Milujute’s BodyBlog

Woohoo, workout was good, I was soooo sleepy!  I didn’t get any sleep last night and took a nap at lunch time…I didn’t wake up until like 5:00 Ack!  lol oh well, the start of my lifting suffered, but I managed to pick it up before long.  I’m so sleepy, I think I’ll have a great night sleep tonight!  Food, not so good, because I slept through most of my meals!  lol  

During workouts, free weights and machines where I stand, I like to practice my belly dancing movements between sets.  and Woohoo!  I finally was able to do the large circle thing…it’s where you have to keep your hips still yet draw a big circle with them using your legs keeping your upper body lined up with the hips…I’ve been finding it quite difficult!  but now I got it!  I think people look at me funny because they’re wondering what I’m doing!  lol That’s ok, I do a mean shimmy… I find it interesting that allot of people think the dance is mainly abs.  That’s simply not true.  I read an article once where they were saying that Skakira used belly dancing to have great abs…but that girl really has an awesome dancers body and she probably does much more to get her abs.  Belly Dancing is a very earthy dance, and I enjoy it greatly.  And yes, you do keep your abs flexed and move them, but really the movement starts with the legs and effects the hips and belly, so it mainly works out the quads and not the abs…or in the chest (what I’m working on now…rib sliding…and improving my flexibility.)  This is why some of the best belly dancers in the world are what North Americans would consider ‘chunky’.  It actually makes the movement easier.  and ironically, why Abs are the most out of shape part of my body…and another reason I need to be doing the weights and aerobics!  If belly dancing were enough, I’d be ripped!  lol.  I’m glad I have naturally large hips and chest because it really helps the movement of the dance…and once my weight goes down, I’ll still have the hips and my quads are quite strong so I’ll still have the dancers legs…but I think my dance will look awesome once my guts aren’t so jiggly!  lol…and more importantly, I’ll be less self-conscious to show them!  I’ll get there from aerobics and lifting eventually and not from belly dance.  How ironic is that!?!    

Emotionally…Great, I have a semi-post workout high again!  Not as happy as I was two days ago, or even yesterday, but I’m so fatigued from not sleeping last night I think that’s why.  My cousin isn’t coming over on Friday, which is good because we have a wedding to go to Sat…pacing everything out is much better!    

I think I’ll add a little note when I start blabbing about stuff…I think it’ll make it easier for me to sift through my blogs!  teehee

Today was another great workout!  Did the run thing again.  I have no idea how much I actually ran!  Basically we ran until we could barely go anymore then walked then ran some more.  We ended up with HITTing at its best. My legs are so exhausted it’s ridiculous, I’m soo glad it’s upper body day tomorrow!  Food, was pretty good, I’m short so far on my water …but I’ll make that up pretty quickly.

A pretty girl walked by me when I was leaving the gym yesterday afternoon.  I presume she was going to the gym because she had a large bag and was walking in that direction.  Two guys stopped their car right in the middle of the road…the driver whistled loudly and said ‘hey’, when she didn’t respond, he said ‘hey, hey!’ again.  I don’t understand why guys think a girl would respond to that…lol… all we hear is  "Hey!  I’m to lazy to get out of my car, approach you politely and I figure if I make enough noise, you’ll turn around and run back to me!"  too funny. 

Emotionally…excellent again…I have a toothache which sucks, but I’ve felt happy all day.  Started getting my focus back on other things, like work and the house, which is excellent.   

Wow, what a great day.  Workout was wonderful…it was the first time I actually felt ‘high’ afterwards.  Still smiling.  and hungry…time for food!  Just a little short on food today…we’ll try to plan better for tomorrow.   

Emotionally; I’m on my first post workout high, so great!  My Mom left me two danish’s this morning (she lives with me…in the basement, rent’s way to high in Calgary for someone who works at a homeless shelter to afford on their own.)  Anyway, my dog Sparky found them while I was washing my face, I didn’t even know they were there.  By the time I walked into the living room, he was on the coffee table chowing down! (which is good for me because it took away the temptation.)  I told him "bad dog" and tapped his bottom (I don’t actually hit, I never hit animals!) and put him back on the floor and wouldn’t let him on the couch for 5 mins…about 6 hours later, while I was making lunch I dropped a carrot on the floor and called him (he likes his veggies too) well, he didn’t answer right away, so I called again…he came running into the room with a giant rice crispy square in his mouth that he stole from my Mom’s purse…still wrapped and not even punctured.  Lol, that was probibly the cutest thing he’s ever done!    How could that not make for a great day?   

Now for the rest!  Aquasizes were wonderful…esp. the hot tub afterwards!  yup…my legs are going to kill tomorrow and guess what!  it’s Leg Day!  yea!  it was a good food day and water day too…so all in all a great day!  I think I’ll sleep well tonight! 

