Well…I spent the day in a meeting…boring…boring and more boring!  At one point I almost fell asleep.  Sitting and listening to people talk all day is just too much!  At some point you just check out….and believe me I did!

Getting out so late and sitting in traffic lead me to miss my son’s basketball game…so I decided to take the time to do my workout that I would normally due Wednesday morning.  For some reason I had some extra energy!

Day two of phase 2 went much better than day 1.  Felt great…each exercise left me on a high.  The four sets flew by and I was onto the treadmill for my running…I once again upped my speed and felt great through the whole run!

Where did the extra burst of energy come from???  I’m not sure…as drained as I was from the meeting….I was surprised to want to workout when I got home.

This phase takes me 1:45 to complete …. some great exercises…even the side plank with leg lift felt much better tonight.  Hopefully this feeling will continue!

WOW!  Just finished the first day of phase 2 of my Lose your Last 10 lbs. workout…it was a workout!!!  Funny how you get use to some exercises and when you go on to new ones that use different muscles..your realize you aren’t as strong as you thought you were…LOL!  Of course I have a 16 year old son reminding me I am weak!  Gotta love him!

This workout had a couple of interesting rope exercises which you put on your cable pulley…the squat pull through was great…a new way to work my glutes!  Ok, but who invented the side bridge or as some say the side plank.???  That by itself is ok..but having to lift your leg up and down while holding the position….OMG!  Someday I might feel like I have succeeded on this exercise.  Definately takes coordination…balance and a focused mind!

Still have to do the running right after lifting…working hard to increase my speed per interval….I have come a long way..but am by no means a runner and never will be!!!

Off to enjoy some sunshine!

Ok…I am frustrated with the scale and know I am not the only one!  I need to go back to forgetting about it and using my other measurements to let me know how I am doing.

I have been following this “Lose the Last 10 lbs” for 4 weeks…and lost 1 lb…have 4 weeks to go!  I definately see a difference in my whole body..but not the scale.  People keep telling me it is because I don’t have 10 lbs to lose…I just wish I could change my mindset.  The lack of drop in pounds leads to lack of motivation to stick with the plan.  However, I have continued with the plan and will to the end….

Part of my problem is as I have said before…looking back to my “younger, pre children” weight…I have never gotten back to that and don’t believe I ever will…being 5′8 I weigh 131….I weighed 115 before getting pregnant the first time…and never got back there…was in the 120’s to 125 for years…would love to get there…just frustrating!!

Even my husband tells me I don’t have any weight to lose….someday I will change my mindset!!!  I know I am building more muscle as I am lifting more weights and my thighs look the best they have since my high school tennis and gymnastic years!!!  So what is my problem???????

Darn…I was hoping to get a quick ride in before the football games…instead we woke to a yard full of tp, a flat tire on my son’s car and a flat tire on my bike…grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!  It is so wet outside the tp is a mess…and yes..whomever did it really did it!  There were rolls and rolls all the way up in the top of the tree..on the roof and all over all the rose bushes.   Don’t worry..I did not clean up that mess…the kids were out there but there is some that will stay in the tree until the wind and this round of rain knock it down!

I did get my Monday workout in today…I decided to change my workout schedule so that I follow my weight workout which also has me doing cardio immediately after…on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday…that way I only have to get up early on Wednesday instead of Monday and Wednesday… I think I will get a better workout and will make me much happier as lately I have just been really dragging!

Did have time to make some peanut butter cookies with my daughter and her favorite friend…the neighbor boy, he is 3 and calls everyday to see if he can come over to play!  She is so good with him…so the three of us made peanut butter cookies.  He is a great help…especially in the clean up stage!

I think all this rain has really made me tired…I’m ready to see the big smiling ball of orange in the sky!

This has been a rough week for me!  Lots of rain…been fighting something..not sure what, just don’t feel quite right…sinus headache all week and really no energy for workouts.

However, I did complete all of my workouts…Monday and Wednesday workouts left me feeling very lathargic throughout the workout.  This morning I was dreading my workout after waking at 3 am with the worst sinus headache…just couldn’t get up to take anything..finally at 6 am I took two sinus headache pills and bam..I was out…never heard anything else until 9 am.  Got up and moved around trying to motivate myself to do my workout…felt a little weak…decided to eat a protein bar before working out.  I usually workout on an empty stomach first thing in the morning.  WOW!  I cannot believe the difference in having ate the protein bar…my workout was awesome!  Usually after my lifting when I have to hit the treadmill for the cardio part of the workout…I am so not into it!   I got on the treadmill…increased my speeds a tad for each interval and had the best run yet…got 4.1 miles in which is most I have completed in the timeframe of this workout!

