What in the HECK is going on with that hat?? For realz! He looks like he is wearing that cradle cap they put on babies when they just arrive. I mean, I had to include the picture anyway, but really, when you have a face and a head like this:
why would you put a sock on it? I'm a bit lost. But then again, here it is 5:15pm and I am just looking up from a stack of work the size of Texas and realizing I haven't worked out yet. DANGIT! That's ok- am I gonna give up and give in?
YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT! Come ON now! It's time to CRUSH IT! BOOYA!
What will today's workout be? I'm thinking hardcore Insanity and some ABS- like 15 minutes of RevAbs, not sure which one.
He is Yummy.
So.....regardless, I've had a good day today. Got some well needed sleep last night which makes me such a happy girl. And I had some killer protein pancakes for breakfast with my coffee- sweetened with cinnamon and a wee bit of real sugar only. No more Splenda! That's right! I had a Muscle Milk after my lunch of Tilapia and peas. Now I'm going to sweat my a** off and have a killer dinner of maybe chicken and a hujazz salad. And....I'm gonna make that salad with ICEBERG LETTUCE. That's right. Ice-To-The-Berg people:
I love iceberg lettuce and I always laugh when people get a head tilt moment when I say this. They usually say, 'OH iceberg lettuce has no real nutritional value!" Well, neither does air but I still breathe it! I don't like my salads to look like rabbit food:
This image to me looks like bacterial growth. It makes me sad. In fact, I want to cry, and then maybe stuff a pillow with this lettuce.
I feel very strongly about this lettuce topic. I think that may be the QUESTION OF THE DAY: What lettuce do you like in your salads? Don't worry, I won't hate you if you don't like Iceberg, but don't hate the BERG!!
DANG. I have not even made a vlog today. I'm way behind. Promise, I will do it tomorrow, I promise. ;-) Can you stand the wait??
Does that make it all better? And, now to close things up for today, please enjoy Miss Jackson's video below, which features today's manolicious subject. Yea that's right. Old School Trivia for y'all.
I had another KILLER workout today. Wow. I did RevAbs for cardio and then Tony Horton One On One: Bun Shaper. Honestly, I had such killer DOMS in my legs today, I didn't think it was wise to try and do a leg workout so I chose this.
For those of you unfamiliar with RevAbs, here is a peek- sorry they don't have up any videos of the individual workouts (annoying):
This was a lovely sweatfest workout that burned a total of 675 calories. WOOT!!! My "diet" is just spot-on. I'm following the principles in Tim Ferris' book, The 4-Hour Body. (plus I had just started The Primal Blueprint before that- "paleo" in nature). I feel GOOD. Not getting stomach-aches and I do feel- call me crazy- that even in a few days (we "officially" started our No Loose Ends 30-Day Challenge on Sunday) I can see a difference in some weight lost. BUT- I must persevere!! I'm nowhere NEAR my goal. That's ok- because I WILL GET THERE. No doubt.
Just to clarify- this "NO LOOSE ENDS" mantra I'm throwing around and this 30-Day Challenge. What IS this all about anyway? Well, as I've shared before, 2010 was my "back at it" year, after a year of BLLLAAAAHHHH. So, it really was great to be "back at it" but I'm at the end of 2010 and I'm not anywhere NEAR my fat loss goal. That kind of bites. So, I can choose to whine and complain about it, or I can choose to figure out WHAT WAS MISSING.
When I really analyzed my workouts and my eats- or WHAT I REMEMBERED OF THEM (hint hint because I haven't been TRACKING THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY SO I REALLY ONLY HAVE A GENERAL IDEA!! NAUGHTY!), I realized that THERE WERE A LOT OF LOOSE ENDS.
I realized that I could - in no way - look back at the last 90 days and say, "Well, I've done my workouts every week and I've been spot-on with my diet...". No. Way. Kelly.
Many of you give me props because I travel and still fit in workouts. Yea- life as a road warrior is a huge challenge; trying to eat right and fit in workouts in different time zones when you are booked from morning to late at night. But it CAN be done. I know this.
If I look back to any week on the road, I've always packed my workout stuff- but I'm usually packing at the last minute in the morning, hoping to throw everything in my suitcase before the limo shows up. This is NOT like me, I'm a major pack-in-advance-person but I have been so busy this year, I've allowed time and work to overwhelm me, and thus I'm flustered and running around like a madwoman ALL THE TIME. Anyway, I go on my trips and yea~ I'll fit in a great run, or a hotel room workout but NOT ALL OF THEM. And I'm not eating bad - but here or there you eat in an airport and get a sandwich or a sushi meal with a client and those are calories that can get HIGH when you aren't tracking.....
YOU CAN GAIN WEIGHT OR NOT-LOSE-WEIGHT BY EATING TOO MUCH.....OF ANYTHING. OF FRUIT. OF CHICKEN. OF TOFU. TOO MUCH IS TOO MUCH.
