Starting over. Again.

I hope it's the last time. In the last year, I had baby #2, quit my job & moved 30 miles north. I'm doing Fat Olympics for the motivation. It started last week.

07/18/2016. 182.4 lbs
07/25/2016. 177.6 lbs

My measurements were 41/39/42. I know. Sexy. I don't think they've changed in a week.

I'm working on couch to 5k because I'd  like to be able to up & run 5k.

Strength.

I don't have the time or money to throw at going to the gym anymore.  I tried doing crossfit in the basement, but it's irritating to have to constantly find subs for everything that I don't have equipment for.

I'm starting a bodyweight program though because I have to lift weight to lose weight.  

Baseline was today. 

1 min time limit with 3 minutes rest between :

Squats:  23
Chin/pull-up:  0
Pushup:  3
Burpees:8

Weak sauce!

1/15/15 weights

Squats 90# 5x5
OHP 50# 5x5
DL 85# 1-1-1-1-1

I almost decided to skip my workout because 'I'm tired & have so much to do & I always pick tot up so late.' All of those things are true, but I went anyway. Then I read about how moms need to have time to take care of themselves & somewhat grudgingly agreed. I should wholeheartedly agree. Since tot was born I have been very good at not taking my me time. Occasionally I get better at it and then let it get away from me again. And that is probably why I had such a hard time losing the baby weight the first go round. So let me get this straight.  Maybe, just maybe, if I make a practice of working out, I'll not only be in better shape mentally but also physically?! Insanity, I know.

Squats felt good today. They are getting tougher. Almost failed on the OHP. Actually took breaks between DL reps. I needed to watch my form & catch my breath.

3 weeks going strong!

1/14/15 rest

Planned rest day. Tot & I took the opportunity to wander around Target & get home late. He did really well. Mostly because he decided the shopping cart was a fire truck and wanted to hang off the side of it.  I slept hard & awoke a little after midnight thinking it was wakey time.  Only one other wake up at 4:30.

I weighed in at a whopping 168 this morning. Up 12 lbs at 17 weeks.  That's not gonna fly, so I'm going to try the eating plan my krav maga coach gave me...but doubled. If I keep gaining crazy on that, I'll down out to 1.5. It means I have to plan & cook, but it should be all around healthier.

1/13/15 C25k

Week 2, day 1.

Felt good. Possibly influenced by a higher carb intake in the afternoon.

1/12/15 weights

Stronglifts

Squats 85# 5x5
Bench 50# 5x5
Upright rows 50# 5x5

Skipped Friday

I exercised 4 days in a row this week. By Friday I was exhausted. I believe I will try M, Th-weights and T, F-jogging this week with a rest day on W to break it up.

1/8/15 C25k

Week 1 day 2

1/7/15 weights

Strong lifts

Squats 80# 5x5
OHP 45# 5x5
Deadlift 75# 5

1/6/15 C25K

Couch to 5k week 1 day 1.

1/5/15 weights

Stronglifts

Squat 75# 5x5
Bench 45# 5x5
Upright row 45# 5x5

Excited to be using the big bar on upper body. I'm glad to switch to 5 lb increases instead of 10 each time. I wouldn't have kept up with that much longer.

I'm.so.petty.

So as I sit, bored at work, I decided to delve into my big failure... putting God first in everything. & 5 minutes ago I was worried about 5 extra pounds.

I guess over the years, I've made work into a god. I do it all week & to the detriment of my health. I also talk about it non stop with hubs bc he's n the same field.

Prayer.
Reading His word.
Worship.

Grr

I weighed myself Friday. The scale said 163. I started out at 156. No worries, I thought. Probably just poop. I'll make good choices over the weekend & probably be down in a couple days woot do woo. Monday? 165.

Pregnancy weight gain can suck it.

Rest Day

For my rest day, I purged and organized toys, uncluttered the tots room & vacuumed. Tried to take a little nap, failed, went to the store, cooked, & cleaned the kitchen. All while growing a human.

1/2-1/3/15

Yesterday was date night, so I decided to walk on the treadmill because it's faster than lifting. Then I stopped after 20 minutes when the poop fairy dropped by. When you're pregnant & get a visit from the poop fairy, YOU DROP WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING AND GO POOP!

