The start of the Two-a-Day workout challenge

Well, I didn't manage to do two workouts today. Poor planning on my part

But I did do my C25K this afternoon. With the way my students have been behaving this week, I'll certainly need to sweat out some stress tomorrow afternoon! And of course, I'll plan on doing 2X what I intended on doing Saturday in order to make up for today!

Hi Everyone
Checking in with my pm 3mile power walk another 240 calories down for the day. Everyone seems to be doing great keep it up and...........................see you in the morning!!!!

Friday 25th – 8: 30 AM C25k Week 1(DONE) + AM Jari Love 30 mins(DONE) + Mid Yoga Class 1 hour(DONE)

How refreshing really needed that stretch,now to do some grocery shopping real quick -scrambles off-

Sunday (3.20) DONE!!
Monday (3.21) AM-DONE!! PM-DONE!!
Tuesday (3.22) AM-DONE!! PM-?? (no time, long DR appointment)
Wednesday (3.23) AM-DONE!! PM-DONE!!
Thursday (3.24) AM-?? PM-??
Friday (3.25) AM-?? PM-??
Saturday (3.26) AM-?? PM-??

I'm putting what exercises I'm doing on my blog.

Alright, so I have not been sticking to the two-a-day workouts. I need to establish a better schedule. Any suggestions?

Hmm, Well first I would ask, what is your barrier? Is too hard to get up early, is the gym too far away, what reasons are you telling yourself for not doing it?

Well, the reason I'm telling myself for not doing it is because I have so much homework to catch up on...but honestly, exercise or not, I'm not getting the homework finished. It's actually less motivating for homework to skip out on exercise. It is difficult to get up early, but I usually just go walking outside, and my gym is my house (I have workout videos) :P So, I don't know.

Alright, so I have not been sticking to the two-a-day workouts. I need to establish a better schedule. Any suggestions?

Hmm, Well first I would ask, what is your barrier? Is too hard to get up early, is the gym too far away, what reasons are you telling yourself for not doing it?

Well, the reason I'm telling myself for not doing it is because I have so much homework to catch up on...but honestly, exercise or not, I'm not getting the homework finished. It's actually less motivating for homework to skip out on exercise. It is difficult to get up early, but I usually just go walking outside, and my gym is my house (I have workout videos) :P So, I don't know.

It sounds like motivation is the key. It's hard to get moving sometimes- motivation was a big problem for me last year. I do have some suggestions for you. First off, I would fix in your mind what it is you want to achieve. I have two ‘goals’ in my mind- first, to get my BF% down to 25, and second, to fit into a pair of jeans that I was wearing in 2007. Then, you need to be brutally honest with yourself. What is it going to take to achieve your goal? Then slowly work up to it. Set some smaller, easily achievable goals, maybe one a week. For example, if you are not exercising at all, a small goal would be “this week I’m going to do 3.5 hours of exercise” That’s 30 minutes per day. The reward yourself when you achieve it (hopefully with something other than food!). Maybe a long bubble bath with candles and your favourite drink!

Or maybe just focus on one day at a time. Give yourself a big pat on the back for every day you complete X amount of exercise. This is going to sound really lame and OCD, but I have a small calendar and for every day I achieve my exercise and food goals, I colour that day in with a marker and give myself a little sticker (like the ones teachers give to little kids). Lame, I know, but I want to see my calendar filled up with heart, star and happy face stickers!

Also, this is getting super long now, but after a while, you will start to really enjoy working out and look forward to it. I know I do!

Made it for Thursday!

AM- 30 Day Shred: Level 2 & Pilates (30 mins) DONE
PM- 40 Minutes Zumba Class DONE

Goals for today are the same except I hope to be able to add in an extra Ab DVD or something to really start the weekend!

Today I Turned off my alarm at 5 am and slept for an extra 2 hours! Really needed that extra sleep, but it means I will be working out on my lunch break- thankfully the gym is very close to my work. Planning intervals on the treadmill at lunch and strength training after work.

I overlsept today too. I did not wake up until 6:30 instead of 5AM. Was only able to do my insanity video. Was planning on Doing my videos back to back today and do only 30 mins cardio. Tired of Getting home close to 8PM everyday. I leave at 6AM or a little after everyday so It's a long day. BTW, I workout at Work.

Yeah, it's hard to only be getting home in the evening. Im lucky because I have a very flexible boss, so she lets me work 8-4. I usually get up at 5, go to gym before work and sometimes go back after work. I know myself, and if I go home, I get into that "comfy" mode and I won't exercise. I want to try insanity, but I'm afraid I just won't do it.

Sunday (3.20) DONE!!
Monday (3.21) AM-DONE!! PM-DONE!!
Tuesday (3.22) AM-DONE!! PM-?? (no time, long DR appointment)
Wednesday (3.23) AM-DONE!! PM-DONE!!
Thursday (3.24) AM-?? PM-DONE!!
Friday (3.25) AM-?? PM-??
Saturday (3.26) AM-?? PM-??

I'm putting what exercises I'm doing on my blog.

P90X Core Synergistics and walking are done for the day! I fit in two workouts! Woohoo!