kermane’s BodyBlog

Externally and internally. Have to take iron for awhile to pump my red blood cells up. I’d eat liver every day if I’d never have to take iron again and I loathe liver. Heck I’d become a vampire to avoid ever having to take iron again. Or maybe I have a vampire visiting my house while I sleep and sucking out the iron from my blood.

Well enough about that, today my right hand balked when it came to working my chest but it survived it, I just reminded it that its part of me, and I’m a fighter baby, no bruised palm is holding me back.

5min stretching

circuits

bench press

85×8x3

tricep pushdowns

30×10x3

narrow grip bench

75×8x3

cable pec dec

20×8x3

wide grip bench

65×8x3

high cable crossovers

40×10x3

incline bench press

50×8x3

low cable crossovers

30×10x3

5min stretching

20min HIIT on ellpictical. Left glute/ham area is doing great, right side still hurting, but getting better.

20min ss cardio on treadmill(remember I’m obsessed with my mileage increasing on my treadmill!)

Tara on Biggest Loser kicks butt, she had an extra 260lbs added to the car she had to pull and she still kicked everyone’s ass! Even the big old burly cousins(can you tell I don’t like them???)

Because I worked my legs today. The left glute/ham area is lots better today but the right isn’t but I still worked it. I can move my right hand alot more today, yesterday it would take me a couple times to get a good hold on my fork. Luckily I wasn’t starving yesterday or I’d just given up, stuck my food on the plate and ate like a dog, lol.

So today I did my legs, no abs because well they worked so hard on Sunday keeping my ass upright I gave them a break. My weights were lower than what I’d normally try but still good.

wu: stretching 5minutes

circuits

squats

130×8x3

w/calf raises(toes in,straight,out)

130×15x3

sumo squats

105×8x3

glute ham raises

bwx10×3(can you say OW, but in a good way?)

squats w/feet together

85×8x3

standing cable kickbacks

30×10x3

knee ext

90×8x3

hamstring curls

70×8x3

5min stretching

20min of nothing to write home about cardio on my treadmill, not quite ready for intervals on it yet, and since sitting still bugs me no rbike, should’ve done ellpictical but I’m obsessed with getting mileage on my treadmill.

Last night my dvr went insane, acted like it was recording 2 programs but only saved one, I’ll see what happens tonight, its a cable box dvr so if it does again tonight I will assume its going bad. Thankfully I walked in and watched Heros and saw Tracy’s fantastic death scene, too cool and is she really dead?

In fact she fell several times yesterday trying to roller skate. LOL. Why was I trying to roller skate when the other 2x in my life I tried I fell like crazy?? Because my son has never tried it and I didn’t want to be one of those parents who sat on the sidelines telling him "get up, it can’t hurt that bad"

So I braved it, got some roller skates on. Now at this roller rink all the superfast skaters skate on the outside and all us who have no idea how to stand on skates or who can barely handle moving once we stand skate in the middle.

Do you see the problem?? I who was attempting my 3rd time ever rollerskating had to play frogger. You know that old game where the frog tries to make it across the road without being squished. Well I was the frog, which is quite appropriate since my nickname in school was Kermit the Frog.

I shook inwardly in terror at teens whizzing by. I made it and attempted moving around in an oval. I literaly got stuck in one spot, unable to move for I’d say over a minute. The first time I fell I made the classic mistake of putting my hand behind me. My right palm screamed at me. Ok self I said do not do that again.

I’d say I went an hour without falling then I got cocky. I’m getting the hang of this, woohoo. Wham on my right glute/ham/hip area(at least I didn’t try to catch myself) Well tears sprang to my eyes because the pain was so bad.

Dusted myself off and gave myself a pep talk and skated to the railing and got my composure. Can’t have my son see his Mom crying like a little kid, but damn it hurt then and it hurts 2x as bad today.

Got my nerve back up, went and skated another hour before I fell again, this time just to keep my glute/ham area balanced I fell on the left side, not on purpose, that’s how it worked out, thankfully it barely hurt or maybe it did and I didn’t notice because I’d been sucking up the pain from the previous fall.

So today I can barely walk without pain in the glute/ham area. They are a lovely deep purple. My right palm is purple from the thumb up to almost the middle finger, and I’m a righty. NO workout today, gave my war wounds some rest but I am working out tommorow but it might be light weights if my right hand gives me fits, and guess what tommorow is leg day!

