Water Boot Camp

Well, I am impressed. I have been going to water boot camp for a week and it gets harder every time. Monday we had to do 2 minutes at every station and then went around again and did 1 minute at each station. I was exhausted when I was done, the squats made my thighs and calves burn and the pull ups were killer. On tuesday I woke up expecting to be sore, but wasn't! Ok, don't speak so soon, by noon my arms were sore, by 8 pm my arms didn't want to bend. I ended up having to take some tylenol to get to sleep. Woke up today and am still sore, a little worried about what that means for tonights boot camp. But I will be there even though I may not have any functional use of my arms afterwards. I am so surprised that this is so tough. I mean, I have been working out; lifting weights and using the treadmill, elyptical and bikes since September, religiously, plus taking a deep water aerobics class and swimming. So I thought I was getting into pretty good shape, but apparently I was wrong.

On the up side, I weighed in this morning and was 7 pounds down from my weigh in on the first day of boot camp, but the scale they used was really off, actually based on my doctor scales I am down 3.4 pounds, which is still awesome. My healthy eating plan is going better. For the past 2 days I have stayed on perfectly. I am still struggling with drinking enough water. But I have only had 1 diet coke in the past 2 weeks. So for the most part I am finally getting back on track. Now all I have to do is motivate myself to get to the gym at least 5 days of the week plus add 2 at home workouts.

I have been using the Biggest Loser Workout DVD and it is a pretty good workout. I am totally sweating by the end and feel like I have really worked out. I did have one little issue from doing the DVD, the insides of my legs were sore afterwards. I guess, I was really using my inner thigh muscles or something.

This blog thing is kind of cool and a great way to store and record my thoughts!

Food is hard...

I start everyday with the idea that I am going to eat healthy and watch my portion size. It is a brilliant plan until about 6 pm when I have just arrived home from work and am hungry and nobody has planned or prepared a meal for me. Oh yeah, I am the mom, I am the one who is supposed to do this. So I start cooking and it is usually something healthy, like last night a taco salad, lots of veggies, some chicken, salsa and then a little bit of 1000 island dressing... OK so a little wasn't enough, the next thing I know my "healthy" salad is not so healthy anymore cause salad just isn't that good without the creamy gooey stuff on top. I realize that this is not a huge mistake, but it is still undermining my efforts. So I guess I am just going to have to get more organized and get some meals put together that can be quickly thrown in the microwave and yet still be healthy. I also think I should eat more fish, so I guess I will head to Sam's Club and pick up some salmon for tonight and maybe some tilapia for later in the week.

I am exercising 6 days a week now and that feels great. No seriously, I know it is hard to believe cause I am the person looking for the closest parking spot so I don't have to walk very far to get in the store... but really, I have discovered that I like going to the gym. I like how I feel when I leave, that sense of accomplishment. And I love anything to do with the water and my gym has a pool so that is my reward for doing all the other things at the gym. But I am slowly discovering that I like to do a lot of things at the gym. I always thought I hated working out, but as it turns out I actually enjoy it.