Weeks 5 & 6 for Jessica

7/17 - Sunday - 40 minute walk
7/18
7/19 - No More Trouble Zones DVD
7/20
7/21
7/22
7/23
7/24 - Sunday
7/25 - Jackie Warner Xtreme Timesaver Training DVD
7/26
7/27
7/28
7/29
7/30 - Personal Training with Jackie DVD & 30 min. walk

recap

ran 5 times this week.  pretty good considering i've been battling a cold!  panic attacks are greatly diminished already and i am feeling my strength slowly returning.

it's funny...being postpartum again.  i forgot how after i initially give birth, i hang on to whatever weight is leftover for a few months before i start losing weight.  depressing, but true.  trying to deal mentally and emotionally with that.  i have 15 lbs to lose and although it is the least amount i've ever had to deal with postpartum, it has been the hardest.  i think because i was in such good shape before and i miss not just the thinness of my body but the strength.  i miss running long and hard.

good week

Ran a mile every day except Thursday.  I even managed to do crunches and pilates 3 times this week!

Week 4 for Jess

7/11 - Jackie Warner Xtreme Timesaver Training DVD
7/12 - Ripped in 30 DVD, Level 2
7/13
7/14 - Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism DVD
7/15
7/16

starting up again

Just got back from a mile run.  Ran a mile yesterday too.  My thrush has healed up so my boobs thankfully don't hurt anymore.  However, my panic attacks have been happening a lot more (at least once a day).  So, Jesse and I decided yesterday that I have to run a mile every day and try to nap every day to get under control again...hopefully we'll see results before he leaves for Chicago next Sunday (he'll be gone a week). I'm not looking forward to that.

yoga, take three hundred seven

Hey, at least I keep trying, right? :)

We're on a new schedule here - Josiah changed his nap and Jonathan will be starting a school schedule in a couple of months - between the two my entire routine got shaken up. Generally I don't like drastic changes to my routine (ok, I always, always, always hate them) but this time there was a silver lining: I found a new place to put yoga.

I'm trying out The No OM Zone, which is a hand-me-down from Jess. She didn't like it, but I do! It certainly isn't high intensity (which probably explains why Jess didn't like it). It IS nicely paced, with just enough instruction to be helpful, and no weird spirituality (hence the name).

I'm aiming for 3-4 times a week, starting AFTER our upcoming vbs week. :)

Week 3 for Jes

7/3 -
7/4 - Ripped in 30 DVD, Level 4
7/5 - 30 Day Shred DVD, Level 3
7/6 - Ripped in 30 DVD, Level 1
7/7
7/8
7/9 - 30 Day Shred DVD, Level 2

Week 52, and Year 2, Weeks 1 & 2

Hey, glad to see some activity - and Kelly, way to go with starting up again, even if it's start-and-stop. That's the way it always is, it seems (just look at my example below!)

Year 2, everybody!

6/12 - Sunday

6/13 - Jackie Warner Xtreme Timesaver Training DVD
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
6/18
6/19 - Sunday - 35 min. run (3 miles)
6/20 - 30 min walk
6/21 - Personal Training With Jackie DVD
6/22
6/23
6/24
6/25 - 3-4 hours backpacking w/ about 25 lbs. pack
6/26 - Sunday - 3-4 hours backpacking w/ about 25 lbs. pack
6/27
6/28
6/29 - 20 min. circuit-training workout from Shape mag. 5/11

6/30

7/1 - Ripped in 30 DVD, Level 3

7/2 -

taking a break already

Things were going great but last night I was feeling weak after my run and then got a bad case of the chills a few hours later.  Mastitis!!!  Now I know why I had a headache off and on the last few days.

Anyhow, needless to say, I am taking a break.  This is my very first ever case (and thankfully, it seems mild).  It is probably the result of trying to do too much too fast.  So, I think when I get better, I'll just do walking as my exercise and some light pilates and ease into cardio more slowly.  Ah, well.

Exercise Plan

Although I wasn't planning on running yet (still spotting lightly), yesterday, my panic was starting to get out of control and so I went on my first run to battle it.  I jogged a very slow mile, but felt IMMENSELY better afterward.  No bad side effects (as in no extra bleeding).  So I think I can safely start working myself into a routine again.

Here is my plan, we'll see how it works:
M,W, F: One mile walk in the morning with kids.  One mile jog in afternoon by myself!
T, TH: Two mile walk with kiddos (did this on Thurs and it was quite nice.  Tired the kids out in a good way).
Weekends:  Play by here.  Exercise if opportunity allows, but take a break if needed too.

We'll let you know next week how I fare!

Weeks 50 & 51 for Jess

Before I post these, I was wondering: does anyone else want to continue this blog? I'm happy to keep blogging with you all if you're still interested - it's nice to have company - but if not, I can just shift my fitness blogging to my normal blog. Since we're coming up on exactly one year (week 52 next week!), it seemed like a good time to ask.

Here's the last two weeks:

5/29 - Sunday
5/30 - Body Rev Cardio Conditioning DVD (Bob Harper) - 60 min. section
5/31 -
6/1 - No More Trouble Zones DVD
6/2
6/3 - 20 minute hike
6/4 - 20 minute hike
6/5 - Sunday
6/6 - Ripped in 30 DVD - Level 1
6/7 - Ripped in 30 DVD - Level 2
6/8
6/9
6/10 - 60 minute walk
6/11 - 30 minute walk

Week 49 for Jess

5/22 - Sunday
5/23 - Ripped in 30, Level 2
5/24 - Ripped in 30, Level 3
5/25
5/26 - Ripped in 30, Level 4
5/27

5/28 - Pure Burn Super Strength DVD - 60 min. section

137 min. total <- I'm trying to get up to 150 min./week, regularly.

