Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Fitness Day 11

Hello!!
Todays workout was pretty dang hard.
Tight Butt Stomach and Arms - this one killed me. It was my favorite though because it gave me a big workout.
Abs in a Hurry - and this one is always an amazing workout for me. It's all about really pushing yourself and really trying to perfect the moves. Why I say that is because you could easily cheat on a lot of these moves, but it's up to you if you want a good workout.

DAY 11 COMPLETE!!

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Sweets

Well, to start off, no I have not stopped my work out challenge. It just happens that I got sick last week and couldn't bring myself to do it. So IT STARTED AGAIN YESTERDAY!!!

Yesterdays workout:
Thighs and Hamstrings
I wanted to work specifically on these because I pulled my hamstring and wanted to stretch that out to make sure I could start running again.
Todays Workout:
2 mile run (18 min- after being sick and afflicted).
Even though the blog workouts may look easy, they really test your strength and endurance (especially on the timed interval workouts).
You can see my past workouts on my blog.


Exciting News from the past couple weeks..
Mike is almost done with one of his classes. He only has one final test to go and that means one less thing he has to worry about!! Yay for him :)
I had off work for Vetrans Day (I work at a Bank) so that was fun and awesome. That was the day I go sick though, I was super grateful that we had the day off work for that reason. Mike was an angel and took care of me - of course!!
Made homemade caramel apples - with M&Ms

My manager brought one of her puppies to work for me to play with :) :) :) BEST DAY EVER - then he peed on my desk... but I still love him.

Mike and I went on our first date in a LONG time (he has work Friday and Saturday nights usually) because he had Friday night off!! WAHOO! We went to see The Dark Knight Rises. Wow. I am totally speechless. Just to give you a feel for how wonderful it was... If someone asked me to go 3 weekends in a row... I would say yes.


I started an etsy account called PleasantlyVintage!! I felt like doing something crafty and I didn't really want to get everything out - which I ended up doing anyway. So, I uploaded all of my crafts to sell. If you are interested, go take a peek!!

But.. can you believe its Thanksgiving in 3 days?! I'm ready to eat some yummy food. Speaking of: Do you all have you elastic waistband pants ready?! I sure do. Plus we have our awesome friends coming over!! YAY! I'm super excited to see Nicole, she's my favorite :) Anyhow, it's kind of depressing that I didn't even decorate for Thanksgiving... I had no ideas. even from pinterest! The only thing I could have done would be to print out those cute framed sayings... yeah. We're still out of ink. Oh well!! That just makes me super excited to decorate for Christmas. EEK!!

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Fitness Day 8

I slacked a little today... oops!! But what I DID DO:
As many mountain climbers as possible
Side Swipe Plank (Each Leg) - 20 each
Side Crunch Plank (Each Leg) - 20 each
Downward Dog Pushups - 10

Friday, November 9, 2012

Fitness Day 7

Heck yeah!! I've been going for seven days already, (not in a row since I have two days to rest) but still. One week down!!
Today I skipped running so that my leg can heal up for next week. I do need to keep up with running, that's what burns the fat!
Todays workout:
Tight Arms and Abs - This really worked me for my arms. But, I need to get better at my arm strength so that's what my goal was today. AND
9 Pushup Variations - these are awesome even though I still can't keep up with the arm workouts quite yet. This one was a little easier, although I had to do some girl pushups when I couldn't go on.
Day 7 complete. :)


Thursday, November 8, 2012

Fitness Day 6

Todays workout:
Mike and I did as many sit ups as we possibly could (we actually didn't count for some reason)
Then we ended with 5 Minute Ab Workout. I loved working out with Mike- he even admitted to how difficult these videos were. I would have done more of a core workout (and more than 5 minutes) but that requires legs (squats, kicks, etc) and with my pulled hamstring I can't exactly do that.
Day 6 is completed!!

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Fitness Day 5

Todays workout:
4 Mile run this morning - I think I did a pretty good job with the run. I was feeling a little sore still from the Full Body Tune Up I did on Monday - my upper abs are still killing me!! (This is a good thing - YAY for muscles!!) - so I felt pretty good with the time I got on the 4 mile run. Every time I add an additional mile to the workout I run at a pace of 10 minutes per mile so that way I know I will definitely survive and I can only improve from there. So today I ran 4 miles in 38 minutes and had a work out (after I took Mikey to school) called Tighter Tush. Unfortunately I pulled my left Hamstring and had to sit out after workout 9.. hopefully I will be able to recover quickly so I can continue this workout routine!!
That's my update for today!


Monday, November 5, 2012

Fitness Day 4

Hello Blogging World!!
Today is day 4 in my 30 day fitness challenge - I started off the day with a 2 mile run with my work friend and ended my work out for today with Quick Full Body Tune Up. I love that she has reps for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced because there are certain work outs that I seem to be able to hit advanced but some I can barely hit Intermediate. That way I can see exactly where I stand and I have something I can look to for improvement! Well, there you have it, day four was a success!!

Friday, November 2, 2012

Fitness Day 3

Today was a little bit of a lazy day. I was feeling exhausted this morning so I didn't end up running... yet... but this morning I did a Stretch Out video which helped my tight muscles a lot!! Later tonight I will continue with my workout schedule so I will update then!!

Tonights workout!!
No running unfortunately (I re-realized that if I don't go in the morning, no matter how hard I try I cannot find time during the day AND do these work outs).
Sexy Arms Workout
5 Minute Arm Workout - this one you do need some weights (I skipped that part because I don't have the weights and continued on with the previous workout shown. P.s. don't be freaked out about the rolling push-ups, they were actually really fun!!)

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Fitness Day 2

Day 2 of Exercises:
Holy smokes.. I feel motivated to lose this belly chub. It feels great to finish day two because now I can tell myself that I'm already two days in.. why quit now ;) Right?! Or that's what I'm trying to convince myself. Anyhow, if you liked either of the videos I posted last time, I decided to go with Bender Fitness because the website is easier to navigate and I can find what I want to work on pretty quickly. The thing I love about this website too is that she posts work out updates everyday - or almost everyday- so if you're not feeling strongly about working out a specific area, just do what she is doing. Today I did the 12 Minute Ab Fat Burn and Full Body Fitness Workout.