As a reminder, this bootcamp is a personal challenge to get fit and eat better. If you lose weight? Great, but that's not the goal.
Speaking of goals, here they are again:
- Workout 5 to 6 days per week for at least 60 minutes per day, for a 90-day period.
So to meet GOAL for the week, you MUST workout at LEAST 5 days during the week, and for at LEAST 60 minutes. (The only exception to this rule is ILLNESS...not SORENESS.)
If you like, you can split your workout up to 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes at night (or 20/40 or 40/20).
You CANNOT 'carry over' minutes (For instance, if you workout 90 minutes on Monday, you can't workout for 30 minutes on Tuesday with the though, "well I 'banked' 30 extra minutes yesterday.") (The only exception to this rule is if you have to travel for business...you can carry over.)
The only minutes that count are CARDIO and STRENGTH minutes. Pilates and yoga minutes will be considered 'bonus' minutes, but they don't count toward your required 30 minutes. (Why?!?! Because this is bootcamp, ladies. BOOTCAMP!)
- You must include a balanced amount of Cardio and STRENGTH. At least 25% of your minutes must be strength focused.
- From Saturday-Sunday, you MUST eat at LEAST 3 servings of vegetables.
- Keep a 90-day calendar and log your workouts. This will help keep you motivated (trust me).
Each day after your workouts, jot down what you did.
Also, if/when you weigh yourself in the mornings, jot this down (you'll start to see how your weight fluctuates in relation to certain types of workouts, meals, pms, etc...).
Also write down whether the workout was easy or hard...that way you'll know when to crank up the intensity.
In addition, take all of your measurements today (with a tape measure), and put this on your calendar. Measure again, every 3 weeks - if you're keeping up with bootcamp, you'll notice major changes every 3 weeks.
Well, yesterday was (reluctantly) a day off, because I had to take my MIL for a PET scan early in the morning.
I ended up having to squeeze in a last-minute trip to the GYN because of my non-stop AF. They said I'm a little anemic from all the bloodloss, so they put me on Prometrium and told me to take it easy for a couple days until the bleeding stops fully.
Soooo it looks like today's gonna be a day off, too. I'm hoping that AF will be gone by tonight so that I can get back to the gym tomorrow morning!
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hope you feel better. I managed to get in 45 min yesterday before I went to dinner. I'm going to see when I can work out today. I missed my flight so I'm on standby for a 12 flight to DC. If I can get on that I can work out before dinner tonight
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DH has promised to take the kids and give me some much needed time alone at home. I am going to spend an hour of it exercising. I was planning to do a SS workout, but I'm having some lower back pain - not soreness, it's a backache that I get from time to time. So, I'm going to give the elliptical a try, cause that's usually easier on my back.
Then, I'll pull out a yoga tape to stretch that back some. The muscles around where the pain is tend to get tense when I try to not move in certain ways, so gently stretching those muscles usually keeps the pain from getting worse.
I may even get to soak in the tub for the first time since I don't remember when. This is going to be a great day!!
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This is going to be a challenging week for me. Any suggestions would be welcomed.
Here's my sad story.....Got up at 5:45 (have I ever done that on a weekend morning?) all excited to workout. While walking down the basement stairs, with my 64 oz jug o water in one hand, and shoes in the other (yes, you see where this is heading), I slipped. Went down about 5 stairs. Thought all I'd done was bruise my butt, no biggie, but then realized I'd hurt my knee.
My dh is a Physical Therapist, and checked it out right away. Can't spell what he said I did, but the long and short of it is that he said I have to let it heal, and should stay off of it for the week. I promptly burst into tears.
I am almost in a panic here. The last two weeks, I have worked out all but 1 day, and am feeling great. I am so scared that I'm going to lose momentum here now, and not stick with this. Dh has said he won't let me do that this time (I have in the past many times), and he said he didn't think the "Bootcampers" would let me quit either.
So, here's the deal. I can do anything that won't stress my knee. Upper body workouts are fine, abs etc. I just can't bend my left knee, for a bit (there go all the lunges I've been loving). What kills me here is that I can't do my Bob and Jillian workouts (unless I just fast forward to things like the pushups)! Going to try to get creative here, and dh is going help me work on upper body and abs this week. But I'm trying to figure out what I can do for cardio, and just generally not get bored this week. I need to keep doing something twice a day, if for no other reason than to keep the habit going.
Any ideas, workouts you all like etc that "Limpy Laura" can do for the next 5-7 days?
Hey, the funniest thing was when my husband said he's seen me cry about many things over the years, but NEVER about not being able to do exercise! Bootcamp is working!
Laura
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Well I workedout yesterday by going race walking with a friend..and she can WALK!!. I thought it was over after 30 minutes and we went 15 more minutes race walking up and down some hills. So again I'm sore but I'm so hooked! We decided to do this 3 times aweek and she will come over and do some videos with me 2 days a week and today I'm going walking in the park with my DH..not race walking but hurried walking... Plus I did some toning exercises
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Tensie-I was in a similar situation you were in about 11 years ago. I bled nonstop for one year and nothing the doctor did stopped it. I work with children and I needed a boost at the end of the day and I ordered this vitamin C drink off off QVC and I drank it that afternoon and the next day my bleeding stopped and I never had it again. Just something you might want to look into. This person who sold this Vitamin C is now on HSN.....he is called Andrew Lessman and he has wonderful vitamins. I don't take anyone elses but his.
LAURA YOU CAN DO IT!!!! can you just do upper body stuff and such until your knee feels better, that is what i do when my Shoulder hurts, i work the other parts of me and take off some time for my shoulder
well i woke up to something scary this am. SNOW and lots of it. we just got rid of all of our snow. I hate snow so much by this time of the year, i wanted to take the dog for a nice long spring walk and then go to the gym and such, but im pretty sure it is too icey to go for a powerwalk so off to the gym to kick some butt on that treadmill, and one of the girls at work showed me a new way to do sit ups so i was goign to try those when i got home.
