OK so I switched my rest day. My schedule is just too much to work out on every week day. So I am now resting on Thursday because I have school from 8:30 am til 9:45 pm. Yeah. A bit much. And til I'm done with Pippin rehearsals (2 more weeks) I'm going to have to do 2 work outs on one day. So yeah. I didn't exercise today. School is hectic. Blah.
Into the Woods auditions were tonight though! Mine went really well. We'll see what happens.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Day Eleven
I'm not even going to post about food or workouts today because there is no point. I am just going to write about what I learned about myself. So I woke up this morning at 7:30 to take my car to get an oil change. i.e. I got 6 hours of sleep. Which was the first mistake. So I immediately go to the dealer and sat there til 9:15 and then I went to get breakfast with my friend Sarah whom I hadn't seen in a long time. Only after that did I go to work out. Also note, I hadn't taken any of my medication at this point. So I go downstairs and roll out my yoga mat and put on the DVD and start to do it and about halfway through I turned it off. I realized that I was doing the whole thing completely half-assed and there is no point in exercising if you aren't going to do it to the best of your ability. So here is what I figured out about myself today:
- I have to work out as soon as I wake up in the morning or I won't do it.
- I have to take my medicine before I work out or I will get distracted very quickly.
- I can't eat eggs benedict for breakfast anymore because it literally sits in my stomach forever. But it was delicious.
- I have to work out as soon as I wake up in the morning or I won't do it.
- I have to take my medicine before I work out or I will get distracted very quickly.
- I can't eat eggs benedict for breakfast anymore because it literally sits in my stomach forever. But it was delicious.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Day Ten
Food/Drink: clemintine, salad with apples in it, 5 nachos, 1/2 a fishbowl (which is alcohol. which is why im posting so late)
Workout: Shoulders and Arms, Ab Ripper
Yep. That's all I have to say. Because if I say more, I'll say too much.
Workout: Shoulders and Arms, Ab Ripper
Yep. That's all I have to say. Because if I say more, I'll say too much.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Day Nine
Food: a pear, an avocado BLT, edamame, and a spicy tuna roll with brown rice. and all of my liquids were water.
Workout: cardio x
That no eating thing yesterday did not go well. I had a horrible nights sleep and woke up starving. I learned my lesson. Do not starve yourself. It is bad. And sucks. Done.
Workout was fun. I went HARD today. Like super hard. I was sweating bullets when I was done. But it felt awesome.
Today was very physically and emotionally exhausting. As you may have already figured out, I am totes using this blog as more than just an exercise motivator. Sometimes I just need to get it all out. So here we go. Read the rest if you feel like hearing about my day. If not, peace out.
Around noon my mom and sister came home with my moms boyfriends grand-daughter (I know...confusing) Skylar and we went to lunch at a cafe in my town. Thats where the BLT came from. But it was just so good I couldn't say no. And it came with a salad so whatever. I had some healthy in there. I mean honestly, my diet was pretty freakin awesome today. I shouldn't beat myself up about it. Anyway, after lunch, I took Skylar home. Now Skylar and her big brother Lucas both play ice hockey and they are very into it, so their dad builds an ice rink in their back yard every winter so the kids can practice. So before I drove Sky home, I grabbed my ice skates and ended up skating for about an hour, which is pretty decent exercise too. You can get exercise just by doing stuff. As long as you get your body moving, you are off to a good start! After skating I talked to Cathy (Skylars mom) for about an hour and a half about pretty much everything under the sun. I just love talking to older women who aren't my mom. Not in like a weird way...I just think it's nice to have someone to talk to like an older sister. You know?
After that I set off for New Brunswick to get sushi with my friend Alex. We hadn't seen each other in a long time and it was so nice to catch up. And I'm sure we will be seeing a lot more of each other while I am in Pippin. Then I went to rehearsal. Thats where the magic happened. Because we've got magic to do...ha. ha.
For those of you who don't know, "Pippin" is the story of a young man named Prince Pippin who is trying to find himself and his purpose. He feels that he is extraordinary and he can't find something to do that is completely fulfilling. So, with the help of the narrator (the leading player), he sets about trying to find out what he wants out of life. He tries to go to war and be a soldier but that doesn't work out. He runs away to visit his grandmother and she tells him to enjoy life and have some sex. So he tries to have some sex (the orgy scene) and it's not really his thing. So then he kills his father and tries to be the king but he fails at that so his father comes back to life. Then he finds a woman named Catherine and her small son Theo and falls in love with her and stays with her for awhile, but then he gets bored and decides that there must be more to life than just living with his girlfriend, so he leaves her. Just when he is about to give up, the leading player tells him that there is one thing that is completely fulfilling and that when he does it, he will shine as brightly as the sun. The leading player tells Pippin to light himself on fire. It is then that the audience realizes that all of the people in the play are inside of Pippins head and they are trying to get him to commit suicide. In the end he doesn't do it and runs off to be with Catherine again, but that last scene when he is fighting against the demons in his head is super fucked up. Like really fucked up. I think that the entire cast left rehearsal tonight completely emotionally drained. This show is literally bringing out every emotion and situation that I am uncomfortable with and making me live through these emotions and situations on a stage. Which I guess is a good thing. But I don't know. This show has literally had me spending the last 3 weeks just psychoanalyzing myself. Ridiculous.
