Boot Camp? Really now?
So we ended up going a little past the deadline for our project, but a couple of days isn’t a big deal. I kept food sensible most of the time, although there is evidence of two trips to the vending machine in my office trash can…M & Ms. One bag on Sunday when I was in trying to catch up on grading and organizing for my classes…very frustrating cause the work keeps piling up no matter how my priorities may shift. Now there’s a statement everyone here can relate to. We ate sensibly…Thai one night, but otherwise we stuck to home cooked meals (baked chicken, bean soup, beef stew, and lots of salads). & we walked a couple of miles every night just to take a break, so I got a little exercise in there.
But not enough! I needed to take a pre-bootcamp to get in shape for bootcamp. I am the oldest, fattest, and most out of shape person in our 6-person group. I sucked at last night’s fitness test…8 situps, 9 pushups, a 12:10 mile (actually, I was proud of that, but I was still the last to finish…the one guy in the group joined me for the last two laps, just cause he had nothing else to do…actually, his being there pushed me to go a little faster, so I might like running with others). The only thing I kicked butt (pun intended) on was the squats. I managed 57 in whatever time she alloted for this (a minute?) while the next best number was 46. Of course, I’m short, so I have less distance to travel. 
& oh the pain, the pain. I can’t even really touch my thighs without screaming today.
She’s got us doing stuff I haven’t even thought about doing in years…jumping jacks, push ups (the real kind), sit ups (not just crunches), and some stuff that I clearly can’t manage cause I have neither strength nor coordination.
After the squats we moved upstairs to the track for the run, but my legs were so wobbly, I was afraid I’d fall on my face. Then around the second lap (it’s 12 laps to the mile at my gym), I figured I was destined to end up with my head in a trash can like all those folks on Biggest Loser during the first week. Hubby says I should endeavor to stop before vomiting becomes a possibility…good advice that.
& last night was the first and easiest night cause we had to get weighed and measured & do the test & talk nutrition. She kept us 20 minutes late, but I still think we haven’t seen the worst of it yet. The nutrition talk was…a nutrition talk. I’m always waiting for someone to tell me something I don’t know during these kinds of things…like “of course studies have shown that just one scoop of ice cream a day can help you cut your weight by 10% in just two weeks.” But it’s always the same: eat fruit, eat veggies, eat lean meats, cut down on the carbs. I follow this already, for the most part, my problem is portion control & wild snacking. But she did recommend more protein for breakfast, so for the duration of bootcamp, I’m going to do protein shakes (blueberry one today) instead of my usual Kashi & blueberries. Figure the extra protein may help my poor muscles to rebuild faster…right? Isn’t that the logic of protein?
Okay, tomorrow I’m reading blogs! I glanced through a few on Sunday & see that Eryn got the house, but I’m out of touch here & missing everyone! For today, well, one more day & I’ll be all caught up on grading and other work…just in time for the next batch!
Happy day ya’ll!
For shizzle! Running WITH other people is a whole heck of a lot better. My saturday jaunts with the people in my 5k training are really spoiling me. Now I am starting to get all bummed when I have nobody to talk to.
Way to go on the squats! That is awesome!
Ahh, such good advice from your hubby. Vomiting avoidance should always be a top priority.
You did it! I say half the battle is actually going and not finding some very good reason to not go, which was my big challenge in sticking with boot camp… my quitter instinct that is so hard to tame. And way to go on the squats, you powerhouse, you!
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Oh you’re a funny chick! I want to volunteer right here and now to eat that daily scoop of ice cream. Pick me…it will work, it makes too much sense not to! O-kay, pulling myself together here. Jeeze I really have a weakness for that stuff.
If you are the most out of shape boot camper there, then I guess you’ll be shooting for the title of “Most Improved” boot camper! By the sounds of it this boot camp will have you raising the bar to a whole new level as to how hard you push yourself once you’re back on your own.
or else you’ll just be some damned glad when it’s finished and ya lived through it!!!
That sure was a pile of squats, bigprof! I think you’ve got me all beat to pieces!
57 squats!! Wow! I get tired after 10 when my trainer makes me do them. Of course we are doing squats in between leg presses so that could have something to do with it. Good for you though. Sorry you are in so much pain. I’ve read that if you have a little protien AFTER your workout as well it helps with the muscle building. Not a whole meal, but a little.
If you could confirm that ice cream thing though…….
Hey, BF, I hear you want a piece of me? Bring it!
But seriously… shouldn’t you be thanking me instead of cursing my name? Had I not planted that boot camp seed in your brain, you’d never know the level of pain that your body can endure and still soldier on.
You’re welcome!