(so the green girl is a bit of a liar.

the trainer i worked out with last week sent me a summary of my workout and i inflated the weight numbers quite a bit. i have to go back and edit my sparkblog.



for the back extensions, it was only 10 lbs, not 35. i'm not sure where i got that number from? the static lunges, she started me off with 25 and then after i puked, she had me go down to 12.5. i don't even remember what numbers i did/did not report correctly so i have to go back through that entry.

yesterday, i went back to the gym and did that routine on my own. i struggled a lot with the stairmaster. i kept getting my foot stuck just like last week. i guess it's going to take some practice. and getting off it was really scary for me.

i decreased the count for the back extension's to sets of 6 because my lower back was getting so tired. i'll slowly build up to 10. i used 15 lbs for the static lunges - that seemed like a good weight.

i was able to do planks twice for a full 60 seconds. i was so proud of myself!

i've made an interesting observation about myself. ever since i got my actual body fat percentage, it's like some mental block i didn't even know existed was removed.

that was honestly one of the most significant things i've done in my life. up until i got those test results, i thought i was in the 'obese' category in terms of body fat. i felt so liberated. the green girl who is only 4'10.5" and 150 pounds isn't obese. i'm normal. i have to get used to that.

the day after the dunking, my kickboxing instructor said the power of my punches had increased and he was really impressed.

my running speed has improved, too. this past weekend, mr. green garmin broke an 11 minute mile and for the first time in my green girl life, i saw 10:xx. it may have only been for a few seconds, but i saw it all the same. if i wasn't breathing so hard, i would have taken a picture to memorialize that moment. i imagined i was paula radcliffe [i'm reading her autobiography right now] and i really pushed myself.

i even lost another inch in my waist - i'm down to a 33" waist now.

i'm also ready to cross another item off my 100 things for 2009 list:

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#53 is to 'say goodbye'.

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the idea is to identify something you've been holding onto for a long time and then ceremoniously saying 'goodbye' and letting go once and for all. i think i had mentioned in a previous sparkblog that at a meditation session here at work, i realized i was finally ready to let go of something.

i just need to figure out how i want to do this. i want it to be significant to me. on 'the biggest loser' last night, they symbolically covered their 'before' pictures with their current pictures. i saw how good it made them feel to do that. i need to do something like that for my goodbye.)