Cycling and Weights

Yesterday, I went and did cycling again. My legs were a bit sore, but overall I felt really good!! Of course after the hour class I was a sweaty mess again, but I love feeling like that after an awesome workout! It makes me feel like I really pushed myself and I'm getting all of the ickyness out of my body :)

I ate pretty good as well.

Breakfast: 2 egg whites with salsa and tortilla

Snack: Chocolate milk after workout

Lunch: 6 inch Subway sandwich

Snack: Oat balls! These were a hit at Ragnar. Kind of like no bake cookies, but MUCH healthier and super yummy!! Here is the RECIPE for them :)

Dinner: Mac and Cheese and a few chicken nuggets (I know, way healthy right??) Only thing we had to eat! I so have to go shopping!!!

Snack: More oat balls!

Today as for my workout, I went to the gym and did the muscle class that I LOVE. We focused a lot on our legs doing a bunch of different reps! My butt is going to be sore tomorrow!! Then the last 15 minutes we focused on arms and abs. Such a good class to tone your body!!!

Dancing and Such

Today I didn't get my run in unfortunately and because of stupid work, I couldn't get to dance till later and missed Jazz class :( However, we did go through our show which did get me to sweat somewhat. We have a show coming up next week at What a Woman Wants Expo. We are doing some of our new songs we are learning. I'm excited and hope with the little amount of getting the dances down, we'll kick butt at it!! Since I didn't get much out of working out today, when I got home, I decided to do one of the workouts on Bikini Body Mommy's Blog, Her DAY 1 workout from her 90 day challenge she has posted on there. I did it and HOLY HECK was it hard!! Definitely filled my need of working out that's for sure!! I would like to somewhat follow the 90 days, depending what else I'll be doing, but I think it'll be nice to have if I don't do what I plan on doing like today!

Here is what my eating looked like today:

Breakfast: Bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios

Snack: Celery and PB

Lunch: Chicken Noodle Soup

Snack: Apple

Dinner: Arbys Sandwhich, Did have some Pepsi, and Jalepeno Poppers (Again, not too healthy, but I was starving)

And of course LOTS of water

I'm sweaty and I know it! ;)

Today I went to the gym and did the cycling class. It was quite the workout let me tell you! I was dripping sweat like crazy! I can tell with not cycling for a while how weak my knees are, but it was a good to get them going again. My plan is to go every Monday and Wednesday to that class to strenghthen my legs and knees. The instructor is awesome too! She is always so happy and encouraging to keep pushing us and going above our limits! In her workouts, she puts a variety of hills and alternates with intervals of sprints and recovery. It is INTENSE!! I love how good I feel after doing it though!

Then with my ab workout, I found this link off of Pinterest which led me to the blog http://www.bikinibodymommy.com. This lady was such an inspiration to me to get myself going and feeling confident in achieving my goals!! The workout I did off her blog was her Fav 5 ab workouts. I had never done any of them and HOLY MOLY!! They work ya GOOD!!! 

As for eating, I was very aware of what I ate throughout the day. For breakfast I had 1 scrambled egg with salsa on a tortilla, after cycling, had chocolate milk. For lunch I had leftovers of chicken noodle soup that my hubby made, and snacked on a granola bar. Dinner wasn't the greatest, but I had 2 slices of pizza and then an apple for after snack. Oh, and also a half cup of hot chocolate. So, not the greatest, but I did drink a lot of water!! Sure made me pee a lot :) Hey, it's a start! Let's hope I stay strong and not have to drink soda this week! Such a bad weakness of mine!! Hoping to cut down to only 1 a week if that and then hoping to cut it out completely. 

Oh, another thing I got thanks to bikinibodymommy, was fish oil and daily vitamins I am starting to take to not lose out on anything I might need for my body. So far so good!!

Overall, today was a great day! I felt energized, happy and excited for things coming up in my life!! Ready for a new day tomorrow and for dance!! Love my Tuesdays!! :)

Making Changes!!!

You would think after all my races and running I've done these last few months, it would put me in a DO NOTHING type of mode and wanting to relax for the Holidays, but NOSIREE people!! I am more motivated now than I have been in a long time!! Dont get me wrong, I am very driven to accomplish my races and all, plus to stay at a healthy weight, but I am SERIOUSLY ready for some change, and I mean for my body (meaning mid section that is)!! Overall I am slim, can't complain, but to be honest, I don't eat the way I really should eat. With that, I think it is why I have struggled to get my lean "hardcore" tummy that I have been striving for for so long! Plus, I have our Burlesque show for Valentines coming up that I want to look SMOKIN' HOT for my honey of course! ;) So starting tomorrow, besides my usual workout routines I'll be blogging about, I am going to also blog and track on the food I eat. This I think will push me to reach my goal!! I'm not one to be way specific on a diet or anything, but am REALLY going to try and stay away from sugary stuff like treats, baked goods, and soda!! I think starting with that will help a ton, plus I will be making more of an effort to eat healthy and control my portions. So here is my workout plan for this week:

Mon: Cycling Class and 30 Minutes Abs

Tue: Run 3 Miles, Dance/Workout Class

Wed: Cycling Class and 30 Minutes Abs

Thur: Muscle Class

Fri: Swim 1600 and 30 Minutes Abs

Sat: Run 5 Miles and Weights

Goals on food: Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day, no soda, and little sugar as possible

Ready and excited for the challenge!! Wish me luck!!!

Vegas!!!

I can't believe Ragnar is here!! We leave tomorrow and have our fun adventure ahead of us!! So excited!! Wish me luck and I can't wait to tell all about it :)

One Week!!

This last week has been BUSY with work and I have not had much time to do my blogging, let alone get my workouts in a much as I have wanted to!! I just have 1 WEEK (aaahhhh) until Ragnar and I pray I am ready to go!! I've run twice this week, just short distances, but did get them in. I hope to have 2 more longer distances for tomorrow and Saturday. I just hope I can dodge them into my work schedule these next few days!! I am WAY excited though for Vegas!!! I really don't know what is ahead of me, but I am definitely looking forward to this awesome new experience in racing!! Wish me luck in preparing for next week!!! :)

I'M ALIVE!!

I'm back and alive!! Tough Mudder was amazing as always!! You can read all about it on my Family Blog :) I took a nice week to recover and now this week am ready to get back into the swing of things with Ragnar training! Just a little over 3 weeks until Vegas Baby!! And I am PUMPED!! The legs of my runs that I'll be doing have changed a little bit. I will be runner 8. My 1st leg is 5.7 miles moderate, 2nd leg is 4.4 miles moderate, and 3rd leg is 4.3 miles hard. It's more than what I had before, but I feel like I will rock this!! My training has been going well so far, and my running has grown on me believe it or not! I just hope to stay strong and healthy during the race!

Speaking of running, today was cold and rainy and I had NO motivation whatsoever to go run, but I knew with the week break I had, I needed to go no matter what condition! So once I got the kids to school, I got all bundled up in my Under Armor and ran. I ended up doing just under 5 miles. It was cold at first, but once I got going, I actually got hot and was wanting to strip down! Ha Ha!! I surprisingly enjoyed the weather! Definitely better than running when it's a scorcher that's for sure!

Tomorrow I have the Muscle Class at the gym I'll be going to! Gotta get my tone on!! Maybe I'll throw in a few miles too if I feel up to it! :)