Keepin' Up the Good Work!

This week is going amazing as far as workouts go and I am feeling amazing about it!  Monday we had an impending tornado in nearby counties but i risked my life to get a workout in!  :)  Ok not really but it was about to rain....ok so it didn't rain for like 6 hours after that so I am VERY glad I didn't let the weather scare me off!  I walked 2 miles on my own and did 2 sets of intervals on Monday, I found some places in my neighborhood that I have never seen before and I ended up at the Interstate!  HA!  Yesterday was my second trip to the Central Market Trail with my awesome buddy Melissa K. where we did THREE sets of intervals and walked a total of 3 and a 1/2 miles, WOW!  Talk about feeling amazing today, though I am sore it's a great feeling and I am not about to stop!  Today we have dinner plans at my sister-in-law's house but I am still going to get some sort of workout in!  Nothing can stop me now!!!!  It's amazing how quickly you can feel motivated to work out more and more, it's just a matter or starting good habits and sticking to them!  Only bad thing so far this week was I didn't like the dinner I cooked myself last night.  Of course the hubby wanted smoked sausage and mac'n cheese...what am I married to a 10 year old?!  HAHA!  So I made him that and myself a shrimp and veggie mix with Teriyaki sauce...it didn't turn out as I had hoped so I ended up eating an orange and a banana for dinner.  Not exactly wholesome but at least I didn't break down and eat sausage!!  :)


Will power is a powerful thing ya'll, and I am here to tell you if you use it in a positive way, your life will change drastically!!  


Signing out~


Pumpin' up the Energy!

 

Feel the Burn!

Two days of working out this week and it's only Thursday, I'm feeling pretty good about that!  Yesterday I went with my friend Melissa to the Central Market trail at 38 1/2 St. and it was a TON of fun!  We walked about 2 miles and tried the intervals i learned about in my belly melt book!  We power walked one lap, then started mixing in the intervals.  We did THREE sets of intervals for 5 minutes each so it got pretty intense!  There were stair steppers, lateral jumps, hopscotch and lunges...so 30 seconds of the interval followed by 30 seconds of power walking for 5 minutes followed by 5 minutes of recovery and then all over again!  This helped us to keep a constant heart rate and burn more calories throughout our workout; the idea behind the intervals is to burn more calories in less time than a normal walking/jogging workout.  I definitely was feeling it which was a great feeling!  Afterwards, I headed home to clean the kitchen and start dinner.  I made a tilapia/crab/mushroom stir fry thing with rice and green beans, yum!  The man worked late again so we ate late which is unfortunate but at least it wasn't a fattening meal!  Tomorrow I am off to Fiesta Texas with my sister which means a day FULL of cardio, I am so excited!  Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Signing off,

Gettin' Fit and Legit!  :)

Stayin' in the Groove!

So last night I made a very healthy dinner of tilapia with black olives and crab along with cream corn made with greek yogurt and "red potatoes". HAHA...this was an awesome trick I played and it totally worked! So my red potatoes are actually radishes that I boil for about 20 minutes with spices and a tsp of olive oil. Then you spice them after they are boiled and serve, they look and somewhat taste just like red potatoes! My hubby totally fell for it, and loved them by the way! I didn't tell him the truth...well not yet but I will! :) It's the only way I can get him to eat healthy food! HAHA! So my food changes are going very well, it's coming a lot easier than I ever expected. The physical side of it is proving to be harder than I thought...I can't stay motivated after work to get out there run it out! So I am walking with the dogs and hoping the hubby will join too so I can stay active and motivated. Now that softball is over, I need to find some more clever ways to have FUN with working out! Over the weekend we went to the hubby's family farm and I even brought snacks along to stay on track! I had strawberries and grilled chicken for snacks along with raspberries and low-fat cheese, yum! I haven't been drinking any alcohol which is encouraging to my hubby and helps me not waste calories too! Things are good but I need more motivation to stay active!!!! Any advice is appreciated! Belly Melt Tip of the Day: Including short bouts of vigorous activity can speed up your weight loss and cut your workout time by 50% or more. Researchers found that women who alternated 8 seconds of high-intensity exercise with 12 seconds of low-intensity activity for 20 minutes, 3 times a week, slimmed down faster than steady-paced exercisers who worked out twice as long. Watch a how-to video at www.prevention.com/intervals. Signing out, Healthy Eating Success!