I have every intention to exercise while I am gone.  Whether it be in the hotel room or hotel gym, I am going to do something.  Too bad the pool is outdoors (in Atlanta). This conference I go to is constant go go go but I’m going to take time for myself and get it done!

I have already messed up with my food journal goal I set for this year so by golly I’m going to stick to this every day in February fitness goal.

Monday- Day off

Tuesday-

*Treadmill
Time: 25 min.
Miles: 1.34
Calories burned: 368

*Weights (upper body)
Time: 10 min.

Wednesday- 2/1

*Spinning (home gym)
Time: 55 min.
Calories burned: 795

Thursday- 2/2

*Elliptical (home gym)
Time: 20 min.
Miles: 1.40
Calories burned: 337

*Strength (lower body)
Time: 10 min.

Friday- 2/3

*Treadmill (run/walk)
Time: 20 min.
Miles: 1.22
Calories burned: 341

Saturday- 2/4

*Spinning (home gym)
Time: 54 min.
Calories burned: 792

Sunday- 2/5

*Rebounding (mini trampoline)
Time: 20 min.
Calories burned: 271

*Weights (upper body) and Abs
Time: 15 min.

Favorite workout this week: Spinning with hubby

What was your favorite workout this week?

 

Monday-

*Elliptical
Time: 20 min.
Miles: 1.36
Calories burned: 347

Tuesday-

*Zumba (Basics DVD light workout)
Time: 1 hr
Calories burned: 328

Wednesday-

*Zumba (20 minute workout DVD)
Time: 20 min.
Calories burned: 250

*Elliptical
Time: 10 min.
Miles: .70
Calories burned: 185

Thursday-

*Treadmill
Time: 26 min.
Miles: 1.40
Calories burned: 412

*Strength training/weights
Time: 11 min.
Calories burned: 147

Friday-

*Zumba (part of Zumba Cardio Party)
Time: 31 min.
Calories burned: 359

I won’t have a chance to do the entire Zumba workout package until the beginning of February BUT I am already loving it so I think I’m going to go ahead and write my review next week and then do the giveaway the week after that.  I can honestly say I LOVE Zumba now and you’ll see what I mean when I write my review of it.

Saturday & Sunday-

*Light wallking

Once again, no loss on the scale. I weighed in yesterday before I left for Oklahoma.

How did your week go?

 

If you recall I posted my goals for 2012 and two of them were to keep a food journal AND follow the mantra fitness every day.  Happy to report that I did just that.  Although I was sick, I did very VERY light moves but I did them.

So here’s what the week looked like. Again, nothing exciting but there was movement every day ha ha

Monday-

*Exercise ball (Abs)

Tuesday-

*Exercise ball (Abs)

Wednesday-

*Upper body with bands

Thursday-

*Lower body moves (squats, leg lifts, etc.)

Friday-

*Mix of lower/upper body moves

Saturday-

*Upper body moves

Sunday-

*Upper body with bands

Oh and I did my weekly weigh in today. I did not lose but I did not gain either.  Hopefully we’ll see a loss next Sunday, that is if my stepdaughter and her hubby have a scale LOL

Now is the time to start kicking it up. Summertime will be here before we know it (it’s hard to believe we have not even had snow in Chicago yet).  But the best part about getting in shape for summer NOW is that you can keep it under wraps under all the winter clothing and shock your friends and family when it comes time to shed the winter wear.

It won’t be long before you achieve some of your goals. I’m hoping to see a difference in the next eight weeks at least.  Don’t forget to mix up your routine every few weeks if not more so you keep things moving along.

Here are some tips to help you to get started now:

* Eat a sensible diet

In the winter, most people want to sit around and graze. Use this time to experiment with new and exciting foods. Try a few winter vegetables and fresh fruit. Use the fruit them in smoothies or on top of hot cereal. Since you are not moving much on some days, use this opportunity to cut down on your meals and watch your portions. Add frozen chopped vegetables to your soups to beef up (no pun intended) your nutrient count.

* Get outdoors and get active

Walk or jog in the crisp air. Ride bikes, go snowboarding, skiing and even hike with family or friends.  Just dress accordingly and stay warm!

* Go to the gym or recreation center

When the weather gets too cold outside, bring it indoors. Take a fun fitness class or play basketball, swim or get your workout on. The cold temperatures should not discourage you to workout.

and lastly…

* Buy that bathing suit

You can get a lot of good deals now on bathing suits because it is off season. Use it as a measure of how well you are doing in your program and to give you the incentive to keep going.  You can even try it on each month to see how much closer you are to your goal.

Hope these tips help.

Have a great week!

 

This week was a travel week so I did the best I could considering I also fell down on some gravel here in FL while on my business trip (I know, clutz lol) and hurt my left leg and knee.  I’ll survive and it’s been a real nice stay here but I’m ready to get home to my hubby and my own bed.  I don’t ever sleep very well without him so I’m exhausted.

So here are this weeks workouts:

Monday-

*Elliptical
Time:  15 min.
Miles: 1.05
Calories burned: 256

*Strength/weights upper body
Time: 10 min.

