Lesson Learned - Workouts

First of all,  yesterday's workout was incredible (with good and bad). Half-way through the workout, I asked Angie to take me over as a client from Todd, and she readily agreed - so I am happy to announce that Angie is my new trainer!!!! This is fantastic news for me - she's going to push me harder than I've ever pushed before, but I know from yesterday - keep me safe while doing so.

Here's the workout plan (for now): 

2-3 days a week weights. Other days cardio (30 minutes for now - longer run okay on weekends).

Weight plan begins with a 5 minute cardio warm-up.

Foam Roll exercises to work deep muscles in the legs.

25 crunches

Floor balance exercises to strengthen core.

25 more crunches.

Chest Press (30lbs x 20 reps) - then what I'll call "up and overs" (stepping UP to a weight bench, then down on the other side - then back - in a cardio rythym for 1 minute) - then back to chest press for another 20 reps at 40lbs - then another minute of up and overs - one more chest press set (45lbs) - and one more up and over.

Then we go to lat rows - and similarly, inbetween sets I'm doing cardio - this time five times up and down the flight of stairs. Here's where the bad came in.

After my second set of stairs I felt VERY lightheaded. Broke out in a cold sweat and got VERY nauseous. Angie promptly took me into the trainers office, and got some cold water on my towel for my neck, while I proceeded to get sick, bringing up the crystal light I'd been drinking all morning.

Aside from being HORRIBLY embarrassed (which Angie assured me I didn't have to be), I learned that apparently working out on a TOTALLY empty stomach is a bad idea. Angie got me a protein shake to slam, and man did I feel better quickly. So that concluded my workout - 10 minutes early and one set short. But my arms feel NICELY sore today. :)

Foodwise - Amber checked at her WW meeting yesterday - they've changed the plan for men. If you're a man on WW, you should be on the "WW for Men Online" program - it's better balanced for men, and points top out at 44. I do NOT actually have 44 points. I have 43. But they say it's accurate. So we'll give it a try. I didn't get to 43 yesterday - only 42. They say if it's too much, then shaving a point or two would be okay - but not too much more so I don't go into starvation mode. Fair enough.

Yesterday:

Protein shake (5)

2 cups Special K Vanilla Almond Crisp w/ 1 cup skim milk (7.5)

1 Thomas' Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bagel w/ 2 tbsp smart balance light margarine (7.5)

Coffee w/1 tbsp fat free vanilla creamer (1)

1 WW Smart Ones 3-cheese Ziti (6)

1 medium apple (1)

1 6 oz Yoplait White Chocolate Strawberry Yogurt (2)

1 chicken breast (3)

1 cup cooked broccoli (0)

1 cup cooked cauliflower (0)

1 serving Rice-A-Roni Nature's Way Parmesan (6)

1 skinny cow cone (3)

Total: 42

MouseFest Sunday (quick wrap-up):

Breakfast was WONDERFUL at Chef Mickey's! See? I even got a picture with the chef himself!

We meandered the Magic Kingdom for the morning, re-doing a few favorites like PhilHarMagic, the Haunted Mansion, and Big Thunder Mountain. And at 1pm, headed over to the Noodle Station for TRIVIAFEST! (You can see how puzzled Bryan was at TriviaFest! LOL)
Then a short walk over for some lunch at Liberty Square, and over to Big Thunder and Splash for the LTAD Hillbilly Hill Climb. WHAT A FUN BUNCH. Our boat on Splash had me, Amber, Paul Barrie, Tairy Woodard, and Jana. Holy cow. What a fun meet.

And then - the Great Grizzly hunt! Granted, I didn't win the prize - but I'm sure i got all 10!!!! And how cool was it getting some last minute audio from everyone, like Lisa (a darn cat).

And then for us, MouseFest was pretty much over. We didn't have any MouseFest stuff for Monday, so we took a boat and headed over to the Whispering Canyon Cafe. GREAT food. But apparently, I have an Iced Tea problem.
Eh - it's alright - at least I kept hydrated!

MAIN STREET AWAITS!