Well, I haven't worked out in a few days, but I did walk more yesterday than I have since before my last surgery. Jessi was off yesterday, so after class we went downtown and did a bunch of stuff. We went to the top of the capitol building, which is the tallest in the country. You can see for miles, and you get some views of Baton Rouge and the Mississippi River that are gorgeous (well, except for the northern side, which is nothing but oil refineries).
We walked all around Arsenal Park, then walked all the way to Schlitz and Giggles to eat. We had pizza which of course is not good, but then we had to walk all the way back, so I don't feel quite as bad.
Before we went downtown, we walked all over LSU campus. Jessi needed some school supplies, so she came with me to class and we walked a whole lot (car to the Union, then to class). After class we went to see Mike the Tiger, but he wasn't out. they had to clean his cage, so he was in the building when we got there.
We then had to walk all the way back to the car, and then went downtown.
All together, I think we probably walked 4-5 miles, which I had absolutely no idea I was capable of doing. My legs hurt so bad today that I can barely walk, though. My calves are hurting just thinking about it!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
January 25th
I decided to change up my workout today. I want to start playing soccer again once I get in shape, so I decided to do some of the work that we used to do before soccer practice back in the stone ages. I am not sure what most of the exercises are called, but they wear you out very quickly.
The first is called the Mexican Hat Dance. You put one foot on top of the ball, and then jump in the air. As you are doing this, you take your foot off of the ball and bring the other on top. As soon as you touch the ball with the second foot, you switch back. You wind up jumping up and down switching feet very fast (once you figure out the motion). This will wear you out quicker than you realize, and the ball is usually rolling around the floor, so you have to chase it while jumping. This is a very good exercise for building your touch skills on the ball, and of course it is a great aerobic workout.
I call the second exercise the triangle, but I'm not sure what the actual name is. You kick the ball a little ways out in front of you with one foot, then bring it back with the other foot. You then kick it laterally back to the first foot, where you proceed to kick it out in front of you again. When you do this correctly, the ball goes in the shape of a triangle, hence the name.
The third exercise has no name as far as I'm concerned (except maybe "the crazy ass-kicking exercise"). It is very simple, yet very effective. You spread your legs out a little, and kick the ball back and forth between them. It sounds simple, but when you go as fast as I do, it kicks your ass.
All three of these exercises are meant to increase your ball control skills, but I am using them to get back into shape right now. As stated before, I want to start playing soccer again, so of course these exercises will help with that.
I also did 10 push-ups. It was very hard to do those, so immediately after I dropped my knees to the floor and did 6 more girly push-ups.
It has now been ten minutes since I finished my workout, and my arms and legs are not working properly. It's amazing that I used to drive home from the gym feeling like this almost everyday!
Update - Dinner consisted of great northern white beans with sausage over rice. Cornbread would have been really good with this, but the meal was already fattening enough.
Since I've been eating better lately, the grease left after draining the sausage actually made my stomach a little upset. Its been a very long time since that has happened. With me it usually only does this when my stomach is no longer used to the grease. This is a good sign.
The first is called the Mexican Hat Dance. You put one foot on top of the ball, and then jump in the air. As you are doing this, you take your foot off of the ball and bring the other on top. As soon as you touch the ball with the second foot, you switch back. You wind up jumping up and down switching feet very fast (once you figure out the motion). This will wear you out quicker than you realize, and the ball is usually rolling around the floor, so you have to chase it while jumping. This is a very good exercise for building your touch skills on the ball, and of course it is a great aerobic workout.
I call the second exercise the triangle, but I'm not sure what the actual name is. You kick the ball a little ways out in front of you with one foot, then bring it back with the other foot. You then kick it laterally back to the first foot, where you proceed to kick it out in front of you again. When you do this correctly, the ball goes in the shape of a triangle, hence the name.
The third exercise has no name as far as I'm concerned (except maybe "the crazy ass-kicking exercise"). It is very simple, yet very effective. You spread your legs out a little, and kick the ball back and forth between them. It sounds simple, but when you go as fast as I do, it kicks your ass.
All three of these exercises are meant to increase your ball control skills, but I am using them to get back into shape right now. As stated before, I want to start playing soccer again, so of course these exercises will help with that.
I also did 10 push-ups. It was very hard to do those, so immediately after I dropped my knees to the floor and did 6 more girly push-ups.
