02/07/2011

I did great I got in plenty of cardio to start my week off right.

Stationary Bike:
15 Minutes at level 5

Week 2 Day 1 C25K
Per Schedule: Brisk walk 5 minutes, jog 90 seconds, walk 2 minutes.. continue for 20 minutes.
What I did: Brisk walk 5 minutes, jog 90 seconds, walk 2 minutes.. continued for 40 minutes.

Food Issues:
1 cup of Hot Chocolate
Cereal, 1/2 cup pasta, 4 tootsie roll midges, @ 1/8 cup whole fat cheese

Food Qualities:
5 8oz glasses of water (need to improve that)
2 8oz glasses of skim milk
ate nuts, grapes, & banana for snacks

Evil Plateau!

Well I have hit a very Evil Plateau in my weight loss goals.. I have been hovering around 163-165.. I have 13-15 lbs to lose and it just isn't happening. I know I occasionally have a small snack.. but nothing too bad.. So my next action plan is Shakeology. I ordered a month supply in hopes that it will get me over this stupid plateau.
I am training for a 5k run in September or October (Race for the Cure). I am doing the C25K training method (Couch to 5K). It is an awesome method and it works.. I am of course doing it on a treadmill right now due to the weather. So I am getting cardio in at least 3 days a week and I am trying to do other things on 3 of the other days.
Wish me luck!

My own Personal Challenge

I have created my own personal challenge for the month of January 2011. From 01/03/11 to 01/30/11 I will be Eating Clean, Drinking tons of water, exercising at least 6 days a week for at least 1 hour a day, meditating more often, taking Katie Time, getting accurate amounts of sleep, participating in Project 365, saving money and learning something new (haven't decided on what to learn yet)!

I will be holding myself accountable for my actions and non-actions, good choices and bad choices, motivation and excuses!!! If I can do this for 24 straight days, I can create the healthy well being that I want! I can't depend on others to help ME, it is only ME that can help ME!!

I am taking steps to reach my goal weight of 150 lbs by June 1, 2011. Day by day I will sit down and reflect on what I did that day to better myself or what I did to harm myself. I will then make adjustments on how to just BETTER myself with no harming allowed!

SORRY!!!

Well I blew it with my first attempt at Insanity.. and I feel terrible about it.. It seems I have let several things get in my way and my mind. I have done the exercises on and off through out the past 2 months but not consistantly like I needed to or wanted to.
I have made a new goal (not a new years resolution) to get started HARD CORE on January 3, 2011 and sticking with it.. This week and next week while vacationing and off work.. I am going to do ab work and different work outs each day to get myself back into the swing of things.
I think I am going to take accountability pics too... I have seen many people doing that and it seems to work for them so I may as well try it for myself.
I am taking on other GOALS for 2011 as well.. I will be doing a picture 365 Project and I am super excited about it.. I love photography and this is a great way to get me into it and see how I like it as well as document my whole year. Fun and exciting things are coming for me and my family in 2011 and I want it to all be documented for our future memories.
Well again.. I have just stank it up on my work outs and I WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!

Insanity Fit Test #1

Day 1 Fit Test results:
Switch Kicks: *either 37 or 74
Power Jacks: 34
Power Knees: **66
Power Jumps: 22
Globe Jumps: 7 (YIKES)
Suicide Jumps: 9
Push-up Jacks: 13
Low Plank Oblique: 25

*not sure if I count every kick or every other kick
**do you switch to the other side for the next test?

Overall I think I did fairly good considering I am sick with allergies and want to go to bed now! I am following up this fit test with a Results and Recovery Drink.. YUMMY!

INSANITY

Well I haven't been here in a while and well I have been really sucking at keeping up with my work outs.. basically did Yoga a few times and some ab work here and there but other than that NOTHING.. ashamed but that's the truth. But I am here now to do something about it.. with the help of INSANITY. I totally had to pick the butt kickingest program to get my ass back in gear.. I start tomorrow..
Taking my measurements tonight.
I'll update with my fit test results tomorrow and how well I do with the meal plan.
WISH ME LUCK!!!

Missing: Me

Well I have had a rough patch lately and have just been letting negativity overrun me. I have to get out of that mindset and do what it takes to be ME! I started BBL and a little running.. BBL is great but after P90X it just didn't challenge me enough so I moved back to P90X for a 2nd round.. SUPER right? well not really.. after the 1st complete week I felt great and was proud of my accomplishments because I was actually doing the work outs soooo much better than the 1st round. Well then vacation came along and it is really hard to take P90X with you on the road to visit family because not only do you have to have the space you have to have the time and in our case we live so far away from all of our family that we like to spend pretty much all of time visiting and catching up. I know some may consider that an excuse but I don't.. You can't judge unless you are in the same shoes. So I did actually get one run in while visiting but OMG it was 33 degrees out there and I of course brought shorts to work out in LOL needless to say my 30+ minute run whittled down to a tough 20 minutes. A very COLD 20 minutes.. now get this.. it wasn't really my legs that got cold.. my hands (especially my thumbs) and my ears were hurting so bad.. I didn't even worry about the breathing thing LOL I was in pain.. haha
Well so to add to the coldness and mind you I chose the COLDEST morning of the trip to run, but after that my sister in law informed me that I should run with our dog or just not do it at all because there was a missing girl from the neighborhood and they suspected foul play. So that kind of freaked me out because I can't run with Russell, he is impossible to control when he sees something he wants on walks let alone a run LOL .. he would have taken me for a run rather hahaha.. And so I didn't run any more for the remainder of my trip. Good thing I think though since they found the girls remains during that week in the park I was running near YIKES.. so I guess I was OK for not running..
So anyway after that long ramble.. I get home and am ready to Rock and Roll again with my exercise routine right?? WRONG.. I get a super duper allergy attack and am out for 2 days.. then the Halloween ruckus starts and now here I am November 1, 2010 and I should be on my Recovery week from my 1st month of P90X.. buttttttt NOOOOO I am not.. I am sitting here typing about how I am missing.
But I did decide to take a small break from working out and here is my reason..
I am a new Beachbody coach and I want to get my biz off the ground and running. I spend 1 to 1 1/2 hours daily on P90X or another exercise program.. after working a full day, cooking for my family, eating, homework and quality time.. it is time for bed.. so I have had no time to make on working on my biz.. so I have decided that I will replace my work out time with Biz time until I can get it MOVING.. but will continue to do small exercises (10-15 minutes) when I can each day. I am dieting also kinda.. I don't really consider it dieting though because I eat pretty healthy every day any way.. so what i am doing is .. I am eliminating grains every other day. So no rice, bread, pasta, cereal, etc... every other day.. and so far I am doing really good.. I am down to 165 lbs so I am still losing weight and I only have about 10-15lbs to go. I am excited and will do anything to get to my goal of 150-155..

"To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail." ~ Dorothea Brande