I'm healthy again!

It has been 6 weeks since I have exercised. Ouch! The first week I had a really bad sore throat- I wasn't able to eat anything but Popsicle (they soothed my red hot throat). The next two weeks I had a bad case of hives - head to toe hives- huge welts. They were very painful and I itched like crazy. After battling that for two weeks I then had a head cold which caused an extremely runny nose and then congestion and then a week or two of coughing- not just a little 2 second cough- a full outraged smokers cough. I now just have lots of phlegm, so I hope I am on the mend. Tomorrow which is a Monday- I will do my best to get my butt out of bed after this 6 week hiatus and begin my work outs once again. I really do enjoy working out- it is just building up the momentum to actually do it.

I have a few things I could do. I could get up before the kids get up and do my strength training and then once the kids are on the bus I can go for my hour walk. I love the outdoors and now that the weather is getting warmer I think I just might conquer that beast tomorrow and start hill training once again to get my butt back and my calves strengthened again.

I did the eating Vegan for one month and absolutely loved it. I did cheat a few times as I didn't realize that eating Vegan meant no honey, so I did have honey. I will continue eating Vegan, but I am going to change it a bit to meet my needs, so it won't be a true Vegan, but it will be close. It has been nice because I know I have lost inches- no so many pounds, but inches, so that is good. I love having protein shakes and so I will use the whey protein isolate. I don't really care for cheese anymore, so I won't miss that. Yogurt I really liked, but I think I will do without that too, so for now I will allow the Whey protein isolate and continue with my 4 food groups which are grains, lentils & beans, vegetables and fruits. I will only eat meat if I am at a friends house who have cooked a meal for my family other than that I won't be eating it that much. I felt less bloated when I was on the Vegan diet plan.
tnd making goals and then not meeting them or making them and not following up. I really want to succeed this time, so I will make a few goals and go from there.

Goals:

4 week goal- April 25th - be 8 pounds lighter than I am now. I will weigh in on Monday, and should be 8 lbs less in a month.

I bought a brown skirt size 10- I want to be able to fit into that comfortably with no bulges in 4 weeks.

Walking outside for 1 hour- everyday (no Sundays) for the next 4 weeks.

Arms Day - yeah right!

Oh my what a work-out. I only had 4 hours sleep. I haven't been eating enough either, so my energy level is down, so working out this morning was a work-out as I was sluggish, but I did get through it and after I shower I will have a nap and then begin my day.

Warm up: 5 minutes on treadmill

Stretches x 4 minutes
Arms: Pushups x10, Pull-ups x10- repeat 3 times. After my 3rd set of pull-ups I did another set of pushups till failure and could only do 8 and then I collapsed. My arms were tired as was my core.

Tri-ceps: Dips x10, plank hold for 30 seconds, BiCep Curls (7,7,7) repeat 3 times

Shoulders: Shoulder raise x10, Shoulder Ups x10, Squat row x10, Chest Fly x10- repeat 3 times

Abs: V-sit on ball for 5 reps of 10 seconds, V-sit hold for 1 minute- repeat 3 times, crunches x50

Stretches x5 minutes include superman 10 on each side

I made Vegan Banana Muffins this morning and they turned out wonderful. They are small and just the perfect size for kids' lunches. I used 2 T. of vinegar instead of an egg. Worked out great!

Todays Goal: Drink more water- I am only drinking about 40 oz. a day.

Need the Endurance

Good Morning and Welcome to a new week and a new month. It is very vital that if you are exercising that it is so important to fuel your body. I found out the hard way this morning when I was trying to strength train- I had no energy and felt very sluggish. Guess why? Not enough eating and not getting enough sleep.

A new week with new goals. Plan out my daily food journal of what I will be eating and what I actually did eat. I should be eating every 2-3 hours upon waking and my last snack should be 2 hours before bedtime.

I need to make sure I am taking my much needed supplements. I use ones from a company called http://www.quietminds.net/ - they are really the best of the best. I have tried ones from melaleuca which are good so if you want to give them a try at http://www.melaleuca.com/ I use alot of Melaleuca's household cleaning products and I love them.

Well I did my monthly measurements and here they are:
Body Composition:
Upper Arm: 11½
Chest: 37" (43" in Sept.)
Waist: 36" (37 1/4 in Sept)(34½ in Nov)
Hips: 40" (40 3/4 in Sept)
Thigh: 22 ½" (23½ in Sept)
Calf: 15½" (16 in Sept)

So as you can see I have lost some inches since September. I did gain a few inches since November on my waist- which isn't good. Time to re-focus and commit to doing better this month.

Weight: 176.4 (182.8 Sep.) (174.8 Nov.) as you can see I have gained almost two pounds since November, which isn't a good sign. Once again- time to re-commit and really watch the extra calories going in my body.

I am Vegan for the month of February, so it will be nice to see how I feel and look at the end of February. My goal weight for February 28 is 170.

Today's Workout: Arms Day
5 minute warmup- treadmill x5 minutes
Stretchesx 5 minutes
Arms: Pushups x10, Pullups x10 repeat 3 times
Cardio- 2 minutes
Tri-ceps: Dips, plank, Bi-cep Curls x10 repeat 3 times
Shoulders: Shoulder raise, Squat Row, Shoulder Ups, Chest Flyx10 repeat 3 times
Pushups till failure
Alphabet Abs
Stretches X 5 minutes.