Graduation

I have been away from my blog for awhile, because my youngest graduated. It truly took me awhile to get my mind wrapped around the party, the graduation itself, and how I wanted to be (weight wise, what to wear, what to do with my hair, etc) and of course, the house cleaning to get done. All of these things sucked my time away! The best thing? I did work out every morning 6 days aweek during all of the hubub! So what I want to talk about today? Celebrate the little things you did right today! Here's my list: I got up early and exercised for 30 minutes. I ate a good breakfast and lunch. I ate a healthy snack. I did a load of towels before work (whoo hoo). I talked my daughter into doing the dishes! I am on target with my water today. I am going to celebrate each little thing. I will not celebrate with food. I will celebrate by watching something I want to watch while doing step ups for 30 minutes and giving my body a wonderful stretch! Now I can hardly wait! What are you doing for yourself today?

A Little Advice from Dr Kareem Samhouri

(From time to time I share things from other newsletters I follow, Dr Kareem has some crazy ideas that work. Check him out.) I’m going to make this as easy as possible on you. If you want to lose ten pounds, there’s a simple solution, and I’ve laid it out for you, entirely, right here: http://DrKareem.com/article/lose-10-pounds/ Fitness information can be confusing. Here are a few questions I answer in this blog post, just before I give you the exact workout plan you should be doing to hit your goals:
 Should you build muscle to lose fat? Is cardio an effective way to lose weight? How about interval training? Where does that fit in? What’s the #1 fastest way to lose ten pounds? 
 

 With 150 comments or more, I’ll hook you up like this more often.

 have a great day,

 Kareem ps: I have a new article posted, Don't Give Up on Your Goals. Click the shebudgets button on the right! Jonni

Took last night off

I used my time last night to color my hair, (shhhhh!).
Yes, I color my own hair also, I save money wherever I can!
So, this morning I did my bodyrock.tv workout, it looked like this
each exercise is 30 seconds on, 10 seconds off, for a total of 12 minutes.

1) Push Up & Twist
2) Sandbag Swings – w/ two 8pound weights
3) Switch Lunge
4) Bentover row – w/ two 8pound weights
5) Side Lunge – Left Leg – w/ two 8pound weights
6) Side Lunge – Right Leg – w/ two 8pound weights
7) Push-Up & Touch Shoulder
8) Lunge & Twist – Alternate legs – w/ two 8pound weights
9) Shoulder Press & Squat – w/ two 8pound weights
10) Elevated Push Ups
11) Mountain Climbers
12) tricep dips
13) Plank
14) Side Oblique Plank – Left Side
15) Side Oblique Plank – Right Side
16) Tricep Dips
17) Goblet Squats – w/ two 8pound weights

Why do I enjoy these workouts? They kick my butt almost everytime!
And, they are different every day! I can do them in the privacy of my own home, and they do a video for each workout, so you can see the moves, or modify to suit you.
Tomorrow is the end of my 30 day challenge, so I will post pics.

Last Night's bodyrock workout/Why I'm so sore

This has been a tough week for me. I think partly because BodyRock.tv has started to put up beginner/intermediate/expert workouts, and I am choosing the intermediate. I don't know why.
Here is what I did last night, 15 minutes

2 sets of each exercise 50 sec each/ 10 sec off
walking pushup with tuck jump
ab crunch, stand and jump with two 8 pound weights
superman pushups (with feet elevated)
1/2 burpee with sumo high knees with two 8 pound weights
using two chair backs, low jack/V leg lifts
plank jumps, stand, shoulder press with two 8 pound weights

then, as a bonus! Abs!
50 seconds each exercise, 10 sec off

tuck abs with arm lifts
diamond legs reverse crunch
toe touch, right and left alternate

I was really sore after these last few days, but I feel like I accomplished something, something harder than I thought I could do.
(I am 49 and keeping up with my 22 and 18 year olds!)

So, this morning I did about 10 minutes of various ab crunches, and stretched my body really good for 20 minutes.
Also, don't forget to drink alot of water if you are sore.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY, AND WHAT I DO ABOUT IT

Are you doing all of the above? If not, then you can't complain. These things are vital to getting the weight off and keeping it off.
I decided it is time for me to keep a log of what I am doing, and you can follow along, or ask questions, and I can hopefully help you along.

At the moment, I could lose 15 pounds. 14-15 right around there.
So, who's with me?
Last night I did the workout from http://www.bodyrock.tv.com
here is what I did
this is a descending workout, meaning each exercise I did 10 times, then 9, then 8 etc.
switch lunges with two-8 pound weights
elevated push ups
low-jacks in squat position, with two-8 pound weights
push up/tricep dip one of each
side jump over weights, push up, tuck jump.

all in all with little breaks to drink or take a breath, this took me 35 minutes to complete.

This morning I got up and did Hip Hop Abs 2, fatburning cardio for 45 minutes. Then I had my protein shake, and went on to work.

this evening I will do another bodyrock workout.

My daily food intake goes like this
7am protein shake
10am snack (usually some almonds and some protein, either a shake or a bar, or some oatmeal and no almonds.
1pm, lunch, hopefully not too much, a little protein, a little vegie, something crunchy to make me feel good. This is almost always my biggest meal of the day.
6pm dinner, I try to make this smaller than lunch, depends on whats up at our house for dinner. half a plate of vegies, 1/3 of the plate, or so of meat,
I am bad at getting my water in right now, I do drink alot of iced green tea, and two 16 oz coffee, (not take out) with truvia in it.