Workout: cardio x
That no eating thing yesterday did not go well. I had a horrible nights sleep and woke up starving. I learned my lesson. Do not starve yourself. It is bad. And sucks. Done.
Workout was fun. I went HARD today. Like super hard. I was sweating bullets when I was done. But it felt awesome.
Today was very physically and emotionally exhausting. As you may have already figured out, I am totes using this blog as more than just an exercise motivator. Sometimes I just need to get it all out. So here we go. Read the rest if you feel like hearing about my day. If not, peace out.
Around noon my mom and sister came home with my moms boyfriends grand-daughter (I know...confusing) Skylar and we went to lunch at a cafe in my town. Thats where the BLT came from. But it was just so good I couldn't say no. And it came with a salad so whatever. I had some healthy in there. I mean honestly, my diet was pretty freakin awesome today. I shouldn't beat myself up about it. Anyway, after lunch, I took Skylar home. Now Skylar and her big brother Lucas both play ice hockey and they are very into it, so their dad builds an ice rink in their back yard every winter so the kids can practice. So before I drove Sky home, I grabbed my ice skates and ended up skating for about an hour, which is pretty decent exercise too. You can get exercise just by doing stuff. As long as you get your body moving, you are off to a good start! After skating I talked to Cathy (Skylars mom) for about an hour and a half about pretty much everything under the sun. I just love talking to older women who aren't my mom. Not in like a weird way...I just think it's nice to have someone to talk to like an older sister. You know?
After that I set off for New Brunswick to get sushi with my friend Alex. We hadn't seen each other in a long time and it was so nice to catch up. And I'm sure we will be seeing a lot more of each other while I am in Pippin. Then I went to rehearsal. Thats where the magic happened. Because we've got magic to do...ha. ha.
For those of you who don't know, "Pippin" is the story of a young man named Prince Pippin who is trying to find himself and his purpose. He feels that he is extraordinary and he can't find something to do that is completely fulfilling. So, with the help of the narrator (the leading player), he sets about trying to find out what he wants out of life. He tries to go to war and be a soldier but that doesn't work out. He runs away to visit his grandmother and she tells him to enjoy life and have some sex. So he tries to have some sex (the orgy scene) and it's not really his thing. So then he kills his father and tries to be the king but he fails at that so his father comes back to life. Then he finds a woman named Catherine and her small son Theo and falls in love with her and stays with her for awhile, but then he gets bored and decides that there must be more to life than just living with his girlfriend, so he leaves her. Just when he is about to give up, the leading player tells him that there is one thing that is completely fulfilling and that when he does it, he will shine as brightly as the sun. The leading player tells Pippin to light himself on fire. It is then that the audience realizes that all of the people in the play are inside of Pippins head and they are trying to get him to commit suicide. In the end he doesn't do it and runs off to be with Catherine again, but that last scene when he is fighting against the demons in his head is super fucked up. Like really fucked up. I think that the entire cast left rehearsal tonight completely emotionally drained. This show is literally bringing out every emotion and situation that I am uncomfortable with and making me live through these emotions and situations on a stage. Which I guess is a good thing. But I don't know. This show has literally had me spending the last 3 weeks just psychoanalyzing myself. Ridiculous.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Day Eight
Food: half a chicken pot pie. not even kidding. oh and some green tea. and water.
Workout: Core Synergistics
Workout went well today. I couldn't do all of the reps in some of the exercises, but I did all of the exercises. Except for the bonus round. But thats ok. That can be my goal for next week. Or maybe week 4 or 5. Whatever.
I'm surprisingly not hungry. I know that my diet today sounds like a major case of anorexia. But its really just a major case of not being hungry. And a case of having to be the closest to naked in public as I have been in 3 years in a little over than 2 weeks time. On a stage.
