Week 7

This week was horrible! It was basically the last week of vacation as I have to start setting up my classroom on Monday and officially report to work Thursday the 31st. So I basically did nothing but sit around and watch tv. I wanted to have a relaxing time before life got hectic again. I have learned it is VERY important to have your habits established before going on vacation. I know if I had an established schedule that I had been following to a T for at least a month I would have done much better. This week I plan on getting back to a routine that I will keep during the school year. I want to get that established before the students come back August 6th and classes start August 22nd. This way when more things are on my plate my exercise routine will be established. I have done a bit better with my eating habits. I am trying to only buy healthy foods with only one or two "bad for you" snacks.

I am going to start a new exercise video called, The Firm Express. It is an exercise program that has you work out 3 times a week for 20 minutes. There are four cycles all with a cardio, sculpt, and cardio+sculpt dvds. They give you a bonus dvd with a metabolism boosting workout and an ab workout. I am excited to try it out and see how it goes! They include an eating guide but I won't be following that this time. My goal is to do the videos Monday, Wednesday, Friday as soon as I get home from work, around 4:30. That will allow me to be finished by 5pm. While the weather is still nice I want to go for hikes on Sundays. I also want to try and swim at least once a week if not twice. I was thinking Tuesday and Thursday mornings or Saturday mornings. Haven't figured that one out yet.

Hopefully things will be better this next week!

Week 7 and total change
Date: July 27
Weight: 119lbs   no change
Waist: 30in      -0.5in
Hips: 33in       -1.5in
Thighs: 20in     -0.5in

Week 6

This week has been so much better! I went for a walk with my mom and dog everyday Monday - Friday and averaged 1.88 miles and 52.2 minutes. It took us a bit longer to walk because the dog was very interested in every inch of the park and of course had to explore something new every day! I've gotten a few gadgets to help me with this quest as well. First, I got a new log to record my exercise and measurements.I haven't started using this yet but hope to next week. Second, I got the Garmin Vivofit. I had the Nike fuel band for a while but you can't swim with that. So far I love the Garmin! It tracks sleep, shows you steps, distance, calories, time and date, and uses a watch battery so there is no charging! The screen is always on which is nice. I think the best part is the dynamic goal. Every day the device creates a goal for you based on your profile and the previous days activity. If you met you goal the day before they will raise your goal a little. If you were off they will lower it a little. They have never lowered it so much that it was easy for me to reach the goal with out getting up and moving and they have never increased it so much that I would have to extend my work out by a lot to meet it. So far I am loving this device.

          

Weeks 4 and 5 - Vacation

I have been on vacation for about three weeks now and it has not been good for my health journey at all!! These first two weeks I haven't really done much. I went out with my friends for the fourth of July and we walked around a lot but other than that I have not done much in terms of exercise. I also have not been eating very well. I did not take any measurements as I was a bit scared to look. I did step on the scale quickly and did gain a pound or two (YIKES!!) which showed me how important it is to stay on top of my health and wellness. I am hoping to at least go for some walks with my mom and my dog next week so I am doing something! Week 5 was kind of hard to exercise to begin with as over the week I spent 25 hours in the car! Hopefully next weeks goes much better and I will get back to the measurements for week 6!