Day 28- so close...

I'm just gonna push this out before i catch a quick nap. I planned to do my workout in the wee hours of the morning but realized I can't cuz I am not allowed to eat or drink as of midnight and no water... so not of the good, so i'm gonna take a nap and get a workout in... i actually thought I would be up all day but plans changed and I had coffee before said plans changed and i'm a little wired... yet tired... :(.... makes no sense.. poor Paris is so exhausted...

I am so stocked up on Jello (gross, i hate it) Popsicles, powerade, juice, frozen yogurt and some broth. yeah... I'm ready to go... i actually kind of feel bad that I can't work out for like 2 weeks...

I'm a couple pounds short of my goal..... sigh... but i'm not disappointed in myself. Inches wise i've lost a lot, so i'm sure I lost the fat and gained muscle, i'm okay with that.... and I feel loads better, I really do, so you know what.. I'm a winner :)

fitness test later... stay tuned..

1 Push-up + Burpee + Tuck Jump 4

*High Knees Skip

Switch Lunge 11

*High Knees Skip

Press up with Spider Knee 7

*High Knees Skip

High Knees x 10 + Mountain Climbers x 10 3 serts

*High Knees Skip

Side Burpee & Oblique Abs 3

*High Knees Skip

Push-up + Side Plank Twist + Oblique Drop 5

*High Knees Skip

V Abs Left 14

*High Knees Skip

V Abs Right 14

*High Knees Skip

Hug Knees + Star Jack 10

*High Knees Skip

Single Toe Touch Abs 10

*High Knees Skip

Squat Jump 13

*High Knees Skip

1/2 Burpee + 1 Push-up 7

Day 27- Strength

Ok, so 2 more workouts to do before the surgery and I shall get them done :)
things have just been... a little hectic to say the least, like i'm not even worried about my surgery, it's just no big deal anymore. I've had friends in the hospital with major surgery, a family member having a stroke...

The word I chose today is strength and I'm not only talking about the strength to power through and work out... I mean, yeah the strength I've gotten since I started this I'm proud of, but i'm also talking of the strength one can have in day to day life.

Sometimes my strength is what gets me through the day. THere are days where it's just a struggle to get through and I'm not being dramatic about it, it's just part of the BPD. I think the females in my family are particularly strong and I get it from them. And this blog is for my Mom and Grandma whom I know read this and are 2 of the strongest women i know. And i'm glad I inherited some of that strength. Some days, especially right now, I know, one, maybe both don't feel as if they are but they really truly are. and I love them both very much, even if i don't say it much...
Also to my grandpa, (who was the previous mentioned family member) I love you so much and i'm wishing for your speedy recovery. i wish wish wish I could be coming up there this weekend with mom but with my surgery, I'm not allowed to travel.

But like I said, my surgery doesn't really worry me anymore... it likes... things started happening and I'm like, this is a minor surgery, it's nothing compared to what some family and friends are going through, you know? and I honestly almost got super pissed at someone the other day who's freaking out and threatening self harm.. because of being demodded in some online chat and i'm sitting here thinking... you know, you can't really compare problems between people but i'm thinking, like... it's just a chat. how could you let someone or something have so much power over you that you want to cause self harm... and this is coming from someone who suffers BPD and knows all about dark thoughts and whatnot and I've been low, i've been in a dark place sometimes for no reason but nothing and no one would push me that far and it just... upset me so much cuz i consider them a friend and I sat there and listened to them and felt bad for how they were feeling and what they were going through but later when i needed to talk, when there was things going on in my life... it always got steered back to this issue and it hurt... and yes, I was upset...

But there I go off on a tangent... I guess i just needed to get that out...

When it comes down to it, Life is full of stress, and we all must find some strength to push through and push past it and we all have that strength, you just need to find it.

how do i combat stress? yoga.. plain and simple. hmmm... should get mom onto that asap...

I was gonna have this out yesterday but you know me... i start talking about feelings and it takes me longer to write...

