This new weight lifting plan is kicking my booty…literally.  Squats..lunges…squats..lunges…OMG!  I can hardly walk!  I have always been excited about workouts that I end up sore but when I got on the scale today, I actually had gained a pound and a half.  What the heck!  I workout and endure this pain and gain weight….not the gain I am looking for.

I know, I know…the scale is really not a great form of measurement, but why is it we always go to it?  I had been avoiding it until recently.   When looking at my legs, arms, stomach, etc…they definately are more toned…my legs are so tight now,,,,I just am so programmed to believe the scale and hate the see weight gain.  Of course as the saying goes, muscle weighs more than fat….yah yah yah…but still…my mind just isn’t programmed for that!

Ok, enough said…I guess maybe the scale will provide me with more motivation to burn the fat.

 

I am not sure what is going on with my energy levels.  Daylight savings has found be exhausted by 6:30 pm and fighting to get some workouts in.  I have been going to bed very early and seem to be sleeping well but  wake the next day to the same feeling of exhaustion.

Last night I got a quick bike ride in … ate dinner…set around and became very tired.  As I was heading up to rest before having to take my daughter to a late night party…I found a second wind and there I was at 10 pm doing my kickboxing workout….I’m I nuts or what???

I didn’t get to sleep until after midnight…awoke this morning at 6:30 and was wide awake ready to go….got up and did my rt…ran kids around all day…just finished a 13 mile bike ride and am thinking about getting a little run in…could I have been getting too much sleep?

I guess you have to keep your body guessing!  Or wait…maybe it was knowing that I didn’t have to go to work today which lead to wanting to get up and do somethings…hum…

Oh well…another day!

I have been stressing about not having any time to ride my bike!  Daylight savings time makes it impossible to ride during the week because by the time I get home from work, it is already dark.  My weekends are consumed with my kids activities which most of the time takes us out of town.

Today….we headed out early to baseball….it was my lucky day…baseball ended around 2 and we were home by 3:30…into my biking gear and out the door!    Didn’t have time for a long ride, as I was having family over for dinner and to sit around the fireplace outside…but got an 11.6 mile bike ride in….felt great!

I have really come to realize, more and more, as I embark on each of these challenges, how important time management is along with never letting any precious moments slip by just sitting around waiting for a free moment!

Now, thank goodness I got that ride in because….my daughter made a chocolate chip pie for dessert, and there was no way I could pass on that….see what happens with me and my sweets….I know..you only live once so enjoy it…but that is what keeps we working out twice as hard!

Enjoy!

I always seem to have a hard time getting back into my routines once something derails me.  Going to Arizona was awesome, had great family time, my sons baseball team did awesome…and got to take my daughter trick or treating in AZ!  However, my exercise routines were not what they normally are!  I had next to no time to do any workouts…got lucky one night and got a run and a ride on an exercise bike in…but that was it!

Upon returning home I had a migraine for three days but I fought through it to try and get my body back to its workouts and diet.  Finally feeling better today!  Got up and did my weight lifting which felt great!  Got a run in on the treadmill last night which felt like the best run in quite a while….I guess maybe my body needed a little break.

Reading everyone’s posts and blogs has helped to get me back on track…  I am a little behind where I would like to be, guess that means I will just have to push a little harder!!

Tonight it really hit me that I am so lucky to have  SixGz’s with me in these challenges.  I got up this morning and did my RT which I am loving…as the day progressed I just felt drained…wiped out…by the time I made dinner, cleaned up the kitchen and got ready to sit down, I realized I have to run tonight!   Oh how I just wanted to crawl into bed….but nope, couldn’t do that!  Each day that I let pass, the further I get behind and the further ahead SixGz’s gets!

Thanks for being the brains behind our mini challenges, I know it has to come  from within to succeed…but the extra push of our challenges is what keeps me reaching for the stars instead of just the trees!!!

Now off to complete one more workout before calling it a night…Abs!

What a day!  My daughter is not one who likes to ride bikes.  Usually I ask and if I really want her to go I have to beg her..not this morning…I ask once and she said “yes”.  I was so happy!  Now I can’t go on my long  “marathon” rides with her but that’s ok…just having her to ride with is worth whatever miles she is willing to ride.  Ok, I did coax her into going about 1 mile longer than she wanted..but she didn’t complain!  As the day went on, we did so much together..shopping…out to lunch…clean awesome salad for me!  We even baked some cookies… I had told her earlier in the day I needed to do my kickboxing tonight….when I started the DVD, she was right there doing it with me!  Just seeing her working out with me put a huge smile on my face.  Not very often do we get moments like this….she is usually running her way and me trying to catch up…lol!

At the end of the day, I know she felt like a million dollars, accomplishing things she never does and she enjoyed it too!

This had to have been one of the best days in quite some time….and with all of that…I got two CT’s and the best workout partner I have had in quite sometime!!!

As I sit here typing tonight, I realize how lucky I am…and how my workouts were fun!  Something I always stress…you have to make it fun!!!

I had a doctors appt. this morning and so hate to get on their scales…but of course you have too..they always weigh me so much higher than at home.  Well, I haven’t gotten on the scale in months…I was pleasantly surprised at the numbers the doctors scale put up….I thought WOW!!!  I don’t weigh as much as I thought.  I have been dreading the last two weeks since returning from Oregon, knowing I would be going to the doctor and what would the scale say!

Looking in the mirror, I realized the new workout I have started is working!!!  I sides of my midsection are shrinking and I see the muscles forming….now I know..there definately are some ABS hiding under there!  Nothing motivates me more than to see that my hard work is paying off!

Today I hit it hard…did my weight workout which was mostly upper body…my arms are little sore…threw in a few pullups…SIXGZ…just a few ok?!??!  Then ran 4 miles on the treadmill, most of it between 8 % and 10% incline.  Needless to say, I am whipped!!!  I am still hoping to maybe get an AB workout in later…we will see!!!

Make it a good one…one that counts!

Just getting ready to call it a night here after the second dayof the challenge!  So far so good…lol!  I really am motivated this challenge to whitle away some of the extra pounds around the mid section.  I started a new lifting plan which I really like, it is not overload and I can tell it will be effective.

I did my first kickboxing workout tonight….OMG!  It has been awhile…I use to fly right through that workout…yep, that was several years ago.  What a great workout…felt great when I finished.  I know it will get easier!

Feels good to be back to a plan and to be held accountable…

Sweet dreams..!

I am feeling a little guilty for not doing any workouts today…and I made chocolate chips scones that were heavenly and an awesome meatball torte with homemade crust and lattice top….oh man do I need to get back to the accountability factor and the challenge!

Speaking of challenge…here are my goals:

CE:  90

RT:  20

CT:  35

PG 1:  Gram Slam ‘09 – Run:  100 miles, ride 140 miles, pullups 750, kickboxing 10 hours (thank you SixGz for making me work)

PG 2: 14 ab workouts (hopefully my abs will re-appear at some point here!!! )

I am going to try my hardest this next  challenge to eat much better than I have been…I just love to bake and really don’t eat much of it…just a taste here and there!!!

Three more days and let the fun begin! 

Here it is!  My new blog is up and running!  I promise to try and keep this updated better than I did the last couple of challenges…sometimes life gets in the way!  LOL!  But this time I will do my best to keep this updated as I feel it also helps me focus better!

I am looking forward to the Winter challenge!  Now I just have to get my goals together and I will be set!!!

See you at the starting line!