HBBC= 1.5 pts

Tuesday-

*Rebounding
Time: 20 min.
Calories burned: 289

Short on time this week but wanted to make sure I got in some sort of workout.  It was fun bouncing around to some fun music.

Wednesday-

*Treadmill
Time: 20 min.
Miles: 1.15
Calories burned: 306

Thursday- Day off

Friday & Saturday- Walked the beach in Ft. Myers Beach, FL

Sunday- Day off

Need to add the rest of my HBBC points when I get back.  Hoping to get in some workouts this week with family here but Kev and I will be back at our team workouts soon.  I look forward to that!  It’s been a while because he has had a bum shoulder.

How did your workouts go this week?

 

I don’t like when that happens. But you know me, I’ll just keep going and hope for a better week.

Monday-

*Treadmill
Time: 30 min
Miles: 1.65
Calories burned: 470

Tried using the Chi Walk-Run method and felt really good.

*Weights/Abs
Time: 10 min.

HBBC challenge= 1.5 pts.

Tuesday-

*Boxing
Time: 31 min.
Calories burned: 356

Today was boxing with Slam Man & some shadow and kickboxing too.

HBBC challenge= 3 pts.

Wednesday-

*Extreme Burn DVD (new workout I’m reviewing)
Time: 42 min.
Calories burned: 580

HBBC challenge= 4 pts.

Thursday-Sunday-NADA #FAIL

Actually I did a new workout this week and it was a bit much for me.  Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely loved it but my knee didn’t and I paid for it dearly.  I know when I have to take it easy and so that is what I did.  But I did want to review Mike Donavanik’s Extreme Burn Total Body Interval Training workout with you because for those of you who have no knee issues, I think it’s a very cool workout.  Lots of fun and challenging moves.

Extreme Burn is a six week full body program.  It has three different workouts which combine strength and cardio. You can buy the DVD at Mike D Fitness.  I do believe that anyone can do this workout, even beginners.

I did have to modify some of the moves as I went through the 1st workout which was about 40 minutes.  As you can see above, I did burn over 500 calories so I consider that a SUCCESS!

You do need two sets of weights, a light one and a medium to heavy set.  I love the upper body portions of the workout I did.

I would definitely like to be able to do more of this DVD but for now I have to lay off of it until I get a bit more strength in my knees I think.  Keeping fingers crossed that I can do it sooner than later because I really want to do more interval training.

 
Here is a video intro to Mike and the workout.

If you decide to try it, let me know how it goes!

How did your workouts go last week?

 

Got back to Chicago and we were exhausted so we have been trying to catch up on sleep and getting ready for the next few trips that are planned.  So here are the workouts that did happen this week.

Monday-Tuesday- Nada

Wednesday-

*Elliptical
Time: 15 min.
Miles: 1.0
Calories burned: 243

Thursday-Friday- Nada

Saturday-

*Treadmill
Time: 45 min.
Miles: 2.40
Calories burned: 655

*Upper body/core work
Time: 30 min.

#HBBC points= 3

Totally bombed the Pile on the Miles challenge but the Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge just started yesterday so I’ll be trying to stick with that through Jan. 6th.  Check it out and see what you think!

Sunday-Day off

That is a worse week than I thought!  Hopefully you did better *wink*

Have a great week and a very Happy Thanksgiving! I’m thankful we get to spend it with my family.

If you’re in the U.S. what do you have planned for Thanksgiving?

 

Here are my lousy workouts for this week LOL  Hopefully while we are vacationing I’ll be able to keep quite active.  Will keep you updated. 

If you want to follow our vacation adventure as the Marriott Resort to Romance beach bloggers, you can follow us on the Marriott Frenchman’s Reef blog, where we will be blogging at least 3 times a day.  We’ll also be on our Newton’s Travels Facebook page, Twitter and our own family travel blog.  We are really looking forward to this experience.  Hope you’ll keep up with us as we travel to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Here are my workouts for the week:

Monday- Day off

Tuesday-

*Walk Away the Pounds 3 mile Weight Loss Walk
Time: 49 min.
Miles: 3
Calories burned: 617

Wednesday-

*Ab work
Time: 10 min

The plan was to do the elliptical but once again we have a problem with it.  This is the 2nd one they have delivered with an issue.  Maybe 3rd time will be a charm?

Thursday- nada

Friday-

*Walk Away the Pounds Walk Slim Fast Start
Time: 35 min.
Miles: 2
Calories burned: 455

*Elliptical
Time: 11 min.
Miles: .73
Calories burned: 194

Yea, the elliptical works!

Saturday-Sunday- Day off

I hit the goal of 5 miles for the Pile on the Miles challenge this week (#POTM on Twitter).  Very proud of myself for doing that.  Won’t be able to check in this coming week for that challenge since we’ll be traveling but that’s OK. Lots to do before we leave this week so I have a lot of guest posts planned for you this week.  Enjoy and please make sure to welcome them all here to the blog.

How were your workouts?

