Late... Midterm Reflection

Hiya Internet,

So firstly I apologize for the lateness of this post. It has been crazy busy around my house lately and I have been volunteering a lot... That is an explanation but an excuse so I'm sorry.

Can you believe we are already halfway through? I was amazed to think of how fast it went. Some of the things we have done have been crazy (field poker) but I have enjoyed it :) When speaking about participation I feel I have been doing pretty well. I feel I work hard especially when we are doing things like the pond run. On fitness days I also try extra hard because a few of my friends are in one of the other classes and I like to get competitive with them :P Something I feel that would hinder me in class, is if the group's energy is down. This occurs because I am very easily influenced and if the others feel tired, or lazy then I will feel tired and lazy. My theory is osmosis (that's the science geek in me talking). However I try to keep my energy up and I try to beat my expectations.

In terms of field trips my favourite has been the trip to the elementary school. This was my favourite because I love working with kids and this really reminded me of my family. I have 6 cousins under the age of 10 and they always visit at the same time. It is always fun to hang out with them but it can be difficult to get them all active and engaged at the same time. This event stretched my creative limits and made me miss my boys that much more :( Some of the other field trips have been awesome as well.

Okay. Moving on to fitness. For fitness I feel that I can tell a huge difference! I actually have started to create a better life style for myself! I have started to eat better, work harder, and take better care of my self. I accidentally lost 6 pounds since this class started and I was surprised. I never thought I was athletic but I never realized how much I like working hard. I feel like my body is getting stronger - especially my abs and self esteem. Okay so I was surfing the Internet and I found this cool girl on Youtube. Her name is Cassie and   she has a page dedicated to Pop Pilates. Her workouts are fun and I have been doing a lot of them lately. I'll link her page here: http://www.youtube.com/user/blogilates/featured

Next is important moments... The only one I can think of right now is completing the Sun Run. It was so amazing to run 10 kilometers! I never thought I would be able to do it but I think the environment helped. There were people handing out water like in the movies! It was surreal! I finished with a time of 1:21 I think. That averaged out to a time of about 8 minutes a mile :D Right now I couldn't be prouder but my legs were killing afterwards!

I think that I deserve an A... Maybe an 86ish percent...

Elementary Adventure

Hi Internet!

So today in school I got out of class early to catch the bus. We went down to a local elementary school as I posted yesterday. It was so awesome because right as we entered all the kids started to wave and say hi to us! They were sooooooooo cute! They were grade 1 and 2 so they were so little and bouncy! Right after we were somewhat organized, I got to stand up and talk to them. I tried to get them excited but I was nervous and pretty much wung it (that's a word right?) Anyways we split off into groups and did our station with all the kids. We had them run back and forth in silly ways. We had them acting like chickens, bunnies, and babies! Surprisingly they took to it very well. Although to help them understand I participated every single time! These kids are pretty fast! At the end of the class we all did the routine that was taught by one of the other groups! We all did the gangnum style dance! Sooo cute! Anyways I rode home with some other girls because I had to make a class but I was sad to leave! Some girls even hugged me! I really hope we go again! Well... That's all for now I guess.

BAI

Helping Elementary Kids :)

Hi Internet

To make up for having an empty blog I thought I would fill you in on what is going down tomorrow. The Get Fit class is travelling to one of the local elementary schools to work with some kids! We will be working with 2 grade one classes, so like 40 kids and I am so super excited! We are splitting our class up into six groups and I have get to do the introduction! I am kind of nervous for that, but what is the wirst that could happen? They are all 6ish! Anyway, I'll fill you in tomorrow :) 

BAII

Snowshoeing!!! Pardon my computer :(

Hey Internet!

So yesterday the Get Fit class went to Mt. Seymour to go snowshoeing, it was snow much fun! (See what I did there? :P ) we went up in a big bus and because the girls behind me never sat in the back before, there was tons off screaming every time we went over a bump! That was so funny! When we got there it was so cold and I was glad that I brought my marshmallow jacket... We strapped on the snowshoes and it felt so weird! The guide's name was Sarah and she was so nice. We did some really serious stuff though! We learned about frostbite and hypothermia, which was scary but interesting :P Anyway as for the workout, I was sweating pretty bad! Sarah got us to run, lunge, and skip which was really difficult! Your steps have to be a bit wider so it changes how fast you can go... We also played this fun game that involved a duck. Surprisingly it was called "Huck the Duck" lol. On the way back I don't remember what happened because I was asleep the whole time but before we got on the bus they gave us warm apple cider. Before yesterday I had never drank that before, it is basically warmed up apple juice with cinnamon... I iked it pretty well :)

Anyways that's is so BAIII

P.S. ANOTHER one of those messages :( SOORRY

Fitness Interm WOW Computer Malfunction

Hey Internet!

So today we are supposed to be talking about how we are working on our goals so far and our progress... One of my goals was to try new things that I could use after high school. I have tried so many new things since we started get fit a month ago! I tried tae kwondo and snowshoeing, both of which I have never tried before. We also went ice skating which was awesome! I have also tried different fitness exercises like Insanity and the new hill run which is basically suicides but up a hill. This goal will be easy to complete because this class always keeps me on my toes and I am constantly trying new things.

As for my other goal: to be more self motivated, I think I have been sort of succeeding. I definitely have been more aware of my body and my limits (thanks to the Bob yoga workout) I love showing up and doing workouts that I have never tried before! I find that I don't need to be surrounded by people to be motivated to work out, because I'm not afraid to look silly :P I will go more full out and will enjoy it!

So that's all... BAI

P.S. I was logging in to blogger and I found that there was this message that said "Could not post, try again?" IT WAS FROM MARCH 6 OR SOMETHING! I am so sorry! I didn't mean to have an empty blog! Stupid computer! :(