Not much new today. Have been able to get through that mid-week slump by leaning on Ramiro quite a bit -- I know I would secretly be skipping workouts & eating out a lot if it weren't for his encouragement and his steadfast determination and pure joy at this whole getting fit thing. It doesn't hurt that he's constantly complimenting me on the weight loss. :)
WARNING: Potential TMI alert! (especially if you're a guy..)
Speaking of which -- I'm back down to a 34 bra size! I realized early this week that I was feeling pretty loose-y goose-y in my 36 & decided to go into the local ladies undergarments store for a fitting. The assistant seemed pretty sure I was in the 34 range, which gave me a quick jolt of gratitude for all this effort, but it dissipated a bit when I started doing some fittings and found that even though the tightest setting of the 36 has come to feel too roomy, the loosest I can go on a 34 is still a little snug. I've still got work to do, but man do I love this new bra!It's a Saturday so we slept in like usual and after the dog walk (which resulted in a quick visit to a friend's house) and the jumps, I was pretty much starving for breakfast. AND it was once again late enough in the day that I had to do a bit of PCP-finagling and get in both my bfast & lunch portions. That's a LOT of eating for one sitting, let me tell you! Especially when it's of some weird combination of whatever can be prepared most quickly. I hate those thrown-together meals. It turned out alright though: I wrapped some chicken and a scrambled egg in a wheat tortilla and had some zucchini & corn on the side. It would've been sooo much nicer to just walk to a local diner and order my usual homefries with cheese & onions and over-easy eggs, but I fought back the urge (again, mostly a factor of having Ramiro as a PCP partner and watchdog).
Regarding jumping rope in 4-minute sets: for the first time this morning, I felt comfortable setting the alarm clock on my phone instead of using the stopwatch function. I had to sorta sit there waiting for the minute to change, but it was such a better solution than constantly fighting that urge to glance over every 20 secs to see if I can stop yet. After the 1st set of jumps, I sat and figured I'd just break for a minute to start the next set of 4, but that was over in a heartbeat! I rushed to get into my next set, figuring I must've been very distracted my the mommy slurping up maple creemee excess from a toddlers cone (mmmm creemees!) and jumped my way through an almost perfect second set. The next experiment with breaking for only one minute confirmed that sneaking suspicion: time is a fickle beast. 4 minutes jumping can feel never-ending, but 1 minute sitting on the porch is over before you can even catch your breath. I decided to just break until I felt ready to go again between the 3rd & 4th set and learned that my preferred break time is a whopping 3 minutes long. Talk about inefficient!! Jumping for 4 & breaking for 3 -- no wonder work outs take forever! I'm gonna try to get better about breaking for only the allotted times from now on... I almost wish I was working out in the morning solely so that I could have more of an urge to get it all over with already -- when working out at night, the only thing before me is that measly egg white, apple & milk; a shower & the bed. One solution I've found is my Shakira Pandora station. Do what it takes, right?
I know what you speak of when you speak of trying to keep breaks short. I use an interval timer for jumps and planks and bicycles, and that works. But I look at it during planks, and that's not working so well. Maybe I'll try putting the watch too far away to look and see if that's better. Also, on the rests--I totally know what you mean. My jump rests are nice and short, but I could not do sets 4 and 5 of floor jumps today after only 15 seconds. I wanted to, if just to get them over with, but was breathing way too hard. You guys have that experience?
ReplyDeleteThe way I look at rests is, keep them to the allotted length if at all possible, but if you have to take 5 more seconds, better to take 5 more seconds and be able to do the next set than to pass out and not do more sets. It is sooooo satisfying to get that workout done in an hour or less, though! That's been my big motivation for pushing through.
ReplyDeleteAnd yay for support in your household to keep you going! I'm so envious of these couples who do PCP together. My husband was very supportive but it's not the same as going through it together.
Ideally rest in the 30 second range! Treat yourself to your very own PCP kitchen timer and rock that thing.
ReplyDeleteomgoodness folks. we've definitely been a little lax on the rest time limits. gonna totally buy a kitchen timer -- it'll make life easier for sure. let's see if i can survive this.. counting to 20 while exhausted is definitely slower than a second hand would count to 20.. lol.
ReplyDeletebtw, Kim -- YES. floorjumps are soo tough. we collapse after each set.