Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Quick update

I have not been doing good on blogging but I am doing well with my workouts.  I am now doing 4 sets of 40 second high intensity interval training 3 times a week.  I felt yesterday that I could have done more sets but did not want to push it as I really didn't feel like starting when I got up in the morning.

The journal is not going well as I am not feeling hungry anytime, and when I am trying to eat according to my hunger scale makes it very difficult to survive if I don't eat at all.

Anyway I am behind on work so I must go.  I will chat soon.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Day 1

I am back.  What a crazy few weeks it has been.

They say it takes 21 days to form a new habit.  So this is day 1.

I have decided to do some high intensity interval training.  I started this morning.  I have to say I enjoyed it and wanted to do more but I need to start off gradually.

I did three 30 second cycles of high intensity exercise with 1.5 minutes recovery.  I will do this 3x/week, with 2 days of strength training on top of 5 weekly yoga classes.  After a few weeks I will increase it to 40 seconds, then 50 then 1 minute, and once comfortable with that increase to 4, then 5, then 6 sets.  I am hoping this will bring me faster results.

I also will create a food and exercise journal noting
the time I exercised
where I exercised
how long I exercised
what type of exercise I did
 how hard I felt I exercised
whether I exercised with others or by myself
my emotions when I exercised
the time I ate
the food I ate
the amount of food I ate
how the food was prepared
how hungry I was when I ate
where I ate
my emotions when I ate
what time I went to sleep
how long I slept
and my stress level

I am feeling so grateful to have my finances in shape and now I need the body to follow.