I am on my second week of the Couch to 5K running plan and so far things are going pretty well. My mom and I went on Monday night and froze our butts off and then the rain and wind got going but we laughed and said that we were hard core since we were out there doing it :-)
I felt bad though because I couldn't continue running the entire thing because of my foot. I had surgery on it in November 2010 and they had to fuze my joint together so my arch no longer can bend or collapse. I am just trying to get it back to full strength and it needs to remember that I can and will run on it. I know that once I lose more weight though it will not hurt as much since there won't be as much weight bearing on my foot.
My mom mentioned to me on Monday night that she can see that this time is different, that I have the determination to change this time. I agree with that also. There is something that just clicked in my mind this time and made me realize that I want and need to change my life and my weight.
I am going to a yoga class hopefully on Saturday so that will be a new experience. I have never done yoga before but I am looking forward to it. I heard from my son's teacher that it is quite the work-out :)
Hope you all have a great day!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Couch to 5K Begins!
Sorry I haven't posted in awhile! Things can get a little hectic in my house at times :) I finished up my 3 kickboxing classes last week, it was a blast. A lot of work but it was fun. I loved thta it was an hour workout that didn't seem like an hour at all. My mom came with to the last two classes and that made it even more enjoyable.
She kept saying to me that she was proud of me and that she was going to get her work-out buddy back again :) Well Mom, I am back!
Tonight my mom and I are starting the "Couch to 5K" program. She downloaded the app on her phone that tells us when to run, walk, cool-down, ect. I am pretty excited to begin. It is a running/walking program that will have you running 3.2 miles regularly in 2 months. Sounds good to me! I know that I am young still (almost 27!) so I am hoping that my body is able to jump back into the running and it is just a matter of getting my endurance back. The nice thing is that running isn't new to my body, yes it may have been awhile since I have done it but it isn't totally new. I used to run 20+ miles a week before ;) I got this!
I am really wanting to cut my hair, it is really getting annoying but I am holding true to what I have said before...I will not cut my hair until I get below 200. I have 10 pounds to go and then I will be posting a picture of my new do.
I am so thankful that I have my mom to help work-out with me. Tim still does but it is nice to have another woman to work out with too. My mom and I used to run together all the time so it will be nice to do it again. We would always have some great talks while we walked/ran. She is truly one of my best friends and I thank God for her every day! It is a great stress reliever and Lord knows I need a stress reliever in my life right now.
I found out a couple weeks ago that I am unable to work from home 2x/wk like I was before. I was going to do this until September so Tim and I could save on daycare a little bit and it was a great way to be able to spend time with my baby since she is my last. Well, as we all know, the military loves to change their minds and I was told to come back 5 days, which means 5 days of daycare x 3 kids= EXPENSIVE! But worth it! I LOVE the daycare they go to so Tim and I just need to become frugal and omit little things here and there until September when my oldest (still my baby!) heads to kindergarten. Tear! So that is a big stress in my life right now so it is very nice that working out with my mom is FREE!
I have officially become addicted to PINTREST (more than I already was!) and there are a lot of great ideas for workouts on there too that you can do in the comfort of your own home so I am looking at those too.
Still going strong on NO FAST FOOD!
Have a great day everyone!
She kept saying to me that she was proud of me and that she was going to get her work-out buddy back again :) Well Mom, I am back!
Tonight my mom and I are starting the "Couch to 5K" program. She downloaded the app on her phone that tells us when to run, walk, cool-down, ect. I am pretty excited to begin. It is a running/walking program that will have you running 3.2 miles regularly in 2 months. Sounds good to me! I know that I am young still (almost 27!) so I am hoping that my body is able to jump back into the running and it is just a matter of getting my endurance back. The nice thing is that running isn't new to my body, yes it may have been awhile since I have done it but it isn't totally new. I used to run 20+ miles a week before ;) I got this!
