"Be Proud, not satisfied"-Unknown

I know that I have already posted today but I just got done doing BodyRockTV http://www.bodyrock.tv/ So I have to post it. Plus, its week two!!

How many of you have thought about giving up this second week?! DON'T!! It gets easier the more you do it, you just have to TOUGH IT OUT. You know that you feel a thousand times better after you work out and your body feels better too. Here are a few tips:

• Be sure that your staying hydrated. It helps you work out better and longer.
• If you can eat something before you work out, it will help give you the energy you need to work out. Also be sure to eat a little something after your work out. For me, I have to eat something. Whether its a bowl of cereal or a multi grain bar. I get the shakes and my body needs something. Find what helps give you the energy before and after your work out. 
• Don't forget to have your rest days. Your body needs time to energize itself back up before your next work out. If you need three rest days one week and the next week its two rest days....thats ok. We all have our good and bad weeks. 
• Bump up your work out regiment every week. If stay at the same amount of reps, laps, weights, etc. Keeping your body strong.
• Your body gains muscle before it really loses weight. If you haven't worked out in a long time and you work your but off all week and you didn't really lose weight or you gained a little bit...a lot of the time its because your body is gaining muscle. (this depends on the person, eating habits, and workout routine) For me, if I haven't worked out in a long time, I notice that I gain muscle before I lose weight. Again, its different for every person.

Don't give up on week two! When you stick with it, you will be so proud of yourself. Stay MOTIVATED and if you need help doing that, let me know!!

"JUST SAY TO YOURSELF...HOW BAD TO I WANT THIS? AM I WORKING HARDER THAN THE PERSON WHO WILL BE STANDING NEXT TO ME?"

WEEK 2, DON'T GIVE UP!!

We have made it to week two everybody, congrats!!! Week two will be hard but your body is now in the habit of working out. On week two, you should be able to bump things up a little. Run a little farther, lift a little more weight, do more reps, bike a little farther, etc. Whatever your exercise routine is, bump it up a little bit. It will be hard, but you can do it!!

I'm a little late on my Monday post but I did work out yesterday. I ended up biking 3 miles, ran 1.46 miles, and swam at least 200 meters. It was a major work out yesterday but again, I'm training for a triathlon. So today my work out will be shorter. I will just run and do bodrocktv http://www.bodyrock.tv/

Remember, you can do this!! Don't give up on yourself, now that you are in week two you are that much closer to your goal! You can always post on my blog and let me know how your doing and if your struggling, I'll help!

YOUR ONE WEEK CLOSER TO YOUR GOAL, DON'T GIVE UP!!!!

Oh so sore...but worth it!!

Its Friday! Which means its the weekend but it doesn't mean we can slack off. Saturday and Sunday are great days to have your rest days. Its a break from work and working out. But like I said the other day, it doesn't mean you can totally blow all your hard work by sitting on the couch and watching tv all day. You want to keep your body in the habit of working out. Especially when its the first few weeks of working out. It will be hard to keep going because your body is going to be super tired...but DON'T give up, YOU can do this!!!

Yesterday I had a rest day. I didn't run, swim, bike, or do bodyrock http://www.bodyrock.tv/ I did go to the store and Yes, I consider that a VERY light workout.

Today however, I went lap swimming. I'm still working on my breathing and trying not to swallow so much water. Part of my warm up is to do a few laps slowly as well as what my cousin calls "Dolphin Swim" which to a lot of us. (me included) always called it the "Mermaid Swim". Thats where you swim like your legs were glued together. That is  super hard, it works your stomach area soo much. I use it with a little paddle board. Today I was able to do 100 meters with a 5-10 second break in between each lap. I know that may not sound like a big accomplishment, but for me who just started lap swimming....I feel its great!!!

Remember, the first week is the hardest and your body is getting into the swing of things. Give your body time to build muscle. DON'T GIVE UP! YOU CAN DO THIS!! Next week will be hard, but so much better and you will start to see results with your body and your confidence!

"THERE ARE PLENTY OF DIFFICULT OBSTACLES IN YOUR PATH. DON'T ALLOW YOURSELF TO BECOME ONE OF THEM" -Ralph Martson

JUST BREATH

Alright ladies and gents, today was a rest day for me. But that didn't mean that I laid around all day doing nothing and eating junk food. Even if you have a rest day you should still be up and moving. For me, I went grocery shopping and played with my daughter (which is always an exercise in its self) I also have been doing laundry all day. You may not think of these things as being an exercise but it is. When your grocery shopping you walk up and down the isles, you lift your arms up and down to pull things off the shelf and place them into the cart, and sometimes even bend down and back up to put things on and off the bottom of the cart. Then its like lifting weights when you actually place all the groceries in your car. Those bags aren't always light!

