Days 26-35

Wow, 35 days today.   I'm back home from my long vacation with not much to show for it.  I didn't have as much opportunity as I thought I would with 2 kiddos.  I hope you  got to see the new measurements from the last post.

Days 26 and 27 (weekend) were recovery days from lack of sleep and traveling.  Monday (Day 28) I went for a run!!!  Yes, a run.  It felt so nice to run after such a long break from running!  My shins hurt from the first step...they always hurt, along with my knees and ankles, when I run on hard surfaces.  But it got easier until the extra weight made my ankles super achy.  I planned on doing 15 minutes, or as far as I possibly could until I had to walk.  I surprised myself.  When I got that "walking" feeling, I just kept telling myself to run just a little further every time, and it worked.  I never had to walk!  I ended up doing just under 17 minutes because I lost track of time.  I was proud.  I did my burpees for the last couple of days and 150 crunches.  (I didn't have access to any weights this week but made the most of it).

Tuesday and Wednesday were a flop, but Thursday I made up for the burpees, another 150 crunches, and 30, yes 30 minutes of running!  Actually 31 to be exact.  Not planned, though.  I got lost and decided to keep running until I recognized where I was - which wasn't until 28 minutes.  At that point, I figured to go the rest of the way!

Friday I decided to do 20 minutes and 150 crunches, but I didn't get to the burpees for lack of time (travel day).  Endurance-wise my lungs are great (I could go forever), but my legs get so tired with the extra weight, so I struggle to stay running, though I never stopped once on any of my runs.  But then again, I was going so slow that a baby could have probably passed me.  For the sake of my joints, I tried to stay on softer surfaces but there were no trails - just pavement and some grass (at times).

Saturday and Sunday were recovery days from traveling, lack of sleep, and unpacking.  No burpees either.  I totally dropped the ball on those since Thursday.  So I think I've given up on them.  Today I didn't do burpees, but I did pushups (22) for the day.  And 100 crunches and my 30 minute video.  It was hard to get back on track this morning.  Almost gave up several times before I even started.  I wish I could just do the running, but the weather here is not great yet.

I didn't get to weigh myself because I didn't have access to to scale, but the scale read 176.2 this morning.

Days 17 and 18

Well, my mini trip turned out badly.  I didn't workout on Wednesday before leaving, as we all know, but was hoping to workout Thursday night upon arriving at home.  That didn't happen either.  I got ZERO, ZERO sleep the night before and felt so stinkin' tired on Thursday that I decided to forget the workout.  THis morning I feel a little on the ill side but not bad enough not to workout. Besides, I am getting really nervous at measuring in, especially since I have skipped many a workouts (and have been eating lots of desserts, which is totally unlike me in the first place).

Regardless of all said, I did have a great workout this morning (Friday), making it only my THIRD workout this week.  I HAVE to HAVE to workout tomorrow. My goal was 4 minimum workouts per week with a goal of 5 (which I yet to do).  I did the cardio DVD and noticed that my jumping jacks felt SO much easier for the first time.  And I must admit I have not been doing Kegels but felt like that wasn't an issue this time.  I did 100 crunches on the ball with the med ball for half of them.  Then I did 15 burpees (I decided to start the whole burpee thing as of the 1st, so that meant that I had to do 15 of them today to catch up).  Tomorrow I only have to do 6, since it's the 6th day.  Burpees are harder when you have to do 15 of them all at once for the first time.  Not recommended.  Note to everyone else: Do them the way they should be, starting with 1 the first day.  Half way through them, I did girl pushups.  It was too hard, and I am not used to doing pushups anymore.