The 500

Since my Tuesday workout with Kara's trainer, Emily, my mind has been consumed by the 500. A workout she taught me where you time yourself doing 500 reps. Actually, we forgot one on mine, so my first 500 was really a 475. It went like this:
25 Captain's Chair, 25 push ups, 25 roll ups, 25 lunges, 25 reverse sit-ups, 25 pull ups, 25 reverse push ups, 25 jump squats, 25 windshield wipers, 25 pull ups, 25 reverse push ups, 25 jumping lunges, 25 mountain climbers, 25 lunges, 25 double crunches, 25 lunges, 25 lower legs, 25 push ups, 25 low back, 25 lunges.... I did it (all but the 25 pull ups we accidentally left out ) in 26.5 minutes. I looked it up online and it's supposed to be done in 15 minutes! HA! Yes, I have a long, long ways to go. After completing my 475, my head was spinning. I couldn't focus or concentrate on what Emily was saying, except that she felt my stomach, and confirmed, I do have Diastasis Recti - separation on the stomach muscles from pregnancy... Yeah!! I am sure it's one of those "cosmetic" things insurance won't cover to repair either. Anyways, my muscles were so fatigued, I tried to do cardio, but was just out on that, I burned 50 more calories on the elliptical and went to get the kids. That proved to be a huge challenge because they didn't have shoes, so carrying two 25lb. kids from the nursery to the car exhausted me the rest of the way.
For supper, I was bad and Josh's mom cooked a platter of fried squash and zucchini, which is one of my favs, and she cooked it perfectly, and I went to town with that stuff. So- yesterday I was determined to work it off, and pushed myself really hard. I did June's Pilate's class for 45 minutes- we mainly focused on abs, then I did cardio. I did the elliptical for 150 cals, then got on the treadmill with the incline all the way up and walked at 3.8mph for a good 30 minutes. Then I hit the track and sprinted the straights and slowly jogged the curves, I didn't count, I just ran, I am guessing it was .75 of a mile... then back on the elliptical for 50 more cals, and my 2 hours were up- I picked up the kids and headed out. We went to McD's since the kids were good, but I didn't order anything for me. I wanted a fried chicken sandwich and a big, huge Dr. Pepper, but I refrained. I ate one of the kids chicken select strips and probably 10 fries, so it wasn't terrible. For supper, a reasonable portion of spaghetti, 2 unreasonable slices of garlic bread, and a small Caesar salad... but, I ate too late and went to bed within an hour of eating... not good, I think...