 Great news!  my workout partner decided to do the running thing with me!  woohoo!  We decided to do treadmills on Wed and Friday for our aerobics, so basically changing our walking to running and doubling time ….it’ll take a bit longer to get to 10k, but that’s ok.    it’s all good, I’m excited!       

Emotionally:  it’s a great day!  I feel happy and excited and hopeful and all that good stuff.  And I bought weight lifting gloves because my palms get all pinchy and hurtie when I do the 12’s on the machine…I’m pretting them up tonight for their debut tomorrow!

Take care!

I’m going to do two diary posts today because I’m afraid I’ll forget how everything went after my first day on the run program!  It’s an 8 week learn to run a 10 k step-up training program.

I did the first day today, and I honestly didn’t think I was going to do as well as I did…day 1 is 7 sets of running for 5 mins, walking for two.  I warmed up for 10 mins, did some light stretching then started running…After the first two rounds, I was so out of breath i skipped the next one…after the third round I honestly didn’t think I could finish a fourth because my left knee started to ache because I landed on my foot a little wrong and stumbled.  But I told myself that if I could just do one more, I could do anything…and I did!  Then I waited 5 mins and talked myself into starting a 5th, I was a min in and my right inner groin muscle started to feel strained, I told myself, that’s it…it’s over…but I rebutted with, ‘just try a little longer’ started watching my show, the next time I looked down I had a min left and I pushed through!  Finished the rest of the 49 mins walking then cool’d down then stretched…Wow, I was soooo happy with myself…I was dripping with sweat and breathing heavy, my knee and groin muscle ached and I’m going to feel it tomorrow, especially after aquasizes tonight, but  I did 5 of the 7 rounds!

I figure this week I’ll work on being able to do all 7 and start stepping up next week! 

So, with a little more self-arguing…I’m starting to believe that I’ll be able to run a 10k…maybe it’ll take 12 weeks instead of 8, but I think it’s possible! 

woohoo!  go me!  hehe

I really, really, really, really miss my workout partner… I must, I went to run some errands with my Mom today and then we were going to the gym…but we ended up running late and then I was so hungry, I thought I was going to faint…so by the time we had food, it was too late to go to the gym!  (they close early on Sunday)  I think subconciously, I just didn’t want to go alone…or maybe I’m still woozy, sigh.  Don’t get me wrong, I have gone alone before and it was OK, just not alot of fun running to all the machines without someone to joke and laugh and play with.      Luckily she’s back tomorrow…so Aquasizes!  Woohoo!  and starting my running training in the am…I’m kinda scared, I hope I’m not to exhausted afterwards. 

Eating was OK.  I ate something for breakfast, so I’ll start trying to eat more and more until I’m back up to par. 

Emotionally;  happy, it was fun running around with my Mom, catching up and visiting and shopping, even if it was for functional stuff!  lol  Yet, pit of my stomach nervous occasionally because I didn’t get a chance to call my friend…and wishing life could be different and a little simpler.  I started a book last night, Soul Song, I think…at 12:30 and I couldn’t put the darn thing down, it was amazingly awesome!  I have no idea what it was doing in the Romance Section, it should have been in the Fantasy/Sci-fic section.  I bought 4 books while I was on Vacation…Succubus in the City, from the Fantasy/Sci-Fic section, sucked big time!!! It was great until you got to the end…she didn’t end a single story line!  gurrrr  So I hope this one doesn’t end the same way! 

4 weeks down!  and what a wasted week!  oh well…I was very sick, so I shouldn’t beat myself up over it.  Fresh start tomorrow!  I must have finally eaten enough because today I was full of energy and actually got around to some yard work.  I look forward to next week and all the challenges I’ve set up for myself!  Get the workout back on track, add the running program to my current program…and get back to eating breakfast everyday…today, it tasted like dry oats, and I only managed a few bites.  It was so hard to choke down the food…it only took a few weeks last time.  I don’t imagine it’ll take that long before my tummy’s craving breakfast again!  At least I kept up on my water so I don’t have to worry about running to the bathroom every 10 mins again!  lol.   

Emotionally:  Energized, happy, brave and it was a really good day.  Had the courage to call someone who I shouldn’t, but he was happy to hear from me, which always makes me happy!    Silly, I know, but it did. 

Anyway, ciao for now kiddlies…

I think it’s safe to say this week is shot!  Oh well, I’m feeling much better and just made an awesome low fat seafood gumbo with brown and wild rice…mmmmmmm yummy

Emotionally:  restless, and tired. 

Ack!  my time is ticking away and I still have this darn cold!    Well, I didn’t go to the gym, I went for a walk instead.  got to the 3 block mark and started feeling dizzy so I went home…more neo-citrine and back in bed… sigh.  Had a kiwi and chicken noodle soup.  Need this thing gone…need to eat…need to get my energy back to normal!!!

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!

Emotionally: just exhausted, tired, dizzy, coughie…and blah.