Week 3 Round Up

So I totally slacked on posting this week. 

I started feeling like crap and it really took it out of me. I had a sore throat with a touch of scratchy. Nothing too major because I can't handle a sore throat well at all. Add in the stuffy, icky head feeling and I was just feeling blah. The first day or two it hit me I had a fever. How fun! No body aches thankfully. I first thought it was allergies because I was sneezing my head off but allergies don't last this long. Right? lol Even though I was feeling icky I still knocked out each workout everyday to the best of my abilities. I'm pretty proud of that! 

Here's a quick recap:

Refer to Day 15's post for Total Body Core

Day 16: Booty

This one hurt!! Like for real pain. lol I was screaming so much the first round my cat came to check on me. She figured I was ok and started to attack my hair. Typical. 😹

Day 17: Cardio Core

Holy sweat!! Last week I didn't do so hot with this workout so this time I got more sleep and was determined to kick its ass. Then I got sick and I still wanted to kick its ass so I did the best I could. I pushed and I kept going when I wanted to quit and I totally kicked this workout's ass! I pushed so hard I hit 185 bpm and my max for my age is 187 😬

Day 18: AAA

You know Autumn loves to bring the pain so that little plank hold she added in was dirty!! lol I did 20s most of the time but I had to do 15s for the hammer curls. Had bad form with the 20s so I dropped to the 15s. Play it smart! Also, still doing push ups on the toes 💪 Last time wasn't a fluke! I can really do pushups on my toes now!! Only took me a year and nineish months. Progress!!
Look at my progress and take it in for a second. If you think you're not improving on some moves or in some areas and you get discouraged, don't!! We progress at a rate our bodies can handle. There's no how-to manual to operate our bodies or to tell us how long it will take to lose weight or build muscle. You just have to keep at it and keep your head in the game long enough to see the progress. Sometimes we don't even know we made progress until we try something we thought we couldn't do. Pushups have always been a frenemy of mine and now I am OWNING them. My range of motion may not be like Richardson's yet, or it may never get there, but I'm on my toes and that progress makes me happy and pushes me to keep moving forward.

Day 19: Legs

Autumn started out with 25s so I was down with trying that. 20s are getting easier, not easy, but easier. Yea, that was a big no for me. lol I was feeling icky and my left hand was giving me serious pain holding that 25. Like it hurt so bad I dropped the weight. So 20s and 15s for me on leg day. Still rocked it out. I even did one 30 for the squats to give my hand a little more rest. I squashed this workout while feeling crappy. #beast
Something that's helped me get through these workouts while feeling under the weather is my dad. When he would start to feel a cold coming on he would go for long run. I remember him being sick once growing up. When he was sick he was sick. It scared me he was so sick. My dad was the pinnacle of health so I took a tip from him and sweated it out this week and I'm glad I did. I think it helped me to not get worse.

Day 20: Cardio Flow
I wanted to see how much progress I had made with this workout, even though I hate it. Not love/hate it, hate it 😆😂 I didn't allow myself breaks and I did every move to the best of my ability and I survived!! I only took breaks that Autumn and the cast took and I hung in there.
Fun Fact: I had a dream about Cardio Flow the night before. Crazy, right? In my dream I'm doing spider push ups and they're crazy easy. So easy I don't feel any stress, any strain, any struggle. It's like I'm floating through the push up, easy like Sunday morning. Yea, that's not how it felt come Saturday morning. lol However, I did gain a little more range of motion in the pushups so a little progress happened!! Woot!

Sunday Rest Day (not day 21)

I get a lot done on Sundays now. More so than ever before, which I give a little credit to 80 Day Obsession. I knocked some chores off my to-do list and even did a little mini workout. Autumn posted a #commercialchallenge for people watching the Super Bowl #goeagles I am not watching it and just voting for the underdogs #sueme lol 

I just did one of each and it was fun, not easy though! lol Afterwards, I did Stretch & Release. 

Tomorrow:
Day 21: Total Body Core

WEEK 4, ya'll!!!

