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TRX

Cora333 — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:41:46 +0000

I just started a new exercise regime called TRX. I can actually say this workout is extremely hard. There is alot of core strenght that goes into this exercise. I have been doing TRX for the last 6 weeks. I can finally do one of the core building moves but not for long. Maybe 15 seconds at the most. So what is TRX?

TRX – Suspension Training

It is a piece of exercise equipment that is very versatile. It is a total body workout that builds power, strenght,flexibility and balance. The great thing about this versatile equipment is that anybody can do it. It doesn’t matter your fitness level whether your a weekend warrior or a fitness buff. Or if your like me and only work out when there is some free time. This is one of the best workouts that I really enjoy. I have done alot of different exercise groups……TRX is right up there with boxing bootcamp. Boxing bootcamp is also a crazy workout. If TRX and Boxing got together and made a baby well lets just say that would be the ultimate total body work out.

I joined another TRX session 7 weeks of pure torture:) It’s worth it……arms are going to look real good for tank top season.

Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred

Cora333 — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:07:42 +0000

So here I go again…………..tomorrow I start a 95 day workout for 95 $$ I’m excited about this. This package includes weight/fat analysis, measurements of the body. I also get meal and workout plans to accommodate what my body needs. Also support and the motivation is priceless sometimes when it comes down to feeling and looking better. But everything cost money!! If I could have a personal trainer with me everyday to keep me motivated OMG!! I would look so hot….. but lets get back to the real world. I wake up get my daughter ready for school, breakfast, get dressed, put hair up in pony tails. make her lunch for school oh yeah make husband’s lunch for work, yeah I know I make his too sometimes. Then its off to school. Usually I come home eat something because I didn’t have time in the early morning. I make good eating choices but sometimes I just don’t have the energy to make the high antioxidant smoothie that everybody says is so good for you. I usually clean up the house from the evening before like the dishes and tidy up the bathroom. It always looks like it never ever gets cleaned but I swear I clean it everyday. I’ve resorted to the lysol wipes for really, really quick cleanings. Sometimes I’ll put a load of laundry on because who wants to do 10 loads at the end of the week. Not me!!!

Getting to my point about Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. I’m going to pick it up tomorrow and start it tomorrow as well with the 95 day challenge. I’ve been reading about the results to the 30 minute shred and I’m liking the way people are commenting about it. There’s results to this workout tape. I know it takes meal planning along with the exercise but 20 minutes a day for 30 days sounds reasonable to me. I can manage taking 20 minutes a side and doing a ass – kicking. I will keep you posted about my results and give some personal tips on my journey to losing 20 lbs before August. Yikes!!!

Back on the Wagon

Cora333 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:42:34 +0000

Ok here it goes again………………back on the wagon! Yes I mean doing the diet thing. Some of you don’t agree with the dieting life style. Somethings it is only for extreme cases. I’ve been going back and forth with eating healthy then eating fast food a lot. I partly blame the husband for the fast food times which seem to be occurring a lot more then I like. I’m not putting the whole blame on him but he doesn’t help either. So here it goes I’ve started a another new meal plan which is mostly based on speeding up the metabolism. It’s kind of a quick jump start to weight loss. Now this is not a meal plan that you can be on for an extended period of time. It’s more just an incentive to keep you going. The meal plan is for 3 weeks . You eat the same food every day for a week then the second week it changes adding more protein or complex carbohydrates. Same goes for the third week, increasing the amount of food intake. Now you really have to stick with this diet or your just fooling your self. This diet consist of vegetables, oatmeal, quinoe, low fat meats ( fish,chicken) apples, nuts and berries. Pretty simple right?? Absolutely no refined foods, flour or sugar. I drink coffee and tea so try drinking it with just some artificial sweetner. Or drink it black.

New Year New Me

Cora333 — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:43:56 +0000

Well it’s been awhile since I last wrote anything…………..lets just say talking about my bowels isn’t that interesting. On to the next best thing. Running!!!!!! My motivation is lacking right now I’m trying to find it. Where is it, please someone tell where I can pick up motivation. Honestly where do you get it. Is it when you lose the first 5-10lbs and motivation just falls into your life.