Kids are always an exercise....

So tomorrow my work out will consist of lap swimming and BodyRockTV http://www.bodyrock.tv/ This will definitely be a work out. My stomach muscles are sore from the last time I swam. You may not know but swimming is a great way to get fit because it doesn't put any real stress on your joints. For example I have really bad knee's. They have arthritis and I twisted them both over the summer and ended up doing physical therapy to get them strong again. My physical therapist told me that swimming is a great way to strengthen them (as well as getting fit) because they don't have the weight of my body to stress them out.

So if you have bad joints....that's NO EXCUSE not to get into shape and work out. Swimming will help strengthen your joints and help you get fit. There are a lot of option when swimming. You can do lap swimming (like me), you can do free swim, you can use a board to swim, water aerobics, or you can just play with your kids in the pool. You would be surprised at sore your body is the next day from all the muscles you used to swim.

Don't give up on yourself, you can do this. Week one is almost done which means you are that much closer to your goal! Don't forget to leave comments and thoughts!

"STRENGTH IS THE PRODUCT OF STRUGGLE"-Unknown

"FAILURE WILL NOT OVERCOME ME SO LONG AS MY WILL TO SUCCEED IS STRONGER" -Michael S. Kirby

Hey work out buddies! How is your third day going?! Have you worked out today? Are you planning on working out? NO EXCUSES not to!!

So I'm training for a Triathlon in May which means not only do I run, but I also have to swim. My cousin used to swim in High School and was a swimming teacher a few years back. She is helping me with the swimming. (breathing and technique) We had decided to get together once a week to train. Well, we were originally planning on getting together on Friday, well that changed and we ended up getting together yesterday.....I found out we were swimming yesterday AFTER I ran and did my BodyRockTV http://www.bodyrock.tv/2012/01/10/day-2-of-week-2-of-the-30-day-challenge-domino-workout/

Needless to say that when I was done swimming, my body was completely pooped!!! But the feeling that I had done such a great work out yesterday made me feel very accomplished and good about myself. So my work out today will just be the BodyRockTV section.

Like I said before, give yourself a rest day. Your body may need two or three rest days (I wouldn't go more than that) I want my rest days to be Saturday and Sunday. So for the whole week, I'm going to be doing some time of exercise to help keep me in the groove and in the habit of exercising. On your rest days, don't just lay about the house doing nothing, you still want to at least get up and do something!  Even if its just a walk around the block or taking your kids to the park (if weather permits ) and playing on the playground with them, or even going to the grocery store. It will help keep you in the habit of exercising. Just because you have your rest days, doesn't mean you can be completely lazy!!!

Keep up your with your workouts and don't give up!!! Post your comments on how your workout went, if your struggling and need a bit of a booster....let me know!!!

"SUCCESS MUST BE FELT WITHIN BEFORE IT CAN BE SEEN ON THE OUTSIDE"-Unknown.

"PAIN IS ONLY WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY" -Unknown

All right work out buddies, how was your first work out yesterday/today?! I got up this morning and truly didn't want to work out, I put it off for the entire morning. Finally I decided it was time to get off my ass and work out. I knew that I would feel so much better about the rest of my day afterword.

I ran 1.5 miles and it was a little tough today. However, I plugged in my music and made sure Kyla had everything she needed: Sprite, gram crackers, cartoons, and an empty bladder...I didn't want to stop once I got going. I also made sure I had the remote (in case Kyla wanted a different station) water, and ipod charged and ready.  After I got in a good groove of running, my run went great! I felt so accomplished when I was done. The sweat was dripping off and my heart was racing. As soon as I was done, I logged onto http://www.bodyrock.tv/2012/01/09/week-2-day-one-of-our-30-day-challenge-turn-me-on/ and did my work out there. It was a tuff one today and really worked out my body. By the time I was done I had a huge smile on my face (sweat still dripping off) and said to myself "Much better!"

I have heard that the first week of working out and getting into the habit is the hardest and toughest. Not saying that in the weeks to follow won't be hard, but that in that first week, you really push yourself to get into the habit of working out on a regular basis.