Day 15: Total Body Core

Wow, Wow, WOW!

That was so much harder than the last two weeks and all we did was move around the sets! I never knew that I would appreciate the moves spread out like that, but now I want them back 😆😅 Doing them back to back made it SO much harder! Who would have thought? Oh yea, Autumn 😒😆

I have a NSV this week!! I was able to do pushups on my toes!! TOES, people!! No knees, no modifications!! I did it all three sets too!! Sure my range of motion wasn't as good as Richardson's, but I did it!! Richardson is a pushup beast!!

I tried tricep pushups on my toes and got to the fourth one and had to drop to my knees. My form was bad and I knew I couldn't push it. We'll see how I do next week though! 

I did 20s this week for the most part. 15s on triceps because I still struggle with 15s, but I am getting better. I did 10s on the curve bicep thingy (lol) because that's already killer! Oh, and my side V-Ups are improving!!! One side is easier than the other, but like Autumn says, it's natural. I'm still pushing for progress!!

What a way to start Monday! Progress, sweat, and another day in the books! Good for you for pressing play!!

Tomorrow:
Day 16: Booty

Day 14: Stretch & Release

Breathe in, Breathe Out. 

Stretch, stretch, stretch!

Ahh, I needed that stretch! I bet you did too. It felt so good. Of course in some spots it hurt, but I still pushed through. I feel loose and limber and ready for tomorrow. Can you believe week 3 starts tomorrow?! It feels like only yesterday we started 80 Day Obsession. 

If you watch the Weekly Obsession videos (and if you don't you should!) you'll see the crew voice the same thoughts and feelings about 80DO as you do. Which I love.

Enjoy your rest day. Actually rest up because we'll need it come Monday morning. Time to meal plan, sleep, and drink that water!!

Tomorrow:
Week 3, Day 15: 

Total Body Core

Day 13: Cardio Flow

😅 😅  Cardio Flow 😅 😅

Geez, Louise!! My day has been off routine so it's been rough getting in my timed food and that made me workout a little hungrier than I like to, which made the workout that much harder. I did it though! 

Inch worms are getting better, at least I thought they were. The first time I could do them without bending my knees, but after that I had to bend more and more. I'm not sure if that was hunger or just plain can't do it all the way yet. I'm taking it as small progress!! 👏

I sweated my booty off with this workout. I didn't pineapple, I didn't take a break, and I even tried my hardest on mule kicks/frog jumps. I don't know why those are my most difficult move in Cardio Flow, but I am determined to keep at it!

I am so glad tomorrow is a rest day. I will most definitely do the Stretch & Release video and then I am doing nothing. Well, hopefully. Knowing me I'll do housework. Laundry, at least. Gotta wash the workout clothes before they walk by themselves! 😆

Keep up with the nutrition, rest, and water!! We've got this!

Day 14:
Stretch and Release
aka
Rest Day!!

Day 12: Legs

Legs. That is all. 😆

Legs are Autumn's favorite workout, next to the booty, of course. I was ready for her to bring the pain! What I was not ready for was for her to up the weights to 20s. I can hang with 20s now, but wow did it make the workout twice as hard! A couple of moves I had to drop down to the 15s because my wrist couldn't handle it. Other than that I really pushed through the burn and kept with the 20s. 

I wasn't expecting Legs to make me burn through so much and I love Autumn for it. 

That's a whole lotta calories from leg day! My lower body has never been worked so hard and been so sore. I love it!! I was sure to do my self-care, which consists of a bubble bath and a good book. It really helps the muscles, especially when you use a Relax & Relief bubble bath 😉

We're almost done with week 2!!

Tomorrow:

Day 13: Cardio Flow

Day 11: AAA

Day 11 is here! 

The week is almost over! 

