wed/thu/fri

Having no computer is keeping me from posting on my exercise regime. So I have forgotten what I have done. I do know that I walked 4 miles on Wed, on Thursday I went to lift class and stayed with her for Pilate's. I really enjoyed it. And Friday...it was zumba, Alf finally joined me, but Judy did not teach that day! I was bummed. So we ended up doing bicycle for 45 min and 15 on the step master. I wanted to swim, but did not take my suit, so we went in to the steam for awhile. It was nice, Alexei did not have school for both days so we ended up having lunch together. It was good.

I love to walk

I love to walk, and did it again. 4 Miles. My foot still hurts, but it was not as painful today. I talked with my mom for the last mile...that was fun and it made time go fast. She is probably wondering why I am heavy with the breathing....

4 Mile Walk

WALKED walked Walked. It was gruelsome. My foot is really really really hurting...so I still went, but pain is bad.

Zuuuuuuumba

Again, shake it shake it shake it...and I swam for 25 minutes...and enjoyed the wonderful steam room. There is no equal joy out there....except to have a wonderful fit body.

Thursday walk away at night

Today I don't know what I did, as I did not have a computer this week at all....so I had to remember what I did today...AND if I recall exactly...we went walking to the track at night. We ended up walking or I should say...almost 4 miles. The kids were tired and it was not very conducive to stay longer, there were a couple of soccer games going. The lights were on...it reminded me of BYU.

No Exercise in sight...other than sight seeing

Tuesday or Wednesday...I was lazy, meaning no walking or gym...It was good and time flying away weather you are actually doing something physical or not. Sightseeing. We ended up staying the whole day in SD and hung out with DAVEY at lunch. It was fun.

Walking Monday

Today we are walking...only 3 miles though....Excited tomorrow we are spending the day in Coronado (Boan is on business and he invited us for the day! Heavenly...hanging out by the pool....maybe I can do some laps....yeah right).

Friday Zumba.....

Yeah...I love this class, Although I am not sure it is helping my foot/heel/horrible pain. I don't know if it is aggravating it...or if it did not matter if I danced. Can I just tell you how much I enjoy this class. Today we danced to that song Bombon...from the Novela....except that I do not have by any means the sculpturial body of Ninel Conde....I can't remember her name...but the song is very EMPALAGOSA....but can I just tell you how much I sweat....seriously. After every dance we drink a ton of water...making that almost a couple of bottles....not 8oz...but at least 20 oz each.

Muscles...

I just love my lift class. It is soo rewarding to know that I am actually doing something for my soggy arms. I am still the biggest and fattest of the class...I guess I never realized this, but it is good that I am there and doing something for me. I still can't connect the importance of a good diet with health. I mean, I am trying, but I DO not see anything wrong with working hard and then going to get a burger. I am very careful, but I am not eating enough of the good stuff. I am back to salads, but I have only made it one per day, instead of at least two. So all in all, I am glad that I am lifting. I think it is a very good thing. I need to focus on my CORE and my posture, and it is even getting easier to do. Afterwards, I went to the stair master. This just makes me laugh, that I am actually going up and up and up on escalators like the ones you find in the mall. I actually went up 57 floors. Not bad. I played around with the levels, since my heel has been hurting like hell...it is hard to do. The pain is excruciating. It is like if you lifted your foot, but half of it remain in the sole and the tear and hurt of separating the muscle is what produces the pain. I sooo hate this, and don't understand why it has to be a recurring thing every so often. It had been at least a couple of years since I had it. Well, it was again a painful 37 minutes, but crowning it with 20 minutes of steam relaxation it was a good thing to do. I also like that Jorvik goes to the Kid Club, which he loves to do. So that was it for today. I am donating blood and hope I can put the kids in the nursery at church or leave them in the car listening to mama mia, under the big shady tree...I don't know how it is going to be, I hope they can be good for the period of time that I will be there. I couldn't get a hold of Maryelena, to see if she could watch them.

Wednesday

Today we walked 3 miles only. I was kind of bummed, but I don't know what it is lately, that I am just leaving later than I should. I started to do things at home, and when I saw the clock it was just too late to stay for the 4 miles, because Alexei was ready. Oh well. It was a good walk, although it was very hot and uncomfortable. Afterwards, we ended up collecting bottles and then going to recycle them. We made 40 bucks...not bad at all. Did not go to the beach as planed to walk again, we were just too exhausted and also were nosy at a terrible crash next to the plaza. All my body aches. Seriously. It IS IN PAIN! And this heel pain is not making me happy at all.

