Back at it...

I have been such a slacker since running the 1/2 marathon.  I haven't posted, I haven't really worked out.  Ok, that last part isn't entirely my fault.  Well, it is, but I had an excuse.  And I used it, a lot.  I ended up with a stress fracture after the race and being that an unmotivated, lazy fat girl still lives inside me, I milked that "fracture" for all it was worth.  Bad, I know.

Yesterday morning, I woke up thinking "Enough is enough, it is time to get back on track.".  I came downstairs, set up the Wii Fit & weighed in.  :/  15 lbs!  Since Thanksgiving!  Yes, I realized that's not good, but honestly, I am relieved that it wasn't more.  It easily could have been almost twice that much.

I found several weekly workout schedules posted on Pinterest and decided to grab one & give it a try.  I chose this particular one because it reminds me a little of the workouts I did a couple of years ago with a group at Crossroads Church and because even though it's every day (all 7 days of the week) it's not more than 30 minutes long and each day is different, working similar but different muscle groups.

Yesterday's workout:

Wednesday

90 jumping jacks

20 tricep dips

10 sit-ups

30 bird dogs

30 second planking

30 squats

15 incline push-ups

40 crunches

10 oblique crunches (each side)

20 standing calf raises

I tried to break each exercise down into 3rds, so I could rotate through & repeat 3 times.  That was ok, but I realized when I was done, that it would probably be more beneficial to just do it the way it is and get through each exercise and be done with it before moving on.

Today's workout:

Thursday

100 jumping jacks

24 vertical leg crunches

30 crunches

20 squats

20 wall push-ups

50 Russian twists

15 second side planking (each side)

10 lunge split jumps

5 jump squats

40 high knees

Yesterday, I was able to workout while Scott & Abby Lee slept.  Alex asked me a hundred questions about what I was doing & why, etc.  Today, I didn't get to the workout until after everyone was up & eating breakfast.  Alex decided that since he has already eaten, he would join me.  He's my little workout buddy, I think.  He did all of the exercises except the lunge split jumps, and he only skipped those because he was laughing at my awkward jerky jumping motions (yeah, that is a difficult exercise when you are an uncoordinated, 2 left-footed person).  His smiling & giggling helped make the workout more fun for me.

So there ya go.  Getting back at it.  Drinking a bunch of water again (I'm not entirely sure how or why I stopped drinking water!), working out & trying to make sure the fruit/veggie portions are larger than the protein and the carb portion nearly extinct.

** Edited to add....

I just re-read my previous post recapping the 1/2 marathon.  By the time I finished, I had tears in my eyes.  I want THAT girl back!  THAT is just what I needed to get back on track!  God is my motivator. ;)