Sure, Why Not?

I might as well try again-why not?

Noah no longer morning naps so my time is even more limited on when I can work out.  Should I work out in the early morning instead of having quiet time or showering?  Should I work out in the evening instead of spending time with Nick or helping Abby with her homework or taking my kids to their sporting practices?

I decided to just try and do it with Noah running around in the morning.

Yes, I am crazy.

Did Core today and it was pretty humorous.  Anytime that I found myself stretching so that my legs were apart, Noah found it his job to crawl underneath me.  And then stay there.  The final stretch was the best-I was supposed to be in downward dog and then go into cat stretch.  Kind of hard to do with a monkey sitting under me.

Noah also found it fun to crawl on me anytime that I was laying on the mat.  That included banana rolls, bow to boat, and superman/banana.  Oh, and the times that I was gasping.

Anyway, it felt good to exercise.  Even though I am still trying to watch what I am eating, I have been feeling the flab of not working my muscles.

I know the realities of my world and I will not be able to do this every day.  But, I will do my best.

Back On Track

I started with Day 1 today-Core Synergistics.  My goal is to work out in the morning, before anyone else in my house is awake.  Which means that my alarm is set for 5:45.  A.M.  Yuck.

Actually, my alarm is always set for that time, but I have this lovely button called Snooze that I enjoy using. 

This morning went well.  I skipped a couple of things, like plank run things, since my knee is still bothering me a bit.  According to my physical therapist (i.e. neighbor Jessica), it is good to do calf stretches to help my knee heal.  Considering there is a lot of that in Core, it worked well.

Here's to consistency.

Seriously?

Okay, this is ridiculous.

I was sick.  Figured I would pick up with Yoga when I felt better.

Then my friend passed away so we went out of town for the funeral and, for obvious reasons, I was not up to working out for a few days.

Got overwhelmed with numerous things to do.

Was about to start working out again this week and I ended up with a knee injury.  From what?  Cleaning someone else's house.

It is finally feeling better today, but, alas, I have an awful cold.  My eyes will not stop watering, my nose is runny and stuffy at the same time, and I just want to sleep.

As my former muscles turn to flab, I vow that I will start working out again soon.

Day 3

After birthday party number one of three was cancelled on Saturday, I had no excuse to skip my work-out.  Completed Shoulders and Arms.  I actually enjoy that work-out.  It is not too hard, compared to others.  And since it repeats itself, I can keep going without waiting for Tony to talk for awhile between reps.

Now, for the bad news.  Within a couple of hours of completing the work-out, I started getting sick.

As I am writing this, I still have chills and feel exhausted.  Today has the extra bonus of stomach cramps, which I am assuming is from drinking too much sprite and not eating enough actual food. 

I remember something like this happening the first time that I started P90X.  And I know it happened to Nick-big time.  It took him days to feel better.  Unfortunately, this week is way too busy for me to be sick so I better get over it-now.

Needless to say, I have not completed Day 4, yet, and I do not see it happening today.  Considering I almost fall over carrying Noah upstairs, I do not see 90 minutes of Yoga going over well.

Day 2

I had every excuse to skip my work-out today. 

I had to take the kids to school.  I had to listen to Abby's class recite their memory verses to me.  I had to take Abby and the American Heritage Girls bowling, along with my boys.  I had to make dinner and finish reading my book for book club tonight (which, of course, has been cancelled because of freezing rain).

So, I ignored my snooze button and got up at 5:45 to work-out. 

It felt great, except for the fact that my butt was sore from yesterday's core.  The added bonus was warming up with Yoga, trying to find my inner calm, while the boys woke up an hour early and started goofing off in their room.  Too bad that you have a poopy diaper, Noah-I am trying to stretch and be calm.

This weekend should be interesting-three birthday parties, tubing at the ski place, church plant meeting-looks like I will be waking up at 5:45 again.

Day 1 In The Year Of 2012

So...

...had a month of being sick, then went on a cruise and ate enough food to feed a small country.  Yep, I am motivated now.