Pilates no..snif

Well, today I don't know what happened, but at the last minute I was late leaving with Jorvik and ended up being 30 minutes late for class...I will go in 20 minutes late, but 30 is not good for me, so I decided to go upstairs and do bicycle. I was amazed at all the new technology they have and the simulators they also have. I still dream of the day where you can be hooked up to a machine and the machine makes you do the exercise and you have no other option than to go for the ride. Well I did a race of sorts...and it was good. I biked 9 miles...not bad and it was pretty good. I did not feel exhausted, but I was tired, I guess I never really push myself to the point of exhaustion at least not on the bike. I remembered all my days as a early teen thinking wow...I love my bike...it is the only means of transportation that I have. It was good and I was good and fast at it...what happened? Afterwards, I ended up in joy at the steam room. I told the manager that I needed it to be steamier...because it was no fun if you could go in and take a picture of the room, without thinking it would damage your camera. The thing is that this room is very large, for the lack of usage, I guess they don't keep it steamy all the time, so I just suggested, that at least they leave the steam go out for a minute at least. I think it should be a good minute and a half to two. That would keep the steam in their 15 minutes intervals. Well as usual, I lifted up my legs to the wall of the room and relaxed. I just wished it was sooo hot, that you would have to exit it every 10 to 15 minutes...now that is a real steam room. So that was it for this Tuesday.

Walk

Today we left late in the morning so of course we did not have time to do the four miles we usually do. Well I usually do. I only manage to walk 2 miles. It was late and we had to go and pick up Alexei. However, in the afternoon, I took the to main laguna beach and we parked the car and went to the beach for a couple of hours. It was soooo calm, even with the early morning winds, and supposedly a small fire in Newport Beach, we had a fantastic time. The water, looked like a swimming pool and the tide was very low....so I left the kids in the sand and proceeded to go walking. This was the very very first time since they were born, that I could leave them alone for about a football stadium length away....They both had red shirts, so I can see them from afar. The beach was not crowded at all, so it was very very nice. I managed to do it twice, and then invited them again, to come with me, to which they accepted. So then it was the perfect opportunity to take pictures...Jorvik did not cooperate too much as he was on the sand part more than the water part. It was good though. It was very fun. I love love love the beach, and when I CAN go walking there and actually do exercise with them, it will be nicer than the track, that is for sure!

ZUMBA

Well, I love love love love love this class, although when it is going i can hardly feel my feet/leg. It is very hard to move the feet sometimes and it just aches. Well as it turns out I decided to swim on Fridays. I still have to figure out the schedule, since they only watch your child for 2 hours. So it is hard to do two classes and then hang around to do the steam/sauna room for a while. So I have to cut class somewhere in order to stay....so I figured, I can do some laps. So today I did 11 laps. I don't know what that accounts for, but was happily surprised...I think...that I can do one lap in one minute fifteen seconds. I don't know if that is a good time or not. I have to figure out if I push myself if I can do it in less. But I don't know if that is a good thing, or just maintain the time and add more laps. Go figure, if Michael Phelps was here, I would be able to ask him. It was good swimming in an indoor pool always always makes me remember my childhood. I don't know where my parents took us in Washington DC or Dallas...that the pool was indoors and the smell of chlorine has remained as a happy one with me. So I managed to do that and then dress rapidly to do the zumba. Actually I put the clothes on over the swimming suit, I don't know if it was that clever, since my legs were wet...good thing I had a black pant, but it was all wet down there, and right uncomfortable...although it was really convenient to go back to the pool and stay in the STEAM for another 7 or 8 minutes just by pulling off the pants....I can't do the swimming after class, because I only have 20 min, before I have to pick up Alexei....so I guess I will have to bring two swimming suits, one that gets wet, then change to the other one and after class go to the sauna/steam and relax before picking up Alexei.

