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Friday, June 19, 2015
Kiss Your Soda Habit Goodbye!
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Gym & Training Day 14 Recap
No workout yesterday. I know, I know, no excuses, but sometimes when your 2 year old throws at tantrum you have to adapt.Everything was going well yesterday. We went to my daughters dance class, did some errands, and even made it to the gym without big incident.
Then what I'm calling "my lunch mistake" threw the whole rest of my day off. At first I started to blame my kids for their horrible meltdowns that runined the whole rest of the afternoon, but I realized it was something I did that caused it all. I brought two lunchables to the gym for the kids and a tunafish and crackers pack for me. Of course my children chose to eat my tunafish instead of their lunchables and because there was only one of them a fight ensued.
After trying to calm BOTH kids, I eventually took them to the pool instead of Kids Club (aka daycare). At first my son decided he wanted to take a nap instead of swimming so he sat in my lap while my daughter swam then he decided to swim so I got him changed and had him swim for a bit.
For whatever reason, after that my daughter had tantrum leaving the gym. (If you're keeping score that's two tantrums in about two hours.) She got calmed down enough when we got home but later, after dinner, she had another tantrum that this time involved the entire rest of the family. (Still keeping score? That's 3 tantrums in a six hour time span.)
So as you can see...it technically is an excuse as to why I didn't work out, but at the same time, my children are young enough where I can't ignore them, so if I have to sacrifice a workout every now and then I guess I can just make it up another day. So today, Friday, I'll be making up for my missed Thursday. I'm going to do my long run and do Total Body Cardio Fix.
Saturday is my oldest's 5th birthday party and Sunday is Father's Day. I'll probably not get in another workout this week, but next week is a new week!
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Gym & Training Day 13 Recap
Day 13 of 61 was a mentally tough day. I forgot my armband for my phone and it threw off my whole workout...sounds silly, but holding my phone while running was just enough difference to make it a bad run.
Not only was the run horrible, my mind was on other things during my workout. The only bright spot in the day was that I noticed that my leg lifts at the end of Lower Fix were a little easier for me. I got through all of them without really struggling too much...3rd week was the charm, I guess.
I got it done, but I'd consider this a C day. It's sad when the rest of the week was going so well. Hopefully Thursday will be better and I can finish off the week strong.
Not only was the run horrible, my mind was on other things during my workout. The only bright spot in the day was that I noticed that my leg lifts at the end of Lower Fix were a little easier for me. I got through all of them without really struggling too much...3rd week was the charm, I guess.
I got it done, but I'd consider this a C day. It's sad when the rest of the week was going so well. Hopefully Thursday will be better and I can finish off the week strong.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Gym & Training Day 12 Recap
Tuesday was a tough day mentally. It took almost a mile and a half to get into the groove. I used a different treadmill and I swear that was part of my issue...different things to watch were a distraction.
I did however do a really great round of Upper Fix. I still can't do a push up. I asked another Beachbody Coach Kevin Crenshaw to see if he had a great how to video...he told me I should make my own. I did do a little experimenting and spreading my arms a bit which gave me a deeper dip to my push up...but I still need some work on it. I've never been good at them so it's definitely something to put on my to do list as far as things I need to work on.
I tried to listen to a little Personal Development ( Shaun T's Define Your Life ), but multitasking proved to be another distraction. I think music is the way to go for me. Does anyone have any good suggestions for workout music? I had a list of songs for a long time, but somehow they got messed up and I know that I'll need more when I race in August!
I did however do a really great round of Upper Fix. I still can't do a push up. I asked another Beachbody Coach Kevin Crenshaw to see if he had a great how to video...he told me I should make my own. I did do a little experimenting and spreading my arms a bit which gave me a deeper dip to my push up...but I still need some work on it. I've never been good at them so it's definitely something to put on my to do list as far as things I need to work on.
I tried to listen to a little Personal Development ( Shaun T's Define Your Life ), but multitasking proved to be another distraction. I think music is the way to go for me. Does anyone have any good suggestions for workout music? I had a list of songs for a long time, but somehow they got messed up and I know that I'll need more when I race in August!