We’ll see how I fair thru it. Of course my son fell numerous times, but he had fun and has no fear of trying again, so I did what I set out to do.

I thought that the other day when I saw a fairly obese woman who was struggling trying to walk to get to a motorized wheelchair at Toys-R-Us.

What’s the difference between letting myself look like that and living with the scars I have. And believe me I’m scarred. You don’t go thru major surgery and reconstruction on your chest and not have scars externally but also internally. Many was the time after my cancer diagnosis that i said "what’s the difference"

My body betrayed me, cells mutated and were planning on clogging off vital areas in my body if I hadn’t caught them in time and I at the time of diagnosis was eating 80 to 90% clean, doing cardio out the ying yang and lifting some, albeit light, but still weights. And yet all that hard work didn’t prevent me from getting cancer.

While going thru chemo, praying my then 3 year old son wouldn’t find it weird that MOmmy had a military haircut and ask questions, I’d sit on my rbike and think "why bother" All my previous hard work did nothing to stave off cancer?? Yes I was a big old pity party inside. I never let it out, not once. I have very vivid memories of my mother being ill with brain issues when I was 4 years old and I was damned if my son would have any memories of me that way.

Inside I think a piece of my soul died though, and some of my ego. The part that protected me from a very sadistic cruel MOther, and to be honest I need that part of my ego to come back, but alas she hasn’t yet.

But I realized Friday what the difference was as I watched that woman struggle and heard her talk about knee issues, hip issues, she was wearing oxygen too. I imagined she had hypertension and diabetes too. The difference between how she looked and how I looked after my battle with cancer is, one of us chose to look that way by putting bad food choices in their mouths, by choosing to not get out and walk and stay inside, while the other had free radicals do her cells in.

The difference between not exercising and exercising can be as much as 10 to 20 more years of active living. Of being able to walk upright when you’re in your seventies, to not relying on pills to regulate all your hormones. By taking care of yourself, your body thanks you, your mind thanks you and your family thanks you.

And to anyone who is going thru cancer treatment, just went thru cancer treatment or has a family member going thru it, let them know that there is a difference, and that they have to fight and continue to take care of themselves.

So I was checking myself out in my closet mirror and what did I see?? Quad muscles poking out, no not my hamstrings, but darn it, if you build them,they will show! Or at least I’m hoping. My quads showed and I was really trying to flex them, just standing there.

ONce upon time they were weaker than my hammies, I think I ignored my hammies and killed my quads, now to maintain the quads and kill the hammies.

Today was just cardio:

20min intervals on treadmill, no sprint, why? Because I have DOMS, lol, but I didn’t want my legs getting uber bad, so I still did the treadmill.

35min ss cardio on rbike.

So yesterday it was 72 today its 51, I want the 70 degree weather again. Who do I have to beat on to get my 70 degree weather again? Bob??? I’ll beat on him tommorow.

I need to check the bikes out and see if we have any flat tires, my ds and I love to bike ride in warm weather. Since my adventures in strength training, I can now get up the big old hill on the bike path without stopping, riding my bike the whole way, must be the quads

I’ve gotten a gallon of water in so far, 1/2 gallon to go. My poor bladder never gets to rest since I started this challenge with Shannon.

I can not get that song out of my head, and its a good idea if you think about it. If stress is getting to you just dance around like a loon in your living room, your kids will either love it or think you’ve gone off the deep end. My son and I dance in the car, I wonder if people see us shaking our upper bodies and think we are having some kind of fit?

Oh well, maybe then they’ll stay out of my way.

So my legs are ok today, now tommorow i expect soreness out the wazzoo, it usually takes me 2 days to get DOMS and I worked them uber hard yesterday. Its beautiful here, almost 70 but supposedly going to be in the 40s this weekend. We found a pitching machine for a reasonable price, my son is freaking out about how fast they seem to come out, and it freaks me out too. I could see, if you didn’t like someone and you had a high quality pitching machine, speeding it up and aiming for their face and killing them.

Today was chest day and I had some pbs!

wu: 5min jumping jacks

bench press

100×8

115×6

125×4

135×4(pb)

military pushups: 8,6,4,4

narrow grip bench press

80×8

90×6

100×4

110×4(pb)

diamond pushups: 8,6,4,4

wide grip bench press

65×8

75×6

85×4

95×4(pb)

one arm pushups against wall: 8,6,4,4

Widest grip(too the very end of the bar) bench

35×8

45×6

55×4

65×4

regular pushups:8,6,4,4

5min stretching

20min sprint intervals on treadmill

15min ss cardio on rbike.

