It’s
Takeout Tuesday! Here is a deliciously simple recipe…and guess what, it’s a pasta
dish?! Who knew that all the new recipes I’d be stumbling upon would be pasta.
Oh well. It sure is yummy.
Hooray!! Fall is here. And we even got some rain this week!!
This theme is a little general, as the next few weeks we will talk about spiders, apples, pumpkins, and Halloween. We already went through trees, which was helpful as now L knows what leaves are.
It has
been a busy week! We’ve been everywhere it seems. Yesterday we spent the day
enjoying the morning rain and watching Veggie Tales in our jimmies (jammmies
for her, workout clothes for me).September is almost over!! How have you been sweating?
My in-laws recently got an
awesome new treadmill. I’m not a treadie. I struggle with pacing myself. I always
go about 1-2 minutes slower on the treadmill. This is a reason I hate it. I
feel like it hinders me. But when in doubt, who cares what my pace is. So I
wanted to give this new thing a go. Little Miss was talking a nap so I tried to
give it a go. Once I got it turned on (The master switch was off J. I thought this thing is
AMAZING!!
There is a Fat burn area
where you can have Jillian Michaels lead you through an interval run. You can
choose workouts to do, focus on speed, but my favorite was you can run anywhere
in the world.
What do I mean by this, well
you can select a route anywhere you want (they have preprogrammed ones) and as
you are running you will see a first person view of the route. This definitely
made the run more fun! I will say I may be leaning toward enjoying the
treadmill with that awesome feature. I chose to run by the Monterey Coast,
which has a range of -3 -3 incline. I chose add some intervals. Here is what I did.
*WARNING*** This is pretty
brutal**
Time
Pace
Warm-up 1 mile
5.0-6.0
mph
2
minutes
5.5-6.5
mph
4
minutes
6.5-7.5
mph
1
minute
8.0-9.0
mph
Repeat
as much as desired
I did 5 miles, which after the warm-up that was about 7
rounds.
This week we talked about pirates. Yesterday was National Talk Like a Pirate Day. I don't remember which movie it was that reference it, but I remembered it when I was planning theme weeks. And as a bonus Krispy Kreme was handing out doughnuts for those who dressed up. So sure enough we participated.
And although
we usually eat pretty healthy at our house, we will be visiting Krispy Kreme in
full pirate attire to claim our free dozen doughnuts.
How was your
week in fitness?
Anything new
that you’ve tried?
I’m really
enjoying this cooler weather (lower 90s) that’s starting to make its way onto
the forecast. Although it is accompanied with lots of humidity, I can start to
feel the fall weather coming.
Saturday: 6.2
mile run, Barre
Sunday: REST
Monday:Stroller
and Park Workout, Lululemon Yoga, Bikini Arms, 6.7 mile total run, Barre
Tuesday: Core
Pilates NYC Ball workout
Wednesday:3
rounds of Tone IT Up Thailand Tush, and Sweaty Betty Yoga, 7 total mile run
Thursday:
Tone It Up Hump Day HIIT, Bikini Abs x2 and LYB Abs with Karena x2
I don’t know if you
are an early bird, but I sure am. The past few weeks I’ve made the decision to
wake up around 4:30am. Some mornings are better than others. I know 4AM,
AREYOU CRAZY?! Yes, I probably as
ridiculously crazy. But I’ll tell you my reasoning for this choice.
I am able to wake up slowly without feeling
rushed. I only work early on Tuesdays, but I was beginning to hate the
feeling of hear Little Miss over the monitor crying, but I panic and then
feel sluggish all day long.
I am able to get in my me time. This is
such a bonus for me. Most days I would wait until naptime to get my
workouts in, or maybe get to my daily Bible reading. But now, I start my
day with reading the Bible, my cup of coffee and workout.
My days, I feel more energy and am able to
get more done. I’ve been working on not workouts out TOO much lately, and
so I’ve been trying to use naptime to get in my housework or some reading
to just take some slow down time. I am always going. It may be the fact
that I feel guilty if I’m not being proactive and doing something
productive. So this 4 am wake up call is selfish. Its time for me to begin
slowing down and set my day up.
I feel like a better person. I’m going to
bed earlier, when I’m tired and not feeling restless at night and my body
is beginning to wake up around 4 am naturally. I don’t know how that is
natural, but I’m still getting 6.5 hours of sleep. Sometimes, like today I
will probably need a cat nap because I’ll be running a bit more today.
That seems to be a little taxing on my body.
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