Day 2, Pathetically Sore

Alright so I woke up today more sore than I should be. However, it is a good sore so I am cool with that. Bryan and I planned to go run, but we got to bed so late the previous night that I didn't have time for a good run...I know I am already failing but I will get on it!

Even though I failed on the exercise part Bryan and I ate a healthy breakfast of shredded wheat with skim milk and turkey bacon-YUM! I took with me the dinner I cooked/baked the previous night after work at 11:30 PM. It surprisingly turned out really good. So for lunch I had manicotti pasta with onions, garlic, ricotta cheese and marinara sauce. For a snack I had almond nuts, which was a food shock because I don't think I have ever had bare almond nuts, especially without a handful of salted peanuts and M&Ms to go along with it. Needless to say, it is going to be hard to eat that alone.

After work I got home made a strawberry smoothie-frozen strawberries, skim milk, plain yogurt and a dab of honey. Wasn't too bad, but not much of a taste. For some reason it was better to drink after letting it melt a little bit.

For dinner I ate around 6:45 because I was hungry and I knew I would need the energy during my work shift from 5:30 Pm-11 Pm. So I packed a tuna fish sandwich with an orange. It was just right and I was good for the rest of the night. The night got better when I got to go home earlier than expected. I am interested to see what the next day holds for bootcamp.

First Day, Fun Day

First days are the best because when starting something people tend to be excited and anxious for what is to come. When the alarm went off at 5:30 AM on Monday I was ready for my first day of bootcamp. You see my husband and I signed up to do a bootcamp for 3 weeks/21 days. While in the bootcamp we will also be eating from a meal plan based on 21 days in order to "drop a dress size/belt loop." I am about 5'5 and weigh 138 lbs. and my husband is 6'2 and weighs about 185 lbs. We are not overweight people, but we both would like to tone up for some events we have coming up soon. For example: STARR Trek Sprint Tri in August, Harbor Half Marathon in September, and Tough Mudder 13 mile Adventure run in October. We both think this a great jump start to getting ready for our outside competitions.

So as I was saying I bounced out of bed Monday morning for our 30 minute bootcamp near our house. The class started at 6 and we started off with some stretching and then moved into our group rotations. There were 5 sections and we went for 4 rounds, each 45 seconds long. The first station consisted of being in a push-up position and sliding one hand on a slider and if possible doing a push-up at the end of the slide (arms and core). In the second station we had to pick up a medicine ball and then lift one leg out behind and stretch the ball out in front of you to make the letter "t." I did about 20 reps in the 45 seconds (thighs and butt). The third station was an arm pull using the stretch bands. We simple had our backs to the wall and positioned the band over our heads and stretched to work our forearms. In the fourth spot we used the sliders and placed it under one foot and positioned the other to stay in one spot while pushing out the other foot and sliding out into a squat position (butt and legs). Last station worked the arms and legs because we had to take a dumbell place it in one hand next to our shoulder go down into a squat, raise up and lift the weight straight up once standing, repeating until the time ended.

After doing those 4 rounds we stretched and the class finished. Byran (my husband) and I headed home and walked our dogs for about 20 minutes. Then we came back and made our first meal plan (High carb day): scrambled eggs, wheat tortilla, mozzarella cheese, and some salsa. That was yummy. For a snack at 11 AM I had a granola bar and for lunch I had a sliced turkey on an whole wheat english muffin, a mozzarella cheese stick and an apple. For snack at 5 PM I had a Strawberry Banana Yoplait and for dinner at 7 PM I had angel hair pasta with mushrooms, red pepper, and tomatoes sauteed in olive oil. Since I was working that night and did not get home until 11:30 PM I did have a cup of fruit that was not on the meal plan and need to cut down on because this meal plan does not encourage fruits but vegetables instead.

When we got home from a long day I stayed up and made my lunch for the next day, knowing I would not have time in the morning, so I did not go to bed until 12:30 AM. Hopefully I wont be too exhausted tomorrow