10 in 9, part 2

Good afternoon all! I hope everyone's weekend has gotten off to a great start. Last night a girlfriend and I went to see Dionne Farris in concert. If anyone has ever seen the movie "Love Jones" she has a track on the cd called "Hopeless". She had taken a 13 year hiatus to raise her daughter and now she's back w/a cd dropping in October. Now I loved the song "Hopeless" but never really heard any of her other songs until last night and I must say she has a lovely voice and I will be looking to purchase her previous body of work as well as her new cd. I'm so glad my friend asked me to go b/c I was pleasantly surprised. She was on stage a full 2 hours and sang her heart out. For anyone who's still not familar w/her she's like a neo-soul artist, along the lines of Jill Scott.

Enough about my Friday night and onto my workout. Another friend of mine is currently participating in an exercise boot camp and her trainer offered a free session this morning so I decided to check it out. I must say that Tony Horton's P90X and Shaun T's Insanity really prepared me for boot camp. My endurance was through the roof and I was outshining some of the men who were there. He began the session w/a five minute jog, knocked it out w/o a problem. Then he began our workout w/4 30 second drill stations (they reminded me of football drills). Every 30 seconds you moved to another station until he blew the whistle. I'm telling you my endurance was so crazy that when the 30 seconds were over I was looking around like "that's it, it's over already). I'm still nowhere near mastering the Insanity program but it's good to know that something is working b/c I was looking like a pro out there today. Nonetheless, I did get a good workout in so I'm satisfied AND IT WAS FREE, so it doesn't get much better.

Well I'm off to complete the rest of my errands for today and then chill out. Have a great day all!

Nola: Glad you got that workout in today and I saw the progress pictures and you look awesome. Keep up the great work.

Dawna: Thank for the hrm article. I did check it out and since my hrm doesn't have a place to manually input v02 it's probably not as accurrate as I like. I may start averaging what my hrm and mfp says and use that number. I'm not at a point where i'm willing to spend 100's of $$$ on a hrm so I'll continue using what I have and doing the best I can. Thank again for sharing the informatiobn b/c it was very informative.

Hi ladies!
Well, my weekend got off to a crazy start. I was driving home from work and a semi-truck was literally trying to run me off the road. Apparently I wasn't going fast enough for him (I was in the left lane, trying to pass cars in the right lane) and he ran off a person in the right lane, and then started to swerve at me to get me off the road. It was frustrating. Then I ended up behind him at the exit that I got off on...and he got out of his truck, came to my window and was banging on the door and yelling profanities at me. What in the WORLD?? He was acting like a crazy psycho. I was sooo scared and upset that I called 911 and the police pulled him over and gave him a sobriety test & a ticket. It was a scary deal! So, I was so shaky and emotional Friday night that I could barely walk so I didn't get my exercise in. But, Saturday I got back into my normal routine with a nice solid run at the gym. I was pretty excited because I ran 3 miles without stopping going 6.5mph. It felt amazzzzing! Sunday I had church and then visited with friends. And tonight I am going to get my run on again at the gym. My husband and I are going to get in shape to run a 10K this summer. Then, its a nice relaxing evening for me.

Nola- glad you had fun this weekend!! And your Progress Pictures looked amazing! My goodness girl you are gorgeous!! And I love your attitude about leaving this weekend. Indulge but watch portions! Such a great mindset.. I mean we don't want to deprive ourselves of food we enjoy, but portion is definitely the key. So glad you get to have a short week!

Choco- I don't think you'll need an expensive HRM right now. I have the Polar F4, and thats not very accurate either. But, I can't afford the F6 just yet. But, I think in the meantime I have been underestimating the calories I've burned in exercise. I've also set my activity level to "sedetary" to compensate. But, like Nola said, you are kicking butt girl!!

porterbaby- way to get your workout in this morning!

