Happy Saturday!
Just returned from toning zumba. My body is still sore from the first week back of hardcore workouts but I am feeling good. I took yesterday off and I'm glad I did. I think I would really like to get into the habit of working out Saturday-Thursday with Friday being my off day.
I haven't done very well on my water intake for the week or cooking at home. This next week will hopefully be more of a standard routine week so I'm excited to get some sort of schedule down. I'm going to be creating a menu for the week because I'm going to have to start packing my lunches since I can't drive home for lunch anymore.
Off to the women's Basketball game today in Stillwater. I will be posting more later on some new things I've been thinking about trying.
Hope you have a great weekend!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
TGIF
Congrats on it being your last day at your old and busted job. Hope it was a great day, spent at home!
I just wanted to share with you my first official Bento-Lunch!
I just wanted to share with you my first official Bento-Lunch!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
1/5/12
I had almost an entire day off!!! I was able to take down all my Christmas decorations and get everything put into the shed. My garage is looking so good! Now I just need to get some peg board so I can hang my tools and garden stuff up.
I did zumba at the Y last night (saw Tera there) and the instructor always incorporates some weights so not only did it already hurt to walk from Jillian I had extra pain this morning. So much pain in fact that it hurt to move in bed. However I am taking a break tomorrow so I made myself go to zumba tonight. It was a little painful in spots but I feel better and am glad I went. In other news the groupon today was for my zumba studio. Usually I pay $60 for a 10 class pass but right now the 10 pass is only $15. Heck yeah! That was a great email to wake up to.
I am feeling really good about this week. I have worked out everyday from Saturday til today. I've been doing decent on my food. Trying to make healthier decisions but not tracking every little thing. So far the scale is down 2.5 pounds from Sunday but we'll see what it says on Sunday. My weight tends to fluctuate during the week quite a lot.
Hope you're feeling better today. Tomorrow's Friday (last day at HT forever!) get excited!
I did zumba at the Y last night (saw Tera there) and the instructor always incorporates some weights so not only did it already hurt to walk from Jillian I had extra pain this morning. So much pain in fact that it hurt to move in bed. However I am taking a break tomorrow so I made myself go to zumba tonight. It was a little painful in spots but I feel better and am glad I went. In other news the groupon today was for my zumba studio. Usually I pay $60 for a 10 class pass but right now the 10 pass is only $15. Heck yeah! That was a great email to wake up to.
I am feeling really good about this week. I have worked out everyday from Saturday til today. I've been doing decent on my food. Trying to make healthier decisions but not tracking every little thing. So far the scale is down 2.5 pounds from Sunday but we'll see what it says on Sunday. My weight tends to fluctuate during the week quite a lot.
Hope you're feeling better today. Tomorrow's Friday (last day at HT forever!) get excited!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Stomach Bug and Bathing Suits?
Well, it was a pretty lousy day again for me. I woke up dry heaving this morning, crawled to the couch and then proceeded to sleep until noon! After eating a little bit of lunch I felt back to normal though, so I'm not sure what is going on (DDx: congestion drainage vs. low blood sugar vs. stomach bug).
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DDx= Differential diagnosis, or the list we medical people start making in our heads of possible diseases/ailments when talking to a patient
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I ended up doing some baking today and then working out before dinner. I took it a bit easier and just did a bit of strength training followed by a lot of stretching. The scale is being SUPER nice to me though (even though I have this psuedo-eating disorder thing going for me, as my appetite has been pretty crummy....gross)
Something fun I did today: I ordered my bathing suit from Victoria's Secret!! I ordered it in the size I want it to be for our trip and plan on working my butt off to fit in it!! The best part is, they've got most of their bathing suits on clearance, so I got it for half of the original price (because it is SO last year, I suppose).
1/4/12
Well I apparently jinxed myself after writing that my week would be like a vacation because as soon as I posted that my email went nutso and I have to finish an accrual for a bank and a non-profit return by Friday so it looks like it will be a regular week. Oh well.