I am really wanting to cut my hair, it is really getting annoying but I am holding true to what I have said before...I will not cut my hair until I get below 200. I have 10 pounds to go and then I will be posting a picture of my new do.
I am so thankful that I have my mom to help work-out with me. Tim still does but it is nice to have another woman to work out with too. My mom and I used to run together all the time so it will be nice to do it again. We would always have some great talks while we walked/ran. She is truly one of my best friends and I thank God for her every day! It is a great stress reliever and Lord knows I need a stress reliever in my life right now.
I found out a couple weeks ago that I am unable to work from home 2x/wk like I was before. I was going to do this until September so Tim and I could save on daycare a little bit and it was a great way to be able to spend time with my baby since she is my last. Well, as we all know, the military loves to change their minds and I was told to come back 5 days, which means 5 days of daycare x 3 kids= EXPENSIVE! But worth it! I LOVE the daycare they go to so Tim and I just need to become frugal and omit little things here and there until September when my oldest (still my baby!) heads to kindergarten. Tear! So that is a big stress in my life right now so it is very nice that working out with my mom is FREE!
I have officially become addicted to PINTREST (more than I already was!) and there are a lot of great ideas for workouts on there too that you can do in the comfort of your own home so I am looking at those too.
Still going strong on NO FAST FOOD!
Have a great day everyone!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Kickboxing=Success
Yesterday night I decided to go to a kickboxing class with one of my friends, I was scared but I still was going to do it, especially since I spent $20 on 3 classes I for sure needed to go :-) Well, it was a BLAST! It was a very tough workout but it was fun. I really enjoyed it and it didn't seem like it was an hour long workout at all. It was nice to get out of the house and enjoy some "me" time too.
I encourage everyone to try this class...it is located in Saint Paul and you can sign up online at http://www.ilovekickboxing.com/ and get 3 classes for $19.99 and they will even give you a free pair of gloves when you come! If you end up becoming a member after those 3 sessions make sure to mention my name :) I have my mom signing up too! Hopefully I find a money tree somewhere after these 3 sessions so I can find a way to keep going after.
I am extremely sore today but I am still moving so that is good. I keep trying to get up from my desk to walk around every hour or so. That way I don't become stiff. Tim and I did Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred on Monday night too and then kickboxing last night. I am not sure if I will be able to do it again tonight but if not then I will do a stretching video or something. Still need to make sure I am doing something. There is NO QUITTING!
The Marines at work are trying to get me to work out in the gym with them during the day but I told them I am still a little self conscious to be working out with them. They told me that no one would be laughing at me because it is the fact that I am actually in the gym and doing something so that is all that matters. We will see if I get the courage soon!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful week! Have a great day!
I encourage everyone to try this class...it is located in Saint Paul and you can sign up online at http://www.ilovekickboxing.com/ and get 3 classes for $19.99 and they will even give you a free pair of gloves when you come! If you end up becoming a member after those 3 sessions make sure to mention my name :) I have my mom signing up too! Hopefully I find a money tree somewhere after these 3 sessions so I can find a way to keep going after.
I am extremely sore today but I am still moving so that is good. I keep trying to get up from my desk to walk around every hour or so. That way I don't become stiff. Tim and I did Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred on Monday night too and then kickboxing last night. I am not sure if I will be able to do it again tonight but if not then I will do a stretching video or something. Still need to make sure I am doing something. There is NO QUITTING!
The Marines at work are trying to get me to work out in the gym with them during the day but I told them I am still a little self conscious to be working out with them. They told me that no one would be laughing at me because it is the fact that I am actually in the gym and doing something so that is all that matters. We will see if I get the courage soon!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful week! Have a great day!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Down 2 pounds!
