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PiYo Day 3

6/30/2017

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According to the chart, Fridays are rest days (won't that be nice!) but I chose to continue with the workout sets so I an get an idea of what the 3rd session is all about. It's called SWEAT - and for good reason. By the end of the 35 min routine, I was literally dripping sweat. But here's the thing.... there's no high cardio. My heart rate was never elevated at all. I'm going to conclude that my major sweating was from constant movement and not being in shape already. Coming from the gym environment, I don't see how I'm going to burn fat if I'm not getting my heartrate up. It's that whole VO2 thing (Volume of Oxygen - thankyou Jeramy Freeman). :-) 

​BUT...I have to agree with what I said in yesterday's post. I believe this PiYo program is going to help with my strength and flexibility and get me back to where I need to be and back at the gym where I can really push myself once more. And in all fairness to the PiYo program, I do believe that once I'm in better condition I cant totally see how you can push within these moves as well. There's plenty of opportunity to take the stretches to the next level and I look forward to one day being able to do that. Right now it's once again about modifying and I'm still getting the stretch, I'm feeling it because I'm able to push myself within that modification. Hence, the drenching sweat. 

​Throughout the routine, I couldn't stop thinking about how I still somehow need to add in the cardio. Maybe it's getting out and walking before or after (1 mile through the neighborhood) or hopping on the exercise bike after a routine when I'm all warmed up. Or maybe it's hitting the gym for 30-40 mins on my way home from work! Or maybe I should do it all?? YOu can't see me, but I'm nodding my head as I write this because that's exactly what I should be doing. It's time to make it happen. I've done it before now I need to make it stick.

​So....I'm going to enjoy this holiday weekend, get my head back in the game - which in this case is making my grocery list and sticking to my meal prep and plan this time - and be ready to take this head on starting Monday. I will come up with a cardio schedule and stick to that too. It's all about the planning.

​No effort, no results. 
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My PiYo Journey Day 2

6/29/2017

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I officially started on Wed. with the first workout. I completed it, and I surely felt it! Let's just say it was a class on discovering just how UN-flexible I have become! Being overweight doesn't help, but there are just some position shifting that isn't as smooth as the professionals! Hey, if you can't laugh at yourself...... And, with the pinched nerve stuff still showing it's face, the moves were sometimes more challenging than I think they would have been otherwise. But again, I pushed through and I must say that I did break a sweat and by the end I felt pretty loose. I thought I'd be tight and in pain but I wasn't. So in the back of my mind I'm thinking this is going to be something very good for me by the end of the first 60 days. And that was Day 1.

So this morning I did the day 2 routine, which was supposed to be for the upper body. And it was, I guess. While I did once again break a sweat, fumble through the positions, laugh at myself (more than thankful that the rest of my house was sound alseep and couldn't witness my half plank twist (or whatever it was called) disaster!) as I tried to figure things out, I completed the set and felt pretty accomplished. Well, actually I felt like I really didn't do anything. I'm feeling alot in my wrists and shoulders while doing the exercises - which I guess is making them stronger - but so far nothing really hurts. As I'm sitting as my desk writing this and thinking about it, I can kind of feel a "fatigue" in my abs/core, so I'm going to say this is working! And I can be brutally honest and say there's a lot of fat to melt off those abs! So to feel something now is a fantastic thing!

Note: I purchased PiYo for myself as a way to steer me back on the exercise train and get through the joint issues I've been facing which have kept me off track. But I also purchased it as a "couples" program in hopes of being able to work out with my main man! (I even bought him his own yoga mat) <3 I can only imagine what it's going to be from his perspective..... You all may want to keep checking in just for the fun of it!  So anyway, he's been away on business so I'm getting a head start this week and using this as my "trial" week. He's much more fit than I am and I need all the help I can get because I have a feeling he will be true to his nature and it's going to become a serious competition.

Well, babe.... GAME ON!

​#piyo #fitness #fitme #workout #myhappyplace
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Hello from the other side

6/28/2017

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I know, I couldn't resist! Life has definitely thrown me several challenging loops in the almost 1 year since my last blog post. BUT...I'm about to change that. For the next 60 days I'm going to use my blog to keep me accountable on my next journey, and at the same time I hope to inspire you to take a journey of your own. Maybe it will be similar to mine or maybe it will be something that gets you out of  your comfort zone. Whatever it is, I encourage you to do it! Life is too short so let's make the most of it.

​So what's the big deal you ask?? Well one year ago I went through the most challenging 6 week fitness program of my life! I found out exactly how mentally and physically strong I was. I found the me I "used" to be. You know, before life gets in the way and bad habits form. :-) I won't go into the gory details of the many challenges that caused me to lose that new me. I take full responsibility for the fall. Choices were all on me, and at the moments of extreme stress....I failed. I let that old me slip back in. So for the last 9 months I've been struggling HARD to get back on track. What have I learned?? Apparently I dont' handle stress as well as I used to! But I'm getting there. I've also found out that my body just doesn't handle the hard workouts I need in order to regain the beginnings of my fit-self that I lost. Knees, hips, pinched-something-or-other. You name it and it lays me up for days filled with pain. And this is where this blog is going to come in.

​I got sucked into an informercial about PiYo. It's a Beachbody program that encompasses pilates and yoga for a demanding, yet gentle on the joints workout. I didn't even hesitate to order it! The gym has become my happy place, but I'm not able to work out without pain. I'm hoping that PiYo is going to be the answer to my fitness needs right now. Because I NEED to work out. I miss it! (never thought I'd say that, ever!) But I do. I have goals, and they can't happen until I manage this pain and make it go away. Being inactive isn't helping.

​So...with that being said, and if you've stuck around and read this far... I hope you will stay with me for the next 60 days as I go through the PiYo program from exercise to clean eating meals. I'm excited for this challenge.

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