HARDCORE PARKOUR! She shoots, she SCORES!

Good morning people! Coming at ya from the corporate rat race, it's your favourite loser!

So its been a while since the last blog, and that's because I've been busy!

I left you Thursday with temptation, and I'll have you know, I'm still holding strong. My wonderful sister-in-law Megan brought over a cake for our birthday over the weekend, a HUGE chocolate cake, and I resisted. People were amazed that as I cut the cake I didn't even lick the icing off that I got on me. Monday aka cheat day is only four more days away, and I know I can do it. I decided to freeze my four fav craves in a Tupperware and put them in the freezer at work. I may share them with the Hubby, but that depends ;P

So Saturday we had our first running clinic, with Amy. Its a small world for sure, as I went to school with her and she hasn't changed the qualities I loved about her so much. She's still so very kind, patient and her smile is still infectious. I don't think Lululemon could have picked a better person to help us learn to run. She helped us understand the balance between running/walking to build our endurance, and what kind of stretches to do afterwards. Including myself there are two other people that I know of, have gotten over that obstacle as to where to begin and have used their lunch hour or TV time to get out and just try. I myself decided to give it a go on my lunch hour, and in 23 min I ran/walk 1 min intervals. Google says I did 3.2kms, 1.2 against that 60-90km wind which is great, since one of my goals by the time this is all over, is to be able to run 5k, even if its at a snails pace.

Speaking of goals, that was the topic of discussion on Sunday at our weekly weigh in. Goal setting is integral to the Lululemon team, and they showed us how to go about it. Setting 3,5, and 10 year goals would be ideal, but we can do 1,3 and 5 if we want too. They also encouraged us to have what they like to call a BHAG. A big hairy goal, the kind of goal that when you think about it, your mouth goes dry and you forget how to speak...or breathe.

I think I've got mine, and when I do it, I'll let you know. That's one of the most important things about goals. You tell a few people, ones who will hold you accountable for them, but not to those who will fluff you off and say its stupid. Those are the people that are just too scared to set goals for themselves and are afraid of failure. That was the other part of goal setting, was understanding its OK to fail. If we don't fail some of the time, it means we aren't pushing ourselves to our full potential. Failure allows us to re-evaluate our goals, and try harder or modify our end result. The main thing is you shoot for your goal, try to be the best you can be, and if you make it, revel in your success, hands in the air like you've just won the Stanley Cup.

GO HABS GO!!!  KNOCK OUT THAT NEANDRETHAL OVECHKIN!!!

Ahem, sorry it's playoffs and I'm a huge Montreal fan. :)

Monday, my wonderful fellow loser Melissa had encouraged a bunch of us to join her for a Body Step class at Good Life. How hard could step aerobics be right? Well aside from singing the "Time Warp" on my way out, it was AWESOME!

A straight hour of cardio with intervals of high intensity, and surprisingly enough I caught on quick (thank you dance feet). Next week I hope to get more of the hand actions to go with it for that 30% extra burn. We hope to make it a weekly outing now, and next week we are going to try Zumba!

Parkour.....oh parkour. Most people have seen the skit from The Office, them running around yelling "HARDCORE PARKOUR" in all their stupid glory. None of us had tried this, even our wonderful Lulu team. I have to say I had a blast although it was another class past my bedtime *I miss my 9pm bedtime!* Jim from the Gym at No Limits A.F.C. showed us the ropes...er....mats and started us off by doing rolls, two of which will apparently will keep you safe from oncoming vehicles or the ever problematic and menacing "Calgary Bears". I will hope to everything out there watching over me I will never be in a situation that will have me roll backwards, and well if it happens, may the damn bear eat me then! Forward all the way!! :P Once we got a handle of rolling, we were shown the vaults, three sizes, each 1-2 inches taller than the next. Most went immediately for the shortest, as I would have, but I sucked it up and started with the medium one. I know its a simple mind over matter, and that 2 inches isn't really that much more, but knowing that to get yourself on or over the box, required upper body strength, I decided to hold off on the mountain, and conquer the mole hill. I may not have gotten over it, but at least I got on top of it! I think I may have a new love in Parkour, and I will definitely go back once I have developed that much needed strength. I was watching some of the other women, who have been doing this for a bit, go running up the cement wall, grabbing onto wooden boards and scale up 20 feet or so, so cool! I think that this may have to be added to my Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide regardless how sore I am from it.

So the Stats.....

My measurements are :
Chest 39 inches
Waist 34 inches
Hips 40.5 inches
Left arm 13 inches - my fat arm

Right thigh 26 inches
Right Calf 16 inches

SO I'm down 1.5 inches, not too shabby for the first week. And how did cutting out lots of crap, and drinking lots of water effect my weight?

Weight 169

3 pounds in one week! So that's pretty on target for my body, and the water weight I'm sure I was carrying around.

So I'm off to another fun filled day at work, hopefully get in another run today at lunch and let's bring on Saturday's next challenge!!