Announcement, Cardio, Pain, and EF

Oh, let's see, I guess I'll begin with the cool stuff.

First, 2nd day in a row of working out. This girl is on a roll! :P (More on the workout a little later in the post)

Second, Michael- my husband and athletic trainer extraodinaire- has been designing a new exercise plan for a while. I'm excited to announce that the time is here to roll it out to everyone!

It's called FITR (Functional Integrative Training at Random) and it's exactly that- functional movements done in various, random intervals to help you lose body fat, gain muscle, and tone up!

His website, FitQuest, will post a workout daily! The blog itself is still very much a work-in-progress but the first workout for today was officially posted last night. Hopefully this weekend we'll have time to update the blog and really provide some valuable information for everyone in addition to the daily workout.

CHECK IT OUT!

With that said, it transitions me perfectly into my third topic which is my cardio workout. I did Michael's FITR "workout of the day" which called for 3 minutes at 60% effort then 1 minute at 90% for 20 minutes (AKA 5 rounds).

I started off on the treadmill and did 3 rounds. It sucked (the workout was great, keep reading...). Sucked bad, which leads me to my next topic of pain. I can't explain it but my hip felt like it was going to separate from my leg. You know how Barbie's legs move and you can pop one off? That's what it's like...I honestly thought my leg would just buckle and fall off. Crazy, I know, but I don't know how else to explain it. I ended up finishing on the bike and that was fine.

It was a great workout. I was drenched at the end. I've got to figure something out with this leg deal. Enough time has gone by since the marathon (11 months ago) and the half marathon (8 months ago) that I realize it's an issue and I need to do something to fix it. Luckily I know a good trainer to help me :) Now, if only I would do as he prescribes... I swear, I'm his worst patient!

On the financial front, Michael's check luckily did come in more than we were expecting/budgeting. I was hoping this would happen, but I planned for the worst just in case.


Therefore, instead of $700 I was able to send $900 to our Emergency Fund today!  Jam!

Total Saved = $11,413

% Saved = 88.7%

We're $1,451 away from having our Emergency Fund fully funded to our goal of $12,864.

Despite my freak-out post awhile back where I said we couldn't possibly have it in place by year end, it might just happen after all...

Kelsalynn

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Today is the day

...

wait for it...

Kelsalynn made it back to the gym!!

Mark this day on the calendars! After a two and a half week haitus of exercising, I made it to the gym today.

And it felt good.

Hopefully I can make it a two-day streak. A girl has to have goals right?

Here's what went down:
12 dumbbell bench press (20#)
superset with
12 modified push ups

repeat

12 dumbbell shoulder press (15#)

repeat

12 tricep dips on level 12

repeat

then interval training:
5 burpees
10 jumping jacks
15 wall balls (11#)
repeat with no rest

As you can see, all of these are upper body pushing motions. In a few days, I'll do all pulls. It doesn't look that hard, but it was perfect for my first day back in a while. I recommend this workout if you're at the gym and not sure what to do.

Michael gets paid today and this is the first of a few paychecks that won't be his normal amount. We're budgeting that his check will be around $1,250 but I'm really crossing my fingers that it comes in higher than that.

Keep you posted of course.

Until tomorrow,
Kelsalynn

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Birthday party

I work with some pretty cool people. We're all about the same age, which is good considering I'm in accounting. A lot of accounting departments have older men who wear bow ties. But not us. I think we're pretty cool and a lot of fun- we break the stereotype of "accountants."

My boss's 30th birthday was on Friday. He was on the verge of tears at the thought of turning 30 and no longer being in his 20's. So of course, we reigned in the celebration with drunken fun!

Here are some pictures of the night. Needless to say, we were all "slightly" intoxicated... I ended up sleeping most of Saturday b/c I was so hungover. I never puked, but I almost wish I would have... I probably wouldn't have woke up Saturday still drunk! :)

Early on in the night


A little later in the night


My boss- the birthday boy


Michael sat at the calm (AKA not drunk) table... I was sitting at the "kids" table we called it


Frank is from Africa. Someone made a joke about how soccer is not a real sport (just being funny) and Frank got pissed and gave a 20-minute monologue about how awesome soccer is... he was talking so fast, his accent really came out and no one could understand him. It was hilarious




TJ dealing drinking games



It was a fun night but it's Sunday afternoon and I'm still recovering!

Kelsalynn

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Day #2

Well, hell, if a girl isn't gunna workout, she might as well eat right!

Day #2 in a row of a PERFECT diet. Usually I'll sneak a piece of candy from my co-workers candy dish or get a soda out of the machine, but not today or yesterday- both were SPOTLESS!

Breakfast- Egg omelet w/ cheese and oatmeal, glass of juice
Snack- jello/fruit mixture
Lunch- leftover chili
Snack- Apple and string cheese
Dinner- Meatloaf and 1/2 pear
Snack- Cottage cheese and blueberries

I think the best part about yesterday and today is that I have GUZZLED the agua. I'm telling ya, I've dricken a shit-ton of water. I always feel better when I drink a lot of water- more full and the cravings don't come as often.

I can already tell you that there will not be a Day #3 to this trend however. Tomorrow (Friday) is my boss's 30th birthday and he's having a huge bash. I am sure that I will drink my fair share of calories!

Maybe I'll remember to take some drunken pictures, but no promises!

Kelsalynn

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