KO'd by Kickboxing!

Kickboxing Room

I finally made it to Kickboxing class!  I chickened out of class on Monday, and I almost did the same today!  I am very glad I went.  I got to the gym about 4pm; class started at 4:30.  The instructor came in and I went to talk to him.  I told him it was my first time and he said...and I quote, "Oh okay, well Move at your own pace, do what you can, do you have gloves".  I said yes, I have gloves.  I am gonna try this and when I feel like I am going to pass out, I'll leave!  He says, "You are not in competition with anyone else.  Move at your own pace.  Some people leave early, some people come in late.  But do what you can.  As you come more, you'll be able to do more!"  I was standing there with my jaw on the floor!  I think that is the first time any Group Excercise Instructor had that attitude!  I am glad he said that, it made me feel comfortable and let me work at my own pace without feeling like I had to keep up with the crew!  Class was intense, in addition to the boxing and kickboxing moves, we had drills.  We had to run, jumping jacks, lunges, squats...etc.  You get the point.  He kept us moving!  I liked the class though!  I will have to make it a regular thing on the schedule!  I just hope I will be able to walk and move my arms on Friday! 

Here are the eats for the day (overall not a good food day)

Breakfast:  Sausage McMuffin & Hashbrown from McDonalds; White Chocolate Latte

Mid Am Snack:   Apple

Salmon & Mustard Greens

Lunch:  Salmon & Turnip Greens;    
              Slice of Red Velvet Cake

Dinnner:  Sad to say after I did kickboxing...I went to KFC!  Horrible food choice I know.  But I had to get Coleslaw for the potluck at work, it only made sense that I would grab dinner while I was there!  I had 2 pieces of chicken, potato wedges, & corn on the cob!

After Dinner Eats:  Apple & Celery juice; Good for re-hydrating the body.  I made a nice big 20 ounce glass of juice and I am sipping it and blogging at the same time!

Workout:
60 minutes of Kickboxing
10 minutes of Treadmill (trying to make time pass before kickboxing started)


I have been and am always intrugued by the benefits of certain fruits and veggies!  So I decided to share with you the health benefits of both celery & apples.  Who would have thought something so simple as an apple and celery could do so much for our health

Health Benefits of Celery

Some of the many health benefits of celery include:

• A rich source of sodium and potassium the juice of celery makes an excellent electrolyte replacement drink, ideal for both dieters and to rehydrate the body after a hard work out.
• Calming and stress releasing - lowers blood pressure.
• Contains coumarin compounds that are said to have anti-cancer properties, and may help migraines.
• A natural diuretic, helping to flush toxins from the body.

Health Benefits of Apples

The well known saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" may well be true! Apples are great in juices, but to make the most of their amazing cleansing and detoxifying properties be sure to eat them whole with their peel, and add them to smoothies and puddings too. Apple skins contain anti-cancer chemicals, and beta-carotene.
Apples are rich in pectin a type of soluble fiber which can:

• Remove toxic metals such as lead, mercury, and aluminum from the body.
• Improve the health of the intestines.
• Help reduce high cholesterol.

Apples and their juices:

• help protect the lungs from the damage caused by smoking.
• contain malic and tartaric acids which reduce the spread of bad bacteria in the guts, and reactivate beneficial gut bacteria. Studies at Cornel University discovered apple extracts reduce colon cancer by over 40%.
• have a high mineral content, and are great for healthy skin, fingernails, and hair.

Well that is all for me tonight.  Time to get quiet and go to bed.  I won't be staying up late tonight, and hopefully I don't walk up at midnight again. 

Fantastic Friday....

Recap of Friday August 6th.

Wow!  Woke up this morning...and by woke up, I mean I opened my eyes and laid in the bed and reached to the right of me to turn off the alarm and wowzilla...ABS are sore, Arms are sore...Legs are sore!  I guess I had a nice full body workout yesterday!  It was not a bad soreness, but I can feel that some muscles got worked.  My arms are probably the ones that hurt the most.  My upper body is very very very weak. 

