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| SIYC MARCH 9 - 20 (All information is technically as of yesterday, but I am posting a day late because it took me awhile to decide what to put for what I am working on).
I'm working on CONSISTENCY and KEEPING TRACK this week.
As of today, I can do:
*20 second planks
*25 wall push-ups
*2 sets of 10-12 reps with 2.5 pound hand weights
By March 20, my assignment was to: Work on my arm strength, with free weights. Or do my 20 second planks and 25 push-ups on alternating days every chance I get. Count my total reps for each the 11 days. Practice cooking and eating at home more often, or batch cooking. Use this as an opportunity to get more vegetables.
I was able to do __________. (fill in on March 21)
So far this month I have spent 41 minutes dedicated to exercising. (Bwahaha, I need to do more! Apparently all of my lunges are only counting as 5 minutes here and there. /sigh!)
I am motivated the most by FEELING GOOD, ENCOURAGEMENT FROM OTHERS.
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**Continue to count your minutes for the month, you can do this by going to your My Fitness Tracker and viewing your Spark America minutes.**
Things to do:
*Write everything down on my calendar - assign days for tasks (DONE)
--Keep track of daily water intake (WiP)
--Keep track of planks, push-ups, free weights (WiP)
--Keep track of freggie intake (WiP)
--Keep track of eating in vs. going out to eat (only allowed out two days a week) (WiP)
*Create a spreadsheet, as inspired by Sami (WiP)
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On Wednesday, I did:
*30 push-ups against the kitchen counter
*10 jumping jacks
*10 squats
*Drank over 5 cups of water (I lost track, lol).
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| *This is mainly for myself as a way to find my card quickly, without having to scroll through the long thread on the team page.*
Sand In Your Crack Challenge Week 1 - Entry Card (via SparkTeam "Rise of The Anti-Blah").
1. Screename & personal goal for the FOUR MONTHS (March 1 through June 30, 2010):
GEEK_GIRL - Fit into my size 8 jeans that currently do not fit (at least not without risking popping a seam!), lose at least 10 pounds (conservative but losing more would be fine), feel better about myself.
2. Taking a before picture? Hopefully, yes.
3. Where are you keeping your before picture? Team photos.
4. Start Weight (will be tracked every 2 weeks): 152-153 lbs (next weigh-in March 15)
5. Choose (at least) 5 measurements that you would like to track during these 4 months (for example, waist, hips, tits, etc) and list your starting measurements here(will be tracked on the last day of each month):
________ = _____ in/cm/size
________ = _____ in/cm/size
________ = _____ in/cm/size
________ = _____ in/cm/size
________ = _____ in/cm/size
6. Come up with (at least) 3 exercises that you would like to get better at and list them here. (These can be things like walking, running, pull ups, chin ups, planks, crunches, weight of your freeweights, yoga poses, etc)
1) Planks (elbows on floor)
2) Walking (time/distance)
3) Wall Push-ups
7. List those same 3 (or more) exercises and how well you do them NOW. For example, 25 pushups, 30 sec plank, running 12 min mile, 3 chin ups, or WHEREVER you are now in these exercises.
1) Planks: 20 seconds (elbows on floor)
2) Walking: Around 25-minute mile
3) Wall Push-ups: 25 in a row
On the last day of each month, we will try to beat our score on these exercises for the previous month. (So if you could do 25 pushups last month- try to beat your own score by the end of this month- by doing 30 or more!)
8. Choose two or more areas of your diet that you want to improve on (cals/fiber, or sodium/trans fats, or protein/carbs, or WHATEVER you want to work on- even if it’s water/fruit)
#1: Fruits/Veggies - Aim for 3-to-4 servings total, per day
#2: Cook to eat at home at least 5 days a week (left-overs from food I cooked the day before count, salads count, anything counts as long as I bought it at the grocery store to prepare at home and not something I ordered in a restaurant/fast-food).
9. Print the MARCH Calendar from Sparkpeople and post it somewhere where you can read it each day and cross off one more day on the road to being slightly smaller LOL.