Good morning my wonderful workout buddies! Today is week 5 day 2 of the Insanity program and I will be completing the Core Cardio and balance dvd all week in hopes of giving my body the recovery needed to take on month 2 of Insanity. I'm not sure I want to know what month 2 will be like b/c I couldn't master month 1 and now we'll be exercising longer. I guess I'll worry about month 2 next week and just continue to enjoy the recovery dvd.

Have a great day all and i"ll check in a bit later.

Dawna: Im sorry your weekend got off to such a scary start but it seems like you handled the situation like a pure pro and my hat goes off to you for keeping your head. It's always hard to know what you'll do in crazy situations. I remember when I was about 11 and I was driving w/my mom to my grandmother's house on a Sunday night and these two young men tried to run us off the road. My mother had to pull over to the side of the road so no one would get hurt and the men got out of their car and not only started yelling at us but pulled out a huge butcher knife and slashed the back tire. When they did that my mother hit the gas again and the young man who was standing in front of the car flew onto the hood and began screaming for my mother not to kill him. I remember asking my mother years later what made her take off like that and she said that when she saw how upset I was it made her go into protective mode and she just reacted. Crazy story I know but I always respected my mom a lot more after b/c she kept her cool in such a scary situation and kept both of us safe in the process.

Nola: I'm sorry to learn you had a rough day yesterday but glad you didn't let it derail your healthy eating and workout. I know I'm a stress eater so it can be easy to get off track. Way to Go for keeping it together. Hope you have a better day today.

Ladydi: WHERE YOU AT? I hope that whatever going on in your life you're making smart choices and doing some type of exercise. Your presence is missed!

Hey Ladies!!!

I hope you guys didn't think I gave up! lol Last week was crazzzzzzyyyy some family issues but all is well and back to normal. Even though I was not on track last week I did keep it on the light side as far as eating goes. I did not get to workout much I did manage to walk on my 30 min breaks at work. Oh and I went running with a girlfriend from work. She is trying to get back in shape too. Well I call it running but it was more like powerwalking/run:ohwell: I bought this hrm and it tracked that I lost a ton of calories walking and running for an hour in a half. It was fun. But I am back and ready to workout. I haven't missed a workout yet this week but its only Tuesday.

Wow Dawna that's crazy I hope you are feeling better.

Choco: I am still standing!! after the crap that happened last week I am proud that I didn't turn to cheetos lol

Nola: I hope tomorrow goes better I had that kind of week

Oh and by the way ladies I managed to lose a pound last week so I didn't do too bad

Dawna: P90X is cardio and strength training but since ur in great shape u may find the Plyo, Kenpo and Cardio X dvd not intense enough for u.
When I complete the cardio dvds now that I've been doin Insanity it feels more like a recovery day. I do get a great workout but the pace is less intense than Insanity.

What are u looking to accomplish w/the program. They have classic and lean versions. If u choose classic u start w/certain dvds and if u choose lean u start w/another set (the dvds for both versions are included in the purchase).
The classic version is more strength base while the lean focuses on cardio. I do plan on returnin to the program once I'm done w/insanity.

Good Morning ladies!!
Last night I was SO ready to get my workout on, and I had some built up tension to burn from work. So, I got home and immediately did a Turbo Kick round- and dang that really gets my heart pounding, and its always such a great workout. Then, my hubby made a delicious dinner and we finished watching the new Twilight New Moon movie which we rented a few nights ago. And then since my sister was in town she came to Zumba with me and we had a blast! I love that class and its so fun! I'm excited that the girl that teaches will be here next semester, since its offered at the University.

Choco- Thanks for the input. I think I'll check out some of the video samples online of the program and see what my sisters DVDs look like. I'm definitely looking to lean down, so I want something with more cardio, but also strength training to help my metabolism keep burning calories. I'm looking at intense cardio 3 times a week (although from what I've heard from various people, the cardio isn't as great in the P90X program) with 2-3 days of strength training a week. Is the Insanity program more of a cardio workout?