Workin On My Fitness - Living Healthy & Fit

A New Year, A New Me

Sue — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:30:00 +0000

Happy New Year! It’s felt like an eternity since I’ve written a post on this site. Quite honestly, it’s been a very crazy 2009. After much thought, I’ve decided that Workin On My Fitness is a site I always want to have. I know there are many fitness blogs out there that are more committed than I am, and I’ve learned that is ok. This is a blog about workin on MY fitness, and I realize that exercise is something I love doing and keeping at a healthy lifestyle is an important aspect in my life. I do admit, I live a busy life and as much as I feel like exercising is just something I have to do, I know that its something that is important for me to do! I always want to feel and of course, look great.

I definitely took a long hiatus to think about a lot of what I wanted to do with this site, and my fitness goals. I actually am still recovering from a cold as I write this. But when I get better, I definitely want this site to be more active than it has and BE more active. Fitness is something that I miss writing about, and logging my fitness and health endeavors.

Thanks to a new calendar I bought, called ‘Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff’ it’s helping me put things in perspective. A really good one I read today dated yesterday, January 5th reads:

“We’re here for a moment in time – and then we’re gone. Why waste one second on self-pity, frustration, irritation and all the rest?”

It’s so true. These things have been things I’ve dwelled on in the past year. Really, you can’t do anything about what has already happened, but you can work on something for the future. Something so cliche, yet so true. So, for 2010, it’s all about working for something for the future, and learning from what has already happened!

Expect a lot of changes with the site soon. I definitely have to revamp some things, but I wanted to let you all know!

A Different Perspective.

Sue — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:29:40 +0000

Today I stuck with my workout, so you all know. I’m happy with the progress made thus far, but I was thinking a lot today about the blog and the direction I wanted to take it. There are just so many things I love to write about besides fitness and health. I love food, I love writing about life and other random things. You may not be aware but the reason I was on a hiatus from this blog was because of other blogging ideas, which quickly died because I couldn’t keep up with it. So I decided to blog consolidate, or ‘consoliblog’ (a word I kind of made up). I’m created a new blog that will cover just living an overall healthy life, with some personal me mixed into it. When I say healthy, I don’t just mean body and food wise, but mind and spirit. Maybe I’ll include hobbies of mine which include photography and being crafty. But I want a blog that is not just pigeonholed into one topic.

I’m slowly writing on that blog now (there are a couple posts on there so far) and this blog will just be an archive of my fitness journey from beginning to now. I really do hope that you’ll join me over there – it will be updated a lot more (I PROMISE YOU THAT!) and I think it will be better too.

I give you – SimplyBalancedMe.com.

Back at the Beginning: C25K Week 1, Day 1

Sue — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:09:03 +0000

Pretty proud of myself today! I was able to see my little nephew and work out! I knew that I had to stick to my plan, and I’m pretty glad I did. Today I started all over and am doing the Couch to 5k (aka C25K). With my trusty iPhone I had the Nike + app and this Couch 2 5K app I got a few days ago. The two work together and help you pretty much go through the work out. The Nike + app tracks my distance and how fast I go per mile, and the Couch 2 5K app gives me the cues to walk/jog/cooldown.

If you’re wondering what Week 1, Day 1 of the Couch to 5K workout consists of, it starts with a 5 minute warm up, then 60 seconds of jogging, followed by 90 minutes of walking for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes you do the 5 minute walking cooldown. I started the app when I walked out the door of my apt to the gym, which is almost a 5 minute walk. Got to the gym and jogged/walked on the treadmill followed by walking back home as my cooldown. It worked out perfectly!

Here was my result from the Nike + app. I know my mileage has yet to improve but after a long while of not training I had to start from the beginning, which I think is best for someone just getting back into working out. You just don’t want to dive right in and eventually hurt yourself! I could definitely handle the workout, but I didn’t want to overdo it.

I’m super excited though. I am so happy to be back to working out. It is true: working out gives you endorphins and endorphins make you happy!

6 Months, 2 Weeks…

Sue — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:18:30 +0000

I know it’s been a really LONG hiatus from blogging for me, neglecting this website and I feel really crappy about it. Honestly, I have been SO busy, making excuses for myself and there really isn’t a good excuse for NOT taking care of myself like I should. This blog is about me and workin’ on my fitness, and I haven’t been. I even thought about shutting down this blog but that would just make me go farther away from my goals, which right now is to lose the inches off my waist. It’s not so much about losing weight, but being able to fit in my wedding dress in about 6 months.

I realized that I actually have LESS than 6 months considering I have to do alterations on the dress because a short girl like me always has to alter a dress. A few weeks ago I tried on my dress and although I was able to fit into it, it was quite a challenge and I was barely able to breathe!! I honestly couldn’t imagine being this way on my wedding day. I’d be so uncomfortable!!!

I’ve actually been preparing myself to come back to this blog. I started eating healthier, with fruits satisfying my sweet tooth and yogurt and granola being my favorite snack. I’ve been figuring out menus for the week instead of going out to eat. Preparing my own meals has actually been fun, and saving money being a bonus over going out to eat. Being that we have a wedding to pay for, saving every penny we can helps a lot.

Today I wanted to start the Couch to 5K but as I was getting ready it started raining! So instead, I did Level 2 of the 30 Day Shred, Jillian Michaels style. I feel good. I think making a schedule and planning ahead is really important for me to stay on track, so I decided to plan my workout. You’ll see my week on the sidebar to the right.

To those who have been keeping up with my blog I’m glad you didn’t unsubscribe and still giving me a chance.

A Workout That Doesn’t Seem Like One

Sue — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:47:44 +0000

So today I didn’t get a chance to work out since I had an endodontist appointment this morning, which made me stay later at work. I also am staying at my parent’s house as Glen is going over to see the shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral. So no workout, although I was running around the house with the dogs because I missed them so much! Anyway, I do have a DVD review I did a while back that you may want to read about, which is actually more of a dance workout than anything else!

Check out my post about the DVD workout, Bollywood Booty! I love the Indian culture, it’s just so beautiful and exotic. Love it!