Who here does burpies on a regular basis? Not me. The Trainer - we shall call her "Shannon" because, well, that's her name - has me doing them this week.

Seriously that woman is kicking my behind. It's all very inspirational working with her. She's got me doing these stupendously hard incline drills on this Nordic Track treadmill that, if you've got access to this particular treadmill and are in need of an ass kicking, I HIGHLY recommend it.

Today's drill was me walking at 2.0. No biggie, right? Well, the incline was set at 25.0 for three minutes. Most people set the incline at 1.0, tops. The next three minutes are still at 2.0 with the incline up to 35.0. After that, it's 1.0 walking at 50.0 incline for three minutes, working back down to 25.0 the same way you came up, so to speak, for a full 15 minutes. People, it's ridiculously sweat-inducing and hard and if you all don't start trying it you're crazy. Honest to God, if you need a kick in the pants, something to change it up, this cardio drill is for you.

I stepped on the scale Friday and saw that I'd lost 2.5 pounds last week as a result. At least I think that's why.

I was not good at keeping up with my work outs. I drank too much Friday night and had to spend all day baking cupcakes for my sister's birthday so I completely skipped the gym. Another day found me, unexpectedly, driving a total of 10 hours for a work-related event and there was nothing I wanted to do less after 10 hours in the car than work out.

So we try again this week. There really isn't anything that should keep me from getting all of my work outs in - four sessions with weights (one down) and a kickboxing class. In between all that will be some running with my dog and bike commuting to work. I'd really like for a week to go by and just stick with the schedule. Sometimes life just doesn't let you.

Wednesday is my day off so I'll be heading in to the doctor to get more blood work done. Hopefully my results will show something positive. Hopefully we can switch up my medication. My clothes all fit just fine, but I'd like to be able to eat a meal and not have it impact the feel of my waistband against my stomach.

I'm telling you, I feel those extra pounds. Being neatly in a size 10 is not as nice as a comfortable one.

Posted by Erin at 02:13 PM | filed under: Training