Day 9: Snack + Meal 2!

Before Pure Cardio, I wasn't hungry at all.  It must have been the excess of calories I had consumed from the day before.  Noodles then Chick-Fil-A!  A little too much.

Right after Pure Cardio, I was starving.

So I hopped outside and grabbed some figs!  Sorry no photo... but I keep eating them, so you might get tired of fig photos ^^;

Snack:  4 figs

Food:  4 figs (84 kcal)

Calories:  84 kcal

Yum.  I had to take a shower because I was sweating so much.

Insanity makes you sweat.  Serious sweat.  Thank goodness for dry-fit clothing.  I don't know what I'd do without it!  I meant to make a post about showers... but I'll do that tomorrow since I put off this entry until 1:05a... oops.

I went to the supermarket earlier in the day and this soup was on sale!  I have been craving chowder, so perfect!  Here's the next mini-meal!

Lunch:  Campbell's Chunky New England Clam Chowder with some fresh ground pepper

Food:  1 cup clam chowder (230 kcal), pepper (2 kcal?)

Calories so far:  316 kcal

Delicious... high in fat though... but today was a pretty good day for eating.

P.S. Remember how I mentioned earlier to always read the label to check your calories and servings?  I only ate 1/2 the contents of the can.  Because 1 can = 2 servings!  Don't be fooled!  That means, if you ate the entire can, you'd have eaten 460 kcal and 40% of your daily fat %age.

Always read your labels!  I should have a label tutorial here....

Yum!  My beloved mango!  You can't have the mango!  I ate all of you.

Snack:  1 full mango

Food:  Mango (32 kcal)

Calories so far:  348 kcal

I love mangos!  Healthy and satisfying and delicious!!!

Bro and I always wonder how is it that this food is so tasty, yet still healthy?  Lucky us for loving mangos!

Day 9: Pure Cardio

I feel really good about today's workout!  Completed it around 4:00p.

My warm-up was pretty kick-butt!  I was going really fast during the 3rd set and didn't fee ultra winded.  *proud*  I was really focusing on completing it strong.

Both Cardio Power & Resistance or Plyometric Cardio Circuit are "interval" workouts ~ meaning you get to take breaks in between sets of exercises, but you go max out.  Pure Cardio workout is approximately 16 minutes of non-stop exercises.  

Non-stop!

You can take a break, but you just jump back in when you're ready.

Exercises that killed me in this circuit:

~ Frog jumps -- I decided to change it from a squat to a "full squat" meaning you squat all the way to the floor for full range of motion (ROM).  If you can do a movement, you should strengthen it through the entire range of motion.  As long as you stay within the boundaries of safety.  Going to a full squat (as late as it is in the circuit)... was killer.

~ Push-up jacks -- ahhh!  upper body strength!  I would do 2, then keel over ^^;  I did my best though

~ Level 2 drills -- again with the upper body strength!  The "suicides" (burpees) and "floor sprints" (mountain climbers) weren't a problem... (well, too much), but the push-ups!  Just to keep going, I modified to knee-push-ups.  

Favorite exercises in this circuit:

~ Football sprints -- I really like these!  I think they're fun!  Even with all the jiggling ^^;

~ Hook punches + high knees to chest -- These were fun too XD

I was dying last week during Pure Cardio (because I was doing the wrong order of exercises), but this time it was lots of fun!

Tomorrow is Plyometric Cardio Circuit!

*a little worried cause already sore...*

Day 9: Meal 1 + Pole fun!!!

Good morning and good afternoon!

Woke up extra early today and had breakfast.
Why wake up early?
Because a handyman came over and tah-dah!

Pole up in my room!!!

I tried putting it up yesterday... it's a Lil Mynx fitness pole!  I got it from my pole teacher Jenny during the weekend.  You should check out her studio.  She's awesome!

http://www.inversiondancestudios.com/

P.S. a good note (that I knew, but was excited and not thinking) ~ is to not do tricks when cold and first waking up in the morning.  I did a couple "pull-ups" and after thought "that was dumb."  oops.

Will be doing tricks on this later!

You'll be seeing this picture quite a bit.

Breakfast:  Post Banana Nut Cereal

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

Calories:  280 kcal

I ended taking a nap afterwards.  ^^;

Pure Cardio NOW!