Workout Wednesdays

Workout Wednesdays are meant to give myself some inspiration and ideas for working out during the week! I'm trying to become a healthier person one step at a time! One Workout at a time!

Yesterday & today were my only productive days exercise wise this week. That's an improvement so I'm not feeling too bad about it. Last night I had a talk with Babe about wanting to work out more and wanting him to motivate me more. I had also suggested he could join me at the gym if he wanted. Well the talk must have worked because he did come join me at the gym!! It made me very happy and scared the junk out of me all at the same time! He knocked on the window for me to let him in while I was running fast walking on the treadmill and frightened me! After my freak out everything else went smoothly and we worked out next to each other. I like working out with him because he doesn't judge me. Well he usually doesn't judge me. He did give me a funny look when I started jumping rope without a jump rope. I stink at jumping rope so I decided to jump without the rope. No big deal except you look funny or at least I do! 

Last Night I decided to try the Killer Kardio Workout. Though as I'm typing this post I'm realizing I must have gotten distracted when I copied all the steps of the workout into my notebook because I forgot the first set of Burpees and the last 10 Minute Run. Not a problem though I'll just try to include those exercises in the next time I do this workout. I probably won't include the Burpees! I'm not sure if my problem with Burpees is because they're boring or because I'm not doing them fast enough but whatever the reason I don't like them and did squats instead! The point is I made it through the workout and I didn't die though I did have a headache. 

When we got back from the gym I made Babe, his brother R and myself all Strawberry Banana Smoothies! They were really delicious and make me wish we had more Milk & Bananas so I could make some right now! 

While I was walking on the treadmill last night I was trying to think of some ways to motivate myself to workout. One of the things I came up with was not letting myself play on the computer today until after I did 100 sit ups. I did get on the computer before did my sit ups but only to look up some stretches to do before my workout. I came across a 1o Minute Morning Routine which I ended up liking almost all of the workouts except Step 5: Hip & Leg Stretch and the Meditation. The lady in the picture for Step 5 looks like a pretzel! The directions and the picture just made the stretch confuse me. As for the Meditation I've never really done one before. I'm a really stressful and easily distracted person so maybe a guided video meditation might help me. After my stretches we done I did get my 100 sit ups done! Yay me!! 

I'm hoping to keep my momentum going and workout several more times this week! I guess we'll just have to see what happens.

Good Luck with your Workouts this Week!

Until Next Time! Stay Beautiful :)

Workout Wednesdays

Workout Wednesdays are meant to give myself some inspiration and ideas for working out during the week! I'm trying to become a healthier person one step at a time! One Workout at a time!

Again I haven't been working out as often as I would like or at all! My roommates B & R have been going on a walk every night. B is in "training mode" as she has a 5k in September and she wants to be in better shape for it. I guess the last 5k she did with her mom she got sick (vomiting) all day. I find it very encouraging seeing her working so hard to achieve a goal! 

What little exercising I have done lately has been swimming and playing Frisbee! I love throwing a Frisbee around with Babe and sometimes R joins us. I'm not very good at throwing a Frisbee but I'm getting better. It still flies off in the wrong direction but not nearly as often as it use to! When R, Babe and I all play we switch up who I throw to because that person has to run around a lot and they get tired!

For awhile now I've been wanting to play Frisbee at 2 am. I'm on one of my abnormal sleeping schedules. I'm a night person so I often sleep the day away. Lately I've been going to bed between 3 or 4 am and waking up around 11 am or noon. On the bright side I do get a full eight hours of sleep! Anyways back to the 2 am Frisbee playing, I've asked Babe a few times and he always says no as he has to work the next day! I continue to ask because I know ONE day he will say YES!! 

Some Motivational Words for this week:

*photo credit to voxifit*

This not only pertains to fitness goals but all goals! Life won't change if you don't take the first step! I keep expecting change but I'm doing anything to warrant change. Something to think about and then act! 

Are there any quotes you find inspirational?

Until Next Time! Stay Beautiful :)

Workout Wednesdays

Workout Wednesdays are meant to give myself some inspiration and ideas for working out during the week! I'm trying to become a healthier person one step at a time! One Workout at a time! 

Since the 2nd week in September I've been taking two fitness classes a week at my local community center. I take a Total Body Aqua Water Aerobics class on Mondays and a Fitness AM on the Mat class on Thursdays that includes Pilates, Yoga and Core Exercises. I'm proud of myself for taking these classes and for continuing to attend them each week! 

So far I'm enjoying my Water Aerobics class more than my Fitness on the Mat class. I love being in the water and some weeks my teacher gives us such a good workout that I go home and take a nap! Whereas with my Fitness class I find that I don't sweat and can't do all of the exercises. I do what I can and enjoy the exercises I can do! 

