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Wow!  Advanced Tae Bo was always my hard workout.  I've had lots of other video/DVD workouts over the years, but Tae Bo was always challenging because I could always kick higher, contract my abs harder, punch with more force - whatever it took to rev it up and keep it challenging for my muscles and my heart.  And the moves are fun, so it never got boring.

A few weeks ago I bought a new Tae Bo DVD - "Get Ripped Extreme", or something like that.  It's heavy on the arm weights.  The whole 2nd half is upper body and as hard as I want it to be, depending on the weights.  Conversely, the old Tae Bo has a very challenging legwork section at the end.  The new workout burns more calories and I think it's harder overall, though that could just be because it's new to me and I've been doing the old one for 14 years.

I hadn't done the old one since I got the new one.  I've also done Insanity a few times since starting RFSC, and been pushing myself with other new workouts lately.  Tonight I popped in the old Tae Bo though, and am feeling AMAZING to realize that it's gotten significantly less challenging even when giving it my all.  AHHH!!!  How cool is that?!?!  Admittedly, the legwork at the end is still a bitch and a half, so I'll probably keep with it every now and then for that reason.

Your Daily Summary

-14

CALORIES REMAINING

Goal	Food	Exercise	= Net
1210	1666	- 442	1224

I have a job tomorrow morning that interferes in my new tennis routine.  (Saturdays 9am).  So my friend and I decided to play early enough to get our usual 2 hours, have time to shower and then get to my job.  That means SIX A.M!!!  Not only am I a night owl, NOT a morning person, but we're also having a freeze warning overnight and expect temps at or below 40 degrees F at 6am.  I am so very very un-psyched about this, yet I haven't really considered cancelling.  I think that's a very good sign!

Speaking of getting up early, I think I better get to sleep now.

Motivation time:

NOT how I look playing tennis, but abolutely how I feel.

My new workout DVD: Tae Bo Ripped Extreme

Man, having my new HRM has me all kinds of psyched to keep trying out different workouts and compare calorie burns!  I'm kinda bummed I can't handle more than 1 per day.  The new Tae Bo is GREAT!!!  Fun and challenging.  Hard enough that I have room for improvement, but not so hard that I'm discouraged.  I see Billy Blanks has changed things up since the old Tae Bo, and is using some of the same moves (esp stretches) as Shaun T/Insanity.  Is there no such thing as copyrights w/ exercise moves?

Today's report:

184

CALORIES REMAINING

Goal	Food	Exercise	= Net
1210	1559	- 533	1026

*You've earned 533 extra calories from exercise today WORKOUT:  Tae Bo Ripped Extreme - 1 hour. (Used 5 lb dumbells for as long as I could, then switched to 3 lb.)

Day 24

My motivation is just sorta flat today.  Not gone,  but not really perked up and at attention, if you know what I mean.  Gotta watch out for blowing my points for the week during just a few hours of low motivation.  It wouldn't take long to mess up, and I don't want to feel that discouragement afterwards.  And I sure as heck don't want to get on the scale Tues morning and see anything other than a loss, even if it's 1/10 of a lb.     MUST BE A LOSS!!!!

Today I ate 28.5 pts
Workout: Advanced Tae Bo and Firm 5 Day Abs (-7 pts)
TOTAL: 21.5 pts

Posting a very motivational before/after image I found online.  I wish it included details - weight/height/BMI and timeframe.  There are a bunch of great before/after pics at this site:  http://hitchfit.com/blog/before-afters/
but for some reason, this particular chick didn't include details like the others did.

Updated post-workout:  Motivation is back with a vengeance!!  I'm angry at my cat for beginning to use the floor next to her catbox to relieve herself.  She's a sweet, cute little thing and obviously I can't punch her, but I'm furious at the situation and it was a perfect frame of mind to do Tae Bo.  I punched harder, kicked higher and pushed myself through the floor work/leg lift reps with great gusto due to my frustration.  I now feel awesome!!!!  My legs were trembling in exhaustion when I finished.  Whoo-hoo!!!  I will NOT undo this workout with a scone in the morning!  I WILL SEE THIS WORKOUT ON THE SCALE TUES MORNING!

Day 5 - Thanks, flex points!

I used up a whole lot of flex points today.  I guess that's what they're for, eh?


Today: ate 35 pts
Workout: Tae Bo & Firm Abs  -6 pts
TOTAL: 29 pts  (7 flex pts)

Great Nike ad.

Day 1: INTRODUCTION

Here we go, starting a day early because I'm eager and motivated:

I'm allotted 22 pts per day, and 35 bonus "flex" points per week above and beyond that.

Today: ate 27 pts
Workout: Advanced Tae Bo (up til floorwork at end) and The Firm 5 Day Abs (-5 pts)
Total: 22 pts

Motivational pic to get started here: