Friday: 51 burpees 12:12, walked about 5 miles this day. Too much indulging with my diet. The scale was up 0.8lbs! Not a happy camper but it is epected. You cant out train a bad diet. 

Saturday: A true rest day. No workouts. Just watching sci fi movies all day.

Sunday: Back to business. Ran 1.5 miles on my break. It felt really good. I didn't feel like I was dying. I ran up the big hill. 48 burpees in my office (supposed to be 50 but someone needed help!) 9:58. Then I did 30 min on the spin bike with at 33lb back pack on while I did one load of laundry.

Good night :)

Hooray again for posting on the same day! Say what?! LOL ok, ok. I will admit to my sins from now. I did have 3 1/2 cupcakes today. My wonderful coworker who gives Martha Stewart a run for her money baked the most delicious, fresh, moist, pumpkin cupcakes with graham cracker crust and vanilla frosting-for my birthday. There, I said it lol! Sorry! But remember my journey is about a sustainable diet that isn't too restrictive LOL! One cupcake should have been it. Not 2 1/2 more! But I'm human. I'm not going to beat myself up over it. I enjoyed every delicious flavor in each bite. Heaven in my mouth! Now onto the workouts.

Morning workout: 20 minutes on the spinning bike. 2x10 deadlifts, plank, burpees, squat jumps.

Evening workout: 3 rounds of 50 jumping jax, 10 wall squats, 10 burpees, 10 db thrusters (15lb each). 

Tuesday: Did the pic wod in the morning. On my dinner break at work I walked up and down the stairs (4 flights) about 7 times.

Wednesday: My calves are burning from all the stairs! I didn't get to wod this morning. We went out to breakfast instead. On my dinner break I went and ran a mile on the treadmill (5.5-6.5) then I did 10 minutes on the Jacob's Ladder with the 30lb back pack on. I'm done today lol. 

Sunday- Walk on the treadmil for 30 minutes with the 30lb back pack on. I sprinted for the last half mile (without the back pack on).

Monday- 20 minutes on the jacobs ladder. I thought it would be a "good" idea to do this with the 30lb back pack on.....that only lasted 5 minutes! LOL I also put it back on for the last 2 minutes. That was hard! It made me appreciate firemen that much more. Their gear weighs between 75-100lbs. Here I am complaining about 30lbs lol. 

My birthday was Friday and there has been one lone slice of cake in my fridge. I have nibbled at it for the last 2 days. I included it in my calorie count but I'm just sharing this because my first reaction is to think it is bad or I cheated. I'm trying really hard for the past 81 days to change that mindset. I don't want to live life with all the restrictions and waiting to get to my goal so I can eat something again. Moderation. A few bites. It doesn't have to be the whole thing. I want to be at a happy place with food. Especially during that "awesome" time of the month when all I crave are carbs and chocolate. Ok, I think I'm done for tonight. No cool pics to share. Hmmm...I might have one of the cake lol! I'll share the cake and a pic of me and my stepson who came home from college for the weekend. I can't believe how big he is! 

Saturday

Do I get kudos for posting today's workout on the same day?! LOL My morning workout was the bear complex. Bear complex = power clean, front squat, push press, back squat and push press. 7 times = 1 round. I went with slightly lighter weights and focused on form. I power cleaned right into the front squat and came right up into the push press (aka pretty much a thruster) lol. After 2 rounds I added more weight. After I was done I kept adding a few more lbs to see how it felt. It felt gooooood. :) 
My evening workout was spinning for 40 minutes. 
Here is the pic of my morning workout: 

Good night peeps!

Wednesday: I did a wod in the morning that consisted of clean and jerks and bar facing burpees. FUN! not! The c+j were actually the hard part, the burpees not so much. Later that day we went to the Big E. It is a big fair that comes to MA each year. I was really interested in the fried oreos! YUMMY! Yes it is a gazillion calories. More like 900.  We walked about 3 miles there.

Thursday: Not having a great day, Just walked 1.5 miles on my break. I really needed to just run or do some heavy lifting to get my energy out.

Friday: Birthday workout in am- tabatta times. -2lbs this week. Went out for a yummy burger for lunch. Had a nice, relaxing birthday.  

