Fitness Friday (week one)

Well I'm late with my first Fitness Friday post.  I was so sick yesterday that I left work early and spent the rest of the day in bed.  I think I need to be better about getting enough sleep.  I've been up late every night studying for a test and it has taken its toll on me.

So overall this wasn't a bad week for me.  I didn't work out much this week.  I'm still having a hard time figuring out a schedule that works enough for me to get into a routine.  I need routine in order to stay consistent. I'm going to try something new next week.  I'm changing my work hours so that I can go to work one hour later every morning.  My husband will take the kids to daycare and I will do my runs before work.  Monday, Wednesday and Friday I will go to the gym for weight training after work. I'm going to stick to the two workout programs I was doing in California until I get the routine down (Ease into 10K and iPersonalTrainer).  These were working well for me then and are a good starting point for me.  After I get back to where I was, I'll look at branching out with different routines and adding interval training.  I'm not focused so much on being hard-core right now as I am just getting back into a pattern since I know that without a routine, I will ultimately fail.  Hopefully the new schedule I've worked out will do the trick... especially since I can keep it once my oldest starts Kindergarten in August.

While I didn't do so well in the exercise department this week, I did great on the diet end.  Hubs has been cooking every night... not super crazy diet food but generally healthy food with flavor.  Many of his recipes have been from Epicurous and are delicious.  I also have been taking my lunch to work and eating healthy food throughout the day.  One package of oatmeal and greek yogurt for breakfast, eggsalad sandwich with celery sticks and peanut butter for lunch, and fruit to snack on.  I even lost just over 5 lbs this week which is really encouraging.  I know that when I start weight training again my weight loss will slow or stall because of the muscle mass I'll be adding, which is why I'm not focused too much on the scale, but I am happy to see that the fat will come off.

I forgot to take a picture of myself so I will have to make sure I do it this week and will post it next Friday.