Ready to Make A Comeback...

Today's workout was pretty awesome for me! I can't say that I lifted fantastically or that I was intense, but I can say that I was pretty soaked from all the sweating! Today was an ab, glutes, and back day. I came in a little sore from attempting the Insanity Fit Test yesterday. I did my best not to focus on it and to ease into the workout. Tye actually asked how I was feeling this morning and I just told him that I was a little sore and why. We both agreed that the Fit Test was not a good judge of my level of fitness right now and attempting to actually do it well at this point would be a bad idea and possibly cause me to re-injure myself.

Anyways, it was a pretty good workout. After a few sets of some of the exercises, my hip warmed up a bit more and I was able to do a little more than I expected. Also, we were doing one of the ab exercises and I got really nervous because at about 10, my hip started to pinch a bit and by 15 it was hurting a little more. So, that first set made me nervous. At which point, Tye also got a little more nervous. We agreed that we didn't want my pain level to go any higher than 5...so we'll stick with pain levels between 2 and 5 and that way he can continue to safely push me without pushing too hard.

After I finished with Tye, I headed to cardio cinema with my iPod for some cardio. I decided to do a little more interval jogging and ended up getting a nice rise in my heart rate and quite a bit more sweat! Then I finished up with some time on the elliptical. My cardio is where I applied some intensity today. I wanted to really keep my heart rate elevated and get a good burn in! And when I walked out of cardio cinema, my entire body was glistening with sweat! It was the first time in two months that I have walked out of the gym after training and cardio and been completely soaked! I cannot even describe how awesome that felt today!

Ultimately, I am starting to feel a bit more normal! That's a pretty great feeling for me!!! Thursday and Friday will be primarily cardio days this week but I think I may try out one of Insanity's ab workouts tomorrow. We'll see how that goes!!

Then tomorrow afternoon, Jason goes to have a flexor tendon release done on his fourth toe of his right foot. We'll be doing the procedure in the doctor's office if all goes well. Jason is a little worried about getting a local block to do the procedure but I think he will do fine. The recovery time for him is about 6 weeks. So, he gets a new chauffeur! LOL! I pray for his sake that all goes well tomorrow for him. It seems like just as I am healing up, Jason will be starting the healing process. I pray he heals quickly so that we can enjoy a semi-active summer :)

Over the next few weeks, my goal is to continue slowly getting back into my old workout routines. I hope to work my jogging up into running before my next appointment or at least be jogging at a better speed and for a longer amount of time. And I really hope to start putting some more intensity into my training with Tye!!! And well, there is Insanity!!! I cannot wait to be healed up enough to do the Fit Test and the rest of the workouts, but I am pretty pumped to try out the cardio and core sections :)

So, I would definitely say a comeback is on the horizon for me...and honestly, I cannot wait!!! Life is good and God is awesome!!!

Anxiety, Insanity and Busyness!!!

I am really anxious about my 2 month check-up tomorrow. I want the surgeon to be pleased. I want him to say he can't believe that I am as far along as I am. I want him to say that I can start doing more than I have been and that my cardio can finally have some intensity. I want him to say that I can start doing whole body workouts at the gym again. You could say that I sure do want a whole lot from what will likely be about 10-15 minutes of a visit with the surgeon!

But I am truly ready (mentally) to be back in the game. It's been a little more than two months since I have been able to workout the way I want to. I really want to have a little more intensity back in my workouts and my cardio so that I can pick up where I left off in my training. I want to get back in the weight loss game. I am not at goal yet and I really want to get back to work. In preparation for getting back in the game, I went a little insane :) I ordered the Insanity Workout. I am really excited to try it out when it gets here!! I will likely have to modify some of the moves for now but I cannot wait to see how it works out! It will be great to intersperse those workouts with the ones I am doing with Tye. I told him about it today and he thinks it's a good plan because it works with the same principles he is using. (I am certain I will be blogging more about it once it gets here and I get started with it!)

The next few days are going to be busy. Tomorrow after my surgeon's appointment, I will be enjoying lunch with my dear, sweet friend Betsy, getting a good cardio workout in and following the day up with a 1 1/2 hour massage! Friday is Jason's 35th birthday!! I will be heading into physical therapy first thing in the morning and then he will have a few surprises :) We are also going to finally get a chance to have lunch with Tye...his schedule is always so crazy that it is hard to get a moment in with him. It will be nice to spend some time with him away from the gym. And Saturday night, we have invited some friends over for a cookout. So, it will be a super busy weekend...I think my plan is to get some rest on Sunday :)