Pain is gain!

Last week I didn't work out much after Tuesday because I had the stomach flu. Boy, that really stops you in your tracks! But on Sunday, I was good as new, all refreshed, relaxed and ready to work out again. I went to my second Sunday boot camp class with the new instructor. To 'warm up' we jogged, then lunged around the room. Then we went into the circuits with a partner. Today is two days later, and my butt and leg muscles are still hurting! Tonight I have yoga though, so it should stretch my muscles out a but more. I also ran 3 km today, really got to step it up a notch to prepare for this half marathon which by the way, is like 21 km!

16 more days til Cuba!!

Awesome workout today!

I did another boot camp today at my gym. It was an instructor I've never had, and the work out was awesome! It's great when you work out for a while, and you can see that you are progressing because you are picking up your pace. It motivates you even more! The music she had today was awesome as well, when working out, it's all about the music. If you stay focused on the music, and keep with the pace of the beat, you'll do great. I had a piece of toast and scrambled eggs with peppers pre-workout. Post-workout I had a smoothy, frozen raspberries, milk, vanilla protein and fibre. Tasted great. It's Arbonne products might I add. I fine that the protein doesn't have that chalky taste that a lot of protein powders have. Arbonne's protein is made from natural sources(because they're vegan) and not from whey protein, maybe this makes the difference in the taste? Anyways, I like it, and if I didn't I would be honest!

25 days til Cuba!

A New Day

Muscles are a little sore today, especially my stomach muscles. I'm giving them a break today to rest, so I didn't do any weights today, just ran 3.36 km on the treadmill. I really like running, it feels great afterwards. It's also awesome on the treadmill because you can see how you are progressing, and increase the speed. Once it gets warmer outside I'll start running outside again in the park.

I've also been eating great lately! I've been eating eggs, tuna, sandwiches, whole wheat pasta, fruits, and even when I snack, I've been snacking on celery! You burn more calories chewing celery than is actually in it.

Very proud of myself, haha.

Feeling great!

Again I am not keeping up with this blog, I got a reminder from Char! :)

I've been doing really good, and have been getting back into running lately. A good partner with running is Yoga! So I joined yoga class, I started last night, and will be doing that on Tuesdays. Yoga is good with running because it stretches your muscles and can prevent injuries. It's not hot yoga though, which I love, but it'll do. I also joined two boot camp classes, I'll be started this Sunday at 11:30, and I joined one on Wednesdays at 6:15 am, yes that's right, 6:15 AM. So I got my butt out of bed this morning at 5:30, stuffed my face with a slice of bread for some carbs, went outside to clean 5+ inches of snow off my car, froze my fingers in the meantime because I lost my gloves, drove on terrible unplowed roads to the gym, just to get my butt whooped by Tom the fitness instructor. Now that's dedication if I must say so myself!! That was about 45 minutes, then I got a shower at the gym, came home and got ready, made myself some eggs to refuel and am here typing this before I even go to work, and I feel great!!

Only 29 days til Cuba!!!

A New Year!

Dearest Blog, I am terrible, please forgive me. The Christmas rush is over, so I can focus on working out and eatting better again, and no, I will not make it my resolution. That's so predictable, I wanted to do this before the new year, so I won't call it my resolution. What is my resolution though, is to bring more lunches to work instead of buying them! :) Anyways, since all the hustle and bustle of Christmas has been over, I've been doing pretty good with eating healthy again, and I've went to the gym a few times.

36 days from now I'm going to Cuba, so I need to be bikini ready!!!

So far this week, I did 15 minutes of running on the treadmill during lunchbreak on Monday, and then worked out most of my muscle groups on the machines.
Yesterday I did 30 minutes on the crosstrainer in the "Hill" program.
Today, we will see..might need to take a break to let my muscles relax a little, or just work on my abs, because I didn't focus on that yet this week.

Ta ta for now!