Speaking of being naked on a stage, I am just so uncomfortable with that number. And with sex in general. Like. I freeze completely whenever we have to ad-lib sex. And I kind of feel like I am going to vomit everywhere. I can do the choreographed stuff no problem. If someone tells me what to do then I can do it. But I am just a horrible ad-libber. Especially because I am just so uncomfortable with sex. Gross. Ugh. I have been trying to psycho-analyze myself and figure out why I am so uncomfortable. In high school I was totally ok with sex. I guess it's because I gained weight and lost confidence. Even today, one of my fellow players told me that I look like I had lost weight (in the last week lol) and you would think that a compliment would give me the confidence to just...bend over or something. Shake my booty. But nope. I think that it's because in my head I'm still fat. I feel like I still have so many wobbly bits even though I have a lot less than I used to. I don't know. I just have to like...get drunk and have a really slutty night. Maybe then I can loosen up. Get that stick out of my ass. Nah mean?
Workout: Core Synergistics
Workout went well today. I couldn't do all of the reps in some of the exercises, but I did all of the exercises. Except for the bonus round. But thats ok. That can be my goal for next week. Or maybe week 4 or 5. Whatever.
I'm surprisingly not hungry. I know that my diet today sounds like a major case of anorexia. But its really just a major case of not being hungry. And a case of having to be the closest to naked in public as I have been in 3 years in a little over than 2 weeks time. On a stage.
Speaking of being naked on a stage, I am just so uncomfortable with that number. And with sex in general. Like. I freeze completely whenever we have to ad-lib sex. And I kind of feel like I am going to vomit everywhere. I can do the choreographed stuff no problem. If someone tells me what to do then I can do it. But I am just a horrible ad-libber. Especially because I am just so uncomfortable with sex. Gross. Ugh. I have been trying to psycho-analyze myself and figure out why I am so uncomfortable. In high school I was totally ok with sex. I guess it's because I gained weight and lost confidence. Even today, one of my fellow players told me that I look like I had lost weight (in the last week lol) and you would think that a compliment would give me the confidence to just...bend over or something. Shake my booty. But nope. I think that it's because in my head I'm still fat. I feel like I still have so many wobbly bits even though I have a lot less than I used to. I don't know. I just have to like...get drunk and have a really slutty night. Maybe then I can loosen up. Get that stick out of my ass. Nah mean?
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Day Seven
END OF WEEK 1!
So I decided not to stretch today. Whatever. I can rest too. And what a lovely rest it has been so far! Lots of ukulele playing, watching yesterdays Oprah, watching Boy Meets World, and next up is Toy Story 3! And I'm curling my hair! So much fun. I also found a really excellent fat picture of myself. Its a picture from last years (or maybe 2 years ago) Haefeli Family Christmas Party. A wonderful tradition. So I'm gonna put up a picture from that and a picture from Christmas of this year so you can see the difference.
probably around 200 lbs
probably around 162 lbs
So I decided not to stretch today. Whatever. I can rest too. And what a lovely rest it has been so far! Lots of ukulele playing, watching yesterdays Oprah, watching Boy Meets World, and next up is Toy Story 3! And I'm curling my hair! So much fun. I also found a really excellent fat picture of myself. Its a picture from last years (or maybe 2 years ago) Haefeli Family Christmas Party. A wonderful tradition. So I'm gonna put up a picture from that and a picture from Christmas of this year so you can see the difference.
probably around 200 lbs
probably around 162 lbsRight? Super different. I'm pretty proud of myself now that I can really see the evidence. That's the great thing about facebook. Your past is right there on the internet and you can track your sense of fashion, your look, your relationships, or even (like me) your weight loss. Awesome
Okay so goals for the week:
1. Do all exercises. Not necessarily all of the reps for all of the exercises because I know I'm not up to that yet (even though I will try) but I have to at least do all of the exercises. No skipping. I can press pause and take a break for a second, but I have to do the exercises. Even though school is starting.
2. Put exercising into my school schedule. Because school is 40 minutes away, I will have to work out either before I leave or after I am done for the day. But I need to put it into my schedule just like a class.
3. Start packing lunch/dinner/snacks for school/work/rehearsal so I stop spending money that I don't have and so I eat a lot healthier. It's a lot easier to eat healthily if you are in complete control of what you put into your body.
So that's it for now. But yay week one! I'm proud of myself. And I'm kind of excited to work out again tomorrow. But for now, a hot bath and tiger balm.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Day Six
Food: so far a protein bar but I have work tonight and I probably won't post what my dinner was later.
Workout: Kenpo X
So I was doing my kenpo workout and getting all sweaty and loving every minute of it (seriously though) and like...the last ten minutes of the disc doesn't work! It's all scratched up! And I hadn't even taken it out of the case yet! So I called beach body. Hopefully they will send me another one because it was seriously an awesome cardio workout and I can't wait to do it again next week.
