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Week 28-31, Resuming Normal after a Crazy Month, Jun. 30-Jul. 28
By Cindy | August 1, 2008
Wow. This month flew by. What is it about the Summer? I really thought things would settle down after my brother’s wedding, but there was 4th of July and my family traveling back through Tennessee. Last week, I returned from the wedding of one of my best friend’s from high school. I flew out to Colorado for two days and it was absolutely gorgeous.
On June 20th, I joined in the Music City Moms Fitness Challenge and developed goals for the Summer. I’m about 50/50 on my way to achieving the goals. Exercise frequency has increased and I’m regularly working out 5 days a week. Even though I have been dedicated to strength training, my cardiovascular routines have been lacking and inconsistent. When I do complete cardio routines, they are at a higher intensity. Here’s the list of goals that I’m attacking with a vengeance throughout the month of August:
Nutrition
1. Drink Smoothies in place of shakes and no more than once a week. Okay, I have replaced all shakes with smoothies. However, I do drink more than one a week. My reasoning has been that the proteins smoothies take the place of a meal and they’re loaded with protein and healthy ingredients. I try not to indulge in the fast food restaurant smoothies, but when I do, it has been limited to one every couple of weeks!
2. Strive for getting full vegetable and fruit group servings most days of the week. My biggest success. I’m making more hummus and cutting lots of vegetables at the beginning of the week. I love the taste of crisp bell peppers, zucchini, cucumbers and squash. Having them precut really helps make them an easy snack to grab.
3. 10 glasses of water (most days of the week). I’m still falling short of water. I’m about half and half on achieving this one.
4. Daily Multivitamin. I’m doing better, but still forget to take it!
Exercise
1. Complete Split Workout Routine for 6 weeks. I did it! I really enjoyed the strength training component of this routine. I have shifted to a new routine which I will share next week. I saw strength gains across the board. For most of the exercises, I was able to increase the weight by at least 10 lbs with the largest gains in the legs.
2. Complete 1 unassisted pull up. I’m making steady progress. I started with 125lbs assisted. My current assisted weight is 95lbs.
3. Yoga/Pilates once a week. Completely lost. I’ve completed a partial yoga routine last week.
4. Run a 5K (~22:30) in September with an average 7:30 mile. I haven’t focused on running over the course of the last two months, but I do want to achieve this goal. When I complete treadmill runs, I have increased the speed to 9 minute miles. I just picked up a new two month intermediate level training program to increase speed and focus fully on a 5K. I still hope to increase my speed and enter a race for September or October. Plus, this really gives me direction for my cardiovascular routines which have been lacking since I completed the Half-Marathon.
Body
1. Drop to a size 8. I believe that I’m on track. My size 10s are fitting nicely and starting to feel a little loose!!! Yeah.
2. Decrease Body Fat % by 3% to 26%. I’ve lost 2% and am currently at 27%. Slow and steady. I’m on my way to losing 1% this month!
3. Drop to 150lbs. I am on my way! I’ve finally broke past my pre-pregnancy weight! I’m 154. With more dedication to further improving healthy eating habits, I hope to lose the next 4 lbs this month!
Overall, the direction is positive and I’m really excited about my better nutritional choices. Granted, I still love sweets and indulge in ice cream and cake, but I’ve been making better portion decisions and eating larger amounts of veggies and fruits.
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