A good way to get in shape...

What do you do when your enlistment date for the Marine Corp is coming up and you still need some conditioning to meet the physical requirements? You join a fitness boot camp. Our new friend in boot camp is doing just that. I don't think any of us started boot camp with already being able to do full military style push ups and she can run the full parking lot!

She said when she started basic training right out of high school that she hadn't been on any school sports teams or much athletic training.

Well she is cute and tine with long dark hair and looks very much in shape to me. She said she would love to go to basic training again just to loose 20 pounds. I wonder how Roy compares to her DI. I don't' think he has made anyone cry yet!

It's great to see results!

Since I started boot camp in February:
down 22 pounds
loss of 30 3/4 inches overall

It doesn't matter how much you work out, if the calories going in are not less than the calories you are expending the weight will not come off. I was getting stronger and slowly losing. I was definitely eating healthier, but I need to really keep track of calorie intake if I wanted to see better results.

I went back to the weight watchers method of counting points which is really tracking calories, but it takes into account fat and fiber content and all vegetables are zero points. As our weight watcher leader says, they never knew anyone getting fat on eating carrots. Pat and our friend, Lou, attend a meeting each week close to work during our lunch hour.

This past week I went to see Sam to get an updated assessment and the numbers really showed the difference. I plan to keep losing - 28 pounds to go to make 50.

Sam wanted to know if I bought any new clothes. I actually was able to pull out some jeans I was holding onto and can easily fit into. I wore my other pants for a while even after losing 15 to 20 pounds as I had tried on the jeans at various stages, but in the past two weeks I pulled them out and they slid easily up and over my hips and snapped like they were a custom fit. Now I have to actually donate my larger jeans to someone else.
I'm a bit concerned that the weight could come back on, but I'm encouraged that if I lose it slowly and continue to stay active and exercise that I can maintain a healthy weight.

Now we will have a week off of Boot Camp. Steve and I will do our 15 mile fast ride in the morning be fore work. On Friday I was excited to think about not having to wake up at 4:45 a.m. But on Saturday while I was folding my newly washed work out clothes and putting them in the drawer I was kind of sad to think I wouldn't be getting my daily workout with the girls and Roy. I may miss it a little bit.

Lindsey Loves Abs!

Roy decided to take a 1 1/2 week trip to Hawaii in the middle of our boot camp. He left us in the very capable hands or a great trainer, Lindsey. Lindsey is very knowledgeable and was always well prepared. We were all on our best behavior because we didn't want her to give any bad reports to Roy when he got back.

She is a little quiet, (not at all sarcastic or crazy like Roy) and she really loves to work out the abs. It was great road laying to prepare us for the killer work outs that Roy moved us right into when he returned.

I was back at morning boot camp the Monday after my century ride. I felt fine for Tuesday and Wednesday but a little more tired than normal. By Thursday, I just couldn't face the early morning on the hill and I skipped a work out! I felt bad because only two women showed up that day for Lindsey. I thought maybe it was my age, but then I realized in all the century rides I had done in the past I didn't work out the whole week after. I guess the body really does need some recovery time.

Lindsey was good at always making sure we were warmed up and cooled down. She even taught us the name of a new muscle for stretching at the end of the session. The Piriformis muscle.

The piriformis (from Latin piriformis = "pear shaped") is a muscle in the gluteal region of the lower limb.