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I have noticed I am getting more traffic on the blog.... yeah.. welcome...can I get you a cup of Tea? Look around... if you have not noticed yet this blog is dedicated to my fitness journey. I have been charting my weekly progress since August 2012, but I began my journey in May 2012. Its weird how it all began.. I stopped at a yard sale and noticed a nordic track for sale and had a Epiphany right then & there in a strangers driveway.. I envisioned myself creating my home gym and changing the way I ate... I envisioned putting myself first and what that would feel like. I brought that nordic track home and never looked back... since then I bought a treadmill, elliptical, weight bench, weights... kicked my daughter out of her room.. moved her to a different room and created a space of my own. Once I had the workout routine a habit, I decided to focus in my diet and make small changes. No more fast food or white bread.. more fruits & veggies.I am working hard to make this a lifestyle and I hope to inspire others to take it one small step at a time. If I can do it.. you can do it. Its hard to believe that I am coming on my one year anniversary of that epiphany.


Please be so kind as to leave a comment telling me how you found your way here.. I am guessing from My fitness pal... I am not used to this traffic. Please introduce yourself and tell me where you are on your journey and how you are doing.


Thanks for coming. I hope you come back

Week 49

Dinner...something new

This was really good.... a salad kit by lean cuisine. I picked the southwest chicken because I am a huge fan of taco salads. It was $3.69 and I had a $1 off coupon from my cooking light cravebox. You just add your own lettuce and I added green onion and a handful of cheese as well. You steam the chicken, corn, black bean, pepper packet in the microwave, thaw the dressing in a cup of water and then build your salad... yum. The chipotle ranch dressing was just spicy enough but not too spicy. I did not care for the texture of the peppers... but that is my only complaint. These would be good to have on hand when your getting bored of creating your typical salads..and I eat salads prolly three days a week.

I will stock up on these when I see them on sale. I think the total calories was around 300 and 9 grams of fat... not bad

week 49

 morning weight 134


I killed it yesterday with my workout.....45 min of cardio, 15 min of arms on NTC. Today I did the bare minimum a quick 30 min on the elliptical and I did not push myself.. that is how it goes some-days... but hey at least I did something. When I feel strong I push myself and vice versa. I am still sore from Saturday's advanced Nike workout.Nike training club advanced power up workout is the bomb... but I am not ready to do it again yet...I have to modify it. This one exercise in particular had my upper core abs & rib area so sore.. its called a plank arm row.. your on hands & toes in a plank position and with a 10 lb weight your lifting your right arm up quickly and then switching sides. Your balancing all your weight and engaging your core. I felt like I was in a bad fight the next day.. it hurt to laugh, it hurt to cough. I have never done an exercise that has engaged those muscles so good... prone jackknife gets the lower core. I tried doing it again today... Nope... My body screamed at me... not ready. I over did it on Saturday. If you are a beginner I would suggest no weights... I started with 10 lbs and reverted to just my body weight when it became to hard..can't wait to do it again but just a few at a time and working up to weights.


1 month away from my 1 year anniversary

Reward

This was my recent reward purchase... I have to go back to recall my last purchase. I reward myself once a month for working out. I got it new on ebay for a steal... well a steal to me anyway. I have been very spendy lately... 2 new pairs of jeans, 2 new tops.... those were more necessary expenditures because my other pants were falling off. I will probably start doing rewards every three months after my year anniversary. I still think it is important to reward ones-self for a job well done.

Ouch

I asked for it.. I put up a post on the MFP community about changing up my workout routine... basically in the past 11 months.. my routine has stayed the same and I feel as if my body has adjusted to it. A MFP member suggested Nike training club.. a really cool free app on my android phone. It's like having a personal trainer on your phone, they walk you through each exercise and you can watch a demo video. I tried it... picking the advanced workout in the strength category. It was called Power up.... it was very challenging.... and today my body is sore in places it has not been..I can't say its a good sore....lol.. cause I am hurtin... I know next time to start lower and work my way up.


But I think this just may be the change I need to rev things up.... today I sip on my protein shake and rest on the heating pad.

Sat night snack