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What have we learned June 2015



So I put the air conditioner in last night and no problems getting up. My electric bill is going to be interesting at the end of the month, but its worth it.

So last day of the month.  There were alot of ups and down, but my belief is this is a journey and you learn from the sucky moments just as well and the awesome ones. Last scale reading for the month was 359.

What did I learn:
-I can go out and have a drink. A drink, and wine is better than beer.  I will see a bump up on the scale, but as long as I go right back to eating on plan and working out it is really just a blip and not much to worry about

-I do better when I bring lunch to work.   I can stay on plan without, but its will help me and my pocketbook

-Being consistent yields results.  I've been doing pilates for a month and I can plank for 25 seconds. I have my knees on the ground, but hey I'll take it.


-If I'm avoiding working out, change my workout.  I have been planning to do The Firm: Cardio OverDrive, but everytime it came do it I just didn't wanna. LOL...so I did cathe friedrich's super cuts.  I have a general ban on Cath'e videos.  I think their great, but I either modify or don't do 60% of it, which means it isn't much of a workout in my opinion.  The only exception is super cute.  I don't know why but I love it.  I do modified pushup or wall pushups for the floor work, and its still a pretty awesome workout.

-My modified slow carb diet is working and something I can see doing long term.

Anyway the point being is, if you are continually dreading your workout...try changing it.




Today's workout was mat portion of  The firms's sculptilates


The more I do pilates the picker I get about workouts

The good
-They have a decent modifier.
-I can do just about all of it
-It goes quickly, without being rushed
-I feel like I got a workout in the end
-Once I'm on the ground I stay on the ground.  Being over 300+ getting on and off the floor is annoying and I try and note videos which have floor work and stay there.

The Bad- not really bad, just my observations
-The floor work is broken up into sculpting, lower body mat, core & cool down
To me, there isn't enough actually core work, which is weird since its a pilates kinda video.

I would recommend it for beginners like myself, but as soon as you build up I would move on. I'm not an expert, so I could be wrong.

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