D.Tox - Day 10

D. Tox Day 9 Weight Loss:   1.8 pounds
D.Tox Total Weight Loss:    10.4 pounds

Yeah. I'm just putting this Dolvett Quince gif here because he's hot and I need some motivation.

This is also the same face I make when I think about sugar.

Tuesday.  Day 10.  Finally in double digit days!  

Since I am in the middle of a jury trial at work, I am having my second shake for lunch along with either some fruit or a veggie.  Today I had my shake and an apple and almond butter.  I'm totally on an almond butter kick.  Now I know why Sarah goes bananas over the Trader Joe's Almond Butter.  It's crazy good.   For dinner I had some of the turkey breast and zucchini I made on Sunday.  I just ate half of what I heated up.  I'm just bored with eating and to be quite honest the shakes are quite filling.  Especially with the things that I add to them like chia seeds.  

Tonight was Pilates night.  It was the first time the Three Amigos (me, Linda, and Maureen) were together in what feels like forever.  I have to say I totally kicked ass in Pilates tonight.  Cassie introduced  a new exercise which I couldn't exactly do, but it was the first time we've done it and when I do learn to do it I will be quite popular with the fellas.  The move pretty much requires you to lie on your back, lift your butt, and bend in half.  

I came home from Pilates, showered, and laid on the couch.  I'm so pooped.  I'm sleeping like a baby, but getting tired in the morning.  Luckily my lunch shake wakes me up and gets me through the afternoon.

Four. More. Days

D.Tox - Day 5

D.Tox Day 4 Weight Loss:  1.8 pounds
D.Tox Total Weight Loss:   7.0 pounds

I feel like celebrating!!!

Today was not only Day 5 of D.Tox, but marked the one year anniversary of my working with Sarah.   If you want to see my before and "after" picture, check out this thread.

My exercises today consisted of training with Sarah in the morning and Jumpboard Pilates in the evening.   My workout with Sarah was pretty tough even though it was recovery week.  I'm sure it had something to do with me being on D.tox and also the fact that our recovery weeks are not exactly easy peasy.  

Jumpboard was pretty tough on me, too.  Heather subbed for Cassie, who was having her rehearsal dinner.  My quads killed.  We started the class with 20 minutes of mat (ugh) and then did the rest with the jumpboard.  I left my reformer a sweaty mess.  I definitely D.tox'd on the reformer.

Food wise today was a recipe disaster.  I tried to make these BLT sandwiches for lunch and that was an epic fail.  It was bacon, lettuce and tomato with portabello mushrooms to act as bread.  Awful.  It was messy and not that good.  I ended up just eating the bacon.  Also, my apartment smelled like bacon.  Barf.  I think I now hate bacon.  

I went to Trader Joe's in the morning to buy more food, but I didn't feel like cooking.  I had my second shake pretty late like 5.  Pilates was at 6, so I just noshed on veggies after class and I was satisfied.

That's one thing I've got to say about D.Tox.  It keeps me full.

I keep rolling along.  Nine more days to go.

D.Tox - Day 4

D.Tox Day 3 Weight Loss:  0.6 pounds
D.Tox Total Weight Loss:   5.2 pounds

Day 4: I feel pretty fabulous.

I woke up on Day 4 having gotten an amazing night of sleep.  It was one of those rare nights of sleep where you feel like you slept like the dead.  I know that I was dreaming, but I can't remember exactly what they were about.  INCREDIBLE SLEEP!!!  I woke up energized and not feeling like a giant bag of crap.  

My body was super sore from Pilates last night.  I'm not sure if that has anything to do with being on D.tox or just the tough mat workout we did last night.  

I ate the same things for lunch and dinner that I did the last few days, but I am officially out of turkey burger patties.  I have Thursday off of work so I plan on going to Trader Joe's and restocking my fridge. 

Tonight I did class #2 of Pilates.  I usually only do Pilates twice a week, but with Cassie getting married and going on her honeymoon I have a class to make up.  I did much better than last night.  Of course, I was still a little gassy, so I had to pause and clench a couple times but it was much better.  We did some reformer, mat, and tower work.  It was a kickass work out.

So, I think I'm on the upswing of D.Tox.  Only 10 more days to go.

The Week Before D.Tox

This week was the week before I start D.Tox.  I worked out four days this week.  Two days of personal training and two days of Pilates.

My training days were Sunday and Wednesday.  You can read more about those days here.

I had my regular Pilates on Tuesday night and Jumpboard Pilates on Thursday.  My Tuesday night homies, Linda and Maureen, weren't there due to injuries.  Linda is covering from foot surgery and Maureen is having shoulder issues.  I miss them.  I saw Linda on Sunday in passing at LTF and she was walking slow and trying to see what she could do at the gym.  I haven't seen Maureen.  Tuesdays just aren't the same without them.

