Goodbye to the GYM!

I will do this someday. That's all there is to it.

Now- this post is NOT about badmouthing any GYM! Not at all....it's simply on my mind because I am actually cancelling my gym membership. Why? Not because I don't love the gym, but because I never drive over there. What do I love about the gym that I can't do at home? Steam Room. Treadmill. Lat Machine. That's about it. 

I have so many great workout DVDs and such a great selection of equipment at home, why on earth would I waste an extra 40 minutes commuting here and there, plus spend the extra $75/month, when I don't need to? Frankly, I'm hoping to get a sweet killer treadmill (and yes, I will totally buy mine at SEARS hello!! Did I also mention that they are doing this Tweetathon where you can win a Sole F63 Treadmill??) eventually when I have room in my house. But until then, I have:

• Kettlebells
• Free weights from 3lbs to 25lbs
• Barbells with all kinds of plates
• Bosu Ball
• Yoga Mat, accessories
• Step- both for mini step and full long step
• Resistance bands
• TRX
• Medicine Ball
• UGI!
• Oh- I don't have this yet but I plan to get a sweeta** punching bag like THIS. And then I will paste a picture of someone's face on there and beat it to oblivion. WHAT? ;-)

Don't get me wrong, if I had a great gym 5 minutes from my house, I'd keep the membership. But for me, with the time/distance and cost plus the convenience of working out at home where I can also sweat like a maniac and make noises and not worry about the cute guy seeing me looking so messed up...that's also cool. 

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you a home gym person or a gym person, or both? What would be your ideal situation?

So, speaking of my home-gym workouts, today I figured, I have serious DOMS, so let's do a more 'cardio' workout with NO weights. I chose my old favorite, Ilaria's Bodystrikes 2. OMG. I say that every time. 

She is so badass. When we do a FitFluential event in NYC, I must have her be a part of it. If you haven't tried her workouts, you can check out some reviews on CollageVideo.com. But take my word for it- SWEATFEST. And her personality is precious- she's a tough cookie with a cute cute personality. 

I love it when she goes, "easy, no problem! 12 more!" hahaha #Isworealotinthisvideo

So, anyway, I did 45 minutes of Ilaria and burned 425 calories. That's a WOOT! in my book. I am really glad that I started this week off strong and switched my workouts to in the morning, no matter what. It is making all the difference in the world!! 

I also shot this video this morning prior to my sweatfest- about "DIET" and "DETAILS". Because, as I'm learning, for weight-loss, it's all in the dang details!

Oh, here is another question- do you use a tool like I use FitDay.com to track calories/intake?

Keeps Getting Better.

Is that your goal? To keep getting better? That's it for me. Every day will be better than the day before, every workout will be better than the one before and my results will be better every week. 

This isn't the LAME SHOW. 

Happy Friday Kittens! I had a GREAT old-school workout today- I did Taebo Advanced and it rocked!! My calves are SO sore from yesterday's Insanity workout (not sure why.....) and so I wanted to do some kickboxing today. I did 45 minutes of Taebo and then some killer shoulder work. Total burn in 65-70 minute workout was 600 calories. Not bad. Not great, but I'm very glad that I squeezed in my workout, even at like 6PM on a Friday. Hey, I'm committed. I'm not taking shortcuts. I'm in it TO WIN IT.

Amen.

I met Amy for lunch today. She got her hair cut in this bold sassy layered look and I really wanted to like beat her up for looking so good. She said she was "looking scuzzy and not showered" so I felt ok meeting her in my "YEA-BEEN-WEARING-THESE-SWEATS-AROUND-THE-HOUSE" look and baseball cap. Then I show up and Amy look like a model for a hair commercial AND also had her cute jeans on. I almost cut a bitch. WHAT? Yea, you heard me. I looked like her bodyguard. It made me hope that my hair is grown out enough for the extensions I am considering. Yes, my stylist tells me you can do real (translation = expensive) extensions with real hair, they stay in for like a year while you grow your hair out. I'm DOWN WITH THAT. 

So, we had sushi. It was "B-" sushi. Meh. But, all said, I love spending time with Amykins. We both have to really kick some 1/2 Marathon training into gear. The past two weeks of my training have been on the sucktastic side, that must change. So- STAY TUNED. 

Are you kicking butt?? Are you ready to enter into holiday season getting LEANER and HOTTER while everyone else gets more LAZY AND LETHARGIC?? Yea, that's about as hot as Rod Stewart still wearing a Speedo at age 70+. #TimeToMoveOnRod

I Digress.

I'm so thrilled to be HOME for a few weeks. Amy and I are going to kick some serious workout butt, you'll see some vlogs with our Matt Damon trainer guy that likes pain, and we are gonna do some of those killer TRX classes and HOT HOT yoga. Yummy. 

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you drink soda?