@Joanna2012B Beautiful Colorado

twinmom_112002 wrote: »

Hi all...

I chose to do the New York, New York challenge. I liked the stretch from the rockets and of course a little extra running is always in favor.

Just so you know, you only have to do one or the other. I was confused and though you had your do both, but it has been clarified on the Q&A thread. I'm doing both for mine though because I'd already got it in my head I was but will count it as a success whenever I finish the 1st piece.

So, I was making healthy choices this morning, then about 10 minutes before we were to head to the gym, I just got a huge project dumped on me that I have until next Wednesday to get done on top of everything else...so I caved. I talked our gym group into going out for Mexican and instead of getting my healthy option there is got the bad stuff. And now since I'm going to be over no matter what, I've already started hitting the chocolate...and I'm stuffed!!! How crazy is that?! Hate how the mind works sometimes.

1.) SIMPLY CHOOSE ONE OF THE THIRTEEN ABOVE CHALLENGES ( napalie coast hike)
2.) DO IT (✅
3.) POST ON YOUR THREAD WHICH ONE YOU DID✅
4.) STATE WHY YOU CHOSE THE ONE YOU DID!( I love hiking/ walking for exercise it's my favorite I can listen to a book or just listen to nature)
5.) PUT 10 POINTS IN THE APPROPRIATE CHALLENGE BOX✅

100 Sumo squats down, only 40 left to go!

Yesterday was a bust. Got 7 minutes into my exercise when my daughter asked me to come with her to a school event. I went thinking I was only going to spend an hour or so. Ended up spending all day, on my feet no less. By the time I got home I was bushed and needed sleep sp badly. But it wasn't to be. The baby had colic/tummy ache and so I didn't get to bed till 12:50 a.m.

Missed my gym session this morning but I'm going to try to get there now.

Hey All, Checking in again & updated the spreadsheet, this morning was crazy busy with the dog show. But I was thrilled, Crook won his class, won the winners of males class (beating out an older more experienced dog) and then went on to beat all the winners of all the classes (both male & female) of the same breed. Not to shabby for only his second show. Tomorrow we are back again for another round, hopefully he does just as good.

Back to the challenge, I completed all my sumo squats today after getting home and resting a bit, I just need to do one more round of the abs. Almost done!!!

@ibenson2006 he can be pretty mischievous for sure, but he is actually a really good boy, has not destroyed anything really, just his toys and one of his beds. He just requires a lot of exercise to keep him moderately calm. The breed is known for being high energy.

Lifestyle Changes
1 - Taking the stairs instead of elevator whenever possible. Making this a part of my daily routine at work has been wonderful. It is not a lot because we are only on the second floor, but I think it is a huge move for me because I never thought I would start doing that.
2 - Parking further away at work and the grocery store. I would like to start doing this at more places, but these are the only two that have made it to a habit so far.
3 - Drinking 1/2 my weight in water. I can tell that I feel a little worse on days after I have slacked on getting in my water.
4 - Continuing my morning workouts. It is hard to get up at 4:30 in the morning, but I think I have been able to make this a habit and it helps take the pressure off of having to make it to the gym at lunch.
5 - On the opposite side of that, I want to refocus on having a 3 day minimum for going to the gym at work. It is so easy to come up with excuses to skip and when we do, it not only affects me, but my gym buddy who got me going down this path. So for her sake, I would like to make that more habit.
6 - Participate in ONE 30 day strength challenge each month. This gives me the direction for what to do strength wise versus trying to decide what to do at 5 in the morning. However, I have found that trying to do more than one is just too demanding to fit in with the other things I would like to do.
7 - Continue logging on a daily basis, to the best of my ability, good or bad. I want to continue to focus on this when I reach maintenance mode for at least 6 months or so to ensure that I have this down and hopefully never fall back into regaining more than 5-10 pounds.
8 - Continue to try to add in a little more running. I didn't realize that I would actually like it, but it's fun. (Weird to say that...for me at least!! LOL). Considering doing a 7K in April.

9 - My want to change is to start eating more fruits and vegetables. This is something that I struggle with. When talking to a coworker about this, she came up with the suggestion that when I switch my calorie intake whenever I make it to maintenance mode that I continue to eat like I do but the added calories that I am allowed daily should be from fruits and veggies. So, that is my plan. Just got to make it to maintenance mode first!! LOL

Ok so I have done the Ab videos! I absolutely love the 2nd one!! I will add this to my regular fitness program and share it with the instructors at my gym!! I sad this is over tomorrow!!

I am super sad this is almost over. It's almost like when I am watching the finale of survivor. I can't wait till the next one starts!! We have arrived in Vancouver, anything logged now is just bonus. We are still in 3rd, but team 4 is nipping at our heals. We still have lots of blanks so that could change. Fingers crossed. I didn't get home until after 4:30 but did manage to go down and get in 17 minutes. Hope to get a workout in tomorrow morning!!