Triumph

Tonight, for the first time in years and years and years (so many years that I can't remember how many years) I was able to do the stretch above without holding a wall. No struggling, no leaning, no grabbing my shoe and holding onto the inside of the back. I did this stretch standing on one leg and it was awesome!

Next goal-squats

Goals for the week of May 30-June 5

Goals for the week of May 23-29
1) 3 fruits/veggies per day
2) On average-1750 calories per day
3) email personal trainer
4) make a trip to the farmer's market to stock up on some lovely fruit
5) Take all medications this week (it takes 28 days to make a habit)
6) Get the hula hoop off of the floor and moving on my hips
7) Measure/weigh all food this week

Whoa! Well I didn't realize that I didn't pay attention to my goals at all this week. Time to step it back up. I didn't lose any weight this week but I'm also incredibly bloated so I think that I will have a big weight loss this next week. I'm moving, that's for sure and making it to the gym is becoming second nature to me. This next week is focusing on food. I have a problem controlling my portions and just "eyeball" what I eat. My mantra this week is measure, measure, measure!!

Goals for the week of May 30-June 5
1) 3 fruits/veggies per day
2) On average-1750 calories per day
3) email personal trainer
4) make a trip to the farmer's market to stock up on some lovely fruit
5) Take Monkeyface out for bike rides this week
6) Try one new thing this week
7) Measure/weigh all food this week

Movement May 30-June 5

May 23-29

May 23) 90 minutes of yoga
May 24) 45 minutes elliptical plus weights (30 minutes elliptical plus 30 minutes weights)
May 25) 30 minutes stationary bike (32 minutes elliptical, 28 minutes bike)
May 26) 30 minutes elliptical plus 30 minutes circuit training (30 minutes elliptical plus 24 treadmill)
May 27) situps 100am/100pm
May 28) 60 minutes elliptical
May 29) 30 minutes treadmill

I completely forgot that Saturday was spoken for and that I miss going to the gym. I was exhausted on Sunday so I opted to pass out on the couch for a few hours because it was needed. Still made it to the gym for 4 days this week and the guys behind the counter at the gym are starting to know my name.

May 30-June 5
May 30) 65 minutes elliptical (averaging 15 minutes per mile yay!!)
May 31) 90 minutes yoga
June 1) rest
June 2) 30 minutes elliptical, 30 minutes circuit training
June 3) rest
June 4) 60 minutes elliptical
June 5) 30 minutes stationary bike

Goals for the week of May 23-29

Goals for the week of May 16-22
1) 5 fruits/veggies per day
2) On average-1750 calories per day
3) Schedule a personal training session at the gym so I can get reassessed and learn how to use the treadmill
4) Get party supplies for little one's birthday
5) Take all medications this week (it takes 28 days to make a habit)
6) Get the hula hoop off of the floor and moving on my hips
7) Get an exercise/stability ball for use at home

I really tried to get the hula hoop up and moving, however it just falls off over and over again. I'm going to watch a few videos and see if I can get this thing moving next week. Still working on food control. I'm not sure what to do about this so I'm going to brainstorm this next week.

Goals for the week of May 23-29
1) 3 fruits/veggies per day
2) On average-1750 calories per day
3) email personal trainer
4) make a trip to the farmer's market to stock up on some lovely fruit
5) Take all medications this week (it takes 28 days to make a habit)
6) Get the hula hoop off of the floor and moving on my hips
7) Measure/weigh all food this week

May 23-29 (movement)

Week of May 16-22

May 16) 75 minutes of yoga
May 17) 30 minutes elliptical + 30 minutes circuit training
May 18) 40 minutes elliptical
May 19) Rest (done with pleasure!!)
May 20) Crunches (150AM/150PM)
May 21) 30 minutes elliptical + 30 minutes circuit training (60 minutes elliptical)
May 22) free day-whatever I feel like doing (just cleaned and didn't leave the house all day)

I feel like I spent this week breaking records. First 45 minutes on the elliptical, then a 12:12 mile on the elliptical, followed by a full hour on the elliptical. Elliptical, elliptical, elliptical....sometimes I feel like this machine is my best challenger. I can't wait to see what I'm going to do this next week.

May 23-29

May 23) 90 minutes of yoga
May 24) 45 minutes elliptical plus weights (30 minutes weight plus 30 minutes weights)
May 25) 30 minutes stationary bike (32 minutes elliptical, 28 minutes bike)
May 26) 30 minutes elliptical plus 30 minutes circuit training (30 minutes elliptical plus 24 treadmill)
May 27) situps 100am/100pm
May 28) 60 minutes elliptical
May 29) 30 minutes treadmill

Week 6

Goals for the week of May 9-15
1) 5 fruits/veggies per day
2) On average-1750 calories per day
3) At least 15 minutes of activity every day this week
4) Get party supplies for little one's birthday
5) Take all medications this week (it takes 28 days to make a habit)
6) Figure out 5 new low calorie snacks that I can eat
7) Eat 5 yogurts this week

I definitely need to up my fruit & veggie intake so I'm really going to focus on this. I almost did 15 minutes of activity every day this week but I was just too exhausted yesterday. On average, I definitely did more than normal but I'm still not going to mark it off. Still need to get party supplies.

5 snacks:
1) loving the yogurts I've been trying for 100 calories or less each
2) string cheese with one piece of deli turkey wrapped around
3) Pretzels with mustard
4) Pistachios-totally worth the work
5) Skinny Cow Heavely crisp bar-YUM!

And I have been eating yogurt after my workouts and I've had no leg cramps this week except for the one day that I didn't eat one. So I suppose I'll be eating one of those every day I work out from now on. Lesson learned.

Goals for the week of May 16-22
1) 5 fruits/veggies per day
2) On average-1750 calories per day
3) Schedule a personal training session at the gym so I can get reassessed and learn how to use the treadmill
4) Get party supplies for little one's birthday
5) Take all medications this week (it takes 28 days to make a habit)
6) Get the hula hoop off of the floor and moving on my hips
7) Get an exercise/stability ball for use at home

Week of May 16-22 movement

Week of May 9-15
May 9) elliptical-35 minutes/weights
May 10) Flow Yoga-90 minutes
May 11) gardening (only 10 minutes but I made up for it!)
May 12) bike plus weights (this day I made up for the lack of gardening and did 35 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of circuit training.
May 13) 250 situps (125AM/125PM) TOO EXHAUSTED!!
May 14) elliptical plus weights today I did 30 minutes of circuit training plus 15 minutes on the bike.
May 15) walk around the neighborhood (Spent most of my day at a wedding and then was just too tired to do anything else. I am listening to my body.)

Took off 3 lbs last week so I have BUSTED through my plateau. Here's to keeping it up this week. I'm also surprised that I was pissed that I couldn't work out on Wednesday. I'm suddenly turned into the woman that is obsessed with moving.

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Week of May 16-22

May 16) 75 minutes of yoga
May 17) 30 minutes elliptical + 30 minutes circuit training
May 18) 40 minutes elliptical
May 19) Rest
May 20) Crunches (150AM/150PM)
May 21) 30 minutes elliptical + 30 minutes circuit training
May 22) free day-whatever I feel like doing