The Tuesday class kicked my butt.  It almost felt as though I had never ever done a Pilates class.  I was whipped by the time class was over.

Thursday was Jumpboard, my second official class since I added on the second night of Pilates.   I still do love jumpboard and I am getting quite the workout from it.  I don't doubt the pure genius of adding on this second class.  It was a brilliant move on my part.

My days off this week were Monday, Friday, and Saturday.  Saturday I cleaned my apartment like a maniac and that was a workout in itself.  

I am starting D.Tox on Sunday.  I am training with Sarah on Sunday and Thursday (our one year anniversary).  I have Pilates this week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday!  I am making up the class that I would miss because of Cassie's upcoming honeymoon.

Have a great week, everyone and be sure to check out my D.Tox threads.

Super Exciting Workout Week

Remember last week when I mentioned in passing that I was thinking about adding a second Pilates class, namely the lone jumpboard class on the schedule?  Yeah, I signed up for it on Tuesday night after my regular class and went to the Thursday class.   I LOVED IT !!!!!!!  My abs were so sore on Friday, it was unbelievable.   My appetite was through the roof on Friday, as well.

I will be out of town next Thursday evening so I will miss that jumpboard class unfortunately.  I can't wait for the next one.  I can't even tell you how much I love that class.

Sunday and Wednesday I trained with Sarah.  You can read about our sessions here.

I worked out at Lifetime those four days and the other days were spent just getting my steps.   On Friday, I went back to my hometown for my cousin's memorial service that was on Saturday.  I was super low on steps so I grabbed my phone and earbuds and went for a walk around my hometown.  I took a few pictures that you can see if you catch me on Instagram @veromart32.

It was a great week for me.  I'm looking forward to taking a class or two at the new yoga studio that is now open.

Have a great week!

Sasquatch Sighting

Sasquatch                                          Me on 5/23/2013

I always felt kind of bad that I never officially took a BEFORE picture.  

I was trying to text my friend Sharon on Tuesday and somehow this picture that she took of me last May 23rd popped up on our conversation thread.  This picture was taken 8 days after I started working out with Sarah.  

I totally look like Sasquatch!!!  Damn, I didn't realize how horrible I looked.  Look at my posture!!!!!  I just can't get over it, but I am also fascinated.  I can actually remember how tired, heavy, achy, and unhealthy I felt.  

I've had my ups and downs lately as I have plateaued and yo-yo'd over the last few weeks.   Sometimes I feel like I haven't made much progress and what's the point.  Then I see this old picture of when I started and realize I can't stop and go backwards.   

I still think that my arms are huge, then I look at this picture and see that they really aren't.   Ugh, my stomach and boob area are just gross in this picture.  My face is so much smaller now!  People always say that my face looks smaller and I kept thinking, "Damn, how big was my face?"  Now, I see how big it was.

I know everyone wants to see how I look now and I will post that in mid-May when my anniversary of working out occurs.  I just wanted to post my beginning picture that I just happened to find by accident.  I can assure you the difference is night and day.  Pilates has helped my posture tremendously and weight training has helped me lose weight and tone.  

I never want to look like Sasquatch again.

A Very Awesome Pilates Class

Usually I just include my Pilates class in my weekly workout thread, but last night's Pilates class was quite unique.  First of all, my classmates Linda and Maureen had previously scheduled plans so they weren't going to attend class last night.  That's just totally crazy because I NEVER schedule anything on Tuesday evenings.  Nope, I'm not missing my Pilates class for nothing!

I knew for a whole week that this class was more than likely going to end up being a private with Cassie just instructing me.  I texted her to see if we could do some spring board work and she agreed.  I was super excited even though I didn't know what the spring board would involve.

Would this happen? 

We started class and did our regular stuff, then we did our spring board portion.  I loved it!  It was a little weird to do all that jumping but it was fun.  I can totally understand why newbies can't do the spring board because you do have to have control and know how where your body is on the reformer.   It was all jumping but because you're supine there isn't the impact on the knees.   I totally dug it.  I could feel my cheeks getting red but I wasn't winded or exhausted.  Even though I did a boxing class in the morning, I really wasn't too exhausted although when it was time to get off the reformer I was wobbly.

Each exercise we did was a minute and thirty seconds followed by 30 seconds of rest.  When Cassie changed up the springs, I felt like I was jumping in slow motion.  It was a bizarre feeling and at first I thought I was doing something wrong.

It was so much fun that I was surprised to see all of the sweat I left on the reformer and the back of my shirt was drenched!!!!  I haven't sweat like that in Pilates ever!

Currently, Lifetime offers one spring board class a week.  I really want to do this again and I know Linda and Maureen and going to be very curious to try it.  Hopefully when and if they expand to more springboard classes, I can increase my Pilates to twice a week.

Thanks for letting me try this, Cassie!!!!!