2012-12-24 SSuM: stay motivated

Personal Health
Taking time out to refresh yourself; mind, body or soul

24 Monday Day 10 Ab Challenge:
No workout.  {completed Tuesday}

25 Tuesday Day 11 Cardio: 
Warm up:
Elliptical 8:17 minutes
Resist 6 / Incline 7 / Calories 89 / Strides 1134

Bikini Body Momma Day 10
8 Count Body Builders for 10 mins

6 Rounds: completed with 8lb db
30 Rounds: completed with 3lb db

Bonus Ab Challenge: 
Goal: 1 minute of "Plank Taps" Each tap = 1 Rep
completed: 40 taps

cardio Completed 9pm
Elliptical: 45 mins / Incline 7 / Resistance 6 / Resistance 6624/ Calories 524

26 Wednesday Fit Test:
Bikini Body Momma Day 12
swapped Friday {rest day} and today's {fit test} Workout

27 Thursday Cardio:

Bikini Body Momma Day 13
Elliptical: 45 mins
Incline 7 / Resistance 6 / Resistance 6624/ Calories 524

28 Friday Bikini Body Momma Day 14
swapped Wednesday {fit test} and today's {rest day} Workout

Fit Test #2
  45r  speed squats    
  33r  high knees
  24r  push ups   {modified}
  23r  squat jumps
  15r  tricep dips
  09r  burpees
  13r  alternating lunges
  50s  elbow plank

22 Saturday:
Bikini Body Momma Day 15
Swapped Repeats -8- for Dancing / cardio

23  Sunday Cardio:
Bikini Body Momma Day 16
Swapped Elliptical cardio for Dancing

Staying Motivated...............................................................................

Working on ways to stay motivated over the next 60 days as I finish up the BBM 90-Day Challenge wihtout making my efforts voided by bad eating.  It's really a struggle, more than I would like to admit, to say no to foods that I know are bad for me.  So this week my challenge to myself and you is to create a motivation board, one that notes your inspirations, affirmations to quote each day to rebuild your mindset and ideals of who you are and who you will become.  If you need help finding affirmations, Sexy is Strong 5-week Challenge gives you one for each day to recite.

This weeks Challenge: create your own Motivational Board!!

SOURCE: TONE IT UP WEBSITE

2012-12-17 Sunny Sideup Monday: Get up Early

I don't know about you, but I'm not a fan of waking up early, and especially not in the winter time when I know I've got to bundle up in order to go running.  Plus, the last few weeks- month-ish I've not been motivated to workout with the cold weather and busy schedule and I can feel the effect it's having on my energy levels and my added body cushion.  So this week I'll be setting creating a workout schedule so I know when I need to get out of bed and either go for a run or hit the elliptical and when I need to wake up for a weight training session.  

My goal is to keep it simple, and fun so I'll be setting a time to walk my dog at least 2 times this week with 1 run and 2 weight training sessions and I challenge you to find the right start to getting back on track this week.  We don't need to wait until January 1 to start fresh...tomorrow is a new day & you can do this so get started!

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Do what you need to do in order to wake yourself up even just 30 minutes early this week so you can fit in either a HIIT, Cardio or weight training workout before you head out for work.  And that means putting together your schedule and write a note to motivate you on your alarm so you have to read it before you can turn it off or try adding a wake up app to your phone that will help motivate you out of your cozy covers.

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Here is another helpful like related to Motivation Monday

Today I Vow

These last two weeks have been a bit rough for me since I didn't complete my whole30 challenge and caved in just before week 4.  It really just started with small things...oh I can eat this muffin, or I can have this small amount and it just didn't end well and since then I've been feeling very blah-mind clouded, and just down on myself since I was feeling so fantastic doing the challenge and I really want to get back to feeling fantastic again.  

So I vow to do the following to keep in a healthy mindset and not cave into eating foods that don't make me feel fantastic and don't fuel my body.  

    To love myself
    To respect my body
    To allow myself to be happy
    To Eat Well
    To Exercise
    To meal plan biweekly
    To cook meals biweekly
    To think about encouraging words