I was still able to make it to the Food bank last night but I still came home and worked out with Jillian. I did her No More Trouble Zones dvd and let me tell you...it is a Killer. It hurts to walk down stairs today but I'm glad I did it. My arms are pretty sore too so I think I'll go to Zumba class at the Y tonight instead of kickboxing to give my arms and legs a day to rest.
I will be posting links tonight (hopefully) to some of the recipe staples I'm going to be using for my winter meals.
Favorite meals to make for winter:
Mini Mexican Casseroles
Spicy Tempeh Chili
Hummus Melts
Garbanzo Garlic Knots
Potato stuffed acorn squash
Hungry Girl Turkey Taco Meatloaf
I was still able to make it to the Food bank last night but I still came home and worked out with Jillian. I did her No More Trouble Zones dvd and let me tell you...it is a Killer. It hurts to walk down stairs today but I'm glad I did it. My arms are pretty sore too so I think I'll go to Zumba class at the Y tonight instead of kickboxing to give my arms and legs a day to rest.
I will be posting links tonight (hopefully) to some of the recipe staples I'm going to be using for my winter meals.
Favorite meals to make for winter:
Mini Mexican Casseroles
Spicy Tempeh Chili
Hummus Melts
Garbanzo Garlic Knots
Potato stuffed acorn squash
Hungry Girl Turkey Taco Meatloaf
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
1/3/2012
Here are some helpful links that I use to help with strength training!
http://bodyforlife.com/library/exercise/weight-training
http://bodyforlife.com/library/tools
Scroll down on the second one to watch videos of how to do certain exercises.
I'm planning on keeping a schedule much like the one they use for Body for Life workouts (listed on the first link)so I can really focus on getting toned.
I went by the little gym here tonight to check when Zumba is--and it is offered M/T/R/F here! All in the evening! I'm so excited and am pretty sure I'm going to start going once a week. Six bucks well spent per week!
http://bodyforlife.com/library/exercise/weight-training
http://bodyforlife.com/library/tools
Scroll down on the second one to watch videos of how to do certain exercises.
I'm planning on keeping a schedule much like the one they use for Body for Life workouts (listed on the first link)so I can really focus on getting toned.
I went by the little gym here tonight to check when Zumba is--and it is offered M/T/R/F here! All in the evening! I'm so excited and am pretty sure I'm going to start going once a week. Six bucks well spent per week!
1/3/12
Good morning! I am "on call" this week since there isn't much for me to do at my job since I only have 4 days left and they don't want me to start on any big projects so this week is sort of like another vacation for me. This means I really need to take advantage of this time and get the house organized and everything caught up in time for busy season. I'm trying to think of everything I want to get accomplished.
Here are the big things:
1. Put away all Christmas decor
2. Get garage fully cleaned out (I'm half way there)
3. Replace garbage disposal
4. Finish painting china hutch
5. Do an overall scrubbing of the house
6. Create a list of meals and ingredients so that menu planning won't be such a struggle for me
Today I am going to tackle the Christmas decor and the garage and then hopefully shop for my new garbage disposal and paint for the hutch.
I'm continuing on with the exercising today. I was going to do zumba this evening but I think I'm going to go to Perkins instead to help with the food bank so I will exercise before I leave. I'm thinking about doing a Jillian Michaels DVD with strength training. I really need to investigate more strength training moves to do regularly. I'd like to break up my week and do arms on one day and legs on another. If you have any tips I'd be more than happy to take them!
Here are the big things:
1. Put away all Christmas decor
2. Get garage fully cleaned out (I'm half way there)
3. Replace garbage disposal
4. Finish painting china hutch
5. Do an overall scrubbing of the house
6. Create a list of meals and ingredients so that menu planning won't be such a struggle for me
Today I am going to tackle the Christmas decor and the garage and then hopefully shop for my new garbage disposal and paint for the hutch.
I'm continuing on with the exercising today. I was going to do zumba this evening but I think I'm going to go to Perkins instead to help with the food bank so I will exercise before I leave. I'm thinking about doing a Jillian Michaels DVD with strength training. I really need to investigate more strength training moves to do regularly. I'd like to break up my week and do arms on one day and legs on another. If you have any tips I'd be more than happy to take them!
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