So, the more I looked back over this week and that week, it was really again and again- a bunch of weeks that I'd give myself a "C+" for diet and workouts. Then I get home and I'm so beat/exhausted, I skip another workout. I comforted myself that hey- I'm not eating bad....so it's not that bad.....but guess what?? It all adds up. Activity or no-activity. It adds up. Eating a bit too much here and there in addition to not enough activity = SUCKY.
I refuse to go through another month and look back at results like that. To me, that kind of "winging it" approach is simply unacceptable. I realize how much the days blend into weeks and weeks blend into months and suddenly wow, it's the end of the year and you aren't at your goal! SHAME!!!
That's when it hit me- while reading Tim Ferris' book- THIS MAN TRACKS EVERYTHING. And he urges everyone to TRACK EVERYTHING so you can see what works and doesn't work for YOUR BODY. Remember, we are all unique. How can I complain about my results if I don't really even know what I did for the past 90-days??
ENOUGH.
Sherry and I committed to each other- to go 30-days with NO LOOSE ENDS. We took our measurements. We are taking pictures this week. We are tracking EVERY WORKOUT AND EVERY MEAL. We will go 30-days SPOT ON (we are both following the 4-Hour Body diet philosophy) and then analyze our results.
When this 30-days is over, we start tracking again. Never again will I go without monitoring my efforts and measuring the results. What is the point of buying running shoes and workout clothes and equipment if you are going to "wing it"??
FAIL TO PLAN, PLAN TO FAIL.
Here is my first vlog, shot after I did RevAbs for cardio:
Wow! Vlogs UNDER 10 MINUTES!! SCORE!! I shot another quickie after I did the Buns of Fire with Tony Horton. Wow that sounded dirty. WHAT?
QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you track your diet and your workouts? Why or why not?
Sorry the blogging and vlogging has been a bit sucky this week. As you know, I've been in San Francisco on business, heading home tomorrow. Sadly, I'm in my hotel room tonight with a sore throat. So it's me, Zicam, some green tea and Excedrin PM getting all nice and cozy. I hate getting sick. Zicam usually does the trick, and I hope so, cuz I'm NOT HAVING IT.
Anyway. I am REALLY EXCITED to get home. I've found myself very frustrated this week with my performance quite frankly. Is it challenging to workout on the road? Absolutely. Is it impossible? NOPE. And yet, there is something missing with my day-to-day (albeit complicated and unpredictable) schedule that is ensuring I'm not hitting a 100% week.
To me, a 100% week means I've done my running, my weight training and ideally my yoga (for balance). It doesn't mean that I "did what I could". I'm just disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I totally get that I have to be easy on myself on a day when I get up at 6am, arrive somewhere around 4pm, have a dinner that night and stroll into my hotel at 10pm. I just feel like I'm hitting each day lately and winging it.
The past 2-3 months have been insane. I've traveled close to 30,000 miles and been attending big conferences that run over into the weekends. I was trying to spend every free moment working on the book and people- THAT IS EXHAUSTING.
Running has CLEARLY wowed me. I'm amazed at what I've been able to do and accomplish. The competitive beast within me has been unleashed! I am excited and more motivated THAN EVER - and - I BELIEVE MORE THAN EVER THAT I CAN DO THIS- reach my goals- because I'm seeing changes in my body every week now- I'M READY. So the mindset is there. I have the tools. I renewed my gym membership so I can do workouts there and at my "home gym".
I need to write up a plan. Period. This is what's missing. I can't wing it with my schedule anymore. My days are so full, if I don't map out a short term and long term plan, I am going to end up disappointed in my training and my performance.
When I get home I have some new GOODIES to incorporate. I can utilize the gym when it gets too cold to run outside. (I also love finishing my workouts and using the sauna in the winter....!!) I also have - REVABS. Remember I've talked about working on my abs? Yes, overall CORE (which I'll share with you those books I'm reading Core Performance- that's less about "hot abs" and more about core strength for overall health, stability and athletic performance) but also I want abs. Amy and I want abs. The running has started to help me lose the fat I've been fighting. Now, I want to carve up that middle.
CHECK IT.
So psyched! Kids, you have no idea some of the KILLER stuff that is coming your way. Amy and I are gonna write up our training plan for the ROCK N ROLL VEGAS 1/2 MARATHON in December!! WOOT! We are also going to commit to doing our local Hot Yoga class once a week or more when our travel schedule allows. Amy just did her first TRX classes and was wowed. Check out the video below, featuring Mark Verstegen, the author of the Core Performance books I mentioned last week. I'm still reading all of those.
Whoa!!! Are there enough hours in the day to try all of this?? YUMMY!!
Here is a peek at a Hot Yoga experience:
QUESTION OF THE DAY:DO YOU PLAN OUT AND WRITE OUT YOUR WORKOUTS EACH WEEK?
Monday, January 10, 2011 at 06:11PM
