Day 2 of the 30 day workout / challenge

DAY 2 – my 30 day work out / challenge

well this morning started out rough,  I didn’t want to get up, but regardless I did.

As I woke up late and was tired, I only did the work out.  No warm up or cool down,  just got up and did my abs ( 8 crunches, 8 leg raises and one 12 second planks) than on to my arms ( 8 shity/half ass push ups, 8 dips, 15 biceps, 15 seconds of punches) and that was that this morning.

after work and picking up the kids, we ( and by we, I mean the kids in the stroller) walked home from the day care.  Yep at 2.6 mile walk.

But the down fall of today….. I was so busy at work, I forgot to eat.  which in case you guessed it, means when I got home I stuffed my face.  I eat a chicken sandwich, a small thing ( microwave able) mac and cheese,  and a bowl of cereal.  Yep I shoved all this into my mouth within an hour.

and for my evening work out….. well since I didn’t do my warm up  or cool down this morning and I shoved a crap load of fat, carbs and calories down my throat, I decided to do my warm up , with a small about of cardo ( with help from Jillian Michaels) with my evening work out.

nerveless, I followed my work out plan and did my day 2 of my plank challenge.  ( with each plank I was thinking, goodbye belly,  goodbye fat, over and over in my head)

I am tired now and off to bed.  I am hoping tomorrow I will get up in time to do the full work out with the warm up and cool down.

Day 1 of the 30 day challenge – of work out ( Sunday December 8 2013)

Day 1 completed….. it wasn’t too hard,  So I guess i am not that out of shape.  Or more than likely the mile plus walks I do during the week have helped me get into some shape.

the morning started out late, as it’s the weekend so no getting up early here.

My morning work out started like this

Warm up help w/ Jillian Michael’s Kickboxing warm up and 30 day shred warm up ( level 1), from there I went straight into my abs.  5 crunches, 5 leg raises, and 1 ten second plank.   after that was completed I did another round of warm up ( thanks to Jillian Michaels) and then off to my arms  with 5 (half ass) push ups, 5 ( not sure if I did them right) dips, than 10 biceps  curls ( really easy), than a fish with 10 secs of punches.

than for my warm down , again help from Jillian again….. I finished with no problems.

ahhhh the morning completed with no problems – and it took maybe 20 mins, between getting everything ready to getting everything put away.

to be honest a little too easy.

Now for the evening work out. – repeated the above ,  well sort of ,  Not so much on the warm up, at least not as long on the warm up.

but in all the same,  the planks were easy.

In short for my plank challenge I did 5 planks with a 20 second hold per each Plank and 20 seconds between each plank.

in all not bad and feeling nothing right now,  but today was easy. We will see how I feel at the end of the week.

As a whole……….My workout plan in full

In full my work out plan is 30 days long and will focus on my arms and abs, in short my problem areas. And I have made a challenge for myself, “The Plank Challenge” ( 30 days).

My arms and ab work outs will be done in the mornings and evening,  along with a small 15 min warm up(before)/cooldown( after),  this is to get the muscles warm, which will make the work out more effective and prepares the body for the exercise and  also more importantly prevents injuries .  The warm up is basic ( and is done before the actual work out) stretching, jumping jacks, running in place, fake jump rope, and  arm circles.   The cool down is basically just stretching again,  to prevent any injuries happening after the work out.

In short there is no point in exercising if you are not going to do it right, because all you are going to do in injury yourself and put yourself in a worse situation.

Well here it is my 30 day work out plan…… Now for the meal plan( looking less forward to the write up of this)

In the evening I Plank,  right after I finish my workout, but before cool down.

Part 2 – abs, abs and abs ……. getting up early for this one

I think this explains it all,  yep,  now for part 3 ….Arms

This will be done in the morning and at night ( after work)

Goals for this week (Monday 10/28 to Sunday 11/3)

I am going to make some small goals for myself each week, this will hopefully help with being able to obtain the big goals.

goals for this week

1) drink only 7 sodas this week – which will be 1 soda a day

2) no fast food, all week-long…. this one will be hard as the fiance likes to stop and get some on the way home…

3) walk a mile a day

4) Try to take care of my DL by the end o the week

5) hopefully get a job –  until I actually start my first day, I am not considered  employed

6) try to keep calm ( don’t yell or take out issues on other people) and remember that things will happen and nothing is worth having if it’s not worth fighting for……….don’t beat myself up as I can’t control everything.  and Remember to breathe

7) long shot…. get the almost 2-year-old potty trained

8) get child care taken care of….

9) finish the laundry

and I think that this is it for right now……. wish me luck ,  I will need it.

weight loss disappointment

I find the whole weight loss process to be full of disappointment.

I hate dieting and refuse to do it.  If you are thinking that I hate to exercise too, you are actually wrong.  I love to walk, I love being active.   I walk around 30 mins or more each night (which is probably why I don’t why more).  If I had more time I would actually exercise more.  But I find having two kids makes it difficult as they are always right there,  each kids on one side of the legs holding on,  preventing me from doing anything,  it’s like a cruel game they play on me.

Instead of dieting and exercising, I want to do something different.  I want to change the way I eat,  what I eat and the way I live.  I want to change my life style. If I just diet than all I am ever doing is dieting, and my weight will always go up and down. I don’t want to be going through this my whole life, I want to be healthy, and not have to worry about my weight.

I am going to go see a dietitian to help make meal plans and talk about the issues I am having.  As when you spend your whole life throwing carbs and fat down your throat your body has a tendency to crave these types of foods, and it turns into a type of addiction, leads which leads to failure. The only way to succeed is to break the addiction

The whole weight loss experience is tough, it’s hard to be overweight and look at yourself this way, but it seems even harder to actually do something about it.  Its feels like everything around us to made to encourage us to get fatter, the worse we feel the fatter we seem to get and the harder it is to lose, It’s an ugly circle.

It’s sad but true.  I hope that this will help.