dawnkyung
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I'm back!
So, it's been like a year since I was here last - omg!
Can't believe all the time has passed.
A few things have happened in the past year - Chris and I got married, I decided to go vegetarian again, we moved, and I totally stopped working out/watching what I eat.
With that being said, I'm baaaaack!! Because I missed it here AND because I've become totally unhealthy. I weighed myself the other day (maybe 2 weeks ago) and the scale said 134! I've never weighed that much in my life....what a wake up call.
I started complaining to Chris about how unhealthy we are, we never get any exercise, etc - since we moved we canceled our gym membership as we moved quite a bit aways - about 20 minutes. Our new complex has a gym that actually is pretty nice, but I couldn't bring myself to do what I was doing before. I need motivation!
Chris suggested cardio kickboxing as something fun we could do together (he could use to shed a few pounds too), so we went and tried out a killer class (literally, I almost died LOL) and signed up!
Since then, I've been going 5x a week for an hour M-W-F and about 35 minutes Tues-Thurs. They also have a Saturday class I'm planning on doing. The cardio is really something else. The warm up alone is enough to make me collapse on its own, never mind the actual kickboxing. A typical class runs something like this....
Warm up - jumping jacks 1 minute - stop, pushups - more jacks - stop situps - more jacks - jump squats - run around the room - alternating lunges - more pushups - back to jacks - alternating knees up - run around room facing inward (side to side running) while punching - turn to face outside - back to jacks - more situps - then you PASS OUT!!! Well, not really - but the 2nd class we took, Chris totally got sick and had to go throw up in the bathroom because of the effort. Then it's bag work with a lot of different things tossed into it - dips for triceps, squat roundhouses, etc. It's a lot of work!
The best part about it is that it's so fun (at least so far) and I really feel like I've accomplished something when we're done. It's also nice to do something with Chris!
Now that I'm a vegetarian again (really pescetarian), I've swapped out one meal a day with a myoplex bar to help with my protein, been chugging water during the day and eating a fairly healthy array of fruits (I could use more veggies, though). I swapped out chips/cookies for asian rice crackers which are sooooo delicious (at least I <3 'em!) and making better choices in general. I've been doing a good job so far with portion control and can only hope that I keep it up!
I hope everyone else is doing great and still on the wagon, unlike my undisciplined self! Hopefully I can keep up the kickboxing, especially since Chris and I can go together.
So, it's been like a year since I was here last - omg!
Can't believe all the time has passed.
A few things have happened in the past year - Chris and I got married, I decided to go vegetarian again, we moved, and I totally stopped working out/watching what I eat.
With that being said, I'm baaaaack!! Because I missed it here AND because I've become totally unhealthy. I weighed myself the other day (maybe 2 weeks ago) and the scale said 134! I've never weighed that much in my life....what a wake up call.
I started complaining to Chris about how unhealthy we are, we never get any exercise, etc - since we moved we canceled our gym membership as we moved quite a bit aways - about 20 minutes. Our new complex has a gym that actually is pretty nice, but I couldn't bring myself to do what I was doing before. I need motivation!
Chris suggested cardio kickboxing as something fun we could do together (he could use to shed a few pounds too), so we went and tried out a killer class (literally, I almost died LOL) and signed up!
Since then, I've been going 5x a week for an hour M-W-F and about 35 minutes Tues-Thurs. They also have a Saturday class I'm planning on doing. The cardio is really something else. The warm up alone is enough to make me collapse on its own, never mind the actual kickboxing. A typical class runs something like this....
Warm up - jumping jacks 1 minute - stop, pushups - more jacks - stop situps - more jacks - jump squats - run around the room - alternating lunges - more pushups - back to jacks - alternating knees up - run around room facing inward (side to side running) while punching - turn to face outside - back to jacks - more situps - then you PASS OUT!!! Well, not really - but the 2nd class we took, Chris totally got sick and had to go throw up in the bathroom because of the effort. Then it's bag work with a lot of different things tossed into it - dips for triceps, squat roundhouses, etc. It's a lot of work!
The best part about it is that it's so fun (at least so far) and I really feel like I've accomplished something when we're done. It's also nice to do something with Chris!
Now that I'm a vegetarian again (really pescetarian), I've swapped out one meal a day with a myoplex bar to help with my protein, been chugging water during the day and eating a fairly healthy array of fruits (I could use more veggies, though). I swapped out chips/cookies for asian rice crackers which are sooooo delicious (at least I <3 'em!) and making better choices in general. I've been doing a good job so far with portion control and can only hope that I keep it up!
I hope everyone else is doing great and still on the wagon, unlike my undisciplined self! Hopefully I can keep up the kickboxing, especially since Chris and I can go together.