It has now been ten minutes since I finished my workout, and my arms and legs are not working properly. It's amazing that I used to drive home from the gym feeling like this almost everyday!
Update - Dinner consisted of great northern white beans with sausage over rice. Cornbread would have been really good with this, but the meal was already fattening enough.
Since I've been eating better lately, the grease left after draining the sausage actually made my stomach a little upset. Its been a very long time since that has happened. With me it usually only does this when my stomach is no longer used to the grease. This is a good sign.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
January 22nd
Worked out again. The video requires that you have a workout ball, but I do not have one. I finally decided to see if a pillow from the couch would work, and it does! I'm not sure how it compares to having one of the workout balls since I always let Jessi have that, but it worked good considering. It probably wouldn't work very well for someone in descent shape, but I am disabled (read: very weak) so I can get away with not doing as much at the moment (and it still kicks my ass!).
I haven't really followed any type of diet lately since the term "diet" generally means that it has a beginning and an end. I have been trying to consume less crap (junk food, sodas, etc), and eat smaller portions at each meal. This has apparently worked, since I have lost 5 pounds in the last 2-3 weeks.
The biggest problem that I've had lately is coffee. I drink a lot of coffee, and I have a tendency to include lots of sugar and creamer. I like plain coffee, but it tastes soooo much better when you add so many calories that it basically turns into a meal! Regular black coffee is supposedly good for weight loss since it raises your metabolism and only has 4 calories per cup, but I don't know if it's consumption has any negative effects (it most likely does).
I haven't really followed any type of diet lately since the term "diet" generally means that it has a beginning and an end. I have been trying to consume less crap (junk food, sodas, etc), and eat smaller portions at each meal. This has apparently worked, since I have lost 5 pounds in the last 2-3 weeks.
The biggest problem that I've had lately is coffee. I drink a lot of coffee, and I have a tendency to include lots of sugar and creamer. I like plain coffee, but it tastes soooo much better when you add so many calories that it basically turns into a meal! Regular black coffee is supposedly good for weight loss since it raises your metabolism and only has 4 calories per cup, but I don't know if it's consumption has any negative effects (it most likely does).
Thursday, January 20, 2011
January 20th
Well, we just worked out, and now I'm eating cereal! Wow, I'm on the right track!
Since I am still in a lot of pain, I have been doing an aerobics workout with Jessi. This is only the second time that I have done it, but she's done one of the workouts almost every night for the last two weeks (there are 15 workouts total).
I think my abs will be sore tomorrow, but hey, no pain no gain.
Since I am still in a lot of pain, I have been doing an aerobics workout with Jessi. This is only the second time that I have done it, but she's done one of the workouts almost every night for the last two weeks (there are 15 workouts total).
I think my abs will be sore tomorrow, but hey, no pain no gain.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
January 18th
Wow. The last post was on June 14th of last year. Around that time I developed fistulas in my abdomen (due to the surgery and a subsequent infection), and that basically killed my workouts. In fact, there have been some days where I could barely walk. But I am finally starting to get back to a point where I can do a little bit, and am very tired of not working out.
Jessi has started doing the Bender Ball aerobics workout, and I have been doing a little bit of that with her. I can't do much because of my stomach, but I'm doing what I can, and trying to build up my strength so that I can start doing some real workouts in the near future. School has started again, so I am hoping to be able to go to the Rec Center within the next 2 weeks or so.
Our friends are getting married on a cruise, and we are trying our damnedest to get the money together to go. Jessi wants to look good in a bikini by that time (beginning of October), so this means that I have someone else working out, which will make me much more likely to do it even though I'm hurting. I think that getting into shape will help me get rid of these stupid fistulas, so this is definitely a good thing. Even if it doesn't, being in shape will help with so many other things that it will still be worth it.
Jessi has started doing the Bender Ball aerobics workout, and I have been doing a little bit of that with her. I can't do much because of my stomach, but I'm doing what I can, and trying to build up my strength so that I can start doing some real workouts in the near future. School has started again, so I am hoping to be able to go to the Rec Center within the next 2 weeks or so.
Our friends are getting married on a cruise, and we are trying our damnedest to get the money together to go. Jessi wants to look good in a bikini by that time (beginning of October), so this means that I have someone else working out, which will make me much more likely to do it even though I'm hurting. I think that getting into shape will help me get rid of these stupid fistulas, so this is definitely a good thing. Even if it doesn't, being in shape will help with so many other things that it will still be worth it.
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