Gym & Training Day 11 Recap
Monday was another 2.5 run and Total Cardio. I got a new app on my phone and made a great animated post with me doing modified cross countries and my favorite running song. It was a pretty good day working out. I was definitely feeling my weekend run, but I got through it pretty well
The bonus was that I got my new Headsweats visors in the mail. The pink one I'm wearing was one I ordered specifically for me and I got two others that were grab bag ones. The construction and wear and tear-ability of these things are so awesome. I wash them in the washing machine and dry them without worrying about them falling apart. I've had my #runchat one since I started running two years ago so it's nice to be able to switch it up a little fashion wise.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Gym & Training Day 10 Recap
So with her kids on a bike and in a stroller, we set off around the town of Mountain House. I've run two 5ks here and did a training run with their runners group once, but with a late start time it was just the four of us running around the perimeter of the town waving at a few other people out for walks and maybe two other random runners. Nice wide sidewalks and a few sloping hills through the landscape and great conversation got us to four miles before I could even think about it. Having the stroller with her I'm sure was a hard thing to do, but secretly I was glad she had it so when she got tired I could have the excuse to walk a little. I know I know, the cowards way to deal with getting tired, but it does help to walk a little bit every once in a while.
The other great news of Sunday is that right after my run I weighed myself and the number came up AMAZING! I know it's probably because I was slightly dehydrated from running, but I did the math in my head and I'm only about 6 lbs away from my "before I met my husband weight". My ultimate goal is to get back down to my playing weight, in the 150s but by the end of the summer I want to be at least in the 180s.
I still can't believe I started running races in 2013 when I was in the 220s. All that extra "baggage" to carrying around is INSANE to think about.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Day 14 of 21 Day Fix. I'm already down about 5 pounds!
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| Day 14 of 21 Day Fix. I'm already down about 5 pounds! |
Surprising Benefits of Cutting Back On Sugar..
Posted by MomMe Meltdown on Sunday, June 14, 2015
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I know that the only way I could have cut out sugar is using Shakeology!
Friday, June 12, 2015
Gym & Training Day 09 Recap
Day 09 of Training, Thursday, is a short day, due to Friday being my long day...so I planned to do a 1 Mile for time, to test myself & Pilates Fix.
My short run yesterday was AWESOME!!! Knowing it was going to be short I pushed myself to the extreme, or as extreme as I could. I started out at a 5.0 for about a quarter mile to get myself warmed up, then upped the speed to 6.9! At first I was distracted by the sound of my feet pounding on the machine, but I kind of used some of my meditation tricks to focus on my breathing and pushed through the mile with no trouble. I doubt at this point that I could run that fast for any extended length of time or distance, but it felt great to at least do a mile that fast.
My final mile time came out to under 10 minutes! I haven't done that in FOREVER!!!
Pilates Fix wasn't easy yesterday, but it definitely was easier than last week. I need to workout how to do planking. Right now I do all of them bent kneed due to my broken foot, but I don't think I'm getting the full benefit of doing the exercises that way. Maybe I need to do half regular and half bent knee because really the toe touches and leg lifts don't seem to be doing anything for me the modified way I'm doing them now.
All in all it was an A+ day! Friday's long run might be switched to a weekend run because hubby is off work today. I should know in a few hours if I'll have to reschedule my friday workout.
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| Under a 10:00 mile!!! |
My final mile time came out to under 10 minutes! I haven't done that in FOREVER!!!
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| Planking!!! |
All in all it was an A+ day! Friday's long run might be switched to a weekend run because hubby is off work today. I should know in a few hours if I'll have to reschedule my friday workout.
Gym & Training Day 08 Recap
Wednesday was a 2.5 mile run and Lower Fix. I knew going in that Thursday was going to be a short run day so I gave a little more. I pumped up the speed from a 5.0 to a 6.0 and gave a good go of it! As much as people say they hate treadmills, I love the ones at the gym. They push me to keep a steady pace which has to do something good for me, right?