After today, I'm technically done working out for the week. Yep. Tomorrow it says to either do X Stretch or to rest. I'm gonna opt to do the stretching because my body could really use it. But honestly, it really wasn't that bad. Yeah, P90X kicks my ass, but it feels worth it. My body feels fantastic. I actually almost weighed myself this morning even though I told myself I would wait til day 30 because I feel like I have lost weight. But I don't want to get ahead of myself. Maybe when I get to day 15 I'll step on the scale. We'll see.
I also decided that Every time I get to the 7th day of the workout week, I am going to decide on and list my goals for the upcoming week. Just writing that here now so I don't forget.
So I found out earlier this week (I don't know why I didn't write this already) that one of my costumes in Pippin is going to be really revealing. Like. Two Piece. Bra and underwear typer thing. Except more costumey. I didn't think I would have to make my two piece debut until at least May. But I guess not. So just don't be surprised if you see that my diet becomes apples, gum, water, and celery. Because I have like...20 days until opening night. Awesome.
Workout: Kenpo X
So I was doing my kenpo workout and getting all sweaty and loving every minute of it (seriously though) and like...the last ten minutes of the disc doesn't work! It's all scratched up! And I hadn't even taken it out of the case yet! So I called beach body. Hopefully they will send me another one because it was seriously an awesome cardio workout and I can't wait to do it again next week.
After today, I'm technically done working out for the week. Yep. Tomorrow it says to either do X Stretch or to rest. I'm gonna opt to do the stretching because my body could really use it. But honestly, it really wasn't that bad. Yeah, P90X kicks my ass, but it feels worth it. My body feels fantastic. I actually almost weighed myself this morning even though I told myself I would wait til day 30 because I feel like I have lost weight. But I don't want to get ahead of myself. Maybe when I get to day 15 I'll step on the scale. We'll see.
I also decided that Every time I get to the 7th day of the workout week, I am going to decide on and list my goals for the upcoming week. Just writing that here now so I don't forget.
So I found out earlier this week (I don't know why I didn't write this already) that one of my costumes in Pippin is going to be really revealing. Like. Two Piece. Bra and underwear typer thing. Except more costumey. I didn't think I would have to make my two piece debut until at least May. But I guess not. So just don't be surprised if you see that my diet becomes apples, gum, water, and celery. Because I have like...20 days until opening night. Awesome.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Day Five
Food: (there were no real meals lol) protein shake, a couple pita chips, spaghetti rustica (spaghetti with prosciutto, cream sauce, and an egg)
Workouts: Back and legs, ab ripper x
Yeah I know. No veggies. I'm feeling it too. You know how when you go a day without eating any veggies and you feel really icky? Yeah. Gross. But other than that, food was fine. I mean I'm sure I didn't exceed my calorie count. Whatever.
Workouts were really good. I am feeling those back exercises like no other. I can't wait til the end of Jersey Shore so I can go upstairs and like...slather my back and thighs with tiger balm. But it's a really good burn. Its definitely the workout that I have felt the most this week. Which is nice. Anyway...tata for now I guess.
Workouts: Back and legs, ab ripper x
Yeah I know. No veggies. I'm feeling it too. You know how when you go a day without eating any veggies and you feel really icky? Yeah. Gross. But other than that, food was fine. I mean I'm sure I didn't exceed my calorie count. Whatever.
Workouts were really good. I am feeling those back exercises like no other. I can't wait til the end of Jersey Shore so I can go upstairs and like...slather my back and thighs with tiger balm. But it's a really good burn. Its definitely the workout that I have felt the most this week. Which is nice. Anyway...tata for now I guess.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Day Four
Breakfast: protein bar
Lunch: movie popcorn (small)
Dinner: veggie stir fry, veal (but only a little), potatoes
Workout: Yoga X
So far, yoga x and ab ripper x are my favorite workouts. You just feel so great after them. Seriously though. The yoga workout is long. It's an hour and a half, which I didn't know. So I have to remember that for when school starts because I am going to be working out before school. Which kind of blows a little bit because on Mondays and Thursdays I have an 8:30 class. And school is 45 minutes from my house. But thats ok. I'm willing to do it.
I've also come to the realization that I am really bad at nutrition. I can't cut things out of my diet. I like what I like and I don't feel that I need to stop eating them as long as I also eat healthy things! I saw a movie today because it was a snow day, and I wanted popcorn, so I had popcorn!