My girlfriend and I recently joined a clinic for the Times Colonist 10k run. The run leader is fabulous she is so awesome Shannon H., is my running god. We start Tuesday January 19th 630PM – 8PM every Tuesday for 14 weeks. I’ve been eating clean well sorta for the last 2 weeks so I have a kick start.

I will be back later…………going to see Avatar 3D tonight can’t wait!!!!!!!! I promise no butter on the popcorn:)

Results to my All Naturel Remedy-Laxative Tea

Cora333 — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:06:52 +0000

Well I managed to drink the herbal laxative tea! It was awful the taste was unexplainable……. it was very interesting to drink. It consisted of 5 mini packages that are to be mixed with hot water. It doesn’t need to be boiling water, honestly you do not want to be sipping this kind of tea. I realized that with the first cup of tea. I almost boiled the water so it was way to hot to just gulp down and I put the tea in my biggest tea cup. Stupid idea because after one sip I thought OMG!! I have to drink this s%i%. I learned very quickly that the next cup would be extremely smaller more like a shot glass. GET IT DONE!!

Results!!!!!!!! It totally worked I was able to go to the bathroom with hesitation. The tea made me feel alot better inside that’s for sure. I would definitely use this method again in the future if need be.

Herbal Laxative Tea

Cora333 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:32:59 +0000

Well I’m not one for constipation, but every since I got back from my honeymoon in the Dominica it has been a problem. I’ve tried all the remedies that people suggest…….. prunes, apple juice, whole grains, yogurt, lots of water too. Nothing seems to work. I’ve been waiting last minute to see my doctor only reason being is, I think it will pass soon. Not to worry right??

I recently spoke with a Chinese medicine doctor and he only met with me for a few short minutes but he was able to almost pinpoint my problem. I told him my what was going on with my body but he was very aware with what I was feeling. I will be trying a herbal laxative tea within the next 12 hours so I will come back on to my blog and give my opinion about how it works and how it makes me feel.

Boxing/Fitness Bootcamp

Cora333 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:58:00 +0000

I’ve always had a curiosity about boxing but I never followed through with the feeling. I started running over a year ago and just love it. Running gives me a feeling of self power, confidence and lets be honest, it helps maintain body weight. I’ve been so self conscious about my body size and never really had the motivation to keep up a steady fitness routine. Going to a personal trainer really helped out with the motivation part of it. Once I had the motivation I found myself conquering my goals. I was eating really good as in no junk!! I never bought into the protein drinks and greens. I thought why don’t I spend the 60$$ on real food like organic fruit and veggies. It basically comes down to if your 100% committed then chopping up veggies and blending up smoothies become your daily routine to a better you. The personal training was really great I was able to take what I needed and applied it to my own fitness. I really became interested in fitness and one of my goals was to learn more about the body and health. So that’s what I did I started taking fitness theory which was helpful when it came to the basics of fitness. Then I took the weight training course, that was really interesting. I was able to come up with my own weight training routines and actually understand the way the muscles work. That to me was awesome. Also learning about fitness training really gave me the incentive to stay on track.

Still thinking about boxing I started looking around for something like kickboxing or some sort of training other than running and lifting weights. I wanted something that would completely give me a great overall workout that would basically just kick the shit out of me. I wanted something intense that would keep me coming back for more. I found it!!! If you haven’t already heard about it, is one of the best gyms I’ve been to in a long time. It’s called Capital City Boxing. I’ve been going to this gym for almost a year now. It has everything that I’ve been looking for…….. self confidence, core strength, total body work out mind and body. I’m in the boxing/fitness bootcamp which means early mornings but it’s perfect for me. I’m back home with plenty of time to get my daughter ready for school and have coffee with my husband. The fitness couch Sandy is one of the best trainers I’ve met. She has such a great way of making you feel incredibly great about your overall mind body and soul health. This is the perfect class for me this is what I’ve always wanted to do but could never find the right place or time. The cost is very affordable there is no contracts or yearly membership fees.
If you are thinking about giving it a try don’t let one class decide if it’s for you. It’s very humbling because if you haven’t jumped rope since you were in grade school then this will definitely be a new way to start your workout every morning. I love skipping there is alot of skipping techniques that can become just one of your skills.