AAA was a little rougher this week, but compared to yesterday I really pushed it. I kept up with Autumn on weights and bands and loved challenging myself. However when she grabs 12s I grab 15s and when she grabs 8s I grab 10s. I don't have 12s or 8s so I have to improvise. I did order 8s, but now I kind of regret that because back flies weren't so bad today with 10s. I'll try the 8s next week and see if that helps my form.
I am sore! She's not kidding with the planks all the time. I pushed myself harder with the push ups today too. I tried up on my feet rather than on my knees and boy, oh, boy was it rough. I could do it, but my range wasn't as good as on my knees. By the third round I was falling to my knees every couple of push ups but I would do one on my knees then get back up. I am determined to get better.
I'll tell you a story I learned last year. When I first started working out I did Turbo Jam by Chalene Johnson. I could modify and do the workouts my body could handle. I made excuses for the longest time that my knees couldn't handle anything because of my weight and all my falls. I learned I was wrong and my body could handle it. Well I did Fat Blaster a lot, a lot. It was a good calorie burner and I felt better after doing it. I did it so much that I think I got too use to it. Nick introduced me to 21 Day Fix. He bought the program for himself but I ended up trying it and switching to that. One day Nick wanted to try Fat Blaster again. By this time I had been doing 21df for about 8 or 9 rounds and was ready to start 21 Day Fix Extreme. I took one for the team and did it with him. I decided to do it the non-modified way and wow! That was some workout. I hadn't realized I was modifying every single time I did Fat Blaster instead of pushing myself to try it the normal way. Doing it the non-modified way made it so much harder it was like a brand new workout. I was struggling, sweating, and breathing hard by the time the cool down came around. From that I learned to push harder sooner rather than later. If I can't this time then I know next time to try again. I went months doing Fat Blaster the easy way. No wonder I got tired of it. I need a challenge and 80 Day Obsession is that! Bring on the challenges!!

Tomorrow:
Day 12: Legs

Day 10: Cardio Core

I know, I know! I'm late again. 

I have a good reason behind this so hear me out. 😆 Yesterday I was posting things for an author friend and two posts in (I swear) Facebook marks me as spam and blocks me from joining anymore groups and posting in groups. How rude, right!? Well, that got me off the computer. I didn't have any work projects to work on so I started doing work around the house. I got SO much done!
Boxes moved out into the garage and driveway for trash day (which is a day late), I put the baker's rack together for the kitchen so I could get that box out,  and set that up for the kitties. It's their new home for eating. Nick bought a timed food dispenser for them so I don't have to worry about feeding them all day long, which reminds me, I need to see how much food is left in the container. lol Oops! Anyways, I put the new curtains that still need to be hung where they will be and got rid of that huge box. Put out the yard lights so that box could be trashed. Notice a theme here? I want these boxes gone! After moving, I am tired of seeing boxes. lol I did laundry and got our bed sheets cleaned. Ordered new sheets so we have more than one set. I thought our new comforter set came with sheets but I was fooled. Oh and I tackled the kitchen! It wasn't bad, but I had to clean the stove and do the dishes. I also had two large boxes full of dishes that needed a home so they're now put away. I don't know if I'll ever use the set, but it was free and it's ok looking. You never know! Nick bought me a little office heater and it looks like an old wood burning stove. Super adorable! I set that up and it's waiting to be used on another cold winter day. Whenever that will be because this week it's 50s all week. Nick wanted me to do a stretch class with him so I did that before taking a bath and hitting the bed. I did other little things around the house and I am glad I did. Our house is big and it takes a while to take care of, but I am grateful I have to opportunity to take care of a house. I am truly blessed.
So there's my reason(s) for not posting yesterday. I did all of that on Day 10: Cardio Core day! I must get a burst of energy on cardio days. Not complaining! 

Cardio Core was pretty rough on me yesterday though. I wanted to pineapple a lot and once I did. It might have been the amount of sleep I got because I almost slept 9 hours or it's just not wanting to do cardio. I don't drink Energize so maybe cardio days it would help, but I'd rather not. I know next week to push harder and get the doubts out of my head. The three rounds, 10 reps may seem easier in the long run because it's 10 reps instead of 15, but it's not. Trust me on that. lol I love it though and the nutrition is getting easier every day! 

Tomorrow:
Day 11: AAA