But down to the last couple workouts... yay :)
Lisa-Marie’s 3 Exercises:

1. Push-up & Front Raise 6 7

2. Bag Drag -20 30

3. Commando Push Up & Mountain Climbers 4 sets 4

Seans 3 Exercises:

1. Shoulder Lift & Squat & One Leg Lift using a sandbag 6 6

2. Round the world using a sandbag 8 9

3. Squat & Press using a sandbag 7 7

I have next workout done, i just need to post it, until then...
Peace love and Harmoni

day24- feel it

Basically, i forgot to post this.... sorry!!!!!!!
It''s been a busy week filled with too much crap going on... I'll explain later.
Until then... 3 workouts, 3 more days until my surgery... phew... so i gotta do it, i will do it.

stay strong, keep working it. and i'll post my new one soon..

1. Push-up + Clean & Press & Squat & Press – 7 8 8
2. Plyo-metric Jump & Press Up 6 7 5
3. Plank & Floor touch & Knee Tuck – =12 14 16
4. Reverse Pull Up’s 15 14 17

Day 23- do it

don't worry, I'm still here and committed, just been a little under the weather the past couple days. But I'm still here and still pushing. and i'm one week away...
I'm nervous, I really am. Simple procedure but the fricking dreams... *shudders*

so we have week 4 day 1 the last week of the 30 day challenge.

1 Leg Push-Ups and Jump Over- 10 15 16

Side Straddle Run’s & Burpee’s 8 6 7

Squat and Woodchop – 17 16 16

Plank Jumps 10 14 12

After not doing it for a couple days.. omg what a tough workout, but just when I wanted to quit i powered through so yay!

i've actually been busy too... Yes, under the weather so more sluggish than usual but i worked hard and was left pouring sweat, so yay!!!

Day 20-more yoga

Short and Sweet

This is what helped me this week because my back hurt so much...

here

and this one helped me crack my back lol... enjoy and here we go to the last week

Here


Peace love and Harmoni

Day 19- push

Push it.
Push hard.
Push past the pain.

unless it's really bad pain than you should probably go get it checked... just saying...

Superbowl later... woooo or woooo for whomever enjoys NFL. I'm a CFL girl myself.

So today was the 800 rep challenge >.<

and i did it... in how long? ohhhhhh 13 min and 34 seconds. I thought that was amazing and also hard work... but you don't get anywhere by not doing hard work :)
this is what i got to do today...

Day 5 week 3

25 Push Ups

100 High Knee Skips

25 Knee Tucks (abs)

100 High Knee Skips

25 Squats

100 High Knee Skips

25 Triceps

So one more week to go.... then a few days til my surgery... 1.5 weeks... phew, I can do this... i'm nervous... still with the messed up dreams.
Anyways, enjoy the Superbowl, make great choices,
and I should have a yoga link up. I haven't made anything recipe wise worth mentioning, when I do, i will post a recipe.

Peace Love and Harmoni

Day 18- energy

Energy, do you have it?
I have more than a few weeks ago but the last couple days as you well know, I've been dead tired... and still super sore :(
that part makes me sad.
dad got off work a bit early today so my workout came a bit later when he went to bed.

Maybe i've been so tired lately because I've been having weird dreams, obviously my upcoming surgery is weighing on my mind as SO many dreams have been about that. From simple things like eating right before my surgery and saying I had to wait later for surgery to bad things happening DURING it...
so that sucks, i have just under 2 weeks until then i wouldn't mind some proper sleep, lol..

but i pushed through, got my workout done and now there's a rep challenge tomorrow... must rest up for that :P

So stay happy, and energized and keep pushing on...

week3 day 4

tuck jump and tuck under- 17 16 17

1 knee in, 1 knee up push up -10 7 9

Side Plank Leg Lifts Left Side- 20 24 27

Side Plank Leg Lifts Right Side 19 23 23

Peace Love and Harmoni

Day 17- mind body and soul

~Exercise is good for your mind, body, and soul~

Dear workouts,
You are so totally kicking my ass that sometimes I want to say screw you and go sleep or go lie down and rest...
But alas, I have worked too hard to just roll over and say i quit. So deal with it and keep it coming because there is no way I'm giving up anytime soon.
I know you were all tricky these last few days since I couldn't do you yesterday and your previous ones have left me a little sore... hell, you were SO CLOSE to making me take another day off because my back was so sore but guess what... I found this wonderful yoga workout for lower back and after doing it today the muscles aren't so tight and I don't feel so sore. so nyeah.
2 weeks until my surgery and I have some goals and i want to see those goals met... so bring it because i tend to meet you head on.
Sincerly, me :)


week3 day 3 -

Clean & Press 13 12

Squat Leaps 13 16

3 Tier Push ups 10 12

Reverse Pull Ups 11 14

Squat & Press 17 16

Switch Lunge’s 18 18

Day 16- rest day... but....

