Tuesday 24 November

Today I did both segments of the Kathy Smith timesaver workout video.  All cardio.

Still Going Strong

Okay on Friday November 20th I tried something a little different.  I took the kids to the exercise park near ds2’s school and let them play while I ran a few laps before picking up ds2.  It went well.  The boys were within a good distance to hear them and check on them often and I did better than I thought I would on the track.  I would walk, then run, then walk, then run.  I was breathing heavy, but regained my breath quickly.  My knees didn’t bother me and it didn’t feel too jarring.  I expect to try and do this once or twice a week for variety.

Today, Monday 23 November I did a streaming video from Netflix, 10 Minute Solution Kickboxing Bootcamp.  Hard!  It is split into 5 10 minute segments; legs, arms, hard-core aerobics, abs, something else I can’t remember, but it was tough.  I liked it though, it was easy as far as the moves go, but challenging.  When I weighed in the scale said 156…I am wary of that as we went out to eat this weekend AND dh brought home a delicious steak dinner from my fave restaurant.  Hopefully it is true!

Thursday 19 November

I did do the Firm workout yesterday that I got from Netflix…it was very fast paced, the cardio segments were intense but very brief, and I guess you could say it was good because my muscles are letting me know they are there today (especially triceps!)  I sent it back, though, I want to see more Dr. Mike.

Today I did my Kathy Smith timesaver video.  I had hoped to do both segments but it’s a tough one and I was cooking a big meal for the boys so I only did the one.  I think tomorrow I may try jogging at the park by ds2’s school.

Wednesday 18 November

Barring any unforeseen events, I’ll be doing a dvd I got in the mail, The Firm Get Chisel’d.  I try and work in my workouts everyday after I pick ds2 up from school and before I get dinner started (so between 4 and 5.)  We’ll see how we like this one.

I can tell I am so much more fit after these months of steadily working out.  I can squat and lunge like nobody’s business and even do more jumping than before.  I don’t tire out as easily (in workouts or in life) and have moved on from my 3 pound weights altogether.  My eating is still so so, about half and half I’d say.  I do well for the first half of the day…breakfast is cereal and milk (still measured out) snack is fruit and or yogurt and lunch is either leftovers or a healthy sandwich.  Some days I get pretty hungry, others not.  I still have cravings but am getting so much better at avoiding them or not caving in.  It’s worth it…yesterday at Target I did cave in and got an eggnog latte.  It was cold out and I had the little boys with me and I just decided to do it.  Well, I liked maybe the first two sips and then I just didn’t.  It didn’t taste as good and I started to feel icky.  I let the boys finish it.  See, my body is figuring out that eating healthy is better even though my brain hasn’t completely decided on that for now.  LOL.  Scale is still not budging, but honestly if I continue working out and can get through the holidays without gaining, I’ll be happy.

Monday, Tuesday Nov 16 &17

Monday I did the Crunch Total Resculpt and Tuesday I did the Dance Off The Inches Calorie Blasting both on Netflix streaming.

Sunday November 15

Skipped exercising on Friday and Saturday.  Today I did The Biggest Loser Cardio.  Was really hard, kind of tired today.  I’m sending it back to Netflix; I think I prefer the streaming exercise workouts anyway.

Thursday November 12

Today I did another streaming video workout from Netflix, The Crunch Cardio Sculpt that I did last weekend.