Work in process

I am a work in process and have been my whole life. I love the fact that a world of imperfect people live on the earth trying to find a way to improve themselves individually to improve the world as a whole. Don't get me wrong, every day is a struggle to figure out which way to choose to improve. I haven't really figured this one out yet, but that is okay.  That is why I continue to try to do my best every day. 

One thing I really want to work on, is my physical make up. I need to lessen my non-functional weight that I have on my body. I need to cut carbs and fat macros in order to change that. It is a choice that I will have to act upon daily, and every each meal. Remembering to be patient with myself and kind that not all my choices will reflect my desired outcome, I need to make sure that doesn't throw me completely off to not even start at all. 

Being all talk with no action, well is a problem. I need to focus on the small wins for the day. What is my priority for the day. Today I had to set up a doctor's appointment that needed to take almost all day to do. Now I need to focus on getting hydrated enough and make sure I eat the protein I need. I need to do something fun with the girls and then just rest so I can recover. See, the small wins for the day will help drive the process :) 

Okay I am back on board and doing the no excuse thing now. I want to work out and eat right every day, no excuse. I don't have one, that is all I have to focus on for myself all day long, so I need to do this for me. So tomorrow's plan is to start off right, and go for a run, then do a crossfit routine of some measure and finish unpacking everything.

Wish me luck.

Good beginning of the day

This morning, I walked/ran for 3.5 miles this morning, I hope to have a zumba workout before the end of the day and maybe go for another walk this evening :)

Here we go again

Attention guys, here I am again, I almost forgot I had a blog for my fitness. So I am going again. I am starting to walk, Zumba and other activities since I had my little Zoe. I need to get out there and do things every day.


I need to encourage myself because my ultimate goal is to be comfortable with my body in every way. So it is a big goal for myself, I know I can do it but I need to stay motivated and make NO EXCUSES, and NEVER COMPRIMSE a good choice. 


Choice or Choose in the dictionary states: to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference.
to prefer or decide (to do something) to want; desire. to contend with (an opponent) to decide, as by odd or even, who will do something


So I prefer to decide on the best choice of food, drink, and exercise that is best for me. I need to remind myself every day.  


Wish me luck!

3 miles today

I ran/walked 3+ miles today. :)

Ran 3.5 miles

Today I ran 3.5 miles. I think this is the first time that I really got the most out of the workout along with the sweat that comes with it. I have a goal this week to run every day even if it is only a mile or two. I want to be consistent so that my legs don't start to hurt like they did last week when I didn't run for a day or two.

4 miles today

I am very proud of myself today. I was able to get in 4 miles today. It took about an hour to get it all in. I wish I didn't have to stop as many times as I did today, but I did finish and it was four miles. So that is really great. I also walked a mile with Lily tonight before she went to bed. So today I got a total of 5 miles in today. I hope to be able to do that every day. That would be ideal because that would mean that I would burn between 300-700 calories a day (lowest being walking). I really hope I can get everything in. I want to do it 7 days a week too. I have noticed that I slack off on the weekends and the nights. So I am going to try to finish that this night month.

I am really happy with my run today. I ran 2 miles in under 20 minutes. The exact time was 19.52, with only 2 or so stops for Lily. I know it might not be a lot to some people I know but for me it is GREAT, because I thought that I would not get to under 20 minutes on my run in a month or so, so it is possible to cut your run by 2 minutes in two runs. Just look at me. Also I am very proud I was able to run at speed 9 on the treadmill for 30 seconds, and speed 8 for a minute, and that was after the two miles I ran. I am very grateful that I have a treadmill to do these types of workouts at home. Also today I hope to do Zumba from home as well.

So I am very proud of myself. We just recently bought a treadmill and in the last two days, I have ran/walked 5.2 miles in an hour, and today I have ran 3.18 miles in 32.08 mins/secs. I think it is safe to say this is one of the best purchases we have bought. I am definitely enjoying it so far.

Okay new approach to working out and eating right. We are going back on the Zone Diet strictly, where we measure out everything and only have a number of blocks that we can eat in a day. Also personally for me I am going to try to work out at least 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours daily, and on the weekends, an hour or so per day. I need to get my metabolism to come up and I will not work out all in one workout per day either, I will do it in two to three work outs a day around the times that I eat every day. I think this will work out for me :) I will be able to slow it down to an hour a day after I lose about 40 pounds, but until then, this is what I will be doing.

Tomorrow's workout will be running, and Tae Bo, and maybe a little Zumba ab in the afternoon. I hope I survive. :)

So nice I am finally feeling good enough to work out again after a week suffering from allergies. I did Zumba this morning and hope to be able to do the Zumba abs this afternoon, and hopefully be able to run tomorrow and do Julian Michaels or more Zumba.

Okay so last night I ran my first 5k in distance and I did it in 38.43 and I am so excited, and then this morning I rowed for 2.4k and then did a Zumba class, and also did Fran today in about 8 minutes, but I had to modify with the pull up assistance bar, and only did 35 pounds on the weight for the thrusters, but I am so excited, I worked out for 1.5 hours. That is what I want to do from now on at least five days a week, work out 1.5 hours, no matter if that is running, Zumba, or whatever. :)

Okay everyone can see that I have updated my links, I just included the Zumba link. I really like Zumba and I just ordered their DVD set as well, so I will be doing Zumba along with Cross-fit and Running. The coolest part about the website of Zumba that I posted, is that if you go to find a class you can find all the classes new you and I had no idea there were so many.  I am really excited, and tonight I am going to go to the gym and either run, row, or do the elliptical, and then the rest of the week, I will be doing Zumba, Run, or Cross-fit. Also we have just went to the store and we are going back strictly to what works for us. We are going to eat a lot of Salads, meats, eggs, veggies and fruits. Cutting out most of the carbohydrates that weigh us down. We will still be eating rice and sweet potatoes and red potatoes every now and then :) So there is my update today.

So we are going to go for a family walk today, it is a nice 75 degrees weather today with some wind. It is lovely for a walk. Also we are going to start eating Primal and Paleo. It is going to be a little more planning on my end but it will get it all where we want to be health and weight wise. :)

Okay today was an off day. We were going to go out of town today and didn't and will be going tomorrow, so today I took as a recovery day. So next week means a lot of trips to the track, Zumba, and anything else that I can call exercise.

We did Zumba today. Lily for the most part was good while we participated. I was a little under the weather this weekend, so this was a good change of pace for me than running for like 30 minutes. My goal though for this week is to run 2.25 miles three - five times this week. And I want to run that distance under 25 minutes if possible each time. :)

Okay we are going to go walking today for about two miles today because we are soooorrrreeee. :) but this week still has been a lot of fun.

Spinning was a lot of fun I will definitely be back on Tuesday. :) It is nothing like burning around 900 calories today :)

Workout 1 for the day

Heather and I did a good workout this morning. I ran 2 miles in 20.30 and did 150 wall balls with an exercise ball. Tonight we are going to be doing a spinning class. Wish us luck!