Lesson learned…a little protein in my system prior to working out really makes a world of difference…guess I will have to get up even earlier to accomplish this!

Guess my body needs a little fuel to keep on going……….

Got up and got another bike ride in this morning and finished just as the rain drops started to fall.  My legs, mainly the back of my thighs have been really tight lately.  Not sure if this is from my workout, all the running or the biking!  Whatever the case it has made me not want to do much….thus leading to a lazy day!

One of my favorite things to do is search for healthy recipes and try them out…today I made some whole wheat english muffins with flaxseed in them…I will be looking forward to trying them tomorrow morning.  My daughter was baking right a long side of me…Candy Bar brownies! 

Tomorrow it is back to the lifting…running and maybe a few biking miles if the rain doesn’t stop me!

It’s Friday and that means it is my weigh in day!  I was looking forward to weighing in as I definately have been working my butt off and have noticed changes!  Yes…I lost a pound this week!  I know that’s not a lot .. but in reality I don’t have much to lose…I really just want to keep working on toning and shrinking a few areas! 

I completed the second week of my new workout which has me doing lifting followed immediately with my cardio!  Today on my running intervals I did up the pace … the program has you running 5 minutes at 75%, followed by 2 minutes of  85%, and 3 minutes of 65%.  You do this 3 times and on the last 65%  you add 5 minutes so it is 8 instead of 3 minutes.  I’m working to increase my speed a little bit each time.

Looking forward to a long weekend!  Too bad the rain is coming!

My only tme to get any biking miles in is to bike on the weekend!  So that is what I did…however, where is the sun?  We have had cold, overcast days for weeks…where is the California Sunshine?

Today my hubby and I biked to one of our favorite stores..REI!  For Christmas he had gotten a headband to cover his ears when biking…he says it is the best thing ever and wanted me to get one…so that was our ride ….and I ended up with one..what a difference a little bit of material over my ears made!

I have also learned how hard it is to get your legs to want to move when it is cold!  A few miles feels like 10!  Did end up getting a little over 12 miles in which felt good.

I know, I’m lucky that I don’t have to try and bike in the snow..right? 

Ok….I am beginning to believe that the more I run the more I can run!  No, not the more I want to run!  Today ended the first week of my new workout routine which has me doing 3 sets of my weight exercises followed immediately by cardio!   The cardio program is 40 minutes of intervals..3 different speeds.  I increased my speeds and really didn’t feel it!  Usually I am watching the time  for the switch and waiting for it to end!  Today it just seemed easier!  However, I once again realized my real problem with running…it’s BORING! I now believe that I want to stop because it is just boring!  Unfortunately….my new workout plan goes on for 8 weeks….UGH! Oh and of course I need my 60 miles for the challenge!

Today was also a test of willpower….my daughter is having a bday party tomorrow..so I made cupcakes, homemade caramel corn and cinnamon rolls!!!!  What was I thinking!  Tomorrow will be a whole area of snacks and treats for the girls…I will have to keep plenty of fruit, nuts and veggies around for me! 

WOW!  The break over the holidays was wonderful….but I forgot how tough it is to get going again….but here we are…just completed day 2 of the Winter 52 DC.

Yes…once again I am in a “mini challenge” inside of the Winter Challenge with SixGz’s!  He is the brains behind all of our little side challenges which really do keep me going!  I fear this one may be tough on the biking front as my only options for biking will be weekends…but I am excited to get out there with my new biking pants I received for Christmas! 

I am following the Lose the Last 10lbs workout in the Women’s Health Big Book of Exercises!  This is quite a workout!  I really love once I have finished it as I get both a RT and CT done.

Today was not a workout day so I focused on doing a few pushups and pullups!  I don’t know why taking a couple week break from pullups puts me back at square one!  It was really tough doing 5 in a row!  Pushups I am a little set back too…not as bad and I know that will come back quickly!

Tomorrow’s another tough day so off to bed I go!