January Fitness Planning

Since I'm sick and cannot start my new fitness program on Jan1 like everybody else does...can you sense the feeling of loss here..i hate starting on Jan1; I have elected to make a battle plan for the first thirty days of my fitness program.

Goals:

1. 10 lbs gone
2. more green veggies
3. more fruit
4. less bread and butter
5. carry more healthy snacks to work to stay away from vending machine munchies.
6. Drink plenty of water

How:
1) Had consultation with my brother the Dietician. He put me on a caloric goal of 1400 cal and yes gasp it's extreme.  However, he knows what he's talking about so i trust him.

2) Meal Plan:  Cooking on sunday and investing in plasticware to transport snakcs and meals and make them heat and go.

3) At home use the heck out of crockpot.  I have pinned freezer meals and now i need to utilize those pins and get moving. Most of these meal planning stuff is in my Eating Healthy Pin Board.

4) Loggin' all food into Myfitnesspal.com (not using app b/c it's too active..but the door is still open on that right now) to help reach daily goals.





5) Take my fitness one day at a time. Look at each new day as a brnad new start and not be hard on myself for perfection though push my limits.

6) Going to use BeachBody Insanity.  I have been going back and forth on this and since it uses not equipment and is difficult i think this is the way to go.  I got bored with P90x so I'm hoping this will provide me with the challenge i need.

When: January 7th.  Giving me enough time to recover from being sick and prep for the coming week in terms of readying the pantry and fridge.

Needs:

1. New shopping List
2. New Sneakers
3. Courage ( Insanity is not for wimps)

wednesday workout

Was so not in the mood to workout, but after having lost an inch off my waist I wanted to keep up the good work.

So the workout was from Bodyrock.tv and it was the Lookin Fierce Workout.


It took me 15:58 for me to complete 4 rounds of this circuit workout.

It was fun and really worked my rear and abs.   i'm glad i did it!

Progress

Okay, my eating habits have not been the best with family coming in and the holiday weekend..However, My eating habits during the week are better and helping to clean out the bad eating. I have had plenty of water to combat salty foods and am eating more in moderation when it comes to the junk and specialty food. Getting workouts in has been tough just because there has been so much going on and instead of bodyrocking i've just done squats and pushups and dips sans intervals. while at the computer shoulder presses and leg extensions with my band to get something in. Back though to going to zumba classes and having tons of fun really pushing it every session.

Apparently it's was helping because i measured myself and my waist lost an inch. I am 3 inches away from my goal measurement. My tummy is pulling in and that makes me happy.I have been doing a lot of fitness reading about working with my own body weight and i know which exercises i need to add weight to and this seems to be working for now. Intervals are really helpful with cardio and so is Zumba.I read The Female Body Breakthrough by Rachel Cosgrove and I love her chapter on how to coordinate your workouts with your menstrual cycle. It makes so much sense and i think i will adapt that knowledge into my routine to strengthen it and see if it can help me push through those days when I'm just in the mood to skip working out.

Trying to meal plan is difficult b/c there are day where i just feel that i want to eat something else. Or, i get a sweet tooth and want something sweet rather than savory. How to get over that is still baffeling me.  Though my snacking is getting better and more healthy love Pistachios and cranberries. Also Mission figs..mmmmmm.

I am looking forward to the next part of my journey.

today's workout

today's workout was thanks again to Bodyrock.tv.

It's called Give Me everything Workout.
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2011/06/06/give-me-everything-workout/

The only two modifications i had to make to this workout were my push ups and the knee lifts. Did my push-ups on my knees and my knee up free standing b/c i still don't have something sturdy enough to do lifts or dips yet ( working on that). My jumping jacks were better than i anticipated and i was able to keep my number up in the 50's (pretty good considering i hate jacks b/c of my shins.) Really had to remind myself to land gently and not so much on my toes as the majority of the foot to disperse impact. My push-ups were in the 20s and my deadlifts were between 11 and 15 i think per leg. I started concentrating on form so i lost count.

I am so glad i did get the workout in. I feel better. I almost skipped today. It was along and full day with kids housework and sore from yesterday's Brazil Butt Lift workout.

Eating today i think i needed more water today especially having been outside hanging laundry in 103 degree heat. However it was definitely more healthy and more satisfying. My goal this week is to make ahead one meal ..mostly dinner and to find recipes for freezing and get more veggies in.