PS...what I can't understand is that these 4 hours that ALEXEI is gone to K is all taken by breakfast, and going to the gym or exercising something....I guess it is a good thing, but it just goes goes goes, bum until we are out there waiting for Alexei.
At least Jorvik LOVES LOVES THE kids club....so that is a good thing

Thursday is lift day

I don't know if I should keep writing everyday I exercise, but I think I want to write more about my emotions of what it is i AM feeling or going through. So today for the first time, I was early to class. It was a good feeling and it was grueling too. Sometimes, when they do push ups, I just can't follow and have to mimic them in a lower level. I guess what counts is that I am trying. I also like to write the same day....so I guess if I don't do it the same day, I will probably just skip documenting about it. AFTER lift class, I went to the stair master....ahhhh grueling. Well the good thing is that I upped the level to 5 and did 35 minutes. I sure how this works out my butt...I saw a girl today with a thong.... and her butt was just tiny cute and round...something I HAVE THE MISFORTUNE OF NOT HAVING...if I had a butt like that, maybe, just maybe I would put a thong once! MAYBE not....but I did the stair master at the very end of the row, where the mirrors meet...and I could see perfectly MY BEHIND!!!!!!OH that was a sorry sight...it is just awful. The other day Alf said, look Jorvik's butt takes after yours and Alexei's takes after mine. Poor Jorvik, it is true, Alexei's butt is soooooooo cute....well, Jorvik will have many other attributes like he is going to be tall if his feet are the predecessor of something. He has huge feet. Alf' reminded me that when he was born the nurse said...HE has big feet!

Walking Wednesday

Today we went walking and did 4 miles and a half. It was pretty good, although it is beastly hot. Yes. Horrible. At least Jorvik was really good and played, and actually walked three laps, which is 3/4 of a mile. Not bad for a little guy. We proceeded then to go and collect bottles. It has been a very tiring day and maybe will catch a swim tonight.

I MUST record, that I am making an attempt to eat really healthy. I SHOULDN'T make attempts. It is like Dr. Laura always says...Don't try, just DO. Trying sets you up for failure. I think I agree with this, but when it comes to me and my issues, I am not being very committed with the eating part of it. Exercise is another story...As I did last year, I went to CURVES for 10 whole months, and only lost 8 pounds. So all in all I AM MOBILE and exercise always, but you wouldn't know it if you saw me. Maybe I need to have the hell beaten out of me to make a difference. At least when I walk I think go faster on and of.


Well one good thing, today, is that I actually walked faster than someone at the track. It was a girl, I have never seen before, but I was almost thinking is this for real? There is actually a person that walks slower than moi? That was a first.

P i l a t e s here we go again

I think this class brings hope to myself. I still feel like the biggest roll there. For example....Have you ever seen Rachel Ray 30 min meals. Well she always gets a carrot and cuts a little bit off, so it won't ROLL when you cut it. Well, when I am on my side, doing the exercises, I just feel like I can't hold the position, because I tend to roll either frontwards, or backwards. Really. So I am just contemplating the day when the rolling....goes away and I am planted firmly on a position. I guess I do have TONS of curves, only curvy people have this dilemma probably. Nevertheless, this class has introduced abdominal exercise...something long and forgotten since child birth. I really love my teacher, she is the epitome of beauty and poise. After all the grueling, I stay for SET class, which combines weights and cardio. This really left me sore, but I enjoyed not having Jorvik around so I could stay in the steam room 25 min. Too bad the steam room in this gym sucks. Really sucks. I should speak with the manager. Such nice facility with marble and such to have it wasted in an attempt of a steam.

Walked away!

We walked today 3 1/2 miles. It was good, although it got really hot, but felt good to do something. Not feeling chatty.

No Zumba....

I did not go to ZUMBA, today, I don't really know why....I think it was my horrendous period. I have never had it soooo bad, It was like a flood out of a horror movie. I can't deal with this amount. I USUALLY have a medium to short/one...Where did this come from? ARgh....


Not feeling up to par.

Lift Lift Lift

Gosh, I love this class. I did it and then proceeded to do Bicycle for about 35 minutes, I ended up doing 7miles not bad. Then I ended up in the steam room for about 15 minutes.
Wished the Steam at the spectrum was as good as the one in moulton.

Walk not really

Today I went walking and the person at the track told me that the CHILD had to be in the Track at all times. He could not be on the grounds, because of liability. I was sooo upset, I wanted to tell him off. I really am becoming a jerryspringer type in MY CONSCIENCE. Good thing I did not act upon it, but I was soo tempted. I ended up leaving at once. Alf told me, I should have walked with him a couple of laps and then come back.....I should have.