Back to the gym

So as you know I've restored my sanity due to a back injury. However, I miss Insanity something serious. I didn't think I would. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being worse) my back pain is a 1 as opposed to the 10 I felt a few days ago. I only feel pain when I move a certain way. As not to rush my way back to a 10 I'm going to stay away from Insanity and no some non-impact elliptical training at the gym tonight. It's gotten to the point that I don't feel right if I don't exercise.

Off to feel the Rush (fitness) - can't you just hear Talib Kweli all in your ear? :-)

Out for the count

There's nothing like a backache to let me know that I'm knocking on 35 y/o next week. This backache has led me to taking it super it easy today. Due to no exercise I've had to monitor my caloric intake big time.

I hope to return tomorrow.

Junk no more

It took several weeks for me to realize that Insanity will not work if I fill my tummy with junk. Of course I know that I feel better when I eat clean but sometimes a cupcake just calls my name. It was a harsh weekend food wise and when I tried Insanity I failed. Miserably. Basically folks, follow the eating plan. If you cannot follow it to the letter, please eat clean.

This weekend has been a bad one. My back is going through the aches that seem to come with my special lady time for about a year. It's not pretty and I think I may need to take a week off because it hurts to simply type this entry.

I want to share a few recipes a found and made. The recipes come from: http://meganerdruns.com/ This young lady makes incredible dishes and thus far they are super delicious and very healthy.

The first is my breakfast and it will probably be my breakfast for the remainder of the week: STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE OATMEAL. The name has your mouth watering, right? Well, i won't read off the ingredients because I encourage you to visit the website. I'm sure you'll find something yummy to make for your breakfast or lunch: http://meganerdruns.com/2009/06/29/strawberry-shortcake-oatmeal/

The second is a summer salad. I made it for my coworker and she said she spent her lunch dissecting the salad so she can make it on her own. The only difference is that I used spinach because it's yummy and I didn't add chicken. I only eat seafood. I just might try it with shrimp next time.

Oh, I tried Power Cardio and Resistance tonight but I was that chubby girl in the back of the Fit TV program doing the modified version. Hey, I still burned 415 calories so all was not lost. Plus, I felt a little better while I did it until now. Geesh, a woman's body is a curious thing.

Until later...

Kicking booty!

All day long - honey, honey, honey, when are we going to do Insanity?

Boy: as soon as i finish cleaning

me: hmm, okay.

boy: if you want to do it without me, go ahead.

me: no (because i know he won't do it), i have no problems waiting on you.

boy: okay, but can we order pizza first?

This was a true conversation and talk about boy paying for those four slices. I don't get why honey doesn't get the calorie thing. I've decided to to let him do his thing food wise and hope that he'll watch the pounds/inches fall off me and finally get it.

On to the blog - I KICKED INSANITY ASS today! We did pure cardio and it was amazing. I didn't stop once during the "warm up" x 3. I even went faster when Shuan asked me to.

Stay tuned for tasty recipes for my lunch and dinner for the upcoming week.

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Insanity Day 4: Cardio Recovery Pt 2

Just a little update during my Insanity part duex - I feel like I'm getting better, faster and stronger. I'm burning mad calories, more focused on my eating plan and I'm actually enjoying working out with honey.

Most of my new updates until I get back to week three will be meals and such so please stay tuned, keep reading and if you're a Beach Body devotee, KEEP PRESSING PLAY!

What is love?

Love is restarting Insanity to support your honey. Yes, I actually did that but I gotta tell you that I feel better for it. I feel supported by Chris. He can no longer tell me to push because he's trying to gasp for air himself (tee hee). Okay, it feels good knowing that this former track/baseball star is struggling as much as I but just having him there makes me want to show out a little more and prove that I can keep up with the boys. However, Chris seems to get extra encouragement from Shaun because there's ALWAYS one of the two Chris's in the videos. Oh yeah, Chris is on vacation this week so he feels the need to not only do Insanity but jog it out at the track. What the heezy!?

I found a GREAT new restaurant in my hometown: http://www.zoeskitchen.com/ YUM YUM YUM and the food is straight up healthy. The menu is based on the Mediterranean diet. Try the shrimp kabobs. Yum-o! Any guess on what I ate for dinner tonight?

After the track, Chris and I went to GNC to get our monthly supply and club discount of protein shakes. I'm going to try BSN Lean Dessert Protein Shake. I'm a faithful Oxygen reader and the ads have finally broken me down to try out. I'll report more tomorrow after my workout. I've been using Spuri-teen for over a year now but it's really been nothing more than a recovery shake/meal replacement. I need something at this point that's going to help me build lean muscle mass and help define by physique.

Day 1: Watched Chris do the fit test. HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! Do we all look like birds flying when we try it for the first time? I recorded Chris's results and he did okay. But the boy has zero rhythm. Bless his poor little multi-racial soul. No offensive people without rhythm but you know what I'm talking about.

Day 2: Plyometric Cardio Circuit: I burned 614 calories. Yea me!

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I'm baaack!

Spring break was a BLAST and so was my diet. Maybe I should say it was a bust. If the food was fried, or baked, or had cream cheese on top and yummy brownie on the bottom - I ATE IT! My friends and I went to Myrtle Beach and Insanity didn't figure into the program. With that being said, I'm restarting Week three and I'm beginning on a Monday this time. This is great because now I get a rest on Sunday. My plan is to go outside and play with honey on rest days.

Because I'm resuming my program you'll find a few of my Insane meals in the photos . The top photos is whole wheat pasta salad, grape tomatoes, spinach all mixed with vinaigrette. The second photo is "chicken" fruit salad. I said "chicken" because the only meat I eat is seafood so I used Boca chicken patties. You'll find the actual recipe on my Beach Body coach's website: http://fitonawhim.squarespace.com/.

Stay tuned.