October 16

I went to the gym this morning, it was a new experience. Usually when I go to the gym it's no sooner than noon, half the time it's 8 pm. When I go at noon I take Noah and put him in daycare, which works great cuz there's only like 5 other kids in there. It's a totally different story at 9am. I seriously considered not putting him in there and coming back later because there were SO many kids. I didn't count but counting the babies and everything, I'd bet there were 40+ children in there. I know that they staff based on the number of kids, and according to state regulations, but MAN it was busy in there. Anyway.

I hopped on a treadmill and did my interval running routine and was pleasantly surprised to find out that my endurance hasn't really dropped in the last few months with me barely working out. I was planning on getting on a stair stepper when I was done with intervals, but there are only 4 machines (that I know how to use) and they were busy the whole time. So I ramped up the incline on the treadmill and walked for another 15-20 minutes that way. I enjoyed it honestly, I told myself that it was like hiking. I could have gone for a lot longer but I didn't want to leave Noah in the daycare zoo any longer than really necessary. After about 45 minutes total, feeling like I had a good workout under me without being too fatigued, I got the kid, grabbed some subway, and headed home.

I had forgotten how much I really love Subway! I ate there fairly often when I was working because it's by far one of the healthier fast food choices, but since having Noah I've only had it maybe 3 or 4 times. It's a good, healthy, fresh, balance option for lunch, especially when you put lots of veggies on it. We watched Super Size Me last night, and after watching that I asked for a small drink, and it was still PLENTY big.

My legs weren't fatigued at all when I left the gym, and I didn't feel it at all playing with Noah when we got home...until I had to walk upstairs carrying his 26 pounds with me. Guess I worked harder than I thought.

October 1

Wow, it's weird to type October. Anyway. I'm going to be doing 30DS again today. I'd like to start throwing some P90X into my workouts, but after being as sick as I was, I'm not feeling strong enough. I know that I wouldn't pass the Fit Test right now. So I'm going to continue working out 30DS until I'm feeling a bit more fit. I'm also going to start counting calories again using Spark People. The great thing about spark is it tracks calories, fat, protein, and carbs. It's a really good way for me to get a better idea of what I've been eating.

Breakfast: Protein shake
Snack: canned peaches
Lunch: Left over soup
Dinner: taco salad

September 30

I'm so glad that I finally went to the Zumba class last week. I have the videos and love them, and knew that the class would be even more fun. Tonight Jill had all new music and choreography for us, and will be doing this "new" stuff for the next 4 weeks. Some of it was a little hard to follow, but at the same time it was a lot of fun to try something new, and to see how good I am at following and getting my body to adjust to new movements.

Breakfast: Old fashioned cinnamon raisin oatmeal
Lunch: fajitas
Snack: more fajitas...and one peanutbutter cup. I had 4 though, and convinced myself to only eat one.
Dinner: Vegetable and rice soup with scones

Post-Flu

I had the stomach flu all weekend, therefore didn't workout, although I did go for a little hike on Saturday. I was feeling 90% better yesterday, but thought that I should give myself one day to make sure that I was really better before I jumped back into the world of fitness. So this morning I popped in my 30DS dvd and started it up. Halfway through the warm up I gave up because I had no motivation, and was already getting tired. I complained to my husband that I just didn't have it in me, and he said that I should do it anyway. I knew that if I didn't do it during N's morning nap, there was no way it was going to happen at any other point today. So I went back downstairs and started it back up. It was TOUGH, but I made it through the whole thing. Not working out for 4 days is bad enough to come back from, but when you've got malnutrition during those 4 days as well, it makes it really hard. But I figure I might as well come back strong instead of taking another week as an excuse of "recovering".

Breakfast: Hot chocolate and whole wheat toast (testing my stomach)
Post workout: Protein Shake
Lunch: Pork chop, rice & black beans
Dinner: chicken fajitas

September 22

I'm thoroughly proud of myself today. I did my spin class last night, and I think being that active just a few hours for bed was a good thing for me. I woke up at 7:15 this morning feeling refreshed and ready to hit the day with lots of energy. The original plan was to go workout with the video on a really low volume before Noah woke up, but since he was up at 7:30, that didn't really happen. But I did get my 30DS workout in during his morning nap. My butt is really really bruised from spin last night, and my right hip feels tweaked, so i had to modify a few movements, but honestly I liked it better that way. The side lunges with anterior raise has always been awkward for me. So instead I did a plie with an anterior raise, and it felt a whole lot better.

Breakfast: French toast, Canadian bacon, 2% milk
Lunch: taco salad
Snack: sloppy joe
Dinner: thai beef taco's

Intro Spin

Tonight I went to the gym and took an Intro Spin class. We spent 10 minutes or so figuring out how to adjust the bikes, and where to adjust them to based on our body heights and lengths, and then we spent a couple of minutes talking about form in various positions - standing, sitting, leaning forward etc. Then we did a 20 minute ride.

Here's the deal. I liked it. My butt really hurts, but I liked it, and think that I would have a lot of fun doing it on a regular basis. The problem is that the regular spin classes literally DO NOT fit into my schedule as it is right now. So at least I know that I like it, but my butt's going to hurt for nothing tomorrow where I probably won't be back to another spin class for several months. Oh well. At least I tried something new tonight.

September 3

Breakfast: Oatmeal and blueberries
Lunch: Left over pot roast
Snack: PB & Honey sandwich (N ate about 1/4 of it)
Dinner: Sante Fe Chicken Soup and salad