Lower Fix was easier this week although after a good run those leg lifts at the end it HURTS!
I love my little workout routine now. I get strange looks from people but I don't care!!! I'm doing my THANG!
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Ephiphany...
From the time I was about 5 years old, I knew that I was going to college. My parents set up a college fund and from basically my first day of school I knew that I was going. Most people would KILL for an opporunity like that, but for me it really was a confusing thing. The confusing part was that my parents didn't care, or should I say, didn't have a preference as to where I went to school or what I studied, just that I go and I graduate. AGAIN, something that some people would KILL for. You know what this free-choice left me feeling like? Lost!
As much as it sounds like a good thing to give someone free reign over their choices, at the same time it gives them TOO many options and I feel now that if I'd had a nudge in ANY direction that I would have been better off!
I started college about 2 months after high school as a Kinesology Major (sports medicine). At the time I was playing basketball and my ultimate plan was to be an Athletic Trainer and never really leave sports. I thought that would be my in to be a part of a team because I so desperately felt lost and alone most of my school years.
Growing up, or at least from the time I moved to California, I saw kids around me always having such a great time on their sports teams. They were like sisters, or at least looked that way from the outside and while I had fun on my sports teams, I never really felt part of a team. In the town I lived in, soccer was king, and all the kids who were on the elite teams had teammates for life. They started on the same team around 5 years old and usually were on the same team up until high school graduation. For an Army brat, who moved about every two years my whole life, having that connection never really was a possibility and I realize now, I never tried to make those connections because I figured they wouldn't last anyway.
Fast forward to Sophomore year when it became increasingly evident that medical and science based majors were not for me. I took anatomy and physiology and have HORRIBLE short term memory AND have horrible test taking skills which cause me to fail the class twice!
So, I changed my major to English, specifically with the intent of becoming a teacher, more importantly setting myself up with (and I quote) "a generic major" so that when I did get out of college I would be employable by many different fields.
It seems like a really great choice...but you know what it left me with? Free Choice! And free choice again left me being lost in a pile of resumes who all had generic skills that could get them through but nothing that would show an employer that I actually had some talent and would be an asset to their company.
I eventually graduated with an English Major with a concentration in Creative Writing and started a California Teaching Credential program. For reasons beyond my control, I came to find I HATED the whole process of getting a teaching credential and moved again out into the world with free choice, spending the next decade working assistant jobs with big and small companies. I did ok at my jobs, but really felt like I never could find "that thing" that made me stand apart from any other employee that the company would have hired to my position.
So now, here I am, about to turn 39 this year, and I've joined Team Beachbody and while everyone has been completely great with me, I still feel like a Humanities Major...I have enough skills to get me by, but at the same time I feel like I'm missing "that thing" that everyone else on the team seems to have. It leaves me feeling like I'm not really a part of the team. Just like in High School, I've got the uniform, I know how to play the game, but the minute the whistle blows, teammates go and have their friendships while I go home to my life and family without really ever having a full connection with anyone.
So, after this huge PUKE POST, my goal for the next few weeks is to make better and more meaningful connections with people, instead of going through the motions. The picture I posted about finding people to fan your flames is something I need, but I also think I need to dig deeper and really get to know people, and fan some other people's flames as well.
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On a side note, the one place in the world like I've felt that I belong is in the running world, because really we can all cheer each other on, but we all run our races at different paces and we all can celebrate at the finish line together. (I guess I need to remember to take that approach the rest of my life!)
Gym & Training Day 07 Recap
Tuesday was a 2.5 mile run and Upper Fix.
Played around with my speed for my run. Feels great to be able to run for 20 something minutes without stopping. I can't believe that this time two years ago I couldn't run for a minute straight without dying and now look at me...I'm running like Forest Gump!
Upper Fix is getting easier...I started out with 8 lbs weights but had to switch to 5 lbs. Maybe next week I'll make the move up permanently...
