Workin On My Fitness - Living Healthy & Fit

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!

Sore But Keeping It Moving

Sue — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:01:48 +0000

I found myself really sore, especially in my legs but I still managed to get a DVD workout in. The only thing is that I did 1/2 of the DVD because I didn’t realize that I needed a step for the 2nd part, which I have yet to get. I was on Amazon one day and wanted to see what kind of workout DVDs were out there, and I found out that Kim Kardashian, the celebrity known for her big booty and reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians. She actually had 3 different DVDs that is part of a series called, ‘Fit in your Jeans by Friday’ and after reading reviews I decided to get all 3 DVDs.

The DVD I ended up doing is called, ‘Kim Kardashian: Fit In Your Jeans by Friday: Amazing Abs Body Sculpt‘ and it basically targets core, arms, hams and balance in a great cardio workout, while the second includes pushups and stair runners and teaches proper breathing techniques. I ended up only doing the first part only, and just that alone was definitely a challenge! I am pretty weak when it comes to doing pushups and holding all my body weight with my arms and feet, so I was struggling in this area. I feel like my wrists are just going to go out when I’m doing this, which tells me that I need to work on my upper body a lot more. I was using 3 lbs weights and found myself having to resort two using 2 cans of Ravioli in the pantry because I couldn’t even hack that! Man, I’m a weakling. Working out is definitely what it is: a workout!

I have yet to try the other 2 DVDs, but I need a step! Kim is a sweetheart and she does workout, and she looks good doing it! Yup, I’m a fan.