Hot Hot Hot

Yesterday  morning, Aaron & I took Mr. Magma for a nice walk.  I'm glad we did that early in the morning, because as the day went along it got H.O.T.!!!  That ended up being my only "workout" for the day.

I spent all but an hour and a half of my workday outside.  We reached the mid 80's fairly early in the day and it stayed there.  I had planned on getting a workout done in the afternoon, but after being in that heat all day, it sounded like a horrible idea.

Back to the morning workout today!

Still Kickin'

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It's been a while since I've posted, but I haven't gotten off track!  Last Thursday, I posted the daily workout plan I found on Pinterest. I decided to continue with the Friday workout, found it a bit easy, so I threw in the Sunday workout right after for good measure.  What can I say, I was motivated on Friday so I took advantage of it.  I am planning to stick with these workouts for one more week and then start adding back strength training in the weightroom. 

I noticed something over the weekend.  Even when my motivation work out is waning, I tend to still eat fairly healthy.  However, when I start getting motivated to move, my eating tends to be a bit reckless.  Now that I am aware of this, I am going to try to reign it in.  Because there really is no point to working out just to waste it with a bad diet.  I'm trying to keep the "bad" foods out of our kitchen and always have healthy foods on hand.  And just to clear things up, I don't think there are truly any bad foods as long as they are consumed in moderation, but I know what foods are "bad" for me.  The ones that when I start eating them, I can't stop. 

Time to hit the track for my daily workout.  I just finished a bowl of oatmeal (1/2 a serving) with Peanut Butter, Chia Seeds & a Banana.  Wish me luck!

Scouring the Internet

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I was in a rut with what to do for workouts, so I went to the internet. There are thousands of "workouts" online, and anything that gets you up and moving is probably worth trying, but some of what I came across was just plain stupid. I've been seeing the daily workout shown above on Pinterest a lot lately so I thought, why not give it a try.

Let me tell you, it was quick & effective.  100 jumping jacks to start off the morning was a lot tougher that I thought it would be.  I got through 60 in a row before my calves were burning.  I finished the last 40 in sets of 10 with little breaks in between.  I liked the higher volume of reps in all of the other exercises as well.  When I am putting my own workout together I tend to do sets of 10-20, so having this force me to do more was great.

They have workouts for every day of the week, so I think this morning will be the Friday workout.  I was winded and sweaty after yesterday morning, hopefully today will be more of the same!

Dessert

Tonight after I finished eating dinner and logging my food for the day, I realized I still had about 500 calories left.  Which was a good thing because, as usual, I had a huge sweet tooth!  We needed to make a trip to the store, so I thought I would look for something that would satisfy my sweet craving while not breaking the calorie bank.  Here's what I came up with:
Cinnamon Graham Crackers with Fat Free Strawberry Cream Cheese & Fresh Sliced Strawberries.  It tasted delectable, like strawberry pie, and it was just what the doctor ordered!  And under 200 calories!!!

This morning I got in a quick little workout.  Again, circuit style, like yesterday, but a little bit less time involved because I didn't have as much time to work with.

Fence Hops x10
Crunches x10
Incline Pushups x10
Twisting Sit Ups x10
Alt Leg Lunges x10
Fence Hops x10
Laying Knee Tucks x10
Incline Pushups x10
Fence Hops x10

My knee was feeling sub par after yesterday's workout, so I limited the lower body work today.  Going to see the doc next week, hopefully we'll figure out why I'm in so much pain!

Drop and give me 20!

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Yesterday I did a workout that seemed to revolve around the number 20.  I grabbed 2 20lb dumbbells, a 20lb sandbag and a 12in plyo box.  I did all of my exercises in sets of 20 and the workout lasted roughly 20mins.

I started by doing a dynamic warmup consisting of what I call the Triple Extension Series similar to this:

and then I followed it up with a little light stretching.

I can't remember exactly what order I did the following exercises, but I rotated through 12 different stations, repeating some of the stations that I really liked.  Here's what I did:

Overhead Sandbag Swings with a Squat x20
Core Twists with Sandbag 2x20
Dumbbell Shoulder Press 2x20
Step Ups (no weight added) 2x20 each leg
Sandbag Curls x20
Sandbag Tricep Extensions x20
Alternate Leg Lateral Box Jumps x20 {Hello Knee Pain!}
Dumbbell Jumps x20
Bench Press on the Plyo Box x20

I really liked this for a start up workout.  I need to up the intensity throughout the week, but I felt really "good" after completing this.

I tracked all of my calories today as well.  I ended up 228 cals over my goal for the day, but I did make much better decisions throughout the day.  Again, it was the evening dessert craving that took me over the limit, although pretzels with melted peanut butter & honey was a better choice than the giant bowl of ice cream I would normally have chosen.

Aspirations

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I've been doing some thinking.  What do I want my body to look like?  How do I want to feel?  What am I willing to do to get there? 

I always talk with my athletes about setting goals and I probably should heed my own advice.  This weekend I got the chance to see a few old friends/acquaintances who are still competing in track & field.  I miss that athletic body type I used to have, that they still have, and I know it truly wouldn't take that much time to get back to that physique.  I just have to stop making the excuses and do it.  So today, once again, I am going to get back on track.

I started this morning off with a breakfast of leftover ham from Easter dinner on 2 slices of multi grain toast with blackberry preserves.  Took my Shaklee Vitalizer Vitamins & Vivix Drink, and a glass of Metamucil Berry Burst Psyllium Fiber.

I WILL workout today, I WILL!  Time to create that will power, time to get things done!

Will Power, Don't Fail Me Now!

Compose

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I have been completely lacking in will power over the past week.  I started this little endeavor off strong, but after about a week and a half, I have lost the desire.

Somebody give me some hints!!! What do you do to stay motivated when you just don't want to get moving?