Arms are feeling great, but I still can't do a push up to save my life. I swear I bend my arms just a little bit and feel like I'm pushing up an elephant! I keep trying though, looking like a fool, but I get it done.
Played around with my speed for my run. Feels great to be able to run for 20 something minutes without stopping. I can't believe that this time two years ago I couldn't run for a minute straight without dying and now look at me...I'm running like Forest Gump!
Upper Fix is getting easier...I started out with 8 lbs weights but had to switch to 5 lbs. Maybe next week I'll make the move up permanently...
Arms are feeling great, but I still can't do a push up to save my life. I swear I bend my arms just a little bit and feel like I'm pushing up an elephant! I keep trying though, looking like a fool, but I get it done.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Gym & Training Day 06 Recap
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| 5lbs weights. iPhone (not shown), armband & headphones and a workout mat is all I need to get fit. |
The kids got to Kids Club ok and I got everything stashed in the lockerroom and the Curves room was even almost empty. I'm starting to see some regulars. I wish they were a little more friendly, but it's only been a week so who knows if they even remember me.
By the way, I'm using the Hal Higdon 10k Novice Running Plan, but since I'm also doing 21 day fix for my cross training, on the cross training days on Hal's schedule I'm just taking a short warm-up run before I do my 21 Day Fix routine. My Monday scheduled workout was Stretch and Strength so I did intervals for about 1.5 miles then a cool down.
As much as I don't want to say it, my running had a case of the Mondays. I started out ok, but after just a little while I started to get tired. I think outside stress was affecting me more than I thought and my foot even was hurting a little bit. (For those who don't know, in 2008 I dislocated 4 bones in my left foot. I've had two surgeries and have already raced a dozen or so races, but every once in a while it gives me trouble. Yesterday it was some cross training stuff that was pinching it.)
Anyway, Tuesday will be another longer run so I'll push myself through it and stay focused on my 8 week goal of doing 6 miles without stopping. Some people train for a race to just finish, but I want to beat my last recorded time from the Summer Breeze course. So far I've been faster than my normal running.
Last month when I was running my average was 11:53 and this month so far my average is 10:50. I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that I'm running without the kids, but I like to think that me losing a bit of weight already this week and the cross-training that I'm doing with 21 Day Fix is helping my body get faster. I know I'll probably never get down below an 8 minute mile, but a 9 or 10 minute mile would be GREAT!
Did Total Body Cardio starting out with 8 lbs weights and switched to 5lbs weights. I want to push myself, but I think maybe I'll need to wait until next week to add more weights.
My favorite part of the day however came when I got home and checked the Summer Meltdown Challenge Group Board and one of my group-mates had gotten her first workout in. 2/3 of the group had already started their workouts and were doing great, but to find out that the last one to start finally got her workout in really made me proud! I think I was more excited about that than my accomplishments for the day. I guess it's the "teacher" in me. I still can't believe that all those years I thought I'd be a teacher and then changed my path. Maybe I wasn't supposed to be a school teacher so that I could be available to help other people through Beachbody.
Had to get up super early, but I'll be back at it mid morning. Can't wait to see what kind of a workout I get in today!
My favorite part of the day however came when I got home and checked the Summer Meltdown Challenge Group Board and one of my group-mates had gotten her first workout in. 2/3 of the group had already started their workouts and were doing great, but to find out that the last one to start finally got her workout in really made me proud! I think I was more excited about that than my accomplishments for the day. I guess it's the "teacher" in me. I still can't believe that all those years I thought I'd be a teacher and then changed my path. Maybe I wasn't supposed to be a school teacher so that I could be available to help other people through Beachbody.
Had to get up super early, but I'll be back at it mid morning. Can't wait to see what kind of a workout I get in today!
Monday, June 8, 2015
Gym & Training Day 05 Recap
Friday I RAN, yes RAN, two miles at a speedy little pace that is about a minute faster than what I normally run at! Getting through treadmill running is tough, but with the right tunes in my ears I can get through anything. Lately my favorite is one by Breathe Carolina called Blackout. Very appropriate for running if I do say so myself.
