Ch-ch-changes

Yeah I don't have a lot of time to update this thing as I initially wanted but there's a thing called life that got in the way...BUT it did not get in the way of my workouts and getting fit, it fueled my workouts! ha.

 I made this chart today because I am on the second snow day for work plus I woke up feeling pretty damn good. Yeah, I'd like some things to be different in my life but overall I am a fairly happy person these days! :)

Okay back to the chart, I know I am like one month shy of a year but I figured since I have time now might as well do it!!

So here goes: (Click to make it bigger, if need be)

 

 Holy Freaking Smokes right!? lol. Honestly, I don't notice some of the changes because well I look at myself every day, but people who don't see me on a normal daily basis they're always like damn! where have you gone?! You look great! I'm always like yeah thanks! I don't do well with compliments, I don't know why!? I mean I appreciate them a lot but I get shy or something when someone is like you look amazing...ha! 

But there you have it folks...that is my losses for the year (almost!) I am so glad I measured and took pictures of myself when I first started this journey because that's what has helped motivated me when I feel down about my body! 

Motivation

So, I had put a post on my Facebook about losing 10.5 pounds and last night my friend's husband sends me a message that says, "Thanks!" and I am like what for!? And he says, "I want to thank you for your post because it motivated me to go for a run tonight! I really needed the motivation!" I was like you're welcome! It's nice to know that I motivated someone to work out! It's a good feeling!

Smoothie Experiments

Almost done with month one of Insanity, woohoo!! The only thing scares me is not the next month BUT my right knee has started making a popping noises! It doesn't hurt it just pops when I bend my knee! I WILL COMPLETE INSANITY! Even if I have to do it on one leg! HA!

I have one week of core and balance I think it's called then it's crazy month two of Insanity! It sounds scary, MAX is in all the titles lol! I heard month two is when you start losing the most weight so hopefully that is how it works for me! :)

 

I love this smoothie! Totally looks weird and nasty but tastes pretty amazing! I love the Berry Blast and Mango one as well! I just wish these things weren't like $3 to $4 a bottle! I need to buy them in bulk or something! ha.

For lunch I experimented making a smoothie! It tasted somewhat weird but I still drank it. Next time I probably won't do the mango, I think that's what gave it a weird taste! I need to get more Greek Yogurt so I can make my normal smoothies but I had to improvise a little! My lunch smoothie consisted of: 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, 1/4 cup rolled oats (dry oatmeal), 1/4 cup strawberries, 1/4 cup blueberries, 1/4 cup mango, 1/2 scoop of vanilla whey protein powder, and a little bit of honey! I think there was about 280 calories in it, not bad!

Good News Time: I did my measurement last night I've lost a WHOLE inch around my hips! Yay! I can tell I've lost some weight and it's an amazing feeling! I must keep going!!!!! :)

Alright, almost time to get off work and go do a workout! :)

I will update on Sunday about the past week or two of Insanity, it's just the same workouts at the first two weeks, so no need to an every day update! :)

God Bless
-Kathryn :)

Week 1, Day 2 - Plyometric Cardio Circuit

Wow! Wow! Wow! Today was tough!! I definitely had to take longer than 30 second breaks they give you. Then towards the last drill I could barely do all of them because my arms and legs were giving out.  I tried my best though!! 

Here is the breakdown of the workout, its about a 42 minute work but seems MUCH longer than that, the actual workout is only 20 minutes because for the first 20 minutes you warm-up and then stretch and then it's kicking butt time!  

The warm-up consist of:

Jogging
Jumping Jacks
Log Jumps - jumping on one leg from side to side like you are jumping over an actual log
123 Heisman - alternate your legs, bringing them to your chest with your body down and arms moving with your legs side to side
Moving Heisman- same as above but moving two step to the right and then left
Butt Kicks - bring those heals to your butt, literally!
High Knees - alternating knees above waist
Vertical Jumps
Mummy kicks 

You repeat this three times, harder and harder until the last time and you're pretty much sprinting through those exercises!!! The warm-up is pretty much a mini workout!! Before you get to the stretch!! If you're not dripping sweat during the stretch then you're doing something wrong!

You get a 30 second water break (and trust me I took like a 3 minutes break to get my breathing under control!!! 

Then it's on to the actually workout!  

The breakdown for that is:

Round 1 - You repeat this three times
Suicide Drills
Power Squats
Mountain Climbers
Ski Down Jumps (these are a killer)
At the end of this you take a 30 seconds water break but on the third time you skip the water break and go straight into Switch Feet and Football Drills! (I had to stop during the Football drills!) 

Round 2 (Repeat three times)
Basketball Drills - (jump like you are shooting a ball and then go down and touch ground and do it again!)
Level 1 Drills (down into plank, do 4 push ups, then run it out 4 counts, jump back in & jump up, then start all over again) --- Major Killer!! I could barely do these!!
Ski Abs - Plank position, constantly jumps from plank position then jumping to the side with your feet, then back and then to the other side! 
In & Outs Abs - Plank position jumping in and out! --- OMG! I was literally wanting to scream at this point, I actually had to take a break! Shaun T annoys the crap of out me and I want to scream at him because he is yelling IN! OUT! IN! OUT! Grrr!

Then you get a 30 second water break (I took wayy longer than that!)

BUT on the 3rd time you go right into:
Jabs
Cross Jacks
Upper Cuts
Attack Jabs
(only repeated once)

Seriously, I wanted to scream during the jabs and upper cuts but I kept telling myself keep going, you're almost there! Then you get a 15 breather and go straight into some stretching for like 5 minutes, and then you're DONE! Yay!!

THEN I don't know what got into me, I did 20 minute express Zumba! I must of been in a dancing mood or maybe I felt bad for eating half of a cinnamon roll! NO JUDGING me for that please, we can't always be perfect! HA!

I wear a F7 Polar Watch...I love, love this thing! I don't workout without it! But my stats from that were: 
Workout time: 1 hour 17 minutes
Calories Burned: 878
Average Heart Rate: 165
Max Heart Rate: 201 

So, I took a screen shot of my food diary on MyFitnessPal to show what I eat today! 

I do believe if you click on the picture it will make it bigger, but I could be wrong!

Hopefully, you can read this! Remember, No judging on the half of a cinnamon roll! I only really had 4 meals instead of 5 because I was busy at work and only ate half of the Power Bar at my morning snack, then the other half along with cottage cheese at the afternoon snack! I feel like I ate more than just this for some reason, but I think I did overall pretty well with everything else. 

Well that's all for today!! Hopefully tomorrow I am just as motivated as I was today!! :)

- Kathryn 

Week 1, Day 1

I had the day off which kind of threw everything off because maybe it's just me but I eat better when I am not at home!

Breakfast: Vanilla Greek yogurt with a 1/2 cup fresh strawberries & raspberries and 1 tablespoon of walnuts.

Lunch: Omelet- 1 whole egg, 2 egg white with spinach, onion and feta cheese

Dinner - Two biscuits with gravy

Yes I know I didn't eat 5 meals today! I slept in and I had an interview right in the middle of the day!

So, pretty disappointed I didn't eat like I had plan but back to work tomorrow and I'll be eating right. But I do need to work on eating better at home!!

According the MyFitness Pal I consumed: 1440 Calories and burned about 278 calories with 25 minutes of exercise.

Day 1 of Insanity is the fit test and it's pretty tough! You take the fit test every two weeks! I keep my results in my phone but I hope in two weeks I will have improved!

Sorry for the lack of post, I have tons and tons of homework to do! Blah. I am so sick of school. Ahhh....