I got a baseball glove for the first time in my life and we tried it out yesterday, I think I"m a freak of nature, my left hand is stronger even though I’m right handed, and I want to catch right handed, my right hand has better control, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it.

Also tried the pitching machine and I suck at hitting, I mean suck, thankfully my son takes after my husband and not I when it comes to hitting.

had issues with my internet, seems to be ok now, I worked out  though:

Thurs: cardio, Friday: legs/abs/cardio (Saturday/Sunday: can you say nothing?), Monday: back/bis/cardio

Just a crappy weekend thus no working out though it might have helped my weekend seem better. I’m drinking my gallon and half like Shannon and JAnthony and let’s just say if I’m out and about I know where to get to a bathroom the quickest.

Baseball season is here, my son’s first year of pitching machine, should be interesting. Thankfully its been warm here, in the 60s. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that winter is gone!!!

I was watching Jay and Silent Bob strike back last night and the scene came up with the girl thieves in their skintight outfits. If those outfits wouldn’t motivate you to watch what you eat I don’t know what would. I was amazed they could breathe in those things. Eliza Dushka was one of the thieves, i love her since Buffy the VAmpire Slayer, she is in shape, and always kicks ass in whatever she’s in. Of course she’s probably 22 or something, lol.

Anyhow I did my leg workout today

5min of jumping jacks

sldls

115×8

135×6

155×4

175×4(pb)

one leg knee ext

65×8

75×6

85×4

95×4(pb)

sumo deadlifts

95×8

115×6

135×4

155×4(pb)

standing leg curls

40×8

50×6

55×4

60×4(pb)

rdls

75×8

85×6

95×4

105×4

laying leg lifts

23×25

25.5×20

28×15

30.5×10

butt squats

100×8

120×6

130×4

145×4

standing cable kickbacks

50×8

60×6

70×4

80×4

80 lower leg lifts

5min stretching

I’ve gotten a gallon of water down so far today, hopefully I’ll get the 1/2 gallon in before I pick up my son from school. Hopefully no more internet issues.

sprints! going to do my best to do them 3 to 5 times a week. Figure they should help burn the fat that clings to my lower body, no problemo. Yesterday it was like 70, today a high of 45, thus my shoulder is hurting like a b**ch today. I see anti inflammatories in my future.

But since I’m a determined sort of person I still worked my chest out today and rocked it even with my bursitis flaring like an old womans.

First thing today I did 20min fasted sprint intervals on my treadmill.

Later I did a 6min wu of pounding on Bob, with some jumping jacks mixed in.

Then because I’m in a fat burning kinda mood I did circuits with a 20 sec rest in between sets since I was lifting heavier.

circuit

decline bench press

35×8

45×6

55×4

65×4(pb)

w/decline flys

15×8

18×6

20×4

23×4

squats

bwx10×4

wide grip bench press(I’m weak with these)

55×8

65×6

75×4

80×4(pb)

flat db flys

23×8

28×6

33×4

38×4(pb)

squats

bwx10×4

narrow grip bench press

75×8

85×6

95×4

105×4(pb)

incline db flys

20×8

23×6

28×4

30.5×4(pb)

squats

bwx10×4

incline bench press

45×8

55×6

65×4

75×4

w/cable pec dec

20×8

30×6

35×4

40×4

squats

bwx10×4

5min stretching

Later I did 30min jogging on my treadmill. Running bores me, I’m a clock watcher, I watch the timer like I use to watch the clock in high school longing for my freedom. Maybe if I rigged a zapper behind my treadmill and when I start lagging it reaches out and zaps me, maybe then I won’t mind running.

Ok I know the Biggest Loser is about changing lives, and it shouldn’t be about the money, but come on that’s alot of money. Any how the contestants this year haven’t got a clue about how to win that money. Started when that Aubrey chick didn’t stick with her sister and Dane to vote off one of the others. Uh hello, the other 3 are going to vote you off, they’re thinking about the money. Then the big hissy fit the cousins had. Uh hello, you’re adults, you acted like children on your outing, uh hello you’re adults and guess what you will not have a trainer at home patting your hand and telling you how much they love you.

Of course Bob let them work out with him, I would’ve said "Uh hello you’re adults, you need to go talk it out with your team and not act like children" Did he do that? Uh no.