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Laura: Put all your focus and energy into what you *can* do right now, not what you *can't* do temporarily. If all you can work right now is upper body and abs, then make your goal to have your arms and abs as strong and toned as possible by the time you can add lower body work back into it. And don't forget the veggie part of Bootcamp. Maybe you could up your personal goal to 4 or 5 from the 3 that is the minimum required.
Michelle: WTG on the race walking. It helps to have someone else counting on you to exercise, and someone to sort of compete with when walking. You push yourself a little harder then, dontcha
Mandie: Yeah, what's the new way to do sit-ups?
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she was on her back, pulled her legs up straight and then lifted her butt keeping her legs straight, then she brought her knees down to her chest then back up, lifting up her butt, she did that 5x and then brought her legs back down to the floor, keeping them straight, and then started over again. it looked like it really worked your lower abs
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Okay, I found the new thread. I gained 4 lbs this week (I'm hoping it was the vodka last night and it's all water weight). I'm feeling better still and think my legs look better at least. No vodka tonight, so I'll weigh again tomorrow. I got my exercise in last night and already 1 veggie down today (mushroom omlet). Class was cancelled this morning, so I'm hoping to get some exercise in early today.
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Any ideas, workouts you all like etc that "Limpy Laura" can do for the next 5-7 days?
Hey, the funniest thing was when my husband said he's seen me cry about many things over the years, but NEVER about not being able to do exercise! Bootcamp is working!
That last part 'is' funny!
But back to business...coming up with some workouts you can do...
What about Winsor Pilates? It's all done on the floor. There are several 'total body' workouts, and a "Buns & Thigh" workout (all on the floor) that is KILLER (for the thighs).
Can you do light walking? What about some Walk Away the Pounds videos? Or the Walk Your Way Slim video (I LOVE that one. There are always 3 levels shown: low impact, intermediate, and high impact, so it's a video you could use once your leg heals, too!) WYWS is at DeepDiscountdvd.com.
For upper body strength: 15 Minute Workouts for Dummies has an AWESOME upper body workout. For chest, she gets on her knees, but you could do chest presses with dumb bells, intead.
Or if you want to channel your injury frustration into something hardcore for upper body: Cathe Friedrich's Pyramid Upper Body
I'll try to think of some others when I get home - you'll still be in Bootcamp this week - no worries!!
BTW, everyone, I got my 60 minutes in:
2 1/2 miles on the treadmill (35 minutes)
Slim Series Express Core Cardio (again)(30 minutes)
That's probably all I'm going to get in today, since I have to be at work until 9pm tonight, and then BACK at work at 4am.
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You ladies are the best! Thank you for the ideas and encouragment. My dh says to thank you from him too.
Gimpy knee or not, I'm in this for the full duration. Something has 'clicked' in me this time that is different from any other time I've said I wanted to change my body. Pedal to the metal here! This will be a week where I will simply have to change my focus a bit. But maybe that's a good thing --- keep my body guessing!
I'm going to look into some of the video titles that Kat suggested. Keep em coming if any of you have any abs, or upper body titles for me to peruse. The Windsor Pilates is something I've wanted to try anyway, so this is probably the time!
I am hoping that in a several days I can do some light walking. I did some this morning, right after I fell, and it wasn't horribly painfull, but dh wasn't pleased when I heard I'd done it -- says it needs to rest to heal. So, once my resident Physical Therapist give the green light, I'll try that again. I may go walk in the pool at the Y tomorrow and see how that feels. For the rest of today, I am supposed to stay off of it. Dh has some of his equiptment in the car (he's a home health p.t., so he travels with his machines) and is going to give me some treatments this afternoon.
This is definately the point in the past where I would have fizzled out. An injury would have felt like a "legitimate" reason to back off. Not this time! I like seeing the stickers on my calendar too much!
For those of you who have snow today ---- me too. I can't believe it's snowing on top of my poor daffodils!
Laura
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Starting Weight in Nov.07 = 229 July 08 = Down 20-some pounds, 3 sizes, and lots of inches! SC BOOTCAMP 1 "GRADUATE" - Completed the 90 day challenge and established fitness habits I don't ever plan to give up.
I'm here!! I'm downloading some new material to my mp3 as I type and plan to get my bootcamp minutes in this afternoon.
I must confess I'm not getting into the Shred dvd all that much, I'm finding that I'm not "in shape" enough just yet to keep up 100% and it leaves me with self esteem issues. Then a lightbulb went off. DH bought on of the boxing dummies from Dick's and I thought, "I don't necessarily have to be doing a dvd for s.t." So I plan to get my cardio on my treadmill and then my s.t. on Bob (dummy) afterwards. Talk about getting out your aggression, plus throw in some kickboxing moves.....I'll report back with my impressions.
Sorry to hear about the injuries ladies...hope you find some alternate moves.
Kat: Have you tried going backwards on the treadmill yet? I feel like such a daredevil when I do it. I can only get up to about 2.5 mph though and sometimes do a half-jog type walk on it....I can feel it in my thighs. Then add some incline - it totally gets my heart pounding.
I was able to jog for 4 minutes intervals at 4.5 and did 1 minute sprints at 6.0 mph which for me, a few months ago I couldn't jog for a minute at 4.0...so I am telling progress. I just need to be better about building some non-cardio muscle. That's my weak area.
I will weigh in on Monday. I need to take my measurements still before everything starts melting off me of.....
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SoulCysters 90-Day BootCamp - WEEK #2 Stronger Than Yesterday! 
I'm hoping that AF will be gone by tonight so that I can get back to the gym tomorrow morning!
