Greetings to my dear follower(s):
The original focus of my blog was looking at how my diet, particularly coffee drinking, impacted my skin. Well, I fudged. I had some coffee at the end of December and even some today. And my skin has shown the effects. I need to lay off!
What's probably more of a concerning matter is that I need to be in tip-top physical shape before I go to boot camp. I'm almost there, but my push-ups need some TLC.
I'll get there. Failure is not an option. I'm only interested in winning these days, not losing.
So the count-down continues and gets faster with each passing day as April 5, 2011, the day I ship out, quickly approaches.
Until I leave, I'm going to be blogging about my diet and exercise. Heck, I might throw in footage of it! I figure it might be entertaining to look back on when I finish my initial military training.
Today I hiked I think 5 miles and ran for 2 miles. I did 5 push-ups from my knees and 10 sit-ups. I'll do that and more before bed, well the push-up part not the hike or run.
I wake up in the mornings and the first thing I do are push-ups and sit-ups. My muscles are like this: "Whhhhaaaa????? Uggggghhhhh? What in the world are you doing to us????? Sooooo tired....."
I usually feel out of breath pretty quickly in the mornings, too. It's one heck of a way to shock your system.
All for now, kiddos. Thanks for following me. I'm sorry I've been so neglectful in my journey with you or you all. Life happened and I fell off the blogging wagon.
Much love,
JNEL
Hey girly! Keep up the good work. I'd love to see that footage of your push-ups. I won't even attempt them at this point! Just staying awake for the whole day is kicking my butt (I got the flu a couple of weeks back). Keep up the great work and thanks for serving our country! JBru
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys! You both are my best and most loyal followers!
ReplyDeleteHope you recover from the flu with your energy fully restored soon!
If you need advice on starting push-ups, I couldn't even go 1/8th of the way down when I started -- from my knees! And there are a variety of modification to build up strength in your triceps, chest and back muscles. I didn't know this to being with, but apparently your core strength plays a role in doing push-ups, too.
But, I recall the dreaded feeling of doing them in the beginning, it felt like I was being tortured. Everyone is different. Not surprisingly, I'm now a big advocate of upper body strength training for women given health benefits. Today doesn't feel too much like torture. ;)