Also, side note. And end note. Since when did everyone grow up? I love sledding. I love snow ball fights. I love building forts and snow men. So what if I'm 21 years old? I'm totally allowed to play in the snow! And I want to! Why doesn't anyone else? But seriously though. I wanted to go sledding so badly today. I made it my facebook status and everything. And I'm not going to go to the hill by myself because then I just look like the creepy grown up sledding by herself amongst a sea of small children. So if anyone wants to go sledding with me tomorrow, let me know. Because I really really want to. And walking up that hill after sledding down is probably great cardio.
Lunch: movie popcorn (small)
Dinner: veggie stir fry, veal (but only a little), potatoes
Workout: Yoga X
So far, yoga x and ab ripper x are my favorite workouts. You just feel so great after them. Seriously though. The yoga workout is long. It's an hour and a half, which I didn't know. So I have to remember that for when school starts because I am going to be working out before school. Which kind of blows a little bit because on Mondays and Thursdays I have an 8:30 class. And school is 45 minutes from my house. But thats ok. I'm willing to do it.
I've also come to the realization that I am really bad at nutrition. I can't cut things out of my diet. I like what I like and I don't feel that I need to stop eating them as long as I also eat healthy things! I saw a movie today because it was a snow day, and I wanted popcorn, so I had popcorn!
Also, side note. And end note. Since when did everyone grow up? I love sledding. I love snow ball fights. I love building forts and snow men. So what if I'm 21 years old? I'm totally allowed to play in the snow! And I want to! Why doesn't anyone else? But seriously though. I wanted to go sledding so badly today. I made it my facebook status and everything. And I'm not going to go to the hill by myself because then I just look like the creepy grown up sledding by herself amongst a sea of small children. So if anyone wants to go sledding with me tomorrow, let me know. Because I really really want to. And walking up that hill after sledding down is probably great cardio.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Day Three
Breakfast: protein bar
Early dinner: veggie stir fry
Workout: Arms and shoulders, Abs
Lets just talk about how ridiculously awesome the p90x ab workout is. It's only 15 minutes long and it is fan-freaking-tastic. My abs have been burning all day long and I ab-solutely love it! (hahahaha). The arms and shoulders workout is also really great. I actually really went hard on those workouts today and enjoyed every second of it. I'm kind of getting into a rhythm I guess and I can't wait to do the yoga tomorrow.
I have had energy and been in a great mood all day long. Except for that time when I went to the DMV and stood in line for 2 hours. That was like the 9th circle of hell. A child-not baby-child vomited behind my friend and me, there were like 6 crying babies, and everyone around me was speaking different languages. Usually I would find that language thing interesting but for some reason today it annoyed the crap out of me. Also, I'm pretty sure that in order to work at the DMV you have to be one of satans minions. Or have had something really bad happen in your childhood that makes you really angry and want to make other people feel that terrible thing. All of the people that work there are total jerks! I am so glad I don't have to go back for 5 years. But I did get my big-girl license so that's good I guess.
Food today (so far) sucked a whole lot. I just want some cake. So many cravings. I may have to succumb.
Early dinner: veggie stir fry
Workout: Arms and shoulders, Abs
Lets just talk about how ridiculously awesome the p90x ab workout is. It's only 15 minutes long and it is fan-freaking-tastic. My abs have been burning all day long and I ab-solutely love it! (hahahaha). The arms and shoulders workout is also really great. I actually really went hard on those workouts today and enjoyed every second of it. I'm kind of getting into a rhythm I guess and I can't wait to do the yoga tomorrow.
I have had energy and been in a great mood all day long. Except for that time when I went to the DMV and stood in line for 2 hours. That was like the 9th circle of hell. A child-not baby-child vomited behind my friend and me, there were like 6 crying babies, and everyone around me was speaking different languages. Usually I would find that language thing interesting but for some reason today it annoyed the crap out of me. Also, I'm pretty sure that in order to work at the DMV you have to be one of satans minions. Or have had something really bad happen in your childhood that makes you really angry and want to make other people feel that terrible thing. All of the people that work there are total jerks! I am so glad I don't have to go back for 5 years. But I did get my big-girl license so that's good I guess.
Food today (so far) sucked a whole lot. I just want some cake. So many cravings. I may have to succumb.
Day Two
Yeah I know. I should have posted yesterday. I was just crazy busy.
Breakfast: Protein Shake (yuck!)
Lunch: Fruit cup
Dinner: 6 wings, a big thing of celery, and 1/2 a pint of blue moon from buffalo wild wings (yeah i know. fail)
Workout: Cardio X. And also pippin rehearsal.