Monday: gym stair climber for 30 min w backpack

Tuesday:  morning attempt at a workout and dance session, afternoon walk around the grocery store with backpack on  didnt eat enough today and was starving all day  legs super sore

I know this barely qualifies as an entry but I'm exhausted and need some rest. I'll write more tomorrow.

Friday: I really did not feel like working out. I spent the entire day cleaning out my closet and the entire house. But then I went out to dinner and ate too much. When I got home I did the bike for 30 min with a 30lb backpack. Did a few deadlifts and like 100 jumping jax.
OHH Weigh in day: -1lb, -0.5" belly button, -0.5" high waist, -1" hips, thighs, shoulders, same for arm and neck.

Saturday: I had a busy day planned. I went to Boston with my bridesmaids to look for dresses. Before we left I did 3 rounds of squats and push press. While in Boston we walked 6-7 miles! I didn't think to turn my watch on until after the first hour of walking. It was an awesome day.

Sunday: I'm still tired from the weekend. Today's workout was pretty simple. 1 lap around the indoor track as my warmup. Then walking lunges one lap. Every time I stopped I did 10 pushups. Yeah, not fun at all. LOL. I stopped 15 times = 150 pushups It took me 29 minutes.

Tuesday was a real rest day. No workout at all. I just felt tired. I needed it. I'm going to switch my schedule to the 2 days on 1 day off, 3 days on 1 day off. I was doing 5-6 days on and 1 day off. Now that I've been doing this for 2 months and have 2 workouts on some days I need to make sure I get enough rest. Exercise is only 30% of the fitness equation. 

Wednesday: Back to business. Morning WOD: I thought it was going to be easy but it took me forever! Those plank jumps! KILLER! Afternoon WOD: Walk on the treadmil for 2 miles with 20lb backpack. I did sprint for a few minutes, without the backpack! 

Thursday: It's Sept. 11th. One thing I have learned and kept with me from my xfit days is during days of remembrance you do a crazy workout. Veterans, cops, firemen, military, civilians-if they can fight for our freedom and ultimately give their life for us, I can dedicate a hard workout for them. 

Tonight I'll walk or do the elliptical for 20-30 minutes with the 20lb backpack on. OH! I'm doing the walking with the backpack because I'm going to walk the 1/2 marathon with my good friend. That is one month away to this date! Even though this is "starting over" for me I am stronger today than I was when I originally walked the 1/2 marathon a few years ago. Honestly, I'm just doing it for fun and to spend time with a great friend. Nonetheless, I will be training for it LOL. 

Morning WOD

I dont have a 400m driveway, nor did I want to run up and down the street so I calculated how many rounds of driveway runs I'd have to do to get 400m. About 5 rounds =400m. 

My trusty running companion, easter bunny chalk! 

 

Catch up time!

Boy have I been slacking on this blog! I promise slacking on the blog does not = slacking on my life lol. Ok here goes.

Saturday: 

-2lbs this week
-14.8lbs total

Sunday: I walked 2 miles on my break. More like an active rest day

Monday:
Did whats in the pic. Then 30 minutes of spinning with a 20lb vest. 
Second workout was 20 minutes on the Jacob's Ladder, 40 kb swings and plank hold.

Me spinning with the vest on (well back pack with weights in there). Yes it sucked :)

Wednesday was a real rest day. No workout. Nothing. Truth be told I was having one is those days where I just wanted to eat and eat and eat. I didn't do that but it was a challenge. I literally was antsy.

Thursday wod: morning was Fran 21-15-9 thrusters and pull-ups. Thrusters felt easy. The pull-ups were my challenge. I haven't done them in about a week to ten days. Since my tooth. Holy heck did I notice a difference. Need to build that strength again. Afternoon was just a walk about a mile and a half. 

Friday wod: warmup. 10 kb swings 10 double unders. 10 rounds for time. I can't do consecutive double unders -well more than 2 in a row. But I jumped did I a double then single. This took longer but I wanted to work on my double unders. Prob just one workout today. 

Monday Wod:

Warmup

6 weighted lunges (10lb) 

10 overhead squats @ 35lbs

15 sit-ups

10 rounds for time 28 min 

Tuesday wod:

30 min spinning bike

2x10 deadlifts at 90

3 cleans at 90

Burpees

Plank holds