I think that is it..my brain is starting to shut down. Must sleep.

progress this week

Okay got to go to 2 Zumba classes and got in my strength training and as a result i have lost another half inch off my hips.

Going to try to keep this up and hopefully loose more inches! Do need to get new jeans as my current jeans which were figure hugging are now baggy on me.  This is exciting!

Eating is much better getting in simple and fresh ingredients. More water and it's just been a time of making strides in a positive direction. yay!

weeks 5 and 6

okay week five was okay, got in two out of three workout days. It wasn't my best week but i know i pushed even though i wasn't at 100%.

Now week 6. This week i have been able to get in all three workouts days and had great cardio sessions! To that end i have lost 1 inch of my hips and waist and two pounds! 

According to the health calculator i used, my ideal weight is between 111 to 149lbs. My goal is 140. 38lbs until i reach that goal. I ideally want to loose 2 lbs a week to reach  my goal. i know there will be set backs and stuff but, if things really go the way it's supposed to in almost 5 months i could reach my goal. I think it may take a year to loose the baby weight knowing myself and how long it took me to loose the first 30lbs the first time around. Clean eating is a slow arduous path for me.

However, Tomorrow and hopefully next semester when we figure out my hubby's new class schedule i will be able to attend more zumba classes to get my cardio up and running. Doing intervals at the house i great when i have a crunch on time but I loved being in zumba classes before i could no longer attend due to pregnancy issues.

To help with clean eating, I have decided to borrow more books from the library on the subject to get more recipes. I think the idea is juts to keep it simple, healthful and tasty w/o all the unnecessary stuff. I also have to do it without cheese to help my baby bot get gassy from the lactose in my milk. I really have not missed cheese all that much. I would love to have goat cheese in my life but i don't know how that will affect my dear infant.

this has been a good week of pushing and growing and shrinking!

week 4

Okay this week was better.

Got in two resistance workouts and two cardio and hopefully a third tomorrow. Today did Holly Rigsby's Beginner Workout B instead of Introductory workout B by accident but a workout is a workout. I got moving and burned some cals.  For my chest press portion of the workout i found that my 5 and 6 lbs weights were too light and had to go up to my 8lbs to get a burn by the 10th thru 12th reps. I think next time i will try the 10lbs to really work myself. Just being safe since i was just sick and all. However it is good to know that i'm not as weak as i think i am. Really proud of myself that i got thru 10 reps and 3 sets of the belly blaster move. I remember trying to do that my first time and it was so hard..i think i only did like 4 of them back then.

Getting back to eating oatmeal int he morning and i have really missed it. That mixed with a teaspoon of nutella and peanut butter make a great faux peanut-butter-cup oatmeal treat!

making sure i get enough protein and veggies in is tough with new adjustments to schedule and tons of changes with juggling two kids. I have to get back to meal planning so i can breathe easier in that respect. My problem again is getting meals that are healthy and lower in sodium than traditional crockpot recipes.
My fave crockpot recipe has to be tortilla soup. So easy and can be adjusted to more firey for my family's taste or more mild for those experimenting with mexican heat.

I can't remember where i got the recipe but here it is and in parenthese will be my adjustments

Slow Cooker Tortilla Soup

2 large chicken breasts
2 cloves garlic (i use garlic powder) 
4 oz. green chilies
1 onion diced ( i used frozen chopped)
30 oz. diced tomatoes (love fire roasted)
1/2 to 1 C. Chicken Broth
1 Tbs. cumin (i use less..a little goes a long way with the smokey flavor)
salt & peper to taste
2 Tbs. Cilantro
(white corn tortillas)
(mexican blend cheese)

Here is the way i do it:
Place chicken in slow cooker and lightly coat in garlic powder.
In blender or food processor blend the next 7 ingredients until smooth or to the texture of your desire.
Pour veggie mixture over chicken and set slow cooker on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours. Shred Chicken before serving with two forks.

Turn toaster over or reg oven on to broil. place tortillas on cookie sheet and cut into strips 1/4" wide. Toast until crispy and garnish soup with strips and cheese to taste. To cheat with the tortillas, sometimes i do fold them in half and put them in the toaster and then let the family rip apart pieces..whatever works. The crunch factor is what's important.

Et voila!  healthy family meal that every one will love!