Hate Being Sick.

Dear anyone who still reads my blog,

I will be back soon hopefully.  I've been really sick and it's not in my best interest to workout or strain myself too much. And thanks for reading my blog!

:)

Town Hall Meeting?

So at my job, they have quarterly meetings with everyone in the building called Town Hall meetings.  Today, they handed out stress balls to us all because of the huge merge in the company that's currently going on!  Yay!  Well, needless to say, I should have put it to work.  Ended up not being a very good day.

Next best thing?  Working out!  Did my arm workouts today along with some cardio.  I'm glad I got it in instead of just going home and moping...  But I'm sad to say that the workout didn't make me feel any better about my day.  :(

Guess it's time to hit the hay and hope friday turns out to be a better day.  If not, I'll just play dance central all night once I get home from work!

Hump Day!

Well, as usual the week is going by slowly but so far I've been proud of my progress.

Monday was going to be arms but i switched it up to do legs instead. (sore arms at a computer job are not a good idea....)  So I'll save arms til thurs or fri.  Managed to stick it out for a full 30 mins on the elliptical.  I'm so used to my mini one that these normal strides just take it out of me.  I get pooped quick!

Last night I wasn't having the best of days at work so I decided to stick with just cardio.  It was nice to just zone out for my workout, let go of my day.  It's super rewarding to feel the sore muscles from the elliptical as well as lifting. :)

Today is national running day.  I'm going to shoot for a mile because that's what the Shrinking Jean ladies are doing. we'll see if i can squeeze more out of myself since today is gonna be abs.

Hope everyone's hump day is great. :)

Helping a Friend Move.

We let a friend stay in our guest bedroom for a while and he just moved into his new apartment today.  I helped a bit and got my daily workout!  He lives on the 3rd floor so lots of stairs! :)

Gonna put in some elliptical time at home too just for good measure because it's been another not so healthy weekend.  But dinner tonight was healthy AND awesome.  Baked chicken with rosemary and garlic and roasted green beans!

It's almost monday and the process will start all over again!  Arms workout tomorrow night :)  Get in the exercise wherever you can!  Moving makes a difference.

Fake Monday

Well, as per any holiday weekend... there was tons of family and too much food.  I might have eaten more than I should have but I was careful some of the time.  Then back to reality today. (or rather yesterday considering the time...)

I did however make my Sausage and Peppers for dinner which was a nice healthy alternative to the eating out we did all weekend.

Did my arms workout tonight.  I've actually been stiff since last monday's arm workout and I'm not quite sure why.  I've done lots of stretching and rotating...  Let's hope this week the muscle recuperates a little better.  : /

30 mins of arms mainly focusing on my triceps, back muscles, and chest muscles to help with push-ups down the line.  Followed up with 15 mins of interval cardio on a very interesting elliptical machine.  It allows you to do a stair master movement or a normal elliptical movement.  Takes a bit of getting used to but I really like the muscle groups it works out.  :)

Working out with friends and family is going well so far.  I'm able to spew out my knowledge of working out and what helps or harms.  It almost makes me sound smart!  almost... :P  It is nice to be able to share the information and help others get better at their healthy journeys too!

Hope everyone that stumbles on this had a great weekend!  Time to kick some major week butt now!  Get up and moving!!

My official Take 2 Weigh in.

Well I was pleased to discover that my starting weight on my second attempt this year is not as bad as I thought it was.  Looks like I've only gained 4 lbs of the 10 I lost.

So here's to losing those and even more!

Starting weight as of this morning: 188.8 lbs
Goal weight: Not officially set but somewhere in the 160's would be a nice change.  (160 optimistically)

(Ignore the text on the picture, I was trying to dress up without being too dressy)

Just another Wed.

Well, after another 8 hours of training in absolutely unbearable temperatures, it was off to the gym at 1 a.m. for me!  I had 2 of my workout buddies there with me to just encourage each other.  :)

Did 25 mins of leg workouts and then 20 mins on the treadmill at a super high incline to work out those legs even more!

Just to come home to walk my little monsters!  Walking TWO rambunctious pups is definitely a great way to cool off at the end of the night!

 (New doggie, Max, on the left and long time member of the family, Cowpie, on the right)

Feels great to be up and moving no matter what time of night it is! (but to be honest I can't wait to get off of the night shift at work to join the land of the living again.)

I forgot to do my Wed. weigh in, so I'll try and remember when I get up today to start up the weekly weigh-ins again. :)