Alright so this last month I've focused really hard on being consistent with my exercise and our families healthy meals plans for 2015 and um..LIFE. My goal was to make it to the gym Monday-Thursday for cardio and incline training, Friday an Insanity workout OR recovery depending on how I was feeling, and Saturday weights. I did that but towards the end of the month I started adding strength circuits before my Monday-Thursday cardio, and added an extra outdoor workout (like a jog on the river walk, or around 1st dam) if possible on Tuesdays.
Our eating has improved greatly, though I still have lots of work to do on actually PLANNING out our meals for the week. I'm really bad at figuring out how to make leftovers into new meals, and the result was/is going to the store every 2 days or so which is really time consuming.
I need to get better at this, so if any of you readers out there have suggestions, I am alllll ears.
I've seen great results so far. In the last 4 weeks I've lost 8lbs. At first it really didn't seem like much, but losing 2 lbs a week is what most doctors recommend and 8lbs says nothing about how much better I feel, which is what I'm really trying to zero in on.
This month was good, but the next 4 weeks I plan on switching up a few things.
Cardio is great but I FEEL better when I'm doing weights, so I think I'll cut my cardio in half from one hour to a 1/2 and do a 1/2 hour of strength training instead Monday-Thursday. I'll keep Fridays and Saturdays the same.
The meal planning is still a work in progress.
And for the next 4 weeks my goal is to make it to bed earlier than 1am. Of all the things really hindering my attempts at getting back to the fitness levels I was before pregnancy, lack of sleep is #1 right now.
Along with these goals Cristian and I have been making healthier date choices. I don't think it's bad to go out to dinner or a movie every once in awhile but we've been making his days off and dates more active with hiking, disk golf, and even just walks outside. With the weather as nice as it is (and if it stays this way) there will be fishing, basketball at the park, and maybe some soccer to add to the mix. And if the snow comes back I plan on taking Cristian snow shoeing :D.
I think Violet may be a runner. Yesterday at the river (which is a 2 mile trail there and back) she ran, while I lightly jogged 3/4ths of a mile! Almost all the way to our spot where we throw rocks and sticks into the river under the last bridge. I was thoroughly impressed and certainly didn't push her to do so. She was just having fun, running, jumping over puddles, laughing. Yesterday was a really good day.
Anyway, she loves being outside, so our goal to do more of that has been really easy.
Also, in case I don't get on here before or soon after Saturday, have a happy VALENTINES DAY!
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