Exercise With Me 8/31-9/4 WEEK 6

Still doing smaller portions.

Not buying snacks. 

Struggling on the water intake. Some days water is just so boring. I think lack of chicken in a biscuit crackers and shoestring potato sticks(both salty snacks, both my favorite) isn't making me as thirsty for water. Making myself drink it anyways. Hydration is important, so is no snacking  . Some days are harder than others.

It looks like my gym days will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week.

Yesterday and today were both rest days. Even though I relaxed with TV and scrapbooked today I got over 7000 steps. Yesterday was a huge step surprise, I did a scrappy garage sale with friends. It felt like I just sat all day long, but I ended up getting 9000+ steps. The sale was at a friends house that lives and hour away.

I used to struggle getting even 3000 steps, so I’m happy with my weekend totals.

I'm starting my second week of a power zone challenge on Peloton. I also have a strength class today.
I've got some major lower back/butt pain, so I have an appointment with a really good sports massage therapist this week. I hope he can provide some relief. It doesn't help that the problem is exacerbated but lots of sitting which I do for most of the day. I need to look into a standing desk.

Can you tell me more about the Power Zone challenge?   I think I saw you posted about it elsewhere and it is intriguing to me.  

I love my standing scrap table and that we have a standing desk at school ( I am only on the computer at school for very minimal times though).  It makes such a difference to me.  I do have a bar stool I can sit on if I need to, but I rarely use it and it usually has a cat on it anyway!  I know our secretary at school has a standing table top that goes over her regular desk.  She can adjust it to however she wants.  I hope you feel better soon!

You can find more info at powerzonepack.com, but in a nutshell, it's an 8 week challenge of power zone training. You can either follow along on your own, or do it with a team. You can pick either 3, 4, or 5 classes per week, but you have opportunities to get extra credit. This is my first challenge, so I'm not sure what happens with the points your team earns, but I just like the idea of having a schedule to stick to.

Wooohooo, Monday workout in the books! And I didn’t have to modify it much!

25 minute clock / 5 rounds
250 meter row
25 single unders (modified from double unders)
10 push jerks

with remaining time
assault bike

I finished my 5 rounds in 18:45

Monday: 10,290 steps and arm exercises. Also, I made the Wii Fit step board work. It said it had been 3960 days since the last time I used it. That's probably pretty accurate and I was laughing that it has been 10 years. I always planned on joining the Y or Planet Fitness when I stopped working and now I'll need to make alternate plans for the cold part of the year.

Also, I am really, really terrible at the Wii Fit step board. Hopefully a little practice will help.

Still on the barre/step goal track — barre six days, 10,000 steps/day. I did it yesterday, even though it meant taking a walk after dinner when I realized I was 1500 steps short.

Still laying off the baked goods and wine. The terrible news I have is that, having gone about 2.5 weeks without any alcohol or muffins/bagels/bread, my work clothes are already fitting better. Dang it—turns out behavior really does connect to weight.

Ok peas. I hang out on the SBR side 90% of the time but I'm always lurking over here.

A couple of weekends ago, I rearranged my tiny third bedroom to make room for my elliptical (that's been in the garage since I moved here two years ago).

I've been on it a big whoppin' once since then. 🙄 Maybe this is the push I need!

Thanks for the inspo!

Did my morning pedaling, had a good ride. Was able to match cadence and didn’t feel like dying. I got a little fan that attaches to my bike and that helped immensely. We have a/c, but I still get super sweaty and hot when riding, I am kind of shocked what a difference it made.

I am going to be more mindful about my eating this week as well, being home all day makes it too easy to just grab a small snack. When I feel snacky I will drink some water instead.

Hello everyone! I am still on my ring closing streak (I think 107 days now) and was the leader in both of my rings challenges again in August. But, I feel like my commitment to my workouts has been lacking a little bit. This month my goal is to also focus on nutrition. Since going back to work in June I have been eating horribly. We also were really busy with a shortened baseball season. Things are a little slower now. I have started to use the Lose It app and my goal is to plan and track my meals. I also need to get back to 5:2. I've only had breakfast so far but as of now I am on track today. We will be going out of town this weekend and I need to check if the hotel gym is open.

I haven't been able to do much walking since it's been so darn hot here, but I'm trying! Will get back to it probably more next week as I'll be visiting my daughter and we'll be walking on the beach!! Yeah for cooler weather.  Oh, I HAVE been drinking more water the past month or so--so that is good--I also cut down on snacks!    I don't need to lose any weight--but do need to work on the flab that is leftover!  Tightened flab looks much better than loose flab!

Monday 20 min run
Tuesday 40 min hike + butt circuit