 

All workouts in our new home gym!  Loving it.  And just yesterday (Sat.) we went back to our favorite fitness store, Fitness Factory where we previously got our spin bikes and treadmill from and ordered my dream machine, the ELLIPTICAL and two other dreamy pieces of equipment, the BOSU and the vertical knee raise/dip.  I think we are pretty much set for a while except I am BEGGING for a body opponent bag for boxing (like BOB).  Anyway, let’s move on to my workouts for the week. I think it was a great week and hope for another this week.

Monday-

 *Spinning
Time: 45 min.
Calories burned: 661

Tuesday-

*Pilates
Time: 25 min.
Calories burned: 97

Wednesday-

*Spinning
Time: 1:09
Calories burned: 1028

Thursday-

*Circuit Training workout
Time: 30 min.
Calories burned: 406+

I forgot to turn my Polar heart rate monitor on at the beginning so 5 min. in I had already burned quite a bit.  Great circuit training at home workout that I put together myself!

Friday-

*Lower body/core/cardio
Time: 35 min.
Calories burned: 410

This workout was not planned out and was a total mish mash of things.  Here is what I did:

crunches, leg lifts with band, ball pass crunches, lunges, door entry jumps, medicine ball throw w/Kev, leg lifts, side crunches, reverse ball crunches, ball thigh squeeze, dancing and I ran around the home gym (aka garage).  I would much rather have a planned workout but hey I made it work.

Saturday- Day off

Sunday-

*Spinning
Time:1:12
Calories burned: 944

Oh boy was today’s workout hard!  I only had 1 hr of sleep before it and now I’m paying for it but I still did really well.

How did your workouts go?

 

Thank you all so much for your support in voting for us during the Marriott beach blogger contest.  WE WON in case you haven’t heard.  It was all about votes and YOU made it happen.  We can’t wait to share our experience with you.  I still can’t believe it!  We’ll be heading to St. Thomas Virgin Islands and staying at the newly renovated Frenchman’s Reef Marriott Resort.  Isn’t it beautiful?  I know it was meant to be.  You can keep up with our travels on our new Facebook page at Newton’s Travels.

I’m looking at my workout calendar for the last 2 weeks and it’s pretty lame.  After boxing for two days in Atlanta (which was AMAZING), I had planned to take a break that Thursday and get back to workouts at the hotel fitness center the next day but there were other plans in store for me.  I walked out a door leading outside from one of the business conference rooms and twisted my ankle and knee. It was horrible!  THEN that same night clutzo did it again out side.  Needless to say I was in a lot of pain the rest of the time I was there. Thankful that a friend had brought a huge ice pack and let me use it the remainder of my stay.  Plus she shared her Tylenol to help me get through the remaining days.  I am now home and in the process of healing so the plan is to start working out again this week but take it easy.

We have a bit of time before we jet off for St. Thomas so I can get some good workouts in before we leave.  I also want to let you know that the Better Healthy Living challenge will no longer be in September. I’ll keep you updated but I’m looking at October or November for the next one.  I’m still looking for contest giveaway donations so please feel free to email me if you have something to donate.  And any tips on things you would like to see during the challenge are welcome too!

 

Had a really tasty treat this week!  Will tell you more in my review below.  But first, here are my workouts for the week which are nothing to write home about but I’ll get over this hump soon. We are done with the shed and hopefully by the time I return from my business trip next week the garage will be empty and we’ll be able to start on the remodel of the home gym garage space.

While on my business trip this week, I hope to get some good workouts in at the hotel gym and I get to go to a Muay Thai Atlanta kickboxing gym.  I was going to get in there and really box but have had some back/neck issues so as of right now, I’m just going to get some boxing training in but you never know.  We’ll see how I feel come Wednesday!

Monday-

*Treadmill
Time: 25 min.
Miles: 1.38
Calories burned: 373

Ran 3 two minute intervals in Vibrams.  Life is good!  I’m not going to say it was easy by any means but I feel much more comfortable running now than ever before.

Tuesday- Day off

Wednesday-

*Mowed lawn
Time: 1:10
Calories burned: 1143

Thursday-Sunday-

No formal workouts.  Worked on shed and other stuff around the house.

Wasa Crispbread review:

Over the past two weeks I have had the opportunity to sample some Wasa flatbreads (sent to me free for review). These are amazing and I can’t believe I have not had them before now. These flatbreads are baked with heart healthy ingredients and all natural grains.

I have used them in place of bread plus I have put goat cream cheese with various toppings (fresh tomatoes from my garden, Trader Joe’s Sun dried tomatoes, etc.).  The thing I love most about these besides the taste is that they are not break your teeth hard crackers. They have a crunch but kind of melt in your mouth. Can’t say enough good things about this product. You should check out the Wasa Facebook page for more great recipe ideas.  I’m going to try the Original with peanut butter and banana. Yum!

And the great news is that Wasa has so generously donated a gift pack of Wasa flatbread crackers to us for the September Better Healthy Living challenge here on the blog.  The winner is going to LOVE these!  The 3 pack comes wrapped in a bow in Original, Sesame and Rosemary flavors.  Oh so delicious!  Thank you Wasa!

*title of post says crispbread review but in fact it was the flatbread that I reviewed

Hope everyone had a great week!

What are your workout goals for this coming week?