You can't give up on your first week!! Trust me, once you finish your first week and you rest on Saturday and Sunday (or whatever two days are your rest day) You will look back on the week and feel soo good about yourself and knowing that you accomplish a week of working really hard. Don't forget, finishing week one also means you are one week closer to your goal!!!

"YOU FOCUS YOUR MIND TO TRAIN YOUR BODY AND THE CHANGES THAT BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE IMPACT YOUR MIND AS WELL. DREAM IT, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL ACHIEVE IT." -Unknown

Starting out

"IF IT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, YOU WILL FIND A WAY.  IF NOT, YOU WILL FIND AN EXCUSE."

OK, I am not an expert at working out and I don't know everything. But, I am starting a blog about working out because I think that by blogging about my workouts and progress, it will help me stay motivated and not fall behind....hopefully!

My goal is to do a Triathlon in May. My weekly work out is a bit more intense than what you would like to do. For me, I need to run two days a week or more if I can, swim 1 day a week (to start out), and bike 1 day a week (to start out with, and I will probably have to wait for warmer and dryer weather to bike)

So by the time May rolls around I need to be able to run 3.3 miles, swim 350 yards, and bike 12 miles one right after the other. If any of you would like to do the Triathlon in May as well, work out with me.... meaning that when/and how I work out go along with me in your own home at the same pace I am going at. I'll post my work out for the day, let you know how it went, and then you can tell me how work your out went. I t
think this will help keep the MOTIVATION going! You don't have to do the same works outs that I'm doing, you can do your own at your own pace on your own time. This blog is to really share your progress and help keep you motivated to reach YOUR personal goals.

Every ones body type and tolerance is different. Like my sister says: "I need at least two days to rest, my body freaks out if I don't give it two days." She is absolutely right, you don't want to freak out your body or run down too quickly. Then you won't be able to keep going and stick with your goals. See how well you do with one day off. If you need another day go for it. Don't take more than three days off though. You want to keep up with a good pace and get your body used to working out.

My weekly work out isn't down to a science. I don't work out on the exact same days every week. I might have a bad day on Sunday night, and not feel like running Monday. So I'll run Tuesday instead but making sure that I have at least two running days out of the week. Since I haven't been running for months I'm starting out at a low mileage and increasing it weekly. I have started out with my first run at 1.5 miles and my next run will be 1.25. Then the next week I will increase it again just a bit.

My personal goal it to be able to run at least 4 miles. Make a goal for yourself on how far you would like to run. A great way to stay motivated AND reach your goal is signing up for races. There are always races going on somewhere around here. There is a registration fee, but they are usually pretty cheap and always fun! They give you a bag with goodies in it, a t-shirt and some (if not all) give you a metal at the end of the race...just for completing it.

Here is a link of the Bountiful Recreation Center. You can sign up for races and other events on this website. You can also register online. http://www.southdavisrecreation.com/

Part of my work out that I'm starting is called Bodyrocktv. My sister showed it to me and Its the coolest thing, they are little works out that you can do from home, no need for equipment and the trainer shows you how to do it and how many reps to do etc. She has equipment but if you don't (like me) she shows you how to do it without it. I like to do this after my run. Here is the link to Bodyrocktv as well. You can choose whatever work out you would like to do. The trainer is doing a 30 day workout regiment but since I'm starting late, I'm just picking up where she is at now. http://www.bodyrock.tv/ Again, I'm starting where the trainer is at now. If you want, you can start from the beginning and do your own 30 day regiment.

As far as what your eating.....don't look to me!! I eat like crap!!! I am trying to eat better and its tough but if I stay motivated and disciplined, I can do it...so can you!!! What I'm doing is just being careful of what and how much of it I eat. For me, pasta is my food nemesis!! I LOVE pasta, I can eat it 3 or 4 times a week. So for me personally, I have decided to only eat pasta once a week to help get rid of my "pasta pouch" tummy.  I'm also drinking more water than soda. Soda is sooo yummy, my favorite part of it is the fizziness to it. But drinking lots of soda also makes it harder to workout. Whether its running, biking, swimming, or any other type of workout. And when you workout, you need to make sure your staying hydrated!!!!

I ran today at 1.25 miles and did my bodyrocktv afterword. I feel great and my body definitely got worked!!! Doing bodyrocktv really worked my tummy area as well as my legs, just what I wanted. I was sweating my butt off.

Remember, tomorrow is another day closer to your goal. Keep it up and don't give up, YOU CAN DO THIS!