Introducing Day One

I decided about a week ago to re-commit to my fitness goals. The reasons are both superficial but also intrinsic. My husband recently dared me to run another half marathon this year and now that I'm a mom I want to teach my kids to be healthy by living a healthier lifestyle. To keep me on track and motivated I decided to chronicle the experience.

So here we are.

I am a certified personal trainer taking a break from training to raise my son. I also work part time (in a gym too no less), in a position that allows me to bring my son to work and make some extra money to help out with living expenses. So the BIG challenge, as I know EVERY mom out there knows, is balancing work, child

The other day I was trying to figure out the best way to get motivated without putting a lot of effort into making a whole plan. Then I remembered I had this Nike Training Club app that has a bunch of timed circuit workouts and could even give me a plan based on my short term weight loss goals. PERFECT! I have decided to try the 4 week get lean intermediate program to see how realistic it is. It combines cardio and muscular conditioning, recommends running, and yoga. I think it should be pretty balanced and hopefully help me get closer to fitting into my old jeans (I miss you hip huggers!). I will also try to eat better in an effort to kick my junk food cravings.

I have decided to chronicle my efforts and share my experiences with you. This will hopefully keep me focused and motivated to finish the program. I'm not claiming to be an expert and I think getting a real life opinion will be helpful and motivating to anyone else looking to be healthier.

So today's workout was "wipeout" and I almost did just that. It's 30 minutes including a warm-up and stretching. I will admit that I took more than the designated two rest breaks, but the others were all under 10 seconds I promise. The run afterwards was no fun either but I extended the time to 20 minutes plus a 5 minute cool down so I madeva good effort. Took lots of walking breaks too. All in all it was a good workout that had me breathing hard and sweating and looking forward to tomorrow's workout. I don't think there's any running tomorrow so it should be s little shorter. I'll let you know how it goes.