As I watched my stomach get more and more loose over the past month, I was missing my work-outs.  Then, as I watched it get filled up with the never-ending food on the ship, I knew it was time to get back to work.

Started with good old Core Synergistics today.  Lord, help me.  Just when I couldn't get enough of that acrobat and her smug attitude about how great she looks, I had to start with this one again.  Since I pretty much have this one memorized, it went by quickly.  I only skipped the plank run since my gut is hanging so low from my eating adventure that it was just getting in the way.

Here we go.  No excuses or trips out of town planned in the near future.  Bring it.

Yep, Still Alive

Hello strangers.

To recap, I have had a cold that has lasted an entire month with no end in sight.  I am finally past the "I never want to move again" phase and just in the "cannot quite breathe, yet" stage.  Needless to say, I have not done much working out.  Considering that I can hardly breathe doing normal stuff, I cannot imagine P90X helping me along very well.

Oh, and my parents just informed me that I had bronchitis as a child.  Meaning that I should watch out for lingering colds.  Good to know, now that I am 34 years old.

Well, add on that we spent a week out of town visiting my family and you get the gist.  I really was all motivated to start anew this week, but for two reasons, I will be pushing my new attempt off for a couple of weeks.

One being that I still feel pretty crappy. 

Two being that we are going on a cruise next weekend.  Nick and I will be married ten years this week and we decided to get away to celebrate.  Now why would I want to work out for two weeks only to ruin it by non-stop eating on a cruise?  That just seems silly.

You will be hearing from me again when we get back.  You know, when I am so stuffed that I can hardly move and will be passing out with my first work-out.

I am so smart sometimes.

Day 3

It took a couple of days, but I finally did Shoulders and Arms today.  I had a busy week, but was finally able to get it done.

I have been having a tough time with chair dips.  Something on the back of my right arm hurts when I do it-like a very uncomfortable hurt.  I figured one minute out of sixty is okay to skip.

I am in for a rough and long weekend so I am not positive that I will get anything P90X accomplished, but here's hoping...

Day 2

Almost didn't do Cardio today. 

I do not feel well and my body is completely sore from yesterday's work-out.  But, I knew if I did not do it, the entire week would fall apart.

So, I put Noah down for his nap and got to work.  The yoga actually felt great (and by great, I mean that my muscles were screaming at me) since it worked at my aches and pains.

What I find to be my downfall with Cardio is that I am starving all day after doing it.  Most of the work-outs are great calorie burners, but something about Cardio makes me want to eat all day long.  Kind of defeats the purpose, right?  My goal at my next grocery trip is to buy better things for lunch so that I am not prone to eat so many snacks.

Day 1

I have never felt so motivated in my life.  Three Thanksgiving dinners will do that to a person.

Started with Core-again.  I swear, I am a pro at Core and Cardio since I keep starting with them.  I did my best and worked hard and it felt great.

Here's hoping this continues...

My Confession

Okay, so I said no excuses.  But, that was before I watched an extra child for a week, baked for number one of three Thanksgiving dinners, and then left town for the second and actual Thanksgiving dinner.

As I am sitting on my butt typing this, I swear that I had every intention of at least running with my little brother while being at our parent's house.  After all, he is currently training to be a state tropper and is basically going through boot camp right now.  That would be a good work-out, right?

Is it my fault that Thanksgiving dinner has done us both in?  Motivation?  What kind of word is that during this holiday week?

Oh, that's right-it's the word that I will need to make up for all of the yummy food that I have inhaled the past few days.

I will try again on Monday.

Day 3

See?  I told you-no more excuses.

I almost had an excuse.  I am watching my neighbor's child for the next few afternoons, giving me an easy out.  Well, perhaps I am a bad baby-sitter, but I just finished Shoulders and Arms-and Ab Ripper!-while she and Caleb played with play-doh. 

Sure, I now have a lovely mess to clean up.  But, it was worth it to finally stick with completing my third day of the work-out on the actual third day.

