Week One

I've been trying to figure out a way to get back on track better. I've done pretty well this last week but I know I could be better. I know when I was training for my run last summer, I kept a daily log of my food/exercise. It kept me somewhat accountable and it worked really well. So I think I'm going to give that a try again. This time though, I'm going to put it up here. Maybe workouts, new recipes, good days, bad days, what worked, what didn't, new things I've learned... Kind of like a log but with a little more detail. Plus on bad days I can go back and maybe see how far I've come. :-)

So here goes....

Exercise this week
Mon: Crossfit 26 mins, Run 10 mins
Tues: Crossfit 37 mins
Wed: Insanity DVD 40 mins
Thurs: Crossfit 27 mins, Yoga 30 mins
Fri: Crossfit 35 mins
Sat: Run 45 mins, Walk 2 mins (to warm up)

The workouts this week at the gym have been really hard. I've really had to push myself. Well, other than Friday...it was a 5 Rounder. I didn't push myself at all on that one; I wanted to quit the whole time.

The Insanity DVD was harder than I expected it to be. I was sweating like a pig before we even got halfway through! But it was a great workout. Kind of like Crossfit but not at the same time. Either way Dallin and I are going to try to do that once a week to shake things up and help with our cardio more (and boy was there a lot of that).

My Saturday run was great. It was SO nice to be outside running. I miss it so much! Although I changed things up a little and went a different way, that ended up having a hill. It really kicked my butt but it's something I need to do more of so it was good. The bad thing was I'd eaten a big lunch an hour before running (I hadn't planned on running) so I had heartburn pretty much the whole run. Yuck. A hand full of Tums afterwards helped somewhat. All in all it was a good run. It's such a difference running outside compared to running on the treadmill. I have such a hard time with the treadmill now, which is funny because a year ago I would have picked the treadmill over outside 100%.

I wasn't as good about food this last week as I was about exercise. Well, I was good up through lunch then I'd get home from work and eat everything in sight. The problem was I wasn't planning out my meals in advance or even bringing food to work. When I do that I make really bad decisions. Plus I wrestled with my willpower this week too. I think I'm finally winning. At the beginning of the week I would tell myself "You don't need that cookie" and then would eat 3. By Saturday I was telling myself "You really don't need that cookie" and passing it up for an apple instead. So man man lai as far as food goes.

I made 2 recipes the last few days that are so filling. I mean I'd eat the serving size I'm supposed to and I was so full! They were Chicken Taco Chili and Chicken Pot Pie Soup, both from the website skinnytaste.com. So Good! And my family loved them too. Well...my oldest wasn't in love with all the veggies I put in the Chicken Pot Pie Soup (I doubled the veggies) but for the most part they were loved.

I'm not sure how this will go. If it will end up being too long, or if I'll have time to write enough. I hope I keep it up because I can see it being a great way for me to get back on track. There's something about writing things down.