Squeeze My Lemons

Hey welcome back! Looks like you were gone almost as long as I was. The only difference is that I checked in a few times throughout the summer!

Boot camp sounds like fun, good luck with that!
 
There's a television commercial here, in the states, of a woman who's hung up her itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini to get her motivated. It flashes from the seasons of a whole year, and finally, after eating nothing for a snack but low-fat yogurt for a year, she's able to fit into it. This is what your post reminded me of-the bikini giving you motivation.

I'm totally cheering you on in this Lemon, wait and see, you'll be fitting into that sexy little number in no time!!!!

A bootcamp, huh? Wow, if they didn't terrify me so, I'd probably join one too. At this point though, work, is seemingly my bootcamp. It seems all I do is work, eat and sleep. I come home, sleep have four hours to wake up and then go back to work again. Thank God I get the next two days off....this working six days a week is taking its toll. I'm hoping my body gets used to this soon.

Congrats on everything you've accomplished so far!!! You'll have this stubborn weight off in no time. What's your goal weight again? I seem to have forgotten....
 
Welcome back!

Glad you ate a lot over the summer without packing on the pounds. Good luck at the boot camp! I'm scared to death to try one of those. Of course in my current state that's probably unwise anyway. :D
 
Hello Rach and Kimmie and Sweatpea! Yup I am completely freaked out about the boot camp that starts tomorrow. I can believe I signed up for it. I re-read the description and it sound a lot like "gym class":

A comprehensive physical conditioning program that combines strength and cardiovascular exercises to achieve total body training. Expect a variety of exercises including cardio training, circuit training, balance and stability training, speed and agility training, group challenges, fitness games, obstacle courses and medicine ball training. We give you a break from your boring gym routine by encouraging you to get outdoors and engaging in functional training. Designed for all fitness levels with moderate and advanced adaptations to all exercises so no one is left behind!
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I remember how much I liked gym class. LOL. I hope it works out well, but I can still cancel at the end of this week if I realize it was a big mistake. I'm not worried if it is really difficult. I can stand the challenge. The thought of it being socially irritating is what is worrying me...read: group challenges, fitness games, obstacle courses. (Not to mention the fact that it is in the field adjacent to the major bus loop at the UNI where everyone I know will be walking past). Not really wanting to look like a jackass. LOL.

I've recently realized that the third quarter for "Hotties in 2008" thread is coming to an end at September and I am going to be mighty pissed if I don't reach my goal by then. I was hoping to have met it in spring. Didn't happen in spring, didn't happen in summer, better happen in fall. I need to lose about 2lbs a week, which fr me sounds steep. However, couple it with the fact that I had made it down to within a pound and a half from my goal a month-ish ago, it is possible. Need to crack the whip!
 
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You'll do fine in the bootcamp. I think you're in pretty good shape. Sure, it'll kick your ass, but you can do it. :)

Work as hard as you can to reach that weight loss goal so that even if you don't make it, you did your best and came awfully close. :)
 
I want to cry. Boot camp definitely booted me in the ass! I am seriously having doubts about my sanity. LOL. I hurt ever-y-where.

Okay so the part that is really distressing me. I honestly thought I was going to be sick right there on the the soccer field almost the entire time. Ten minutes into the one hour thing and then pretty much anytime we had to run there after. I'm guessing that I need to try to eat more in the morning. I am figuring that this will take a bit of trial and error to get it right...but I damn well better get it right tomorrow! I was so embarrassed I totally had to sit a portion out because I was really worried that any movement was going to cause whatever breakfast I did have to come up...that or I'd just pass out completely mid-run.

Now on to my next set of whining. I honestly hurt so bad that I am worried that I will not be able to do a squat or lunge...or heck anything muscle related tomorrow. LOL. Its that bad. I am ready to be sore and to burn and hurt but I am so scared that I will continue to be the weak dorkling in the class. So much for running 5K preparing me for this!

Here a basic run down of what we did in case anyone is interested.
1) Run the length of the soccer field 3 times. (here I was "okay not bad")

2) Walking lunges the entire length of soccer field, then jog back across the field (legs on fire, and I honestly couldn't pull the toes of my right foot up to jog at first, so I basically dragged my right foot for the first five steps. Very weird).

3) Run the agility ladder and then do frog leaps. (could hardly jump at all because of shaky and uncoordinated legs)

4) Run across the field, ten pushups, run back, agility ladder, 10 pushups. (Yikes!)

