Day 13: Meal 2 Dinner + Snacks!

I actually ended up cooking a feast... but only ended eating the fish and the rice!  Oops!

Dinner:  Sanma (Mackerel) + Rice + pickled radish

Food:  Sanma (254 kcal), 1/2 cup rice (100 kcal) + 2 tbsp pickled radish (6 kcal)

Calories:  360 kcal

I also baked a mushroom, onion, potato mix with pepper, rosemary, thyme, and dude dust!  If you haven't tried dude dust... you must!  Serious.

Soon after, it was snack time!

Snack 1:  Mint & Chip ice cream

Food:  1 scoop ice cream (300 kcal)

Calories so far:  660 kcal

My scoop looks retarded.  Not a perfect looking scoop (;_;)

Snack 2:  True North Pistachio Crisps!

Food:  8 crisps (75 kcal)

Calories so far:  730 kcal

These are one of my favorite snacks!  Yum yum yum!  I'm happy the package tells you the amount of chips in one serving!  *happy*

No running tonight, but I wanted a little break!

Tomorrow is a rest day!

Day 13: Cardio Abs

Last week I did Cardio Abs on accident.  At least it gave me an idea of what was to happen today!

Maybe I should have rested in between workouts?  But Cardio Abs does not really have a warm-up.  So I'm guessing you do it right after.

Exercises with difficulty:
~ Oblique jumps:  After completing Pure Cardio... I really don't know how I completed all repetitions in this exercise.  Mental strength I'm guessing...
~ Jump ropes + High Knees:  Again, don't know how I did this one with my knees as high as I think.
~ Low Plank, High Plank:  I felt awkward doing this.  I understand the lower ab contraction and pelvic lift... but still felt funny.  Maybe I have to do it a few more times to get used to it.

Exercises that I enjoyed:
~ Ab twists in C-position:  These are pretty standard.  I like how he makes it less boring by adding in the knee lifts, then "A" arms position.
~ Knees in-and-out:  Single leg and double leg.  Those burned... but it felt awesome.  I had to take a break during the double knees in and out... but still felt great.
~ Oblique side knees (in plank):  I like these surprisingly... and it was in plank position.  The only thing was I felt my hip-flexors more than my obliques... maybe?

I wonder what the difference is with the other Cardio Abs DVD... maybe I'll watch it to get an idea.

I think running tonight!  Or walking.  One or the other!


Tomorrow is a resting day!  My bro says that I'm tired because during last week's rest day, I went running and didn't actually rest.  LOL.  Tomorrow I really will rest... I think!  I might go running *bad*

Day 13: Meal 1 ~ Breakfast + Pure Cardio

I meant to go running this morning at the gym... but didn't make it!  Maybe I'll run after Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs.  A little worried... 2 workouts... then running?  I think I can do it.  Just gotta space them out... but showering?  *thinks*  I hate taking 2 showers in one day.

Oh well, we'll see!

Breakfast:  same ole cereal!

Food:  1 cup Post Banana Nut Cereal (240 kcal), 1/2 cup Vanilla Almond Soy Milk (~40 kcal)

Calories:  ~280 kcal

LOL You'll note the picture isn't food.  It's me after Pure Cardio workout!  This is me sweating and making beloved duckface.

Right now, this is my breaktime before I go into Cardio Abs!  Let's review my workout for today's Pure Cardio session!

Some reason during the warm-up I was getting a side-cramp on my left.  The last time I ate was breakfast.  I haven't had a snack since then... so unsure?  Maybe it was all the water I was drinking when I was driving around.  Kind of slowed me down in the beginning.

At least my warm-up feels stronger.  My 3rd set is kicking butt!  It used to kill me before!

Exercises that were difficult:
~ Suicide drills ~ Some reason I couldn't move fast!  And it was the first exercise!  Maybe I'm just tired.  *fail*
~ Level 2 drills ~ The burpee and "floor sprints" (mt. climbers) didn't both me... but the 8 push-ups in between!  Ended up having to modify them to knee push-ups!
~ Frog Jumps ~ Again, I modified them to full squats instead of half squats... but got so tired by 30 seconds!  I had to slow down... then was going really slow.
~ Push-up Jacks ~ The last exercise of the circuit.  So tired by then.  Took me about 5 seconds to mentally start and begin doing the exercises.  Boo to upper body!  *needs to get stronger*

Fun exercises:
~ Suicide jumps (burpees) ~ YES!  no push-ups in between.  This was getting tough at the end, but I like burpees.  They're such a great exercise.
~ Football drills ~ I keep naming the same exercises right?  LOL
~ Sprints + Lunges ~ I like when we move fast.  We're always supposed to move fast, but these are fun
~ Ski Jumps ~ A little difficult for me, but I enjoy trying to get "high" off the floor

Don't know if I'm forgetting anything... but it's been a few minutes.  Instead of prolonging it... onto Cardio Abs!!!