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Triforce!

I just came back from another one of Les Mills Body classes. This time was BodyCombat, and I have to say it was a lot of fun. Here is the description from the Les Mills site:

BODYCOMBAT™ is the empowering cardio workout where you are totally unleashed. This fiercely energetic program is inspired by martial arts and draws from a wide array of disciplines such as karate, boxing, taekwondo, tai chi and muay thai. Supported by driving music and powerful role model instructors, you strike, punch, kick and kata your way through calories to superior cardio fitness.

I have a little itty bit of experience in Tae Kwon Do, and it’s something I’ve been wanting to get back into, but a martial arts-ish class like this for the time being is a good (and cheaper) alternative. I wouldn’t consider it to be nearly as intense as BodyPump and BodyAttack, but it’s still a lot of fun and is a good workout. I was (jokingly) calling these three classes my Triforce of Pain, but it’s a good pain, and I think a mix of these three classes would be a good way to go weekly. I’m noticing that I’m pushing myself harder than I really would on my own, mostly because I don’t want to look like a pussy in front of my classmates There are some other classes I want to try too, like RPM and Aqua Sculpt, so we’ll see how everything fits into (hopefully) a nice routine.

Running, Walking, and Cycling, oh my!

I was looking on my training breakdown on Dailymile this morning, and I came to see something…

I suck. Especially lately! My mileage has been terrible all around these past few months, and even into September, which was supposed to be my ”reset.” I want to try to break the trend though, so between now and the end of October I would like to push to add 200 miles to my mileage totals. 100 of those miles will be cycling, and 100 of those miles will be running/walking. I’m still grouping running and walking together because I know I have some work to do before I’m able to run like I was earlier in the year, but hopefully by the end of October I will have made some headway. I pulled off 200 miles in January, it was hard, but I did it, so I know I can do another round.

Weigh-Ins

I’m kind of worried that I am going to have a gain this week. The scale has been looking that way and I don’t exactly think I can turn it around in the next two days. After Tuesday though, I’m considering going to bi-weekly weigh ins. The scale really is just a number, and it isn’t giving you the number you want, it can really devastate your mindset. And even when you are doing a good job, it’s still possible to have a bad week. So with that in mind, I’d like to focus more on just trying to get fit and not worrying about what the scale says (although I do hope it’ll still turn out favorably). I was originally considering going to monthly weigh ins, but I don’t know if I could stand to wait that long, to be honest.

Anniversary

I started this blog on October 8th, 2009, which means my one year blogiversary is approaching! I wish I had more to show for it, like six pack abs or killer biceps, but the journey definitely hasn’t been easy. While in some ways this year has been lackluster, in other ways I do think I’ve kicked ass. Year two will have less lackluster and more asskicking though, I promise you that If you want to send me presents though, I’m more than willing to accept them (I kid, I kid)!

That’s all I got for now, peeps. Hope you’ve had a great weekend.

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Emotional
Stress
Boredom

You could basically fit any of those words (and probably a few more) into the title of this post, and you’ll have my eating habits for the past two months.

Now, I’m not trying to dwell on what I’ve done wrong before, but I sorta have to acknowledge it if I want to be able to move forward.

Things started going to crap when I began working from home. I was suddenly thrown into a situation with no structure, and while I didn’t have alot of food in the house, I’d get bored and eat anything I could, or I would order delivery or hop in the car and head over to McDonalds or Wendys. If these were my meals, it probably wouldn’t have been so bad, but this was a fairly constant thing throughout the day. I also grew less interested in cooking, so almost every meal was eaten out, with little regard to healthy choices.

I resolved to do better in June, but that was a joke. I housesat for my aunt for two weeks, in a house FILLED TO THE BRIM with all sorts of food, and I basically had at it. I wasn’t eating out as much, but I was making up for it by eating all sorts of shit otherwise.

At the end of June I was on vacation in Winnipeg, Canada. Again, lots and lots of eating out. My only real saving grace there was that most of the eating was at actual meal times, there was very little snacking in between.

I don’t know why I get like that. If I get upset at anything, I eat. If I am stressed or bored, I eat. If I have a craving for the slightest little thing, I eat. If I try to allow myself one cheat meal, that basically gives way to a cheat day, which can give way to a cheat week, etc…

It sucks, and it sucks worse in that after I’ve eaten, I have very little motivation to do much else. I just want to veg, so my workouts go out the window. I workout a lot better on an empty, or near empty stomach, and over these past couple months having a empty or near empty stomach was a rarity.

But…hopefully that is all in the past, and I will get back on track. Hopefully maybe even better than before, because the diet is something I’ve always struggled with to an extent. I’m just not sure as to the best way to go about it. I’ve tried counting calories before, and that lasted maybe a week. I’ve tried meal tracking on Sparkpeople and Diet.com too, but quickly lost interest there as well. Hell, the only reason I set up a twitter account was to tweet my meals, but that didn’t last long either. I don’t know why it gets like that, especially I have no problem tracking each and every workout on Dailymile.

Blarg…I don’t know. I was thinking about Weight Watchers for Men, but I don’t want to pay for something I’m going to end up not using. I could just strive to eat healthy and not keep track of anything, too. I know that works for alot of people, but I’ve been surprised in the past at how bad my “healthy” eating could be.

I’m rambling, so I’m going to shut up now. I know something needs to be done, so it will, even if it means revisiting some old tools I tried to use in the past. In the meantime, any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated

Have a great day!

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TRIFORCE!

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