Where's The Skinny Mama?: Pump You Up

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Pump You Up

My day was really good yesterday. I have yet to measure myself, but did get a new scale that I need to get out of the box, program, and stand on. You know just standing on it takes tons of guts especially when you know that you are heavier (by a few pounds) then you were when you got married!

I had a great eating day today:
Breakfast: I had a Stephanie Smoothie and a hard boiled egg.
Lunch: I had a bowl of turkey chili and 1/2 a can of green beans.
Dinner: Turkey on the grill, a little bit of rice, and broccoli.
Snack: I had a fiber one bar with a little bit of chocolate and peanut butter on it (it came that way) and it was delicious, yummy, and just what I needed as far as chocolate goes!

Do you remember these guys from Saturday Night Live? Hanz and

Franz were muscle loving non-girlie men who wanted to be stronger then everyone else! When they were on the show they were there to "PUMP YOU UP"! Well, yesterday I had my own Hanz and Franz friends: Kristy, Sarah, and Darci. I went to a class called Pump with them and it was intense, heavy, body shaking!

The discription in the book at my gym says:

Body Pump: A total body strength training class using barbells and weighted plates. Space is limited: Sign in at the Service Desk up to 1/2-hour prior to class.

It is a very popular class and there were young people (younger then me, I know hard to believe) and people who were grandmas in the class. It lasts an entire hour and if it hadn't been for some Aerosmith and RUN DMC I probably would have crapped out! The beat of the music just kept me going! Thanks goodness for Steven Tyler!

Also, the instructor Donna H. was fantastic. She took the time to make sure the "newbies" were doing everything right and made me feel like I had a successful workout! She came up to me afterwards and said, "now you may have a hard time getting up and down stairs...all you have to do is go down backwards or sideways and then it won't hurt" and she also said, "you may need to hold onto something when you get up and down from sitting and standing". I know she is telling me this because of the killer squats that we did. She also told me she would see me on Saturday! So not only do I have my great mama friends cheering me on, I now have Donna H.

"My name is K, and I'm hear to PUMP.......(clap).......YOU UP"

1 comment:

AnonymousMarch 9, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Awesome, so glad you tried Body Pump, I love it! Definitely the best way to get strength training because no way in hell I'd do like 300 squats on my own :)
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The Story Behind the Title

I told my son that I wanted to get rid of all the fat around my belly and get "skinny" and I asked him to help me think of a title for my blog like a title of a book. He said "I don't know what you should call it". Then a couple minutes later out of nowhere he said, "Where's The Skinny".

Then he said, "but where is the skinny" and I said "I don't have the skinny yet but I am going to" and he said "well I am skinny". He always makes me laugh with his innocent remarks and conversations. Then he said it again, "Where's The Skinny". We talked for a little bit longer and then our conversation ended as quick as it started...

I said, "well Mommy had 2 babies and I have extra skin". He said "extra skin" and I said "yes". He said "I don't have extra skin because I don't have a baby" and I said, "that's right only mommy's can have babies". Then I finished up our conversation with "I love your tummy" and he just laughed. And that was the end of that!

So that is how my blog became "Where's The Skinny". I added the Mama!