As the title states: I have lost 2 pounds so far! Not alot but hey it is 2 pounds that I don't want or need :)
I did Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred last night with Tim...owie! I can feel it today :) Which is a good thing! I remember in High School one of my coaches (who I wasn't too fond of during high school at all!) Coach Geotz had told us that when we are sore after working out and running then it means that we did something. It means that we worked the correct muscles and that we pushed ourselves past our comfort zone. Well I can honestly say that Jillian pushed me way beyond my comfort zone! It was so nice that Tim was doing it with me, even though we both know that he doesn't need to work out ;) Whenever I felt like I needed to quit or stop, he was right behind me saying "come on baby you can do this, keep going!" It was nice to have that encouragement and support.
We are going to do it everyday until we have completed the video. We decided that we are going to try and do each level 10 days in a row. Hopefully by day 10 I will have been able to do more than I was on Day 1 for level 1!
I also made myself a delicious Protein Smoothie this morning for my drive into work. It was pretty good :) I used vanilla protein powder, frozen strawberries and bananas, and milk. The kids were so intrigued by it :) They were giggling while I was making them and everything! They are too cute. I do have to make fun of myself though, so I am a virgin at this whole protein powder stuff, so when I went to open the container to put in my scoop of it I about screamed. That scoop is HUGE! Here I was thinking that it was going to be like the size of Adalyn's formula scoop but oh no not at all! Tim laughed at me.
Tomorrow I am going to a kickboxing class in Saint Paul with one of my very good friends. I am nervous as can be but I am excited. Especially when I get a text message from Jamie yesterday evening that says "Make sure to wear comfortable clothes. Bring tons of water and also make sure to have ibuprofen. Take it for 2 days after because you are going to hurt!" Nice, just what I need. Again though I think about what Coach Geotz said to me and I will push through the pain...I may not be able to move come Wednesday but I will have done it!
Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
I did Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred last night with Tim...owie! I can feel it today :) Which is a good thing! I remember in High School one of my coaches (who I wasn't too fond of during high school at all!) Coach Geotz had told us that when we are sore after working out and running then it means that we did something. It means that we worked the correct muscles and that we pushed ourselves past our comfort zone. Well I can honestly say that Jillian pushed me way beyond my comfort zone! It was so nice that Tim was doing it with me, even though we both know that he doesn't need to work out ;) Whenever I felt like I needed to quit or stop, he was right behind me saying "come on baby you can do this, keep going!" It was nice to have that encouragement and support.
We are going to do it everyday until we have completed the video. We decided that we are going to try and do each level 10 days in a row. Hopefully by day 10 I will have been able to do more than I was on Day 1 for level 1!
I also made myself a delicious Protein Smoothie this morning for my drive into work. It was pretty good :) I used vanilla protein powder, frozen strawberries and bananas, and milk. The kids were so intrigued by it :) They were giggling while I was making them and everything! They are too cute. I do have to make fun of myself though, so I am a virgin at this whole protein powder stuff, so when I went to open the container to put in my scoop of it I about screamed. That scoop is HUGE! Here I was thinking that it was going to be like the size of Adalyn's formula scoop but oh no not at all! Tim laughed at me.
Tomorrow I am going to a kickboxing class in Saint Paul with one of my very good friends. I am nervous as can be but I am excited. Especially when I get a text message from Jamie yesterday evening that says "Make sure to wear comfortable clothes. Bring tons of water and also make sure to have ibuprofen. Take it for 2 days after because you are going to hurt!" Nice, just what I need. Again though I think about what Coach Geotz said to me and I will push through the pain...I may not be able to move come Wednesday but I will have done it!
Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
1 week into NO FAST FOOD!
It has been a week since I decided to give up Fast Food and I would have to say we have been doing really well with it :) I have also been really good at making sure if I have been drinking pop that it has been only diet pop!!! Go me!
I do have to be honest though...I know that Tim and I had said that we were going to start working out with doing P90X and everything but we haven't gotten to that point yet :( The kids and us all have colds and I have been feeling like I was going to literally cough up a lung everyday so we decided that it would just drag us all down even more if we tried to add an exercise routine on top of feeling like crap. Plus, Miss Adalyn got a really bad cold herself too so she hasn't been sleeping the greatest which wears out mommy and daddy too.
