I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Let's start things off by recapping my week overall with eating & workouts. Welp, I've been having trouble eating up to 1400 calories per day. I'm always short by 200 calories and it's soooo annoying ughhh. By the time I would get out of work @ 5pm, get to bootcamp for the 7:30pm class & get home for dinner it's already 9ish! That 4 hour gap in between with no food was killing me! I don't even know how I made it through the workouts with no fuel to burn. smh I'm a damn mess. BUT that was this past week things are looking up now- I'll explain in abit. Workout wise - I felt alot more energy and endurance, I'm able to last longer during the warm up and oh emm geeee I'm not gasping for air once we're done! woot woot!
SATURDAY: Crew practice in the AM was awesommeeee! We were practicing for the regatta (that took place at the Potomac River in DC this past Sunday) and I got to be the coxswain of the boat, during practice of course! It felt great to be on the other side of the boat for once. We de-rigged the boats & placed them onto the boat trailer for Sunday's race and it just worked out perfectly that on Saturday night it was DAYGLLOOOWWWW! (also in DC) sooooo tighhttt bro! For those of you who don't know what dayglow is, its an Electronic Dance Music (EDM) concert where they throw paint and play house, dubstep, trance, etc. Basically a rave (without the booze or drugs of course..atleast for me lol). Anywho it was the fuckn tits dude I'm telling you it was the bomb diggity. I was jumping nonstop for like 3 hours! The music, lightshow, paint, and neon colors everywhere, it was alllll sooo amazing ANNNDDDDD our very own Tommy Nox was there spraying paint on everyone! I got dibs on ALOT of paint courtesy of Tommy, THANKS BRO! :D I got a lil too excited at one point that I took an empty paint can and attempted to scrape whatever green paint there was left & get it all over me. He looked at me like I was a damn fool LOL >_<. My neon colored homies and I didn't get back to the hotel until 3am. I know, I know, we're cool for staying up past our bedtimes. I'm deff doing that again next year && Vero & Drea better go this time! B)
Weekend Concerns: Sooo being in DC my BIGGEST problem came down to eating out. I thought being in DC it'd be easy to find a "healthy" spot near by..WRONG. It was difficult finding a spot where everyone could agree to eat, some friends were assholes about going to a healthy spot while others understood me (I'm still bummed about that) but I should know better then to expect everyone to be on board with the "healthy train". It's not like I'm going to force celery sticks down your throat bro! Anywho, so of course the majority opted for junk food - "greasy, fatty, oh so delicious & tempting, but I know I'm going to regret it" food. We went to a bar and I saw the menu and kept in mind what I had learned at the nutrition seminar. I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich with wheat bread, grilled corn on the cob, & brown rice (on the side) & they had this delicious sauce which most likely had mayo sooo I used the dip trick! Best thing EVER since power rangers (lol I know...I'm lame HA!). I was STARVING so I ate it all, I felt guilty but when your stomach is yelling at you, you better listen! I drank 3 cups of water and I was good for another 3 hours lol. I'm an eating machine, RRAAAWWWRRR :D
Sooooo that was Saturday...the next day my gangsta friends and I dipped out of the hotel & went to Old Town Alexandria where out of being adventurous my bf & I had a photo sesh & vice versa with the other couple. It was nice until we got to the bar to watch the Redskins game. I look at the menu & there was a sandwich with wheat bread, lean meat (a boy-gah) & avocado. Keeping in mind that I'M THE CUSTOMER I ask the bar guy "hey would it be possible to add lettuce & tomato?" Dude the world was over for this guy, he made such a big deal about me adding extra stuff and he says " well it'll be $2 extra and I'd have to ask the chef". In my mind I'm thinking sure whatever just make sure theres lettuce and tomato bro! He comes back and says the chef isn't able to change what's on the menu. I was sooo pissed that I was like fuck it I'm not gonna eat. Too pissed to eat at this point because it's not that hard to add some damn lettuce & tomatos! Ugh I gave my bf the puppy face because I was starving, mad & a midget with an attitude who wanted to eat ANYTHING healthy. So we left after the 3rd quarter of the game and went to Chipotle ( my best friend who never fails me) and ordered a salad bowl (extra salad, chicken pollo, black beans, EXTRA pico de gallo, lots of corn, a lil bit of guac and more lettuce.....where I made that bowl my bitch and ate it ALL. Stupid bar....you know what I HATE BARS. It also helps that I don't drink (unless it's my birthday) lol.
