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.