Breakfast    
     2 hard boiled eggs
     broccoli
     Cup of black coffee w/ french vanilla creamer

Lunch     
 Salad (lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, carrots) w/ a nice piece of Salmon. With my hot sauce/Apple cider VInger/lemon juice as dressing.  The Salmon was pretty to look @ and it was delish going down...My compliments to the chef @ Cuvee!





Workout
     30 minute Boxing routinge w/ Personal Trainer
      I was able to record part of the workout, need to do some editing.

Dinner (Dinner @ Stinking Rose in Beverly Hills)
     House Salad with Chicken Lemon Juice for salad
    2 rolls
    An excessive amount of garlic!

Fitness Friday

Wow...I started the day off oversleeping!  Way to end the week.  And I woke up starving, I guess that is hte down side to misisng dinner.  I had the breakfast of champions though.  I did eat a pretty big breakfast.  It was rather tasty.  Work was actually better today.  Thankfully.  Now next week gotta work on openning 2 new accounts and getting some KYCs completed so I can open up another set of accounts.  Its the terrible circle of life that is my job!  Paperwork after paperwork.  Sigh.

Breakfast
     Omelette ( 2 eggs, spinach, mushrooms, cheese)
     2 pieces of bacon

Lunch
    1/2 tomato
    some cucumbers
    Side salad (lettuce, carrots, red cabbage)
     slick of Greek bread (i think thats what its called)

Workout
     I had an awesome 30 minute Boxing Bootcamp workout with my personal traniner!
     It was tough, but good stuff!

    41 minute (2 mile) walk
     Endomondo walk info: http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/gq1rLq9Dg9Q

Dinner
     2 cups of Salad with a twist  *new thing I tried*
     Ingredients:
          Bag of Salad  Mix
          1/2 bag of Broccoli Slaw (chopped up, uncooked Broccoli, carrots, & red cabbage )
          juice of 1 lemon
          1/2 cucumber diced
          2 tomatoes
         chopped up chicken meat
     It tasted really good.  The Broccoli slaw allowed me to get additional veggies, and it added a  nice little crunch to the salad.  I think i like it!

       

Boxing Beatdown....

Well I am going to blog this day, how it went.  Since I was not able to get into a boxing class on Tuesday night.  I opted for the 6:30am class today!   So I got up packed my work clothes, dress for class and off I went. 

Pre-Boxing eating
     4 Strawberries

AM workout
     1 hour Boxing (My commentary is at the bottom)

After Boxing eats/First eats in the office
     1/2 grapefruit

So today I am experiencing a hunger pain that I have not felt in a while.  Wow.  The guy that sits next to me in the office went and got a Roast beef sandwich.  It smelled oh so tempting and delish!  I was so ready to run downstairs to get one.  I love the Roast beef they make down stairs.  So after this great tempation, Off I went to the Kitchen to make lunch.  I'm guessing the Spin & boxing really burned some calories that I was feeling so hungry today.
Lunch
     A huge huge salad w/ chicken and I even crumble 1 Melba Toast in it, to get that crouton effect!

PM Workout
     30 minutes Cardio/strength traning with Trainer

Dinner
     My tomato & Cucumber Concotion


Commentary
     Holy Bat Crap Batman!  Boxing is hard as heck!  I got beat down by Boxing.  What was I thinking by signing up for that.  It was absolutely tiring!  Not only did we box, we had to do, sit ups, push ups, lunges, squats, weight lifting and boxing!  It was definately a challenge and a good work.  Barely made it through the class and almost died!  I was about to head for the light a couple of times.    But I am oh so Glad it is over!  Now my review of L.A. Boxing...they need air conditioning.  There was about 20 people in class and no A/C!  It ridiculously hot!  Otherwise the staff was very friendly.  THe instructor Mike...nice guy & he's a cutie!  :0)  He kept telling me to hit the bag like I was angry.  Which is hard to do, cause I am not angry.  He is already trying to get me to sign up for classes!  Which I think I want to do but I need more practice.

So that is it.  Tata!