I woke up sore as hell. I don't understand. I work out for a solid 45 minutes at the gym doing a body sculpting class and I'm not as sore as after day 2 of Jillian Michael's 30 day shred. What sort of magical power does this woman have? I suppose in class we isolate muscle groups and Jillian says that BS. I guess she is right! Also, in my class I only use 5 lb weights and at home I'm using 8 lbs.
You know those days where you just wake up sad and feel like the world will end if someone says even the slightest thing wrong? Today was that day for me so when I took my pouty butt to the gym today all I did was walk. I did the occasional incline. I burned about 200 calories. Even though Jillian burns about 160 for me, I actually feel like I'm being worked. Anyway, all is well with the world again. I made a delicious black bean soup . I skipped the sour cream, reserved some black beans to give it some chunkiness, and added a pinch of habanero cheese, cayenne pepper, and cilantro. Probably the easiest recipe I've ever made. So easy, good, and FAST! Oh, and low calorie! Wahoo!
Anyway, I'm here waiting for this food to digest to do day 3 of Jillian's workout. I'm still waiting for my Bob Harper DVDs!
Here is what I ate today:
- Mix of hemp cereal and bare naked vanilla almond with skim milk--> 290
- coffee with splash of whole milk (no skim at work!!)--> 20
- small bit of cajun corn, 4 small buttered brussel sprouts, spoonful of mashed potatoes----> 160
- 2 tortilla chips, one dipped in black bean hummus, one in broccoli/cheese fondue---> 60 (let me say if I had ANY idea it would be this many calories I would have skipped this for sure!!!)
- small portion of mixed fruit---> 50
- mango greek yogurt with oatmeal and wheat germ- 200
- cottage cheese with sunflower seeds---> 100
- 2 cage free hard boiled eggs---> 140 (WHY are egg whites so gross btw???)
- fuji apple with peanut butter---> 175
- black bean and salsa soup----> 170
- 1/2 glass of cabernet----> 70 (wine is a weakness)
- 1/3 glass vanilla hemp milk---> 55
Total: 1490
I know I need to get more intense with my workouts. Tomorrow I better wake up feeling like a rockstar. If not, a little Bailey's in my coffee won't hurt, right? ;)
Before I go I want to talk about a support system for weight loss and health. I am so so lucky to ALWAYS be around supportive people when it comes to health. My mom is hot as hell and has a body I envy. My mom works her butt off at everything she does. She's always running around doing something. Since I can remember, she has always had the house spotless, great healthy food on the table, and had her exercises done in the morning. I could go on and on about all her wonderful traits but that's not what this is about. My parents go to the gym and running together and, recently, they did their first 5K. They support each other and I dig that. Then there is my sister, the trainer. I remember looking at her arms on her 30th birthday and seeing every single muscle striation in her arms. Seriously, AMAZING. We don't have any sibling rivalry. She makes me programs, helps me with what to eat (I added protein today cos of what you said, Jeidi!), and is always a source of good information. My brother has his ups and downs with fitness and health but overall, he's fine. My boyfriend is ever so supportive. He goes to the gym and impresses me all the time. He is encouraging but not pushy. He never makes me do anything but he also knows what I want and tries to help me any way he can. I love that. My friends have their ups and downs but many have trainers or gym memberships and do their best. It makes me so happy to have positive, healthy people in my life because I know if I didn't my goals would be so much harder to reach.
Clint (the boyfriend) and I watch a lot of weight loss/health shows and documentaries. I get so angry watching these because there are SO MANY enablers. Their "friends" actually encourage them to be unhealthy and give them hell for wanting to better their lives by eating better or quitting drinking/smoking. It's like, they don't have it in them to do the work to be healthy so they want all the people around them to be unhealthy as well. This is not a friend and this is not a person that needs to be kept around. These people are poison. Toxic. If you can't manage to push them out of your life, encourage them to make a change with you. If you surround yourself with enablers and people who encourage bad behavior, you will fall.
UPDATE: I did do Jillian after I finished this post and I KNOW, I KNOW I would not have done it unless I was tracking it. I would have just skipped it and said I was going to work harder tomorrow and not ever do that.
UPDATE: I did do Jillian after I finished this post and I KNOW, I KNOW I would not have done it unless I was tracking it. I would have just skipped it and said I was going to work harder tomorrow and not ever do that.
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