Day Eighteen, 5/16/08

Today was a slower paced day. Maria was dragging, so we took it easy (relatively speaking).

Worked a lot with the bands today. Butts, quads, legs. Not too much work on our arms today. Did work on our abs and lower abs which we all (in class) like to do.

I'm heading to Charlotte tonight and have my work out clothes with me, so I hope to get at the very least, a walk or two in while I'm there.

Two more weeks of class. I wish I could afford to go all year round. I'll have to write down routines for myself so that I can make a check list and DO THEM.

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Day Seventeen, 5/13/08

Today wasn't as windy/cold as yesterday, but it was still somewhat chilly. Hard to believe it is May!

We did circuits today. I learned a new change in situps (on your side....elbow to knee), we stretched, ran, threw the medicine ball and squatted (one of my favorites, but my legs feel like jell-o). It was a good day. The hour flew by.

I'm tired today, though. For some reason, I just didn't sleep well two nights in a row. Ugh. Tonight I work (which is why I worked out this morning instead of tomorrow morning).

Want to know how odd things are with me? I'm traveling this weekend on a girls' trip (bday gift from 3 of my girlfriends) and the first thing I checked out on the hotel website, was to see if they had a gym (they don't). I'm taking my bathing suit and my work out clothes though. I can at least walk or run Saturday morning and early Sunday if I wake up in time.

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Day Sixteen, 5/12/08

This weekend, I worked out hard! I didn't do any kind of set exercises, I planted in the garden. I spent most of the day outdoors Saturday moving the ground around and digging and planting. By the time the evening rolled around, I was BEAT. My hips were sore, my back was sore, my arms were sore. But it felt good! On to today:

Monday morning workouts are awesome.

I dragggggg myself out of bed, but once I get there I'm so glad!!!

We concentrated on our triceps/biceps mostly, which was just lovely after the weekend I had! LOL.

It wasn't particularly cold this morning, but the wind was cutting through our jackets and clothes. It felt a lot colder than the temperature actually showed.

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Day Fifteen - 05/09/08

After two days off, I was eager to get back to the training. ESPECIALLY since I had birthday cake Monday and Wednesday and another bday dinner last night.

Today was a circuit and game day.

We did our rings (jump in the rings, squat. Jump, squat,etc), hurdles, running, ducking in ropes, crunched, etc for our circuit today. We've done a similar circuit in the past, this was changed up a little.

Afterwards, we played a game. The new girls to the camp were thrilled that they made it through their first week and enjoyed the game, even thought it was still tough. Lunges, start jumps, mountain climbers, push ups, etc.

Once stretching came around we were thrilled! That mean class was almost over! :-)

I'm all ready for Monday! :-) I'm not working tomorrow day or night, so I'm mowing the lawn and helping with garden work! Hopefully we'll get the flowers and veggies in the ground!

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Day Fourteen - 5/6/08

It's the day before my birthday. I went in to work out today instead of tomorrow because I'm working late tonight and so I could sleep in tomorrow. We are hoping to spend the day working on the garden tomorrow. That will be plenty of exercise!

Today we concentrated on arms. They felt like Jell-o by the end of the hour. We also ran, did dips, crunches, cardio, etc. It was an awesome work out. I learned some new exercises for the flabby part of my arms. I will add that to my work out routine at home (along with bra-fat exercises...LOL).

We run a mile on Friday. Wish me luck. I'm hoping just to keep the same time that I had last week.

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Day Thirteen - 05/05/08

Today was the first day of the new four week class. I figured she'd take it easy on us. Our class doubled in size, so we had a ton of first time campers. We've even had to move to another part of the park so we all fit.

So, did she take it easy on us?? Noooooooooooooo. LOL. One of the new girls asked if it gets easier to wake up early - YES! Does the class get easier? I told her that it gets easier to deal with, but not "easier".

And like me, several said they'd NEVER be able to run a mile. :-) I told them if I could, they could.

It was a good group of new folks. I'm looking forward to getting to know them.

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Day Twelve - 5/2/08

Ah the "last" day of boot camp. Well, the last day of this four week period.

I'm pleased with my results. Maria (the trainer) forgot to give us the sheets with our info on it, which is why I didn't blog Friday. I STILL don't have the info, but this is what I remember.

I lost only 2lbs. Now, at one point I was down 10. My average was about 6lbs. Why it's only 2 I'm not sure. I can tell you this, I showed 2lb weight loss, but the three women who weighed after me, showed a gain of about 2lbs each. We are thinking that it's possible that the scale was off by a little. Either way, it's ok. My energy level is what I'm happiest about.

I lost a few inches all together. I can't remember what they are, so once I get the sheet I'll post them. My sit ups and push ups remained about the same. However, my running.....YAY....I took a total of about 2.5 minutes off of my original time! :-) I'm excited about that.

So, more updates when I have my stats!

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