My 21 Day Fix workouts have been great, but I've switched them up a little because well frankly there are some workouts that aren't my favorite...the Total Cardio, Upper Fix and Lower Fix are my favorites. I think I'm going to try Dirty 30 today if I can write down all the moves I need to do before it's time to go to the gym! I would use On Demand, but I don't think all the workouts for 21 day fix are on there! :(
Workout with the kids in daycare (and a little meditation) has chilled me out considerably. Of course I get mad at certain things, but I don't wake up feeling angry now the way I had been over the last few weeks. And guess what? Seeing those crazy little faces over the half gate when I come to pick them up from the Kids Club room is AMAZING!!! I've never been more excited to see them.
Bonus for the week is that I'm down 3lbs after a week of training!
Today I'm slated for another run and workout. Trying to rangle the kids now to get them out of the house and to the gym!
My 21 Day Fix workouts have been great, but I've switched them up a little because well frankly there are some workouts that aren't my favorite...the Total Cardio, Upper Fix and Lower Fix are my favorites. I think I'm going to try Dirty 30 today if I can write down all the moves I need to do before it's time to go to the gym! I would use On Demand, but I don't think all the workouts for 21 day fix are on there! :(
Workout with the kids in daycare (and a little meditation) has chilled me out considerably. Of course I get mad at certain things, but I don't wake up feeling angry now the way I had been over the last few weeks. And guess what? Seeing those crazy little faces over the half gate when I come to pick them up from the Kids Club room is AMAZING!!! I've never been more excited to see them.
Bonus for the week is that I'm down 3lbs after a week of training!
Today I'm slated for another run and workout. Trying to rangle the kids now to get them out of the house and to the gym!
Friday, June 5, 2015
Gym & Training Day 04 Recap
I think I've figured out that I'm more of a mid morning or early morning workout person. Yesterday was dance class for my 4 year old daughter at 10:45 and with my summer plans the way they are we had to go to the gym after class instead of before.
My 2 year old son has been coming with us to dance class since September and when allowed he goes off to the side to dance. Yesterday he got one of the last years umbrellas to practice with and worked his own little routine next to the bigger girls.
Lunch break went ok. The kids had doughnuts from the doughnut shop and lunchables. Not the most nutritious thing to eat, but when I'm on the run, it's better than fast food.
Dropped the kids off at the gym and they happily went along. I was so worried that they'd freak out about going into daycare for the first time in their lives, but they've taken to it like ducks to water.
Now...down to the working out.
The Curves Room at the gym is my new home. I feel completely comfortable in there and don't worry about crazy looks people give me any more. I do have to say though that when I got on the treadmill yesterday some younger girls were laughing in the row behind me and somehow my twisted little brain thought they were laughing at me. Great...right? I'm sure they weren't, now that I'm out of the moment, but it's so sad to immediately assume that!!!
So Day 04 of 61 was scheduled to be a Pilates Fix Day and a longer run, but since I'm going to do my long runs on Fridays (since weekends will be kid & hubby time) I cut my run short to a good mile and did Total Cardio Fix again knowing that Pilates would kill my legs in preparation for my run on Friday.
Not sure if I've talked about this before, but I have a little routine I do, when doing my Fix workouts. I get a mat and weights then set my RunKeeper to an interval of one minute steady and fifteen seconds slow on repeat so I do an exercise for a minute then rest for fifteen seconds, the way that they do it on the DVD. Its great because it beeps at me to tell me when to change so I don't really even have to look at the clock!
I could do it on BEACHBODY ON DEMAND, but it seems easier since I know all the exercises already to do it that way.
Anyway I can't believe I've already finished four days in a row! That's more days in a row than I've done in two months. I've checked my weight all week and I'm already down about 3 lbs. I know this will fluctuate in the next few weeks, but at least I'm going in the right direction!
