Wednesday Workouts

As you all know, I need to lose weight.

As only some of you know, I bought TurboFire - the Deluxe kit. What can I say? I'm a sucker for add-ons. Plus! I got the weighted gloves!! Whoot! I was gonna buy 'em anyway so why not get them with the Recovery drink (which I will not shell out $49.95 per month for thank you very much), 5 additional workouts, the lower body band, and the Turbo Tracker (a guide to record food and workouts in)? It doubles the price of the program but I'll tell ya that it was a great decision. I had everything I needed to get pumped and get started right away.

So, for anyone who's not a professional athlete, they include the Prep Schedule. It's 9 weeks of training that leads up to you doing the HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) classes. And I said, "Pfffftt!!! I'm no wimp!" But then I figured I would just sit and watch the first HIIT class before I actually did it aaaaand.... yeah... I'm on the Prep Schedule. The Prep Schedule doesn't go anywhere near a HIIT class until week 7. That should give you an idea of how intense it is. The first HIIT workout is only 15 minutes but it's 15 full minutes of jumping, leaping, running, and full-on calorie burning that I know I'll need all 7 weeks just to gain the self-confidence to want to take it on.

But I am one whole week into the program and I will say that I love it. And I'm down 2 pounds!! My appetite is better and I'm sleeping better than I have in months. I'm in love with TurboFire and I don't care who knows it!

I've only had one bad experience and that was last Saturday. There's a 20-minute core workout and it really is ALL CORE ALL THE TIME. Each move engages at least three muscles in your core simultaneously. Seriously, you spend the entire 20 minutes down in a squat with your pelvis tucked. And then you bend and stretch and lean and engage the other core muscles. Like I said earlier, I've learned to watch all of the DVDs before I do them the first time. So after watching this one I knew I'd need support. My core is... squishy. Yeah, squishy.

I called The Boy (He's a personal trainer. Did I tell you that already? Because he is) and told him that I wanted him to work out with me. He was game because TurboFire is one of the few Beachbody products he hasn't personally tried. (He tries to take on each televised fitness program to stay educated about the goings on in his field. Plus, his clients always have questions about the latest, greatest thing in fitness). So, he came over and of course his abs look great and mine are just in there somewhere. We're doing the workout and he's talking me through it and cheering me on and I'm glaring at the TV and trying to block out the sound of his voice so I can remember to breathe.

About 8 minutes in my body turns on me and I think I'm having contractions! But then I remember I'm not pregnant. I'm doubled over and yelling "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" He grabs my arm and asks me what's wrong. Through clenched teeth I yell, "It hurts! Ohmigod! Get it off! Get it off!". So then I stand up but it hurts. I drop to my knees but that hurts. I lay on my side and it hurts. It's just the worst cramp I've ever had and its in my lower abs so it's almost like a menstrual cramp but worst. Keep in mind that I'm flailing my limbs the whole time and I'm groaning so loudly that I can't hear what he's saying.

Finally, he just grabs me and helps me stand. Then he tells me to lay down on the couch. I tell him to sit down with me and then sprawl out across his lap. I'm still clutching my belly so he pulls my arms over my head and he presses on my stomach. I start whining, "Noooooo... don't touch it! Rub it!" and he does. He made me reach my arms over my head to stretch the muscles and I loved him for it. I'm now eating a banana a day to make sure I have enough potassium in my system. Plus, he customized a pre-core-workout stretch program that he wants me to do until my abs are stronger. This is why I keep him around.

Today is rest day but I'm a bit stressed so he cleared me for cardio, especially since yesterday I only did yoga. I'd like to make this a weekly thing - telling you about my progress. I hope you don't mind if I veer off the baby track every once in awhile. But I guess this isn't really veering is it? Every step, every kick, every cramp is all for the baby so she'll have a safe, healthy place to grow in.

Until next time my lovelies.

xoxo