5) Relay: Run across soccer field and do 5 squats, one person at a time. The waiting team members are doing bicep curls while doing this (at this point I thought I was going to puke and sat this out, to the severe bruising of my ego)

6) Pair up: One person runs the soccer field and back while the other does resistance exercises; ie: bicep curls and other arm exercises, pushups (2x10), curlups (2x20), jumping lunges, and I can't remember what other horrible activities--this repeats over and over for at least a half hour (thank god my partner looked like he was going to die as well. We alternated our post running with hunching over and looking like we were going to puke. LOL. We both decided to ignore the "you cannot stop at all during or between the activities" rule and did what we could manage.)

7) Leg lifts with partner pushing your legs down (thank god my partner didn't push too hard! This gave me little concern about my lower back problems. I'll have to keep an eye on it.)

8) 10 more pushups and 20 curl-ups

7) Plank held for over a minute and a half x2. (sucked ass. More concern over back)

8) Stretching (thank god it was the end!)

I think I might have even missed things. Its all a miserable blur. LOL. We did get two one minute breaks...rah rah.

Basically...burning shaking legs, feeling like puking every time I ran, bailing mid-reps because I thought I'd die = feeling like a big pussy.

I have two more sessions until I have to make a decision about dropping out (and getting my money back). I am very stubborn and don't want to feel like a failure so I'm really not wanting to drop. This is an eleven week commitment, so I better be sure that my body will hold up. We'll see...I scared about tomorrow.
 
lusciouslemon said:
I want to cry.
I honestly thought I was going to be sick right there on the the soccer field almost the entire time.
Basically...burning shaking legs, feeling like puking every time I ran, bailing mid-reps because I thought I'd die = feeling like a big pussy.
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:D PERFECT! First off, I want to say this is music to my ears--not your pain, but the fact you endured it and that it had this effect on you--sounds like an excellent class!

Second, your body will adapt IF you keep on with it. And you won't be in as much pain, you'll start to LIKE it, and your body will start to transform.

Third, congratulations on losing so much weight in the past year! And on the wedding dress, etc.....you sound fascinating, and I feel ya on the dirty sense of humor :reddevil:

I vote for you to stick with it, and not care how you look in the process. What people think is probably better than you might think.
 
:iagree: I'm with Val. :) Don't give up! You made it through the first day, and it'll only get easier from there. I think planks are good for strengthening your back, so it should help, not hurt if you're doing them right. I do planks, too--and they are killers. But oh so good for the core strength.

That workout sounds brutal, but I know you can do it, and the results of sticking with it will be amazing and well worth it imo. :)

Go LL Go!! :hurray:

And it's okay if you :puke: I saw somewhere during the olympics that one of the athletes was hurling during his training it was so intense. I think it was one of the swimmers.
 
Hi :)

Your bootcamp experience sounds a lot like when I did plyometrics with my trainer the first few times.... I had never felt so close to puking in my life and my quads felt like someone had a blowtorch held on them! Keep going though, sure it is really tough right now but it will get easier, and just imagine what all that hardcore bootcamp exercise is going to do to your body. You can do it! I know you can :) BTW, is this a once a week thing, or multiple times per week? just curious.

Take Care,
Sam
 
Thanks Sammy and Kimmie,
I definitely need the vote of confidence! Sammy, its three times a week for 11 weeks.

Hey Curvie,
Nice to see you in here and thanks for the thumbs up on the past year. Its been very rewarding. The idea of "body transformation" is huge incentive for keeping with the class.

I survived day two! I woke up this morning with all my aches and pains still there and thought oh my god how am I going to do this again. This morning after I managed to somehow lowered myself down on to the toilet (quads are still killing me), I started to cry because I didn't know how I'd manage another class. I was so frustrated because I didn't want to give up, yet I didn't know if my body would hold up.

I had my fingers crossed for working more on the upper body, so that my poor, abused quads and glutes could get a chance to recover. Well, it didn't happen that way. Though the routine was changed up, there was still a fair bit of quad and glute work. I suffered through it and persevered!! I am very proud...and now very crippled. LOL. My god, I hurt. I'm dreading how I will feel tomorrow! Stairs are absolute murder and I can't walk normally. I hope you guys are right and that it will get better (I'm sure it will...eventually)!

As for feeling sick...I think I might have fixed the problem. I got the food situation figured out and felt fine. Whew. That was a major worry.