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Just in case you want to add me as a friend on my running apps:
Patty_Gordon on Nike+ (this is the one I use the most for running)
Patty Gordon on MapMyRun
Patty Brown Gordon on RunKeeper
My 2 year old son has been coming with us to dance class since September and when allowed he goes off to the side to dance. Yesterday he got one of the last years umbrellas to practice with and worked his own little routine next to the bigger girls.
Lunch break went ok. The kids had doughnuts from the doughnut shop and lunchables. Not the most nutritious thing to eat, but when I'm on the run, it's better than fast food.
Dropped the kids off at the gym and they happily went along. I was so worried that they'd freak out about going into daycare for the first time in their lives, but they've taken to it like ducks to water.
Now...down to the working out.
The Curves Room at the gym is my new home. I feel completely comfortable in there and don't worry about crazy looks people give me any more. I do have to say though that when I got on the treadmill yesterday some younger girls were laughing in the row behind me and somehow my twisted little brain thought they were laughing at me. Great...right? I'm sure they weren't, now that I'm out of the moment, but it's so sad to immediately assume that!!!
So Day 04 of 61 was scheduled to be a Pilates Fix Day and a longer run, but since I'm going to do my long runs on Fridays (since weekends will be kid & hubby time) I cut my run short to a good mile and did Total Cardio Fix again knowing that Pilates would kill my legs in preparation for my run on Friday.
Not sure if I've talked about this before, but I have a little routine I do, when doing my Fix workouts. I get a mat and weights then set my RunKeeper to an interval of one minute steady and fifteen seconds slow on repeat so I do an exercise for a minute then rest for fifteen seconds, the way that they do it on the DVD. Its great because it beeps at me to tell me when to change so I don't really even have to look at the clock!
I could do it on BEACHBODY ON DEMAND, but it seems easier since I know all the exercises already to do it that way.
Anyway I can't believe I've already finished four days in a row! That's more days in a row than I've done in two months. I've checked my weight all week and I'm already down about 3 lbs. I know this will fluctuate in the next few weeks, but at least I'm going in the right direction!
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Just in case you want to add me as a friend on my running apps:
Patty_Gordon on Nike+ (this is the one I use the most for running)
Patty Gordon on MapMyRun
Patty Brown Gordon on RunKeeper
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Gym & Training Day 03 Recap
#NoKidsAllowed
Yesterday was day three... I was as sore as I've been in a long time, but I went to the gym, jumped on the treadmill and did 2.5 miles without issue...well sort of... about half way through my workout a mom brought her two elementary school age kids into the workout room and while they weren't being completely out of control, they were a distraction from what I was doing. There is a playroom for the kids at the gym, a VERY nice one, so the fact that this mom had her kids in with us was mind boggling and a big distraction. Part of the reason I'm working out at the gym is so that I can get my mind off my kids and get my mind on me. Sounds crappy, but really, it's MomMe time!!!
Anyway, did a great job with the running then took my place in the corner with my weights and did Lower Fix. I always feel a bit exposed when doing exercises, like some expert is going to be watching me and telling me I'm doing it wrong, but it never happens. I remembered most of the exercises I needed to do, but after running my legs were like jello so I did them in a slightly different order when my legs were telling me that they couldn't do any more of a certain action.
Let me tell you it was a struggle to get that last set of exercises in, luckily I was sitting on the ground to do the leg lifts or I probably would have fallen down. I even had trouble walking back to get the kids!
My highlight was being able to show the kids where I workout! They wanted to see where I was so I walked them in and told them all about my workout.
After that I collected up the kids and they got to play with one of our neighbors in the pool. I can't believe that today is now day 4. We are going to do a later session due to my daughter's dance class, but it should be a great day 4!
My food has been hit and miss the last three days. I'm doing it all right, but I feel like I'm still not getting in enough food. Food prep for next week is going to be a BIG priority!
Also I'm excited. One of my fellow Challenge Group peeps is going to run the 10k with me in August! I can't wait to get out on the bike trails and get that BLING!!!