I'm thinking of joining more Aquatic Classes next season and I'm still on the fence about the Dry Fitness Classes. I may look into a step class. I bet that would kick my butt real fast! It doesn't real matter what classes I take just that I'm continuing my journey to becoming a healthier person!

Some Motivational Words for this week:

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This is something I need to remember! I'm doing this for me! Not for anyone else! For me to feel healthier and to like myself more! I have a feeling this is going to be a mantra of mine! Or maybe I'll try writing some of these awesome quotes on sticky notes or something so that I can come across them when I need some inspiration! 

Are there any quotes you find inspirational?

Until Next Time! Stay Beautiful :) 

Workout Wednesdays

Workout Wednesdays are meant to give myself some inspiration and ideas for working out during the week! I'm trying to become a healthier person one step at a time! One Workout at a time! 

Lately I haven't been working out. I've been contemplating the differences between Motivation and Ambition. I have the Motivation but I'm lacking the Ambition to actually getting moving on my journey. I'm also finding myself to be somewhat unwilling to change my habits. 

I need to remember "One Step at a time! One Workout at a time!" and I need to tell it to myself everyday! Who knows maybe this mantra will come in handy for other aspects of my life!! 

When I do think about working out I think about how bored I get when I use the Elliptical and I'm not even willing to try the Treadmill. On a side note Babe makes fun of me whenever I say Treadmill or Windmill. Not that either of those come up in conversations very often but when your on Vacation in Kingston, MA and there are Windmills all over the place it does comes up. He laughs because I always pronounce them as Treadmeal or Windmeal. "Look at all the Windmeals!" or "You won't catch me on a Treadmeal!" It's just the way I say it! Getting back to working out I've been thinking I would enjoy working out more if I could find a dance workout. I'm still on the hunt for dance workouts so if you know of any good ones please let me know! For now I'm going to try watching some on YouTube.  

Some Motivational Words for this week:

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"The Only Bad Workout is the one that didn't happen". How True is that! I always feel so upset and angry with myself for not making it more than 15 minutes when I workout. When in reality I worked out for 15 minutes! Oh yeah! 15 minutes is a start and better than nothing! I need to stop being so hard on myself and realize that at least I'm putting effort into it! 

"One Step at a time! One Workout at a time!" 

Until Next Time! Stay Beautiful :)

Workout Wednesdays

Workout Wednesdays are meant to give myself some inspiration and ideas for working out during the week! I'm trying to become a healthier person one step at a time! One Workout at a time!

This week I'm on vacation in Cape Cod with Babe & his family. We've been keeping busy everyday trying to get all the activities we want to do done. For our Workout this week we're going Kayaking. I'm very excited as I've enjoyed the few times I've done it in the past. At the same time I'm nervous because I don't have amazing upper body strength. Despite my reservations I know I'll have a great time! Maybe I'll even be able to take some pictures as my camera is waterproof up to so many feet. 

Some Motivational words to help me through my journey to becoming a healthier person:

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I get depressed whenever I hop on the scale and see my stupid weight. It's just a number! A number that doesn't control my self-worth or my happiness! This is definitely something for me to keep in mind!

What kind of Workouts have you been doing?

Until Next Time! Stay Beautiful :)

Workout Wednesdays

Workout Wednesdays are meant to give myself some inspiration and ideas for working out during the week! I'm trying to become a healthier person one step at a time! One Workout at a time. 

Babe, R & I have decided to make Tuesdays Swimming Day so we have to go swimming if the weather is nice. Yesterday the water was pretty cool and I was the only one who actively swam around and across the pool. I definitely felt the burn in my arms. We have also made Thursdays Workout Day. That's not to say we can't swim or workout on other days too just that we gotta get our butts actually moving on Tuesdays & Thursdays. It's also a start if we're able to keep up with it maybe we'll be able to branch out to more days. 

For this week's workout inspiration I took to Pinterest (of course). I came across these One Song Workouts on BuzzFeed. The One Song Workout for "I Love It" by Icona Pop will be the workout I will be trying this week. I probably won't be able to do all of the exercises they suggest as I am out of shape but I will do what I can! 

**Photo Credit to Buzzfeed**

I love listening to music while I exercise so I'm very excited to try this workout. I also love this song! Saying I'm excited to workout probably isn't a statement you will be hearing from me very often! If I'm able to do this workout I'll have to consider trying the other songs they suggest. "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore is another workout I would be willing to try.

Here's some Motivational words to help me through my journey to becoming a healthier person:

That is certainly something I would love to achieve in the future! One step at a time though. I just need to keep reminding myself that!!

Until Next Time! Stay Beautiful :)