I am starting to feel human again though so even if Tim is not feeling up to the P90X then I will just have to do something else myself :) I was thinking about starting the Jillian Michael's 30 day shred again. I have tried it before and really liked it because it wasn't a "long" workout and with having a 3 month old and everthing sometimes all I get is 20-30 minutes of "free" time :) Not that I am complaining at all!
I took adavantage of the wet heavy snow we got yesterday and went out and shoveled some of it that Tim didn't get. It wasn't a lot but it is the fact that I got out there and did it. I am feeling it in my lower back though :(
I also got some great tips from one of my dear college roommates...Angie :) She looks AMAZING :) She also struggled with her weight but looking at her now you would never have thought that! She saw my blog and wrote to me and said that she was willing to help me out by giving me some advice on what she did. I really appreciated that too Ang!
I wish I could get a membership at the gym but I know that is just not financially possible at this moment but maybe some day it will be. There are some great exercises that she did but they will not work to be done in my living room...I actually need weight machines :( She did give me tips though on eating, she followed the "Body For Life" recommendations to help plan her meals and said that she has a "free day" on Sunday so she doesn't feel like she is totally depriving herself of a treat every now and then. I am going to do that also and hubby is on board with me! So Sunday is going to be our free day, the day that we can endulge in our sweet tooth! It will be a nice way to tell ourselves that yes we may want ice cream on Tuesday but it will taste even sweeter come Sunday!
I didn't weigh in on Saturday because I was feeling under the weather so I will weigh in this coming Saturday. I just need to remind myself that it isn't going to happen immediately and that there will be ups and downs. Sometimes you gain in the beginning before your body realizes that you are not starving and it stops holding onto every calorie you put in your body!
Have a wonderful day everyone!
I do have to be honest though...I know that Tim and I had said that we were going to start working out with doing P90X and everything but we haven't gotten to that point yet :( The kids and us all have colds and I have been feeling like I was going to literally cough up a lung everyday so we decided that it would just drag us all down even more if we tried to add an exercise routine on top of feeling like crap. Plus, Miss Adalyn got a really bad cold herself too so she hasn't been sleeping the greatest which wears out mommy and daddy too.
I am starting to feel human again though so even if Tim is not feeling up to the P90X then I will just have to do something else myself :) I was thinking about starting the Jillian Michael's 30 day shred again. I have tried it before and really liked it because it wasn't a "long" workout and with having a 3 month old and everthing sometimes all I get is 20-30 minutes of "free" time :) Not that I am complaining at all!
I took adavantage of the wet heavy snow we got yesterday and went out and shoveled some of it that Tim didn't get. It wasn't a lot but it is the fact that I got out there and did it. I am feeling it in my lower back though :(
I also got some great tips from one of my dear college roommates...Angie :) She looks AMAZING :) She also struggled with her weight but looking at her now you would never have thought that! She saw my blog and wrote to me and said that she was willing to help me out by giving me some advice on what she did. I really appreciated that too Ang!
I wish I could get a membership at the gym but I know that is just not financially possible at this moment but maybe some day it will be. There are some great exercises that she did but they will not work to be done in my living room...I actually need weight machines :( She did give me tips though on eating, she followed the "Body For Life" recommendations to help plan her meals and said that she has a "free day" on Sunday so she doesn't feel like she is totally depriving herself of a treat every now and then. I am going to do that also and hubby is on board with me! So Sunday is going to be our free day, the day that we can endulge in our sweet tooth! It will be a nice way to tell ourselves that yes we may want ice cream on Tuesday but it will taste even sweeter come Sunday!
I didn't weigh in on Saturday because I was feeling under the weather so I will weigh in this coming Saturday. I just need to remind myself that it isn't going to happen immediately and that there will be ups and downs. Sometimes you gain in the beginning before your body realizes that you are not starving and it stops holding onto every calorie you put in your body!
Have a wonderful day everyone!
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