Gee, I wonder if we're going to have 6 more weeks of winter. It was -18 this morning. Definitely having a 'real' winter this year. I'm pretty sure it's the coldest overall winter on record, at least here in MN. I looked at records back 30 years to see if those cold winters of my youth were like I remembered... they weren't. I mean, most of the past month was below zero temperatures. I don't think we've ever had it that cold for that long.
Anyway... I kind of turned things around last week. I made it to class every day Monday through Friday... did not make it in Saturday. I took a hot bath Saturday night, Sarah worked overnight... I woke up at 7 Sat morning with a bad headache so I caved. I really wanted to spend some time with Sarah before she had to go to bed, too. Excuses, I know, but I made it to five classes last week! :-)
The resistance classes were pretty tough and odd. Tough because honestly I haven't really been to them in a long time. Odd because some things I'm really strong with like rows, then there'll be something that I'm super weak with like flies or something. Thursday was funny, I was at the 4:30 class with John. The whole 'middle' row was full and I wound up going to the front in the corner because I didn't want to be in the back looking at John's butt. So up front at one point we were going sitting rows and I used my two purple bands and the blue band... John laughed over at me and asked why I don't band up... it's funny, but I mean, I finished all the sets, it's just one of those muscle groups that really developed on me. Later we were doing kickbacks which I hate. What I hate about them is just having to lean over and hold my elbows back and up, it's an awkward position and tires my thighs and back. I know, it sounds like I'm whining... because I probably am. So I used a blue band and after the first set, I look back at John and he gives me this look like 'wtf' and kind of nods and mouths 'band up'. I sighed and grabbed the purple. He's right though. I'd gotten soft and comfortable since my 10wks ended. I tried to focus more on really kicking as hard as I can when we're doing rounds for power... really hitting the bag when we're doing burnout jabs or stick and move, etc.
I really liked Friday, it's been a while since we did the rotating wheel, it was fun. Sarah and I were both there at the 5:30 class. There were a lot of pushups between exercises, but it was like 'five pushups and rotate'... which is great because I can always do five pushups. If it was 20, it might have been a problem but I've always got enough left to knock out five quick.
They posted the prizes for the FIT challenge... $1000 for the overall winner with decreasing amounts for second and third place... and everyone on the first place team gets 100 bucks. Not that it matters, I won't be winning any of it. I am focusing on making the 70% attendance... I've really screwed myself the first three weeks. And getting my weight down. I was actually down this morning about five pounds since last week (311). It's so encouraging. I hate seeing the same 314 to 316 every day. The past few days kind of worked down 314, 312, 311. :-)
Tomorrow starts week 5. Six weeks left... I shouldn't have any problem dropping two pounds a week for six weeks. Might be much easier, Sarah's starting South Beach phase 1 tomorrow again, so there shouldn't be any more baking going on around here.
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