May 062011
Breakfast
1/2c oatmeal, 1c milk, 1 apple, cinnamon, 1T peanut butterLyn
Today’s workout was the afternoon BOSU class. We had a few new faces today. That’s always nice to see. I implemented some of the modifications that Kim and I discussed yesterday and my foot seems fine. Don’t get me wrong, I still have planter fascitiis and will have it for some time. I don’t feel like I did any further damage to it today and that’s great news.
The class itself goes so fast and that’s a sign of a great class. We keep moving and working and it never gets boring. The class is roughly divided between warm up, step, legs, arms, abs and stretching.
Next up: hoping to get out the door in time for the 8:30am water aerobics class.
Today, I decided that I would do the elliptical for a half hour. I wanted to increase my intensity and get a good workout. Many times, when I am working out solo, I slack off.
I ended up going for calories more than time. I burned 500 calories in about 37 minutes. I’m setting a goal for 1000 calories in an hour or less. I’m not sure how long it will take to work up to that, but it will happen.
After my elliptical workout, I decided to work on triceps. I did the cable pull 12 reps at 60, 50, 40, 30, and 20 pounds all in a row without breaks. I already can feel it. I’m determined to get strong enough to do triceps dips with good form.
I also spent a few minutes talking to Kim about the BOSU class. I have planter fasciitis from doing one of the exercises incorrectly last week. I don’t want to stop going to the class, so we talked about some modifications to help the “injury”. I’m looking forward to trying them tomorrow.
Next up: BOSU sculpt tomorrow afternoon.
Today’s food was ok. I definitely didn’t eat enough vegetables, but I’m doing great without white flour or refined sugar (allowing honey and maple syrup in moderation) I’m out of time to be specific, but I’ll be back tomorrow with another detailed log.
Today, I had my scheduled trainer workout with Chelsea.
First, I did a warm up on the elliptical. My warm ups have become a bit relaxed and today, I decided to change that. I did 15 minutes and really made sure my heart rate was above 140 most of the time. It felt great. I was really sweaty before my workout with Chelsea and already needed to refill my water bottle. I need to remember to make all of my exercise minutes count!
I’ll update with my exact trainer workout once I have my copy of it. It included chest press, abdominal machine, push ups, back extension etc. I worked hard. I even did a couple of mediocre triceps dips.
Chelsea is also going to start weighing me each week. Since I am not going to Weight Watcher meetings and don’t own a scale, this will be a good way to chart my progress. To be honest, I don’t even remember what today’s weight was, but I’ll have it in writing soon.
Next up: cardio in the zone tomorrow morning.
Today’s workout was Beth’s spin class. I rocked it!
I warmed up with some back extensions and abdominal work and then headed to class. Beth brought a great mix of songs. The mood in her class is always so upbeat.
The rest of the day was spent hanging out at home, making some whole wheat banana bread and cleaning.
It was a great day.
We slept in a bit today. Sally was up for more than 2 hours last night (second night in a row). We are hoping that a new tooth or two appears soon.
Shortly after 9am, the kids and I headed to the JCC. It was PACKED. Almost all of the cardio equipment was in use. I was able to snag a treadmill (barely) before everything was full. Sunday is the busiest day. Today, it was raining and I think that added to the crowd.
I don’t really care for the treadmill, but I completed 30 minutes. I also did some plank practice and stretched well.
After lunch, the family made a batch of peanut butter. We needed some for tonight’s peanut tofu recipe.
It’s so easy. I’m not sure that I could go back to the jarred kind.
Note: if you want crunchy nut butter, hold some of the nuts out and add them when the butter is closer to the desired consistency. We use a 16oz bag of nuts and I think our processor is 7 cup so you need to adjust accordingly. If your nuts are particularly dry and you want more moist butter, you can add a bit of oil.
I love that Nick now says… we need to buy more peanuts because we are out of peanut butter. I’ve heard you can grown peanut plants locally. I’d love to try that this year or next.