Well, I completed both day one and day two of my personal challenge. I am sore today. I ran 3 miles yesterday and 4 miles today. I definitely feel it. The boyfriend and I took the dog for a mile walk today as well. I rounded it off with Cassey Ho's abs on fire routine. If you haven't checked out Cassey and her awesome workouts at http://www.blogilates.com/ you should do that now! She has amazing workouts and they will be perfect to fill-in where I lack.
I told the boyfriend about my challenge and he is going to start working out with me too. I am really excited! He is already pretty fit but I think it is really great that he is going to support me. He said he will start when we get back from being out of town next week. Hooray! I am excited for this challenge.
Tomorrow I plan on doing a 30 minute yoga routine. I think it will help restore the muscles after the runs I went on.
Work will come early so this is all for now.
-T
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Saturday, April 5, 2014
100 Day Challenge. Day 1.
I never like starting anything on a Monday so instead I am choosing this brisk Saturday morning to begin my own 100 Day Challenge. What is this 100 Day Challenge you ask? For 100 days, starting today I will work out every day for a minimum of 30 minutes. Shouldn't be hard right? Well, we will see.
I started an office job about 5 months ago. As excited as I am about working in my field also sit at a desk for 10 hours a day I was nervous about gaining weight. It isn't surprising that making the transition from waitress tax accountant may put on a couple pounds. I started noticing in January and then I lost what I gained. This time though I really noticed when I put on my favorite pencil skirt and felt like I put on a corset. So I took a deep breath and stepped on the scale. The number was high... way. too. high. I panicked. How the heck did I gain 16 pounds?!?!?!?! Needless to say I need to get my rear in gear. Now. For life.
Not only have I noticed my clothes not fitting but other things too. I am tired all the time. I guess that getting up at 5 AM every day is not helping but I should not be tired all the time. I now have back fat. I have never had back fat even when I weighed the most I have ever weighed in my life. Where did that come from?
Also, I don't believe in diets. I think they work but unless you want to eat salads forever you may want to rethink your diet. So the changes that I am making over the next 100 days are changes that I plan on doing forever. I also think if you change too many things at a time you are setting yourself up for failure. With that in mind, in addition to the 100 days of working out I will implement one change every week starting week two. I want to drink more water, eat more fruits and veggies, and cut out artificial sweeteners to name a few of the sub goals I have.
So this blog is here to get me motivated and to hold myself accountable. I will update it a few times a week. I will do weekly weigh-ins on Saturday mornings.
Well I am off for a Saturday morning job. Here goes nothing!
State Date: April 5th, 2014
Ending Date: July 14th, 2014
Start-weight: 196 (shudder)
Here is my "before" picture:
I started an office job about 5 months ago. As excited as I am about working in my field also sit at a desk for 10 hours a day I was nervous about gaining weight. It isn't surprising that making the transition from waitress tax accountant may put on a couple pounds. I started noticing in January and then I lost what I gained. This time though I really noticed when I put on my favorite pencil skirt and felt like I put on a corset. So I took a deep breath and stepped on the scale. The number was high... way. too. high. I panicked. How the heck did I gain 16 pounds?!?!?!?! Needless to say I need to get my rear in gear. Now. For life.
Not only have I noticed my clothes not fitting but other things too. I am tired all the time. I guess that getting up at 5 AM every day is not helping but I should not be tired all the time. I now have back fat. I have never had back fat even when I weighed the most I have ever weighed in my life. Where did that come from?
Also, I don't believe in diets. I think they work but unless you want to eat salads forever you may want to rethink your diet. So the changes that I am making over the next 100 days are changes that I plan on doing forever. I also think if you change too many things at a time you are setting yourself up for failure. With that in mind, in addition to the 100 days of working out I will implement one change every week starting week two. I want to drink more water, eat more fruits and veggies, and cut out artificial sweeteners to name a few of the sub goals I have.
So this blog is here to get me motivated and to hold myself accountable. I will update it a few times a week. I will do weekly weigh-ins on Saturday mornings.
Well I am off for a Saturday morning job. Here goes nothing!
State Date: April 5th, 2014
Ending Date: July 14th, 2014
Start-weight: 196 (shudder)
Here is my "before" picture:
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