILLING me though--I think it's a combination of hiking down two mountains last weekend, doing squats and running this week, AND kneeling to paint yesterday. Poor fat knobs.

Oh and the scale is doing it again. I stepped on it this morning and of course I'm bouncing back and forth around 200 now. Oh well, at least I HIT the 190s. Hah.

Today is a day of packing, cleaning and laundry. Though I'm about to shower and walk to Bruegger's Bagels for breakfast since I don't have any milk. And I don't want to buy any since I'm leaving tomorrow. TOMORROW--SHIT.

30 Day Shred: L2D3

I decided Autry needed his own post, so that's why I'm posting twice today. That news really put a damper on my day, and I feel like this entry would have been a lot peppier if I did it right when I got back from internship today.

Regardless, I got up at 7:30am to do 30DS. Still kicked my ass, though I think I only took two breaks (mostly during the planks). PLUS, I weighed in this morning and am officially UNDER 200 lbs: 199.8 lbs. :D BIG. FUCKING. ACCOMPLISHMENT.

I did a lot of moving around today since I went to the Disaster House shoot. I was painting, planting and sweeping. I was there from 9:30am until 5pm so I figured I burned a lot of calories doing that so I'm not concerned with a second cardio workout tonight. I'm pooped and just want to sit down and watch "Say Yes to the Dress." I did log 4 hours of "light cleaning" on MFP, and even though I'm sure I burned waaay more than that, I just count the rest as bonus burn. :)

Anyways, just wanted to log this information. I have a lot to do tomorrow too to get ready for SUNDAY--when I leave. YAY!

RIP Autry 07.22.11

Even though you were annoying and I was allergic to you, I loved having your spunky little ass around, and my house won't be the same without you. It sucks that I'll be home in five days, but I'm glad you're in a better place and out of your misery. Have fun hanging out with Squiggles in pet heaven. :)

Run It

I FINALLY RAN AGAIN! I think spacing out my runs more sporadically like this actually helps my quality of run. Tonight, I ran 1 mile @ 5mph, 0.75 mile @ 4.5mph, and then walked 0.25 mile. Total 2 miles in 27 minutes. BAM! And the only reasons I didn't finished the second mile running was that I had a cramp (too soon after eating I suspect) and my shoulder hurt...I blame Jillian Michaels for that. Too many planks.

Anyways, time to eat eat eat to get my net cals back to 1200. :) Cheers!

30 Day Shred: L2D2

Did it still kill me? YES. Did I still stop 4 or 5 times to catch my breath/let my arms rest? YES. Did I power through until the end? YES. DAMN YOU LEVEL TWO! I'm thinking fat people get screwed over by planks--we have more to hold up damnit. I can't sit in a plank for a minute AND try to twist my abs. Fuck.

As far as the weight, the scale is being its normal self again. I thought this morning I would be under 200 lbs, but alas, I weighed 200.4 lbs. I'm thinking it was the glass of water I chugged when I woke up. Oh well, as long as I'm under before I leave on Sunday, I'll be happy. :)