Nice title, eh? Unfortunately, my post has very little to do with The Lion King...so sad. What this post is really about is: circuits! So much fun!
I have done 2 circuits in the past 24 hours, one with my biggest loser team, and one this morning called “Power Pump.” Both exhausted me, but Power Pump chewed me up and spat me out. SInce it was a mid-morning class, I was expecting a class of young moms, the random senior citizen, and maybe one guy. No problem, right?
Fact: The class is a mini boot camp that includes sprinting, skipping, stairs, push ups, jump squats, step lunges, and jump ropes...all done by men and women who look like they belong on the cover of a fitness magazine.
Fact: My face might have reached the color of a perfectly red, ripe tomato. And I might have soaked my shirt with sweat. And my triceps might be burning. But I had a good time...seriously. I pushed myself, and did the best that I could (because there was no way I could compete with the sprinters in the class!).
The class made me think of all the reasons I don’t usually enjoy high-intensity aerobics...which brings me to:
The bounce house that is my chest. If I had $75 for a great sports bra, I would snatch one up, but my selection is limited to whatever they sell at stores like Target and Kohl’s. Not the best for a large chest. Especially because *cue rant* the average sports bra doesn’t do a damn thing! It makes my shoulders hurt, has less support than a regular underwire bra, and smashes my chest into an oval lump! Every time I jog or jump I am tempted to work some magic with duct tape, just to keep everything still...don’t doubt that I would!
But the duct tape can wait, because my reward for reaching 220lbs is a great new sports bra! And I can almost taste that 220lbs, because at weigh-in this week I saw 223lbs on the scale.
I have lost 21 lbs!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!
Only 3 more pounds until I can buy a sports bra that locks and loads what needs to be locked and loaded:) Want to know what my rewards are for each weight? Look at the list below! Off to have your own adventure? Enjoy this quote from The Biggest Loser show: “I want to do great things...And to do that, I need to do great things for myself.” Do something great for yourself!
Rewards for Weight-loss
240- a new album from itunes to pump me up! (I got the Black Eyed Peas:)
230- new gym shoes (still working on finding the right pair)
220- great new sports bra!!
210- 2 new DVDs
200 (199 is halfway to my goal!)- professional massage
190- a special class of some sort (maybe dancing?)
180- a new fitness accessory of some sort
170- outdoor trip
160- 2 new albums for more motivation!
154- plan a trip to visit one of my siblings (Washington D.C. or New Zealand:)
I AM SO PROUD OF YOU! Keep going girly, you are doing awesome... and inspiring me to keep up with my exercise!
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I do on a big boob day (or everyday for you?), I wear an older underwire bra underneath my sports bra- locks, loads, and soaks up the sweat!
W00t circuit!!! Those classes kick everyone's butt but they sure are invigorating! You are an inspiring individual in so many ways... Perhaps I'll see you in the next 24 hours!
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