Today my MOM signed up! Hopefully we'll be able to work together and support each other. My biggest weakness is food, so I'm definitely going to need my family's help in that respect, and considering my mother buys most of the groceries for our house, it's nice to have her be involved. My goal is to focus on portion sizes. My days are long and busy, and I eat quite frequently, and I need to watch HOW MUCH I eat when I do have snacks. I feel like I'm doing okay so far. I feel motivated and excited, and I'm ready to work hard! I did a 6 week fitness challenge with Sarah (www.youtube.com/sarahsfabchannel) and I kept a blog for that, and it was a great experience.
Karena and Katrina sent out an e-mail today announcing their first challenge. This week's challenges are to inspire and be accountable by sharing workouts, recipes, etc. on Facebook. This challenge is about "checking in" with them on Facebook daily (I felt like I was in elementary school, getting a "gold star" for doing a workout, haha) and hopefully inspire friends of mine and others in the Tone It Up community.
In conjunction with this challenge is a HUGE GIVEAWAY! 20 of those participating will win a copy of their DVD and a pair of Sketcher Tone Ups (worth over $82). Wooo! The 20 they pick will be people who tag them on Facebook EVERY DAY. Good luck to all :)
I also took my "before" picture today... yeuch. Can't wait to see what my "after" picture is going to be :)
Now to check in with this week's 5 challenges:
1. Do yesterday's workout (3 times) - Check!
2. Wake up and do 30 minutes of anything - X! I'm going to be honest, this morning I waaay overslept, so I didn't get my AM 30minutes in :( But I have to get up early tomorrow for work, so I'm going to do 30 minutes on the treadmill when I wake up.
3. Dowload DJ Luv's workout mix - Check! Love this mix so much! I put it on my iPod :)
4. Print out the motivation calendar - X! My printer's not working, so I didn't print it out, but instead made it my desktop background! Every day I update it by opening it in Paint and adding what workouts I did to it, and then re-setting it as my background.
5. Change out fat-storying carbs for good ones - Check!
Exercise:
Bikini Strap Workout (x3)
Food/Drink:
Oatmeal
Low fat french vanilla yogurt
Blueberries
Large English Toffee from Tim Horton's
Homemade shepherd's pie (ground beef; friend onions; steamed peas, carrots, corn, green beans; mashed potatoes, butter, 1% milk; shredded chedder cheese)
Salad (lettuce, tomatoes)
1 glass 1% milk
1/4 cup popcorn kernels hot-air popped, 1 tablespoon butter
I just got an e-mail from Karena and Katrina with this weekend's challenges:
1. Work out on Saturday and Sunday - I think this one'll be easy for me, I don't have a busy weekend ahead of me.
2. Try jogging in intervals: 30 seconds jog, 60 seconds walk, for 10 minutes. - I'm going to do this tomorrow morning! Probably for 30 minutes, though.
3. No beer or wine, opt for champagne instead. - I don't usually drink alcohol, so this one is no problem for me haha.
4. Choose low-calorie meals if eating out, and NO fried food. - Currently, I don't have any plans to eat out tomorrow because I'll be at work for the better part of the day, but if I do go out I'll definitely watch it.
Keeping in mind all the e-mails, tips, and challenges I've received thus far, these are my goals for tomorrow:
- Wake up early and do a 30 minute cardio workout (probably interval jogging/speed walking on my treadmill)
- Eat NO processed food. We have blueberries, strawberries, mushrooms, and other goodies like that in our fridge, so I'm very excited to be creative when I pack my lunch/supper for work tomorrow.
- Do the bikini strap workout (x3)
- Drink TONS of water. I haven't been drinking much lately, and I really need to pay attention to that more.
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