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up~ Thomas Edison

Yes, I know it's wednesday... cuz i didn't get on bodyrock.tv this just means I shall be working out later this week on Saturday...
thats ok cuz truthfully, my back is really feeling this right now, especially after standing last night while I was cooking which just further shows i do have a long way to go still.... and i still can't do a job that consists of standing a lot which really sucks and still hinders my finding a job process... i mean, i could get any retail job, or grocery store, i've done it all but with the inability to stand for extended periods of time, it kind of sucks.

So what did i do today... , meaning wednesday...went to sleep at 5 pm and got 5 hours of sleep... I had A LOT to do today before I could sleep so i did what I had to... but all the running around just made my back sore, and not wanting to completely rely on tiger balm or icy hot, or whatever muscle pain reliever gel I have on hand, i decided to get some heat on it because my back muscles are so fricking tight.

So what does one do on a budget? Simple, make your own. being able to sew has helps but a sock works too.
I just got some cotton fabric, sewed the side together, leaving one corner open and turned it inside out. Then i got some rice and mixed it with some Peppermint Halo essential oil and poured it into the little fabric pouch i made before sewing it up. Then I microwaved it for 2 min. and the heat with the oil is making my back feel so much better.
I think this will be my new best friend when I'm aching :)

thats all for today,

Peace, Love and Harmoni

Day 15- never give up

If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end- Julius Erving

I am so sore lol... my body is still going through the adjustment phase and i would love to sit in a bath of ice , followed by a bath of tiger balm... which would be so nice if it wasn't so expensive... but alas, i keep going, refusing to give up... ALL OR NOTHING!!!!!

so it was the weigh in and measuring and how this week? 2 more lbs gone and 4.25 inches more is gone, bringing me up to 4 lbs and 8.25 inches :)

I also tried a new recipe today which I will be posting later this week...

best thing ever happened yesterday lol.. I was so mad at my dog who jumped up onto the table while I was in the other room briefly and started eating my mexican chicken the night before last.... Silly chihuahua biting into the Chi cliches, eating Mexican food, so she was made to sit on the doggy couch. We have a loveseat that Casey gets all to himself and Paris usually cuddles up beside me on my couch for the warmth, so she was all upset and heartbroken being stuck on the other couch... well, yesterday morning, i got even. Went to get some shopping done at Superstore, came out couldn't find my keys.... cuz they were STILL in the car, with Paris, locked up. Oh my god, she was so upset, there I was outside the car and i wouldn't open the door and she was scratching at the window... luckily, i was able to break into my car and the look of relief on her face.... lol... So i decided we're even...
BUT, the next trick i'm teaching her is how to press on the unlock button for when mommy has a blonde moment and locks the keys in the car... should come in handy...

Other than that, i know I'm chock full of stuff to say usually but right now, I'm tired. I dunno when I'll get Day 16 out. Unfortunately MY sleep schedule (different from everyone elses) is a little out of wack today due to some personal business that needs to be dealt with. so my workout will probably be way later than usual... I workout at night, before 11pm, even though this doesn't come out til later, lol.
Also, I'll go back and repost the last couple days links on fb as they went to the wrong account...

so here.... week 3 day 2
it was different today, the interval was set for 30 seconds with a 10 second rest... shake it up a bit :)

1 Push-up + Burpee + Tuck Jump- 4

*High Knees Skip-

Switch Lunge -12

*High Knees Skip-

Press up with Spider Knee -7

*High Knees Skip

High Knees x 10 + Mountain Climbers x 10-2

*High Knees Skip

Side Burpee & Oblique Abs=4

*High Knees Skip

Push-up + Side Plank Twist + Oblique Drop-5

*High Knees Skip

V Abs Left -10

*High Knees Skip

V Abs Right -12

*High Knees Skip

Hug Knees + Star Jack -11

*High Knees Skip

Single Toe Touch Abs (Modification using the Pink Sandbag)9

*High Knees Skip

Squat Jump 10

*High Knees Skip

1/2 Burpee + 1 Push-up 7

*High Knees Skip

Just remember, don't give up. If you fall off the wagon, if you skip a workout, thats fine just hope back on as soon as you can and keep going... seriously!

Peace Love and Harmoni