no more squats!

Just as i suspected... I'm sore. Day 1 of level 5-6 was great... because I was excited. Then I woke up and realized I was sore and Tony had given me a good workout. It wasn't the worst kind of soreness I have ever felt but I was definitely feeling it in my butt, legs, and quads in a different way than normal. (No pain no gain right?) When I got home yesterday I popped in 5-6 sculpt and got to work. OUCH. I definitely need to get some lighter weights because it's A LOT more reps and smaller muscle groups so my 8lb. weights are going to cut it. Not to mention I really need to work on doing a normal push up instead of only girl push ups. Now, while Tony says girl push ups are completely OK I really want to try and do some regular ones. I knew as soon as we started lifting that I was going to be sore... and boy was I sore. My shoulders and arms really got a workout which feels great and I feel like I'm getting stronger but it sure does hurt a bit.

Moving on to today. I got home a little later than normal and had a "spa" date with my pal Sarah so I had to get home and get straight to work. As much as I wanted to skip the workout because of being sore I knew I needed it. So I did sweat 5-6 and it definitely wasn't as simple as it was on day 1... that might be because I was really sore, just a thought. Not only that but I really did sweat more than normal. Why you ask? Well our A/C is not working and it was 90 degrees today. So basically you can imagine the sauna that I call my apartment was a great place to be doing a "sweat" workout.Sarah and I had a great time catching up, pretending we were in a spa (minus the part of someone else doing our nails) and have a delicious dinner. :) I've done really well this week with my workouts (pushing myself) and my eating. I'm very proud of myself!

I know I could write more because a lot is going on with work and preparations for this Memorial Day weekend but I'm just too tired. I'll post tomorrow:)

Night!

Day 65... Day 1 of levels 5-6

Let's recap since I haven't blogged since Thursday...

Friday I took the day off from work because I had a GI doctor's appt. I'm on new medication and things are looking fine... WAHOOO!!!! Hopefully I won't be going back to Dr. Adams for another year (check-up). After my appt. I went camping with Mike, Sarah, Joey, Doc (their dog), Trip (Mike's friend) and Peyton surprised us later on in the afternoon. We had a fabulous time! However, I think I walked away with a little poison ivy... ick!

Now on to Saturday... We woke up, had breakfast and headed back home. I napped most of the afternoon because sleeping on the ground, while fun, is not the most comfortable sleeping arrangements. When I woke up it was time for Samantha's Birthday festivities! We loaded up on a Reston Limousine Bus and headed to Maryland to Medieval Times for dinner and a show. We all had a great time, even though our Knight didn't win. We loaded back up and hung out the rest of the night at Samantha's house. Great times with great friends!!

Sunday consisted of an extremely lazy day with Mike. We watched Avitar which was a great movie but very long and then grabbed lunch and laid around. I started to not feel so hot so I went home and laid low the rest of the evening. I didn't get a good nights sleep because our A/C was not being cooperative but I think it's ok now so I'm praying for a cool and restful nights sleep. Lord knows I need it after today.

And that brings me to today..... While today is day 65 out of 90 (25 to go!!) it's the first day of Level 5-6 sweat. I'm very surprised. I got a great workout but it wasn't as hard as I thought... it wasn't hard at all really. It was challenging and muscle burning but not what I was expecting; however, I did really enjoy it and I got a great leg, thigh, quads, and butt workout. I did really miss (I can't believe I'm saying this) the Abs 200 at the end of the sweat workout. On levels 1-2 there was Abs 100 and on levels 3-4 there was Abs 200 but on 5-6 there was nothing! So, I decided to do Abs 200 (from memory might I add) at the end of my workout... it felt great!

I was going to add in a run as well but I'm not feeling 100% (dag on mother nature) and I feel like the workout was "easier" then I had expected because I was excited so I don't want to over do it and be sore/out of commission for the rest of the week. I'm going to see how I feel tomorrow and/or Wednesday and add on more from there. The weather is supposed to be gorgeous all week and weekend so I'm really hoping to get in some runs and enjoy it!

I'm starving so I'm going to go make some jerk chicken and veggies so I'll post pictures of this weekend later on!

Save your car, ride your bike

The day has come. While tomorrow marks the official "Bike to work" day, my friend and I can't do tomorrow so we decided to bike to work today!... I'm so excited; however, I'll admit I'm a little nervous. We're meeting at 6:15AM and heading out! We should be at work within 45 min.-1 hour. I have my clothes, shower supplies and lunch all in a backpack so that should make things a little interesting considering it's not the lightest but we'll see how it goes! Here's a little preview of the before picture...

I'M ALIVE!!!! Let's start with this mornings ride. I was tired and my legs were sore from running but I had a great time! Kerri has an amazing road bike that is carbon fiber (which means her bike is light as a feather) so she flies. My bike on the other hand, while awesome, isn't carbon fiber so I'm pulling a little more weight around not to mention I just stared biking again after 12 years. The point is, even though my legs were sore and tight and I couldn't get my gears to adjust right I had a blast!!!

I debated riding my bike home because I was tired and I wasn't looking forward to the hills (I left my car at work yesterday b/c I was supposed to give my friend Regina a ride to the metro today but instead she just drove my car to the metro by my house and parked it). But I decided what the heck! I rode it there I can ride it back. Surprisingly the ride back seemed easier! I'm not sure if it was because I was awake and it's gorgeous out or what but it was beautiful! Poor Kerri is like a bullet and I'm more like a snail but I'm working on it!

Needless to say, we're alive, we had a great time, and I definitely plan on riding to work again! Everyone should try it! It really was fun. My GPS watch stopped tracking time/distance (or maybe I forgot to start it... ooops!) but we are guessing that it's about 7 miles each way. So we rode a total of 14 miles (+ or - a few miles) today! Great way to start the day!