Fitness

What started off as a questionable week, ended up as a huge accomplishment. I wasn’t feeling well on Tuesday and couldn’t do Day 2 – Cardio/Core workout in the morning, so I had to do it after work. That pretty much set the tone for the rest of the week, as it was just impossible for me to do anything in the mornings, so I exercised right when I came home. What I found interesting that even though I was pretty tired after a full day at work, I would gain energy halfway through the routines, so that was a big plus. On Friday, however, I gave up and decided to have my day off then. On Saturday, what would normally be the 20 Minute Circuit Workout, I decided to mix things up and kick my own ass for being lazy on Friday.

Since Zuzana from BodyRock.tv started posting her daily workouts, I’ve been waiting to finish my 6 week program so that I can start working out with her. Itching to try her workout – Friday’s Intense Challenge , which she completed in 20 minutes, I substituted that for my usual Day 5 workout (20 Minute Circuit). The challenge was to complete 3 workouts in 4 rounds as fast as possible. To give myself even more of a challenge, I incorporated 100 skips before each of the 3 exercises, which added 1200 skips to the whole thing. I finished in 42:29. Normally, that’s about 20 minutes more than I like to workout, but I honestly didn’t even notice the time. I didn’t realize it was that long until I was done. I’m really feeling it today, but it did not stop me from my Day 6 workout.

I started to do my cardio workouts outside. Normally, I do everything in Lenny’s gym room, but the weather’s been spectacular, so I started to go out into the backyard where I can look out at the ocean. I also have a workout buddy. He’s this really cute dog that stares at me out his window as I do my routine. He used to bark at me when I first came out, but now he just sits and watches me until I’m done. As a huge animal lover, that’s my favorite part of working out.

As usual, I recorded all of my reps and calculated that last week I did 2470 skips. This week – 5964. I gotta
say, that feels pretty good.

Diet

During the week, nice and tight as usual. Watching my portions, trying new recipes. Had my one meal out at Chipotle. I know, not the best choice, but hey…

I’m bringing my usual to work this week. Going to make some Quinoa tonight so I can make salads at work. I’ll finally post my favorite Cold Quinoa Salad creation that I just adore.

Onto Week 5!