Ripped in 30, btw, is awesome, workout-wise. Jillian is more annoying and crass in it, though. But the actual workout is like the 30 Day Shred, only this time it's levels 4, 5, 6, & 7.

-Jess

Weeks 47 & 48 for Jess, plus some health news

5/8 - Sunday
5/9 - 30 Day Shred DVD, Level 1
5/10
5/11 - Shred It with Weights DVD - Level 1
5/12
5/13 - Biggest Winner Cardio Kickbox DVD
5/14 - 1/2 hour yard work (digging and wood chopping)
5/15 - Sunday
5/16 - Shred It with Weights DVD - Level 2
5/17
5/18 - 30 Day Shred, Level 3
5/19 - 30 Day Shred, Level 2
5/20

5/21 - Ripped in 30, Level 1

A couple of fairly good weeks, but I learned recently that I need to step up my game, because I've been diagnosed with high cholesterol. It's not much of a shock, because it runs on both sides of my family. I was kind of expecting it actually, and now that I'm thirty and my doctor's testing me for it, surprise! there it is.

So, now I have a medical reason to work out not just a few times a week, but almost every day. And now instead of just eating to keep my weight normal (which I've done successfully for the past two years), I need to eat to keep my weight normal and I need to eat for heart health. Bye-bye oh luscious buttered popcorn that I used to save my calories for! :D

Seriously, it's not so bad. In fact, it's kind of nice not to wonder exactly how much eating healthily and working out should matter to me. Or what method exactly I should be embracing. Now I know, and it's pretty cut-and-dried. And, honestly, there are worse things than clarity.

And, hey, now those ten pounds I've thought about losing for the past two years? They're not vanity pounds anymore! They're I-don't-want-to-take-drugs-unless-I-absolutely-have-to pounds.

So, we'll see. Hopefully the uber-clean-eating-and-sufficient-exercise works. If not, at least, by God's grace, we have good health insurance.

-Jess

Weeks 44, 45, & 46 Summaries for Jess

Week 44:

4/17 - Sunday
4/18 - Personal Training with Jackie DVD
4/19
4/20 - No More Trouble Zones DVD
4/21
4/22 - Jackie Warner Xtreme Timesaver Training DVD
4/23

Week 45 - nada. I took Bright Week off. Wish I hadn't, in retrospect, because it turns out that I feel terrible when I don't exercise.

Week 46:

5/1 - Sunday - 2 hour walk.

5/2 - 30 Day Shred DVD, Level 2
5/3 - 30 Day Shred DVD, Level 3
5/4
5/5 - Jackie Warner Xtreme Timesaver Training DVD
5/6

5/7 - 20 minutes of jumping rope, jumping jacks, & step-ups

Anyone else still going out there?

Jess

Weeks 42 & 43 Summaries for Jess

A lame-ish couple of weeks, but I'm finding my pace again. Just in time for Easter!

/3 - Sunday
4/4 - 30 Day Shred DVD, Level 1 & a walk
4/5
4/6
4/7
4/8
4/9 - 40 min. walking with 45 lb. backpack
4/10 - Sunday
4/11 - "Lose More Fat!" workout from April 2011 Fitness
4/12 - 13 min. "Burn It Off!" workout from Fitness, +7 min. jump-rope & jumping jack
4/13
4/14 - 22 min. circuit training
4/15
4/16

twice now

Just ran another mile.  My goal is to run a third on Friday.  I figure getting out 3 times a week is good now.

Weeks 40 & 41 Summaries for Jess

Hm. Well, I got sick again. So my workouts looked like this:

3/20 - Sunday
3/21 - Bob Harper Cardio Conditioning DVD - 60 min. section
3/22 - No Om Zone DVD
3/23 - sick
3/24 - sick
3/25 - sick
3/26 - sick
3/27 - Sunday
3/28 - sick
3/29 - sick
3/30 - sick
3/31 - sick

4/1 - sick
4/2 - half hour walk

Isn't that thrilling? :) But I did the 30 Day Shred this morning, so I'm back to normal, I think. I'm glad working out is enough of a habit that it doesn't disappear after a bout with illness.

-Jess

moved my butt today!

The nice weather we're having has totally uplifted my mood and I actually wanted to go running today.  So I did!  Ran a mile. It felt really good.

done?

So I am starting to think that exercise might just be done for me for now.  We drove to S Cal for a weekend to attend a wedding the first week of March and I just have been sufferings a series of discomforts since then.  Restless leg syndrome, pressure headaches that make me slightly dizzy if I don't lay down, and extremely uncomfortable/mildly painful pelvic pressure that makes walking and standing very uncomfortable.  Going grocery shopping tires me so much now that I have to put my feet up for an hour afterward!

Anyhow, I have given up on exercise for now because I just can't summon the energy and the physical strength/comfort at this time.  Maybe that'll change, but right now, I am taking it easy.

Weekly Summary

M: 2 mile walk with Luke
T: nothing
W: 1 hour yard work- pruning the crepe myrtle
Th: 2 mile walk, 1 hour yard work- raking
F: 1 hour yard work- chopping out crepe myrtle into small enough pieces for the garbage men to take away
S: 1 mile walk
S: 2 mile walk alone

Grandpa was in town this week, so I was privileged enough to take 2 walks by myself. I was feeling better too, so I got some much needed Spring yard cleaning work done.