I hope the kids do not need me for awhile.  After doing Ab Ripper, there is a strong chance that I will be throwing up soon.

Day 2

Did Cardio today. 

What I love about Cardio is that I can keep up with the entire thing.  And it makes me sweat.  I always feel like I have accomplished something after doing it.

Which is probably why I feel tired and tend to skip the next day.  But, not this time!  No excuses.

This Time I Mean It

Got a little busy.  Ran with Noah one day instead of working out.  Legs hurt for two days.

With the holidays coming up-no excuses!  I want to enjoy my Thanksgiving feast and Christmas cookies.

Did Core this morning and actually felt pretty great about it.  I am treating this as an official day one again with no more excuses in sight.

Cue sick kids and a busy holiday season.

Day 9

Was going to do Cardio, then I heard Nick mentioned he would be doing Plyo in the evening.  So, I decided to wait for him and do that work-out instead.

Finally got the kids to bed and I looked at Nick, passed out on the couch and said, "Ready to get your work-out clothes on?"

If looks could kill...

After much discussion, he finally gave in and we did Plyo together.  I enjoy doing that one every now and then, but not every time.  It is just too rough on my bad knees.  But, as Nick said, it felt good to work out.

Days 7 And 8

The kids were home for a five day weekend.  Nick was in Las Vegas for a conference.  Enough said.

Used many day sevens for rest and got back on track today with Core.  Nick plans on starting the program again from the beginning.  This time, he will be doing Lean, like I am.  That should help with my motivation.  On the days where I run out of time in the morning, I have no excuse not to work out in the evening since he will be doing it anyway.

It should be fun.

Day 6

Yep, skipped a few days again.  What is up with these children and my husband taking up my time?  Oh well.  I figured a family day at King's Island, watching my kids play soccer and working a booth at our church's Fall Festival were better ways to spend my time over the weekend.

Also, my Kenpo dvd decided to stop working (again) in my dvd player.  I was so not motivated to try working out to my computer.

Well, I finally gave in today and did it.  I have always enjoyed Kenpo, but I did feel a little sore in my joints since it has been so long since I have done it.  It was good to sweat and move around for an hour since the rest of my day was driving back and forth to school and doing laundry.

Day 5

Skipped a few days again, due to life.  Ended up watching some extra kids for friends who had sick sitters so my life became slightly chaotic.  I thought I was outnumbered by my own three children, but add on three more and...um, I forget what I was saying because my brain has still not recovered.

Anyway, was able to do Legs and Back today.  It was not too bad, except for the wall squats.  The first ones are bearable.  The second ones, where you only squat on one leg, are pretty terrible.  I have a feeling that I will be feeling those for awhile.

Day 4

Yep, missed a few days.  That would be because of a certain one-year old having a temperature of 104.1 this past weekend and not wanting to leave my arms.

I guess I could have tried to do Yoga with him in my arms.  That would have been interesting.

Thankfully, it was just a bad combination of reaction to shots and an ear infection and he is much better now.

Since this was my one day this week where I did not have to leave the house all morning, I did Yoga while I could.  At first I thought I might just do part of it since it has been awhile.  But, the more I got into it, the more I just kept on going.  As long as I did not look at the clock and watch time slowly drag by, I was okay.

The only part that I slightly skipped was the whole Warrier Three combo fiasco.  I lost my balance and figured I would just wait it out, forgetting that it just keeps going into other moves. 

Oh well.  Missing a few minutes out of 90 minutes of Yoga-I think I will survive.

Day 3 Kind Of

I have given up all hope on ever working out on a Wednesday. 

Because I take the kids to school and pick up from preschool, that is usually my running errand day.  So, I lose the morning nap time where I can usually work-out.

Oh well.  Moving on.  Did Shoulder and Arms today.  I stuck with some low weights since it has been awhile, but I did all of the reps that I had aimed for.  Next time I will be using a little more weight for some of the reps.

As Tony says, "The shoulders are your glamour muscles!" 

Sure.  Okay.  They look really glamourous carrying around a one-year old.