Yesterday was day three... I was as sore as I've been in a long time, but I went to the gym, jumped on the treadmill and did 2.5 miles without issue...well sort of... about half way through my workout a mom brought her two elementary school age kids into the workout room and while they weren't being completely out of control, they were a distraction from what I was doing. There is a playroom for the kids at the gym, a VERY nice one, so the fact that this mom had her kids in with us was mind boggling and a big distraction. Part of the reason I'm working out at the gym is so that I can get my mind off my kids and get my mind on me. Sounds crappy, but really, it's MomMe time!!!
Anyway, did a great job with the running then took my place in the corner with my weights and did Lower Fix. I always feel a bit exposed when doing exercises, like some expert is going to be watching me and telling me I'm doing it wrong, but it never happens. I remembered most of the exercises I needed to do, but after running my legs were like jello so I did them in a slightly different order when my legs were telling me that they couldn't do any more of a certain action.
Let me tell you it was a struggle to get that last set of exercises in, luckily I was sitting on the ground to do the leg lifts or I probably would have fallen down. I even had trouble walking back to get the kids!
My highlight was being able to show the kids where I workout! They wanted to see where I was so I walked them in and told them all about my workout.
After that I collected up the kids and they got to play with one of our neighbors in the pool. I can't believe that today is now day 4. We are going to do a later session due to my daughter's dance class, but it should be a great day 4!
My food has been hit and miss the last three days. I'm doing it all right, but I feel like I'm still not getting in enough food. Food prep for next week is going to be a BIG priority!
Also I'm excited. One of my fellow Challenge Group peeps is going to run the 10k with me in August! I can't wait to get out on the bike trails and get that BLING!!!
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Gym & Training Day 02 ReCap
#Meltdown
Yesterday's workout was amazing...2.5 mile run went great with a great time on it. I took some weights into a corner and did the 2 session 5 exercise each rotations and while I think a lot of people were looking at me crazy, it worked well to do it off to the side of the weight mirror.
Upper Fix was so good that today it's hard to sit up and it hurts when I sneeze...signs that all those muscles that have been sleeping since January are now awake. It's funny though that my arms aren't the ones that are feeling it, but my abs that are going crazy!!!
We spent an hour and a half at the pool with the kids that was great! The kids played with another little girl for a while and when it was time to go I didn't have to do anything more than tell them it was time.
What happened after leaving the gym was a total disaster!
You know that picture that they show of the frazzled mom with two kids having temper tantrums in the middle of the grocery store? That was me!!! I had two kids crying as I was leaving the store and spent the next 40 minutes listening to my son freak out before he passed out and took a nap.
Food for the most part was on track, but I need more greens!!! And how am I supposed to eat all those reds? I guess today I'll have to revaluate what I'm doing.
Yesterday's workout was amazing...2.5 mile run went great with a great time on it. I took some weights into a corner and did the 2 session 5 exercise each rotations and while I think a lot of people were looking at me crazy, it worked well to do it off to the side of the weight mirror.
Upper Fix was so good that today it's hard to sit up and it hurts when I sneeze...signs that all those muscles that have been sleeping since January are now awake. It's funny though that my arms aren't the ones that are feeling it, but my abs that are going crazy!!!
We spent an hour and a half at the pool with the kids that was great! The kids played with another little girl for a while and when it was time to go I didn't have to do anything more than tell them it was time.
What happened after leaving the gym was a total disaster!
You know that picture that they show of the frazzled mom with two kids having temper tantrums in the middle of the grocery store? That was me!!! I had two kids crying as I was leaving the store and spent the next 40 minutes listening to my son freak out before he passed out and took a nap.
Food for the most part was on track, but I need more greens!!! And how am I supposed to eat all those reds? I guess today I'll have to revaluate what I'm doing.
Monday, June 1, 2015
WIEN
#WIEN(what I'm eating now): couscous using coconut oil
instead of olive oil & baked
chicken with garlic salt and
pepper #getfitforthemforme #summermeltdownchallengegroup #summerbreeze10korbust #dinner #chicken #couscous
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