Biggest Loser premiered back in the U.S. today (er, yesterday for me??? Wow. That’s not confusing at all…) and I’m sad to have not been able to catch it. I’m hoping someone will *cough* kindly upload it to YouTube so I can catch it without having to wait the week that NBC takes to put the videos up. Either way, at least I can see it eventually.
Which is good! Because I’ve been missing my doses of Jillian since her radio show disappeared this summer. I LOVE listening to the podcasts of her show while I run. It is so empowering and motivating for me. If you haven’t listened to her show, or if you have missed some episodes, you can check them out here.
After this morning’s Maria Muffin, a yogurt, and some iced coffee, I headed out for a two-mile run (which is what I’m currently running on my “short run” days).
I felt pretty good before I left for my run.
Not too far into the run, maybe half a mile, I realized I had probably waited too long between eating breakfast and taking off because I had no energy and felt very sluggish in general.
But, I made it. I did my two miles, came home and did a little bit of upper body and abs strength training, showered and then made myself this yummy lunch:
I’m actually a little impressed that I thought to make this because my creativity in the kitchen is pretty limited. But, we have some English muffins that needed to be eaten before they went bad and I was already thawing a package of beef for tonight’s tacos. I threw on some spinach, onion, ketchup, and mustard and there it was: the first all-beef burger I’ve had in Japan. Had a handful of grapes and water to round out the meal. It was yummmmmmmy!
I mentioned I did some ST today, but in all honest it was a pretty pathetic attempt. I did two sets of 12 pushups (some were girly-style), tricep dips, 20 bicycle crunches, and 10 leg swings. Not great, but at least I am trying, right??? ST is a little tough right now because I have no hand weights or resistance bands. I’m hoping to invest in some soon, though, along with a few ST-type videos. Ugh, let’s be honest here, folks: I am not the biggest fan of strength training. If I could do all cardio and get the hard, toned body I desire, I totally would!
I’m thinking of purchasing a few of these videos:
Or, maybe some of Jillian’s new(er) videos.
Have any of you tried these or have other suggestions?
Or, even better, do you have a ST program that requires no equipment?
No comments:
Post a Comment