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Come to mommy, Tony. WHAT?

Happy Monday kids. How is your day?? I'm in Detroit, because I just can't get enough of it. ;-) Riiiggghhthtt. 

Even though I traveled today, I still got my workout in. And yes, I had to convince myself to not "take a day off you've been traveling today...." WAAAHHH So what?? You have the ability to breathe, to walk, to MOVE....you take the opportunity get BETTER. I did Cathe HIIT 30/30 and then the Ilaria Kickboxing workout that I love so much. Burned 650 calories in an hour WOOT!! I think my Polar HRM though is going on the blink because it's annoying me. Keeps stopping. GRRR.

I have some pretty exciting stuff coming up you crazy bloggers. I'm coming to your town soon!! WOOOOOOHOOOOO!! Did you see the EVO Conference below?? Check it out and enter if you'd like to win!! ;-) I'm psyched. 

On that note, I must run, have a jam-packed day tomorrow. But- um yes I will still workout. And I will eat on my plan, my own plan that is kicking butt. I was with family for my niece's graduation this weekend and it felt soooo great to have so many of them notice on Saturday night how much weight I've lost!! Bikini, come to Kelly, because I embrace you now!! I embrace you!!!

Enjoy Mr. Tony Horton today Kids. I know I do. Do you understand why I love P90X so much? I also want to state for the record that Tony should CALL ME because I might consider dating him. I'm just sayin. 

;-)

Cathe Friedrich just plain rocks. I am soooo loving her new HIIT workouts and that whole new cardio series. I love specifically the HIIT workouts because I like to do that 20 minutes or so of killer cardio, followed by whatever weight training I'm going to do. I know that even with the 20 minute HIIT I've started my workout with a 225 calorie burn. Nice. And personally I like doing my cardio before weights. I know that goes against what most trainers will tell you, but go figure, I'm kind of going against MOST stuff lately- AND IT'S WORKING. So There!

Do you do cardio first or weights first? Or do you do cardio days separately?

I did Cathe HIIT 30/30 today followed by an "oldie but goodie"...Jari Love "Get Ripped and Chiseled". Here is a peek- and please ignore how she says "...proven to burn nothing but carbs" which makes me tilt my head. 

Jari's workouts are intense. I haven't done them in a while but let me tell you- do NOT let the "light weights" and reps that last forever fool you into thinking this is an easy workout. I kid you not she was using 8 lb weights for shoulders and I was DYING. Total failure. In a good way. I LOVE LOVE LOVE mixing my workouts up- going heavy with isolation, using Tabata, then doing a Jari Love type workout......Keeps the body guessing and keeps me entertained. And my body is responding...! Today was a 710 calorie burn!!

On that note, I must run kids. It is SO nice to be in town this week, I have 3 great workouts down- gonna get 2 more killer ones in and next week as well. I'm ready to make these abs POP!! WOOT!!

And see below.....so many of you have been asking me so many questions about Eat Stop Eat and what I'm doing and why I chose to go in this direction....so bear with the 3 vlogs again! OY VEY!

Hey Kids!! Has your Hump Day been a kick butt one?? ;-) Has mine? um, yes. Totally. My workout today was Cathe HIIT 30/30 followed by Cathe Butts N Guts, a personal favorite. I burned 705 calories for a WOOT!!!! Amen.

And on that note, to answer your question Chelle, the intermittent fasting (Eat Stop Eat) has NO effect on my ability to do workouts. At all. I've done a killer workout, like today's workout which was an hour and a half, on a total empty stomach/fasting day, and I'm fine. I'm not weak throughout the workout and I'm not dying of hunger later in the day. I seriously can't believe how much easier it is to get through a fasted day than I would have imagined. Don't get me wrong, I do have many times where my stomach gets a twang and I think that I'd sure like - whatever- but that's the key- I THINK I want something.  You just have to say to yourself, this is just for today, it is NO big deal, so stick with it. It is much more of a mind thing to conquer and when you do- at least for me, I find that the following days I am far MORE aware of true hunger, and I only want to eat when I'm really physically hungry. And then when I do, I'm filling up faster than ever before. So overall, I'm so pleased. This is an amazing fit for me and I see myself incorporating this technique or way-of-eating year-round. 

