This week's evaluation

FEB 8
TUES           1000 skips + 2hr dance

FEB 9
WED           Balance, Strength, Agility

FEB 10
THURS       Super-girl Plank + 2hr dance

FEB 11
FRI             Had double Greek classes, had coffee with gfs, and went to our friend's
                house for dinner, and a game of uno. Fun night, but no exercise today :(

FEB 12
SAT           One-legged gypsy

FEB 13
SUN          Went out with friends to a race park, watched movies at friends' house...
                  no workout :(

FEB 14
MON         15 min "Killer tooth ache" workout

                   Happy Valentine's Day

FEB 15
TUES        2hr dance... but no workout :(

SECOND DAY of BODYROCKIN'

Ok.
Remember what I said yesterday, "That was it?"
I regretted saying this as I woke up this morning and felt stiff/soreness in my calves!! Boy oh boy! I take it back!!
I comtemplated backing out of my workout, but ... as we all know No pain = No gain.

So I started my morning with a great breakfast:

- 0% fat Greek yogurt

- Dried apple (home made)

- 1 Banana

- Ground flaxseed

- Organic Bee Pollen

- Freshly squeezed OJ

After a few hours, I began my exercise for the day.

Balance, Strength and Agility

4 Sets of 4 exercises

-Jump Squats w/ Diagonal touchdown 20 reps

-Skater

-Reptile

-One leg hop kick

Finished in 17:35 ... Beat Zuzana's score of 23mins46sec !!

However, I must of went a bit ahead of myself, as I nearly threw up when I finished. :(

Seeing how hard this exercise was, I thought I deserved a nice little plate of SPAGHETTI!!

I don't know if it was because of the exercise, or if it was just that good, but this was the best plate of spaghetti I've ever had!!!

This tempting dish of carbs made my (already eaten) man to chuck his PS3 and run to the kitchen table.



Sauce:

-Sautee 2 Cloves of garlic and 1 Medium red onion in Extra virgin olive oil.

-Add 1 Red bell pepper, mushrooms, tomato sauce. Stir.

-Add pinch of salt, pepper, flakes of chili pepper, paprika and some fresh parsley.

I added some slices of salmon for protein, parsley + cheese for garnish. YAY!

First day of BODYROCKIN'

Last year, while browsing youtube, I found a website called bodyrocktv.
It takes a modern approach to working out. It is really inspiring, since the girl who does it has a smokin' body (!!) and they really are really fun, different workouts from what I am used to.

I was an assistant manager of a big gym chain in Canada, so naturally I was a bit skeptical about getting results working out at home. But seeing many people follow these workouts have motivated me to try them.

2007 (I think)

Since moving to Greece Sept 2008, I have put on some weight, and I am tired of seeing my flabby tummy, love handles, thighs, and new parts of body that I never worried about (like my back!)

Sometimes I am discouraged when I use to think that I use to do a bit of modelling. Nobody back home has noticed that I've put on weight, but I do see a big difference underneath the clothes. I might have the same frame, but not as tight as I used to be.

So, today, I decided to commit myself to their bodyrock schedule. I went through the workout archives from the beginning, and since today is Tuesday, I did the workout challenge, which was 1000 skips.

I do not have a skipping rope, so I pretended I had one and did 1000 skips within 8mins and 10sec. At first I felt my calve muscles hurting (Well, not hurting, just burning!) but at the end, I felt "That was it? I could definately do more!"

I have to remind myself to start slowly. Tomorrow I will do a workout, "Balance, Strength, Agility"

January 2011 in Edmonton, Canada