Journal - 3rd of Week 8

This weekend I was able to play tennis with my parents again after I was away for 2 weeks. I also went to basketball open gym on Monday. Since there weren’t that many girls there, Coach did drills that focused on improving the team for next year, so I wasn’t able to play as much. Next week when I go, I plan to do my own basketball workout until they begin to scrimmage.  

This week I need to figure out what kind of research I am going to do. I also need to amplify the intensity of my workouts. I need to push myself. I want to do a workout where the next day I can feel it in every muscle of my body. I want to know that I am accomplishing something while I am working out and that all the effort pays off.

Journal - 2nd of Week 8

This weekend I have been working hard to finalize and touch up everything for my 3^rd quarter exam video. I started by choosing a song. Once I had that, I looked for and took pictures that would go with the song and would meet all of the requirements. Then I had to find a way to arrange them that would create the best video and made the most sense. All the effects and the timing came next. It was interesting doing it.

I liked making the video because it gives me a chance to create things that I usually don’t get the chance to and that I also enjoy. While I was thinking about and creating this video, I found myself thinking about the final presentation on multiple occasions. Making the video helped me think of ideas for the presentation and how I’d present them when the time came. It was a good tool to get my ideas flowing for the final presentation.

Journal - 1st of Week 8

Well I came back from Germany this week and it has taken me a couple to get used to things back here. To start off, I missed 4 days of school while I was gone and I’ve had to make up all the work which has been tough. Besides that I wasn’t able to really do much exercise in Europe so I am out of shape. It not that bad; the prominent problem is that my asthma is acting up again.         

So far this week I swam and ran. I swam for 30 minutes and ran 3 miles but I walked at times. On Thursday when I was looking forward to working out with my “workout buddy”, she came to school on crutches because a weight fell on her toe. I was not very happy, but I found someone else to workout with that day. I am going to start working out on my own again or I might ask her if she wants to hang out with me while I work out. I haven’t decided yet.

Journal - 3rd of Week 7

Even though officially Spring Break doesn’t start until today after school, m9ine is starting now. Shortly I am going to the airport so that I can leave for Germany; my brother lives there and I’m going to visit him over break. I’m excited to see him and get to spend time with him. Also, we’re going to visit various places around Germany, which should be interesting as well.

                The one main setback I have with going to Germany is that I won’t be able to exercise; when I come back home it is going to feel like it’s the beginning of my personal fitness experience, so I’ll most likely be sore for another week. While I’m in Germany, in my spare time, I plan on designing/finding an intense workout that will challenge me therefore I will gain better and more results out of the workouts.

Journal - 2nd of Week 7

Well my search for a more intense workout continues. I have tried to look at blogs/articles that are titled something like “Creating a More Challenging Workout” and so on. That hasn’t really worked. I’m going to start looking for complete workouts that are intense but I’m not sure if I should look online or in a book. If that doesn’t work, I guess I’ll have to end up making my own workout.

Yesterday I played in the BCAA All-star game which was pretty fun. It counted as my exercise for the day too. My team ended up losing by 1 point, but our team didn’t really have that much chemistry so most girls were just playing for her.  It was a fun experience and they let us keep the jerseys and shorts and gave us other things too. I wish every day I worked out was that much fun.

Journal - 1st of Week 7

The last 2 days I didn’t follow the workout that I had already scheduled because I had basketball All-Star practice. On Monday we did drills for a lengthy time period. I was surprised that I didn’t have to stop and breathe while I was doing it (because I have asthma), so that means that the workouts from the week before helped me build up my endurance. We also scrimmaged. I thought that since I had not played organized basketball for 3 weeks that I would be playing terribly, but fortunately I did pretty well. Getting that much exercise in one practice, makes me miss playing basketball every day.

On Tuesday I also had practice but I also had free tickets to go to the Heat vs. Portland game. I had known about the tickets before the practice so I had invited my dad to come along with me; it’s a day for my dad’s birthday so that also counted as a gift to him. I decided to go to the Heat game instead of the practice because, one, I was getting an award with the free tickets, and two, I wanted to celebrate my dad’s birthday with him. The only downside to going to the heat game is that I didn’t have enough time to exercise that day. L

Journal - 3rd of Week 6

Today was a disappointing day. I was supposed to play tennis with my dad as part of my exercise today but then he ended up telling me that he was too sore and couldn’t do it. I was really looking forward to it all week. Other than that I have been keeping up with my dieting which I’m proud of.

On Friday I’m going to Germany to go visit my brother for 10 days. I’m really excited about seeing him because I haven’t seen him in awhile. I’m also going to see where he goes to college which is really cool. I’m also going to travel around with him. The only bad part is that I won’t be able to keep up with my exercising and when I come back I’ll probably be out of shape.

Journal - 2nd of Week 6

So far this week has been pretty good. I had to make rearrangements in my workout plan. I managed to find a “workout buddy”, my former teammate Maria. On Thursday I went to her house and we went to the gym in her neighborhood. It’s a nice gym; we ran on the treadmill and then did some weights. I decided that Fridays are going to be my break-day therefore I didn’t work out yesterday. Today I went to the gym by my house with my dad and we played basketball with some guys who were there. I also ran in the afternoon.

            The exercising part is coming of easier than the nutrition part. It’s hard not to not want to eat sweets and junk food but so far I think I’ve managed pretty well. The first 2 days were the worst because I was used to eating much larger portions but I’ve made my portion size considerably smaller. I’m starting to get used it.

Journal - 1st of Week 6

All of today my legs have been extremely sore and it hurts to walk. It’s pretty funny. I ran 4 miles yesterday which surprised me because I didn’t think that I would be able to because I thought I was so out of shape; I managed to run the 4 miles in 25 minutes which is good. Other than running I also did another core workout and I lifted weights that focused on my arms. The latter two didn’t go as efficiently as the running; hopefully they improve next time. Today for my workout, I swam 40 laps which helped a lot because it helped relax my muscles. So far the workouts are challenging but it’s going well.

One of the main things that help me push through and continue exercising everyday is that some of my former teammates are also working out daily so it’s interesting to compare what they have done and share stories. Yesterday I found out that I was selected to play for the BCAA All-Star game on Wednesday March 9^th, as well as have practice the Monday and Tuesday before that. That has caused me to have to alter my workout schedule for next week a little as I will be exercising during the practices and at the game.