**PLEASE do yourself a favor and read this post from Julie Go Lean. CLICK HERE. She nails it right on the head. Losing weight isn't easy and guess what?? It doesn't stop when you get there, it is a lifelong effort. Commit to it!**

Anyway, I saw this picture somewhere today (it really scares me sometimes how awful my short term memory is. My long-term memory is epic and I remember EVERYTHING, small details you'd never think anyone paid attention to, but ask me what I did this morning and I'll tilt my head and really have to think about it....queer, I know.) and it blows my mind. Not sure why I'm even surprised, but seriously- why why WHY do advertisers still insist on photo-shopping EVERYONE so that look completely inhuman?? I mean, really, the message we are sending here is frightening in that some of the people they photo-shop i.e. Faith Hill, Britney Spears, Kelly Ripa, Madonna, Gwenyth Paltrow, etc. - um hello?? They are pretty hawt naturally! Take a peek at what a normal Britney looks like on the right, and her photo-shop fantasy-I-am-a-Barbie-doll look is on the left. #FAIL on Candies. 

And we wonder why 8 year old girls are starting to go on diets. Sad thing is, girls, you go on a diet and look perfect to try to attract the boys, and then they'll still go all Tiger Woods/Hugh Grant/Prince Charles/Jesse Whatever/Halle's Ex/Mutt Lange on you. OOPS. Did I sound a little negative there? Sorry. ;-) I'm just calling a lamea** a lamea**. 

This goes out to you Ricky. I know, I know, you are OUT now, but I still think you are SMOKIN!. Dang. Triple Dang. 

Happy Monday Kids!! Did you kick butt today? I did. 840 calories worth!! Can I get an AMEN? Mondays are ALWAYS a crazy day, work-wise, for me. We have a group sales meeting and then conferences with our boss-man. So, Mondays always end up with me frazzle and doing my workouts and my vlogs late, which annoys me but oh well. 

So, I did Cathe HIIT 30/30. I really need to branch out and do her other HIIT workouts, I think today I chose 30/30 because I was worried about cramping, I recall the 40/20 being much TOUGHER. Anyhoo, I did the 30/30 and then moved into a Shoulder Blast workout. I had just read in the latest Muscle & Fitness HERS magazine about TABATA workouts and I know I've seen these on other bloggers' blogs, but I need to read a bit more. Based on my quick perusal, I see that you work up to doing like 8 sets of say, shoulder presses. When you've built up to this endurance level, you would do 8 sets at 20 seconds each, resting 10 seconds in between. I started my first sets on that level, then I look at the magazine and it says for the first month to go for 30 seconds, resting for a minute in between. I modified that and did 15 seconds of reps followed by 15 seconds of rest. I did 8 sets for each move. Below was my shoulder blast. I'm going to read up more on Tabata tonight. 

1. Tabata Style Overhead Press: Used 10lbs weights, 8 sets.
2. Tabata Style Lateral Raise: Used 8lbs weights, 8 sets. 
3. Tabata Style Bent Over Lateral Raise: Used 8lbs weights, 8 sets.

Next Circuit:

1. Front Raise, Straight Arm: Used 10lb weights, 12 reps. Rest 10 seconds then:
2. Bent Arm Lateral Raise: Used 10lb weights, 12 reps. Rest 10 seconds then:
3. "Bicep Push Ups" (a made up move for biceps/shoulders): Used 8lb weights, 12 reps.
4. Did this circuit 3x.