__X___ DONE? YES!
10. At the end of this week, between Sunday March 7th and Wednesday, March 10th, post how many minutes of exercise you got during the week.
As of Sunday, March 7 - Around 35 minutes. (I'm only guessing since I forgot to track most of my fitness this week. It was pretty scattered. Will try to keep better track of time on the random exercises I do).
(cardio/stretching/strength/
yoga/walking
/whatever- as long as it was ONLY done for the point of burning calories. snow shoveling and cleaning house won’t count- sorry guys!)
NOTE: I need to edit this with my measurements. I can't find my measuring tape, grrr!!! Also still need to take pic. | | |
| Link: www.womenshealthmag.com/
fitness/exercise-your-abs-0
So, I tried these ab workouts on Tuesday. I did exercises 1, 2 and 4. By "did them" I mean I attempted them, and I held my position for 3 seconds on each side, though I held exercise 1's position for 6 seconds total! (Two sets of '3 seconds' lol). Oh man, what a laugh. This stuff is HARD without someone here to help me make sure I'm in the correct position. Oh wait, this stuff is hard, period, but I think it'd help if I had a (hot) personal trainer here to guide me through this. I couldn't do exercise 4 without laughing at my horrible lack of balance, teehee. I giggled as I did the right side and then I wobbled and had trouble with the left because of the giggling. Well, my heart is racing and I feel good for even attempting them but I think I'm good for now. Holding position kind of gave me a headache and I don't want to aggravate it and make it worse. I really do enjoy planks so I'm going to work on them again soon. | | |
| Yay, new walking shoes! And they're pink & white! I like them, so far, but I've only worn them around the house. I just wore myself out doing various calisthenics and failing terribly at the hula-hoop (how did I do that when I was little??) so I probably won't test these out on the ground until tomorrow.
Off to watch some Psych, Season 1, while I flip through magazines searching for vision board inspiration. | | |
| I blogged about this on my SparkPeople blog (my user name there is geek_girl if you happen to spark!) and now I'm blogging about it here. I like both SP and Xanga for different reasons so I'll be doing a lot of copy/paste between them, in addition to the posts I'll be making on my team's page for the ShrinkingJeans Spring Fling Challenge.
Tonight I will be going to bed with a notebook and pen so that I can write down some goals, both blog-oriented and spring/summer challenge-oriented. As much as I love the internet and having a place to keep track of everything in one compact little home (the computer, basically), I will always be a paper and pen girl. I like writing things down on paper and having access to it when I'm unable or unwilling to come sit at the computer. Something about sitting in bed, writing before I fall asleep is very soothing and relaxing. It's also the time when the best ideas come to me.
NOTES:
I'm working on my goals at the moment but the areas I want to fine tune are:
*strength training a few times a week for a set number of minutes per day (work-in-progress as to how many days/which days/sets)
*cardio a few times a week, with a minimum of 10 minutes per day (work-in-progress)
*Lose ____ pounds (I am going to figure this out later)
*Eat more fruits and veggies per day (a minimum of 2 per day, but try to eat at least 3 or more)
*Eat healthier snacks (work on a list of snack ideas, including smoothies)
*Keep up with jumping jacks, pushups, squats, QuickFire Challenge tasks
Personal Obstacles and how to Defeat Them:
*PMS (It's so hard to stay on program during PMS and the following week)
*Laziness
*Emotional Eating
(Working on the "hows" on paper later)
(Note to self: Write down goals and challenges on paper, for referencing while in bed or away from the computer; write up a blog entry about this challenge and my goals/challenges, set up a plan on calendar, print out my ActiveTrainer Walk-it-Off calendar, gather ideas for vision board, make vision board, take pics of vision board, create a workout folder with health and fitness ideas and tips, take "before" pic of me in fave jeans for 'sand in my crack').
::Also: Set Goals for March Challenge for Daily Sparker::
*I reserve the right to update and edit this list as time goes by!
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