Yesterday while on the treadmill I was not quite 'feeling it'. I made myself do 45 minutes and struggled to really push myself yesterday. While I have lost weight, I have not lost much recently. A lot of that is due to getting out of the routine from going to the gym on a regular basis. Looking in the mirror and the scale I am SICK of it. I am incredibly ticked at myself for getting off track in the first place. When I moved to Nashville I was in the best shape of my life!! I looked great, felt even better and I let myself fall into a place which lead me back to the gym working off the excess.
I have been on Pinterest more than I should lately. I have come across a lot of really great fitness tips and workout exercises. Slowly over the past week I have been putting them into a home workout I am trying to implement when I don't go to the gym. Many of the 'pins' I have come across show a 30 day challenge. After looking in the mirror and really not liking what I see I have given myself a 30 day challenge. Today was day 2 and it is not going to be an easy road. Thankfully, today went well and I am proud of myself for pushing through the exercises. Even when my abs were burning a little and my knees were hurting. I don't want to live unhealthy and be out of shape. I would love to get back to where I was seven years ago.
For motivation I have pulled from the closet a very beautiful, dressy, sexy red top. I tried it on and it was a freaking joke. I looked awful. When I wore this garment last it looked like it was tailored for me. It is beautiful and has a sassy style to it. I want to wear this again with a short little black skirt that I need to find and dig out of storage.
My other motivation is writing down each day when I work out. I have loose leaf paper where I will be writing down what I do each day to make sure I do ALL the exercises I have picked out for my 30 day challenge. The other thing I am doing is writing down on my calendar when I work out. Today states "day 2".
I have got to do something to give myself a boost in the fitness regime. I want to do something which will push myself into a challenge and beyond my comfort zone. Pushing myself on the treadmill lately has been good. Sometimes I get done and by the time I walk over to the weights I feel like I'm going to pass out. Since I began to really push myself on the treadmill I am starting to feel it more in my legs. This awakening has helped me pay more attention to how out of shape I remain and hopefully this 30 day challenge will kick things up a notch.
To give you an idea of what I am doing, this is what was done today:
55 second plank
45 seconds flutter kick
45 seconds criss cross kick
1 min lean backs
20 reps hip raises
30 reps doggies - side and up to ceiling
60 wall sit
20 reps bikini body crunch
20 reps bikini twist
20 jumping jacks
50 side bends
20 reps dips
2 sets of ten: kicks to front, side & back
Warrior III - 6 breathes on each leg
ballet barre - tendu's, battements, ronde jombs, 10 plies; 10 plies on releve, 10 plies on releve with a 5 second hold
I am hoping if I can do this routine every day whether I go to the gym or not, MAYBE my body will show a change and possibly some tone. Of course all the photos on Pinterest shows a skinny girl even more skinny...so I'm not 100% how effective these exercises will be. We shall all know in 28 days.
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