Next Circuit: 

1. Upright Row, 12lb weights, 12 reps, Rest 10 then:
2. Overhead Arnold press: 10lb weights, 12 reps, Rest 10 then:
3. Single Side Lateral Raise, at angle: Used 12lb weights, 12 reps each arm.
4. Did this circuit 3x each.

In between all the sets, I would run up and down my stairs 2x to get my heart rate up. Then when I was finished with this, I was at about 640 calories, so I wanted to hit 800. That was for me, because I didn't workout on Saturday. So I went for a walk in my neighborhood and it was AWESOME~!

Feeling KILLER right now. CRUSHED IT!!! ;-)

Enjoy a double dose of KO right now, followed by some more Manjoyment, or vice versa. Peace Out. 

DAYUM.

I am here in Omaha. Arrived around 11:30a.m., had time in my schedule for a workout so I CRUSHED IT. That's right 510 calories burned. I did Cathe HIIT 30/30 and then followed that up with.....my own MADE UP GOULASH of stuff!!! Do you see that picture above? It doesn't matter if you are traveling and your hotel doesn't have a gym. You can do soooo many moves, without weights, in your hotel room. Push-ups, all variations of planks, tricep dips with a chair, lunges, squats, kickboxing moves, plyometrics, crunches, boxing, need I go on? I didn't even write out a plan- I just went with it, doing plyo  moves and jump rope, then static lunges, walking lunges, dips, push-ups, abs, planks, running, kickboxing, more stationary squats and so on.

Also check out this post on Phit N Phat regarding working out and eating right on the road, even on vacation: CLICK HERE.

This evening I have an early dinner then a speaking engagement. Tomorrow I will have time to workout before leaving and you bet your bottom dollar I will. That's right. I'm on fire that way. ;-)

Also I just want to shout out to the douchebag in the Omaha airport lounge who was rude to me when I bought my Diet Pepsi. I love you anyway even though you are bitter and should be working out instead of eating all those pastries.  ;-) Spread the love. Spread the love. 

Deep thoughts.

Take a peek below. In addition to packing workout DVDs, I also pack my Val-Slides and Val-bands. Check out this guy who made up his own workout with the Val-Slides.

WOOT! Just had to say it again. I had a killer workout this morning!! I did Cathe HIIT 30/30 followed by Tracy Effinger Squeeze Stronger. OMG. I know I say this every time I to that workout but holy heck!! It is tough!! And for me personally, I like that I'm all warmed up and sweaty when I start her workout, I don't like doing cardio AFTER weights. Call me crazy; most of you probably do anyway! ;-0 haha

So- I figured out my Polar HRM issues. #1 was that the battery needed to be changed. You may have seen me b**ching on Twitter about the fact that Polar HRM only have 4 service centers IN THE COUNTRY. And it was going to cost me $75 plus shipping both ways to get it fixed. That is almost the cost of a new one! Are you kidding me? Luckily a friend on Twitter sent me to his blog guidance on the topic: CLICK HERE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED in changing you own battery. Hello! SNAP! I did it and it only cost $2 for the battery!

Secondly, maybe this is just for those of us with Boobage, but I think that the HRM part that goes around your ribs- I need to wear it LOWER than the bra line, when I try to tuck it up under the bra, it loses the heartbeat. It is a bit annoying to have a bra and the chest strap all futzing around on your body under the top but I made myself deal with it! AND today I burned 700 calories in my workout that was 1:15. 

Interestingly, I paid close attention (more on a curious level) to my heart rates during the HIIT portion- here is the breakdown. Funny thing is, I would note my HR after finishing 30 seconds..then about 10 seconds later during the rest time, it was always 2-3 beats higher. 

• 1st interval: 150
• 2nd: 159
• 158 ** needed 7 seconds extra
• 162 **  needed 8 seconds extra
• 160
• 154
• 153
• 156 (plyo jacks)
• 158 (power kicks)
• 159 (power kicks)
• 166 (air jacks) **needed 9 seconds extra
• 163 (tuck jumps)
• 156 (side kick thrust)
• 153 (side kick thrust)
• 159 (they did burpees, I ran the stairs)
• 155 (straddle side touches)
• This portion of the workout 20 minutes in total burned 220 calories.