Yeah I know. I kind of failed on the food front. I just had a really busy day. I woke up in the morning (not feeling particularly p.diddy like) and made myself a protein shake from the recipe in the book. It was gross. But I got it down. Then I went and did my workout, which was really fun! After that, I went upstairs and showered and literally spent like 4 hours getting ready to get my head shots done. I had to dry my hair and then put it in rollers and then pick out some changes of clothing and then clean my room a bit and then take out my rollers and put on some makeup. It took a really long time! So then at 2, my mom and I left for the city (New York city if anyone who is not my friend is reading this) to go to my 3 o'clock photo shoot. Which was so much fun. Caitlin Butler did my pictures (I'll post them here when I get them) and we had such a good time together. We shot until 6:15 and then I ran to get a train to make it to Pippin rehearsal.
I got to rehearsal super late but at least I still got there! Now let me explain something about being in a musical that was originally directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. There is a lot of dancing. Some of it is pretty simple, some of it is easy but with some moves that make your thighs burn, and some of it is just really really fast and kind of hard for me and is like doing another cardio workout. I got to rehearsal just in time for my favorite section in "War is a Science." The squats. We literally spend an entire verse just doing squats. Which is great for my legs. But its like doing another mini p90x workout. A bit after that, we have "With You" parts 1, 2, and 3. Part 3 is supposed to be a giant orgy. There is a lot of sexy dancing, a lot of running, a lot of sweating, and a lot of pelvic thrusting. Last night in total, we probably did it like 6 times. Maybe 7.
Rehearsal was literally another workout, which was great and gave me a lot of energy. And when I have a lot of energy and haven't eaten much throughout my day I get hungry. So thats when I decide to go to buffalo wild wings with the cast and eat crappy food. I tried to order broccoli. The waitress looked at me like I had something on my face and said "ummm we have celery..." so thats what I got. Wings and celery. And I only got a beer because I could. I didn't even finish it. But one slip up isn't bad, right? Right. It's fine.
Well. Back to the grind stone. Gotta go get my sweat on. Til next time (which will probably be later today).
Breakfast: Protein Shake (yuck!)
Lunch: Fruit cup
Dinner: 6 wings, a big thing of celery, and 1/2 a pint of blue moon from buffalo wild wings (yeah i know. fail)
Workout: Cardio X. And also pippin rehearsal.
Yeah I know. I kind of failed on the food front. I just had a really busy day. I woke up in the morning (not feeling particularly p.diddy like) and made myself a protein shake from the recipe in the book. It was gross. But I got it down. Then I went and did my workout, which was really fun! After that, I went upstairs and showered and literally spent like 4 hours getting ready to get my head shots done. I had to dry my hair and then put it in rollers and then pick out some changes of clothing and then clean my room a bit and then take out my rollers and put on some makeup. It took a really long time! So then at 2, my mom and I left for the city (New York city if anyone who is not my friend is reading this) to go to my 3 o'clock photo shoot. Which was so much fun. Caitlin Butler did my pictures (I'll post them here when I get them) and we had such a good time together. We shot until 6:15 and then I ran to get a train to make it to Pippin rehearsal.
I got to rehearsal super late but at least I still got there! Now let me explain something about being in a musical that was originally directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. There is a lot of dancing. Some of it is pretty simple, some of it is easy but with some moves that make your thighs burn, and some of it is just really really fast and kind of hard for me and is like doing another cardio workout. I got to rehearsal just in time for my favorite section in "War is a Science." The squats. We literally spend an entire verse just doing squats. Which is great for my legs. But its like doing another mini p90x workout. A bit after that, we have "With You" parts 1, 2, and 3. Part 3 is supposed to be a giant orgy. There is a lot of sexy dancing, a lot of running, a lot of sweating, and a lot of pelvic thrusting. Last night in total, we probably did it like 6 times. Maybe 7.
Rehearsal was literally another workout, which was great and gave me a lot of energy. And when I have a lot of energy and haven't eaten much throughout my day I get hungry. So thats when I decide to go to buffalo wild wings with the cast and eat crappy food. I tried to order broccoli. The waitress looked at me like I had something on my face and said "ummm we have celery..." so thats what I got. Wings and celery. And I only got a beer because I could. I didn't even finish it. But one slip up isn't bad, right? Right. It's fine.
Well. Back to the grind stone. Gotta go get my sweat on. Til next time (which will probably be later today).
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Day One
Along with promising to myself (and to cyberspace) that I am going to follow the nutritional instructions and exercise programs that p90x tells me to do, I also promise to try my best to update every day. So here we go. Day one.
Workout: Core Synergistics
Brunch: Egg white omelet with tomatoes, Monterrey jack cheese, and avocado. Multi grain toast. Fruit.