Today, after losing my ever loving mind this morning, I went to my work gym & did strong lifts.

Squats@ 70#
OHP @ 40#
DL #65#

12/30/2014-1/1/15

Stronglifts after work yesterday.

Squats 65# 5x5
Bench 40# 5x5
Upright row 40# 5x5

Today we had open gym at hub's work. Ran around the basketball court chasing balls, bouncing them & climbing things. Then tot wanted to go into the workout room & he climbed all over everything.

Tomorrow is date night...Yay! I wasn't going to workout but I might just stop by the gym to do a short treadmill walk. I want to keep my motivation going. It's terribly cold out & I have a sore ankle from unknown injury, so no jogging attempts I think.

12/29/2014

Worked today. Stopped at the station gym to do Stonglifts 5x5. Not sure if it was workout A or B, but I just go back & forth with the two.

Wu: 600 m row
Squat: 55# 5-5-5-5-5
OHP: 30# 5-5-5-5-5
Deadlift: 55# 1-1-1-1-1
CD: stretch

I usually do my press with dumbbells but some guy was all beasting out by the 15 s, so I went with a bar. It's already feeling heavy, while squats are still light & easy.

An Inconvenient Motivation

I don't know why I'm so motivated when all of a sudden I'm pregnant again. The two do not go together. I wanted to get up early, before the tot, & take the dog for a little walk/jog. I don't sleep much anyway. As it happens though, I couldn't talk my tired pregnant carcass out of bed that early. I did, however, smush the tot into his snow bibs and take him for a short, half mile-ish walk. After nap perhaps I'll let him ride his bike so I can get my jog in.

1/2 mile stroll w/tot & dog

In spite of planning for more outdoors time yesterday, it didn't happen. A haircut for the tot did, along with the longest "rinse-off" bath in history. Bath crayons really make the time fly!

Neglect

That's what I've been doing to my workouts. Baby and I caught a cold. I was afraid to take cold meds because I didn't want breastfeeding to suffer. Instead, I suffered and chose not to exercise very much. Ah well.

I think I'm finally back in the groove and plan on doing better this week.

Back in the Saddle

My first week back to work sucked. Sucked. I thought I was going to have to quit my job, but everything worked out, and I'm still there. I didn't do any exercising besides the first day and rushed home every single day to hang with my kiddo. I can totally see how people fall off the workout wagon after having children. Lucky me, I actually get to use an hour of my workday for exercise, so I really don't have any good excuse!

This week, my schedule sucked, but I did jump back into exercise.

08/20/2012

Warmup (same all week):  3 rounds of 30 second runner's stretches and 2 each of incline pushups (med box), pullups (green band), dips (blue band), squats, situps, GHD

Strength:  max effort back squat. 115 lbs
WOD:  3 rounds for time: deadlift 53# x 5, 10 squat thrusts 3:12
Cooldown: stretching (same all week)

08/21/2012

Warmup
Strength: max bench 75#
WOD: 10# thruster x10/row 200m/5# thruster x15/row 400m/0# thruster x20/row 600m
Cooldown

08/22/2012

rest day...or a busy day at work, so I didn't get to use my hour :-)

08/23/2012

Couch to 5k workout week 1/day 1 walk 2.5 mph/jog 4.5 mph

08/24/2012

Warmup
Strength: max deadlift 135#
WOD: 3 rounds row 250m/20# dumbbell cleans x23  8:20
Cooldown

08/25/2012

Warmup
Strength: overhead press (max 63#) 5 @ 65% (43#), 5 @ 75% (48), 5 @ 85% (53)
WOD: 10 rounds row 30 seconds/rest 30 seconds
Cooldown: Stretch

I'm Back

Kid was borned. He rocks. Now I'm back to work and time to get the exercise on. I'm starting slowly. Very very slowly. My back is still doing well, and I'm hoping it stays that way.

08/13/2012

Warm Up

3 rounds, 1 each (I told ya...slowly)
runner's lunge 10s each side
pushup
pullup
dip
back extension
situp
squat

Strength

overhead press--max effort

1x 63# (68# fail)

WOD

250 row
2 minute jumprope (ha ha, fail. Somethings are not quite as toned as they used to be. Think pelvic floor)
500 row

Cooldown

Stretching
Walk