AM BOOTCAMP!: Some of you might already know but before signing up for the WorX (out of being spontaneous & joining with Wendy) I had actually already signed up for a 5:45am bootcamp class in Manassas with my friend Kim ( found a Groupon deal for $40/month).I didn't realize that I'd be having two-a-days in October after I had started the WorX. I was kind of nervous but anywho the first day was this Monday and ermahgerd it was so hard to wake upppp at 4:45am. It sucked donkey butt big time. Comparing the WorX to the other bootcamp....the AM one is mostly running and long intervals of intense circuit training with short breaks and then intense workouts. Time flies & after the class ends I have all this energy BUT it all goes away when I'm stuck in traffic on 66 -______________-
Sooo my schedule for the rest of October will be as follows:
5:45-6:45am - AM BOOTCAMP
8am-5pm - WORK
6:15pm or 7:30pm - the WorX BOOTCAMP a.k.a. PM BOOTCAMP
The following were my results:
I admit it is hard to eat alot during the day but I learned the hard way after the first 2 days of double workouts....I NEED FOOD. I'm hungry ALL the time. I set up my outlook to remind me of when to eat & am tracking it on myfitnesspal too. I'm still trying to get the hang of it as it is still the first week of two a days. I'm on Day 4! WOOHOO! Soo I eat a banana before the AM class & when it ends I'll eat an apple, big breakfast once I'm at work and portioning everything out throughout the day & of course Shakeology for dinner. THANKS TO JADIRA & MAIA FOR THE HELP!!! :D
OH YEAH MOMENT!: Soo the first day of AM bootcamp was pretty cool we did alot of running (I hate running- I like to be oblivious to the fact that I'm actually working out. Like, if running were an annoying asshole it'd get in your face and say "hey bro guess what you're working out and all your doing is running, womp womp womp" I HATE IT. Anyways, running, core, legs & arms. This is where I had my OH YEAH moment .... the coach splits us up into two groups by "runners" & "non runners". So since I hate running I went to the non-runners with my friend Kim. Were doing push ups, sit ups, planks for 1 minute & then squat jumps. I notice that Kim & all the others are struggling and breathing really hard so I start slowing down to keep up with them. The coach sees how easy it was for me and he says "Vanessa what are you doing? Get into the runners group, you've been promoted" My initial reaction was defintely not excitement. But apparently everyone else was?! So I'm like greaatttt this is gonna be hard. I'm keeping up with the ladies in the runners group and then the running begins..the non runners ran around the parking lot & the runners ran around the neighborhood (TOTAL BULLSHIT! UGH but it was worth it because I finished strong!) We had a baton that we had to pass back and the last person in line with the baton ran up to the front..we did that the whole way back to the start. I realized how much stronger I was and how my endurance was kicking ass! I was like OH YEAHHHH! I can do this! Today's oh yeah moment was when we had a mini fitness test. These were my scores: squat jumps: 68 ; push ups:43 ; sit ups: 58. I was sooooo proud of myself!! :D ON TOP OF THATTTTTT- I got measured on Monday too and lost about an inch equally everywhere and went from 126 lbs to 124 which is cool but I'm not focusing too much on weight but more so on inches lost. I actually GAINED inches on my legs, their getting dbo what what! :D
Plans for the rest of the week & next week: Soo Friday I leave to Miami after work for my friend's wedding. I come back on Monday night since the actual wedding will be on Sunday (apparently it's cheaper). While I'm there you bet your sweetass I'll be working out. I've also got a workout partner in crime while there, the best man, Jack! He's a gym whore so I told him to be strict with me and keep me focused while there. YEAHH!
I have a regatta on the 14th at the Occoquan River near George Mason, let me know if you're interested in tagging along! :) & another regatta in Boston on the 20th. I know I'm totally beastin' BUT I really have to be careful because I got shin splints for the first time EVER! & it hurts like hell..learned that it's a muscle that's really hard to stretch out & stretchs that would help me (thanks Nikki!) & also yesterday I finally came to accept that I have to go see a Dr. about the middle of my spine hurting after an intense workout. Maybe all these workouts are taking a toll on my body?..too much at once? I think so, so to be on the safe side you might see me doing the modified workouts when it comes to jumping. I keep in mind what my cousin Cindy told me before I started, LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. Shit doesn't hurt for no reason dude.
On that note, I'll leave y'all with with some tunes to rock out to. I couldn't decide on one! :)
Rattle - Bingo Players *they were at dayglow & rocked the house!
<3 Kid Cudi <3 - Pursuit of Happiness * inspiration for the tat on my shoulder!
3Ball Mty - Intentalo * love thisssss song, my hips do not stop moving!
Kazzabe - 123 *gotta take it back to my Honduran roots
with some punta! This is a GREAT workout :)
Okay, I'm done! ENJOY!
xo,
Vanne