Early Dinner: Salmon with lemon-dill sauce, roasted red pepper soup, asparagus.
I woke up nice and early (8:30) this morning and put on my workout clothes, grabbed my water and computer, and went down to my makeshift exercise space in my basement. I put the disc in the drive and sleepily started to stretch my muscles. I'm trying my best to avoid muscle cramps this time around. I did the workout to the best of my ability. So I did probably 2/3 of the exercises full out and the other third I either did half-assed or didn't do at all. But I really honestly can say that I tried my best. And got really sweaty. So I guess that's a good thing, right?
After my workout, I went to a restaurant in my town called Toast with my friend Emily. On the nutritional guide, I was instructed to eat egg whites with cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes, and onions and a side of fruit today. When I looked at the menu, I tried to find something that appealed to me and followed the dietary restrictions as closely as possible. I think that what I got was a pretty good option. And it tasted great. Healthy food tastes good. Some Americans need a little wake up call to learn that. Avocado and tomato and everything else I had for brunch tastes a lot better to me than a big mac and fries. Dear unhealthy population of my country, try something healthy some time.
After brunch, I went to the grocery store with my handy dandy shopping list to buy food for tonight and tomorrow. Now the great thing about p90x is that if you buy the package (not just the DVD's) you get an exercise guide and a nutritional guide. And the nutritional guide comes with a meal plan and recipes for most of the things in the meal plan. So I looked at the food for the first two days and decided what I was going to make based on my schedule and wrote down the ingredients I would need to get. I decided on the salmon with lemon-dill sauce and red pepper soup for dinner tonight, a protein shake for breakfast tomorrow, and stir fry for lunch tomorrow.
Let me explain something about me and my appetite. I am on two different medications that both curb my appetite like crazy. I'm on vyvanse for my ADD, which is commonly known to curb appetite, and I'm on welbutrin, which is the only anti-anxiety/anti-depressant medication that doesn't make you gain weight. When I was put on my welbutrin, I was at my heaviest and I specifically told my doctor that he could absolutely not put me on anything that would make me gain weight. Thankfully, in my case, welbutrin was really the only medication that would work.
Because of these medications, my appetite is, on a scale from 1-10, maybe a 2. Looking at the nutritional plan was so intimidating for me because there is so much food on it per day, and for me, eating 3 meals a day plus 2 snacks would feel like I was forcing myself to eat when I'm not hungry. Which is just so so so bad for me because it is something that I used to do when I was depressed. Because I know my body well enough, I decided to just pick two meals per day and plan on eating those. Of course, if I get hungry, I won't prevent myself from eating something on the list of approved foods, but over-eating is just as bad for a person as starving oneself. So I'm just putting it out there that I am not by any means starving myself. Every body is different, and even if you have a diet plan, you have to modify it to fit your needs. And make sure that you are eating a mix of veggies, fruits, protein, dairy, fats, and carbs. Yes, fats and carbs. You need both of those things in order to live a healthy life style. Notice that both of those things are on the food pyramid, and you need to have both of those things in your diet.
Right now, its only 3:45ish, so clearly I haven't eaten dinner yet, but I just finished cooking the soup and the sauce for later and I will be eating around 5:15 because I have to get to rehearsal an hour away by 7. So I am eating around my schedule. Because my appetite is so non-existent, I have to schedule a time for me to eat or I will get into bed at the end of the day and realize that no food has been consumed by me all day. And I have to plan my days and make time for me to eat. For instance, tomorrow I am getting my head shots done in the city at 3 and then I have rehearsal 1.5 hours from the city at 7. Clearly, eating dinner won't fit on the schedule til at least 11. So I am planning on having breakfast and lunch tomorrow and maybe bringing a protein bar with me to rehearsal just in case.
So lesson of the day: plan your meals, use a shopping list when food shopping so you don't buy anything you don't need, and know your body and how much food/exercise you can handle.
And if anyone wants the recipes for anything that I have consumed or will consume in the future, just comment and let me know!
Workout: Core Synergistics
Brunch: Egg white omelet with tomatoes, Monterrey jack cheese, and avocado. Multi grain toast. Fruit.
Early Dinner: Salmon with lemon-dill sauce, roasted red pepper soup, asparagus.
I woke up nice and early (8:30) this morning and put on my workout clothes, grabbed my water and computer, and went down to my makeshift exercise space in my basement. I put the disc in the drive and sleepily started to stretch my muscles. I'm trying my best to avoid muscle cramps this time around. I did the workout to the best of my ability. So I did probably 2/3 of the exercises full out and the other third I either did half-assed or didn't do at all. But I really honestly can say that I tried my best. And got really sweaty. So I guess that's a good thing, right?
