Day Thirty-Two

I decided to take my gym bag to work with me today. I'm working longer hours, so if I go home after work, with every intention of changing clothes and going to the gym, it sometimes doesn't happen. I get home, see my cute hubby and my cute doggies, and it makes it very hard to leave again. So after work I went straight to the gym. Best idea! I'm going to have to do that every day to make sure I get my workout in. In order to get my 200 minutes of cardio every week I have to do roughly 30 EVERYDAY! I have not done that this week. So today and tomorrow I have to do 60 minutes of cardio to meet my goal.

I am starting to be able to tell a real difference though. My jeans are fitting looser (so are my bras, I feel like the lady in the slimquick commercial!!) and I definitely have more energy and endurance. It is pretty rigorous right now, working so much and trying to get in atleast an hour at the gym every night. I know it will be worth it, just got to stick with it!

Today's Workout:

1 Hour on Eliptical

3 x 15 Chest Press

3 x 15 Tricep Extensions

100 crunches (I know I'm supposed to do 200!!)

Day Thirty-One

Happy Valentine's Day!

Did I workout today - no way!

Instead I had a huge cheese stuffed pasta dinner with really buttery garlic bread and it was so good. I forgot how good cheese and butter taste!! Tomorrow I'm back on the hard-boiled egg whites. But I definitely enjoyed our night out!,

Day Thirty

No exercise today. I hate that I skipped my workout, but I'm exhausted!

Day Twenty-Nine

It is February, and I've been working out for almost one month. Since I'm now basically on month two I need to increase everything. I found this helpful article and have decided to increase the cardio to 120 minutes per week and I'm going to try a few of the exercises they recommend in the article as well. The double ball push up looks great, as does the pass crunch. I'm also going to start doing atleast 200 crunches a day. One set of 100 in the morning and another set of 100 before bed, and any additional at the gym. Yesterday I did a set of 50 for the upper ab and another set of 50 for the lower ab on the bosu. That was a great ab workout, especially for the lower hard to reach abs.

I got this in an email and thought it was soo funny!! And I think it totally fits in with this little blog.

Day Twenty-Eight

This is were some major commitment will come into play! My tax season hours went into effect starting this week. Which means I have to work 56 hours per week until April 15, so it will be very challenging to go to the gym or running before or after work everyday. If I can manage the 100+ minutes of cardio every week, plus two or three days of weight training I'll be ok.

Today's Workout:

45 Minutes on Eliptical

Arms

Abs

Day Twenty-Seven

Such a great day to be outside!

Today's Workout:
3 1/2 Mile Run
20 Pushups

Day Twenty-Six

Running with Denver today. The tide was high so James took Packer and I took Denver on their leash on the street. That was bad! Our two dogs have never really been leash trained. They've been hunting dogs, so they are trained to sniff out everything, run in the bushes to scare out birds. Whenever we take them running it's always someplace we can just let them go, like in the foothills or on the beach when the tide is out. So on the leash today was pretty frustrated for both myself and poor Denver. He would just run right in front of me, so I would end up tripping, and he wants to stop and smell EVERYTHING! My three mile run took about 45 minutes becuase we kept stopping. Denver definitely got more benefit from our workout.

It was so nice today that we went surfing in the afternoon. Great arm workout again. I'm getting the feel of it, and think the next time we go out I'll be able to get all the way up and actually ride the wave!

Today's Workout:

3 Mile Run/Walk

1 Hour surfing/swimming

Day Twenty-Five

Friday! Our visitors left so now I have no excuse. The weather is amazing, it will be 70 and sunny when I get off work. A run on the beach is in order! Since I completely slacked off and ate like the guys do I'll need to hit the stairs a few times too.

Today's Workout:
3 Mile Run
Stairs - 4 x
45 push ups
100 crunches

Day Twenty-Four

Another play day. Tomorrow I'm back on the working out routine. Summer is getting close, I can feel it!

Day Twenty-Three

We had our first visitor today, so I skipped my workout. We did all go for a walk on the beach, although we went pretty slow, meandering really, so I don't think I burned any calories. And of course being a good hostess, I had to bake dessert right! So I know I definitely put more in than I put out today!

Day Twenty-Two

It is so beautiful outside today! I think I'll go for a run on the beach this afternoon.

Today's workout:
3 Mile Run
100 crunches
45 pushups
Squats & lunges just for fun!

Day Twenty-One

Total Slacker! I'll make up for it tomorrow.

Day Twenty

So glad I went running and surfing outdoors yesterday. It is pouring rain and so windy today. I guess it's a good day for just chillin at home watching football. Today will be my day off for this week.

Day Nineteen

Today was a beautiful day. I took my dogs running on the beach this afternoon at low tide. After running and playing with them I was totally energized. So I went and pulled James off the couch and we got ready to go surfing. The waves were pretty big looking but it was so nice out and we both need a lot of experience. Surfing was awesome, or it will be awesome. I didn't get up, I tried a couple times, but the waves were so big they completely bowled me over. Talk about a workout! Swimming through those waves is tough! My arms were on fire! We surfed for about an hour, non stop swimming the entire time. When I got in the shower to rinse the salt and sand off I could hardly shampoo my hair since my arms were so sore! I definitely got a feel for what arm muscles I need to start working on! It was really hard work. But the waves were huge, so once the waves are a little smaller it will be easier, and I'll probably be able to get up!

Day Eighteen

Tough day at the office today. When I got home I was spent. I probably should have gone to the gym and ran off some frustration, but oh well!