You can just tell who will do well in the real world and who will not on that show. Can you tell I’m loopy today? Not enough caffeine. Was reading up on blood types and supposedly caffeine is bad for part of my blood type but great for the other. AB. Uh I’m going with the great for the other.

I’m sure my family would agree that Kermane without her caffeine is not pleasant to be around. Today was that kinda day, that with my hydroxycut and Noexplode and man I was the energizer bunny today. If you were here I’d probably talk your ear off, that’s how perky I’m feeling right now.

That was what I was thinking when I got a gander at how Mickey Rourke looks now. WTF?? How could he go from having this awesome bod, think 9 1/2 weeks to what he looks like now in the wrestler???

I just don’t get it. 9 1/2 weeks was on recently, thus the vivid memories of his hotness from that movie. Then that movie made me think of pole dancing and how its the new fitness craze. I often wonder if I’d be able to hang upside down from the poles like some strippers do.

Yes I’ve been to a strip club and I’ve seen that up close and was amazed.

You know if I was a movie star, I’d have a whole staff dedicated to working me out, feeding me right and teaching me the latest fitness crazes. But that’s just me.

Today was leg day, and leg day means I’m ravenous day. I read somewhere that after working out your appetite is supposed to be surpressed, Bull Hell! I know on leg day I could probably compete with a teenager when it comes to wanting to eat like a piggie.

10min kicking Bob to loosen the legs, lucky them for him he’s only  got a body from the belly button up.

circuits

pause squats

130×8x3

bulgarians

20×8x3

crunches

10×3

sldls

115×8x3

step ups

15×10x3

supermans

10×3

squats w/feet together

115×8x3

inner thigh lift w/db

23×25x3

crunches

10×3

penguin squats

95×8x3

outer thigh lifts

25.5×25x3

supermans

10×3

5min stretching using Bob.

25min ss cardio on rbike to help loosen up leg muscles.

Was bleak and dreary here now the sun is out and its warmed up some, keeping my fingers crossed Spring is coming. Really bummed with my local walmart their selection of new bikinis is lousy this year, though I did find a nice one at Target, I think I could go 9 days and not wear the same swim suit. Back in my prelifting days it was one piece only and they had to cover my arse.

Weight lifting has made me not be ashamed of my body which is good. Now to get what fat is clinging to my lower half to go away for good then Hell I’d probably wear my swim suits all year in my house, even in the winter, I’d be so happy.

"Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity” or should I say belly bloat, but you know what it was so worth it! Its been let me see like 6 years since I stayed overnight with some girlfriends and just kicked back and had fun. Last time I did I went to Indiana to gamble on the riverboat with my girlfriends and my son was a baby, I think I was due.

I drove up Friday and stayed in my friends hotel room, slept on some cushions on the floor. Nothing like sharing one bathroom with 4 other women. I think I got maybe 3 hours of sleep, not because we were rowdy all night, the big thing that evening after eating at Max & Ermas was having some beer, yes I said beer back in the hotel room, but I’m a feather weight had only 2, now the other guests in the hotel had alot more judging by the noise they were making in the hallways.

Up bright and early to hit the Arnold. Had one friend competing, she looked great. I got tons of free stuff, even got a shirt where they were telling everyone to take their shirts off, no I did not take my shirt off, though my friend and I offered to, but they were afraid of what would happen since we had bras on underneath and not sports bras. Then I got 3 more, one of which my friend and I cut in line and she sweet talked the guy at the booth, it was the bodybuilding.com booth!

Then I got the pleasure of being less than a foot away from the ARnold himself as he walked around. He’s a lot shorter than what he appears in the movies, not that he’s short, just not as tall as I thought he was. Then more beer on Saturday, woohoo lived it up I had 3! Ate dinner with my friends and ate some chocolate cake(mainly the icing, I really don’t like cake, but I love, love, love icing) with a friend then headed home.

Sunday headed back up with my family but we got there very late in the day(hey I needed sleep after my rowdy girls weekend) stopped at Gameworks on the way home where we played this game strapped in these chairs that shoot up in the air, you’re steering your balloon around on screen and trying to  pop your competitors balloons. My goal, to pop my dh’s ballon as much as possible, my son tried to get me but I was so focused on getting dh’s balloon he had a hard time. Final score: my son: 7, my dh: 132, me: 202!

So today:Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity

20min fasted sprints on treadmill

Later: 6minutes pounding on Bob

circuits

upright rows

50×8x3

side lat raises

15×8x3

lunges

10×3