After my workout, I went to a restaurant in my town called Toast with my friend Emily. On the nutritional guide, I was instructed to eat egg whites with cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes, and onions and a side of fruit today. When I looked at the menu, I tried to find something that appealed to me and followed the dietary restrictions as closely as possible. I think that what I got was a pretty good option. And it tasted great. Healthy food tastes good. Some Americans need a little wake up call to learn that. Avocado and tomato and everything else I had for brunch tastes a lot better to me than a big mac and fries. Dear unhealthy population of my country, try something healthy some time.
After brunch, I went to the grocery store with my handy dandy shopping list to buy food for tonight and tomorrow. Now the great thing about p90x is that if you buy the package (not just the DVD's) you get an exercise guide and a nutritional guide. And the nutritional guide comes with a meal plan and recipes for most of the things in the meal plan. So I looked at the food for the first two days and decided what I was going to make based on my schedule and wrote down the ingredients I would need to get. I decided on the salmon with lemon-dill sauce and red pepper soup for dinner tonight, a protein shake for breakfast tomorrow, and stir fry for lunch tomorrow.
Let me explain something about me and my appetite. I am on two different medications that both curb my appetite like crazy. I'm on vyvanse for my ADD, which is commonly known to curb appetite, and I'm on welbutrin, which is the only anti-anxiety/anti-depressant medication that doesn't make you gain weight. When I was put on my welbutrin, I was at my heaviest and I specifically told my doctor that he could absolutely not put me on anything that would make me gain weight. Thankfully, in my case, welbutrin was really the only medication that would work.
Because of these medications, my appetite is, on a scale from 1-10, maybe a 2. Looking at the nutritional plan was so intimidating for me because there is so much food on it per day, and for me, eating 3 meals a day plus 2 snacks would feel like I was forcing myself to eat when I'm not hungry. Which is just so so so bad for me because it is something that I used to do when I was depressed. Because I know my body well enough, I decided to just pick two meals per day and plan on eating those. Of course, if I get hungry, I won't prevent myself from eating something on the list of approved foods, but over-eating is just as bad for a person as starving oneself. So I'm just putting it out there that I am not by any means starving myself. Every body is different, and even if you have a diet plan, you have to modify it to fit your needs. And make sure that you are eating a mix of veggies, fruits, protein, dairy, fats, and carbs. Yes, fats and carbs. You need both of those things in order to live a healthy life style. Notice that both of those things are on the food pyramid, and you need to have both of those things in your diet.
Right now, its only 3:45ish, so clearly I haven't eaten dinner yet, but I just finished cooking the soup and the sauce for later and I will be eating around 5:15 because I have to get to rehearsal an hour away by 7. So I am eating around my schedule. Because my appetite is so non-existent, I have to schedule a time for me to eat or I will get into bed at the end of the day and realize that no food has been consumed by me all day. And I have to plan my days and make time for me to eat. For instance, tomorrow I am getting my head shots done in the city at 3 and then I have rehearsal 1.5 hours from the city at 7. Clearly, eating dinner won't fit on the schedule til at least 11. So I am planning on having breakfast and lunch tomorrow and maybe bringing a protein bar with me to rehearsal just in case.
So lesson of the day: plan your meals, use a shopping list when food shopping so you don't buy anything you don't need, and know your body and how much food/exercise you can handle.
And if anyone wants the recipes for anything that I have consumed or will consume in the future, just comment and let me know!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
It's Been Awhile
So I realized that starting a blog (and an exercise program) before new years/my birthday was just a terrible plan. Especially because there is also a nutrition factor involved in the whole program. New years eve is a big drinking holiday. Six days later was another big drinking holiday. My 21st birthday. So I decided that it was in my best interest to just stop with the program (not stop exercising. just not going as hard or as often as the program tells you.) and pick it back up after my birthday weekend. So that means I am starting over with day one tomorrow. And I'm not going to drink for at least the next 30 days. Just because alcohol is so many empty calories and it really sucks to work out when you are hung over.
So now that I have enjoyed all of the holiday food and cake and have had my birthday drinks and consumed enough alcohol to get the average state college student tipsy (I'm kiiiind of a light weight), I am now promising and swearing to be super careful about what I eat (and mostly writing it down) and I will complete p90x. I swear. To myself and to all of you. Here we go.
So now that I have enjoyed all of the holiday food and cake and have had my birthday drinks and consumed enough alcohol to get the average state college student tipsy (I'm kiiiind of a light weight), I am now promising and swearing to be super careful about what I eat (and mostly writing it down) and I will complete p90x. I swear. To myself and to all of you. Here we go.
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