Thanks for the support, guys. I need somewhere to whine, otherwise I'll be driving all of my "real world" friends nuts. LOL. Although I think everyone is actually finding it kinda hilarious. You know how funny self-torture is. I wonder if S&M fanatics love gym classes?

I'm going to be checking in all of your diaries soon, my loves. I'm pretty much bed-ridden at this point. Haha.
 
lusciouslemon said:
Thanks Sammy and Kimmie,
I definitely need the vote of confidence! Sammy, its three times a week for 11 weeks.

Hey Curvie,
Nice to see you in here and thanks for the thumbs up on the past year. Its been very rewarding. The idea of "body transformation" is huge incentive for keeping with the class.

I survived day two! I woke up this morning with all my aches and pains still there and thought oh my god how am I going to do this again. This morning after I managed to somehow lowered myself down on to the toilet (quads are still killing me), I started to cry because I didn't know how I'd manage another class. I was so frustrated because I didn't want to give up, yet I didn't know if my body would hold up.

I had my fingers crossed for working more on the upper body, so that my poor, abused quads and glutes could get a chance to recover. Well, it didn't happen that way. Though the routine was changed up, there was still a fair bit of quad and glute work. I suffered through it and persevered!! I am very proud...and now very crippled. LOL. My god, I hurt. I'm dreading how I will feel tomorrow! Stairs are absolute murder and I can't walk normally. I hope you guys are right and that it will get better (I'm sure it will...eventually)!

As for feeling sick...I think I might have fixed the problem. I got the food situation figured out and felt fine. Whew. That was a major worry.

Thanks for the support, guys. I need somewhere to whine, otherwise I'll be driving all of my "real world" friends nuts. LOL. Although I think everyone is actually finding it kinda hilarious. You know how funny self-torture is. I wonder if S&M fanatics love gym classes?

I'm going to be checking in all of your diaries soon, my loves. I'm pretty much bed-ridden at this point. Haha.
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Holy Guacamoli!! :svengo:

:biggrinjester:

You Go Gurl!

:party:

I hope you feel better and can push through!
 
Hi luscious, how are you? Thanks for dropping in on me. I tried to give you journal a read. I'll have to have more time (or a set of cliff notes), to go though it, but the gist is A. you're doing amazing things and B. Your sense of humor is wonderfully irreverent. It makes enjoyable reading, to say the least.

BTW, your descriptions give some interesting visuals... if you know what I mean;)
 
lusciouslemon said:
You know how funny self-torture is. I wonder if S&M fanatics love gym classes?
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Yes, we do. ;)

Glad you persevered! As a quick tip, cardio is a good way to get rid of muscle soreness as counter-intuitive as that sounds. Although you feel you can't move, if you could walk briskly or jog, it would move some of the lactic acid out of your muscles (the cause of some of the pain). Take care!
 
So today was weigh-in day and I am down a pound. I don't really feel like rah-rahing it though. I'm still higher than I once was. I know, I'll get back there very soon. So I'm 144.8 as of today. Its not shabby at all considering my goal is 140 (not to mention that the whole spectrum of being in the 140's feels good in itself).

Still very sore today. I am going to take your advice Curvie and head out for a brisk walk or dare I say it, jog. I went out for a walk on tuesday and it helped out. I'm hoping that the two days off this weekend will give my body the needed rest.

Cabbie-- Haha Cliff notes, indeed. That's the thing about trying to get into someone's diary when its in its advanced stages. Mine is nothing compared to some people's. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. I'll be a lot easier than trying to wade through my wandering thoughts. I'm glad you've come over for a visit.

Stacy-- Nice to see you in here once again. It been a while, since I've been such a terribly inconsistent diary writer (and reader) this past summer.
 
lusciouslemon said:
So I'm 144.8 as of today. Its not shabby at all considering my goal is 140 (not to mention that the whole spectrum of being in the 140's feels good in itself).

Still very sore today. I am going to take your advice Curvie and head out for a brisk walk or dare I say it, jog. I went out for a walk on tuesday and it helped out. I'm hoping that the two days off this weekend will give my body the needed rest.
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Being less than 5 pounds to your goal is FABULOUS!!! :hurray:

I'm enjoying being in my ideal range, although excited about reaching the lower end of it someday soon I hope!

Hope the walk or jog helps like it did last time! :D
 
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