I hope to become a role model to my 5 year old daughter, that will empower her to want to try anything that she sets her mind to and realize that she has the ability to do anything once or twice.

Keeping Your Child Busy

Cora333 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:52:23 +0000

It’s been just about four weeks that my daughter has been in kindergarten. Nobody told me about the guilt one would feel about sending her to all day kindergarten. I thought this was a great opportunity to increase my monthly income. My daughter would go to school 9am to 3pm not a real long day and I would pick her up everyday at 3pm. Unfortunately my daughter is not happy about me working and her having to go to school everyday. I know this is all new for her because she has been very lucky since birth. I’ve made sure that either me or my husband would always be home with her if one is working. My parents have also been there since her birth to help out whenever they can. I’ve been lucky to be able to be a stay at home mom with my daughter, so really this is me just trying to get some feedback of other families in the same situation. Getting back to my child keeping busy I thought it would be a great idea to sign her up for gymnastics. I don’t want to change her routine through the week because she really needs to get used to 9 to 3pm school days. Starting this Sunday and every other Sunday after that she will be going to blow of some steam. I think this is a great out of school activity that she will love. Plus she will be with her dad and that’s something that they can share together.

It’s so funny because she’s so excited about this so she thought it would be something cool to tell another kid at school. This was our conversation in the car after school. My daughter ” I told my friend that I have gymnastics after school.” The friend said that gymnastics isn’t cool.” Then I asked my daughter what she said.” My friend thinks she is a princess.” Then my daughter tells me that she told her friend about gymnastics because she thought she would think it’s cool. My daughter is 5 years old and already worrying about if some one thinks she’s cool or not. I said to my daughter don’t worry about what others think of you. Do things that you are happy doing, things that you love.

I really hope she will have fun this Sunday and not worry about what other think. She’s definitely on the right track!!!

Love/Hate for Running

Cora333 — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:19:12 +0000

My love for running has definitely changed over the year. I started running for health, but the more I ran the more it was for different reasons. When I first started running I didn’t realize how out of shape I was. It became clear if running was my exercise of choice then I really really needed to keep working at it. I never wanted to look like a runner I just wanted to run and not be seen. I decided I didn’t want to run by myself so one day I walked into a running room store and that’s when everything changed for the better.

I was in the learn to run group which is a great idea if you have never ran before. The group starts out slow running for 1 min, walk for 2min and so on until you can run 10min walk 1 min then run another 10 min. Basically you learn to run for 20 minutes with a 1 minute walk at the half time mark. After the learn to run group I decided it was time to buy some running gear. More running shoes for sure. It’s always a good idea to have 2 pairs of good quality runners. Any running store will fit your foot to the right kind of shoe. If your a pronator which is basically you walk on the outside of your foot. I also have low arches so motion control runners are the best for me. I highly recommend making sure you have the right running shoe, less injury in the future.

I also got my dad involved in running which he began to love. Our goal was to run the Run for the Cure 5 km in October. We had 2 months to train for it . We ran it together which was nice to have my dad running with me, especially when I thought I needed to stop. But we did it in 31 min. That’s pretty good for first timers!! Months went by and we kept running together and with running groups. That’s when my love/hate relationships with running started. I know we all have good days and bad days when it comes to running. It all depends on your diet and how much sleep your getting each night. I was so happy about finishing the 5 km race I competed in other 5 km races. Sometimes I would hate running and have to push my self to meet with my dad but I still ran. Other times I felt such a high when running with my dad or by myself. It was an escape from my 4 year old daughter. Don’t get me wrong I love her to pieces but it was nice to do something for myself with no guilt. Just last April I ran in the Times Colonist 10k. That was amazing, what a feeling to cross the finish line. My dad didn’t run in that one but there’s always next year. I finished the race in 67 mins. I was so proud of my self!!