Kickbox 1.

It has been almost 24 hours since my first FXB class. It was a kickbox extravaganza and 24 hours later I am starting to feel positive about it.
At the time I thought I'd die, but right now I am not all that sore. I have knots in my shoulder blades. My arms feel tired, but my legs are totally fine. I think I didn't push myself hard enough.

Where I have pushed myself is in my diet. FXB calls for 6 meals a day. Essentally 1/2 protein, 1/2 carb, and all water. It is not the making of food that I find hard, but the figuring out the right percentage of P or C.

I tend to be a binge eater, a little breakfast sometimes. Maybe a lunch although often I skip lunch, a big dinner and a snack later. So i thought the biggest adjustment would be to get myself to eat 6 times, but yesterday I was starving all day. After class yesterday all I did was try and shake my arms out (which is funny because anytime I tried to use my arms they shook like jello.) and plot my next meal. It was lucky yesterday was MLK day because I was no good for work. But i am ready for my bands class today, I just don't know how I'll be able to do a single push up. Abject aggression I guess.

Extreme Body Shaping: and me.

I had an awful fall.
In September of October (I don't remember which) I had a terrible asthma attack during which I had 3 steroid injections, took oral steroids for almost 6 weeks, took an inhaler, 4-6 breathalyzers daily, and was taking about 10 pills every morning. The 2 worst parts were that I was never getting any better, and I couldn't interact with my family. I couldn't walk up stairs, I couldn't read books, I certainly couldn't play outside or rough house. The asthma was followed by a bout of flu and 2 rounds of strep-throat.
For some reason, then, I decided I needed to make changes to my lifestyle.
Katy, my wife, had a terrible fall too. For Christmas we gave each other the 10 week class--Farrell's Extreme Bodyshaping.
10 weeks of 6 meals a day and 6 workouts a week.
So we found ourselves at 7:00am Saturday January 16th at the Kickboxing gym, ready for our orientations. The 3 hour class, was
A step test to see if we were fit enough to proceed...Just barely for me.
60 seconds of sit ups...24
60 seconds of push-ups...14
a picture for posterity
a mile run...11:31
and a lecture on FXB nutrition...1/2 protein, 1/2 carb, lots of veggies and tons of water....
Plus we got gloves, wraps, and a t-shirt.

Appalled by the push ups and sit ups, I knew I was weak, but not pathetic, I was rather pleased with the run, the time was irrelevant, but the fact that my breathing was easy and free and I had energy throughout made me feel like I had a chance in class today.

Today is the official beginning. In a minute i'll walk out the door for my first kick-box class.
To get ready I began the diet.
1/2 cup of grapenuts.
1/2 a protein shake...which made me wanna retch.
And now I am powering through some cottage cheese.

I do not mind small portions. I do not want to eat 6 times a day, but I will. But eating all this protein, bland dairy, protein shakes and bars? that might kill me.

Stay tuned for tales of sweat and fun.