During the Squeeze Stronger portion of the workout I was sweating a bucket, that girl doesn't STOP! My heart rate stayed between 120-142 the whole time. I fear my core tomorrow, she does those side bends and back kicks that work your core like no other! WHOA!

Ok, I'm a stinky sweaty sloppy gross pile of GAAAHHHH right now. Need a bubble bath, then I have Mr. Rene giving me 2 hours of massage bliss. I hope to squeeze in a vlog for you kids because I am PSYCHED!!!! But it may be later on too. ;-)

QUESTION OF THE DAY: What is your workout plan for today and tomorrow? Do you workout on the weekends or take that time off? 

Peek at Squeeze Stronger:

HEY Kids!! Happy Hump Day!! I had a killer workout this morning. Just finishing up a fabulous gluten-free lunch- Jumbo Shrimp cocktail, some rice chips (made to taste like corn chips! YUM) and salsa, and I have a sweet potato in the oven too! YUMMY!! Shrimp cocktail is an easy, lo-cal, lo-fat meal. 8 jumbo shrimp =100 calories. Hello. 

Today I did P90X Chest/Shoulders/Triceps. I loathe working my chest and as I mention in the vlog below, this workout is way heavy on the push-ups. But I won't give in and not do this workout again, it WILL remain in my rotation specifically because I hate it. That means I need to conquer it. RIGHT?

I followed the workout with Cathe's HIIT 30/30. Nice. I chose to not use the step at all and BOY it's still a kick butt intense sweatfest. Seriously. 

We got pounded with a large dump of snow yesterday- probably a foot or so. Not as crazy as I expected by any means. We can deal with it. ;-)

Gotta run. TONS to do today. Lots of ass-kicking to be done. WOOT! 

Hey Kids! How is your Tuesday? Mine is good. It's even better today with a nice workout after being a Super Slacker yesterday. Dangit. That really annoys me- BUT, we are not giving up. We just work HARDER the rest of the week right?? ;-)

For those of you that had been asking, I finally tried one of Cathe's HIIT Shock Cardio workouts- there are 3 workouts on one DVD which (IMO) is a great value. (No I don't earn any $$ from Cathe for sharing this with you.) I started off this morning with the 30/30 HIIT which means for 30 seconds you do HIIT then 30 seconds rest, 30 seconds ON, then 30 seconds rest. The entire workout is 30 minutes- and before you react like ME and think, "oh that's not enough"- remember that HIIT is INTENSE CARDIO. It's also good to keep in mind how intense this kind of cardio is when you are starting. As many of you know, it's been a while since I was doing Insanity regularly. And boy, does your body need to ease back into it~ I mean, I think it will be a good 2-4 weeks of incorporating this tough of a workout on a regular basis before my body can tackle it all 100% again. I did 25 seconds for most of the intervals. My Heart rate was regularly at 180. There ARE some moves in the warmup on the step. Many of you know I am so NOT a step-girl. Frankly, I SUCK at step. I am sooo uncoordinated, I just don't go there. But she uses the step MOSTLY in the warmup and on a few moves. Personally, I'd prefer to do no step. Some of the hops over the step, as fast as we were doing them, I just could not keep up. But again, that could be me just doing this for the first time. Below is a clip. I did this cardio, followed by a nice shoulder workout. Tomorrow I will likely be out of pocket because I am downtown all day long with my boss, so you'll hear from me again on Thursday, mkay?? 

And more babbling:

QUESTION OF THE DAY: DO YOU LIKE STEP AEROBICS? ARE YOU GOOD AT IT, OR DO YOU HIDE IN THE SHADOWS LIKE ME SO NO ONE CAN SEE YOU?