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!!!

Day 12: Meal 3 ~ Dinner

Usually after completing an Insanity workout and depleting a ton of calories... I start to get ultra hungry at least 30 minutes post-workout!  

Bro and I finished our workouts, took showers, then headed to church.  We ended up both starving through church.  Headed over to Jamba Juice for their Buy 1 get 1 free deal!  Yay!

Dinner:  Regular sized Acai smoothie

Food:  Acai smoothie (310 kcal) ~ I didn't drink the entire thing, left a little less than 1/4th left

Calories:  310 kcal

Bro go the strawberry energizer.  It was perfect recovery drink!

Next to Jamba is a Wing Stop!  

Bro was craving it, and I wanted some too.  Ate 4 pieces of these babies.  I also ate my left-over pasta!  Only ate the angel-hair part though.  Didn't want the potatoes.  Bro ate the rest of it

Food:  4 lemon-pepper chicken wings/legs (192 kcal), 4 oz angel hair pasta (300 kcal)

Calories so far:  872 kcal

YUM!  happy and full!

Tomorrow is running, then Pure Cardio + Cardio Abs!

Day 12: Cardio Power & Resistance

My face is as red as my sports bra right?  You can't tell, but it really is red.

Whenever I exercise hard, my face just gets super flushed!  My brother is the opposite, he turns really pale when he works out.

Funny thing is right now he is ultra pale looking and doing the Plyometric Cardio Circuit in his room.  During our 30-sec breaks, we stop by each other's workout area and encourage each other with Shaun T's "C'mon ya'll... LET's GOOOOOOO!" that is shown in each DVD opening.  It's from the Cardio Power & Resistance workout I did today!

Today's workout:  Sometimes during high-power exercises I get so tired!  SO quickly, maybe because my body is so beat that I can't give 100%, but during Power Jumps I did about 10, then maybe 1-3 when I caught my breath.  Other exercises... totally okay!  Like hurdle jumps, I was able to power through and bring my knees high on almost every repetition.  Hmm!  After tomorrow's Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs, I gotta rest for reals for week 3!

Exercises that I had trouble with:
~ Power jumps:  Like I said earlier, I just had trouble powering through them!
~ Moving push-ups:  I started with full-push-ups... then eventually had to resort to modified knee push-ups!
~ Triceps dips:  wah!  My shoulder started bugging me during this one.  Must be the hyperextended position... so I had to stop.
~ Tricep push-ups:  I don't even know if I was doing this right.  It felt awkward and wasn't sure exactly what I was doing.  I remember feeling awkward last week.

Exercises I enjoyed:
~ Sprints + Hurdle jumps:  FUN!  I had no problem with these.  I felt really good about bring my knees high and sprinting fast
~ 8 pulse squats + 8 push-ups:  I had to eventually modify the push-ups, but I like fast-moving push-ups!  Power power power!
~ Globe jumps:  I like jumping and moving in circles.  It was getting tough to lift off the floor, but it was fun

Tomorrow is Pure Cardio + Cardio Abs!  2 workouts tomorrow!!!  *excited*